“Girth”
October 30th, 2007
You know, when I heard that Pushing Daisies was having a Halloween episode, it felt like a natural fit – however, this isn’t quite what I expected. The episode was good, a solid continuation of some of the show’s key themes and all, but it wasn’t exactly spooky or sensationalist. It used the [...]
Entries from October 2007
October 30, 2007
Pushing Daisies – “Girth”
October 30, 2007
Chuck – “Chuck Versus the Sandworm”
“Chuck Versus the Sandworm”
October 29th, 2007
I should have known that Chuck would eventually find its indie rock sensibility considering Josh Schwartz is in charge, but the early mention of Arcade Fire still came as a bit of a surprise. The show has fallen into a nice groove of slickly-produced spy romps tempered by emotional interludes [...]
October 29, 2007
Heroes – “The Line”
“The Line”
October 29th, 2007
At a certain point during tonight’s episode of Heroes, I pondered simply blogging about the storylines that I actively enjoyed within each episode. By the end of the episode, I realized that this would be fairly difficult considering there was only one that qualified. As a result, this review shall remain pretty [...]
October 28, 2007
Guiding Principles for the Return of CBS’ “Jericho”
For those who may have been curious as to what I’ve been doing for the past two weeks that has resulted in a rather alarming lack of blog postings, I’ve been busy with a variety of school-related activities surrounding the faculty strike currently affecting my campus. As part of this, our students’ union released a [...]
October 24, 2007
Pushing Daisies – “Pigeon”
“Pigeon”
October 24th, 2007
With its third episode, Pushing Daisies proved itself worthy of the praise lauded onto its pilot. And, after seeing its ratings, ABC rewarded the series with a full season order earlier this week. As a result, tonight’s episode is the first airing while we know that there is no longer any fear: Pushing [...]
October 22, 2007
Heroes: “Fight or Flight” or “The Kristen Bell Episode”
“Fight or Flight”
October 22nd, 2007
Five episodes into its first season, Future Hiro showed up on a subway train informing Peter to “Save the Cheerleader, Save the World.” Five episodes into its second season, it might take more than Kristen Bell’s much-anticipated arrival to save a series struggling to get a grip on its own storylines. [...]
October 22, 2007
The Amazing Race Returns November 4th
I wasn’t ready for this, CBS. My TV recap lineup is already jam-packed as it is, and now you’re officially canned Viva Laughlin and decided to bring back The Amazing Race sooner than expected. This makes sense: the episodes are pretty much prepared and ready to go at this stage, and it might even allow [...]
October 22, 2007
A Home for ‘Jericho’?: Could Replace ‘Viva Laughlin’ on Sundays
[Edit: CBS now confirms that, for better or for worse, Jericho will not be taking the place of Viva Laughlin. Instead, The Amazing Race will reinherit the timeslot at some point in the future. At this point it will be replaced with CSI repeats. Looks like Jericho is waiting until at least TAR finishes [...]
October 21, 2007
Dexter – “See-Through”
“See-Through”
October 21st, 2007
The second season of Dexter is based on a basic irony: its title character walks through Miami while people offer opinions of the Bay Harbor Butcher without knowing he’s right in front of them. I’m glad that in this episode Dexter finally admitted how annoying it’s getting, because I would tend to agree. [...]
