TV Review: DEXTER – Season 7 – “Surprise, Motherf****r!” – Season Finale

Michael C. Hall and Lauren Velez in DEXTER - Season 7 - "Surprise, Motherf****r" | ©2012 Showtime/Randy Tepper

Stars: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Desmond Harrington, Lauren Velez, C.S. Lee, David Zayas, James Remar, Aimee Garcia, Yvonne Strahovski, Geoff Pierson, Erik King, Nestor Serrano, Nicole LaLiberte Writers: Scott Buck & Tim Schlattmann, series developed for television by James Manos Jr., based on the books by Jeff Lindsay Director: Steve Shill Network: Showtime, Sundays @ 9 PM Original Airdate: December 16, 2012 After a year that’s been intense even by DEXTER’s fierce standards, the Season 7 finale “Surprise, Motherf****r!” lives up to its title. The climax is practically Shakespearean tragedy, though if you guessed exactly what would happen, you […]Read On »


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TV Review: 1600 PENN – Season 1 – “Putting Out Fires” – Series Premiere

Andre Holland as Marshall Malloy, Josh Gad as Skip, Jenna Elfman as Emily, Amara Miller as Marigold, Bill Pullman as Dale, Benjamin Stockham as Xander, Martha MacIsaac as Becca in 1600 PENN | ©2012 NBC/Chris Haston

Stars: Josh Gad, Jenna Elfman, Martha MacIsaac, Andre Holland, Amara Miller, Benjamin Stockham and Bill Pullman Writer: Jon Lovett Director: Jason Winer Network: NBC Original Telecast: Dec. 17th, 2012 Chris Farley tried hard to emulate John Belushi before breaking out on his own in the 1990s and now Josh Gad (from the hit Broadway musical BOOK OF MORMON) is trying desperately to mimic Farley, only coming off as a third rate Belushi, without any of the charm both Belushi and Farley embodied. The format Gad is using is an ineptly scripted sitcom named 1600 PENN (which got a sneak preview […]Read On »


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TV Review: DEXTER – Season 7 – “Do You See What I See?”

Michael C. Hall in DEXTER - Season 7 - "Do You See What I See?" | ©2012 Showtime/Randy Tepper

Stars: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Desmond Harrington, Lauren Velez, C.S. Lee, David Zayas, James Remar, Aimee Garcia, Yvonne Strahovski, Geoff Pierson Writers: Manny Coto & Wendy West, series developed for television by James Manos Jr., based on the books by Jeff Lindsay Director: John Dahl Network: Showtime, Sundays @ 9 PM Original Airdate: December 9, 2012 Reviewing and recapping this season of DEXTER, a person runs the risk of being redundant: There’s so much going on! They went there! The actors are brilliant! What can possibly happen next? Yada-yada-yada. Well, “Do You See What I See?” elicits more of […]Read On »


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TV Review: TAKE IT ALL – Season 1 premiere

Howie Mandel in TAKE IT ALL - Season 1 | ©2012 NBC/Chris Haston

Host: Howie Mandel Network: NBC Original Telecast: December 10, 2012 The best game shows are ones where you’re rooting for the contestants to win, you’re learning something (sometimes) in the process and you can escape from the harsh realities of the world watching someone “succeed” in actually winning something cool and expensive (while dreaming it could be you too). Unfortunately, TAKE IT ALL provides none of those things. Howie Mandel is the host of this tacky (and mean-spirited) new series that brings back fuzzy memories of his stint on NBC’s DEAL OR NO DEAL, unfortunately none of the warmth or […]Read On »


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TV Review: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE – Season 38 – Host Jaime Foxx

Jamie Foxx and Jason Sudeikis in SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Season 38 | ©2012 NBC/Dana Edelson

Stars: Fred Armisen, Vanessa Bayer, Bill Hader, Taran Killam, Seth Meyers, Bobby Moynihan, Nasim Pedrad, Jay Pharoah, Jason Sudeikis, Kenan Thompson, Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon, Tim Robinson, Cecily Strong Network: NBC, airs Saturday nights Original Telecast: December 8, 2012 SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE returns after a three-week hiatus, and the time away still hasn’t made the show any sharper or any funnier. Season 38 has turned into one of the worst seasons in some time and I still haven’t figured out why. Kristen Wiig and Andy Samburg leaving should not have killed the show’s momentum. They were good, but they weren’t […]Read On »


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TV Review: GLEE – Season 4 – “Swan Song”

Lea Michele in GLEE - Season 4 - "Swan Song" | ©2012 Fox/Eddy Chen

Stars: Chris Colfer, Darren Criss, Jane Lynch, Kevin McHale, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Heather Morris, Matthew Morrison, Chord Overstreet, Amber Riley, Naya Rivera, Mark Salling, Harry Shum Jr., Jenna Ushkowitz, Whoopi Goldberg, Kate Hudson Writer: Stacy Traub Director: Brad Falchuk Network: Fox, airs Thursdays Original Telecast: December 7, 2012 For the first time, in a long time, I’m not quite sure what GLEE is up to. After Marley (Melissa Benoist) passed out during Sectionals because of her eating disorder, New Directions lost to the Warblers. They’re done for. No more competition for the Glee club this year. They screwed up […]Read On »


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TV Review: BONES – Season 8 – “The But in the Joke”

Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz in BONES - Season 8 - "The But in the Joke" | ©2012 Fox/Ray Mickshaw

Stars: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, TJ Thyne, Tamara Taylor, John Francis Daley, Joel David Moore, Jay Paulson, Stephanie Lemelin, Adam Cagley, Eva Simone Fisher Writer: Keith Fogelsong, series created by Hart Hanson, based on the life and writings of Kathy Reichs Director: Ian Toynton Network: Fox, Mondays @ 8 PM Airdate: November 26, 2012 BONES is often deliberately comedic, but in “The But in the Joke,” the script by Keith Fogelsong gets ambitious and examines the nature of comedy. It starts with an agitprop street artist – think Banksy – who goes by Zed (Jay Paulson) attempting to […]Read On »


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TV Review: CASTLE – Season 3 – “The Dead Pool”

Stana Katic, Nathan Fillion and Tamala Jones in CASTLE - Season 3 - "The Dead Pool" | ©2011 ABC/Matt Kennedy

Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Molly C. Quinn, Jon Huertas, Seamus Dever, Tamala Jones Writer: Matt Pyken Director: Paul Holahan Network: ABC, airs Monday nights Original Telecast: April 11, 2011 Authors Michael Connelly and Dennis Lehane are back as themselves, playing poker with their buddy Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion) in the latest episode of CASTLE – “The Dead Pool”, but this case is actually about a swimmer who drowns after being knocked out by a whiff of chlorine. At first, Detective Kate Beckett (Stana Katic) and Castle can’t find a motive for the killing of the young Olympic […]Read On »


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TV Review: CASTLE – Season 3 – “Law & Murder”

Stana Katic and Nathan Fillion in CASTLE - Season 3 - "Law & Order" | ©2011 ABC/Karen Neal

Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Molly C. Quinn, Jon Huertas, Seamus Dever, Tamala Jones Writer: Terence Paul Winter Director: Jeff Blecker Network: ABC, airs Monday nights Original Telecast: March 28, 2011 It’s the big dramatic moment in the courtroom in the CASTLE episode “Law & Murder”.  District Attorney Lou Karnacki (Bruce Davison) is making his closing argument, when one of the jurors starts convulsing, then bursts out of the jury box and collapses. Meanwhile, Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion) is saying good-bye to his daughter Alexis (Molly Quinn). Only Castle gets the inkling that Alexis is not telling the […]Read On »


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TV Review: CASTLE – Season 3 – “One Life to Lose”

Jane Seymour in CASTLE - Season 3 - "One Life to Lose" | ©2011 ABC/Randy Holmes

Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Molly C. Quinn, Jon Huertas, Seamus Dever, Tamala Jones Writer: Elizabeth Davis Director: David Barrett Network: ABC, airs Monday nights Original Telecast: March 21, 2011 After nearly dying in each other’s arms twice in the CASTLE two-parter where we last left author Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion) and homicide cop Kate Beckett (Stana Katic), this episode is back to business as usual, but in the good kind of way. It’s got the charm, some of the silliness and the warmth that make this whodunit so engaging. In “One Life to Lose,” the head writer […]Read On »


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