Classic Coverage looks back on the episodes of past shows from a modern perspective.
GREETING Brothers and sisters and all other beloveds, we come together the Palm Sunday for our final meditation on Moral Orel, a stop motion animated show originally broadcast on Adult Swim from 2005 through 2008. Now there is some controversy … Continue reading Sunday Morning Orel: Season 3b (the final episodes)
Alas, but current events have rendered this week most taxing, n’est ce pas? On the bright side, none of us are Lord Edgware, who really should have been on his guard as soon as he saw the title of the … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S07E02 “Lord Edgware Dies”
I believe the AV Club’s comments called this Chekov’s cock: what comes out in the first act must go off in the last act. Anyhow, pour one out for Segovax, the Gaul whose major failings were basically Spartacus’ failings—a desire … Continue reading Spartacus: Blood and Sand: Episode 8: Mark of the Brotherhood
Here’s another episode I was looking forward to, not because I think it’s especially great or bad, but because it was one of the ones I found nearly unbearable to watch as a child. One of the many ways I … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Eight, Episode Seventeen, “My Sister, My Sitter”
CW: talk of sexual abuse GREETING Welcome and welcome back, dearly beloved. If anyone is here for the first time, please raise your hand so the rest of you can turn around and stare you. Thank you. Today we will … Continue reading Sunday Morning Orel: season 3a (episodes 31-34) THIS IS THE ONE WITH THAT REALLY DEPRESSING EPISODE
Well, then. Of all the episodes I knew we were going to cover here, this is the one I was dreading the most, because… well… Oof, this is tough. Adaptations, as we all know, are tricky beasts. Stay too faithful … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S07E01 “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd”
To this point, Spartacus’ plot, in as far as it follows the life of the eponymous character, has been about reuniting with his wife Sura. Everything he’s done, everything he’s sacrificed or debased himself for, it has all been in … Continue reading Spartacus: Blood and Sand: Episode 7: Great and Unfortunate Things
This is the one exception to the general downward spiral of the quality of Sideshow Bob episodes, being a little better than “Sideshow Bob’s Last Gleaming” but not as great as the episodes before. A lot of it comes down … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Eight, Episode Sixteen, “Brother From Another Series”
GREETING Welcome and welcome back, dearly beloved. If anyone is here for the first time, please raise your hand so the rest of you can turn around and stare you. Thank you. Today we will be continuing our Lent season … Continue reading Sunday Morning Orel: Season 2c (episodes 26-30) THIS IS THE ONE WITH THE HUNTING TRIP EPISODE
Coming off the heels of “Shadow Games,” you’d expect some bit of a decrease in quality, and while I don’t think “Delicate Things” matches those highs, I do think it continues the win streak. We pick up immediately after the … Continue reading Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Episode 6: Delicate Things
Now here’s a plot you probably won’t see as much anymore! I’ve seen other queer people who didn’t like this episode because they didn’t like the idea of their hero (or at least someone they like) being bigotted towards them, … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Eight, Episode Fifteen, “Homer’s Phobia”
CW: TALK OF CHILD ABUSE GREETING Welcome and welcome back, dearly beloved. If anyone is here for the first time, please raise your hand so the rest of you can turn around and stare you. Thank you. Today we will … Continue reading Sunday Morning Orel: Season 2b (episodes 21-25) THIS IS THE ONE WITH THE CREEPY ICE CREAM GUY
In a Lake District manor called “The Little Green House”, there’s a dog named Bob. Meet Bob: One night, Bob – accustomed to playing catch with himself by bouncing a ball down the stairs then running down and catching it … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S06E04 “Dumb Witness”
In my notes, there’s a line that says, “this is a good episode.” Then later I underlined it. Then I put a star next to it. Now, maybe this is a charitable reading based on just the low lows of … Continue reading Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Episode 5: Shadow Games
I’ve been looking forward to this one. This season has been characterised by a sense of thoughtlessness, and this episode is designed from the ground up as a commentary on the legacy of the show, which gives me a lot … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Eight, Episode Fourteen, “The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochy Show”
GREETING Welcome and welcome back, dearly beloved. If anyone is here for the first time, please raise your hand so the rest of you can turn around and stare you. Thank you. Today we will be continuing our Lent season … Continue reading Sunday Morning Orel: Season 2A (episodes 11-20)
Our Man Hastings and Poirot vacation in the north of France, a seaside town called Deauville, where they meet rich and reclusive businessman Paul Renauld. He asks Poirot to stop by the next day, as he’s a-feared for his life … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S06E03 “Murder on the Links”
The “Pit of the Underworld” sucks. All the gladiators look down on anyone who fights there, and the other ludus owners make snide remarks if you fight your gladiators there. So Batiatus sending Spartacus to fight there, the latter having … Continue reading Spartacus: Blood and Sand, Episode 4: The Thing In The Pit
So here’s a first: I have to admit my acknowledgement of the show’s decline with an episode I found genuinely bad. There are a lot of individually great moments, both comedically and satirically, but the concept and its conclusion rub … Continue reading Simpsons, Season Eight, Episode Thirteen, “Supercalifragilisticexpiala(annoyed grunt)cious”
Brothers and sisters and all other beloveds, we come together during this most holy season of Lent to celebrate and meditate on one of the most insightful and dark critiques of twentieth century America ever bestowed upon us: the magnificent … Continue reading Sunday Morning Orel: Season 1 (episodes 1-10)
Limited time this week, gang, so we’re gonna hit the highs and lows here bullet-point style like the kids do nowadays. Here’s the setup: in a hostel owned by Miss Lemon’s sister, someone’s been stealing random objects from the students. … Continue reading Poirot (Classic) S06E02: “Hickory Dickory Dock”
