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Season Premiere: Warehouse 13 – “Time Will Tell”

“Time Will Tell” July 6th, 2010 Warehouse 13 ended its first season on one of those cliffhangers that I generally despise – like White Collar’s mid-season finale late last year (where it seemed like Peter was the series’ big bad), … Continue reading

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Season Finale: Glee – “Journey”

“Journey” June 8th, 2010 “Life only really has one beginning and one end – the rest is just a whole lot of middle.” In his attempts to inspire his Glee Club to achieve despite the nearly insurmountable odds placed before … Continue reading

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Glee – “The Power of Madonna”

“The Power of Madonna” April 20th, 2010 Glee, as a series, requires the audience to believe in the power of positivity on a regular basis: regardless of the problems that face New Directions as they chart their new directions, there … Continue reading

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Without a Net, Without a Chair?: Character vs. Actor as Glee goes Live

“Without a Net, Without a Chair?” April 6th, 2010 When FOX announced that Glee would be doing a concert tour in support of the show’s second season, I wasn’t particularly surprised: while they had initially said that they had no … Continue reading

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Excellence on Selective Terms: Rewarding Series Television at the Peabody Awards

Excellence on Selective Terms March 31st, 2010 The criteria for earning a Peabody Award, a prestigious honour in the area of electronic media, is listed as follows on the awards’ website: The Award is determined by one criterion – “Excellence.” … Continue reading

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Fall Finale: Glee – “Sectionals”

“Sectionals” December 9th, 2009 “Winning could make everything good for a while.” I do not understand the rules of the Sectional Show Choir competition, nor do I know exactly what comes after it in New Directions’ journey. Glee is a … Continue reading

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Glee – “Hairography”

“Hairography” November 25th, 2009 Last week, I had an extensive Twitter conversation with Jace Lacob about Glee, and the argument boiled down to the question of whether or not the show’s characters were one-dimensional. And what was interesting is that … Continue reading

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FOE4 Musings: FOX’s Glee and the Limitations of Reality Competition Narrative

Analysis of how Fox’s Glee is potentially influenced by American Idol’s reality competition narrative, and how this strategy is contributing to the series’ narrative struggles. Continue reading

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Glee – “Wheels”

“Wheels” November 11th, 2009 There’s a moment in “Wheels” where we fear the worst of Sue Sylvester, testing our ability to see past what we expect her character to do (something offensive and mean-spirited) to what she could potentially do … Continue reading

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Season Finale: Warehouse 13 – “MacPherson”

A review of the Season 1 Finale of Warehouse 13, “Macpherson,” featuring a cliffhanger ending which places the fate of the warehouse and Artie in the hands of the showrunners. Continue reading

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