Posts with tag John Monad
Posted Aug 13th 2007 1:07AM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews
(S01E10) We got three great things in what I suspect was the last episode of
John from Cincinnati ever:
1. Dylan
2. The Zip is back.
3. Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
Seriously though, to the three of us left watching this show, WTF?
Continue reading John from Cincinnati: His Visit: Day 9 (season finale)
Posted Aug 6th 2007 2:34AM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews

(S01E09) Damn it. With Zippy out of the picture, I've got no one to talk to about this week's episode. Teddy? Bad Ass Teddy? Do either of you have any insight you want to share, or are you too busy getting ready for the annual Teddy Bear Picnic? If you're looking for a caterer, look no further than your own backyard. Ramon can grill up a slaughterhouse's worth of fatback in under an hour.
Continue reading John from Cincinnati: His Visit: Day 8
Posted Jul 30th 2007 2:32AM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews

(S01E08) Zippy, Zippy, Zippy, can we talk? I'm hoping you can telepathically help me out here. You're the great "cruise director" after all. We've got two episodes left, and we're heading towards something big. Shaun is going to be "gone," Barry (and his buddy Teddy) are building a theater while David Milch yells mean things at them over "The Tennessee Waltz," Bill and Freddie have teamed up and John has gone all cosmic internet stalker with the help of a trance-like Cass. Help a sister out, Zip. What the hell is going on here?
Continue reading John from Cincinnati: His Visit: Day Seven
Posted Jul 23rd 2007 1:55AM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews

(S01E07) Well-played, Linc Stark. Well-played. Linc may save his soul after all by getting out of the business before corrupting another member of the Yost family. And, finally, Luke Perry's Moon Over My Hammy. It's what the
90210 fans have been waiting for all this time and didn't even know it. (Or, maybe, they were waiting for a teen idol face-off between Luke and
Saved by the Bell's Mark-Paul Gosselaar.)
Continue reading John from Cincinnati: His Visit: Day Six
Posted Jul 16th 2007 2:29AM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews

(S01E06) Wow. Wow. Wow. That's it. That's the review. Wow. I think my brain blew a fuse. Last week's interminable bridge episode was totally worth it for this. The pay-off. Love it, or hate it. This is
the show to be watching right now.
Continue reading John from Cincinnati: His Visit: Day Five
Posted Jul 2nd 2007 1:24AM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews

(S01E04) "Want to leave a message... on my face?" Classic. I'm officially forming the Steady Freddy fan club. I could use a lot less mega-whiny Mitch Yost and a lot more Freddy.
Continue reading John from Cincinnati: His Visit: Day 3
Posted Jun 25th 2007 12:40AM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews

(S01E03) Let that be a lesson to you, young padawans. If you're going to get pierced downtown or any other place the sun don't shine outside of Saint-Tropez, it could come back to haunt you given any major religious experiences... or bonings.
Continue reading John from Cincinnati: His Visit: Day Two Continued
Posted Jun 11th 2007 2:15AM by Julia Ward
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews

(S01E01) Unlike my esteemed colleagues at various print publications, I did not have access to
John from Cincinnati's press screener weeks before the show's broadcast. I would have to write my review within an hour or two after watching the premiere with the rest of America. This is all well and good, but I was a little nervous about what I would make of David Milch's latest outing without some time to reflect. I didn't want my commentary to be mired in superfluous comments about how Ed O'Neill and Rebecca De Mornay are looking these days. This series is drawing on an "everything and the kitchen sink" range of literary and philosophical references. It deserves more from me so I prepared by reading everything that was available – namely the script, interviews with Milch and the early reviews.
Continue reading John from Cincinnati: His Visit: Day One (series premiere)