This is a huge, HUGE, week for TV on DVD. Why is that, you ask? Four words. Parker Lewis Can’t Lose. I can finally check that one off of the list of shows that really need to be on DVD. Even if you haven’t been waiting patiently for that classic, there is a host of […]
(Season 4, Episodes 7-9) The return of Bettina! I hadn’t realized how much I missed Kathy Bates on Six Feet Under until her character reconnected with Ruth in this run of episodes. What a great character played by an even better actress. I love the relationship between Bettina and Ruth. They are such complete opposites […]
My pals inform me that if one consumes enough LSD, alternate realities can be seen. I’ll have to take these “friends” of mine at their word. I wouldn’t know anything about using psychedelic drugs. Okay, I attended a couple raves back in the ’90s and may have “experimented” a bit. I never visited another reality, […]
(Episode 8 – “The Schizoid Man” & Episode 9 – “Many Happy Returns”) The series is definitely getting better. As I said before, what’s neat about The Prisoner is that each episode, so far, is self-contained. For the most part, nothing we’ve learned from previous episodes carries over into the present, other than the general […]
Starting at 8 PM, as a tribute to the recently departed Michael Jackson, FOX is rerunning the American Idol episode from earlier this year that featured his music. Also at 8 PM, The CW is airing an episode from Gossip Girl‘s second season, NBC has an episode of Law & Order, and CBS starts airing […]
Of course, this past week the real reality shows took over our televisions. Three actual celebrities dying within a week will do that. You will note that none of the three — Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson — got their starts in the reality television genre. However, Ed McMahon played his own role in […]
The X-Files was a landmark television show. I don’t think anyone can deny that. It spawned two movies and more than one imitator (*cough* Fringe *cough*). When it comes to MacGuffins and how the show dealt with it, I think that The X-Files is a really interesting case. Last week, I discussed Twin Peaks, and […]
