Category: Episode Reviews
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Keepin’ it local — Musings on the last few weeks of Warehouse 13
I haven’t updated with my thoughts on the last few weeks of Warehouse 13, so this is going to be a more general post about the last three, I believe — all of which were very, very good.
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White Collar, “By The Book”
With procedurals and lighter fare, the easiest way to mix things up a little bit is to re-position the lens of focus onto a supporting player and this week, White Collar dips into that pool with a Mozzie-centric episode.
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The Good Guys, “Don’t Tase Me, Bro!”
I have to admit, this episode was after my own heart based on its title alone. Please tell me you all catch the reference. If you don’t, watch this video.
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True Blood, “Hitting the Ground”
You know True Blood has too many characters when three kinda-sorta major died in “Hitting the Ground” and there was still too much going on that even more than that were completely absent from the episode. Yeah, three folks died this week!
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Rubicon, “The First Day of School”
If you didn’t catch my thoughts on the sneak previewed premiere of Rubicon, check that out. In short: I totally enjoyed the pilot based on atmosphere and pace alone, but thought that the first episode took enough steps to hit a few character beats along the road as a way to show that the series…
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Mad Men, “Christmas Comes But Once a Year”
Last week, we were given the great honor of joining Don Draper right as his life feels like it’s falling apart and he’s hitting the bottom. This week? It seemed to only get worse.
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Friday Night Lights, “Laboring”
I’ve always thought if the end of a season sneaks up you, chances are that the series has been doing something right all year. Such is the case for the fourth season of Friday Night Lights.
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Burn Notice, “Where There’s Smoke”
For the most part, despite their quality on an individual level, the last few episodes of Burn Notice have totally ran together for me. I watch them, I’m entertained and then it just completely seeps away from my brain. For most USA series, that’s fine, but I expect a little more from this one.
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Psych, “Feet Don’t Kill Me Now” and “Not Even Close…Encounters”
After what I thought was a partially weak season premiere, Psych rebounded with two hotly entertaining episodes that remind us fans why we love the series so much.
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Covert Affairs, “Walter’s Walk” and “Southbound Suarez”
Once again, Comic Con delayed my watching and recapping of Covert Affairs, so here’s your double shot of analysis.
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White Collar, “Need to Know” and “Copycat Caffrey”
Again, Comic-Con 2010 = lack of watching and recapping, so this is a two-fer post on both last week’s and last night’s White Collar episodes.
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True Blood, “Trouble” and “I Got a Right to Sing The Blues”
Again, thanks to my vacation, I didn’t have time to watch the last two episodes of True Blood, let alone recap the damn things. Alas, I’ve powered through them today and combined my thoughts into one post.
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Mad Men, “Public Relations”
I’ve been clamoring to get to the Mad Men season four premiere since it aired for the first time on Sunday night, but my traveling home and subsequent sleep deprivation kept me from doing so until early this afternoon. I was also kept from reading others’ thoughts on the premiere effort, “Public Relations,” which perhaps made me…
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Psych, “Romeo and Juliet and Juliet”
I’ll put this out there: I think Psych is one of the most underrated series on television. It’s oftentimes broad and James Roday is an acquired taste, but rarely do I LOL more than watching an episode of the series. So of course I was excited to have the series back for its fifth season…
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Warehouse 13, “Mild Mannered”
I’m a little late getting to Warehouse 13 this week thanks to USA premieres and whatever goofy issues Hulu was having with uploading the episode, which didn’t occur until late last night. Anyway, “Mild Mannered” was a return to the flat-out goofiness that the series does so often and maybe it’s just my love of…
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