Mad Men starts its seasons with a slow, in-medias-res fade up. There’s usually no instigating incident to kick start the action nor is there some kind of introductory scene to summarize what the year will be about. Instead the first hour is about catching up on where these people have been over the last (in [...]
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June 28, 2010
Party Down – “Constance Carmell Wedding”
Well Party Downers, this is it, the end of Season 2, and possibly the show. This season, Party Down established itself as one of the finest comedies on television. It’s grand finale was funny and bittersweet, a culmination of what the show was all season. While I don’t think the episode was the best of [...]
June 16, 2010
Summer TV Club: Homicide – “Night of the Living Dead”
First off, a clarification: “Night of the Living Dead” aired on NBC as the Season One finale of Homicide, well out of its intended order. The episode was shot to be the third episode, hence its review now instead of later in the season. With that out of the way, we can tackle “Night of [...]
June 14, 2010
Party Down – “Joel Munt’s Big Deal Party”
One of the hardest things to do in television is make an asshole a sympathetic character. Making a villain sympathetic is one thing, but an arrogant jackass that we’re supposed to care about is a hard thing to accomplish. This season, Party Down has done a good job of making their resident arrogant jackass, Roman, [...]
June 11, 2010
Summer TV Club: Dead Like Me – “Dead Girl Walking”
Dead Like Me is available to watch for free on Hulu or on Netflix Instant Streaming! Even though it was over an hour long, the pilot of Dead Like Me is pretty heavy on the establishment of the world of the show instead of the characters. Sure, we got a little aquainted with George Lass, [...]
June 10, 2010
Veronica Mars – “Meet John Smith” and “The Wrath of Con”
“Meet John Smith” Today’s first Veronica Mars episode is all about parenting and, more specifically, mothers. There’s Celeste Kane, the overbearing 09er matriarch who wants to keep Duncan on the antidepressants that have been stifling his personality. He goes off them and starts to get a little loopy, most notably being driven to jump off [...]
June 8, 2010
Summer TV Club: Homicide – “Ghost of a Chance”
Before starting college, I worked at a local camera store for a summer. On my first day, I was completely inept with our pricing, couldn’t run a check to save my life, and had to stay late dealing with a woman who demanded her pictures that evening and not first thing in the morning. It [...]
June 7, 2010
Summer TV Club: Twin Peaks – “Pilot”
5 miles south of the Canadian border and 12 miles west of the state line, Twin Peaks is an insular logging community in Washington that seems innocent, almost quaint on the surface. But then the body of a young girl washes up on a riverbank, covered in plastic. Welcome to our Summer TV Club coverage [...]
June 7, 2010
Party Down – “Party Down Company Picnic”
First things first, I’ve been seriously slacking on my Party Down coverage, and doing so in the string of the best episodes the show has ever done. I really enjoyed the first season of the show, and the first couple of episodes of this season were great too, but then, all of the sudden, with [...]
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