Category Archives: Television

Fury of an Android Scorned

The final third of this season of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD has been fascinatingly tense, even as most of it has happened in virtual reality.  Now, most of the agents are out of the Framework crafted by the android Aida, … Continue reading

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Together the Wrong Way

Here’s the “sizzle reel” for the final batch of season three episodes for The Flash.  It could turn out to be a great finale to an up-and-down season.  I still think that we’ll go back to the original timeline, but … Continue reading

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Flash in the Darkest Timeline

This week The Flash spent most of the episode in “the darkest timeline,” with long-haired Barry Allen and all.  It was, perhaps, one of the better episodes in more recent memory.  In an attempt to learn the identity of big … Continue reading

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Springing Forward

The Flash on the CW begins its final sprint to its third-season finish line tomorrow night. The folks at the CW were kind enough to put together a simple “recap” video to refresh viewers’ memories. Seems to me that you’ve … Continue reading

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Awkward Observation

I spent most of the last two days at an education conference.  One of the funniest moments in the conference came during a breakout session about shifting practices in teacher evaluation.  As a kind of “artifact,” the administrator-in-charge showed this … Continue reading

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Ending with Regeneration

After what has been a mostly slow “winter” season on the small screen, things are finally picking up.  Last week’s premiere of The Amazing Race was one of the best episodes of that show in a good while (hiatus withstanding). … Continue reading

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Crossing Time Streams

The second season of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow wraps up this Tuesday with an episode that looks to break at least one rule of time travel: don’t cross your own path.  Here’s the extended trailer for the episode, “Aruba.” The … Continue reading

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Fellowship of Legends

Tonight DC’s Legends of Tomorrow traveled to World War I and the Battle of the Somme to track down some literary help from JRR Tolkien.  The show has used the idea of the “Spear of Destiny” (the spear that pierced … Continue reading

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Amazing Race Back on Track

After almost a year off the air, The Amazing Race is back on track at CBS.  The show will start its 29th cycle at the end of the month . . . with a twist that some have been asking … Continue reading

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A Different Kind of Fellowship

This first trailer for next week’s Legends of Tomorrow doesn’t give away much.  After traveling to the moon, the team looks to be heading back to World War I as they pursue the  Spear of Destiny.  What we don’t yet … Continue reading

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