Posted by Cory Barker on November 30, 2010 · 3 Comments
Tonight, the finale to Sons of Anarchy‘s third season airs on FX. It’s a 90 minute episode that, as you can see, showrunner Kurt Sutter has been hyping on Twitter. The last two Sons finales have been pretty damn great, as have the other extended episodes of the series so I should be filled with … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on November 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment
After last week’s quick detour, “In The Beginning” ramps up the crazy as we head towards the conclusion to a very solid season of Dexter. The episode features a number of great moments, makes Jordan more of an interesting character and of course, features a complicated ending that surely has all fans talking. Let’s start … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on November 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment
I’ve taken something of a hiatus from reviewing over the Thanksgiving holiday, and it is very nice to return slightly refreshed with a really tremendous episode of The Walking Dead. I know I’ve been hard on the series thus far, but I think a lot of that stems from the fact that I think the … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on November 24, 2010 · 2 Comments
Test Pilot #7: The OC Debut date: August 5, 2003 Series legacy: The pivot point for a new generation of teen dramas, a genuine cultural phenomenon that burned out very quickly and perhaps the most well-respect straight-up teen drama of all time. Welcome to the newest regular feature here at TV Surveillance, the fantastically titled, Test Pilot. … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on November 24, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Marrying the conclusion of Glee‘s “bullying trilogy” with an extremely fun celebration of a wedding is one of the weirder mash-ups the series has done over its run, but despite a number of issues — doesn’t every episode of Glee have a number of issues? — “Furt” pulls things together in such a way that … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on November 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Last week, I praised House for avoiding some of the melodramatic nonsense this season that made the last two sometimes excruciating to watch. So of course, this week’s episode, “Small Sacrifices” brings back the melodrama in full force! Stupid column. Anyway, “Small Sacrifices” is definitely the worst episode of the season, even if it does feature a … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on November 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Last week, I said that the nonsense with Rob Riggle and the sketchiness of how the Intersect wouldn’t totally be a loss if the makeshift part two of that story was effective and satisfying. Well, even though “Chuck Versus Phase Three” didn’t do a few of the things I hoped it would last night, it … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on November 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment
The last few episodes of Dexter have been moving a fairly speedy pace for the middle of the season, but “Teenage Wasteland” brings most of that pacing to a screeching halt so it bring up a primary story from the first few episodes that was mostly dropped so that Dexter could get on with the … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on November 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Sorry for the delay folks, with the holidays and the end of the semester coming up, it’s going to be something of a crazy time for me. After last week’s episode solidified a number of things in the overarching plot, “Patriot” pushes that narrative forward in a very satisfying way, while still dealing with some … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on November 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Luther started immensely strong and then unfortunately toiled away in solid, but not tremendously so procedural fare for a few episodes before then flipping the switch on the crazy last week. In the finale to this series’ six-part first run, that sense of crazy continued a nice pace without going too far off the deep … Read more
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