Tag Archives: USA Network
Season Finale: Royal Pains – “Wonderland”
“Wonderland” August 27th, 2009 If you were quite a hawk-eyed reader of the blog, you might have seen a few weeks ago that I was convinced Royal Pains was ending its first season when Burn Notice ended the first half … Continue reading
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Royal Pains – “Nobody’s Perfect”
“Nobody’s Perfect” August 20th, 2009 There’s really two trajectories for USA Network series as they approach the end of their first seasons. The first is that they find a second gear, discovering another level of their structure where they are … Continue reading
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Royal Pains – “It’s Like Jamais Vu All Over Again”
“It’s Like Jamais Vu All Over Again” August 6th, 2009 Alan Sepinwall has often talked about how, with TBS’ My Boys, the season finale cliffhangers are almost always of a nature where he as a critic doesn’t actually care about … Continue reading
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Royal Pains – “The Honeymoon’s Over”
“The Honeymoon’s Over” July 30th, 2009 There are moments when watching a summer show that you start to realize just how much you’ve been treating it as a summer show, and at the start of tonight’s episode of Royal Pains … Continue reading
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Royal Pains – “No Man is an Island”
“No Man is an Island” July 9th, 2009 Due to some thesis commitments, I’ve actually found myself doing something really strange: not only have I had no time to blog about television, but I’ve even found myself falling behind on … Continue reading
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Royal Pains – “TB or Not TB”
“TB or Not TB” June 25th, 2009 That’s really not the question, Royal Pains. This won’t be a particularly long review, but I do want to make note that the show is on better footing now that it’s back in … Continue reading
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Burn Notice – “Fearless Leader”
“Fearless Leader” June 25th, 2009 While a strong second season and great episodes like “End Run” last week have created raised expectations for Burn Notice, the show remains a formulaic procedural at some level. The show is not formulaic in … Continue reading
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Royal Pains – “There Will Be Food”
“There Will Be Food” June 11th, 2009 Ah, the ol’ sophomore check-in. Entering its second week, I still wasn’t entirely on board with Royal Pains, as its pilot was clumsily competent in a way that seemed as if it would … Continue reading
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Burn Notice – “Question and Answer”
“Question and Answer” June 11th, 2009 Moving into its second episode of the season, Burn Notice is no longer a show that needs to prove itself – the second season did more than enough to convince me that the show … Continue reading
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