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The Mentalist – Season 2: ‘His Red Right Hand’

The Mentalist – Season 2: ‘His Red Right Hand’

Tonight’s episode begins with the CBI team being called to a graveyard very early in the morning where a body was found. Under normal circumstances, finding a body in a graveyard might be a normal occurrence. This body, however, was recently frozen into a pose and placed in a mausoleum naked, with a vase of [...]

Bones S5 E7 Dwarf in the Dirt

Bones S5 E7 Dwarf in the Dirt

Uh oh! Seeley Booth’s brain lapse from last season is back with shooting ability snatching vengeance. The teaser opens with Booth at a shooting range unable to hit any thing on the target. He goes to see Sweets about it but is miffed when the psychologist treats him as a patient and not as a [...]

Supernatural S5 E9 The Real Ghost Busters

Supernatural S5 E9 The Real Ghost Busters

The most self-indulgent episode to date embodies what Chuck says in the end of the episode: “ it’s not really jumping the shark if you never come back down.” So I guess we’ll just have to keep the faith that Kripe will get us back to the apocalypse soon.
The show begins with Sam and Dean [...]

Bones S5 E6 “The Tough Man in the Tender Chicken”

Bones S5 E6 “The Tough Man in the Tender Chicken”

This week’s bizarre romp through anthropology, FBI murder investigations, unrequited love and drawn-out sexual tension begins with a gaggle of Woodchucks, a girl scout-type group. They have landed, and expertly preserved as evidence, a floating dead body. This bizarre inclusion of prepubescent girls in awkward uniforms doesn’t appear to have any further effect on the [...]

11/16/09: The Big Bang Theory – “The Adhesive Duck Deficiency”

11/16/09: The Big Bang Theory – “The Adhesive Duck Deficiency”

The Big Bang Theory does one thing well: it tells jokes. As far as sitcoms go, this is enough to consider a show a success. The storylines are bland and unengaging, and the characters are one-dimensional silhouettes, but as long as the jokes stay bountiful, I’ll continue to tune in.
This week’s episode began with Leonard, [...]

11/16/09: How I Met Your Mother – “The Playbook”

11/16/09: How I Met Your Mother – “The Playbook”

Good morning class. Today’s lesson is marketing in the 21st Century. We all know classical marketing strategies, advertisements, branding, promotions, etc. But what are some newer strategies used to market a product? You all watched How I Met Your Mother last night for homework, so let’s use that as an example.
I’m seeing some blank faces [...]

11/15/2009: The Amazing Race – “We’re Not Meant for the Swamp (Estonia)”

11/15/2009: The Amazing Race – “We’re Not Meant for the Swamp (Estonia)”

What goes through your mind when you think of European travel? A secluded café in Paris? A walk on the streets of foggy London? A cold stein in a Berlin beer garden? A romantic boat ride down the Venetian canals? Whatever your exotic fantasy, it fits two criteria; it resembles a Price Is Right showcase, [...]

Three Rivers 1.07: ‘The Luckiest Man’

Three Rivers 1.07: ‘The Luckiest Man’

In what might be the most emotionally moving episode of Three Rivers yet, the episode begins with a man coming to the hospital after a car accident. He suffers from ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. (He is played by award-winning actor Mandy Patinkin.)
Also highlighted in this episode is a young man who comes [...]

Stargate Universe 1.08: ‘Time’

Stargate Universe 1.08: ‘Time’

In what may be the most exciting and well-written episode of SGU since the pilot, “Time” finally begins to take the crew of the Destiny to new heights of adventure.
The entire first few minutes and intro are viewed through the perspective of a kino (remote-controlled hovering camcorder). The team has come across a jungle planet [...]

Flash Forward 1.08: ‘Playing Cards with Coyote’

Flash Forward 1.08: ‘Playing Cards with Coyote’

 
After the shock of Tracy’s survival and Al’s suicide last episode, many of the characters are still in a state of shock. This week’s episode begins with Celia receiving the letter from Al about her future. Unsurprisingly, it makes headlines all around the country as people start to talk about changing the futures they saw [...]

The Mentalist – Season 2: “Red Bulls”

The Mentalist – Season 2: “Red Bulls”

Bosco and his team raid a house where a kidnapper is allegedly holding a hostage, but when they break in, the CBI team is who they find. On the floor is a mummified corpse wrapped in plastic. As the shock wears off, a surprised Jane asks the team to “lower the guns, please.”
Back at the [...]

11/09/09: The Big Bang Theory – “The Guitarist Amplification”

11/09/09: The Big Bang Theory – “The Guitarist Amplification”

 
We are all the end result of a lifetime of experiences. Who we are today has been directly decided by what we’ve seen, done, and been exposed to in the past. On tonight’s episode of The Big Bang Theory, we have insight into one of the most baffling minds on television: Sheldon Cooper’s.
It’s the general [...]

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