Suburgatory

This is a sitcom series revolves around a single father, George Altman, and his daughter, Tessa Altman, moving from New York to the suburbs. Tessa does not like moving because she loves New York. The suburbs remind her of The Stepford Wives and it's all perfect, too perfect; the grass is greener, every morning the community waters their garden and plastic. Suburgatory is a combination of 'suburban' and 'purgatory'. Suburban area and purgatory, as in between heaven and hell. Tessa finds it hard to fit in but over time, she finds her way to fit in while having a hint that she likes the suburbs. George is also fitting in with the first season portraying George likeable, especially one episode that he was in the school's PTA and helping the PTA ladies on  men's issue. George has a friend, Alan, George's best friend, who is a dentist. Sheila is the busy body in the series, especially since she is George's front neighbour.
The series is entertaining to watch, especially how the Altman are trying to fit in. It has three season around its belt and looking forward for more seasons to come. An entertaining series.

Perception

Early this year, I watched a new TV series called Perception. According to TNT, the series is about Dr. Daniel Pierce (played by Eric McCormack), an eccentric neuroscience professor with paranoid schizophrenia who is recruited by the FBI, Kate Moretti (played by Rachael Leigh Cook), his former student, to assist in complex cases. Also helping him keep sane is his teaching assistant, Max Lewicki (played by Arjay Smith). Cases that are solved usually involves puzzles or codes that challenges the mind.

At some point, it reminded me of another TV series, Lie To Me,when Dr. Pierce read people. It’s cool because ‘reading people’ through behaviour is actually real. Similar to Criminal Minds, Lie To Me, Sherlock Holmes, this series has its uniqueness.

Perception is interesting because it looks into the riddles of cases, the simplicity of the characters and how crazy Dr. Pierce can be with cases. One extra ‘must have’ in the series is each case has a hallucination (people of different characters) that the doctor talk to to help solve the cases. In one of the episodes it was perceived that the hallucinations are actually his mind talking to himself to provide clues to the cases. One hallucination that is constant is Natalie Vincent (played by Kelly Rowan), Dr. Pierce’s imaginary friend and adviser, who is revealed (SPOILER!), to be Dr. Pierce's infatuation when he attended a party long time ago. She is actually Caroline Newsome. In the season finale, she agrees to be his real friend.

The series is ready for a second season (looking forward for more seasons) and I’m looking forward for it.