Category: Episode Reviews
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Terriers, “Dog and Pony”
After a fantastic pilot episode, “Dog and Pony” proves that Terriers is going to be a must-watch new series this fall. The episode is fairly standalone in nature with only a few mentions of the Lindus case that Hank and Britt are now the prime witnesses in, but spending 45 minutes with these two guys…
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Series Premiere — Outlaw, “Pilot”
Apologies for the hackneyed, bad-looking logo used for this post, but it’s all I could really find. But I guess that is fitting, since the people behind Outlaw used the same sort of logic.
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Hellcats, “I Say A Little Prayer”
I can say with absolute certainty that I will not be writing about Hellcats every week or even somewhat regularly, but with this week still being a little light on new episodes, I figured what the heck. And it’s always good to check in and see how a series is looking after the pilot that…
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Season Premiere — Survivor Nicaragua, “Young at Heart”
I don’t imagine that I’ll be posting my thoughts on Survivor Nicaragua each week, but it seemed logical to check in on the season during its premiere. This is especially true because of the season’s young vs. old gimmick and the participation of the famous football coach Jimmy Johnson. As expected, Johnson takes up a…
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Season Finale (Part One) — Warehouse 13, “Buried”
I hesitated in writing about the first half of Warehouse 13’s finale because it just seemed easier to write about the events as a whole unit. However, while that is probably going to end up being true, there are a few things that are worth discussing. Most importantly, H.G. Wells has now made her obvious heel…
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Season finale — Covert Affairs, “I Can’t Quit You, Baby” and “When the Levee Breaks”
I’ve intentionally stayed away from writing up my thoughts on Covert Affairs in recent weeks after the Auggie episode, but even if I did write each week, it’d feel like I was banging the same, boring drum every time. You know, kind of how the series has done to us over the summer.
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Sons of Anarchy, “Oiled”
After a gripping premiere full of characters taking action, “Oiled” is much more subdued and exposition-heavy, as Sons of Anarchy settles in with its multitude of plot lines for season three. And while the ending result is not as enjoyable as “So” last week, the more subdued approach here is necessary to move forward.
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Season Finale — True Blood, “Evil is Going On”
My lord, what in the heck happened to True Blood? All season, I’ve flipped and flopped in my opinion of the series, mostly because I’ve seen the series start strong and completely run out of gas by the time the season is over. I was also concerned about how in the world the series was…
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Rubicon, “Caught in the Suck”
This week on Rubicon, many of our API favorites deal with consequences. Sometimes it might seem easy or at least easier to make life and death choices in the boardroom of API for Miles, Tanya, Grant or Will, but rarely do those choices come right back to slap you in the face with a sober…
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Mad Men, “The Summer Man”
In almost every piece of criticism I read about last week’s fantastic episode of Mad Men, the writers wondered if Don and Peggy’s night together signaled a turnaround for Mr. Draper. Well, I think “The Summer Man” answers that question fairly handily.
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Series Premiere — Nikita, “Pilot”
Does the world need another iteration of the Nikita story? Absolutely not. Does the world need another television series about the twisty-turny lives of spies? Absolutely not. Do either of those facts keep the CW’s Nikita from being a solidly executed pilot? Absolutely not.
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Season Premiere — The Vampire Diaries, “The Return”
After my whirlwind, 2.5-day screening of The Vampire Diaries‘ first season, I have been chomping at the bit for more. So I can only imagine how those of you waiting since May felt. No matter when we watched first or how long we waited, I think it’s safe to say that the season two premiere,…
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Summer Finale — Psych, “One, Maybe Two, Ways Out”
The Psych summer finale was completely entertaining and totally satisfying. In fact, it was probably the strongest episode of the season’s first half. However, it’s also the episode that has me the most frustrated after watching it.
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Series Premiere — Terriers, “Pilot”
Obviously, pilot episodes have a lot of balls in the air. Good pilots have to set up the plot in the most broadest of ways. They have to present compelling characters who are interesting to watch. They have to create a sense of place that is worth enough to bring the audience back. And most…
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Series Premiere — Hellcats, “A World Full of Strangers”
If you thought that Hellcats, the new CW series about collegiate competitive cheerleading, would do for that sport what Glee did for high school music programs, you had the same thought process as the creators of this series. Or perhaps I should say the same hopes, as Hellcats follows many of the same beats as the…
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