Category: Episode Reviews
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Burn Notice, “Breach of Faith”
This week’s episode of Burn Notice is being compared to season two’s “Bad Breaks” because of the hostage situation premise and although “Breach of Faith” might not be quite as good as that effort, it’s still a damn fine hour of television.
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True Blood, “Beautifully Broken”
I’ve decided that holding True Blood to a standard of “great television” isn’t worth my frustrations. I’m convinced that Alan Ball and co. don’t really want the series to be something like that and I guess that’s fine. So while I still had a load of problems with “Beautifully Broken” that I’ll point out, I’m…
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Lie to Me, “The Whole Truth”
I have figured out that when it comes to procedurals, the only thing that keeps the episodes interesting on a week-to-week basis are the performances. I don’t watch a lot of programs of the ilk, but even on House, the performance of the patient is always a major factor in how good the episode is.…
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The Good Guys, “The Dim Knight”
For whatever reason, The Good Guys wants to spend a lot of time with its villains. On one hand, that’s not a bad approach for a series with only two lead characters — let’s not pretend the female characters bring anything to the table — and sometimes it’s nice to give a funny turn to awful…
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Party Down, “Cole Landry’s Draft Party”
Party Down has been on a role as of late and I think “Cole Landry’s Draft Party” had me laughing more than any episode this season. I think when it started with Ron asking Henry about the amount of semen he releases during an orgasm, I knew that this was going to be a classic…
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Friday Night Lights, “In The Bag”
With Matt gone from Dillon, “In The Bag” felt like somewhat of a transition episode, as the series finely moves away from the original lead Panthers and towards the story of the East Dillon Lions. Of course, Tim is still around and we’ve spent a lot of time with East Dillon all season, but the…
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Burn Notice, “Made Man”
Series based around teams or staffs usually require some new blood thrown into the mix before things get overly repetitive, but in recent years, the character additions have backfired — or at least turned off a number of original fans. Sometimes, the new people just aren’t as good as the old (House) or there’s too many…
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True Blood, “Bad Blood”
I tried to watch the True Blood premiere on multiple occasions since Sunday night’s premiere, but kept getting side-tracked or pulled away. Some of the reasons were technical errors, others were that I was simply disenfranchised with what I was seeing on the screen in the first 15 minutes. Combine my issues with actually finishing…
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The Good Guys, “Broken Door Theory”
After three episodes, it seems like The Good Guys is now less concerned with parodying cop shows of time past and simply being a straight-up comedy with police elements. That’s sort of disappointing, but it was a fine line to tow from the beginning and perhaps it’s just easier to go this route with the…
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Lie to Me, “Sweet Sixteen”
This week’s Lie to Me wasn’t as enthralling as last’s, but thanks to a strong guest performance and a story that was still emotionally relevant to Cal, it was an enjoyable hour of finely crafted television.
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Rubicon, “Pilot”
I admittedly love conspiracy theories. I listen to Coast to Coast AM every night. I read conspiracy theory-tinged books. So it’s fairly obvious to say that I’m already hooked on Rubicon.
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Friday Night Lights, “Stay”
Some quick thoughts on last Friday’s Friday Night Lights right after the jump.
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Burn Notice, “Fast Friends”
Episode two of Burn Notice‘s fourth season was an actual improvement over the premiere episode thanks to a welcome overlap between the overarching story and this week’s case. Plus, there’s trouble brewing for future episodes!
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Justified, “Bulletville”
I’m a little late on my Justified recap thanks to a weird two days where I somehow avoided the internet and my blogging responsibilities all together. So odd. ANYWAY, “Bulletville”: Pretty solid, right?
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The Good Guys, “Bait & Switch”
Last night, I tweeted that, “The Good Guys is unbelievably goofy and maybe a little stupid. But it makes me smile. What else can you ask for in June?” Yeah, that pretty much sums up my thoughts on the series. But I will say that I liked “Bait & Switch” even more than the pilot…
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