AVClub: I spent the majority of this week’s Black-ish episode, “Chop Shop,” wondering why the show was doing another barber shop episode so soon after doing one in its first season. Eventually, I realized it was not a Black-ish episode that I was thinking of in the first place... so I then spent the rest of the episode wondering what show and episode of television I could possibly be thinking of. After realizing that Google would only provide me with answers like Barbershop (the TV Series), House Of Payne, and Cuts (a show of which I had seen every episode, by the way), I was able to come to the conclusion that I was thinking of an episode of The Bernie Mac Show from 2004 (season three’s “Hair Jordan”). That was an episode that, much like Black-ish’s “Chop Shop,” focused on the sanctity of the barber shop; only in that case, it was the child (Jordan), who missed the point of it all, with the “father” (Bernie Mac) being the one to talk some sense into him. Here, of course, Junior is the one to talk sense to Dre, and he somehow does it with the help of Pootie Tang.
The Doomsday Cult of Antares De La Luz Review: The documentary explores how the cult members were coerced in the group and made accomplice of heinous crimes.
Don’t let the cringey awkwardness of The Office fool you: Michael Scott would actually be the perfect boss.
City Hunter Review: The manga adaptation unravels the tragic beginning of Ryo Saeba and Kaori Makimura's partnership.
