Classic Coverage looks back on the episodes of past shows from a modern perspective.
Jerry meets an old classmate, and when she asks about George, he spins a lie about George being a marine biologist that George is forced to play along with. Kramer gifts Elaine an electronic address book that causes chaos in … Continue reading Seinfeld, Season Five, Episode Fourteen, “The Marine Biologist”
Whoo boy, this is episode two in the three episode arc of “usually skip” episodes we are in right now. Re-watching it, I am surprised. Dr. Franklin is a character I like, and this is a big episode for him. … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“Believers”
Box Prince | Aired: October 7, 2013 | Reviewed by Ralph Over at the A.V. Club, Oliver Sava[footnote] Wait a second . . . “Oliver Sava” is “A.V. Club” spelled backward! [/footnote] wrote, of “Box Prince”: “It’s one of the … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Box Prince” and “Red Starved”
Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer are all invited to a dinner party; Jerry and Elaine stop by a bakery to pick up a cake while George and Kramer go to a bottleshop to buy wine. Chaos ensues. Written by: Larry … Continue reading Seinfeld, Season Five, Episode Thirteen, “The Dinner Party”
Deathwalker feels strongly like an episode of the 90’s. Former war criminals being exposed and arrested for crimes in long past wars just feels like something that was more in the forefront of the culture back then. Maybe in thirty … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“Deathwalker”
Love Games Boarded by: Cole Sanchez, Kent Osbourne, and Andy RistainoOriginally Aired: September 23, 2013Reviewed by: CedricTheOwl After a brief foray into time manipulation and past life regression, we’re back to dealing with the fallout of Finn’s breakup with Flame … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Love Games” and “Dungeon Train”
Elaine has an incident with a woman in a toilet stall, and Jerry quickly works out the woman was his new girlfriend. Meanwhile, George has a nonsexual crush on Elaine’s new boyfriend; when he takes George and Kramer rock climbing, … Continue reading Seinfeld, Season Five, Episode Twelve, “The Stall”
This is another episode that I tend to not watch very often. Most of season 1 falls into that category, whereas seasons 2, 3, and 4 have maybe one or two that I avoid. This one is pretty direct and … Continue reading The Last Best Hope- “And the Sky Full of Stars”
A killer filler episode followed by a spectacular world building lore drop. Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Time Sandwich” and “The Vault”
George’s girlfriend breaks up with him because he has a different religion, so he tries converting. Kramer accidentally inspires a woman to leave her religion for him, causing him to discover he has the Kavorka, and he tries to remedy … Continue reading Seinfeld, Season Five, Episode Eleven, “The Conversion”
This is another episode that I don’t tend to revisit during a casual re-watch. There is some decent stuff here, a little expansion of Delenn and Londo’s characters and more warning signs from Earth. We get a bit more of … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“The War Prayer”
Too Old | Aired: August 12, 2013 | Reviewed by Grumproro How do I keep ending up with these episodes that cover so many possible review topics? Really, my main reason for signing up for this one was that I … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Too Old” and “Earth & Water’
Jerry buys a statue of a Native American at a cigar store to give to Elaine in order to impress her friend, only to discover she’s Native American and finds his display horribly offensive, so he tries to make it … Continue reading Seinfeld, Season Five, Episode Ten, “The Cigar-Store Indian”
This episode is a mixed bag for me personally, and much of that has nothing to do with the episode itself. It has a lot going for it! We get a deeper look into how telepaths work, we get a … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“Mind War”
Sky Witch | Written & Boarded by Ako Castuera & Jesse Moynihan | Aired: July 29, 2013 | Reviewed by Katie Princess Bubblegum is one of the main characters of Adventure Time. She’s been here since the beginning. Since before … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Sky Witch” and “Frost & Fire”
Jerry is hurt that his masseuse girlfriend hasn’t given him a massage and George obsesses over the fact that she doesn’t like him. Elaine dates a man with the same name as an infamous serial killer. Written by: Peter MehlmanDirected … Continue reading Seinfeld, Season Five, Episode Nine, “The Masseuse”
As much as I tend to skip Born to the Purple or Infection when I re-watch season 1, I always make time to stop off at S1E5 Parliament of Dreams. An arc heavy episode for Sinclair, some fun world building … Continue reading The Last Best Hope…-“The Parliament of Dreams”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Season 6, Episode 6 Oh, man. I’ve been waiting to do this one for a while, because it’s my #2 favorite Deep Space Nine episode. “Sacrifice of Angels” (sick title, brah) is an absolutely … Continue reading You Talking Trek to Me? – “Sacrifice of Angels”
Welcome to Second Look, a new feature at The Avocado in which members revisit and re-examine a piece of pop culture. Check the sign up thread if you’re interested in participating! Content warning for discussion of racial caricatures. It’s hard … Continue reading Second Look: The Colbert Report
Hyah! That’s right BMO throw that plate at your boy, Finn! Splash that hot tea you were pretending to drink right on those hot dog abs! Finn, keep doing those sweet cartwheels and mash up that doggy bag! Jake uh… … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Jake Suit” and “Be More”
After a terrible haircut, Jerry tries to go to a different barber without upsetting his old one, leading Newman to spy on Jerry for him. George isn’t sure if he’s been hired for a new job and takes a gamble. … Continue reading Seinfeld, Season Five, Episode Eight, “The Barber”
