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Author: Julie Kushner

· by Julie Kushner · Aug 28, 2017

Game of Thrones: We’re going to need a bigger wall!

So, overall the season 7 finale episode was kind of an “L” in the Team Good Guys column, what with (1) the Night’s King and Viseri-Zombie completely demolishing the Wall, thereby allowing the Zombie Army to enter Westeros proper; and…

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· by Julie Kushner · Aug 21, 2017

Game of Thrones: Requiem for a Dragon

Now you’ve really done it, Night King! I stuck up for you when people said bad things. I thought you were just “misunderstood.” I was digging your style, your cool hand gestures, the magical charisma you had. Whenever you entered…

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· by Julie Kushner · Aug 14, 2017

Game of Thrones: Breathers unite!

Holy exposition episode, Batman! Let’s see, we got the legitimization of Jon’s Snow’s birth, Cersei’s pregnancy, the triumphant return of That Rowing Guy, and Littlefinger getting exposed for shadiness again (possibly on purpose?). We’ve also got characters moving all across…

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· by Julie Kushner · Aug 6, 2017

Game of Thrones: The Khaleesi strikes back

It is most definitely “No more Ms. Nice Mother of Dragons” this week, as Dany pours a heaping helping of hellfire mixed with Sweet Revenge on an unsuspecting Lannister army. (Meanwhile, somewhere in Heaven, Lady Olenna is performing the Best…

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· by Julie Kushner · Jul 30, 2017

Game of Thrones: Lessons in failure

So, it was not a particularly stellar week for Dany and Team Good Guys in the battle for the Iron Throne. For the second week in a row, the Mother of Dragons has found herself both outsmarted on the…

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· by Julie Kushner · Jul 24, 2017

Game of Thrones: A foreign invasion is underway

After a bit of a slow start, Season 7 picks up the pace considerably in “Stormborn”, its second of seven episodes. The ultimate battle for the Iron Throne finally seems to be taking place in earnest, as allies are gathered,…

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· by Julie Kushner · Jul 16, 2017

Game of Thrones: Shall We Begin? (SEASON PREMIERE RECAP)

It may be 85 degrees and balmy where you live, but over in Westeros, Winter has returned with a vengeance… That’s right, folks. Game of Thrones is back for its penultimate shortened season. And if this premiere is any indication,…

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· by Julie Kushner · Jun 28, 2017

Binge or No? Netflix's GLOW

GLOW is sudsy good fun, with just the right amount of '80s camp.

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· by Julie Kushner · May 24, 2017

Once Upon a Time will get reconstructive surgery, but it's not the first show to go under the knife

With virtually none of its original cast returning, the showrunners decided to pitch the season as a reboot of sorts.

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· by Julie Kushner · May 8, 2017

Once Upon a Time: Swan Song

As a show runner, inevitably, there will come a time in your life when your series is dangling on the precipice of cancellation, your lead actress has just dumped you via Instagram, and seemingly nothing can save it but a…

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· by Julie Kushner · Apr 30, 2017

Once Upon a Time: A Black Fairy Tale

This week on Once, Rumple continues his trend of contemplating doing the right thing for about five seconds, before effing up again. (But hey, major points for character consistency!) Also this week, Captain Hook chooses a best man…

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· by Julie Kushner · Apr 23, 2017

Once Upon a Time: You can’t keep a bad witch down!

Just what Storybrooke needs, another “reformed villain.” The town suddenly seems overrun with them. Jiminey Cricket is going to need to start a new support group soon… maybe even a halfway house. This week on Once, the Wicked Witch…

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· by Julie Kushner · Apr 16, 2017

Once Upon a Time: The Quicker Potion Fixer Upper

There were so many potions used this week on Once to clean up certain dangling plot items, it was hard to keep track of them all. Let’s see, we had: sleeping curse potion, memory forgetting potion, drink pink stuff to…

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· by Julie Kushner · Apr 9, 2017

Once Upon a Time: It’s the FINAL COUNTDOWN!

It’s the end of this show as we know it, folks. The biggest of Big Bads has finally arrived to battle the Save-iest(?) of Saviors! But first, we’ve got some CGI spiders to mutilate, and a pirating adventure to endure.…

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· by Julie Kushner · Apr 2, 2017

Once Upon a Time: Let’s Get Kraken!

This week on Once, Storybrooke finally gets a new bar! Snow White gets wasted! Emma becomes that cliché lady who pours her heart out to a bartender! Aladdin and Jasmine learn that sometimes all it takes is a little…

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· by Julie Kushner · Mar 26, 2017

Once Upon a Time: Good news for bad guys

It’s a great week to be a villain in Storybrooke. This week on Once the writers are handing out happy endings to garbage people, like Oprah Winfrey occasionally hands out cars. Also, if you remove all the obvious concerns about…

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· by Julie Kushner · Mar 19, 2017

Once Upon a Time: Boys behaving badly

This week on Once, the writers bastardize Beowulf (which, in their defense, couldn’t be made much worse than it already was). Also this week, Rumple tries twice to prevent his kids from becoming assholes like him, and is sort…

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· by Julie Kushner · Mar 12, 2017

Once Upon a Time: A not so charming ending

This week on Once, we finally found out who murdered Prince Charming’s dad, and it actually wasn’t who you thought it would be… until it ended up being exactly who you thought it would be. In other news, someone is…

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· by Julie Kushner · Mar 5, 2017

Once Upon a Time: It’s an Alt-World After All

Welcome back to Storybrooke, folks! It’s a magical, mystical land where characters leave, die, and return from the dead, age (or don’t) whenever they feel like, a place from which Continuity and Logic escaped together on a romantic vacation about…

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· by Julie Kushner · Feb 9, 2017

Binge or No? Netflix's The Santa Clarita Diet

Zombies are the new vampires, that’s for sure. So it was only a matter of time before Hollywood decided to make them more physically attractive, grant them spacious homes in suburbia, and give them white-collar jobs. The Santa Clarita Diet…

Author: Julie Kushner

Game of Thrones: We’re going to need a bigger wall!

Game of Thrones: Requiem for a Dragon

Game of Thrones: Breathers unite!

Game of Thrones: The Khaleesi strikes back

Game of Thrones: Lessons in failure

Game of Thrones: A foreign invasion is underway

Game of Thrones: Shall We Begin? (SEASON PREMIERE RECAP)

Binge or No? Netflix's GLOW

Once Upon a Time will get reconstructive surgery, but it's not the first show to go under the knife

Once Upon a Time: Swan Song

Once Upon a Time: A Black Fairy Tale

Once Upon a Time: You can’t keep a bad witch down!

Once Upon a Time: The Quicker Potion Fixer Upper

Once Upon a Time: It’s the FINAL COUNTDOWN!

Once Upon a Time: Let’s Get Kraken!

Once Upon a Time: Good news for bad guys

Once Upon a Time: Boys behaving badly

Once Upon a Time: A not so charming ending

Once Upon a Time: It’s an Alt-World After All

Binge or No? Netflix's The Santa Clarita Diet

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