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End of Season Report: Justified, Season 5
I’m a huge fan of Justified. I ranked it #5 in my rankings of every show that I watched in 2013, which covered Justified’s wonderful fourth season. Unfortunately, while still a highly enjoyable show,...
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Spring 2014 Review: Turn
Turn is about spies during the American Revolution. The original spy ring (or if not, close enough). It’s 1776, early in the war, and the UK is kind of owning the burgeoning US at this point (also...
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Spring 2014 Review: Fargo
There’s an old quote, most often credited to Tolstoy, but I’m not quite confident in , that there are two kinds of stories. “A man goes on a journey, or a stranger comes to town.” FX’s Fargo is...
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Fox Tuesdays and Will They or Won’t They
So I’ve talked about the Brooklyn Nine-Nine section of this recently, but I’d like to talk about three Fox Tuesday comedies (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, New Girl, The Mindy Project) as a group, where they are...
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Spring 2014 Review: Mixology
When you review dozens upon dozens of new shows a year, many of which you’ve only seen one episode of, a fair amount get largely forgotten about. What stands out are of course the best, both because...
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Parks and Recreation’s Unfortunate Season Finale Cop Out
I love Parks and Recreation, when it ends it’ll be a shoo in for the sitcom hall of fame (one day I will make this Hall of Fame a reality), and on the short list for best comedies of the century. I...
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Spring 2014 Review: Friends with Better Lives
Hackneyed is possibly an overused word in describing bad television, but that doesn’t make it any less accurate. Lazy, half-hearted, simple, forced, these are all qualities of hackneyed writing....
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Spring 2014 Review: Black Box
Spoiler alert: The titular black box refers to the human brain. Sorry if I just blew your mind there (or your black box, so to speak), but I wanted to let you know what you’re up against. The show...
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The Surprisingly Welcome Return of 24
Absence does make the heart grow fonder, even if sometimes it takes the end of that absence to make you realize that. I have to admit that I wasn’t all that excited to hear that Fox was bringing back...
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Spring 2014 Review: The Assets
(I’ve fallen way behind on both my TV viewing and writing, but not to worry – dear reader – I don’t give up that easy – I’ve rapidly been viewing the first episode of every new television show of...
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