How I Met Your Mother is a show for its fans. It’s not a one off show, where anyone can sit down and watch an episode to understand what is going on. You really need to be an avid fan of this show to enjoy its witty moments. Usually, that would harm a show’s ratings, […]
The government is lying to you. Shadowy figures are watching your every move. Terrorist threats are encroaching on North American soil. Enemies are no longer nations, but instead are hiding in plain sight. Information leakers have the potential to bring down the most powerful figures in the world. Science and technology are progressing at an […]
BBC America’s Broadchurch was an emotional equivalent of a punch to the face. It was a fitting end to a dark, intense season that depicted a small, tight knit community slowly crumble. The catalyst to the series was the murder of 11-year old Danny Latimer. The killer was finally revealed in the finale. It seemed […]
Elementary’s sophomore season premiere featured a clever crime, characters from the original Arthur Conan Doyle stories, and a lot of stereotypical London landmarks. The episode started in New York, the show’s usual setting. But Sherlock (Jonny Lee Miller) got a call that his old colleague, Lestrade was in trouble, and was summoned to London to […]
There are TV actors, and there are movie actors. TV actors were second class talents who dreamed of making it through the glass ceiling into films. Many tried, most failed, and the few who made it off the small screen never even thought to go back. For decades this has been the gospel truth in […]
The penultimate Breaking Bad launches with Saul entering his own version of witness protection. Played by Robert Forster (Jackie Brown, Mulholland Drive), Ed sets up Saul with a new identity and then escorts him below his vacuum store cover business where Walter is also hiding out with his barrel of money and a tornado of […]
There are times when I watch Grey’s Anatomy and wonder if the writers know how dramatic they are being. I would assume so, since they are writing a drama, but their premieres and finales are consistently bordering on soap opera status. The season ten premiere is no different. When they begin the episode, not only […]
With the overall decline of traditional TV viewership, the networks put an enormous amount of pressure on every show to be a hit right from the start. If the pilot episode of a show gets bad ratings, it is entirely possible that the show will be canceled. This pressure is in many ways counter-intuitive, and […]