The theme of this weeks episode of Weeds was a struggle for patriarchal claim to Nancy’s new baby. Yes, it’s Esteban’s kid (we’re assuming Nancy didn’t have multiple suitors at that point in time), but Nancy’s luck, and Esteban’s mysterious female backer, Pilar (Kate del Castillo), all dictate that it not be so. At least not […]

By now a lot of you have probably read about the Dollhouse Season One DVD set, and the special features that come with it. Two special features of note are the original, unaired pilot titled “Echo,” and the also unaired episode “Epitaph One,” which was originally tapped to air as the first season’s 13th episode. […]

Because, you know it had to be something for women; I don’t think Julie’s (Bess Rous) really building an inventory for men. Geez, did that housewares party throw me for a loop! This week we got a lot of Joan. Now, I’ve never been a huge fan, and the beginning of the most recent episode […]

Ah, the struggles of an athlete. It sounded a bit cliched, but I imagine that Sasha Beloff (Neil Jackson) – sorry; I love saying his full name – that Sasha Beloff was right when he told Payson’s (Ayla Kell) mom, Kim (Peri Gilpin), that a teen-athletes problems are not of the ordinary nature. Do you […]

If you’re a guy, it’s kind of a given that you dig cars, trucks, motorcycles, bulldozers … pretty much anything with wheels and an engine. Even a few of the ladies out there are proud gear-heads. You know who you are. I myself am no aficionado, but I can’t help but strain my neck at […]

As the summer turns a hot and humid corner into the homestretch, one would think that the primetime schedule would be full of reruns. Yet, there are actually more original series on the Big Four-and-a-Half Networks than repeats. I don’t know if that’s a good or bad thing. The Tuesday night schedule for CBS begins, naturally, with […]

Every spring, my mother goes through a yearly ritual. She realizes she needs bathing suits, orders a bunch from Land’s End, and then goes to her room to try them on (usually with my sister and me in tow to voice opinions). Regardless of what she tries on, she will twist and turn to look […]