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  • Follow the Leader (<i>The Colony</i>, 2.4)

    Follow the Leader (The Colony, 2.4)

    When last we left off, low man on the totem pole Jim was showing his mettle in hand-to-hand combat with two Others lurking around the abandoned industrial zone the Colonists had decided to scavenge.  At the start of episode 2.4, “To Have and Have Not,” Jim’s...

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  • It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (<i>The Colony</i>, 2.3)

    It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (The Colony, 2.3)

    Or at least, for the first time since the Yellow Armband Gang struck—snatching their cache of government meds, laying a beat down with some seriously brutal metal pipe action, and misting our virus-wary heroes with pepper spray—the Colonists have neighbors. Amber (a 31-year-old logger) and...

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  • Let There Be Light (<i>The Colony</i>, 2.2)

    Let There Be Light (The Colony, 2.2)

    There are a couple routes to go when it comes to constructing the New World Order.  The yellow armband gang prowling the neighborhood around the Colony opted for the might makes right sort of society (the 30-against-7 fight at the end of the season premiere...

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  • Apocalypse 2.0 (Discovery Channel’s <i>The Colony</i>)

    Apocalypse 2.0 (Discovery Channel’s The Colony)

    The virulent Nuclear Flu scourged the earth last week, when seven lucky Americans escaped uninfected to a 10-acre VOPA (Viral Outbreak Protection Agency) way station where, after 72 hours’ quarantine, they waved goodbye to the friendly government helicopter and settled in for 50 days of...

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  • rand mad men

    Mad Men returns… along with Ayn Rand

    I couldn’t believe it when the Season 4 premiere of Mad Men opened with the line “Who is Don Draper?”  Too perfect—considering that this time last year I wrote an article on the parallels between Mad Men and Ayn Rand’s famous fictional characters for the Season...

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  • Flashback to <i>FlashForward</i> (finale recap)

    Flashback to FlashForward (finale recap)

    Despite all the hype as a potential successor to ABC’s cult science fiction drama LOST, the infant FlashForward ended up airing its series finale just days after LOST’s own. Irony’s a bitch. Like LOST, FlashForward presented viewers with a Byzantine plot, philosophical puzzles, and Dominic Monaghan.  Unlike LOST—and the reason why, I’m convinced, FlashForward didn’t...

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