Monthly Archives: June 2009
True Blood – “Keep This Party Going” and Merlin – “Valiant”
“Keep This Party Going” and “Valiant” June 21st, 2009 Don’t say I never listen to blog comments, folks. It’s the summer months, which means that things are pretty slow on the television front, and thus things to blog about are … Continue reading
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Better Off Ted – “You Are the Boss of Me”
“You Are the Boss of Me” June 23rd, 2009 I realized when preparing for this post that I have never written about Better Off Ted before here at Cultural Learnings, which means that I am officially “part of the problem.” … Continue reading
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Weeds – “Su-Su-Sucio”
“Su-Su-Sucio” June 22nd, 2009 Weeds always sits at a perilous crossroads of plot and character development, as the two often aren’t synonymous terms as they relate to the early part of each season. By the end of the season, sure, … Continue reading
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Nurse Jackie – “Chicken Soup”
“Chicken Soup” June 22nd, 2009 Nurse Jackie is really turning into an interesting cross-section of television narratives at the moment, in a way that it wasn’t early on. There was a point in last week’s episode, when Anna Deavere Smith … Continue reading
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Series Premiere: Merlin – “The Dragon’s Call”
“The Dragon’s Call” June 21st, 2009 [Two episodes of the BBC/NBC co-production Merlin air tonight on NBC at 8pm EDT (“The Dragon’s Call” and “Valiant”), but the below review sticks to the pilot – really, I just didn’t have much … Continue reading
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Royal Pains – “Strategic Planning”
“Strategic Planning” June 18th, 2009 Ah, the ol’ second episode switcheroo. It happens more than you’d expect, really, for some pretty obvious reasons: when a show is in its infancy and needs to make sure that it keeps viewers’ attention, … Continue reading
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Don’t Call it a Comeback: Dancing out of the Bottom Three on So You Think You Can Dance?
Don’t Call it a Comeback Season Five, Top 18 Performance Show I’m not quite an authority on dancing, nor do I really have the endurance to really comment on every single one of the Top 9′s dances during tonight’s performane … Continue reading
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“Those Stories Plus…” – Sports Night Season One
Those Stories Plus… Sports Night Season One It’s no secret around these parts that Alan Sepinwall’s criticism is a fairly big influence on both what I do and how I do it, but what I find is his most influential … Continue reading
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Season Finale: Greek – “At World’s End”
“At World’s End” June 15th, 2009 To signal the end of the world, there are various signs of the apocalypse, things which let you know that doom is imminent. To signal the end of a season of Greek, though, you … Continue reading
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