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Don’t blame me, blame America (and Ade)

Don’t think I don’t see all of you, standing around and muttering, pointing at me. “This is all your fault!” you hiss. “You Kasprzaktivists put Evan in the finale, where he didn’t belong!” To which I say — hold on a hot second, there. First of all, I don’t vote, because I’m way too lazy to […]

by Julia Hass

In Plain Sight – I lost track of all of the twists somewhere near the end

Okay, so that’s not literally true, but, how many surprises do we need in our guest star’s past? His best friend died in a boating accident; his best friend panicked, and our guy left him behind to save himself in a boating accident; our guy is the best friend, and he stole the other dude’s […]

by Aryeh S.

Army Wives – Moving at the speed of light

Oh, the children. Could it be that Army Wives is making a concerted effort to shift some of the focus of the show to the next generation? I mean, beyond Emmalin, Amanda (Kim Allen), and Jeremy, whose stories had more to do with how their nonsense affected their parents, than on the kids themselves. Oh, […]

by Aryeh S.

The trouble with MacGuffins – The magic of Lost and the end date

So you had to figure that sooner or later I was going to bring Lost into my summer long discussion about MacGuffins, mysteries, and storylines, right? After all, I’m a little obsessed. Beyond my own fascination with the show, however, it is a perfect program to look at when talking about MacGuffins — after all, […]

by Bob Degon

Ratings Clack – The Bachelorette goes out on top

The repetitive nature of the summer ratings have me so looking forward to the return of full schedules in the fall. Remember what that’s like? When CBS runs more than Big Brother, and The CW offers more than one burn-off episode of Easy Money. It was another week very much like so many of the […]

by Brett Love

Defying Gravity is accessible science fiction, and what’s wrong with that?

It’s time to try Defying gravity I think I’ll try Defying gravity And you can’t pull me down! – “Defying Gravity,” Wicked If you know me well enough, you had to know that I would find some way to work a Wicked reference into the post (the title of the show is also the title […]

by Ivey West

Quotation Marks – Baiting, Treking, and Abstinence

Leverage “OK, so what do we do now?” – Parker “Well, I just sent Eddie to the hospital … so lets go steal us a hospital.” – Nate “If I mention Star Trek One, Three, or Five, then everything’s okay, because the odd ones sucked. But if I mention Two, Four, or Six … What […]

by Ivey West