‘Hannibal’ 1.03 Recap: “Damage the Organs, You Ruin the Meat”
Dear NBC Marketing Dept., I’m about to give you a very nice pull-quote to use in your advertising. All I ask in return is that you attribute it appropriately. Are you ready? Here you go: In just three...
View Article‘Hannibal’ 1.05 Recap: “This Is My Gift to You”
As I mentioned in my last recap, NBC pulled the fourth episode of ‘Hannibal’ from the planned broadcast schedule, allegedly out of “sensitivity” to the victims of the real-life Boston Marathon bombing,...
View Article‘Community’ 4.11 Recap: “And That Is What I Would Be Saying If I Gave a Crap”
I know that I may sound like a broken record at this point, but this season of ‘Community’ has consistently been at its best when it keeps things focused on the group and keeps the group at Greendale....
View Article‘Hannibal’ 1.06 Recap: “There’s No Accounting for Taste”
I know that I’ve said it before, but damn, ‘Hannibal’ is a good show. Naturally, as these things go, that means that it’s struggling in the ratings. After an initially strong start, viewership has...
View Article‘Community’ 4.12 Recap: “What’s an Anarchist to Do Without Her Organization?”
The fact that this season of ‘Community’ even exists is a bit of a baffling proposition. By removing Dan Harmon, the show’s creator and driving force, NBC left the series rudderless, and this season...
View Article‘Hannibal’ 1.07 Recap: “You Cannot Force a Feast”
Last week’s episode of ‘Hannibal’ added a very nerd-friendly guest star to the cast: ‘X-Files’ star Gillian Anderson. Is this likely to boost the show’s ratings enough to secure a season renewal?...
View Article‘Community’ 4.13 Recap: “I Hear You’re Graduating Kiddie College”
The execs at NBC has gone off their meds. First they fire Dan Harmon, leaving him to find out about the news secondhand. Then they renew ‘Community’, but in a shortened order. They delay the start of...
View Article‘Hannibal’ 1.08 Recap: “A Simple Matter of Poor Choice of Friends”
Sadly, ‘Hannibal’ has not made NBC’s fall schedule. However, at the time of this writing, the network has not officially canceled the show yet, and even continues to advertise it in primetime, which is...
View Article‘Hannibal’ 1.09 Recap: “I Know What Monsters Are”
Do you remember how I’ve suggested in previous recaps that ‘Hannibal’ might benefit from toning down the outrageousness of some of its murders? Yeah, that’s apparently not happening anytime soon....
View Article‘Hannibal’ 1.10 Recap: “Am I Alive?”
After much doubt and consternation from fans, NBC rather miraculously made a last-minute decision to renew ‘Hannibal’ for a second season after all. Because the series receives most of its financing...
View Article‘Hannibal’ 1.11 Recap: “What Kind of Crazy Are You?”
Among the many things I like about the show, I enjoy the way that ‘Hannibal’ regularly breaks from its procedural case-of-the-week formula to integrate recurring storylines that will come back around....
View Article‘Hannibal’ 1.12 Recap: “I Hope You Have Good Insurance”
As the first season of NBC’s shockingly terrific ‘Hannibal’ nears its finale, events on the show appear to be coming to a head. In fact, after last week’s episode, it seems like Will Graham will have...
View Article‘Hannibal’ 1.13 Recap: “These Are Not the Actions of an Innocent Man”
After an incredible string of episodes, Bryan Fuller’s astonishing ‘Hannibal’ drew its first season to a close last week with an absolutely delicious finale that left this fan squealing with glee. I’m...
View Article‘Siberia’ Pilot Recap: “We Don’t Want a ‘Lord of the Flies’ Situation on Our...
As if so-called “Reality” shows weren’t already staged and scripted enough, we now have a burgeoning genre of outright fake, totally fictional Reality programs. ABC tried this gambit last year with the...
View Article‘Siberia’ 1.02 Recap: “You Guys Are All Gonna Die”
I’m not sure that I’m entirely sold on NBC’s ‘Survivor’-meets-’Lost’ fake Reality Competition series ‘Siberia’ yet. It’s still at an early formative stage and could go either way. Maybe it will develop...
View Article‘Siberia’ 1.03 Recap: “There’s a Predator Around Here”
I said in my last couple of recaps that I was taking NBC’s ‘Siberia’ on an episode-by-episode basis. This week, I’ve decided that I’m on board. While I acknowledge that the show could still turn out to...
View Article‘Siberia’ 1.04 Recap: “Nothing’s Making Sense Here”
Last week, I sat down to watch my recording of NBC’s ‘Siberia’, only to discover that the episode had been preempted by a William & Kate royal baby special. This is probably not a good sign for the...
View Article‘Siberia’ 1.05 Recap: “I’m Not Playing This Stupid Game Anymore”
Is anyone else out there watching NBC’s ‘Siberia’, or am I the only one? The show has unfortunately gotten buried by the attention directed toward CBS’s popular ‘Under the Dome’, which airs at the same...
View Article‘Siberia’ 1.06 Recap: “Behavior Reward Simulator – Test Group C”
Hey, what do you know? After last week’s recap, it appears that I’m not the only one out here in the TV wilderness watching NBC’s ‘Siberia’. At least a couple of our readers are still intrigued by the...
View Article‘Siberia’ 1.07 Recap: “I Never Thought It Would Get This Bad”
In what is surely the bleakest episode of the show so far, hopelessness and despair have set in for our characters on ‘Siberia’ this week. Is there any chance this story could end well for them? In...
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