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Rubicon: Security Lockdown

September 7th, 2010 · View 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 · View 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 [...]

Rubicon: The Dots and the Lines

August 24th, 2010 · View Comments · reviews, rubicon, television

This week’s episode is called “Connect the Dots,” a phrase I cannot hear without immediately tacking on “la la la la.” That has nothing to do with anything but my pop culture-addled brain. If last week focused on getting to know Truxton Spangler a little better, this week brings us closer to the enigma that [...]

Mad Men: Of Hair and Sex

August 23rd, 2010 · View Comments · mad men, reviews, television

Apologies for getting this out so late. My internet connection has been finicky and odious and not only did it take approximately two hours for the episode to download from iTunes this morning, but as I write this I have no connection at all. I have a feeling that last night’s Mad Men episode, “The [...]

Rubicon: Irreversible Decisions

August 17th, 2010 · View Comments · reviews, rubicon, television

Is it me, or was that a very different sort of episode than the previous three? I liked it, but it felt very light on the conspiracy, heavier on establishing character and place. I wonder whether it would’ve been better to put the bulk of what happens in episode 4 earlier in the season? Bygones. [...]

Mad Men: The Beauty Myth

August 16th, 2010 · View Comments · mad men, reviews, television

Last night’s episode of Mad Men, “The Rejected,” was directed by John Slattery (Roger Sterling), and a damn fine episode it was, too. It’s splendid (or rather, SWELLIGANT) on its own, but is also masterfully linked to events that happen all the way back in Season 1. The focus group for Ponds, for example, begs [...]

Rubicon: From Letters to Numbers

August 10th, 2010 · View Comments · reviews, rubicon, television

I am about to out myself as the nerdiest nerd, but I have a question: Do you all know about room escape games? These online Flash games that put you in a locked room and to find your way out you have to a) find stuff, b) figure out how the stuff works together, and [...]

Mad Men: Bad News Always Follows Good

August 9th, 2010 · View Comments · mad men, reviews, television

We’ve had two episodes of Mad Men that focused on characters separately, and the new Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce business as a whole, but last night’s episode, “The Good News,” focused on relationships. I love when it does that. When I saw the episode title I wasn’t sure whether it would be a Christian reference, [...]

Rubicon: The Next Great TV Show?

August 5th, 2010 · View Comments · reviews, rubicon, television

If you haven’t seen the first two episodes of AMC’s latest offering, Rubicon, I suggest you hie yourself to the AMC website and watch them before digging into this Sunday’s episode (at 9:00 EST). Here’s why it appeals to me: 1. Paper is king. People read on this show. They do the crossword puzzle. The [...]

Put Out or Get Out (aka MOAR MAD MEN)

August 4th, 2010 · View Comments · mad men, reviews, television

Hey kids! So that spiel I gave you on Monday about blogging about this show elsewhere? Forget I said that. Bygones. Here is a slightly (re)edited version of the post I wrote for them — I feel compelled to reblog it here since I reference it a few times in my first Mad Men post [...]

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