Dec 17 2012
As season finales go, “The Choice” does a decent job of wrapping up this season and setting the tone for the next. And while the first half hour is a bit tedious, the last half hour makes up for it. I guess we’ll never know who the mole was but at this point, who cares?
Dec 15 2012
Besides stealing the show, Klaus brings excitement to this mid-season finale, which would have otherwise floundered. A very nice way send-off for the winter break, “O Come All Ye Faithful” brings light to things long kept in the dark.
Dec 13 2012
While Mac (Rob McElhenney) and Dennis (Glenn Howerton) are having their “monthly dinner” at Guigino’s, one of Philadelphia’s finer eating establishments, Charlie (Charlie Day) and Frank (Danny DeVito) walk in to celebrate their one-year anniversary of living together. What none of them realizes is Dee (Kaitlin Olson) is at a table of her own. What ensues as the four men try to outdo each other has me chuckling deep down to my very core.
Dec 13 2012
Sister Jude might be in shackles now, stripped of her clerical standing, but she’s allowed some room to roam the asylum. I’m counting the days until Sister Jude uses her wits to turn the place upside down. Just because she’s out of her nun’s habit doesn’t mean her power as a woman has diminished any.
Dec 10 2012
As one would suspect from the title of this week’s installment of Homeland, Abu Nazir (Navid Negahban) dies. But it’s how he dies and who’s responsible for his death that makes “In Memoriam” an episode to remember.
Dec 06 2012
Focusing on a topic that isn’t as laugh out loud funny as those in recent Sunny episodes, the show tackles online gaming, and how easy it is to succumb to the virtual world. That’s not to say “Charlie Rules the World” doesn’t have its moments, because it does. While Mac (Rob McElhenney), Frank (Danny DeVito), Dee (Kaitlin Olson), and Charlie (Charlie Day) are immersed in the game, “Techpocalypse,” Dennis tries to keep a foothold in real life.
Dec 06 2012
There’s no way, in the hell that’s Briarcliff, there can’t be a dark side to this otherwise cheerful (for most) holiday. Santa, whose real name is Leigh Emerson (Ian McShane), turned evil during his first stint in jail for a petty crime. Can’t say I blame him with what he endured, but he’s gone to the extreme.
Dec 03 2012
What a compelling episode of Homeland! Not only does Brody (Damian Lewis) get to confront Vice President Walden (Jamey Sheridan), but Carrie (Claire Danes) faces off against Abu Nazir (Navid Negahban) after he captures her. In the meantime, Dana (Morgan Saylor) and Finn (Timothee Chalamet) talk about their feelings for each other.
Nov 30 2012
I wanted to like “My Brother’s Keeper” more but the lack of progression gave me pause. I’m no longer sure where the show is going and I’m getting bored.
Nov 29 2012
Charlie exclaims, “5, 4, 3, 2, 1 – Boom, the found wallet is ours!” You know nothing good is going to come from using LeFevre’s identity but it makes for some very funny scenes.
Nov 29 2012
Sister Jude is no lily-white saint but I have felt terrible for her ever since learning about her hit-and-run accident. Although, I breathed a sigh of relief when she learns the girl survived, and is now a grown woman with a baby. We are treated to a flashback of her life before becoming a nun, a life she lived as a hard-drinking songstress.
Nov 27 2012
My screenwriting instructor often talked about how the first few minutes of a great script should hint at everything that is about to happen. “Darthy” should be a case study for this principle as it does just that. But not only do the first minutes tell us loads about what to expect, they also pay respect to one of the most critical moments of Sons of Anarchy.
Nov 26 2012
From one minute to the next, I wasn’t sure what was going to happen—whether they were going to succeed or if I would make it to the end of the episode without passing out; I think I was holding my breath throughout the entire hour.
Nov 23 2012
This will become a battle of the wits—Lana learns quickly she can appeal to the lonely son inside of Thredson and present herself as a mother figure (“A mother’s love is unconditional. Everyone deserves that, even you. Baby. My baby”) to escape his murderous clutches. Watching this little cat and mouse game, it could go either way.
Nov 19 2012
Can we all agree that Michonne is not to be messed with?
Nov 19 2012
We’re three-fourths of the way through this season, and Homeland still holds the top spot on my must-see TV list. “I’ll Fly Away” was as intriguing and exciting as any other episode has been. Danes and Lewis continue to turn in mesmerizing performances, as does the rest of the cast.
Nov 17 2012
With Duke’s disappearance into the past, the current Haven is changing. “The Haven Herald” newspaper no longer exists. Then when Nathan vanishes, something else changes and Audrey learns that Dave (John Dunsworth) killed his brother Vince (Richard Donat), and now things are getting even screwier.
Nov 17 2012
Another quote from a scary fairy tale that would have been better suited to the season one finale “Woman in Black.” The terrible witch, or in this case, a Hexenbiest, is the darkly troubled Adalind (Claire Coffee) who has returned to Portland seeking the mysterious “key” Nick’s (David Giuntoli) aunt gave him before she died.
Nov 16 2012
An intriguing episode, “We All Go A Little Mad Sometimes” alludes to things to come. A new relationship brewing, trouble in paradise and a possible new foe on the horizon?
Nov 16 2012
But before that, she meets with Mr. Goodman (Mark Margolis), a Nazi hunter, to find out the truth about Dr. Arden. She may feel defeated now, but I’m almost certain she’ll get her revenge against the ruling patriarchal scum of the asylum.
Nov 15 2012
From the title of this week’s episode of Sunny, “Charlie’s Mom Has Cancer,” I knew this was going to be very irreverent, and man, was I right! There are scams galore, and not one, but two, twists at the end of the episode I never saw coming. As Dee (Kaitlin Olson), Mac (Rob McElhenney) and Charlie (Charlie Day) struggle with their faith, Frank (Danny DeVito) loses his memory, and Dennis (Glenn Howerton) realizes he has no feelings. Add in Diddy (as in Sean ‘P Diddy’ Combs) stretching his acting chops, and you have one funny episode.
Nov 15 2012
While I enjoyed reading Slammed, I didn’t find it to be realistic. My connection to the characters failed as they didn’t contain the substance needed to make me care about them. If I can’t relate to a character, or feel their circumstance is probable, you lose me.
Nov 14 2012
Lachlan MacAldonich (Robert Carlyle, The Full Monty, Trainspotting, Once Upon a Time) is a washed up, burned out, embittered former Scottish pop rock guitarist who is now working on an organic farm outside Los Angeles. Self-exiled in America for the past 12 years, Lachlan cannot face the fact that he was responsible for the drug-related death of his brother and fellow band mate/lead singer of the 90s grunge band, The Cranks. Nor can he go back to the UK where he will surely face the wrath of family, friends, and fans. What he does, and how he deals with the direction his life is taking is the basis of this melancholy tale.
Nov 13 2012
Memories of Opie’s (Ryan Hurst) death won’t go away as Jax (Charlie Hunnam) presses forward with his plans. The topic of making choices takes center stage again in “Cruxified” and given how high the stakes are with SAMCRO and the criminal organizations they work with, the decisions each member of the MC makes will have even more grave repercussions.
Nov 12 2012
“The Clearing” is a very character intensive episode, and while not as powerful as other episodes of Homeland this season, it is still quite gripping.