Category Archives: TV Review
The Chicago Code – “Hog Butcher”
For better or worse, the second episode of The Chicago Code had a lot of balls in the air. When it worked, it felt a lot tenser than the average network cop show, but when it didn’t it felt a … Continue reading
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Justified – “The Moonshine Wars”
Deadwood excluded, the western is kind of a dead genre on TV. On the one hand, this isn’t really that surprising – the western has all but disappeared from the media landscape – but at the same time its weird … Continue reading
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The Chicago Code – “Pilot”
The Chicago Code, a new cop show on FOX, comes from Shawn Ryan, the man behind two of my favorite TV shows of all time. With Ted Griffin he worked on Terriers, the brilliant-but-cancelled show about two shaggy PIs who … Continue reading
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The Office – “The Search”
Well it was kind of an odd road to get there, but the payoff was nice enough to be worth it. One of the best things about the Michael-Holly relationship is how low-key it is. Here are two people who … Continue reading
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Parks and Recreation – “Flu Season”
We’ve only had two episodes of Parks and Recreation’s third season, but that’s all I’ve needed to once again be convinced that this is the best comedy on TV. Sorry Modern Family, Glee, Big Bang Theory and every other respected … Continue reading
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The Office – The Seminar
“Comedy is a place where the mind goes to tickle itself.” The lighting in the US Office is so much brighter than the UK Office. I’ve never really thought about it that much before but it seems Important. There’s an … Continue reading
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Parks and Recreation – “Go Big or Go Home”
Finally, our long national nightmare is over! Parks and Rec is back, and in the post-Office time slot it deserves, and maybe it was my pure excitement to seeing the show back, but I laughed pretty damn hard throughout the … Continue reading
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The Office – “Ultimatum”
Believe it or not, The Office is still pretty much the only scripted hit NBC has. Despite being lapped creatively by 30 Rock, Community, and Parks and Recreation, The Office still routinely beats all those shows in the ratings and, … Continue reading
TUiW Best of 2010: The 15 Best TV Episodes of 2010
Presented in no particular order, our 15 favorite episodes of TV from 2010. Mad Men – The Suitcase If there was one episode of television that may have won its stars an Emmy, it was “The Suitcase,” a beautifully performed, … Continue reading
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Please, Please, Please Watch Terriers Tonight
Do you know “The Way We Live Now,” the New York Times Magazine’s feature about indexing the peculiarities of modern life? We blog! We tweet! We lose our mortgages and pensions in a worldwide financial shell game! Supposedly the new … Continue reading
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