Category: Episode Reviews
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Glee, “Rumours”
Before “Rumours” aired last night, I tweeted that I had this weird feeling that the final string of episodes was going to be pretty strong. Despite my issues with the length (and the subsequent Kurt lovefest that resulted because of it), I thought last week’s episode was very good and it set up a number…
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Gossip Girl, “The Princesses and the Frog”
Gossip Girl is not a good television program. Most of you already probably knew this. Hell, I knew this. Because of the series’ pedigree (the Josh Schwarz/Stephanie Savage part, not the teen girl novel part), I watched Girl during the first season and found it to be moderately charming. Less so than The OC, but more…
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The Killing, “What You Have Left”
Note: I’m super-busy this week, but wanted to get down a few quick thoughts. I haven’t written about The Killing for a few weeks. Part of that has to do with scheduling issues; I’ve been traveling the last two weekends. But perhaps more importantly, the last two episodes of the series haven’t been particularly review-worthy.…
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Fringe, “The Last Sam Weiss”
I haven’t been able to write about Fringe since “Stowaway” and most of the second half of the season, I’ve been spotty with my reviews. It’s a scheduling issue, and I apologize. And frankly, I don’t actually have a lot of time to write this review of last night’s penultimate episode, “The Last Sam Weiss,”…
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Smallville, “Dominion”
A few weeks ago, I expressed some concern that Smallville would be spending too much time bringing back familiar faces and that decision would ultimately impact Clark’s last few steps of development. Thankfully though, every episode in this final run has included a major guest star — Jonathan, Booster Gold and now Zod — and…
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Friday Night Lights, “The Right Hand of the Father”
Again, this is the review from the DirecTV run. And because of my packed schedule back then, it’s also the last one for a few weeks. I might find time to write new reviews for the next few episodes, but probably not. Sometimes, amid the top-notch acting, rock-solid writing and professional direction, we forget that…
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Community, “Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts”
In light of last week’s very funny episode of Community, there’s been some discussion about the series’ desire to tell us about the emotional connectedness between these people instead of showing it. That’s a criticism I can totally see and if there’s one thing I would knock about this season it would be that sometimes…
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The Vampire Diaries, “The Last Day”
The insane plot developments and shocking twists come so often on The Vampire Diaries that the series has almost lulled me into a nice, cozy sleep in a way. I don’t always know what the twists are going to be, but I always know that they’re coming. Or at least I thought I did. Tonight’s episode, “The…
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Cougar Town, “You’re Gonna Get It”
Producing 22 episodes of comedy isn’t easy. Every season, it is probable that two or three episodes won’t be completely awesome, even for the best series. These episodes don’t necessarily have to be terrible, but they’re just at a slightly lower quality than the rest. Last night’s episode of Cougar Town, “You’re Gonna Get It,”…
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Glee, “Born This Way”
When it was announced a month or so ago, I just assumed a 90-minute episode of Glee would be one of the worst things ever. Some of the episodes from this season have felt extremely long within the 42 minute structure, so I couldn’t even really imagine having to deal with another 20 minutes. Ultimately,…
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Friday Night Lights, “On The Outside Looking In”
Again, this is my review from the DirecTV run of FNL that I’m reposting here for those of you watching on NBC’s schedule. Enjoy. After my reaction to last week’s premiere episode that succeeded mostly when focusing on the departure of old favorites, I was particularly interested in watching “On The Outside Looking In” to…
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Community, “Paradigms of Human Memory”
Note: I’m at a conference and running on a bit of wonky sleep schedule, so I’m going to cut this one a bit short. I could just write, “IT’S AMAZINGLY FUNNY.” and move on, but I’m a professional. I mean amateur. You get it. I spend a lot of time in my Community reviews talking…
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Cougar Town, “Baby’s a Rock N’Roller”
Most of the time, growing up sucks. And even though we tend to look at adulthood in a specific sort of way in this culture, people can still have a lot of growing up to do well into their 40s. This is especially true for television comedy characters, who are often broad, wacky versions of…
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The Chicago Code, “St. Valentine’s Day”
This review is going to be short, not a lot of time this afternoon. If The Chicago Code is going to succeed in the long-term, it has to do one of two things: A.) Either make Delroy Lindo’s Gibbons the most intelligent and cunning corrupt politician of all-time (and thus impossible to catch) or B.)…
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