Last winter my fiancee got me to start watching Top Chef, which was my introduction to so-called Reality TV. I confess I really enjoyed it, despite the obviously stagey aspects of the whole thing (and I picked up a few cooking tips in the bargain).Last...
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Captured the zeitgeist, or something. If you don't want spoilers, don't click the comments.
Looking forward to August 16....
My five favorite series finales:M.A.S.H.Star Trek: The Next Generation*NewhartQuantum LeapMagnum P.I.***Penned by Ron Moore**This refers to Limbo, the season 7 finale, and pretends that the misconceived season 8 never happened.BSG open thread. Consider this a spoiler free-fire zone; enter at your own risk.
Ezra is right; Entourage works best when things go well. I don't know that I agree that this season has been problematic, because of course success after hardship is so.
Andrew Probert, designer of the Cylons for the first Battlestar Galactica series:“Originally the Galactica motion picture (for overseas distribution) was filmed with dialog explaining that the Cylons were creatures,” Probert.
This is kind of interesting. Like Harry, I certainly wouldn't have chosen Hugh Laurie as having one of the four worst American accents by a British actor on TV. It's true that he's just a bit off, but I guess that the fact that the...
Didn't we always really know? HT to Pinko Punko.
Like Scott, I thought that the Wire finale was fantastic. Three of the four great HBO dramas have had great final episodes; Deadwood is the tragic exception. A couple of.
Marlo Stanfield vs. Michael Corleone?Consider this a Wire finale open thread. Those who fear spoilers, beware.
Chris Partlow and Felicia "Snoop" Pearson vs. Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield?
Barney Miller vs. Cedric Daniels?