SeasonOne-related stories
Posted Oct 12th 2009 3:12AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Reality-Free
(S01E13) Drop Dead Diva has lived up to the
pilot/premiere, and in some ways, exceeded it. The Deb/Jane dichotomy has morphed into someone different than either pure Deb or pure Jane. Brooke Elliott is wonderful as "New Jane" with just a hint of Deb. As season one comes to a close, even if the writers hadn't left us with a cliffhanger ending, I'd be more than anxious to tune in next year.
There were two interesting cases on the docket for the finale, with Stacy offering lots of comic relief as second stool -- chair -- to Grayson in a lawsuit brought by a lingerie model who'd been fired because she went public with her surviving breast cancer. Jane's case was more complex, but not until after it had been won. More on both cases, and Jane's dilemma on the dating front, after the jump.
Continue reading Drop Dead Diva: Grayson's Anatomy (season finale)
Posted Apr 1st 2009 12:38AM by Debra McDuffee
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, The Mentalist
(S01E18) This was a fun episode of
The Mentalist, reminiscent of parts of the psychic episode, "
Seeing Red," in that we got to see Jane in a comfort zone of his, something that he knows well. The difference is that Jane believes in hypnosis.
And we got to see Jane do his thing tonight ... his hypnosis thing anyway. He was clever enough to put the tracer in Rigsby's pocket, but my favorite episodes of
The Mentalist are when Jane knows whodunnit ahead of time and sets them up. When Jane is a step -- or two -- ahead of everyone else, he shines.
Continue reading The Mentalist: Russet Potatoes
Posted Mar 18th 2009 2:09AM by Debra McDuffee
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, The Mentalist
(S01E16) "My other senses are heightened. They're super-heightened. I'm like Daredevil." -- Jane on his blindnessNow, this was an interesting episode of
The Mentalist. We veered from the formula a bit, and I liked it. We got to find out a lot more about Jane's past, albeit Red John-free. Sadly, this episode was fairly Cho-free, as well, but we did get a lot of Rigsby / Van Pelt payoff.
Mostly what this episode was about, though, was Jane's questionable past: the lies he told to people, the money he unabashedly took, and the lives he ruined with his greed and his false representation of his psychic abilities. Jane is clearly carrying around a lot more guilt than just his family being killed, although that was obviously the defining moment for Jane.
Continue reading The Mentalist: Bloodshot
Posted Feb 24th 2009 1:02PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Contests and Giveaways, Reality-Free
On this Tuesday afternoon, we've got two copies of
Breaking Bad: The Complete First Season on DVD for two lucky, random commenters. The DVD is out in stores starting today.
To enter, leave a comment below before 5:00PM Eastern, Friday, February 27 simply telling us why you'd like to own this DVD set
. As always, we'll randomly choose two winners amongst the eligible entries. Some other details:
- To enter, leave a confirmed comment below stating why you'd like to own the Breaking Bad DVD set.
- The comment must be left before February 27, 2009 at 5:00PM Eastern Time.
- You may enter only once.
- Two winners will be selected in a random drawing.
- Two winners will receive a Breaking Bad: The Complete First Season DVD (valued at $29.95) and a Breaking Bad t-shirt (size L, valued at $17).
- Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 and older.
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here for complete Official Rules.
Posted Feb 24th 2009 9:22AM by Debra McDuffee
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Interviews, Celebrities, Reality-Free
When I sit down to watch television, I want to be entertained. I do not want to be bored, annoyed, depressed or angry. Just give me some good, clean fun. That's why it's been an infinite pleasure watching TNT's new drama,
Leverage, a show I have crowned the
best new show this season.
I recently had the pleasure of talking with Timothy Hutton, star of
Leverage, about the first season of the successful new drama. Oh yes, the charming Tim and I dished about his performance, his co-stars and what season two may bring.
One thing I learned is that the powers-that-be over at
Leverage don't tell their actors a whole lot. After being enamored with season one, I was dying for a spoiler of what's to come next season, now that we know
Leverage has been renewed (they start filming April 13, in fact). OK, I would have settled for a teaser, even a tidbit, but it seems they're still tossing most of that around in the writers' room. Here's what I did get:
Continue reading Timothy Hutton talks about Leverage's first season
Posted Dec 17th 2008 2:07AM by Debra McDuffee
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, The Mentalist
(S01E10) Man, I just love
The Mentalist. This episode was no exception. Yes, it's a formulaic show, but like
House, I've grown to love every piece of the formula and feel robbed if something is missing.
The only negatives tonight? Once again, I knew who did it early on in the episode, but they really did a good job of creating many believable suspects this week. I also missed mention of Red John, although we did get to learn a little bit more about Jane in the aftermath of his tragedy through his relationship with Sophie.
Let's get into the nitty-gritty after the jump.
Continue reading The Mentalist: Red Brick and Ivy
Posted Nov 26th 2008 1:00AM by Debra McDuffee
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, The Mentalist
(S01E08) I have a complaint about
The Mentalist: there's just not enough Jane for me. Simon Baker is the heart and soul of this show and I crave more screen time for him, and more of the antics we saw in the first couple of episodes. Regardless, this is one great show and I won't hold it against the writers that they are attempting to go deeper with the rest of the cast; a good idea, really.
OK, maybe I have two complaints, and this one is aimed at the director: Is it possible to tell the actor who plays the killer to not be so shifty the second they get screen time? I knew whodunnit so early on that I actually second-guessed myself.
Continue reading The Mentalist: The Thin Red Line
Posted Oct 28th 2008 11:29PM by Debra McDuffee
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, The Mentalist
(S01E05) I started watching this episode, waiting for Jane to do his stuff. Since
The Mentalist previewed, I have enjoyed Jane's antics and "Redwood" didn't disappoint.
- Quick -- who could have done it? A name popped into your head, you know it did.
- Raise your hands above your heads, lower your right hand if you did it
- Hypnotizing Nicole to get her to remember
- Stealing Kara's MP3 player
- Springing Nicole from the hospital
- Cell phone decoy trick to save Lisbon
At the beginning of the episode, I thought I'd be writing about how this was a perfect example of a typical, predictable procedural. Once again,
The Mentalist has pleasantly surprised me by proving just how special it is.
Continue reading The Mentalist: Redwood
Posted Oct 13th 2008 12:03PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV on DVD, Contests and Giveaways, Reality-Free
On this Monday afternoon, we've got three copies of
Back to You - Season One on DVD for three lucky, random commenters. The DVD is available in stores starting tomorrow.
To enter, leave a comment below before 5:00PM Eastern, Friday, October 17 simply telling us why you'd like to own this DVD set
. As always, we'll randomly choose three winners amongst the eligible entries. Some other details:
- To enter, leave a confirmed comment below stating why you'd like to own the Back to You season one DVD set.
- The comment must be left before October 17, 2008 at 5:00PM Eastern Time.
- You may enter only once.
- Three winners will be selected in a random drawing.
- Three winners will receive a Back to You - Season One DVD (valued at $39.98).
- Open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 and older.
Click
here for complete Official Rules.
Posted Sep 30th 2008 9:01AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Life, Reality-Free
(S02E01) Ten months. That's how long its been since we've seen a fresh episode of Life. After the last episode aired in November there was nary a word about the show, save for reports of its renewal and a bit about casting changes. This left fans of the show in a bit of a tizzy. For Life wasn't just a dime-a-dozen criminal procedural, but a show with an underlying story about conspiracy and the search for justice. By the time the show ended its very short first season we were cheering Detective Charlie Crews as he was able to get a semblance of his freedom back.
Now we enter season two. And, as usual, the following question comes to mind: did it carry on the spirit of season one? Well yes, and possibly no. Click ahead to find out.
Continue reading Life: Find Your Happy Place (season premiere)
Posted Oct 17th 2007 10:01AM by Jen Creer
Filed under: TV on DVD, OpEd, Brothers and Sisters
I don't know if you caught the little
Brothers and Sisters song-and-dance pre-season-premiere show this fall. I believe
you can catch it online if you didn't see it on air. I am being a little smarmy about that pre-show because one of my fears about
Brothers and Sisters is this: Their attempts to oversell it will turn people off. If I were an uninitiated viewer, or even a lukewarm one, having the cast and crew get together to talk about how much they love the show and love each other would make me wonder what they were compensating for. Smacks of desperation. And there's honestly no need for that.
One of the things that resonated with me as I watched the DVD extras, watched the early shows again, just for some perspective after a year of watching, is that this is a really good show.
Continue reading Brothers and Sisters: The Complete First Season - DVD review
Posted Jul 31st 2007 5:39PM by Liz Finn-Arnold
Filed under: American Idol, Host, News and Gossip
According to TMZ, Brian Dunkelman offended a Laugh Factory audience last week by bitterly joking during his stand-up routine, "If wishes came true Ryan Seacrest would have AIDS."
As you might recall, Dunkelman was Ryan's
American Idol co-host during season one. After leaving the show, Dunkelman faded into obscurity while Ryan Seacrest went on to become one of the most recognizable faces on TV.
Continue reading Did Brian Dunkelman wish AIDS on Ryan Seacrest?
Posted Oct 22nd 2006 11:35PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Showtime, Premium Cable, OpEd, Dexter
(S01E04) "I'm not the monster he wants me to be. So I'm neither man nor beast. I'm something new entirely, with my own set of rules.
I'm Dexter.
Boo!"Dexter's right about relationships. A relationship means picking up someone at an airport, doing things together ... and things can sometimes get ... messy. However, the messy parts of a relationship aren't exactly what a normal person considers messy.
Continue reading Dexter: Let's Give the Boy a Hand
Posted Oct 12th 2006 1:39PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, CBS, TV on DVD, How I Met Your Mother
For those of you who have been clamoring for a season one DVD of
How I Met Your Mother, you don't have too much longer to wait. Fox
announced in August that the DVD will come out on November 21; they
released the cover art for the show yesterday, which you can see to your right.
TVShowsonDVD.com also confirmed yesterday that the show is being presented in full-frame, which reportedly isn't making the HD viewers who saw the show in widescreen last year very happy. Anyway, the 3-disc set will have commentary on the pilot, the season finale, and a few favorite episodes (like "The Pineapple Incident" and "Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M."), a video yearbook, and a blooper reel. You can pre-order it on Amazon
here.
[via
Pop Candy]
Posted Sep 27th 2006 8:46AM by Will O'Brien
Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, OpEd, Sci Fi, Eureka
(S01E11) H.O.U.S.E. Rules presented another opportunity for some righteous character development. Some of the camera work fell short of my usual expectations, but I can forgive a lapse now and then.
Continue reading Eureka: H.O.U.S.E. Rules
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