TV Reviews
Criminal Minds show
Criminal Minds is a standing 8pm Wednesday night appointment in my home. I’m not sure why but this show that allows us to see directly into the evils of the human mind is addictive. Maybe it’s the interest I have always had in the art of profiling.
I love …
Burn Notice: Comrades
Burn Notice: Comrades brings us Michael Westen’s brother, Nate, who is far less interesting than Michael is. In fact, I don’t really care much about him. The two have a strained relationship that leaves you guessing about Nate’s true intentions the entire time.
I do like some of …
The Veil: Vision of Crime TV Show
Boris Karloff both hosts and plays a part in this early anthology series, The Veil. This episode is called Vision of Crime and tells the story of a man who sees the murder of his brother while on a trip overseas. When he returns to America, he …
iCarly TV Episode: I have My Principals
Synopsis: After making a guest appearance on Carly’s web show, her principal is fired and she puts together an effort to get him back.
What I liked about this episode: I don’t watch this show very often (we usually only watch it while waiting for Spongebob to come on for …
Laramie: The Runaway TV Show
Well the big news in The Runaway episode is that now Laramie has a school. As of season 1, it did not, and in season 2, it was the motivation behind Slim sending younger brother Andy (Robert Crawford Jr.) off to school in the east. Now there’s …
The Fugitive: Nemesis
The Nemesis episode of The Fugitive is one of those I really like a lot. We meet Lt. Gerard’s son, Phil, Jr. The two have been driving back home from taking Gerard’s mother home when the police detective gets word that Richard Kimball has been spotted …
Batman: The Brave and the Bold: Hail the Tornado Tyrant
Some think that this show, with it’s lighter and softer take on the DC Universe isn’t capable of telling great stories. This episode proves them wrong.
It’s a simple tale, android hero Red Tornado builds himself a son so that he can experience a family for himself. While …
Lois & Clark The New Adventures of Superman
Lois & Clark starred Teri Hatcher and Dean Caine as Lois Lane and Clark Kent / Superman respectively, for the first time putting the focus of a Superman adaptation not on action, but instead on the romantic trials and tribulations of the titular characters.
Lois Lane is smitten with …
Wild Wedding TV Show
Inevitably many weddings have mishaps. This show aims to showacse all the falling down kids, missed rings and fainting spells that happen during weddings. This is a funny show to watch, kind of like Americans funniest home videos with an only wedding theme. It comes on TLC on saturday …
The Simpsons Season 4 Episode
Mr Burns tries to dump nuclear waste in a park. He gets booked for it and is tried in court. However he bribed his way out of court. The money that MrBurns gives is a lot. And hence a meeting is held on how to use this money. After …
The First Leaders’ Debate TV show
Since I am British and since up until this election campaign we had never before had an American style live TV debate, I was extremely interested to see how this one would play out. ITV won the battle to stage the first of what will be three debates, and …
Highway Patrol: Narcotics Racket TV Show
Narcotics Racket is the 17th episode of Highway Patrol’s fourth and final season on the air. The show stars Broderick Crawford as Chief Dan Mathews and William Boyett as Sergeant Ken Williams. In my book, Boyett is the reason to watch this half hour program.
Terry Blake guest …
Project Runway Season Five Episode 5
Season Five Episode 5
Welcome to the Jungle
Brooke Shields Guest Judge
In this episode, Heidi tells the designers their next challenge is to create a look for a high powered woman and to meet Tim in the work room for more details.
When the designers head back to the work room …
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Episode 1.16: The Hidden Enemy
The sixteenth episode in the series, “The Hidden Enemy”, is a few steps up from the horrid “Trespass” which preceded it. This episode is actually a prequel to “The Clone Wars” film itself and explains why the forces on the planet of Christophsis (which happens to look a lot …
Bones Season 21 Episode 1 -The Soldier on the Grave
There is rarely an episode of Bones that I don’t like. And this one is no exception. But this one is different from the rest of the episodes this season. Usually there is a mixture of serious things with a lot of humour. This time it was very serious and …
The Young Rebels: Dangerous Ally TV Show
In The Young Rebels: Dangerous Ally, the Yankee Doodle Society suffers the down side of keeping their activities secret. No one in their town of Chester knows about their covert fight against the British, not even Jeremy’s father or Elizabeth’s uncle. This leads to some dangerous results, though, …
The Fugitive: The Cage
The Fugitive: The Cage is not a big favorite of mine. Richard Kimball is in a tiny fish town working when there’s a case of the plague. Risking the wrath of his employer and facing re-capture, he can’t walk away from what he knows to be deadly, …
Biggest Loser - December 9th 2008
I watched this episode less than 24 hours ago (I taped it) and it’s like a big blur thinking back on it. Nothing really stood out to me. It was the typical last show before the finale. The winner of the week’s competition received catered food, …
Sea Hunt: Cougar TV Show
From the fourth season of Sea Hunt came this 18th episode of that year called Cougar. It begins with diving expert Mike Nelson (Lloyd Bridges) running into a hip kid who he’d helped the year before to straighten up his life. The kid’s name is Cougar Norris …
Surviving the Cut: Air Force Pararescue TV Show
So often we hear about extraordinary missions and fetes accomplished by various military groups. These are bold and daring tasks that most people can barely imagine, let alone accomplish on their own. This is what makes Surviving the Cut a really special TV series. It lets …
Sliders Complete First and Second Seasons
There was a time when Sliders was one of my favorite shows on television. A unique science fiction television series, it highlighted the adventures of four travelers as they “slid” between parallel dimensions, trying desperately to find their way home.
These first two seasons are the highpoint of the …
Claymore
Claymore is an anime that came out recently (about some months ago) and is still ongoing. I watched about 2 episodes and it quickly became one of my favourites. It takes place in a world where humans and demons (which they term ‘Yoma’) coexist, as well as ‘Claymore’s; half …
Psych TV Episode: Chivalry is Not Dead, But Someone Is
Well, after fighting the kids to bed last night, I was able to tune in to watch the new episode of Psych called Chivalry is Not Dead, But Someone Is.
Perhaps I was a bit tired. But, for some reason, I honestly did not enjoy this one as much as …
Family Guy - Spies Reminiscent of Us
Right away, this episode held big promises with comedy legends Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd speaking as themselves. It was supposed to be funny and entertaining. The episode hit rock bottom on both promises, fulfilling none of them.
Now that Cleveland has …
The Virginian: Portrait of a Widow TV Show
The Virginian: Portrait of a Widow guest stars Vera Miles as a widow, Maggie Menken. While visiting back east with Betsy (Roberta Shore), she meets Charles Boulanger, a charming French painter. He surprises Maggie and Betsy by returning to Medicine Bow with them.
John Gavin portrays Boulanger, who …
The Twilight Zone: Mr. Denton on Doomsday TV Show
Episode three of The Twilight Zone isn’t a particular favorite of mine. It’s called Mr. Denton on Doomsday and features Dan Duryea. Certainly, Duryea was one very talented man. He’s been in numerous shows that I have enjoyed greatly, but this wasn’t one of them. …
Reganno Beef Stroganoff Dinner
We had a few errands to run last night and didn’t have a lot of time to make a complicated dinner. So, my wife ended up cooking a Beef Stroganoff boxed dinner from the brand Reganno.
I’m not sure where we bought this dinner (I think it was Aldi) but …
Becoming Human- A 3 part series from NOVA
Ever since its arrival, NOVA has been home to some interesting shows. Their educational 1-hour documentaries often intrigue thousands and thousands of viewers. Recently, I watched “Becoming Human-A 3 part series” for my Biology class. As I sat at the computer for three whole hours I felt myself starting …
Fireball XL5: Ghosts of Space
Fireball XL5: Ghosts of Space is a story about greed, or maybe about what happens when left all alone and you go a little space crazy. Basically, Colonel Steve Zodiac and his XL5 crew take an explorer to the Ececton, a planet full of electric rocks. Now …
Sleepy Hollow TV Show Episode Two: Blood Moon
After watching the first episode of the new Sleepy Hollow series, I’ve decided that I will become a regular viewer. I literally had a week to dwell and think on the previous episode I watched and kind of connect some minor pieces. To be honest and to the …
Private Eye: Hollywood Confidential TV show
From January 1988, Private Eye: Hollywood Confidential was very interesting story. The series stars Michael Woods as private eye, Jack Cleary, and Josh Brolin as his assistant, Johnny Betts. The exciting part for me, though, was with the guest star, Adam-12’s Kent McCord.
In Hollywood Confidential, McCord plays …
Best Dance Crew
The other day I was watching mtv and I caught a couple of episodes of Randy Jackson Presents Americas best dance crew. I really enjoyed watching it and I watched the live auditions for season two and the first episode of season two. I enjoy watching this show because …
Ghost Hunters: Essex County Penitentary
You know what, I had a lot of hope for last night’s Ghost Hunters episode at Essex County Penitentary. After all, they had Josh Gates (from Destination Truth) helping them out so you would think they would find something. But, it was actually a bit disappointing.
First of all, why …
The First 48 (A&E)
I absolutely LOVE this show. First, I should mention that I like crime shows (real ones, not dramas) and programs that highlight investigations and forensics. This one focuses on the fact that the first 48 hours of a major investigation are usually the most critical. …
Seven days Season 3 Episode 7 The Fire Last Time
I guess every show sooner or later has to have an episode about escaped prisoners so the time for this show to present such an episode has arrived. Although the title of the show was The Fire Last Time I will remember it under another title, The Episode That …
National Geographic television special: Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure
National Geographic is famed for producing very interesting, scientifically accurate television specials. In this television special, entitled Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure, computer generated animation brings the Cretaceous Period ocean to life. Millions of years ago, the state of Kansas, and in fact, the entire Midwest, was …
That Girl: A Friend in Need
When Ann Marie sprains her ankle while filming a scene, boyfriend Don Hollinger comes to rescue, and it’s pretty funny, even if there are more continuity issues between this episode and prior ones. That Girl: A Friend in Need has Don tending to his girlfriend’s every need, even …
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Faith, Hope & Trick
I’m a huge Elisha Dushku fan, so it was great to see her character Faith finally make an appearance in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode “Faith, Hope & Trick.”
This one is an OK episode because I absolutely love the villain in this one and see potential in the …
The Whole Truth: When Cougars Attack TV Show
When Cougars Attack is the latest outing from the soon to be defunct series, The Whole Truth, which stars Rob Morrow and Maura Tierney. I like the way the drama is presented, by giving us the prosecution side of the story and then the defense side. The …
CSI Season 8, Episode 4
This has to be one of my top or favorite episodes of CSI ever because it really highlights the character of Greg. When I saw it, I also thought it felt like one of the older episodes of the show from the days before they started focusing on different …
Dancing With the Stars: S11, Wk 4 Results TV Show
This review centers around the Week 4 results for the 11th season of Dancing With the Stars, which for the most part has been a pretty exciting season. I must admit that has been a surprise. I hadn’t expected all that much from the series this year. …
Neon Genesis Evangelion episode 3
As the world slowly revolves on an dying axis, we can see the ultimate result of our actions take place and seed in the minds of our children who will become the root of tomorrow. As we pray our lonesome prayers to God above, we are forced to wonder …
Avatar: The Last Airbender: Book 2, Episode 5: Avatar Day
Aang and crew are attacked by a group of fire nation troops and forced to flee. The worst part is that Sokka’s boomerang gets left behind.
They come upon a festival that they believe is celebrating the avatar, after all, they call it “avatar day”. It …
The Andy Griffith Show: The Perfect Female TV Show
The Andy Griffith Show: The Perfect Female is a delightful show. First, this is a good time to mention that one of the changes from this comedy series’ premier season on TV and this second year is that Elinor Donahue, who had played Andy’s girlfriend Ellie Walker, left …
Stargate SG1: Hathor
The episode starts out with a couple of archeologists discovering a sarcophagus that when opened up contains something that kills them. Later, we find that the sarcophagus has been sent to Daniel. Seems the archeologists were killed and their fellow archeologists decided to send the sarcophagus to …
CSI New York
A very successful spin off the original show CSI- Crime Scene Investigation. Unlike its older brother, which follows the lives of the crime scene investigation team in Las Vegas, this one is set in New York. The setting and the context are different and adapted to a different atmosphere, …
Mr. Monk and the Bully
OK, the Monk episode Mr. Monk and the Bully still doesn’t live up to the standards set by earlier seasons of the show (I can kind of understand why there’s only going to be one more season of the series since they seem to be running out of storylines) …
Adam-12: Log 175: The Con Artists
The opening banter of Adam-12: Log 175: The Con Artists is cute. Officer Jim Reed (Kent McCord) complains to his partner, Officer Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) that his father-in-law is continually buying toys and things for his baby. It’s cute as he worries about there not being …
Adam 12 - Log 73
Martin Milner gets the lead in “Adam-12″s Log 73 episode. In it, his character of Pete Malloy is attending a local college, where the students are unhappy about many of the policies in place. Anne Helm, who has a steady body of quality work, plays one of …
Generations (tv series)
I’ve never really been the type of person to watch television soap operas, since I’ve never had much interest in them. I can remember specifically that back when I was in high school there was a group of girls who would watch these series and then talk about them …
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