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TV Week: 3-9 Mar 2013

NEW SHOWS: Girls – “It’s Back” (B+) Once again, a fascinating story that’s incomplete because we have to deal with Hannah’s crap. Read my review here. The Simpsons – “Gorgeous Grampa” (B-) A bit of a nasty episode, and not … Continue reading

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Girls: Season 2, Episode 8 – “It’s Back”

This episode is all about characters doing things completely outside their normal M.O. Most of these feel like they come out of nowhere, to the detriment of the show. But Adam’s storyline is so good that it overshadows any confusion … Continue reading

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TV Week: 24 Feb-2 Mar 2013

NEW SHOWS: The Oscars (B) Though it ran way too long and I thought they botched the Bond montage and musicals tribute, I thought this was a fine Oscars and a step up from Billy Crystal’s tired shtick. Seth MacFarlane as … Continue reading

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Girls: Season 2, Episode 7 – “Video Games”

While having dinner this week, a friend made a great observation about Girls I hadn’t thought of: the title is perfect because all the females on the show act like teenage girls (this extends to the men acting like boys … Continue reading

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TV Week: 17-23 Feb 2013

NEW SHOWS: The Simpsons – “Hardly Kirk-ing” (B+) Bart and Milhouse have pretended to be adults before, but not for as long as this. I appreciated that the show crossed the line for once (Milhouse almost becomes the victim of … Continue reading

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Girls: Season 2, Episode 6 – “Boys”

“It’s hard to tell someone so young that things don’t always turn out the way you thought they’d be.” – Ray Girls has always been a show about facades and this week’s episodes brought them all crashing down. After last … Continue reading

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TV Week: 10-16 Feb 2013

NEW SHOWS: The Simpsons – “Love is a Many-Splintered Thing” (B-) Certainly not a great episode, but lots of really hilarious throwaway gags. My favorite was Homer and Bart watching the British rom-com Love Indubitably, which featured Hugh Grant as … Continue reading

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Girls: Season 2, Episode 5 – “One Man’s Trash”

It’s episodes like this that makes me glad HBO exists. If Girls were on another network, cable or broadcast, it would never have an episode as simple and un-busy as this. Even more so than any past episodes, this is … Continue reading

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TV Week: 3-9 Feb 2013

NEW SHOWS: Super Bowl XLVII (B+) One of the most thrilling Super Bowls of all time, though it was interrupted by a momentum-killing blackout and so-so commercials. The best of the sorry lot was easily the heart-tugging Clydesdale reunion set … Continue reading

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Girls: Season 2, Episode 4 – “It’s a Shame About Ray”

Well, that episode hit me like a punch in the gut. The characters on Girls tend to lash out at the people they care about the most, saving the most brutal remarks for those closest to them. Every single person … Continue reading

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