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TV Club : Defiance “If I Ever Leave This World Alive”

Defiance does a poor job of raising difficult questions about race and oppression, then wriggles out of it with character development.

June 18, 2013 | 6:05am -
TV Club : Babylon 5 “A Day In The Strife”/“Passing Through Gethsemane”

The ethics of resistance and forgiveness are examined on a pair of standalone Babylon 5 episodes.

June 14, 2013 | 10:00am -
AVQ&A Who was your pop-culture mentor?

We look at who introduced us to our favorite records, books, movies, and TV shows.

June 14, 2013 | 12:00am -
TV Club : Defiance “I Just Wasn't Made For These Times”

On Defiance, a stranger rides into town, and expands the show's scope in the process.

June 11, 2013 | 7:00am -
TV Club : Babylon 5 “Matters Of Honor”/“Convictions”

Two characters trapped in an elevator are as fantastic as everything else is mediocre as Babylon 5’s third season struggles early.

June 7, 2013 | 10:00am -
TV Club : Defiance “Good Bye Blue Sky”

Defiance picks the worst week possible to muck up the death of a recurring character.

June 4, 2013 | 6:30am -
Book Review Guy Gavriel Kay: River Of Stars

Medieval China-inspired historical fantasy with a feminist bent subverts expectations.

June 3, 2013 | 12:00am -
TV Club : Babylon 5 “Comes The Inquisitor”/“The Fall Of Night”

As Babylon 5 finishes its second season, its gods are forced to reveal themselves.

May 31, 2013 | 10:00am -
AVQ&A Who was your first pop culture crush?

They call it puppy love.

May 31, 2013 | 12:00am -
TV Club : Babylon 5 “The Long, Twilight Struggle”

The all-time best episode of Babylon 5 is Shakespearean in its characters’ tragedies.

May 24, 2013 | 10:00am -
AVQ&A What pop-culture family would you want to join?

The Bluths seem like nice people, but being related to them? No thanks.

May 24, 2013 | 12:00am -
TV Club : Defiance “Brothers In Arms”

Two steps forward, one step back for Defiance.

May 21, 2013 | 5:20am -
TV Club : Other Shows North America

On a new Discovery nature doc, it's time for North Americaaaaaaaaa to take us awaaaaaaayyy!

May 19, 2013 | 4:00pm -
TV Club : Babylon 5 “Confessions And Lamentations”/“Divided Loyalties”

Babylon 5's drama escalates as it gets rid of a major character and kills off an entire civilization.

May 17, 2013 | 10:00am -
TV Club : Defiance “The Serpent's Egg”

Defiance's fifth episode fixes its pacing issues and brings Firefly to mind. On the other hand, TV torture scenes.

May 14, 2013 | 5:30am -
TV Club : Babylon 5 “Knives”/“In The Shadow Of Z’ha’dum”

Babylon 5 starts talking about heads on pikes as it begins its best run of episodes.

May 10, 2013 | 10:00am -
TV Club : Defiance “A Well Respected Man”

#Defiance is going to have to choose between interesting politics or boring mythology. Hint: don't be like Terra Nova, Defiance.

May 6, 2013 | 9:00pm -
TV Club : Babylon 5 “There All The Honor Lies”/“And Now For A Word”

Babylon 5 can't commit to its first formal experiment, but still turns in a good week of episodes.

May 3, 2013 | 10:00am -
TV Club : Defiance “The Devil In The Dark”

Defiance ain't perfect, but an impressive 3rd episode is both intelligent and affecting.

April 29, 2013 | 9:00pm -
TV Club : Babylon 5 “Acts of Sacrifice”/“Hunter, Prey”

Say what you will about this week’s set of Babylon 5 episodes, but they contain the show’s finest fake orgasm.

April 26, 2013 | 10:00am -
TV Club : Defiance “Down In The Ground Where The Dead Men Go”

Come dowsed in mud, soaked in bleach, and see Defiance avoid the second-episode blues.

April 22, 2013 | 9:00pm -
TV Club : Bob’s Burgers “The Kids Run The Restaurant”

Bob's Burgers adds more detail to its characters, which is good now, but will it backfire later?

April 21, 2013 | 8:25pm -
TV Club : Babylon 5 “GROPOS”/“All Alone in the Night”

“War is bad,” says Babylon 5, “and also you shouldn't kidnap people and make them fight for sport.”

April 19, 2013 | 10:00am -
TV Club : Defiance Defiance

The new SyFy show is a direct descendent of the SF of the 1990s and 2000s—a welcome sight, indeed.

April 15, 2013 | 6:00pm -
TV Club : Bob’s Burgers “Family Fracas”

Bob's Burgers puts the family back on television, which may be good for the Belchers but less so for the viewers.

April 15, 2013 | 7:00am -
TV Club : Babylon 5 “The Coming Of Shadows"

The defining episode of Babylon 5 breaks the rules it's established, and moves it from a potentially good show into a potential classic.

April 12, 2013 | 10:00am -
TV Club : Babylon 5 “A Race Through Dark Places”/“Soul Mates”

Babylon 5 discovers a sense of humor in its second season, just as it starts getting really good. Coincidence?

April 5, 2013 | 10:00am -
TV Club : Bob’s Burgers “It Snakes A Village”

Bob's Burgers takes a retirement community filled with swingers and makes it sweet.

March 25, 2013 | 6:05am -
TV Club : Babylon 5 “The Long Dark”/“A Spider In The Web”

What sets Babylon 5 apart from the other science fiction of its era? Pessimism.

March 22, 2013 | 10:00am -
TV Club : Bob’s Burgers “Two For Tina”

I'm Tina Belcher! No, I'm Tina Belcher! We're all Tina Belcher!

March 18, 2013 | 6:30am -

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