Non-Event—The Event’s “I Haven’t Told You Everything”
Mystery can be interesting, but if we don't care about the characters, will we care enough to pay attention?… (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Tag Archives: NBC
Re-inventing Chuck—Chuck’s “Chuck vs. The Anniversary”
The team behind Chuck is putting everything it has into it. They have gone farther and dug deeper than they had to, to bring the funny, the pathos, the drama, and the irony to this show. It's so much better than it has to be, it ought to be on cable... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Nightmare on Chuck Street—Chuck’s “Chuck vs. the Tooth”
Is it real, or is it insanity? Chuck breaks down walls between television and reality, as Chuck's brain breaks down... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Mr. and Mrs. Chuck—Chuck’s “Chuck vs. the Honeymooners”
About damn time!: I have no idea where the writers are going from here, but I'm in it all the way to the end. It's time for the suits at NBC to renew this show... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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FINALLY—Chuck’s “Chuck vs. The Other Guy”
From total fail to great recovery, in one week's time. This is a Chuck (and a Sarah, and a Casey, and a Morgan…) we can savor through the hiatus… (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Anticlimax, or How To Kill a Show—Chuck’s “Chuck vs. the American Hero”
Set up a difficult romance, draw it out through roadblocks galore, and then get us there, only to… put another roadblock in the way. Argh... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Night of Masks—Chuck’s “Chuck vs. The Mask”
What do you do to a wonderful, high-tech spy comedy? How about turning it into an angst-filled series of romantic road blocks... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Desaparecido—Chuck’s “Chuck vs. The Nacho Sampler”
Chuck grows a little more, in a happy/sad episode showing that being a spy might not be so good for the soul... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T—Chuck’s “Chuck vs. First Class”
Chuck finally goes out on his own, and guess what? He's competent. Might the CIA actually want him to succeed? And what's with the new girl... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Don’t Freak Out, v. 2.0—Chuck’s “Chuck vs. Operation Awesome”
Season 3 hits its stride, as the bad guys hit Awesome. And it's Chuck to the rescue, with a new mentor and new problems. Meanwhile... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Hero to Zero—Chuck’s Season Three debut, three episodes in one
Chuck's long-awaited reboot wasn't at all what we expected, and is far more disappointing than we'd hoped. Our new, improved Chuck seems an awful lot like the old, unimproved Chuck, with less heart... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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2010 Golden Globe Nominees Announced
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, once again, almost completely overlooked sf/f/h in announcing this year's Golden Globe nominees. The most-nominated genre title is a film that doesn't open for another week...
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High School Confidential—a review of The Listener’s “One Way or Another”
With some retooling of characters, and story-lines hitting their stride, comes word that NBC has stopped listening... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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Confused in Toronto—a review of The Listener’s “Some Kind of Love”
Once again, smart characters act stupid solely for the sake of plot, but there are still likable aspects to the show that keep me watching... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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I Can Hear You—a review of The Listener’s “A Voice in the Dark”
Watchable, but not memorable. Heroes who get smart or dumb as the plot dictates... (Warning: this review contains some spoilers.)
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