I really love Damages and need to gush for just a little bit. It’s hard to find shows that excel in everything. Obviously, Damages does well with the mysteries and plot twists. With actors of the caliber of Glenn Close, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the acting is top notch. Even the small […]

The title of this week’s episode, “Moving the Chains” reminded me of the ends of Dylan Thomas’s famous poem “Fern Hill.” The last lines of the poem are: “Time held me green and dying/Though I sang in my chains like the sea.” The reason why this episode reminds me of the poem is more complicated […]

Generally, when I watch Heroes I try to turn my brain completely off. I find it’s pretty much the only way to get any enjoyment out of the show. If you think too hard, you’re bound to come up with any number of perfectly logical questions that will no doubt have no reasonable answer. Unfortunately […]

“Just because a man talks about a fictional character a lot on a first date doesn’t mean he’s not husband material.” – Lily to Robin “Sasquatch is not fictional.” – Marshall I know, I can’t believe I’m actually reviewing How I Met Your Mother again, either. What’s more, I’m about to say really great things […]

I can’t believe this week’s episode was only an hour long. Things that have been coming to a head for months — not just this season — suddenly exploded all at once this week. I felt like I had been hit by a Mack truck by the time it was over. If you thought things […]

Sportscaster aliens, a pork and champagne restaurant and blue closet organizers. Did you have any favorites this week?

When this episode began, I worried that it was going to be one of those “false reality” episodes. You know what I’m talking about — the hero wakes up in a nightmarish version of his world that is obviously not real but that we must nevertheless endure for a whole hour. Fortunately, “Perdition” didn’t stick to […]