Holy smokes. After a summer without a lot of numbers to really be excited about, last week was just stuffed to the gills. There were season and series premieres everywhere, bringing in ratings that ran the gamut from outstanding to horrible. The big winners were House, NCIS, and Grey’s Anatomy. On the other end of […]

Last week I began talking about some of my favorite moments of Lost with a piece on the first big reveal of the show: Locke being in a wheelchair. This week, I turn my attention to the second season of the show, specifically the Eko-centric episode “The 23rd Psalm.” Since the pilot episode, viewers knew […]

Last night’s Entourage had one bit of big news for us, and it all focused in on one Ari Gold, his future, and the future of his agency. Once again, Vince took a very far back seat in this episode, only showing how much the boys rely so much on him and keep his cellphone […]

The writing was always an incredibly important part to the success of the show. Aaron Sorkin, all things being equal, is probably the best dialogue writer on television. Ever (Yes, I said ever). When he left after season four, it took some time for the show to find its voice again, but I contend that […]

Everybody’s talking about the return of Thursday night destination television — I don’t know what’s being broadcast where the rest of you live, but in my house, things are so dead that I was able to screen the premiere of Cold Case last week while waiting to watch The Office tape-delayed. DEAD. I’ve gotten the chance to screen […]

Let me just start out by saying that I don’t feel so bad for talking about video games to my newborn son five years ago, when Dexter’s telling little Harrison about how he kills people. However, my five-year-old is now sorta crazy about video games so … what’s that tell you about Dexter’s son’s chances? […]

Writing my preview piece last week, I got so excited about the coming season of Californication that I dropped everything else that I had to do and popped in the screener DVD right then and there. And it was so good that I insisted that my wife — who hates the show — watch the entire dinner […]