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TV Review: SUPERNATURAL – Season 8 – “As Time Goes By”

Gil McKinney as Henry on SUPERNATURAL "As Time Goes By" | (c) 2013 Ed Araquel/The CW

Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Gil McKinney, Alanna Hoffman, George Touliatos Writer: Adam Glass, series created by Eric Kripke Director: Serge Ladouceur Network: The CW, Wednesdays @ 9 PM Original Telecast: January 30, 2013 By now, we know quite a lot about Samuel, the father of Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean’s (Jensen Ackles) late mother Mary. However, all we’ve known until now about their paternal grandfather, John Winchester’s dad Henry (Gil McKinney), is that he ran out when John was still a child. Or so they thought. As we see in the SUPERNATURAL episode “As Time Goes By,” it turns […]Read On »


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TV Review: BONES – Season 8 – “The Twist in the Plot”

Brennan (Emily Deschanel) in BONES "The Twist in the Plot" | (c) 2013 Patrick McElhenney/FOX

Stars: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, TJ Thyne, Tamara Taylor, John Francis Daley, Carla Gallo, Larry Dorf, Vik Sahay, John Rubinstein, Kimberly Jurgen, Brandon Patrick Connor Writer: Kim Clements, series created by Hart Hanson, based on the life and writings of Kathy Reichs Director: Milan Cheylov Network: Fox, Mondays @ 8 PM Airdate: January 28, 2013 The title of the BONES episode “A Twist in the Plot” is in fact a pun, referring to the premise that a burial plot contains two corpses, rather than the single body that was meant to be interred there.  Since the site of […]Read On »


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TV Review: DO NO HARM – Season 1 – “Pilot” – Series Premiere

Steven Pasquale in DO NO HARM | ©2013 NBC/Matthias Clamer

Stars: Steven Pasquale, Alana De La Garza, Michael Esper, Ruta Gedmintas, Phylicia Rashad, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Samm Levine, John Carroll Lynch Writer: David Schulner, series created by David Schulner Director: Michael Mayer Network: NBC, Thursdays @ 10 PM Airdate: January 31, 2013 Four and a half years after the schizophrenic spy drama MY OWN WORST ENEMY came and went, NBC is trying another split personality story with DO NO HARM. This one is closer to DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (considered the wellspring of the genre), as the good side, Jason Cole (Steven Pasquale), really is a doctor and the bad […]Read On »


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TV Review: SUPERNATURAL – Season 8 – “LARP and the Real Girl”

Felicia Day in SUPERNATURAL - Season 8 - "LARP and the Real Girl" | ©2013 The CW/Cate Cameron

Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Felicia Day, Hank Harris, Tiffany DuPont, Don Thompson Writer: Robbie Thompson, series created by Eric Kripke Director: Jeannot Szwarc Network: The CW, Wednesdays @ 9 PM Original Airdate: January 23, 2013 When SUPERNATURAL tries to do a lighthearted episode, it often gets too cute for its own good. The show also has had issues with guest and recurring female characters. However, when Felicia Day’s happily fannish lesbian hacker Charlie Bradbury was introduced last season, everything went right as she helped Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles) battle evil Leviathan Dick Roman. Dick, as we […]Read On »


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TV Review: BONES – Season 8 – “The Corpse in the Canopy”

Booth (David Boreanaz) races against time to catch Christopher Pelant in the "The Corpse in the Canopy" episode of BONES | (c) 2013 Jordin Althaus/FOX

Stars: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, TJ Thyne, Tamara Taylor, John Francis Daley, Patricia Belcher, Andrew Leeds, Henry Simmons, Reed Diamond Writer: Jonathan Collier, series created by Hart Hanson, based on the life and writings of Kathy Reichs Director: Rob Hardy Network: Fox, Mondays @ 8 PM Original Telecast: January 23, 2013 Michaela Conlin’s gentle Angela is often the voice of hope and patience on BONES, and TJ Thyne as her husband Hodgins is frequently a source of quirky levity. In “The Corpse and the Canopy,” however, both characters are deeply and understandably upset and outraged start to finish, […]Read On »


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TV Review: SUPERNATURAL – Season 8 – “Torn and Frayed”

Jared Padalecki as Sam in SUPERNATURAL "Torn and Frayed" | (c) 2013 iane Hentscher/The CW

Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins, Mark A. Sheppard, Osric Chau, Ty Olsson, Liane Balaban, Amanda Tapping, Vincent Gale, Tyler Johnston Writer: Jenny Klein, series created by Eric Kripke Director: Robert Singer Network: The CW, Wednesdays @ 9 PM Original Airdate: January 16, 2013 SUPERNATURAL comes roaring back from its winter break with a zippy catch-up montage set to Bob Seger’s “Katmandu,” and then launched into “Torn and Frayed,” which is how Sam (Jared Padalecki), Dean (Jensen Ackles) and Castiel (Misha Collins) all feel, what with the brothers relatively estranged and Cass trying to cope with urges he doesn’t […]Read On »


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TV Review: BONES – Season 8 – “The Archaeologist in the Cocoon”

Brennan (Emily Deschanel) investigates the death of an archeologist in BONES | (c) 2013 Patrick McElhenney/FOX

Stars: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, TJ Thyne, Tamara Taylor, John Francis Daley, Eugene Byrd, Amy Yasbeck, Anya Manzikova, Zoran Korach, Gary Grubbs, Joseph Williamson Writers: Sanford Golden & Karen Wyscarver, series created by Hart Hanson, based on the life and writings of Kathy Reichs Director: Jeannot Swarcz Network: Fox, Mondays @ 8 PM Airdate: January 14, 2013 “The Archaeologist in the Cocoon,” the second half of the BONES two-hour event, finds the normally competitive Brennan (Emily Deschanel) going into overdrive when Dr. Clark Edison (Eugene Byrd), normally a lab assistant, is given the task of examining fossilized bones. The upshot […]Read On »


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TV Review: BONES – Season 8 – “The Diamond in the Rough”

Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz in BONES - Season 8 - "The Diamond in the Rough" | ©2013/Ray Mickshaw

Stars: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, TJ Thyne, Tamara Taylor, John Francis Daley, Michael Grant Terry, Dmitry Chaplin, Sara Scott, Marta DuBois, Vincent Corazza, Mary Murphy, Tyce Diorio Writer: Nkechi Okoro Carroll, series created by Hart Hanson, based on the life and writings of Kathy Reichs Director: Alex Chapple Network: Fox, Mondays @ 8 PM Airdate: January 14, 2013 BONES starts the second half of its eighth season with “Diamond in the Rough,” which takes its title from one of those interesting biochemical facts the show often presents to us. In this case, exposure to certain types of natural […]Read On »


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TV Review: BEING HUMAN – Season 3 – “It’s a Shame About Ray” – Season Premiere

Meaghan Rath, Sam Witwer, Sam Huntington in BEING HUMAN - Season 3 - "It's A Shame About Ray" | ©2013 Syfy/Philippe Bosse

Stars: Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath, Sam Huntington, Kristen Hager, Mark Pellegrino, Amy Aquino, Susanna Fournier, Pat Kiely, Robert Naylor, Andreas Apergis, Ellen David, Kyle Gatehouse Writers: Jeremy Carver & Anna Fricke, adapted for U.S. television by Jeremy Carver & Anna Fricke, created for U.K. television by Toby Whithouse Director: Stefan Pleszczynski Network: Syfy, Mondays @ 9 PM Airdate: January 14, 2013 We shall begin this review with something that is both a rant and an apology. Season 2 saw the U.S. BEING HUMAN gang often making bad decisions, ignoring each other and generally being annoying. With “It’s a Shame About […]Read On »


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TV Review: HOMELAND – Season 2 – “The Choice” – Season Finale

Claire Danes and Damian Lewis in HOMELAND - Season 2 - "The Choice" | ©2012 Showtime/Kent Smith

Stars: Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, Mandy Patinkin, Morena Baccarin, David Harewood, Rupert Friend Writers: Alex Gansa & Meredith Stiehl, developed for American television by Howard Gordon & Alex Ganza, based on the series HATUFIM created by Gideon Raff Director: Michael Cuesta Network: Showtime, Sundays @ 10 PM Original Telecast: December 16, 2012 Both the DEXTER and HOMELAND season finales, aired back to back on December 16, carried, beyond the usual preliminary cautions, one-time warnings that the content of the episodes might be disturbing due to the tragedy in Connecticut that occurred on Dec. 14. In the case of DEXTER, most […]Read On »


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