Classic Coverage looks back on the episodes of past shows from a modern perspective.
We open on an auction, and your faithful chronicler manages to somehow resist the temptation to start writing his magnum opus, a nine-part Lovejoy retrospective. (Kidding! Ish.) Poirot and Hastings are there, and Poirot is bidding on a mirror for … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S05E07 “Dead Man’s Mirror”
If this season is about deepening and complicating the show’s expanded roster and toying with its mythology (whether that’s intentional a la the Mirkin years or a byproduct of the show reaching a certain age), this must surely be considered … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Eight, Episode Eight, “Hurricane Neddy”
Mais ouis, mon amis! We are delightfully returned to our little mystery club here in the new year, and with a case most entertaining! Not for plot-related reasons, mind you: it’s a fairly standard “pick which one of the dinner … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S05E06 “The Chocolate Box”
The recurring thing about this season seems to be how much it straddles the line between the great and awful sides of the show. I wasn’t expecting to like this episode much (especially when I saw it has the Homer … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Eight, Episode Seven, “Lisa’s Date With Density”
Hi! In celebration of the anniversary of these episodes, this is a one time addition to the Batman Beyond reviews AWP started in the long ago. All episodes are available on DC UNIVERSE. Since I know this is really out … Continue reading Batman Beyond: S01E11/E12: “Disappearing Inque” and “A Touch of Curare”
Season 8 Directed by Barry Letts Written by Robert Holmes I really wasn’t intending to follow-up the last review soon or possibly ever, but then I took a look at the premise of the next episode and well… it was … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S08E01 “Terror of the Autons”
The strange thing about season eight so far has been seeing things that remind me of post-Golden Era episodes, but I end up liking them a lot more. The central plank of this episode is that two random background characters … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Eight, Episode Six, “A Milhouse Divided”
This is an episode I really like, because it’s near-impossible to pin down on any level. This show has always taken a wide scope with its themes, and what’s great is that, like Lisa’s perpetual motion machine, when it comes … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Eight, Episode Five, “Bart After Dark”
SPOILER WARNING: I’m assuming in these reviews that readers have seen the show. This may be the hardest episode of F&G for me to watch, because I identify so strongly with Nick and his dream of being a drummer in … Continue reading Freaks And Geeks: S1E06 “I’m With The Band”
Season 7 Directed by Douglas Camfield and Barry Letts Written by Don Houghton Hilariously, my half-finished draft of this review started with me commenting on how fast we had blown through this season and… whoops. I won’t go into why … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S07E04 “Inferno”
This episode has a lesser reputation than most Golden Era Simpsons – if people talk about it at all, it’s to complain about Rodney Dangerfield coming in and taking over the show. That’s how I remembered it, so, as often … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Eight, Episode Four, “Burns, Baby Burns”
One of the remarkable things about Golden Era Simpsons is how it’s simultaneously wildly creative and reliably entertaining; there are shows like the Law & Order franchise that deliver consistent entertainment but are also essentially telling the same few stories … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Eight, Episode Three, “The Homer They Fall”
Mai ouis, but the last few episodes have been a bit of a struggle, non? It is then with great joy I inform you that tonight’s adventure is something of a return to form — it won’t be anybody’s favorite … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S05E05 “The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman”
“Comparative Religion” originally aired on NBC Thursday night, December 10, 2009 PLARN: Dear Tereglith, In our essays about the first eleven episodes of Community, we’ve both written at length about the evolution of the show, often tying it in with … Continue reading A Community Notification For This: S1E12, “Comparative Religion”
I’ve been patiently waiting for this one, because it’s uncontestedly one of the most popular Simpsons episodes ever, one that’s in many people’s top three and definitely belongs in the top five most important episodes of the show ever… and … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Eight, Episode Two, “You Only Move Twice”
Gang, I’m not gonna lie; this is a weird one, and not an entirely good one. Here’s the plot, in a nutshell (and believe me, this nutshell is the size of Cincinnati, because there are a lot of characters here, … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S05E04 “The Case of the Missing Will”
It’s funny how I always looked forward to the “Treehouse” episodes, long after the show started turning to shit, for the same reason I’m wary of them popping up in these reviews: they’re so fast and short that they convey … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Eight, Episode One, “Treehouse Of Horror VII”
Zut alors, mes amis, but it has been awhile, non? Your faithful chronicler’s illness turned out to be quite a bit more serious than suspected, so apologies for the delay in getting back to the bidness. Glad to report things … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S05E03 “The Yellow Iris”
“The Politics Of Human Sexuality” originally aired on NBC Thursday night, December 3, 2009 In popular culture, college is often stereotyped as a period of maximum bacchanalia. Countless movies have depicted students marking their young adulthood by unleashing their wildest … Continue reading A Community Notification For This: S1E11, “The Politics Of Human Sexuality”
There are several points that fans consider the ‘true’ finale of The Simpsons, and this is one of them. Partly it’s because after this point many consider the show to lose its consistency (which I understand even as I disagree, … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Seven, Episode Twenty-Five, “Summer Of 4 ft. 2”
“Environmental Science” originally aired on NBC Thursday night, November 19, 2009 From August to December 2009, i was an intern at the sports department of a TV news station. My time there was mostly spent in the editing bay archiving … Continue reading A Community Notification For This: S1E10, “Environmental Science”
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