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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.”…
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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…
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Mad Men review: “The Benefactor”
Matt Weiner is a stickler for historical verisimilitude. Whether it’s the shade of a woman’s hair, the length of her skirt, or the night CBS aired an episode of The Defenders. “The Benefactor” aired in the spring of 1962, and its three regular sponsors pulled their ads for the night. The episode was controversial at…
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Burn Notice recap: “Scatter Point”
My name’s Joseph. You’ll have to forgive me if this recapitulation of tonight’s episode does not meet your normal plebian tastes. Michael Westen asked for the best and I can give no less. The Recap Michael and Fiona continue to surveil the mail drop where Carla’s post office box is located. A long, boring process…
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The Middleman recap: “The Ectoplasmic Panhellenic Investigation”
Tonight sees the return of Tyler, Wendy Watson‘s soulmate from “The Sino-Mexican Revelation”. He’s been getting some fuzzy memories back slowly, then received a paycheck for $14.73 from his 90 minutes working at The Booty Chest, the pirate-themed sports bar with the scantily-clad waitresses. He went by and found out he’d been flirting with a…
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Charlie Jade recap: “Betrayal”
See, I told y’all stuff was gonna happen, right? Holy hellfire! While this episode has some very nice character moments slipped in, it’s really all about story. A lot gets pushed forward, some ideas that had been dropped for weeks get brought back to the forefront where they belong, and we say goodbye to at…