Posted by Cory Barker on March 31, 2011 · Leave a Comment
In my review of last week’s Justified, I talked about how that episode served as a nice pivot point for the rest of the season. While I still stand by that observation, this week’s episode more overtly points out those sorts of things. So many of the characters and smaller problems introduced in the first … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on March 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Well, it feels real now. After a summer of speculation and 18 episodes of wondering and looking for clues as to how The Office would figure out how to say goodbye to Michael Scott, “Garage Sale” gives us our answer. As this episode unfolded, I was assuming that I’d be of two minds as to … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on March 24, 2011 · 1 Comment
When I knew that “Critical Film Studies” was reportedly going to include a lot of Pulp Fiction references I was a bit worried that my general ambivalence (and thus lack of real knowledge) towards that film would mean I wouldn’t enjoy this episode as much as I could have. I wasn’t necessarily concerned about not … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on March 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment
I haven’t been writing about Justified on a weekly basis because of various scheduling issues but in short, I’ve really enjoyed this season. And I’m still short on time today but I wanted to get a few thoughts down on “Save My Love” because it was just that good. Anyway, the world of Justified is … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on March 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Holy crap that was a fantastic episode of The Good Wife. “Ham Sandwich” had all the makings of a legitimate finale, but also found a way to serve as a catalyst for what will surely be a wonderful string of final episodes. This episode was full of great moments, shocking twists and some intriguing little … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on March 22, 2011 · 1 Comment
A few of the series I regularly cover here at TVS are on hiatus this week. In lieu of writing reviews of new episodes, I thought this would be a good time to take stock of where we’ve been this season and where we’re headed in the final string of episodes. In these posts I’ll … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on March 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Note: This post would have been up much earlier, had it not been for WP issues. My apologies. There’s something inherently problematic with Barney Stinson’s place within How I Met Your Mother. On one hand, he’s the series’ breakout character, primarily for the hilarious broadness at which he operates as a womanizer, friend and all-around … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on March 22, 2011 · 1 Comment
Sometimes, Twitter is not your friend. Last night during the first 15-20 minutes of my viewing of “Chuck Versus The Muuurder,” I tweeted something along the lines of “Chuck is getting kind of good again.” And at that point, I really meant it. Despite some of the middling reviews, I actually thought last week’s episode … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on March 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment
As we continue into the post-Huddy period of this season of House, it looks like the series is fairly confident in hitting the same notes each week with just enough variation to make subsequent episodes worth watching. Last week, House hung out in a swanky hotel with a bunch of hookers and jumped off a … Read more
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Posted by Cory Barker on March 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Because I was taking something of a minor sabbatical from criticism for my spring break last week, I didn’t write a review or get to put down some thoughts on the cliffhanger from last week’s Fringe. You know, the one where William Bell’s soul/consciousness took over Olivia’s body, which was probably one of the biggest WHAT THE … Read more
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