Agent Carter
Season two finds our favourite Strategic Scientific Reserve agent in Los Angeles. Once more, Carter teams up with Sousa, who is now chief of the L.A. branch, to solve a series of bizarre occurrences that all seem to trace back to a new substance called zero matter. Jarvis is also in the city of sun, and provides comedic relief throughout, while bringing back the sassy, knowing dynamic between the two.
Add in a scientist who doesn’t exist on the same plane as humans, a woman acting as a vessel for the most volatile substance on Earth (zero matter), and the not-forgotten spy, Dottie, and this season’s cracking up to be awesome.
The 100
The third season starts with the Mountain Men, the gang from Mount Weather, being only a nightmare of the previous season. A sect of Grounders (people born on Earth) called the Ice Nation, look like the new bad guys for the season, wishing to bring an end to the unsteady peace with the Skaikru and other Grounders.
Their method: capture Clarke (Wanheda, Commander of Death), then the Queen of the Ice Nation will kill her to absorb Clarke’s supposed powers. At the end of the second episode, Clarke has been captured, but taken to Commander Lexa instead. Monty’s found his mom, and Jaha is being his usual idiotic self. Shit is hitting the fan.
Ah, the show we know and love, only better.
Legends of Tomorrow
A spin-off of The CW’s Arrow and The Flash, this show is like The Avengers and Doctor Who had a baby in the time vortex.
A bunch of little-known superheroes team up with a Time Master, a protector of the world’s timeline, to change the course of history and prevent an almost-immortal enemy, Vandal Savage — stupid name, right? — from taking over the entire world.
It has that cheesy superhero show quality, which may stem from there only being one bad guy (who’s lived for thousands of years). However, the delivery is smart and witty, with the added bonus of badassery from Sara “White Canary” Lance, Kendra “Hawkgirl” Saunders, and Jefferson “Jax” Jackson, the latter of whom is one half of “Firestorm.”
Shadowhunters
Cassandra Clare’s Mortal Instruments series has found a new home on the channel Freeform. Thank whatever almighty power there is because holy crap, that movie based on City of Bones, the first book in the series, was shitty.
The casting is A+, with Simon being adorkably endearing and Isabelle a whip-wielding knockout. There’s lots of seraph-blade-wielding fighting, smart-alecky quips, and overall sexual tension because goddamn this cast is gorgeous.
The show-runners have taken some creative licence with the source material (anyone else seeing the Isabelle-Clary ship?) and the Mortal Cup is way more important and powerful than it was in the books, but it’s a great show to watch with friends or family. There’s something for everyone.
