. . . Being the time in New York when all of the bombings Kateb planned went off, regardless of their cities’ local times. A strangely fun little moment, like when Grant didn’t know what else MILF stood for, that belies the actual danger and seriousness of Kateb’s operation — the analysts figure out that [...]
Entries from September 28th, 2010
Rubicon: 4:20
September 28th, 2010 · No Comments · reviews, rubicon, television
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Mad Men: Everybody’s Got Something to Hide
September 27th, 2010 · 3 Comments · mad men, reviews, television
The obvious theme to last night’s Mad Men episode, “Hands and Knees,” is secrecy. Every storyline had to do with concealment, from Joan and Roger’s “oops” (we all saw that coming, right?) to Roger wanting to keep Lucky Strike’s departure secret, to Don’s false identity becoming a huge liability. I mean, it always was a [...]
Rubicon: WTF, Will?
September 24th, 2010 · 2 Comments · reviews, rubicon, television
Apologies for the lateness of this post — turns out if I don’t write them first thing, they sorta don’t get done. Who knew? I was not altogether crazy about this episode, which is titled “No Honesty in Men” according to the official AMC site and “They Bring Smooth Comforts False” according to iTunes. Both [...]
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Mad Men: Everything is Political
September 20th, 2010 · No Comments · mad men, reviews, television
Last night’s episode is called “The Beautiful Girls,” which is an interesting choice. It is an easy and deceptively powerful way to undermine any woman’s power or agency to refer to her as a “beautiful girl”; it’s not necessary to take them seriously. And every woman/girl on the show last night either demanded to be [...]
Third time’s the charm?
September 16th, 2010 · No Comments · stuff
I am not generally a scatterbrained or absent-minded person. I have my moments, certainly, as everyone does, but I think it’s safe to say that these moments are few and far between. There are a few things on my to-do list that I keep forgetting to do, despite daily reminders, but I think this is [...]
Rubicon: Caught in the Suck
September 14th, 2010 · No Comments · reviews, rubicon, television
Eight episodes into this show and I still have no idea what’s going on. Ordinarily I would be extremely frustrated and ranty, but there are several things about Rubicon that will keep me coming back and keep me hoping for a second season. The first item on that list is Kale Ingram. Not only do [...]
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Mad Men: Satisfaction
September 13th, 2010 · No Comments · mad men, reviews, television
Was “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” the summer of ’65′s hot summer jam? The opening of last night’s episode, “The Summer Man,” makes it seem like it would have been. And I watched Don Draper reach into his shirt pocket for his cigarettes as Mick Jagger sings “he can’t be a man ’cause he doesn’t [...]
Rubicon: Security Lockdown
September 7th, 2010 · No Comments · reviews, rubicon, television
It figures that the episode I miss recapping is excellent, while the following episode is really not. Oh well. Bygones. I did very much like “Look to the Ant,” last week’s episode that ITunes mislabeled “Look AT the Ant,” which I find funny for some reason. Well, I liked most of it. I’ve come to [...]
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Mad Men: Torn Between Two Drunkards
September 6th, 2010 · No Comments · mad men, reviews, television
Good God, y’all. OK, first: I meant to write up last week’s episode, I really and truly did, but then I didn’t, and you know, it’s just as well because I like the way last night’s episode, “The Suitcase,” provided some sort of continuity and maybe even closure to last week’s “Waldorf Stories.” But before [...]
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