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21 Jump Street: “Blindsided”
March 21, 2011 – 4:26 PM | 8 Comments
<I>21 Jump Street</I>: “Blindsided”

The Plot: Hanson and Penhall go undercover in one of their habitual guises, the McQuaid brothers, for one of Jump Street’s habitual drills: buy drugs in increasing quantities from a couple of middlemen in an …

TV Question Qorner: Midseason TV Report Card
October 26, 2010 – 2:23 PM | 43 Comments
TV Question Qorner: Midseason TV Report Card

What I’m watching — or no longer watching — and why.
NEW SHOWS
Boardwalk Empire. I have to catch up on recent episodes, but so far, A-minus — the minus is for the pacing, which is very …

TV Question Qorner: Vampires, mouse poo, and the prime snore-ective
October 5, 2009 – 4:19 PM | 28 Comments
TV Question Qorner: Vampires, mouse poo, and the prime snore-ective

Flash Forward. In the DVR timeslot face-off with The Vampire Diaries, this lost….Yeah, I know.   Cool premise; irritating execution, for two reasons.The first: Sonya Walger.I just can’t care.
The second: The idea that this happened …

TV Question Qorner: family affairs, charisma vacuums, and my busted gaydar
May 25, 2009 – 7:52 PM | 43 Comments
TV Question Qorner: family affairs, charisma vacuums, and my busted gaydar

I moved, I went to California for a week, and I’ve only just now started digging my way out from under a pile of season finales. And I have some questions. Answer them for me, …