The second episode of a new show is often more telling about the general direction, tone, and structure that show will eventually take than the first. (Good) Pilots do a wonderful job at introducing you to the world and the characters, but the follow up episode is is critical to the setup of the rest […]
…and the clothes are to die for. “Inventing The Girl” is a perfect example of what I really like about Castle. There is certainly a formulaic aspect to the case of the week, but they manage to do it in an interesting way. This week, I was sure I had figured out whodunit three different […]
“I need you to spread your legs so I can do an ‘H’.” – House to Cameron as he’s miming the diagnosis to Foreman When I first started watching tonight’s episode of House, I was feeling decidedly “meh” about the case of the week. Politics, blah, blah, blah, moral dilemma, whatever. I just wasn’t into […]
It’s clear that Heroes is trying to address some of the criticisms of the past few seasons. The most obvious is that only a handful of characters are appearing in each episode, with others sitting them out so that the focus isn’t spread quite as thin as usual. That, however, leads to another problem: momentum. […]
“Yes, totally. Only thing, I like my testicles attached to my body rather than rolling around next to some eyeliner in Robin’s purse.” – Barney to Ted, about changing to be a better boyfriend to Robin I said a few weeks ago in my post about the premiere that I loved the way they were […]
Since The Curious Case of Benjamin Button got made, it was inevitable that a new movie would take its place in the “will-it-won’t-it” category of perpetual confusion. And taking Benjamin’s place? Arrested Development. Today news was released that a screenplay is in the works, but, the article notes, that doesn’t mean we should expect anything, […]
Dear Seth, I just wanted to drop a line and congratulate you on basically turning Sunday nights on FOX into “Seth Sundays.” I don’t think the monopolization of a network by one person has been done since Aaron Spelling dominated ABC during the 1970s and ’80s. Of course, being the king of the Animation Domination, you […]
