Pilots! Reviews! Reading! I trust you’re up to speed now. After recapping five hours of programming in three nights, I’m not sure that I have a hilarious introduction in me. Worst Week Monday 9:30, CBS The Premise: A single-camera sitcom, based on a hit BBC series. Regular guy Sam suffers […]
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Heroesville: Heroes, Season 3, Episode 3 – “One of Us, One of Them” (Sept 30)
I’m being awesome! Ah, Ando. That line cracked me up, and I will use it at every possible opportunity. Well, Season Three continues its positive trend of having things happen. We lead with Ma Petrelli, who I think might be a filthy, filthy liar. I’m not convinced that she is […]
Mad Men Roundtable: Season 2, Episode 9 – “Six Months Leave”
EJ – Aww, poor Freddy Rumsen. We’ve got an episode set in early August of 1962, given the timing of Marilyn Monroe’s death. Time’s moving fast this season, and it would seem as if this episode takes place only a few days after the previous episode, or else it took […]
The Most Awesome Things We Saw Last Week (Sept 20-26)
EJ – I sort of assumed that my inaugural entry would be about the season premiere of The Office, but there are some things you just can’t pass up. Deep down, when you strip away all pretense, I’m a man of simple pleasures, and this week’s episode of House hit […]
Heroesville: Heroes, Season 3, Episodes 1 & 2, ” “The Second Coming” & “The Butterfly Effect”
We’re back! After a seemingly endless hiatus, Heroes is back. Remember how young we were back when Hiro fought Adam Monroe and Peter Petrelli saved the world from an airborne virus? I’m pretty sure that I had to get a grown-up to buy me beer. Back in those distant times, […]
The All-Pilot Project: Do Not Disturb (Sept 18)
You know, the opening salvo of pilots hasn’t really been a salvo at all. More of a trickle. But regardless of whether it’s a torrent, a dribble, or a “two shakes and done” situation, we’re here to scoop up those pilots and take a good hard look at them in […]