Posted by Cory Barker on February 26, 2011 · 2 Comments
Well, that was awesome. “The French Mistake” was the most anticipated episode of Supernatural in a long time and going into it, I assumed that it would either be unbelievably fantastic or pretty terrible. That’s not the most advanced analysis in the world and in the end, I probably had no reason to be concerned. … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on February 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment
UGH. Ever since I read a few spoilers about “Fortune,” I prepared myself for a terrible episode. But I don’t think anything could have prepared me for the giant suck-fest I watched unravel on my screen this evening. It’s been well-established that the Smallville writers have no qualms about ripping entire plots from other texts … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on February 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Because of my schedule, I don’t get to write about Parks and Recreation every week and that just makes me sad. I think I’ve settled in on a schedule where I write about every other episode, which is better than nothing, I guess. Although it’s moderately disappointing that I didn’t have time to write about … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on February 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment
I’m just going to say it: I really like Perfect Couples. Not just “like” it in that I can watch it while I bide my time between Community and The Office. I legitimately like this series now. In fact, I’d probably be willing to argue that the last few weeks, Perfect Couples has been funnier … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on February 25, 2011 · 1 Comment
After last week’s high-concept, high-profile and flat-out fantastic episode of television, it makes sense that Community came back with an episode more in-tune with its basic framework. Well as “basic” as the series can get at this point. There appears to be rumblings of a minor backlash towards the series after the last handful of … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on February 25, 2011 · 3 Comments
As the last episode of The Vampire Diaries until APRIL MOTHER-FREAKING 7TH, “The House Guest” should probably semi-wrap up some of the threads the series has been dealing with here in the first episodes of 2011 while obviously also set up things for the final six episodes in the spring. Thankfully, The Vampire Diaries is … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on February 23, 2011 · 1 Comment
There are many great things about The Good Wife. We all know this. But probably the thing I love most about the series is how easily it transitions from story to story and from character to character with little problem. With such a fine writing staff and a great stable of performers, the series can … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on February 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
After a week off White Collar returns with “Payback,” an episode that probably won’t stand out amid some of the season’s best but still had a lot to offer. Series like this, with fairly stagnant week-to-week storytelling — and I don’t mean that in a particularly bad way — always benefit from recurring villains and … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on February 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Inspired by the sprawling, multi-armed conversation about the state of television criticism (see here, here and here, among other places), I’ve decided to take the next week or so to check in with the series that I watch every single week, but never actually write about. There’s been a lot of discussion about writing longer form pieces on … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on February 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
I’ve already gone back and forth on “Blame It on the Alcohol” a few times since it finished airing here almost four hours ago. While I was watching it, I kind of liked it. Then afterwards, I kind of hated it. Then I went back and forth a few more times before just decided to … Read more
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