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· by Steven Birkner · Oct 5, 2017

Top 6 metafictional TV episodes

Metafiction in TV and movies is a technique or style that’s getting a lot of attention these days. Whether writers feel comfortable going meta due to audiences demanding increasingly sophisticated material, or due to the way that new forms of…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 3, 2017

Star Trek: Discovery “Context is for Kings”

Previously on Star Trek: Discovery: Michael Burnham, first officer of the USS Shenzhou, tried to save the ship by incapacitating Captain Georgiou and ordering a preemptive strike on a Klingon ship. It was too late, because dozens of other…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Sep 28, 2017

Star Trek: Discovery “Battle at the Binary Stars”

Previously on Star Trek: Discovery: We met Michael Burnham, first officer of the USS Shenzhou, and her commanding officer Captain Philippa Georgiou. While investigating damage to subspace relays, the Shenzhou encountered a big-ass Klingon ship populated by some of…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Sep 26, 2017

Star Trek: Discovery "The Vulcan Hello"

Here we are at last: the first new Star Trek TV series in 12 years. The pilot episode, titled “The Vulcan Hello” (which sounds like something Star Trek characters would travel to Risa to have performed upon them) aired last…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Sep 23, 2017

Star Trek: Enterprise “These Are the Voyages...” (part 2 of 2)

Previously on Star Trek: Enterprise: As the Enterprise-D searched diligently for a shipwreck containing a top secret device that could have potential far-reaching consequences for relations between the Federation and the Romulan Empire, Riker was play-acting on the holodeck…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Sep 22, 2017

Star Trek: Enterprise “These Are the Voyages...” (part 1 of 2)

As incredible as it is to believe, it’s now been over 12 years since Star Trek: Enterprise aired its final episode. At the time, ratings for the show were hitting all-time lows, Nemesis had recently bombed in theaters, and there…

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· by Rick Lewis · Sep 21, 2017

Hit or Miss? Predictions for every new show on FOX this fall (Bonus: The CW, too!)

This show is proof that eventually everyone rises to the level of his incompetence.

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· by Rick Lewis · Sep 20, 2017

Hit or Miss? Predictions for every new show on NBC this fall

Maybe NBC is right to debut only three shows.

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· by Rick Lewis · Sep 19, 2017

Hit or Miss? Predictions for every new show on ABC this fall

It's schmaltz. It's schlock. It's kitsch. It's dreck. There aren't enough words in the entire Yiddish language to put this show in its place.

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· by Rick Lewis · Sep 18, 2017

Hit or Miss? Predictions for every new show on CBS this fall

Yeah, call me a prude but they lost me with all the talk about people’s balls. I think some producer at CBS has some sort of fetish.

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Sep 5, 2017

Star Trek (TAS) “Yesteryear”

We’re coming into the home stretch with our recaps of the animated Star Trek series, with just four episodes left to go. So it should only follow that we’re finally getting around to the episodes we didn’t have much motivation…

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· by Susan Velazquez · Aug 29, 2017

Binge or No? Netflix’s Atypical

Episodes focus too much on how Sam's family members react to his autism--as a tragedy or as a source of shame--but very little on how they react to him as a family member or as a person.

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· 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 Susan Velazquez · Aug 15, 2017

5 lessons ABC's The Mayor can take from other unlikely TV politicians

A 27-year-old aspiring rapper decides the best way to generate publicity for his upcoming album is to run for office in his California hometown. But he's far from the first political novice to get elected to high office in sitcom land.

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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 Tyler Peterson · Jul 25, 2017

5 things I want out of Star Trek: Discovery

The newest Star Trek series Star Trek: Discovery is two and a half months from its premiere. Does it seem weird that a site named after a Star Trek device hasn’t weighed in on it yet? That seems to be…

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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,…

Category: TV

Top 6 metafictional TV episodes

Star Trek: Discovery “Context is for Kings”

Star Trek: Discovery “Battle at the Binary Stars”

Star Trek: Discovery "The Vulcan Hello"

Star Trek: Enterprise “These Are the Voyages...” (part 2 of 2)

Star Trek: Enterprise “These Are the Voyages...” (part 1 of 2)

Hit or Miss? Predictions for every new show on FOX this fall (Bonus: The CW, too!)

Hit or Miss? Predictions for every new show on NBC this fall

Hit or Miss? Predictions for every new show on ABC this fall

Hit or Miss? Predictions for every new show on CBS this fall

Star Trek (TAS) “Yesteryear”

Binge or No? Netflix’s Atypical

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

Game of Thrones: Requiem for a Dragon

5 lessons ABC's The Mayor can take from other unlikely TV politicians

Game of Thrones: Breathers unite!

Game of Thrones: The Khaleesi strikes back

Game of Thrones: Lessons in failure

5 things I want out of Star Trek: Discovery

Game of Thrones: A foreign invasion is underway

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