Category Archives: TUiW Summer TV Club
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 … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
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Summer TV Club: Deadwood – “Deadwood”
By way of reminder, both Michael and Jonah will be writing about Season 1 of Deadwood: Friday’s entry in the Summer TV Club. Michael’s Take Wow, does Deadwood start out with a punch! Within the first 10 minutes of the … Continue reading
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Summer TV Club: Dead Like Me – “Pilot”
Dead Like Me is available to watch for free on Hulu or on Netflix Instant Streaming! There’s a good chance you may have missed Dead Like Me when it was on Showtime from 2003-2004. It’s brief run came at a … Continue reading
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Summer TV Club: Veronica Mars – “Pilot” and “Credit Where Credit’s Due”
Hello and welcome to TUIW’s Summer TV Club coverage of Season 1 of Veronica Mars. I’m Jonah and I’ll be your guide through the quirky and splintered world of Neptune, California but, before we get into that, a couple of … Continue reading
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Summer TV Club: Homicide – “Gone for Goode”
Welcome to the start of our Summer TV Club! What better way to kick it off at the close of a holiday weekend with a gritty crime show about murder! Before delving into the first episode of Homicide, I think … Continue reading
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Introducing the TUiW Summer TV Club
Join us for a summer of classic TV! Links to watch some of the shows free (and legally!) are included! Continue reading
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