Category Archives: Television

Supernatural: Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things

Posted on May 12, 2024 by Aspasía S. Bissas

What’s dead should stay dead. That’s the theme of this episode (which was named after a 1972 movie [external link]), and it applies to a lot more than lost loved ones. Memories, relationships, emotions—if it’s over, just move on. According … Continue reading →

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Entropy

Posted on May 11, 2024 by Roger Pocock

Entropy means a thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system’s thermal energy for conversion into… actually, we don’t need the physics explanation. In the context of human life, the word is used to represent decline into uncertainty and disorder. … Continue reading →

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Twilight Zone: Living Doll

Posted on May 10, 2024 by Roger Pocock

This episode gave me an interesting thing to consider.  I’ve been struggling recently with this series because I remember liking it a lot more than I do now.  My chief complaint is that so many episodes deal with jerks.  But … Continue reading →

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The Avengers: Have Guns – Will Haggle

Posted on May 8, 2024 by Roger Pocock

The Avengers often seemed to be a series that couldn’t decide what it wanted to be. It started off as fairly gritty espionage thrillers, and soon became a show that wasn’t taking itself very seriously. It’s perfectly normal for a … Continue reading →

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Land of the Lost: Medusa

Posted on May 7, 2024 by DrAcrossthePond

At the start of Medusa, I was a little annoyed.  This season hasn’t grabbed me at all and it really ignores a lot of the good work done by seasons 1 and 2.  The mere notion that Medusa is living in the … Continue reading →

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Angel: Sleep Tight

Posted on May 6, 2024 by DrAcrossthePond

Babylon 5 was the first show that I encountered from the 90’s that really used continuity well.  To my surprise, Buffy came along much later for me personally, but I can tell the writers understood they were building a bigger … Continue reading →

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Supernatural: Bloodlust

Posted on May 5, 2024 by Aspasía S. Bissas

I wasn’t expecting to see vampires again so soon after the last time, but I can’t say I was disappointed. In Red Lodge, Montana, a young woman is running from something in the woods (with all the typical looking back … Continue reading →

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Normal Again

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Roger Pocock

There have been many examples of novels and television dramas that challenge the nature of reality. It’s an idea that was popularised by Descartes, but goes right back to Plato: can we trust our senses to tell us the difference … Continue reading →

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Twilight Zone: The Last Night of a Jockey

Posted on May 3, 2024 by Roger Pocock

I realize that Rod Serling lived during a different era from the one I grew up in.  I recognize that in 2000 years, we’ve seen more progress in the last 100, than in the previous 1900 and if you really … Continue reading →

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DOCTOR WHO: THE DALEKS in color

Posted on May 2, 2024 by DrAcrossthePond

We are getting ready for the return of Doctor Who with Nguti Gatwa on May 11th, so why go back to the second story of the 60 year history?  Possibly for the same reason that next week will be visiting … Continue reading →

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The Avengers: Look – (Stop me if you’ve heard this one) – But There Were These Two Fellers…

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Roger Pocock

“Red noses – what does that conjure up?” “Inebriates.” It also conjures up an image of clowns, source of a common phobia called coulrophobia. The first link on Google suggests that it is not a well understood phobia, but I … Continue reading →

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Land of the Lost: Repairman

Posted on April 30, 2024 by DrAcrossthePond

Let’s talk about things that really get under the skin, shall we?  Things like… splinters, airline flights with someone kicking your chair over and over, and writers who have one track minds.  Jon Kubichan is back after last week’s lame … Continue reading →

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Angel: Loyalty

Posted on April 29, 2024 by DrAcrossthePond

The writers of Angel and Buffy have a good grasp on storytelling, and I regret ever doubting them, even if I will undoubtedly fall into that same trap again in the future.  As season 3 of Angel has gone on, … Continue reading →

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Supernatural: Everybody Loves a Clown

Posted on April 28, 2024 by Aspasía S. Bissas

Warning: this review contains clowns. Walk away, while you still can. “Everybody Loves a Clown” opens on a typical scene at a carnival or circus: rides, balloons, happy people, clowns. One little girl is having a great time, especially with … Continue reading →

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Hell’s Bells

Posted on April 27, 2024 by Roger Pocock

Welcome to the latest instalment of Buffy the Miserable Slayer, although this week it’s somebody else’s turn to be really miserable, with the collapse of Xander and Anya’s relationship, in the most spectacular way. There aren’t many more dramatic ways … Continue reading →

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Twilight Zone: A Kind of a Stopwatch

Posted on April 26, 2024 by Roger Pocock

I used to love The Twilight Zone.  In fact, it’s one of the very few series my mom and I ever shared because she had watched this series in her younger years.  I also shared it with my cousin, often … Continue reading →

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Star Trek Continues: To Boldly Go

Posted on April 25, 2024 by DrAcrossthePond

You have to give credit to these guys on almost every conceivable level.  There’s definitely something to the idea of the fans making the series.  It’s the same thing that happened when Doctor Who came back in 2005 – the … Continue reading →

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The Avengers: Noon Doomsday

Posted on April 24, 2024 by Roger Pocock

If it weren’t bad enough having to watch an episode written by Terry Nation last week, Noon Doomsday is another Nation episode, but it’s also trying to be a Western, the genre of television I will cross the road to … Continue reading →

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Land of the Lost: The Orb

Posted on April 23, 2024 by DrAcrossthePond

Well damn it all.  I was really hoping that the last episode was a fluke and season 3 would surprise me, but we’re tackling another senseless episode that doesn’t fit with established ideas thus making season 3 feel more like … Continue reading →

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Angel: Couplet

Posted on April 22, 2024 by DrAcrossthePond

Couplet starts right where Waiting in the Wings left off.  Cordy is enjoying her time with Groo, and Angel is being all self-conscious about it.  It’s a shame he didn’t listen to Lorne, when he was told, “You don’t want to miss … Continue reading →

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