Brothers and sisters, I have seen the future … and it is good. You’ve probably seen the reviews of the season five premiere all over the interwebs over the past few days. I was also  lucky enough get to see the first two episodes of the upcoming season. I don’t want to spoil anything, but […]

We’ve been watching the annual Twilight Zone marathon on the Sci-Fi Channel all day, and it got me to thinking once again how brilliant the show is. How does it manage to scare the living daylights out of us with so few special effects? Oh sure, there’s the creepy “normal” people in “Eye of the […]

(Season 2, Episode 9 – “Two Ministers”) Oh, it was a banner week for our Eli. A banner week indeed. On the plus side, he did get to help a transgender minister try and get his flock back. That was the official “case of the week.” And while it was good, and gave us some […]

It wouldn’t be the last day of the year if we didn’t somehow mark the top something, now would it? Sure, we could write a bunch of posts highlighting subjective lists about the best on TV this year, but that sure wouldn’t be original. We wanted to do something a bit different here. So why […]

(Season 1, Episodes 7-13) If I weren’t sold before, after finishing the first season of The Wire, I can now consider myself an avowed fan. The first half of the season was a lot of build up , and it turned out that the second half was a lot of pay off. I can’t wait […]

From the neon lights of Biscayne Boulevard to the feral swamps of the Everglades, the mid-1980s belonged to Miami Vice. Debuting in 1984 — on NBC at 10pm — the series not only altered cop shows, it influenced all of television by bringing a movie-like look and feel to the small screen. By setting and […]

Aryeh S. is back guest clacking for us again today …. Generally, one would use this type of column to arrive at a conclusion by making points to support a theory. In this instance, I will answer my posed question and then work backwards, so as not to leave you all thinking that I’m crazy: […]