I’m still thinking about Thursday night’s TV. Partially because it took me until yesterday to finish watching all of it,  and partially because it made me cry. Twice. For the sake of full disclosure I should admit that it’s around that time of the month where I’m feeling a little more weepy than usual. (Other […]

[Spoiler alert] My esteemed colleague Deb McDuffee buys that Chase really killed Dibala, (the mass murdering f*ck played by the always-marvelous James Earl Jones) on House this week. Oh no no no. It was Cameron. And this is how they are going to get rid of Jennifer Morrison. It makes perfect sense: Cameron was told […]

After this week’s episode of Heroes, I started thinking about the first season, reminiscing about how good it was. One of the things that struck me was that in season one there was direction. There were goals (“save the cheerleader, save the world”), there were definite, clear cut villains (Sylar), and there was promise of […]

It’s another slow week for the big network series releases, but that just might be a good thing. There are season releases from Bones, Medium, and Nip/Tuck. If none of those are on your radar though, there might be enough left in the DVD buying budget to take a look at a couple of Complete […]

Here are my picks, once again, for what I felt were the three best shows of the night: Durham County — ION is currently airing the final couple of episodes of season one, but I decided to go ahead and finish up season two last night. Wow. Simply WOW. Brutal and disturbing, yet filled with […]

Alright, so “crime fighter” is a stretch. After I posted my quasi-theory on what the Firefly Easter egg might be on the Castle set, a commenter noted that there was a rumor going around that Castle would be dressing up as the one and only Captain Mal Reynolds of the Firefly class ship, Serenity. Some […]

The second episode of a new show is often more telling about the general direction, tone, and structure that show will eventually take than the first. (Good) Pilots do a wonderful job at introducing you to the world and the characters, but the follow up episode is is critical to the setup of the rest […]