the best shows you’re not watching Archive
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Mad Men returns… along with Ayn Rand
Posted on July 26, 2010 | 4 CommentsI 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... -
Flashback to FlashForward (finale recap)
Posted on May 31, 2010 | No CommentsDespite 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... -
Six Feet Under – Episode 11: The Trip
Posted on May 18, 2010 | No CommentsDillon Michael Cooper. 2001-2001. Sometimes babies just die. No explanation. No reason. Nothing that can console. No meaning whatsoever. Just the pain that remains. How much can even a good funeral director do for a young couple whose baby has just died of SIDS? David... -
LOST Live at UCLA–the stars, the music, and “What They Died For” (6.16)
Posted on May 14, 2010 | 2 CommentsLast night, LOST producers, writers, and of course the stars themselves came to UCLA for “Lost Live: The Final Celebration.” The event, which packed Royce Hall’s balconies with hyperventilating fans, was the last live event of the entire series—and I was lucky (and absolutely ecstatic)... -
Love and War (V 1.11, “Fruition”)
Posted on May 12, 2010 | No CommentsTo recap—last night on V, the “Lizard Princess” got Nancy Kerriganed by mommy dearest and ended up beginning to build a relationship (equally manipulative) with Tyler’s mommy as well, Fifth Column High Commander Erica Evans. All quite apropos, because “Fruition” was an episode all about Vs... -
“We’re terrorists now” (V 1.10)
Posted on May 6, 2010 | No CommentsThere’s nothing like a priest blowing up spacecraft with a Surface-to-air missile. All right, so it was Kyle Hobbes (big surprise), but Father Jack was standing right there with the other two Fifth Column men and didn’t say a word—until afterward, of course, when he...