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Angel: Tomorrow
Not for nothing, but I want to scream! I had the merest inkling that this season would not actually resolve the issues that we’ve been building to, but I kept dismissing that idea remembering the track record of this and … Continue reading
Supernatural: Croatoan
Warning: this review mentions violence, blood, and implied infanticide. Have you heard of the lost colony of Roanoke, Virginia? The colony was founded in 1585 on Roanoke Island, but in 1587 was re-established in Chesapeake Bay. When a ship from … Continue reading
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Lessons
Every long-running show reaches a point where it’s fun to remind the viewers of its own past. Buffy the Vampire Slayer has strong continuity anyway, with remarkable attention to detail in that respect, but in its seventh year it can … Continue reading
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Twilight Zone: A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain
[Trigger warning: suicide theme discussed.] If I knew then what I know now, when I started watching The Twilight Zone, I would have setup categories. I didn’t realize just how few varieties there were. We have the fable, which tends … Continue reading
Dot and Bubble
It’s funny that some episodes are harder to write about than others. I go back and rewrite things over and over again because I have new ideas about it, and an episode that has so much to say also has … Continue reading
The Avengers: Killer
Nearly every review about Killer on the internet mentions that the producers didn’t like Linda Thorson and/or Tara King, and decided to write her out for a week, sending the actress and the character off on holiday. I don’t know … Continue reading
Land of the Lost: Timestop
After another earthquake, Will and Holly find one of the previously sealed temple doors has been shifted and they can get inside to investigate. They find some kind of crystal embedded in a plaque written in Altrusian. They go to … Continue reading
Angel: Benediction
Well it was what I expected: the last episode was the slow-burn start of a three part story, and while I had suspected it, I was still frustrated with the way it played out. The issue was the lack of … Continue reading
Supernatural: Crossroad Blues
Demons are back and I’m here for it. Picture the scene: Greenwood, Mississippi, 1938. We’re inside Lloyd’s bar. The place is packed, with men in suits and hats, and women in dresses. And playing blues guitar is the legendary Robert … Continue reading
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Grave
There you go. All better now. Or is it? Grave is certainly an episode that resolves a lot of lingering issues all in one go, or at least appears to, and does so very neatly. By the end of the … Continue reading
Twilight Zone: The 7th is Made Up of Phantoms
The 7th is Made Up Of Phantoms is an episode idea that conceptually I like a lot. In execution, could there be a more tedious half hour of television? To understand why I felt that way, I have to go … Continue reading
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73 Yards
There’s only one way to start a review of this episode and it’s to praise actress Millie Gibson. She carries the entire story from start to finish. I don’t love the idea of it, because I’m watching a show called … Continue reading
The Avengers: Invasion of the Earthmen
Right from the start of this episode, with its bizarre opening sequence, it’s clear that we are in the realms of parodying Star Trek. This shows the extent to which The Avengers was being made for US viewers, because viewers … Continue reading
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Land of the Lost: Abominable Snowman
When Jack and Will find a unicorn, they decide to bring it back to the temple for Holly as a “birthday present”, but it soon goes missing, sending Holly looking for it. Once again, this series utilizes the lost world … Continue reading
Angel: A New World
As the season winds down, I was expecting the final three episodes to go one of two ways: three action packed pieces, or three slow burns that could be viewed as one long story. I can say it’s not the … Continue reading
Supernatural: The Usual Suspects
“The Usual Suspects” starts out strong and just keeps going. If you usually skip the recaps at the beginning of an episode, resist the urge. This recap includes a montage of the boys in their various disguises and it’s worth … Continue reading
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Two to Go
It’s not Willow any more. That’s the comfort we can take from this, the one thing that leaves the door ajar for her redemption, should she survive the end of the season. And as always, Buffy the Vampire Slayer has … Continue reading
Twilight Zone: Probe 7, Over and Out
There’s a simple trick here that we have to glaze over once the punchline is revealed. Prior to that, Probe 7 Over and Out was a new experience for me. Somehow, I neither knew what to expect, nor had I … Continue reading
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Boom
Over the years, I’ve seen many movies and TV shows where the entire story is carried by one or two people. It usually shows off the acting talents of a given actor or actress. Boom may have a handful of cast … Continue reading
The Avengers: The Rotters
In You’ll Catch Your Death, villains created a virus which makes people sneeze themselves to death. Before they can monetize their invention, they try to kill anyone with enough knowledge in their field to stop them. In The Rotters, villains … Continue reading
The View from the Junkyard 