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Heroes 4.11: "Thanksgiving" Review - Featured
Holiday-themed episodes have a tendency to play to nostalgia and tradition. They can be a cringe-inducing subset of the "every special episode" syndrome. The trick is to subvert the typical expectations that come with the territory. Buffy the V......
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Smallville 9.9: "Pandora"
Iâve always been a sucker for apocalyptic futures and visions. Thereâs just something about knowing that things are on the verge of falling apart completely, knowing that familiar faces are somehow responsible, and seeing them try to make adj...
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Fringe 2.8: "August"
âFringeâ has been delivering an interesting second season. While the show has definitely evolved since its stumbling start, Iâm not sure that the best lessons of the first season have been learned. The second half of the first season was r...
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Supernatural 5.10: "Abandon All Hope..." Review - Featured
After too many light-hearted episodes, the writers finally get back to the apocalypse. Despite the dialogue in several episodes suggesting that progress was halted for good reasons, it was never convincing. This is what we've been waiting to see...
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Ghost Hunters 5.22: "Pensacola Lighthouse"
This has been an interesting week for fans and detractors of the âGhost Huntersâ franchise. A lot of people are aware of the fact that a former cast member conducted a controversial interview, in which it was implied that fraud was taking pla...
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Heroes 4.10: "Brother's Keeper"
This season of âHeroesâ has been uneven, but in many respects, success or failure has been dependent on the treatment of Samuel Sullivan. That character has done more for this season than almost any other element, and as such, one would expec...
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Smallville 9.8: "Idol"
While I felt that the season got off to a slow and confusing start, the writers have settled in nicely and the show is finding its way back into my good graces. It still has its definite flaws, but itâs easy to forgive when I come away from an ...
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Fringe 2.7: "Of Human Action"
One of the most popular episodes of âThe X-Filesâ was called âPusherâ. It involved a man who could use mind control, and as one would expect, this particular criminal had some serious moral deficiencies. That episode continues to be one ...
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Ghost Hunters Academy 1.1: "Web of Deceit"
I was on the fence as to whether or not I should bother reviewing this series. For one thing, Iâve been avoiding reviews for other recent additions to the genre, like âGhost Adventuresâ and âGhost Labâ based on time constraints. My ori...
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Supernatural 5.9: "The Real Ghostbusters" Review - Featured
I must admit that I had some concerns when I first heard that an episode of the fifth season would be held at a Supernatural convention. I thought the writers were perhaps going a little too meta in the process. 'm still not convinced that it wa...
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