Am I the only species in creation that doesn’t thrive on conflict? “Throne for a Loss” isn’t a good episode that lost its way—probably, the best version of this episode was always going to be a little dry—but it definitely … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 1×04, “Throne for a Loss”
Never. Swallow. A dentic! If “I, E.T.” was Farscape establishing its Planet-of-the-Week framework, “Exodus from Genesis” lays out the boundaries for a Farscape Ship-in-Trouble episode. Moya has been infested by a swarm of extremely large bugs; the temperature is rising … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 1×03, “Exodus from Genesis”
You’ve learned that you’re not alone in the universe, that space travel is possible, that a zillion of your empirical facts about science, religion are wrong… or completely suspect. I do understand. I’m not exactly what you expected, am I? The pilot of Farscape … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 1×02, “I, E.T.”
“There’s life out here, Dad. Weird, amazing, psychotic life. And death. In Technicolor.” For a show that will eventually get so expansive and strange, Farscape has a slim pilot. The episode quickly establishes John Crichton’s life on Earth and scientific … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 1×01, “Premiere”
Yesterday’s excellent Late To The Party about the classic late 90s/early 2000s sci-fi series Farscape reminded me of one of my longstanding goals: to rewatch and review every episode of the show. I don’t really have time right now, but you’re … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: An Avocado Farscape Rewatch
The deals have been made, the essays written, the gifs giffed. The people have voted, and your winner is… DALE COOPER! By a sizeable margin, Twin Peaks’ philosophical FBI agent took the tournament, and became The Avocado’s favorite TV character … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: The Winner! (And Debrief)
HERE WE ARE. The final showdown! The biggest bracket! But first, an acknowledgement of our beloved, fallen competitors: Raymond Holt Grunkle Stan In another, frankly more fascinating world, these two would’ve been facing each other down for the title. It … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Championship!
With great sadness, we say goodby to four more contenders: Janet Molly Solverson Grover Davos Seaworth There were two incredibly close contests there, and everyone put up a good fight, but in the end, we crowned four division champions. Representing COMEDY… … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Final Four
Here we are at the Elite Eight, or, to put it another way, the Division Finals! But before we get down to business, a moment of silence for the fallen: Roger Smith Tina Belcher Veronica Mars Philip Jennings Finn the … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Elite Eight
And so, in one cruel blow, we lose another sixteen. Say a fond farewell to: Richard Splett Mr. Peanutbutter Stevie Budd Pam Poovey Sam Sylvia Paula Proctor Rust Cohle Valery Legasov Violet Baudelaire Webby Vanderquack Eileen Ice Bear Phil Coulson … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Sweet Sixteen
Thanks to your dedicated clawing, scraping, and giffing, 32 characters have advanced! Sadly, we bid farewell to 32 others: Jared Dunn NoHo Hank DeMarcus Tillman Darius Ilana Wexler The Monarch Fleabag Winston Bishop Petra Solano Nora Durst Villanelle Blanca Rodriguez-Evangelista … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Round of 32
It’s here! Your champions have arrived and they are ready to BATTLE IT OUT. With your help, of course! As a reminder: Campaigning is actively encouraged, and vote-trading is absolutely cool. Do what you gotta do to make sure that … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Round of 64
Quoth Grumproro: Begging and bargaining DOES work! These 16 characters from the Youth bracket have survived to represent their shows in the tournament proper: Youth Grunkle Stan — Gravity Falls Peridot — Steven Universe Grover — Sesame Street Webby Vanderquack … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Character Prelims
Another day, another bracket! Congratulations to the 16 Drama characters who triumphed over their fellows and will represent their shows in the tournament proper. They are: Drama Kim Wexler — Better Call Saul Philip Jennings — The Americans Molly Solverson … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Youth Character Prelims
Congratulations to the 16 comedy characters who have survived to represent their shows in the bracket tournament! They are: Comedy Janet — The Good Place Tina Belcher — Bob’s Burgers Raymond Holt — Brooklyn Nine-Nine Mr. Peanutbutter — BoJack Horseman … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Drama Character Prelims
You did it! You begged, borrowed, and stole (though you could’ve been a little more shameless about it, honestly) your way into the 64 shows that will send a representative into the tournament. And those shows are: Comedy The Good … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Comedy Character Prelims
The Background Lo these many years ago… Well, five years ago, LiveJournal fans used to have an annual bracket-style competition to pick their favorite TV character of the year. But this was not a bracket competition where you voted and … Continue reading Avocado April Madness: Show Nominations
Enter stage right, THE WORST PERSON. CLAUDIO My girlfriend SUCKS, I’m gonna be such an ASSHOLE about it. Enter Sir Belch, with a sword. BELCH Foul villain! I am here to duel you! And just generally make this play better! … Continue reading Werewolves LXX: Much Ado About Werewolves – Day Six
Enter stage left, a man in weaver’s clothes. NICK BOTTOM My attempts to stage a play have gone… not well. Perhaps I’ll change the setting! Revolutionary France? A space station? Oh, I know! Gangster-era Chicago! Enter, a FAERIE. ROBIN GOODFELLOW … Continue reading Werewolves LXX: Much Ado About Werewolves – Day Five
Enter stage right, a woman clothed in startling red. She poses dramatically, then looks around, moves further upstage and poses again. On stage, a group of Roman townspeople gawk at her in awe. TAMORA I is I, Tamora, Queen of … Continue reading Werewolves LXX: Much Ado About Werewolves – Day Four
Enter, stage right, three witches, in full makeup, unidentifiable to the audience. They gather around a cauldron. THE WITCHES Double, double, toil and trouble, Fire burn and cauldron bubble, If you ask what we see in here, We can tell … Continue reading Werewolves LXX: Much Ado About Werewolves – Day Three
