Category Archives: Television

Glee! 3.21 – Nationals

This young lady...my goodness, is she a star.

 

It’s here, it’s here! Wait, I’m in Texas. It’s there, it’s there!

The Gleeks are once again at a Nationals competition, but there is little chance of the Kiss Heard ‘Round The Very Small Community of Show Choir YouTube Fans That Made A Link GO Viral Within That Small Community happening, so I’ve got my fingers crossed for our soon-to-be-departing Seniors…

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Glee! 3.20 – Props

Do not adjust your monitor. This is only a head injury-induced hallucination.

Here’s what you missed on Glee: Tina! Tina crying, Tina swaying in the background, Tina not rocking the boat, Tina never being called out by the group for faking a stutter, Tina not being a goth anymore, Tina’s fabulous Fluevog boot collection… Basically you’ve missed Tina. For a few years.

(Well, it’s because she’s not enigmatic on the screen. I’m sorry. She’s lovely, she has a lovely voice, but she doesn’t bring it. There’s a reason why certain character’s stories develop over seasons, and another reason why others don’t. Hey, how about all of the awesome Rory scenes? Exactly. It’s not a slam on them as people, not at all. It’s just that as characters they don’t bring much. Harsh truth.) HAVING SAID THAT…Tina’s solo is out-freaking-standing.  Continue reading

Sherlock BBC 2.2 – The Hounds of Baskerville

This week, they learn about dogging.

Welcome to the World of Gatiss. Just as an episode from Moffat means feisty women and spoddy whizzkids, so from a Mark Gatiss episode of Sherlock, we can reasonably expect dead daddies, suspicious offal, and Kensington gore. In this case, served up with devilish humour and abundant references to Withnail and I. Onwards: for science, UST, and daddy issues!

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The Bachelorette: Season Emily; Episode 1

Would you be my new baby-daddy?

Welcome back to The Bachelorette, where single-mom Emily Maynard gets to choose her (2nd) True TV Love from 25 brand new Douchetestants. Continue reading

The Borgias 206—Day of Ashes

Last week ended with Pope Daddy declaring “we must atone for our sins.” Good thing it’s Lent then, the perfect season for atonement.

We open with Pope Daddy smearing ashes on peoples foreheads (something that freaked me out the first time I saw it, which was in college— I grew up around Southern Baptists. No ashes, just full body immersion baptisms. I don’t know which is creepier.) “Dust thou art, and to dust thou shall return.” There’s a very old woman there and the pope kneels before her and washes her feet. In the back Della Rovere, the unnamed Friar, and the soon-to-be-taster watch the spectacle, calling it out as a show. Della Rovere points out the pope’s current taster. Continue reading

Mad Men 5.09 – Dark Shadows

“You have no loyalty.”
“Excuse me, were we married?!”

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Dexter 3.4-6 – All in the Family, Turning Biminese, & Si Se Puede

A botched marriage proposal, a new BFF for Dexter, a powerful ADA starting to come unhinged, soda pop torture, and more in this week’s Dexter recap!

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Game of Thrones 2.7 – A Man Without Honor

Hey, boy: ever had a Glasgow kiss?

I’m going to go out on a limb and say that a man without honor (in the Game of Thrones) is a man who keeps living. (Do a quick tally. See?) And a reminder for any new folk who are coming over (and welcome!)—this is a spoiler-free zone. I’m not a book reader, so it’s all new and exciting to me and a large portion of the readers here.

Now that I’ve got you properly wooed with my sweet talk, let’s get to some naked Theon! (Pfft, what a boner-killer.)

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Supernatural 7.22 – There Will Be Blood

This week we get our pre-finale episode and going by the “Then” sequence, they’re getting the band back together for the wrap up. Crowley, Alpha Vamp and Ghost Bobby. There’s a distinct feeling of testosterone filled posturing in the air. Continue reading

Touch 1.09 – Music of the Spheres

Jake, want to use your words? No, Jake wants to use his NUMBERS, okay, Martin?

Jake opens by complaining to us he’s never been so bored in all his life, and that all the other kids got that new Xbox game from their parents, and why can’t we just be cool like Sam’s dad?  No, no, I’m just joshing you — Jake taps into another mystical universal truism by intoning the principle that all musical elements can be translated by mathematical ratios; if all ratios could translate into sound, he posits, we’d hear the music of the spheres.  Yeah.  This kid’s always on.

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