Category: Episode Reviews
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Warehouse 13, “Where and When”
Once again, I’ve slipped on my Warehouse 13 analysis, but I wanted to touch base with the series before the two-part finale begins next week. Again, my lack of posting on the series does not equate to its overall quality, because Warehouse 13 has been on a nice run all season with a slew of…
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Rubicon, “The Truth Will Out”
I know I’ve been singing Rubicon‘s praises in recent posts, but Sunday’s effort, “The Truth Will Out” is most certainly the finest episode the ever-improving series has done thus far.
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Summer Finale — White Collar, “Point Blank”
White Collar‘s second season has been fantastic from start to finish, but I found myself dreading the summer finale anyway.
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Season Premiere — Sons of Anarchy, “So”
Damn, what a way to usher in the new television season.
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Mad Men, “The Suitcase”
I’ve been taking some much-needed R&R over the holiday weekend, a little rest up that included a television without AMC. But I couldn’t take it anymore when my Twitter feed completely blew up last night with hyperbolic praises for last night’s Mad Men. I didn’t read any reviews, but multiple folks were using phrases like…
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Psych, “Shawn 2.0”
I haven’t written about Psych over the last few weeks both because of my schedule issues and because the last couple episodes haven’t been anything to write home about. Of course they were enjoyable hours of comedic television, but I didn’t much to discuss. “Shawn 2.0,” however presents a few things that are worth talking…
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True Blood, “Fresh Blood”
I wasn’t planning on writing about Sunday’s True Blood until my guilt took over. I can’t leave you loyal folks hanging! But that doesn’t really change that “Fresh Blood” was more mediocre wheel-spinning from the series.
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Mad Men, “Waldorf Stories”
“Waldorf Stories” is a really compelling hour of Mad Men and definitely the most enjoyable hour of the season, but I feel like there’s an odd reason for that fact.
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Rubicon, “Look to the Ant”
Rubicon has quietly (and I only say quietly because no one is watching anymore) morphed into a damn good series over the last three episodes. There were a few missteps along the way as the series transitioned between showrunners and tried to figure out what the hell it was all about, but since “The Outsider”…
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Huh? Reflections on the 2010 Emmy Awards
The 62 Annual Emmy Awards just wrapped up a few minutes ago, and if there’s one thing I’ll say about this telecast: It was far from boring. Well, at least the first 90 minutes weren’t boring. I did a live blog for the folks over at TV Overmind (you can check out that out here…
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Burn Notice, “Guilty as Charged”
It’s kind of funny that I wrote this piece of the endless pointlessness of USA series’ “mythology” just a few days before Burn Notice more or less confirmed everything I said with its worst mid-season finale yet.
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White Collar, “Prisoner’s Dilemma”
Obvious statement coming: A telltale sign of a good television series is when it produces an average episode and as a viewer, you can let some of the negative things slide because you’re wrapped up in the characters you enjoy spending time with. I didn’t really think about White Collar being there, and in many…
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Covert Affairs, “Communication Breakdown”
It’s weird, I am actually excited to write about Covert Affairs today! Of course, that feeling suggests that there is also something wrong with the series, doesn’t it?
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True Blood, “I Smell a Rat”
After a string of successful episodes and one hell of an ending to last week’s effort, True Blood derailed a bit this week by clumsily answering some questions and furthering one of its biggest problems.
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Mad Men, “The Chrysanthemum and the Sword”
I’m actually glad that graduate school started today and I had more time to think about the latest episode of Mad Men, even if my opinion didn’t really change with that time.
CB, PhD 