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More Than A Sci-Fi Show: The Heartfelt Season 4 of Doctor Who
It’s no secret that most Doctor Who fans praise David Tennant as their favourite Doctor. Despite the success of Billie Piper and Freema Agyeman as his first two companions, Rose Tyler and Martha Jones respectively, Catherine Tate’s Donna Noble is another firm fan-favourite. So the success of Season 4 was inevitable, really. Doctor Who never […] More
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RTD’s Blueprints: How the Doctor Who TV Movie Inspired the Revival
Not every show is lucky enough to get two shots at a revival. Then again, not every show is Doctor Who. The beloved British science fiction programme, which premiered on November 23, 1963, ran for 695 episodes across 26 Series before its cancellation in 1989. The BBC will claim it was axed due to dwindling […] More
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Lost Season 3 Episodes 17–22 Is the Greatest Arc in Television History
There is absolutely no better television experience than watching Lost with someone who has never seen the show before and finds themselves absolutely hooked. I recently was reminded of this because my family is making our way through the show, this being the first time my children (ages 14 and 11) have experienced it. Several […] More
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If Krycek Were the Main Character of The X-Files…
Last year I wrote what I believed would be my one and only Krycek essay, into which I poured nearly everything I could possibly deduce about his character. If you haven’t read it (I won’t take it personally, although I assure you it’s good stuff!), I will reiterate the most basic summary of his character: […] More
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Better Call Saul S6E13: “Saul Gone” Sticks the Landing
This article contains spoilers for Better Call Saul S6E13 (“Saul Gone”), written and directed by Peter Gould. We’ve finally reached the end of the line in the Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul universe, and it seems almost unreal that there will be no new episode on this Monday or any other Monday. The Better Call Saul […] More
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Better Call Saul S6E12: “Waterworks” Shows Us A Fate Worse Than Death
This article contains spoilers for Better Call Saul S6E12 (“Waterworks”), written and directed by Vince Gilligan. There are some episodes of television that stay with you for a long time after you finish watching them—and not in a good way. “Waterworks” is one of those episodes, and if I had my way, I would have […] More
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Better Call Saul S6E11: “Breaking Bad” Brings Us Full Circle
This article contains spoilers for Better Call Saul S6E11 (“Breaking Bad”), written and directed by Thomas Schnauz. With this week’s episode, it seems clear that we’ve left the Better Call Saul timeline in the past, and it makes sense. All the main BCS characters are either dead (including, I would argue, Jimmy McGill as we […] More
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Better Call Saul S6E10: “Nippy” Enters New Territory
The following includes spoilers for Better Call Saul S6E10 (“Nippy”), written by Alison Tatlock and directed by Michelle MacLaren. Ask anyone who knows me and they’ll tell you I’ve been manifesting a full-length Gene episode since the very beginning. I find Gene so incredibly fascinating and I have since the series premiere. I’ve always especially […] More
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Recommendations: Severance and Driven (2001)
German chocolate cake is named after an English-American named Sam German. He invented the chocolate, not the cake, though modern recipes for the cake rarely insist on using this kind of sweet baker’s chocolate. I guess it’s still a German chocolate cake when it’s not made with German’s chocolate. This week, Clay’s finally gotten around […] More
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Better Call Saul S6E9: “Fun and Games” Is Anything But
The following contains spoilers for Better Call Saul S6E9 (“Fun and Games”), written by Ann Cherkis and directed by Michael Morris. After last week’s devastating episode, Better Call Saul somehow managed to make things worse. In “Fun and Games,” we see all our main characters trying to regain some sense of normalcy in the aftermath […] More
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Better Call Saul S6E8: The Goodmans Reap What They’ve Sown in “Point and Shoot”
The following contains spoilers for Better Call Saul S6E8, “Point and Shoot” (written by Gordon Smith and directed by Vince Gilligan). After the jaw-dropping cliffhanger of “Plan and Execution” (S6E8), which left all of us Better Call Saul fans anxiously awaiting the next installment of the series during the hiatus, “Point and Shoot” doesn’t give […] More
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Queering The X-Files
I began this month by pointing out how The X-Files generally encourages us to believe in a human soul, citing the regular appearances of ghosts and other immortal spirits. There is one notable exception that I can think of. In Season 4’s ‘Small Potatoes’, Mulder says: “maybe it’s other people’s reactions to us that make […] More
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