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Cultural Catchup Project: Angel – “Heartthrob”

“Heartthrob” May 18th, 2011 You can follow along with the Cultural Catchup Project by following me on Twitter (@Memles), by subscribing to the category’s feed, or by bookmarking the Cultural Catchup Project page where I’ll be posting a link to … Continue reading

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Season Finale: How I Met Your Mother – “Challenge Accepted”

“Challenge Accepted” May 16th, 2011 Considering that this entire season of How I Met Your Mother has been built around an absolutely terrible metaphor, I think it’s only fair that we try to consider what exact challenge this season of … Continue reading

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Season Finale: Justified – “Bloody Harlan”

“Bloody Harlan” May 4th, 2011 In what has been a truly spectacular second season, Justified has more or less followed the same pattern as the first season: serialized elements are introduced gradually over the first half of the season before … Continue reading

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Season Premiere: United States of Tara – “…youwillnotwin…”

“…youwillnotwin…” March 28th, 2011 When United States of Tara entered its second season, the Gregson family thought that everything had changed: Tara had defeated her alters through the use of medication, and the entire family was ready to move forward … Continue reading

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Fringe – “Bloodline”

“Bloodline” March 25th, 2011 The greatest test of a critic’s demeanor towards a particular program is how they respond to its renewal. When Fringe was picked up on Thursday, there were two primary responses among critics. The first was excitement: … Continue reading

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How I Met Your Mother – “The Mermaid Theory”

“The Mermaid Theory” December 6th, 2010 “The Mermaid Theory” is interesting in two ways. And since they’re not particularly substantial ways, I’m just going to cut the introduction off here and we can get into the meat of it.

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Season Finale: Mad Men – “Tomorrowland”

“Tomorrowland” October 17th, 2010 “Are you kidding me?!” I’m extremely glad that Faye Miller actually said this during the episode, so I could pull quote it instead of saying itself myself. But, seriously: is Mad Men kidding me? “Tomorrowland,” like … Continue reading

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How I Met Your Mother – “Subway Wars”

“Subway Wars” October 11th, 2010 This is precisely the kind of episode which is particularly dangerous for a show in How I Met Your Mother’s position. “Subway Wars” feels like a gimmick from the very beginning, and the show is … Continue reading

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Season Premiere: Chuck – “Chuck vs. the Anniversary”

“Chuck vs. the Anniversary” September 20th, 2010 I didn’t realize it until I sat down to write this review, but I think this might be the last weekly Chuck review for quite some time here at Cultural Learnings. This is … Continue reading

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Mad Men – “The Good News”

“The Good News” August 8th, 2010 I spent a good half hour stumbling over how to start confronting this episode before eventually deciding to sleep on it, and upon waking up this morning I discovered why. “The Good News” is … Continue reading

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