Author Archives: Sarah Stegall

The Whip Hand—Warehouse 13’s “Emily Lake”/”Stand”

Once again, we end a W13 season with a bang, and a boom, and death, destruction, and more. And now we have to eagerly await the next season... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) Read more [...]

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 2.0—Fringe’s “One Night in October”

In perhaps the best-written episode of the entire show, Fringe brilliantly exploits its own alternate-world structure to show us the transformative power of love... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) Read more [...]

Settling Scores—Haven’s “Sins of the Fathers”

It's been a slow but intriguing season. In the season finale, however, we end on a better note than we've had... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) Read more [...]

Wagon Train to the Past—Terra Nova’s “Genesis” Parts 1 & 2

Americans need a frontier, and now it's the distant past. So we get pioneers and dinosaurs in a wonderful setting with some great acting. Let's hope it can last... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) Read more [...]

Divisions—Haven’s “Business as Usual”

From a slow and plodding season comes a slam-bang, moving episode full of energy, oomph, and answers... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) Read more [...]

A Hole in Your Life—Fringe’s “Neither Here Nor There”

If the most important person in your life were completely erased from your memories, would you notice? And can you make good television from that erasure?... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) Read more [...]

An Unfinished Life—A Gifted Man’s “Pilot”

Giving a man a ghostly conscience would be a better gift if he actually needed it... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) Read more [...]

The Circus of Dreams—Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus

The Night Circus scintillates in the mind; it is a taut story combining fantasy, magic, love, death, and secrets... Read more [...]

Bad Tip—Warehouse 13’s “Insatiable”

A somewhat awkward standalone episode that gives new meaning to the phrase dinner theatre, and that acts as the palate-cleanser before what promises to be a satisfying dessert... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) Read more [...]

Eaters and Eaten—Haven’s “Who, What, Where Wendigo”

A story set around a burial ground, deep in the woods, with cannibalism lurking in the form of the Windgo, should be a spine-tingler. It wasn't... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) Read more [...]

A Haunted History of Columbus, Ohio is a charming collection of ghost tales

A warm collection of cozy ghost tales for the cool Halloween season upon us... Read more [...]

Hot Flashes—Warehouse 13’s “Shadows”

A whiny, self-centered Pete is off-putting, even if there is reason for the shift this week. But a solid B-story combined with a good turn by Kate Mulgrew set us up for an interesting end of the season... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) Read more [...]

Housecleaning—True Blood’s “And When I Die”

To wrap up a season with too many plot lines and too many characters takes, in this case, a big scythe. But we get a lot of satisfaction from it all... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) Read more [...]

Martonia’s Martyrdom—True Blood’s “Soul of Fire”

A good episode, with several missed opportunities to be even better... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) Read more [...]

Something is Rotten in Haven—Haven’s “Lockdown”

Good directing, but poor writing, lead to a weak locked-room mystery with not enough clues and not enough suspects... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.) Read more [...]

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