Category: Reviews

  • Charlie Jade recap: “Choosing Sides”

    Well I may have killed a few people, I may have even enjoyed it. But you want to walk away from 10 billion people. And they’re all going to die without your help. Which one of us is a psychopath? – 01 Boxer Remember a few weeks ago when Charlie and 01 got a minute…

  • The Middleman recap: “The Clotharian Contamination Protocol”

    I’m so glad I got attacked by that tentacled ass monster back in the lab and that you framed me so that I’d have to be your sidekick. Because I am so proud to be a MM. I’m proud to know you. And I want you to know, that since my dad disappeared, you’re the…

  • Mad Men review: “The New Girl”

    You’re never going to get that corner office until you start treating Don as an equal. And no one will tell you this, but you can’t be a man. Don’t even try. Be a woman. It’s powerful business when done correctly. – Bobbie Barrett. The boys in the office might think the new piece of…

  • Burn Notice recap: “Rough Seas”

    Last time you were in town you nearly got her killed. That’s not going to happen again. – Michael Westen Oh man, oh man. I-I-I don’t think I can do this. Do I have to…what…no. I-I-I really have to go…can I just…why don’t you just…No. No. Okay, okay, okay. It’s okay. Fine. Michael’s going to…

  • The Middleman recap: “The Vampiric Puppet Lamentation”

    Young Noser will be rent limb from limb to save you! You really can’t get much more literal than that, can you Middlefans? Tonight’s episode of The Middleman finds Wendy Watson fighting to save Middleman, fighting to save Lacey, fighting to save Noser, and fighting puppets. Seems a bit of a let down that her…

  • Charlie Jade recap: “Thicker Than Water”

    Blood. Blood’s thicker than water. But then blood’s just a synecdoche for family. And what is family? The relationship between a father and son, certainly is family. So is that between lovers. Two orphans, watching each other’s backs and surviving on the streets through cunning. That’s family, too. In a world where six companies control…

  • Mad Men review: “Three Sundays”

    For those viewers completely turned against Don Draper after last week’s events, I doubt three weekends in church and some time in the confessional are enough. Particularly as it wasn’t Don asking forgiveness. The confession from Peggy’s sister was more about indicting Peggy than seeking absolution, more about a jealous older sister complaining about her…

  • Burn Notice recap: “Bad Blood”

    I’m Jimmy Glynn. Mike asked me to talk to you rats about tonight’s episode. There was a wicked awesome monsoon in Phoenix earlier that knocked out satellite coverage, so this is a little later than usual. The Recap Mike takes Carla’s crossword puzzle and tracks down his new wrangler, Victor. He looks like a fruit…

  • Charlie Jade recap: “Identity”

    What makes you who you are? Does your identity come from what you do? Where you come from? Something else? I met a girl one night, a friend of a friend of a friend, and asked her what she did. She told me she “tried to do one thing a day to bring her joy.”…

  • The Middleman recap: “The Obsolescent Cryogenic Meltdown”

    Middleman 2008 is all about honor and duty and pride and sacrifice. He watches westerns and believes in true love. He drinks milk and eschews obscenities. He’s a throwback to a simpler time. But that’s not the job, that’s the man. So when Middleman 1969 – a suave and slimy Kevin Sorbo – is thawed…