Category: Episode Reviews
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Lost, “What They Died For”
Apologies for the tardiness of this post, as last night was only the second time in Lost history that I missed the first run of an episode. Interestingly, I enjoyed having the night and early this morning to think about what I watched in “What They Died For,” and hopefully that makes this post better.…
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House, “Help Me”
“Help Me” was a powerful hour of television that also encapsulated my problems with House‘s storytelling approach perfectly.
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Party Down, “James Ellison Funeral”
Now, that’s the Party Down we all know and love. Though I said last week was the first week after the introductory transitioning that felt on-par with last season, “James Ellison Funeral” was even better.
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Smallville, “Salvation”
Ask any Smallville fan about their biggest complaint with the series and surely they’ll tell you that it’s Clark Kent’s lack of active heroism. Over the years, CK has definitely become more of a hero, but still spends a lot of time feeling guilty for certain events of being chastised by various characters for his beliefs and…
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Friday Night Lights, “After The Fall”
During the events of the premiere episode, a number of characters made choices. “After The Fall” is all about them dealing with the consequences of those choices.
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Fringe, “Over There, Part 1”
It’s hard to judge the first part of a two-parter on its own for all the obvious reasons. However, I can say pretty easily that part one of “Over There” was fantastic.
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Justified, “Hatless”
I watched this week’s Justified early this morning and loved every second of it. And then I spent most of the day wondering what exactly I’d say about it in a post other than “Hey! I loved every second of it.” Even though I’m writing something now, I still don’t have much else to say…
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Supernatural, “Swan Song”
Despite its use of demons, angels, urban legends and more, Supernatural has always, always been about family. Sometimes the series’ instance on this is frustrating because we can only take so many scenes with Sam and Dean talking in circles about their feelings. But in tonight’s season — and based on the way it was…
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Lost, “Across The Sea”
“Across The Sea” is an episode that a big sector of the Lost contingent has been waiting for since the season five finale and probably even before that. But while it probably satisfies those fans, I’m not convinced that anyone who cares about the core characters would actually have enjoyed this episode.
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Musings on The Pacific and why it isn’t overwhelmingly popular
I’ve occasionally written about The Pacific for WEEKEND Watchers, but didn’t find myself interested enough to recap each week in the early going. The last few weeks, however, have been damn good and so I thought I’d discuss them just a little before wondering aloud why people aren’t as high on the series.
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House, “Baggage”
Ed note: I’ve decided to just double post my recaps I’ve been doing at WEEKEND Watchers, so those who do read don’t have to jump through a link hoop to get to content. That’s lame. I appreciate what the House writers were trying to do with tonight’s “Baggage,” but because it relies on a relationship…
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Party Down, “Nick DiCintio’s Orgy Night”
Party Down is one of my favorite comedies and I’ve been watching season two regularly, but didn’t really get around to recapping the first two episodes for WEEKEND Watchers. However, I figured the more content the better here at the new digs, so I’ll go over some thoughts about the first two episodes and push…
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Friday Night Lights, “East of Dillon”
So far I’ve only been linking to my recaps for WEEKEND Watchers, but Friday Night Lights‘ season four debut on NBC is the perfect place to start posting Surveillance-only thoughts. With “East of Dillon,” a lot of things have changed for the Taylors, the football team(s) and really for all Dillon residents. But a lot…
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PLUG: Fringe, “Northwest Passage”
This should be my final plug for WEEKEND Watchers of the day and perhaps I’ll have Surveillance-only content tonight or early in the AM, but if you want to head over there and check out my recap of this week’s Fringe, I’d really appreciate it.
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PLUG: Smallville, “Hostage”
Guess I had enough break time to bash out another recap over at WEEKEND Watchers, this time for an enjoyable penultimate episode of Smallville. Head on over there to check it out.
CB, PhD 