TVLine's Performer of the Week: Cameron Monaghan 

THE EPISODE | “The Last Laugh” (Oct. 5, 2015)

THE PERFORMANCE | Stabbed in the neck — and, metaphorically speaking, the back — by coconspirator Theo, Gotham psycho Jerome Valeska never got to finish choking out his last words: “You said that I was gonna be… ” (We knew, of course, that the sentence would end in “… a star.”) But, while the maniac died thinking that lasting celebrity had eluded him, Monaghan can sleep easy knowing that his spectacular swan song will live in infamy.

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good in his final episode of the Fox drama that it’s hard to imagine the series ever finding a better (actual) Joker. Whether tormenting Jerome’s blind father, Cicero, with cheap humor (“Long time, no see!”), hamming it up in magician drag to entertain the guests at Lee’s charity gala or getting pissed off when the audience wasn’t appreciative of the terrifying show (“Well, clap!”), Monaghan killed. Even Jack Nicholson would have to tip his purple hat to the whippersnapper, who loosed a laugh unhinged enough to give us nightmares.

At least, if there is an upside to Jerome’s demise, it’s that, on Monaghan’s way out, he made it clear that whoever is cast as the actual Joker had better not be kidding around.

HONORABLE MENTION | We’d have given Kelly McCreary this distinction even if she’d done nothing more in the “I Choose You” episode of

than nail the hilarious monologue in which Maggie realized that her disastrous life choices had left her with nothing and no one. (And no, the doc’s newfound family and friends didn’t count. “I can’t have sex with you,” she all but sobbed.) But what really sealed the deal was the actress’ last scene, in which her blotto character threw herself at Andrew (McSmoldering?), broke away from their lip-lock just long enough to take a second look at him and, deciding that yep, he was

 attractive, went right back to sucking face. In that moment, we went from liking the quirkily appealing Maggie and her portrayer to flat-out loving them.

HONORABLE MENTION | Grief is powerfully paralytic, and when 

 episode, we worried that Scarlett would shut down rather than make some very difficult decisions about her mother’s future. But Clare Bowen channeled a quiet, sad strength throughout the hour, allowing Scarlett moments of doubtful weakness (like that breakdown with Gunnar in the chapel) as well as pragmatic resolve (like when she gently but firmly nixed Deacon’s objections to removing life support). We’re sorry it took such a traumatic event for Scarlett to show the steel underneath the sweet songwriter, but we hope to see more of it in the future.

Cameron Monaghan deserves it. His character really gives me the creeps.

He was good, but I thought it was a little too over the top—screaming at the doctor like that. Does he really not understand what brain dead means?

Really… no Justin Chambers? He deserved it way more than kelly.

Kelly McCreary, seriously? I mean, she is a great actress and she was great, even though her character is the most annoying person I’ve even seen, but if you think anyone but Justin Chambers is worth a mention for this week’s Grey’s Anatomy, you haven’t watched the same episode I – and millions of viewers – did.

Whilst Kelly McCreary was good in the episode, Justin Chambers shined. It was HIS episode. He carried the emotional weight brilliantly whether in his scenes with the babies and having to decide which one to give the liver to or in his scenes with Jo where she confronts him about his future with her and his past with Izzie. It’s disappointing to see that TV Line didn’t recognize him and gave an honorable mention instead to Kelly for playing a drunk woman well in the two scenes mentioned. Seriously.

Love Alex as much as the next but the actor has no range.

Saying Chambers has no range especially after this week’s episode only makes me sure of one thing: you have no idea what ‘range’ actually means. And I totally believe you when you say you love Alex…lol

Charles Esten and Clare Bowen were amazing this week.

Everyone on Greys was on point this week but Justin Chambers carried that episode. And Claire Bowen made e feel her heartbreak while Charles Esten was really good in portraying the guilt ridden brother. good stuff

As somebody who loves the comics, I am happy if he isn’t the Joker. I prefer my Joker origin to be that he was a normal guy that went crazy after falling into a chemical bath. I grew up on more fantastic origins for the majority of heroes/villains, so if he would have just ended up being some crazy guy who decided to put makeup on one day and start calling himself the Joker that would have been boring. I can understand why people would be disappointed with this though.

No love for Bellamy Young? Her monologue to Olivia about life in the white house was brilliant.

Adelaide Kane and Toby Regbo did phenomenally in the premiere episode of Reign.

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