March 2012
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Fringe: "A Short Story About Love" Review
Fringe returned Friday with a big episode that answered the primary question of Season 4: what timeline are we in? “A Short Story About Love” is a strong episode of Fringe that manages to touch on a case-of-the-week, while simultaneously providing huge mythology-based answers. Let’s start with the case-of-the-week. “A Short Story About Love” introduces us to Anson Carr, a crazed former perfume...
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The Walking Dead: "Beside the Dying Fire" Review
I’m going to say it right from the start: the Season 2 finale of The Walking Dead was incredibly well done. I loved it, and I don’t say that often about this show; in fact, there have been some pretty bland episodes this season. The finale, on the other hand, was filled with action, beautiful cinematography, and huge changes. So let’s jump right into it. This episode has a strong opener,...
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The Walking Dead: "Better Angels" Review
As the pen-ultimate episode of Season 2, “Better Angels” is an extremely effective episode that ties up one loose end and introduces a whole new issue. The tone feels right here, and the slow setup to Shane’s demise is effective and jarring. Finally, things start to move towards big change on the Hershel farm, as we watch Shane spiral out of control. Oddly, his character motivations seem to...
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The Walking Dead: "Judge, Jury, Executioner"...
In an effort to review all the episodes of The Walking Dead: Season 2, I will be posting reviews of the final three episodes (the good news is that these reviews are so late that you all have seen them by now). So let’s start with an episode from March 4th - “Judge, Jury, Executioner” aka, the episode where Dale is ripped apart by a walker. Usually I don’t start reviews with endings, but it’s...
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The Walking Dead: "18 Miles Out" Review
I’m way behind on my Walking Dead reviews (in fact, there’s a new episode airing as I write this). But for the sake of consistency, I’m going to use this week to catch up and post a few short reviews of the previous episodes. It’ll lead us right into the Season 2 finale. “18 Miles Out” is actually one of the strongest episodes of the season. It displays a strong sense of intimacy by only...
