“Employee Transfer”
October 30th, 2008
Remember last week? I was a bit underwhelmed by “Crime Aid,” feeling that it felt a bit too much like the show forcing a situation compared to the previous two episodes, but in retrospect (and another viewing) I felt like I was a bit harsh: it was still a very funny episode [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 30, 2008
The Office – “Employee Transfer”
October 30, 2008
Season Premiere: 30 Rock – “Do-Over”
“Do-Over”
October 30th, 2008
Thanks to the kindness of Ashley, a newfound Twitterquaintance, I was able to snatch the 30 Rock premiere for free on iTunes on Sunday through TV Guide’s promotion. So, let it be known that I am writing this review while the premiere has had time to sit…or, more accurately, that I am writing [...]
October 29, 2008
Pushing Daisies – “Dim Sum Lose Some”
“Dim Sum Lose Some”
October 29th, 2008
If there is a new mantra on Pushing Daisies, it seems quite simple: leave no character behind.
Excluding the Aunts, who have been absent for quite some time now likely in an effort to save money and focus the show on other issues, we’re seeing a lot more interaction between our [...]
October 28, 2008
Gossip Girl – “Pret-a-Poor-J”
“Pret-a-Poor-J”
October 27th, 2008
It’s been a long time since I’ve commented on Gossip Girl, but the show has been on a weird trajectory as of late. The season has had a lot of false starts: I thought they were going to villify Serena in her battle with Blair over supremacy, but now they’re back to being [...]
October 28, 2008
Chuck – “Chuck vs. Tom Sawyer”
“Chuck vs. Tom Sawyer”
October 27th, 2008
With some shows, enjoyment is just enough.
Chuck is in a unique position this season, already given a full season order even while its ratings are struggling. That NBC was willing to shell out a back nine for a show based on quality alone does, indeed, say something about its rather [...]
October 28, 2008
Season Finale: Mad Men – “Meditations in an Emergency”
“Meditations in an Emergency”
October 26th, 2008
“We don’t know what’s really going on; you know that.”
While there have been a lot of meta-critical statements made by characters in the universe of Matthew Weiner’s Mad Men, there is perhaps none more simple than this observation Don makes about the nature of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The entire [...]
October 27, 2008
The Amazing Race Season 13 – “Episode Five”
“Do it Like a Madman”
October 26th, 2008
As a race, the thirteenth season of The Amazing Race isn’t all that compelling. The show made very little effort to make the conclusion suspenseful, as they knew as well as we did that there was no other option.
What the episode did demonstrate, though, is that this season’s group [...]
October 26, 2008
Mad Men – “The Mountain King”
“The Mountain King”
October 19th, 2008
A week after watching the penultimate episode of Mad Men’s second season, I still have more to say than I expected. There is something simultaneously disarming and welcoming about the episode. As Don Draper slides further into a life away from his job and the family that we’ve come to know, [...]
October 23, 2008
The Office – “Crime Aid”
“Crime Aid”
October 23rd, 2008
In what is quite definitively the weakest entry yet this season, we discover The Office falling into one of its many potential potholes (having Michael do things that are almost too on-the-nose in the obnoxiousness column) even while we get a decent glimpse at the rest of the supporting cast. There’s some [...]
