Category Archives: Television

100 in 100 for SHIELD

It’s been a crazy, busy week.  Most of my writing time has been for lessons, instructions, and sermons.  So until tomorrow, here’s a cool “100 Moments in 100 Seconds” in honor of this week’s 100th episode of SHIELD. On some … Continue reading

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Moving Like Lightning

This week’s DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (besides being the only scripted show for me to watch this week) was a nice, Groundhog’s Day episode that worked well at humanizing one of the “colder” members of the cast.  And while the … Continue reading

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The Music That Catches You

It’s been nice having a season of The Flash that hasn’t centered on a villainous speedster. The unfolding story of the Thinker has brought a nice twist to some familiar tropes of the superhero television genre.  The through-line of the … Continue reading

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War through Time?

The CW is putting Supergirl on hiatus for a few weeks so that DC’s Legends of Tomorrow can have a solid Monday night run.  Here’s the trailer for this next Monday’s return of our time-correcting team.

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No Place Like Home?

Friday night saw the “wrap” of the Agents of SHIELD lost-in-the-future saga.  It will probably go down as one of the best arcs of the show’s run.  Now we’ve got a month to wait before the second half of the … Continue reading

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What We Owe to Each Other

This last part of the second season of The Good Place has seen the “existential quartet” confront “the Judge” to plead their case as changed people.  Last week we say each member face a challenge, a test, to see how … Continue reading

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The “Existential” Place

The Good Place on NBC has always been an amazing little show.  Now that the main characters have taken leave of the “Good Place,” things have gotten even weirder . . . and better . . . and more ethically … Continue reading

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Closer to “the Last Day”

Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD continues to hit it out of the space-time ballpark.  Now, as their journey to the future crescendoes, some major plot devices from previous seasons are coming into play.  The end-of-episode reveal this week was as cool … Continue reading

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Super-Saturation Point?

Just when you think you’ve hit the real sweet-spot with super-hero shows on television, something else comes along that just might add something significant to the mix.  While I’ve kept most of my super-hero watching to three shows on the … Continue reading

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“SHIELD in Space” Continues

Of course, it should also be “SHIELD in the Future,” as the barely-hanging-on series continues its brilliant fifth season.  Here’s a scene from last week’s Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD.  It brings Daisy and Jemma back together.  It’s also a “follow-up” … Continue reading

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