S05E12-related stories
Posted Jun 24th 2009 6:01PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: Industry, Rescue Me, Reality-Free
This is pretty cool, especially since you don't usually get to see or read about stuff like this until you're watching a featurette on a DVD set.
For those that didn't catch last night's episode of Rescue Me ("Disease," S05E12), the opening scene featured a very cool fire sequence in which Tommy, Franco, Black Shawn, and Mike had to escape a burning apartment hallway. The entire sequence was eerily cut to the high-pitched vocals of Duffy and her song "Syrup & Honey," but what came across as most impressive was how real it all looked.
Continue reading Rescue Me gets the "how'd they do that?" treatment
Posted Jun 23rd 2009 11:00PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: OpEd, Rescue Me, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free

(S05E12) "...you guys have been getting divorced for like eight years. Isn't it time you took that old dog into the woods and put one in it's head?" - Lou
Considering who he's starting to hang around with again, is Lou even qualified to give advice like that? If anyone should be wary of getting back in bed with someone, it's him. At least Tommy knows that Sheila and Janet aren't going to rob him blind ... well, at least not for as much as Candy took from Lou.
We're starting to see the effects of what 22 episodes has done to Rescue Me (in a good way). After last week's first musical number featuring the comatose Sean, "Disease" featured more moments that, while not completely out of place, certainly seem to be a result from the extra breathing room.
Continue reading Rescue Me: Disease
Posted Apr 9th 2009 8:08AM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: OpEd, Lost, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free
(S05E12) "Well... John, we don't even have a word for it. But I believe you call it 'the monster'" - Ben
Wow, I'm not quite sure where to begin. This wasn't one of the best episodes of Lost (for lack of a better term, it was safe), but I walked away from it feeling enlightened. It's not often that Lost leaves you with more answers than questions.
That being said, I still have a ton of f%#k&$g questions.
Continue reading Lost: Dead is Dead
Posted Jan 16th 2009 9:03AM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: OpEd, Grey's Anatomy, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free

(S05E12) "You're wearing an alarmingly high pony tail." - Derek
At the most simplified level, Dunn is right, you know - a doctor isn't really that different than a serial killer. They both get to choose who dies. A doctor is likely driven by science while a serial killer gets his marching orders from a little voice in his head, but they're both making choices; doing what they think is the right move. Eric Stoltz has thus far been a shining point this season. William Dunn is one of the better characters we've seen on Grey's Anatomy in a while and I'm glad he'll be around for at least one more week.
Continue reading Grey's Anatomy: Sympathy for the Devil
Posted Dec 18th 2008 3:04PM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free

As one of the few hits that's currently keeping HBO afloat,
Entourage is still only a modest success - it's
recent fifth season premiere hit a
three-year low. Despite the lackluster ratings,
HBO still gave the greenlight to a sixth season much earlier than expected... because, well, they don't have much else going on right now.
That being said, I'm a huge fan of the show and have been since it began. Yes, I'm one of the few that actually tuned in for the mostly ignored eight episode freshman season. I honestly don't see HBO pulling the plug without a true series finale at this stage in the series, but weirder things have happened and I want season six to roar back. So if you watch the show, great - glad to know you weren't part of that "three-year low" I mentioned. But if you used to watch
Entourage, or never have, then this will be good for ya - the only six episodes you need to watch to know just what the heck is going on in the world of Vincent Chase.
Continue reading The only six episodes of Entourage you need to watch
Posted Nov 24th 2008 8:09AM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free

(S05E12) "She's treating me like she usually treats Johnny." - Vince
Things certainly weren't looking good for Vince. But in true Entourage style, something always works out. Despite the fact that this was one of the strongest episodes of the season, I really wish it had ended differently.
Continue reading Entourage: Return to Queens Blvd. (season finale)
Posted Feb 6th 2008 8:03AM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: OpEd, Nip/Tuck, Episode Reviews

(S05E12) "There are seven signs of the apocalypse, right? Not two?" - Christian
One of the things that I've always enjoyed about Nip/Tuck is the way that Sean and Christian are constantly compared to each other. No matter how much they fight, no matter how much the writing may lead you to believe that they clash, no matter how much you juxtapose them in any number of varying scenarios, they always turn out looking far more similar than different. This episode was a prime example.
Continue reading Nip/Tuck: Lulu Grandiron
Posted Jan 9th 2007 8:59AM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, CBS, OpEd, CSI: Miami
(S05E12) Good-bye Rob Estes. I am so glad his guest stint on CSI: Miami didn't last long because he played a total ass. This was probably the best episode of the season and I'm not saying that just because I hated the character of Nick Townsend. If you actually think about how this episode played out, the way it was written, and how the few characters involved were all connected at the end, it was very well done.
There were a lot of things that I liked about this episode actually. Giving more time to some lesser characters (Jake and Valera) was very cool to see. It was also funny to see the night shift team and how inept they are. But nothing beats Horatio and those canned one-liners. I missed those.
Continue reading CSI: Miami: Internal Affairs