Category: Episode Reviews
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Episodes, “Episode Two”
I was very critical of the Episodes pilot. I hated it. HATED it. But you go back to that review, you’ll see that I said I really, really wanted to like Episodes. It has a great, promising concept that should lead to some compelling television. Unfortunately, the pilot was not compelling, mostly because it tried…
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Human Target, “Imbroglio” and “Cool Hand Guerrero”
Due to President Obama’s presence at the Tuscon memorial, FOX postponed Human Target last Wednesday, only they forgot to tell anyone until around 9 p.m. eastern time. They clearly care a lot about this series. Eventually, these two episodes were scheduled for Friday (more confidence!). And due to my desire to not spend two hours…
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Series Premiere — Off The Map, “Saved By The Great White Hope”
Yesterday, in my discussion of the Lights Out pilot, I talked a lot about the enjoyment of something familiar, but well executed. That conversation could just as easily apply to ABC’s new medical drama, Off The Map but the resulting discourse would certainly be more negative than the one about Lights Out. As expected, Off…
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Series Premiere — Lights Out, “Pilot”
In television, we’re always looking for innovation. So many of the new programs that make it to the airwaves are watered down, remade, reimagined or fairly generalized versions of things we have already seen. When something mostly original comes around, we tend to make a big deal of out of it (see: Lost, The Sopranos, Survivor). An…
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The Good Wife, “Breaking Up”
This is my first post on The Good Wife. I’ve heard all the praise since about this time last year and I knew that it was surely a good, even great television program. But you know, time and stuff. I unfortunately can’t watch everything all the time, but The Good Wife was at the top…
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Series Premiere — Episodes, “Episode One”
With television patience is a big point of emphasis. Stories have a beginning, middle and end and if the start to the story isn’t exciting, influential or in some cases good, it is difficult to determine the value in sticking with it. For long-running serials, especially on cable, the party line is always to hang…
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Series Premiere — The Cape, “Pilot” and “Tarot”
The Cape is not a good television series. In fact, it’s probably one of the worst new series of this current season. The acting is poor, the dialogue is shockingly worse and well, if you’ve seen the promos you know how bad the effects are (in case you haven’t: they’re terrible). These first two episodes…
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Human Target, “A Problem Like Maria” and “Communication Breakdown”
Fans of the first season of Human Target are not enjoying the new season. Zack Handlen over the A.V. Club hasn’t been too kind and as someone who hasn’t seen most of the first season, I can’t really judge or complain. But as a first-time viewer, I can’t really find a whole lot to complain…
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Modern Family, “Slow Down Your Neighbors”
I generally have trouble buying in when it comes to high-profile guest stars, particularly in comedies. The constant guest stars in Friends seemed to drag that series down in the later years and we all know the problems with 30 Rock and its constant stream of famous people adding little to the comedy or the…
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Cougar Town, “No Reason To Cry”
I know I said yesterday in my Southland review that I wasn’t really looking forward for television to return this soon in 2011, but I have to admit if there was one series that I absolutely missed over the holidays, it was Cougar Town. These people are just wonderful and I want to have as…
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Season Premiere — Southland, “Let It Snow”
Hey everyone! It’s 2011 and I’m back! Honestly, I’m not really ready for television to be back this early in the year, I would have preferred to enjoy my break. But such is life. Anyway, let’s kick-start the new year with a review of one of my favorite series that I haven’t really ever discussed.…
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Season Finale — Burn Notice, “Out of the Fire” and “Last Stand”
I haven’t checked in with Burn Notice since the summer break for a few reasons. One, Thursdays are ridiculously busy, both for television and my schedule in general. Secondly, I haven’t had much to say about Burn Notice. The summer episodes were generally dreadful (if you take a look at some of my reviews during…
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Psych, “The Polarizing Express” and “Dead Bear Walking”
Anytime there are two new episodes of Psych in one night, that is a good night. And even though last night’s double-shot, “The Polarizing Express” and “Dead Bear Walking” were not particularly great episodes of the series, there is definitely something interesting going on with Psych that I figured would be worth talking about a…
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Human Target, “Dead Head”
From everything I can gauge, it looks like Matt Miller is trying to make sure every case in Human Target season two is somehow connected to one of the five main cast members. This is opposed to last year’s method that saw Chance and company help random hotties all around the world each week. And…
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