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Introducing today’s contestants: Angélica, an AV service support team lead, plays Duran Duran on the ukulele; Justin, a data scientist, has a time-travelling daughter; and Matt, a Ph.D. student, learned a lot from an antiques mall. Matt is a 28-day … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Sept. 27
This review was like pulling teeth and I’ve got to conserve my energy for next week’s three-parter, so fuck it, we’re doing this one Five Things style. Five Things About Farscape 2×18, “A Clockwork Nebari” This episode is really the … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 2×18, “A Clockwork Nebari”
You are now entering Ad Space, a realm of commercials, brought before us so we might examine how they work, and discuss why we both love and hate them so. So it is written … The Product:Twix candy bars The Promotions: … Continue reading Ad Space – A Tale of Two Twix
I’m not doing Family Guy or The Simpsons reviews anymore. I don’t enjoy reviewing those shows nearly as much as these two. And I also didn’t review Duncanville and HouseBroken during the summer because I don’t like the latter and … Continue reading Bob’s Burgers/The Great North season 12/2 premieres “Manic Pixie Crap Show”/”Brace/Off Adventure”
The journey to Foundation. What They Say:The Foundation makes the long journey to Terminus as Gaal and Raych grow closer. The Empire faces a difficult decision. The Review:Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers)With an … Continue reading Foundation Season 1 Episode 2: Preparing To Live Review
Written by: Eric HorstedDirected by: Ron HughartDN’s Ranking: Bad / Nonessential / ESSENTIAL I gotta tell ya, I love the show in general and I do have my favourites, but coming to a watershed episode like this that’s widely beloved … Continue reading Futurama, Season Three, Episode Thirteen, “Bendin’ In The Wind”
Since I was a bit too busy last week to watch Supergirl, this week I watched two episodes almost back-to-back, and … wow, was that a contrast. “Mxy in the Middle” was a big bubble of fun. We had giant … Continue reading Let’s Talk Arrowverse – … And We’re Back
From the MeTV website… “In a girl’s boarding school, science teacher, Miss Branding, tests her theory that there is power within the human potential that is beyond that of the atom. Using hypnosis and a special amulet, a new and … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 9/25/2021: Blood of Dracula
Not quite Adventure Time, but with a comment section not much less off-topic than the AV Club review ones. It’s Animation Time! What animated things have you been into lately? What’s a recent episode of something you saw that lacks a dedicated review … Continue reading Animation Time
A novel series that was the foundation for my exploration of science fiction surpasses the wildest dreams I could have imagined. What They Say:Gaal Dornick leaves her life at Synnax behind when the galaxy’s greatest mathematician, Hari Seldon, invites her … Continue reading Foundation Season 1 Episode 1: The Emperor’s Peace Review
Introducing today’s contestants: Rebecca, an administrative assistant, participated in “Janpardy!”; Troy, a written communications specialist, dealt with rowdy opera fans as a Hollywood Bowl usher; and Matt, a Ph.D. student, lost a fight with an apple tree. Matt is a … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Sept. 24
In the season premiere, twelve new UK queens start competing for the title of the UK’s Next Drag Superstar. Continue reading RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Season 3: Episode 1 Discussion Thread
This seems like a big enough deal to merit a thread for Doctor Who fans, so here you go – how do you feel about the reboot’s original showrunner returning? Continue reading Russell T. Davies returns to Doctor Who – Discussion Thread
Today’s contestants are: Guhan, an undergrad student and EMT, had a fire drill during his Jeopardy! audition; Caroline, an ophtomologist, created a March Madness tournament for her dog; and Matt, a Ph.D. student, has learned an average of one song … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Sept. 23
On September 22, Disney+ released Star Wars: Visions – A 9-episode anthology series in which Lucasfilm has invited various anime studios to play in the Star Wars universe. I was extremely excited to see Star Wars approached with new visual … Continue reading Star Wars: Visions – Discussion Thread
“The Void”Star Trek: Voyager – Season 7, Episode 15 Cooperation and setting differences aside for a common goal are huge themes of Star Trek, especially where alien races are concerned. One of the foundational aspects of Trek’s universe is the … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of Voyager) – “The Void”
Weirdly, even though it’s been over a year since I did the last Spartacus: Blood and Sand review, what strikes me most about watching Gods of the Arena this time through is how familiar it feels. In many ways, it … Continue reading Spartacus: Gods of the Arena: Episode 01: Past Transgressions
Welcome to the weekly TV thread! As I’ve long said going back to the earliest days online doing this, one cannot live on anime alone. And compared to twenty years ago, there’s so much more content out there now and … Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread
oh wow this snuck up on me, we did this 30 years ago for season 40 so let’s try again this year! Let’s post about Survivor. Be mindful of spoilers if you post same-day and all. Episodes are Wednesdays @ … Continue reading Survivor Season 41 – Week 1
Let’s meet today’s contestants: Christopher, a communications specialist, met his wife while subbing in a musical; Paula, an ROI trainer, is always within “one degree of separation”; and Matt, a Ph.D. student, had a Lucy Ricardo moment with a dishwasher. … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Sept. 22
The Outer Limits is streaming for free on the Roku channel. Two humans are electroplated millions of light years away from Earth. They have to fight to the death against an alien species for another planet’s entertainment. The winners keep … Continue reading The Outer Limits: S1E27 “Fun and Games”
