Tag Archives: freaks and geeks

26
Oct

What I Watched This Week: 20 Oct 2013

NEW SHOWS: @Midnight – Episode dated 10/21/2013 (B+) / series premiere A seriously fun game show, though the format won’t last long. Three comedians use iPads to come up with funny answers to games like Etsy Store or Porn Title … Continue reading →

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19
Oct

What I Watched This Week: 13 Oct 2013

Read about all the pilots I watched this week here. NEW SHOWS: Toy Story of Terror (B) / Halloween special An entertaining diversion, but doesn’t have near the emotional impact of the films or the sheer fun of the shorts. … Continue reading →

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12
Oct

What I Watched This Week: 6 Oct 2013

NEW SHOWS: The Simpsons – “Treehouse of Horror XXIV” (B) The couch gag by Guillermo del Toro gets an A. The rest of the show follows the typical rule of almost all the Halloween specials: One story is great, one … Continue reading →

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5
Oct

What I Watched This Week: 29 Sept 2013

NEW SHOWS: Breaking Bad – “Felina” (A) / series finale A fitting ending, even if we’ll be debating it for years to come. It’s cathartic and impressive and great finale for one of the greatest shows of all time. Read … Continue reading →

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15
Sep

Fall TV Hangout: Week 2

Freaks and Geeks – Season 1 “Dead Dogs and Gym Teachers” (A-) Well, I never thought both Millie AND Bill would break my heart. But here we are in an absolutely brutal episode. Neither event that gives the episode its title … Continue reading →

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7
Sep

Fall TV Hangout: Week 1

Welcome back. Since some of the shows I started this summer – namely Freaks and Geeks and Spaced – still aren’t through with their runs, and because the fall TV season has yet to begin in earnest, I’m gonna keep … Continue reading →

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24
Aug

Summer TV Hangout: Week 12

The Simpsons – Season 6 “Fear of Flying” (A-) How great is it to get a Marge-centric episode that’s not about how unfulfilled she is (which is still always a great, sad story)? Here, her fear is rooted in discovering … Continue reading →

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18
Aug

Summer TV Hangout: Week 11

The Simpsons – Season 6 “Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy” (B+) One of the sillier, less-remembered episodes of this great season finds Abe and Homer reunited, then separated, as snake-oil salesmen. It wouldn’t work if it weren’t so gut-busting for the first … Continue reading →

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10
Aug

Summer TV Hangout: Week 10

The Simpsons – Season 6 “Homer Badman” (A-) Even more great satire from the true masters. When Homer rips a rare gummi snack off the rear end of the babysitter, he ignites a firestorm in Springfield. “2! 4! 6! 8! … Continue reading →

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26
Jul

Summer TV Hangout: Week 8

The Simpsons – Season 6 “Bart’s Girlfriend” (B+) I think what I love most about Season Six, despite being more joke-focused, is that so far every canonical episode has only told one story, and done it very well. Jessica may just … Continue reading →

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