Classic Coverage looks back on the episodes of past shows from a modern perspective.
Pardon me boy, is this the Chattanooga Choo-Choo? Original air date: 3/25/2004 Ah, The Adult Child-Parent relationship. It’s perhaps the most awkward of relationships. This is particularly true if the child doesn’t feel like they’re quite done “baking” yet. … Continue reading Black Books Series 3, Episode 3: “Moo-Ma and Moo-Pa”
Season 6 Directed by Morris Barry Written by Norman Ashby It’s been a long road, hasn’t it? Back when the channel first started and the possibility of doing classic reviews on our own and filling in the AVC gaps, I … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S06E01 “The Dominators”
Season three finishes off with a bang! None of the past few episodes of have been bad, but this episode feels like it shifted up a gear in energy; I don’t know whether the crew wanted to save their best … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Three, Episode Twenty-Four, “Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?”
Wherein a tale is woven, and dark truths are revealed. Original Airdate: 3/18/2004 The Bet is a classic sitcom trope. Be it Barney Miller or be it Seinfeld, there will always be an episode where the action hinges upon a … Continue reading Black Books: Series 3, Episode 2 “Elephants and Hens”
After “The Otto Show” tried expanding its world with, uh, Otto, this episode is trying the same thing with Milhouse. The attempt is admirable, and in the long run Milhouse will pay dividends and so will his parents, but very … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Three, Episode Twenty-Three, “Bart’s Friend Falls In Love”
Holy crap, Christopher Lloyd is in this! While I began Taxi with virtually no knowledge of the show, I’ve since learned a little more about it, even reading a couple articles from The A.V. Club on the subject. One piece … Continue reading Taxi – Season 1, Episode 8 – “Paper Marriage”
Wherein Manny leaves Black Books for another store, Bernard’s life falls to pieces, and Fran tries to put it all back together again Original airdate: 3/11/2004 Hey everyone, … Continue reading Black Books: Series 3, Episode 1 “Manny Come Home”
Paranoia Agent, Season 1 Episode 13 The Final Episode Grade: A Little lies grow into big lies. Viral things spread. Madness spreads. Released in the era of the flip phone, Paranoia Agents continues to have trenchant things to say about … Continue reading “The Final Episode” Paranoia Agent S1E13
Paranoia Agent, Season 1 Episode 12 Radar Man Grade: B ‘Paranoia nurtures him.’ Ex-detective Maniwa, using terminology and iconography from Makoto’s fantasy world, fights a desperate loosing battle against a demon Lil’ Slugger, and retreats to seek guidance from the … Continue reading “Radar Man” Paranoia Agent S1E12
Paranoia Agent, Season 1 Episode 10 No Entry Grade: D- On a TV interview to promote the new Maromi anime, Tsukiko praises the increasing popularity of Maromi and hopes that she’ll spread her ‘peace’ to many more people. In tandem … Continue reading “No Entry” Paranoia Agent S1E11
Paranoia Agent, Season 1 Episode 10 Mello Maromi Grade: B Back at Tsukiko’s office, work is progressing on an anime based off of the popular character she created- Maromi. The anime follows a baseball player who isn’t good at the … Continue reading “Mellow Maromi” Paranoia Agent S1E10
Paranoia Agent, Season 1 Episode 9 ETC Grade: C+ Just as the last episode ditched Koyto to show the Lil’ Slugger phenomenon’s geographic reach, ‘ETC’ shows the exponential growth in the number of his attacks in the form of an … Continue reading “ETC” Paranoia Agent S1E9
Paranoia Agent, Season 1 Episode 8 Happy Family Planning Grade: A Trigger Warning- Episode deals directly with suicide. Episode 8 announces itself as the second half- almost a separate season of the show- with a terrifying farce far away from Tokyo … Continue reading “Happy Family Planning” Paranoia Agent S1E8
Written by Earl Pomerantz Directed by James Burrows “Mr. and Mrs. Carruthers, I’d like your permission to marry my wife.” I may not know much about Taxi, but comments on my previous reviews have clued me in that the … Continue reading Taxi: Season 1, Episode 6 – “The Great Line”
In my continuing uh, journey, through TNG I’ve decided to skip to the season that everyone seems to agree is when the show really starts to come together . I heard that the first episode of season 3 isn’t that … Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation S3E01 “Evolution”
Well, we couldn’t maintain a high forever. Colin Jacobson of DVD Movie Guide said episodes from the end of a season tended to be a little more tired and strained because they came at the end of a production cycle … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Three, Episode Twenty-Two, “The Otto Show”
Paranoia Agent, Season 1 Episode 7 MHz Grade: A- Someone, in a computer terminal-lit room, is listening to MHz signals (well, someone had better be connecting the dots, because the series has been getting increasingly metaphysical of late). Makoto cuts … Continue reading “MHz” Paranoia Agent S1E7
Paranoia Agent, Season 1 Episode 6 Fear of a Direct Hit Grade: A Detective Ikari is starting to his cool, constantly on the verge of starting smoking again (something related, by the transitive properties of the show’s metaphor to him losing … Continue reading “Fear of a Direct Hit” Paranoia Agent S1E6
Paranoia Agent, Season 1 Episode 5 The Holy Warrior Grade: A- The show’s rotating narrative focus finally turns its attention to the source of all the attacks linking the main characters to day, and it’s nothing like what the viewer … Continue reading “Holy Warrior” Paranoia Agent S1E5
Paranoia Agent, Season 1 Episode 4 A Man’s Path Grade: A Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault The dark sarcasm drips off the title of Episode 4. There’s no letup in the increasingly dark themes of the previous episode as the show continues … Continue reading “A Man’s Path” Paranoia Agent S1E4
Paranoia Agent, Season 1 Episode 3 Double Lips Grade: A- Episode 3 pulls no punches. The cold open of Maria’s housecall and its immediate aftermath serves to immediately bleed the romanticism out of Maria’s life as an escort. Or, rather, … Continue reading “Double Lips” Paranoia Agent S1E3
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