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Friday Night Lights: “Hello, Goodbye”
Y’all think I’m going to talk about Smash, right? Or maybe Matt’s mom coming back into his life like a bad penny? Or Tami relinquishing ground like some Soviet general setting up a pincer for the German army? I will. I’ll get to that stuff. But first let me tell you how I know this…
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Burn Notice: “Seek and Destroy”
Some spy gets blacklisted goes freelance, he could be standing right in front of you; you wouldn’t even know it. After the incredible highs of the last two weeks, we had to expect we’d eventually have a bit of a let down. Fortunately, this is Burn Notice, where even the off episodes are eminently entertaining.…
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Leverage: “The 12 Step Job”
My father was an addict, my grandfather. I know how these people operate. TNT’s done a bit of a number on the order of episodes, shuffling them around for a variety of reasons. Last week’s episode, in fact, was intended to be the third on the air according to John Rogers. But we get serendipity.…
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Friday Night Lights: “How the Other Half Lives”
There were a few great, moving lines in this episode, but as usual it was the silences that spoke loudest. Two minutes, one line of dialog, and Death Cab for Cutie singing a lamentation.
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Burn Notice: “Hot Spot”
Fiona: Michael McBride. Sometimes I wonder if he’s the one I fell in love with. Michael: I wouldn’t be surprised. We caused a lot of mayhem, you and I. He was your type of guy. Fiona: Yes you were. Where did he go? Michael: Oh you know how it is with cover IDs. You become…
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The Middleman DVD *is* coming!
A very quick note to pass along the good news from Javi Grillo-Marxauch’s blog: Shout! Factory, producers of some of the finest DVD sets on the market, are working on the box set of season one of The Middleman and should have it in time for Comic-Con!
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Leverage: “The Snow Job”
Oh, those nasty, nasty contractors. Having grown up around the world of contracting, this episode wins on the believable bad guy who deserves whatever Team Leverage can do to him front. Taking advantage of the victims of natural disasters? Run of the mill for a GC. I do have to admire the simplicity of the…
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Friday Night Lights: “Tami Knows Best”
Was it just me, or did anyone else get chills when the team came out to run with Smash? FNL does epic moments better than any show in recent memory, but we haven’t had one of them since the first season. Last week was a workman-like return to competence, but it was tentative and had…
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Burn Notice: “Do No Harm”
Michael’s old toys. Most of them are blown up or taken apart, but I bet we can find a few good ones. My normal conceit when doing a Burn Notice review is to do a short recap in the character Michael took on for the scam, but I’m not feeling Donny ((He’s a little bit…
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Preview of Trust Me
On Monday, January 26th, TNT expands its stable of original programming with the premiere of the Warner Horizon production, Trust Me. Starring TV vets Tom Cavanagh and Eric McCormack as best friends and creative partners at fictional Chicago ad agency Rothman Greene & Mohr, Trust Me is a light drama ((I won’t call it a…