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Charlie Jade news
Those of you who’ve followed on over from Pop Critics likely already know of my great affection for Charlie Jade and disgust with The SciFi Channel for their mistreatment of this fine noir science fiction. Minimally promoted, and yanked unceremoniously from its Friday timeslot to burnoff theater – Tuesday mornings at 2am – the network…
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Battlestar Galactica: “Deadlock”
“How many dead chicks are out there?” —Hot Dog Really? We couldn’t have packed most of the events of this episode into 15 minutes and then moved on to something else? We needed to watch growly Adama stroke the walls of his ship 35,000 times in order to understand what’s at stake if he loses…
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Friday Night Lights: “It Ain’t Easy Being J.D. McCoy”
There’s a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza There’s a hole in my bucket, dear Liza a hole. And with that unguarded, completely vulnerable moment, Herc and the Riggins boys know what’s at stake. This isn’t about Jason making money; it’s about Jason being a father. The reaction shot of Herc was a…
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Burn Notice: “Truth and Reconciliation”
You know why I think your father wired the car the way he did? Because I think he thought if he was the only one who could fix it that we’d always need him. Be more useful, you know. Part of the family. After the incredible highs of last week, we could expect this week’s…
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Leverage: “The First David Job”
His cover’s blown. Faces of his people have been sent to every law enforcement agency in the state. We’ve taken their money, their base of operations, and now Nate Ford will never, ever, get his revenge. They will do the only smart thing to do. They’ll scatter. Leverage rarely plays around much with time, generally…
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Flight of the Conchords: “Unnatural Love”
Saturday. We open on Murray driving the boys to a disco club. Why? Nobody’s saying. But we are all loving it. Except for Jemaine, who’d rather go watch a video, and Bret, who would prefer “a sleep,” and thus they are both crouching down in the backseat and looking horrified when Murray pulls up to…
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Battlestar Galactica: “No Exit”
“I think we have to accept who we are.” —Admiral William Adama “You are not a mistake. If you could just accept yourself as what you are.” —Ellen Tigh “I need to be something.” —Kara Thrace “Saul, stay with the fleet. It’s all starting to happen, it’s the miracle, right here, it’s a gift from…
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Friday Night Lights: “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”
It’s when all the scared rats start running away from a sinking market that the true entrepreneurs come in. The true visionaries. The Smash Williams Farewell Tour complete, it’s time for Six to take his lap around Dillon. And just like Smash, the start of his story places him on a road out of town.…
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Burn Notice: “Bad Breaks”
No attacking the hosts. No leaving early. No calling the police. I see one cop, I kill three of you. I see two cops, six people die. You can do the math. Now, mess up my party by breaking one of my rules and you can expect me to overreact. Jason Bly, how I’ve missed…
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Leverage: “The Juror #6 Job”
When I was a kid, I was like eight-years old, I had a foster mom who was a Jehovah’s Witness. Used to dress me up in a suit and a bowtie, take me door to door to spread the word. Black neighborhoods, white neighborhoods, didn’t matter. I would kick, I’d scream, or whatever, but she…