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The Big Bang Theory : season 3 , episode 15
"The Large Hadron Collision"
A week ago in his review of last week's Big Bang episode, Alan Sepinwall wrote that he has a real problem with the episodes where it seems somewhat impossible to imagine that anyone would be friends with Sheldon. Now ...
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Heroes : season 4 , episode 19
"Brave New World"
I swear to God, the first line of this episode was, "Claire, help me get these rocks off." I can think of no better way to describe the ensuing 59 minutes and 50 seconds than that: Resolution via multiple deuxes ...
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Damages : season 3 , episode 3
"Flight's at 11:08"
Looks like we’ll have to wait a week for more details on the untimely death of Tom Shayes. I assumed it wouldn’t be long before we got our first flashback-free episode, but I didn’t expect it to ...
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24 : season 8 , episode 7
"10:00pm - 11:00pm"
Well, that wasn't the amazing step up I was hoping for, but some dudes got stabbed, which is definitely a step in the right direction. Various screws are tightening, various plots are upping the stakes, and while many of ...
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House : season 6 , episode 13
"5 To 9"
Okay, I think I've finally pinned down what infuriates me about House's insistence on a House/Cuddy pairing. I suspected this before, but watching "5 to 9" (Wordplay!) gave me the actual proof I needed to clarify my ...
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How I Met Your Mother : season 5 , episode 15
"Rabbit Or Duck"
"That was a strange episode," Noel said as "Rabbit Or Duck" ended. Funny, that wasn't my first reaction. My first reaction -- predictably enough -- was: "That was an awesome episode." What can I say? This season has tapped into my ...
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Chuck : season 3 , episode 7
"Chuck Vs. The Mask"
God, Kristin Kreuk is absolutely adorable.
Um, sorry.
Anyways.
In a lot of ways, Chuck sort of had to start over this season, now that the dynamic amongst the team members has so drastically shifted. People rely on Chuck now ...
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Big Love : season 4 , episode 5
"Sins Of The Father"
Really, HBO? A new episode of Big Love on Superbowl Sunday? Not that I would normally care, but it's the first Superbowl Sunday that has ever included The Saints, which means I'm obligated to watch or risk being ...
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Other Shows : season 1 , episode 1
Undercover Boss
Undercover Boss premieres after the Super Bowl tonight on CBS.
I realize that in the past year or so when Wall Street saw its recession end while the rest of the country struggled on bravely, when CEOs went on TV ...
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Saturday Night Live : season 35 , episode 14
Ashton Kutcher/Them Crooked Vultures
SNL has tried, and mostly failed, to find the funny in the Obama administration. The writers have attempted to critique it but they've fallen short of the standard of topical political humor they delivered during the '08 election. Last ...
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Other Shows
Temple Grandin
When my son still wasn’t talking at age two, my wife and I heard whispers of “autism” from relatives, so we took him in to be evaluated, fully expecting to hear that we were worried about nothing, and that ...
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Caprica : season 1 , episode 3
“Reins Of A Waterfall”
The third episode of Caprica continues to expand the series’ universe (so to speak), dropping references to other planets and introducing new characters. We meet:
-Agent Durham’s partner Youngblood, who it turns out had interviewed teen terrorist Ben Stark ...
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Star Trek : season 3 , episode 15-16
"Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"/"The Mark Of Gideon"
I've talked about how much I love Trek's commitment to Big Ideas, but you'll get no argument from me that sometimes, that commitment has a downside. Trek can be inspirational in its vision of a brighter, more ...
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Archer : season 1 , episode 5
"Honeypot"
As I watch more and more of Archer, I increasingly wonder how the show records its voices. Most animated products record the voices separately, but a very few of them - including much of the run of The Simpsons - record the ...
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Burn Notice : season 3 , episode 12
"Noble Causes"
In Michael's opening narration tonight, he talks about scouting a location, and how missing something during a seemingly straightforward job can make you feel like a fool. It's a nice piece of misdirection, because it makes you think ...
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Project Runway : season 7 , episode 4
"Design Your Heart Out"
Real people challenge! Yes! Thank God the producers decided not to put fake pacemakers or open-heart surgery scars on the models, and instead went with real women who "have been touched by heart disease." (Sorry, but that just sounds tawdry ...
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The Sarah Silverman Program : season 3 , episode 1
"The Proof Is In The Penis"
Hey, do you remember The Sarah Silverman Program? No? Neither does Comedy Central, apparently. Because its second season—the one before this, which aired in two chunks—ended on Dec. 11, 2008, according to TV.com. Fourteen months ago! I ...
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Supernatural : season 5 , episode 13
"The Song Remains The Same"
Hello, Anna. Goodbye, Anna.
I've got nothing against shifting a show's format from standalone episodes to longer, more serialized storytelling. One of the reasons I dig the later seasons of Angel is, as goofy and awkward as the ...
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Fringe : season 2 , episode 15
“Jacksonville”
Meanwhile, in the Manhattan of Earth 2, in an architectural firm working on the plans for The New Pentagon, a Mr. Ted Pratchett is sipping real coffee that his sister got for him in Hawaii, and speculating with a co-worker ...
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Community : season 1 , episode 15
"Romantic Expressionism"
"Romantic Expressionism" is one of my favorite episodes of Community so far, and I like it so much because it indulges in something that few other comedies on TV do: its ensemble cast. Practically every comedy on TV has an ...
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30 Rock : season 4 , episode 12
"Verna"
A few weeks back I caught back-to-back new episodes of 30 Rock. I have to say it’s a lot easier to enjoy the show when you’re not reviewing it. As a critic, I feel like I have a ...
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The Office : season 6 , episode 15
"Sabre"
For years, fans of The Office have pondered timeless questions like, “Why isn’t Michael Scott fired?” and “How has a tiny, customer service-driven company like Dunder-Mifflin stayed in business in our harsh, cruel, vicious, horrible, unfair, brutal economy?" We ...
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Other Shows : season 2 , episode 1
Important Things With Demetri Martin - "Attention"
I asked to review this second season premiere because recently I've been doing a lot of thinking about Demetri Martin, and comedy in general. What I mentioned in my review of the pilot is still true: I find some ...
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Parks and Recreation : season 2 , episode 15
"Sweetums"
A lot of the fun of recent Parks & Rec episodes is learning more about the twisted world of its characters, and how well those new details fit in with what we already know. But what I loved about "Sweetums" is ...
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Friday Night Lights : season 4 , episode 12
"Laboring"
Like every season apart from the show’s murder-and-tornado-filled second year, Friday Nigth Lights’ fourth season has been slow to build. This isn’t a show that doles out big dramatic moments on a weekly basis. It takes its time ...
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American Idol : season 9 , episode 8
"The Road to Hollywood: Best of the Rest"
Hi there, American Idolators! Claire Zulkey, your lovely and talented host, is out being a literary superstar who is much too modest to remind you to buy her excellent first novel, An Off Year. So while she's gone ...
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Modern Family : season 1 , episode 14
"Moon Landing"
So what does Modern Family have to offer your average Lost viewer? It's a question clearly raised by the frequent promos for the show ABC ran last night during the Lost three-hour extravaganza.
I'm not sure I'm ...
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Other Shows : season 1 , episode 13
The Good Wife - "Bad"
The Good Wife is one of those shows that I often let sit in my DVR for a week or so, because, my brain tells me, it’s doesn’t matter how much CBS tries to sex up a lawyer ...
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Lost : season 6 , episode 1 & 2
“LA X”
So… where were we? Ah yes: BOOM. And then white. And then…
Well, that’s what we’ve been waiting to find out for the last eight months, right? What’s after white? A clean slate? The ultimate triumph of ...
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American Idol : season 9 , episode 7
Auditions #7 Denver
This might be the episode where I officially go anti-Kara. I never loved the lady but I never wanted to pile on just because she was the new chick (although the Bikini Girl situation didn't endear me to her ...
