Classic Coverage looks back on the episodes of past shows from a modern perspective.
Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season 1, Episode 20 Lieutenant Worf was a colorful part of The Next Generation cast, providing some alien intrigue and a symbol of how the passage of time had mostly healed the animosity between … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? (Best of TNG) – “Heart of Glory”
Bad Timing | Boarded by: Kent Osborne and Pendleton Ward | Aired: March 3, 2014 | Reviewed by Prestidigititis It’s October, 2014. Adventure Time is well into its sixth season on the air at Cartoon Network, and for the last … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Bad Timing” and “Billy’s Bucket List”
Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer visit their friends in the Hamptons. Jerry, Elaine, and Kramer see George’s girlfriend topless when he hasn’t yet had sex with her. Jerry and Elaine’s friends have an ugly baby, and Elaine is initially attracted … Continue reading Seinfeld, Season Five, Episode Twenty, “The Hamptons”
Product placement is one of those crappy parts of television and film. It was something that greatly offended me as a young show watcher. When I got older I learned to live with it if it meant a show I … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“Eyes”
Lemonhope Part 1 | Boarded by: Tom Herpich and Steve Wolfhard | Aired: March 10, 2014 | Reviewed by CedricTheOwl What duty do the freed have to the enslaved? What obligation does a survivor have? These are tough questions to … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Lemonhope Part 1” and “Lemonhope Part 2”
Kramer’s editor accompanies him to one of Jerry’s performances and heckles him, so Jerry goes to her workplace to heckle her, which inadvertently causes her to get her pinky toe severed and getting her a promotion ahead of Elaine. Meanwhile, … Continue reading Seinfeld, Season Five, Episode Nineteen, “The Fire”
Rewatching episode 15 “Grail” was something of a milestone in my rewatch of Season 1. It is the first episode that I really dont have much of an opinion on one way or the other. It is basically fine. It … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“Grail”
Two episodes featuring two very different reunions. Continue reading Come Along With Me: The Red Throne/Betty
Jerry has his parents over before they go on holiday, making it difficult for him to be alone with his girlfriend. Kramer buys a used coat and Morty recognises it as one he designed, inspiring him to get his neighbour … Continue reading Seinfeld, Season Five, Episode Eighteen, “The Raincoats, Part I & II”
After soaring for two weeks in a row, Babylon 5 gets brought back down to Earth so to speak by “TKO”. This is probably one of the most hated episodes of Babylon 5, and easily one of the worst in … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“TKO”
When I was a kid I would tell people that my favorite color was grass. I meant green, but I guess I meant that specific kind of green that was grass in my child mind. It’s funny how little things … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Blade of Grass” and “Rattleballs”
Jerry pretends his girlfriend is his wife so that she can claim a discount at the dry cleaner, and it ruins their relationship. Elaine tries to figure out how her male friend feels about her, a situation complicated by him … Continue reading Seinfeld, Season Five, Episode Seventeen, “The Wife”
Every season of Babylon 5 has a title. It is an interesting conceit from the showrunner J. Michael Strazynski. The point of it is to reinforce that Babylon 5 was always meant as one coherent story, with each season being … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“Signs and Portents”
Welcome one and all to the first half of season 6 of Adventure Time reviews! Seasons 5 and 6 of this show are double length, consisting of 52 episodes instead of 26, so we’ll be handling signups a little differently. … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time Season 6A Central Hub and Sign-up Thread
Jerry is trying to entertain a friend in the hospital. George is dating a woman he’s considering breaking up with, only for a mutual friend to warn her about him, causing him to double his efforts to keep the relationship … Continue reading Seinfeld, Season Five, Episode Sixteen, “The Stand-In”
The streak is over! After episodes 9, 10 and 11 were duds with little redeeming value, episode 12 comes riding over the hill to the rescue. Possessing a great A plot, and a B plot that takes one of the … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“By Any Means Necessary”
The Pit | Boarded by: Jesse Moynihan and Ako Castuera | Originally Aired: November 18, 2013 | Reviewed by: Lyssie Picking up where the last episode left off, Kee-Oth is carrying Jake through a void full of shards of glass, … Continue reading Come Along with Me: Adventure Time – “The Pit” and “James”
Jerry’s new girlfriend refuses to try a piece of apple pie, causing him to burn with curiosity. Elaine discovers there’s a mannequin that looks exactly like her. George discovers a suit will be on sale soon and sets out to … Continue reading Seinfeld, Season Five, Episode Fifteen, “The Pie”
Finally we get to the last of my “always skip” trilogy, Survivors. On paper this episode would not be too bad. Getting an episode to focus on the backstory of one of our main cast is essential in Season 1, … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“Survivors”
When I saw the chance to write a Second Look article, I jumped on it. I loved the concept, I loved the structure of it. I even happened to be doing a rewatch of a show I had not seen … Continue reading Second Look – Space: Above and Beyond
We Fixed A TruckDirected by Elizabeth Ito & Nick JenningsWritten and Storyboarded by Cole Sanchez & Andy Ristaino Sometimes we have to forgive the ones we love for transgressions. But sometimes something is utterly unforgivable. Someone has crossed a line … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “We Fixed a Truck” and “Play Date”
