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Quo Vadis?
Long before he helped bring the cinematic Avengers together as Agent Coulson, Clark Gregg played Calvin Trager, a mysterious entrepreneur who held the fate of Sports Night in his hands. “Where are we going?” he would ask Dana, the fictional … Continue reading
About a Long Way Down
This past weekend, NBC premiered About a Boy a sitcom based on a movie based on a book by Nick Hornby. The premiere episode was a nice, pared-down update. Whether or not the premises gets fleshed out into a viable … Continue reading
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Being Mosby: Ted Meets His Gollum
We’ve got a week until things pick back up with the final season of How I Met Your Mother, so it’s a good time to revisit the only moment necessary to the series besides Ted meeting the Mother: Ted letting … Continue reading
Don’t Tell Him How to Get to Sesame Street
There’s a good chance you’ve already seen this: it’s racked up almost 4 million views on YouTube in the last four days. Even so, it’s what I’ve got to serve as a place-holder until I get my thoughts for Sherlock … Continue reading
Sherlock’s Many Almost Returns
Lots of good things coming out of Britain over the next few weeks. Tomorrow we see “The Time of the Doctor” and another regeneration. Then, come January, Sherlock and Downton Abbey return to American airwaves. Thankfully, the BBC has released … Continue reading
Revisiting the Day of the Doctor
Deeciding on one “best moment” from The Day of the Doctor is a difficult task. Mix in getting to see the episode in 3-D at the theater, and the choice gets even more difficult. Pre-show slides recounting the Doctor’s 50-year … Continue reading
Two Years a Sherlock-less London?
Rarely, if ever, do you actually get to pick up where you left off. What’s true of life in general also seems to be part of the message of this next round of adventures for Sherlock and Watson. The BBC … Continue reading
Good Night, Who
And just like that, the 50th Anniversary of the Doctor begins . . .
Being Mosby: One Ticket to Farhampton
You can tell a lot about a show by how well it revisits its initial premise. It’s more than just flashbacks: it’s recall in order to remind us of how far characters have come. How I Met Your Mother has … Continue reading
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Being Mosby: Forty-five Days
As a kind of “prep” for Monday night’s final season premiere of How I Met Your Mother, I took it upon myself to watch some old (seasons 1-4) and some not-so-old (season 8) episodes of what has become the last … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 