Category Archives: Television

Twelfth and Final?

Hard to believe that we’re less than a week away from the end of Peter Capaldi’s run as the Doctor.  When the Doctor Who Christmas special airs on Christmas Day, we’ll see then end of both Capaldi and show-runner Steve … Continue reading

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Fitz to the Rescue (or is it Lance Hunter?)

This season of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD has started out very strong . . . by embracing a nice, futuristic element that leaves lots of mysteries to solve.  One of them, whatever happened to Fitz, got brought to fore at … Continue reading

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Stranger Reflections

I finished the second season of Stranger Things Tuesday night.  Or rather I should say “we,” as I was grateful to get to watch the season with friends (the same from season one).  That kind of thing seems only appropriate … Continue reading

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Stranger Things are Yet to Come

My friends and I are just under halfway through the second season of Netflix’s Stranger Things.  The end of episode three was so good that the fourth episode kind of begged to be watched. It’s odd to reflect on the … Continue reading

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Riding on the Trolley . . . Problem

The most recent episode of NBC’s The Good Place did a great job of revisiting some of the ethical themes of the show’s first season . . . from a completely different perspective.  This time around, Chidi was trying to … Continue reading

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Speedy Recovery

This week’s episode of The Flash really was a nice return-to-form for the series: the humor level was high even as it had an edge of darkness about it.  It will be interesting to see if they can keep that … Continue reading

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Many Speed Force Returns

This week saw the return of super-heroes to the CW.  And while ratings were down for three of the four DC Comics shows (Legends was steady with last year), The Flash shows some real potential to move forward this season. … Continue reading

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Macbeth by way of McDonald’s

Just back from a weekend at camp.  Catching up on a season six episode of 30 Rock led me to this gem, which I had no recollection of when the season originally aired. Fassbender’s Macbeth has nothing on Mayor McCheese.

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Return to the Good Place

Somehow I missed the announcement that the second season of NBC’s The Good Place was premiering tonight.  Here’s a quick “look” at the new season, which picks up from season one in a way that makes everything just new enough, … Continue reading

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When the Flash is Back

Well, this is interesting: Looks like we’re getting Barry Allen back quite early in the fourth season of The Flash.  New logo.  New costume.  “The Flash Reborn,” indeed. One month to go . . .

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