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2011: The Year That Wasn’t – Glee
The End of Covering Glee January 3rd, 2012 This was the year that the “3 Glees” theory died, in more ways than one. More practically, the show hired a writing staff in addition to its three creators (Ryan Murphy, Ian … Continue reading
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Glee – “The First Time”
“The First Time” November 8th, 2011 There is something very effective about “The First Time,” a poignant piece which uses the backdrop of the performance of West Side Story to tell three parallel stories of romantic love moving to another … Continue reading
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Glee – “I Am Unicorn”
“I Am Unicorn” September 27th, 2011 When “I Am Unicorn” ended on what I guess we could nominally consider a cliffhanger, I was sort of stunned. See, in order to have a cliffhanger you need to have a narrative, and … Continue reading
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Series Premiere: Terra Nova – “Genesis”
“Genesis” September 26th, 2011 Considering that I haven’t written about a single fall pilot, it might seem unfortunate that I’m choosing Terra Nova. It isn’t the best network pilot I’ve seen, or my favorite: I those crowns would probably go … Continue reading
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Season Premiere: Glee – “The Purple Piano Project”
“The Purple Piano Project” September 20th, 2011 Since watching Glee’s third season premiere late last night, I’ve seen a number of fairly harsh reviews of the episode, and I’m not entirely sure I’m on the same page. Now, let me … Continue reading
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Season Finale: Glee – “New York”
“New York” May 24th, 2011 “Make one…in your mind.” As Rachel and Kurt stand on stage at the Gershwin Theater in New Your City, with the land of Oz behind them, Kurt suggests that they take this opportunity to belt … Continue reading
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Glee – “Prom Queen”
“Prom Queen” May 10th, 2011 Ian Brennan has always been the Glee writer most interested in embracing the series’ meta qualities, but there are two moments in this week’s episode where he goes one step too far. First, Sue’s list … Continue reading
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Season Finale: Fringe – “The Day We Died”
“The Day We Died” May 6th, 2011 While I intended on writing something following the Fringe finale all week, I expected it to be a piece about how my general distance from the series made the finale less satisfying than … Continue reading
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Glee – “Rumours”
“Rumours” May 3rd, 2011 “Tell me why everything turned around?” “Rumours” never pretends that it isn’t an episode built around the songs from the Fleetwood Mac album of the same name: heck, early on Will pulls out the LP with … Continue reading
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