We all have friends. We know what that’s all about. But, Friends? I’m willing to bet that not many of us have cliques quite like them. Incestual dating? Marriage? Plus, non-twin siblings in the same group? College roommate this and former-homeless that? Safe to say that our friends on Friends were an unusual bunch. And, you […]
Is this what we’ve come to? Have we so run out of plot for Casey, Ashleigh, and Rebecca that they’re reduced to recycled drama, and the star power of their guesting dads? I haven’t been loving them of late, but I was nevertheless greatly disappointed in this entire plot line. Let’s set the stage a […]
I finally caught last week’s episode of Leverage, and, more than anything else, what it did for me was solidify a question that’s been forming in my mind these last few weeks: since when is Sophie anything other than not really necessary? Okay, maybe I should qualify that extreme of a question with “as far […]
(Season 2, Episodes 17-20) That is, she takes them on in what should have amounted to the most wildly appealed case of judicial and legal misconduct that I’ve ever seen on TV. Opposing lead counsels were sleeping together; one of Bobby’s co-counsel and Helen are best friends; Helen interceded on Jimmy’s behalf when he had […]
Which would actually be good news, if there weren’t so many barriers to entry in that market, such as the turf war that Dean and the gang consciously walk right into. This episode was like a civics lesson, too. Propping up the bad guy who is better for you (or not as bad for the […]
What happened “The Day After?” Well, for starters, Jordan didn’t die, which I found a bit surprising. I mean, I could have sworn that I saw the entire thing happen right before my very eyes. Actually, was I the one wielding the … um, that was just some movie. Yeah, a movie. Also weird? Rusty […]
Wow. Honestly, I didn’t even see that crescendo building, and then, bam! There was Shane, smashing Pilar in the head with a croquet mallet, knocking her lifeless body into the pool. I guess the golf club beat down scene was included in the “previously on Weeds” for a reason. Still … wow. There’s actually been […]