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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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Flight of the Conchords: “The Tough Brets”
We should start by rechristening this one “I love Jemaine,” because really, I love Jemaine. And never more so than when something is smacking him in the face. We are both funny that way. Bret, on the other hand, is funny in the way that he’s willing to insult not five but seven famed rap…
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Battlestar Galactica: “The Oath”
“I could do this all day. Who’s next?” —Kara “Starbuck” Thrace “Felix Gaeta. Who would’ve thought?” —President Laura Roslin “When this is over, there’s gonna be a reckoning. And live or die, it’s how you act today that’s gonna matter.” —Admiral William Adama Semper frakkin’ fi, indeed. What an amazing hour of television. So many…
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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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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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Flight of the Conchords: “The New Cup”
In the world of the Conchords, every decision has its consequences and every action carries its weight in impending disaster, so in the whole grand, daisy-chain scheme of things, it’s not only plausible but inevitable that the purchase of a nondescript tea cup for the princely sum of $2.79 would be what finally leads one…
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The Closer “Good Faith”
Fans of The Closer tune in for tonights episode, “Good Faith”, eager to discover the fate of Detective Sanchez, who had been shot trying to save the life of Detective Provenza. The last time Det. Sanchez was seen, he was being airlifted to a hospital. While I won’t reveal whether he lives or dies, I…
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Battlestar Galactica: “A Disquiet Follows My Soul”
When the soul has suffered all it can. —“There is a Languor of the Life,” Emily Dickinson Holy tylium ship, Batman! The wheels on the bus keep popping off one by one, don’t they? And where last week’s episode was filled with ever more painful revelations and monumental open-ended questions, this week we pause for…
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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…