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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Doomed
The memory cheats. I remembered Season Four of Buffy as being far weaker than the seasons that surround it. So far, that’s not the case. It might be that the closing few episodes created that impression; we will see. But … Continue reading
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The Twilight Zone: Still Valley
I remember hating history class as a kid in grade school. “Mom, why do we have to learn history? It’s already happened!” I was a futurist. There was an announcement when I was a young man, maybe around 18, that … Continue reading
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Love, Death and Robots: Pop Squad
Having now seen 20 episodes of this series, I feel like I know more or less what to expect. And then this episode happens and it surprises me. It surprises me because every other story felt self-contained. Yes, they are … Continue reading
The Avengers: Two’s a Crowd
Last week, writer Philip Levene gave us killer plants. This week he mines another old favourite trope by introducing a double for Steed. It’s a tricky story to get right, and many attempts over the years at a doppelgänger story … Continue reading
Angel: Parting Gifts
I’ve been trying to figure out what bugs me with this show. I like it a lot actually and find myself looking forward to it immensely, but there is something that bugs me and it finally hit me. It’s like … Continue reading
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Hush
For many Buffy fans this is the best episode of the lot, and for once I am in complete agreement with popular opinion. I could name a few other episodes that give Hush a run for its money (I won’t, … Continue reading
The Twilight Zone: The Midnight Sun
The Midnight Sun takes a long time to open; about 6 minutes before we have any real information at all. All we know is that Norma (the lovely Lois Nettleton) lives alone, paints and it’s blisteringly hot out. I recognized … Continue reading
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Love, Death and Robots: Ice
Season 1 was a real surprise to me, telling stories with a deeper meaning, that I’ve come to expect the same from season 2. Now, that’s not to say that some of those stories in the first season weren’t just … Continue reading
The Avengers: Man-Eater of Surrey Green
We continue to veer back and forth between crime dramas and science-fiction, and Man-Eater of Surrey Green is very clearly in the latter category. There are not even any human villains that are not victims of possession themselves; no criminals, … Continue reading
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Angel: Hero
I feel like a broken record saying how impressed I am with the continuity in this series but it stands out when this story picks up right after Buffy left and Angel is still affected by her departure. He explains … Continue reading
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Something Blue
This is almost entirely a comedy episode, but there’s nothing wrong with that. Any show needs light and shade, and Buffy is beginning to really excel at the lighter episodes, after some early struggles. The reason the show works so … Continue reading
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The Twilight Zone: Deaths-Head Revisited
I have always felt bad for cowards. I mean, maybe it’s because I can relate to what it’s like to be frightened of something that later proves to be so carefree, but cowardice is natural. What isn’t natural is for … Continue reading
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Tagged Deaths-Head Revisited, Holocaust, Rod Serling, World War II
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Love, Death and Robots: Automated Customer Service
Season 2 opens with Automated Customer Service… or at least it did for me, but it also shows as the first episode of season two according to Wikipedia. I had high hopes for this when I’d seen the title. I’ve … Continue reading
The Avengers: Dial a Deadly Number
We start with a mystery this week: six company chairmen have dropped dead in less than a year, and they were all members of the same bank. What is going on? Steed investigates the world of share dealing, and meets … Continue reading
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Angel: I Will Remember You
I Will Remember You, while sounding suspiciously like a Celine Dion song, is another victory for the series because in just a few episodes, we’ve seen a level of continuity that I can seriously get behind. When Doyle had the … Continue reading
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Pangs
This is a triumphant and hilarious episode for reasons I will get to, but let’s get the negatives out of the way first. Pangs is extremely awkward in its approach to the topic of Thanksgiving and Native Americans. It’s a … Continue reading
The Twilight Zone: It’s a Good Life
It’s a Good Life is one of those Twilight Zone episodes I’ve seen dozens of times before, but when you plan on writing about a show, you see it again as if for the first time. You notice things that … Continue reading
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Love, Death and Robots: The Secret War
Come on, at first sight, you hoped for that epic Marvel battle with Doctor Doom, didn’t you? Ok, maybe it was just me but I really liked that when I’d read it as a kid! Alas, this Secret War is … Continue reading
The Avengers: The Hour That Never Was
The fourth season of The Avengers has hit new heights of brilliance, and I thought it couldn’t get any better than wonderful episodes like The Town of No Return, The Cybernauts or Death at Bargain Prices, but this series just … Continue reading
Angel: The Bachelor Party
The Bachelor Party was an episode I could actually get behind. The plot has Harry, Doyle’s wife, show up to ask for a divorce before marrying her new husband, who is also a demon. It does two things fairly well, … Continue reading
The View from the Junkyard 