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House To End After Current Season

The future of House has been up in the air for quite some time now and it’s now official that the current season will be its eighth and final one.  read more

New Girl Review: "The Landlord" Episode 1.12)

While it has seemed like Nick and Jess have been predetermined to end up together at some point in New Girl, it is less because they are the show’s two main stars, but rather that they are two opposite ends of the spectrum. In “The Landlord”, Jess is the girl who can turn around the angry driver with a gun with only a smile and for the second episode in a row, uses cupcakes as a friendly tool to get others to help her. Simply put, she sees the world with rose colored glasses on, even as a child accepting candy from a stranger in a van, which for once in the world, turned out to be a good thing as he brought his grandmother along to hand out the sweets. On the other hand, Nick’s viewpoint is that people are the worst. Stemmed from a childhood where a man once stole $5 from him and ran away, Nick believes that man does not have the best intentions. New Girl may seem like the wrong format to debate the inherent good or evil in man, but with “The Landlord”, Jess and Nick take on their ideals in an awkward, and hilarious battle, to see who is right.   read more

Alcatraz Review: "Guy Hastings" (Episode 1.05)

In Alcatraz’s premiere, we were given a look at how Rebecca Madsen’s life seemed to be intertwined with the inhabitants of Alcatraz. Her grandfather Tommy was imprisoned for killing her grandmother and the man that played a sort of adopted uncle to her, Ray, was a guard at the prison. We haven’t seen these two men in the present since the first episode, but in “Guy Hastings”, we are given a deeper look at how Madsen’s family tree links to the mystery of people from the past showing up in the future.  read more

Fringe Review: "Making Angels" (Episode 4.11)

Two weeks ago I gave kudos to John Noble for his nuanced performances as the many versions of Walter Bishop and I stand by that appraisal. That said, tonight’s episode of Fringe raised an interesting question: Who is the more valuable player, the consistent frontman or the durable background actor who makes every moment of limited exposure count? I don’t know the answer to that question (and could argue both sides), but Jasika Nicole makes a very strong case for the value of quality supporting characters. Nicole has played Astrid Farnsworth since the pilot but has never been put in the spotlight until tonight.  read more

New Girl Review: "Jess & Julia" (Episode 1.11)

One of the biggest draws of New Girl is also its biggest deterrent, the constantly chipper Zooey Deschanel. Last week New Girl introduced Lizzy Caplan to the show as Nick’s new girlfriend Julia, a girl who is like the anti-Zooey in almost every way. In the episode “Jess & Julia”, we get to see the personification of the portion of the audience that doesn’t like Deschanel go head-to-head with her cutesy ways.  read more

Mindy Kaling Might Be Leaving The Office To Star In Own Show

Mindy Kaling has already developed an animated series for NBC, and now has received the green light for a medical comedy. Only, it isn’t on the network that made her famous; instead Fox has picked up the series which Kaling will co-produce and co-star in as an OB/GYN.  read more

Alcatraz Review: “Cal Sweeney” (Episode 1.4)

Four episodes into Alcatraz, and it feels like it may be starting to get a bit too comfortable. It seems somewhat fitting that in “Cal Sweeney”, the criminal of the week is a man who has a clearly laid out plan for how he goes around robbing safety deposit boxes. Everything is familiar, structured. It seems like Alcatraz is also suffering from that rigidity, getting more procedural than the show deserves.  read more

Touch Review: "Pilot" (Episode 1.1)

Tim Kring has a lot to make up for. As the creator of _Heroes_, he made a compelling story that in less than a season fizzled out into a burst of fate hokum and ridiculous storylines that seemed more soap opera than comic book. Kring new how to start off a series, yet didn’t know how to follow it up into a show worth watching. With his newest show _Touch_, he once again gets started on the right foot, yet after the large scale of “Pilot”, it’s hard to see where the show can go from here.  read more

Alcatraz Review: “Kit Nelson” (Episode 1.3)

Last week’s two episode series premiere felt like it was strongly influenced by J.J. Abrams other great Fox show, _Fringe_, but this week’s episode “Kit Nelson” felt strongly like a trip back to the island of _Lost_ in terms of style and tone. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that the episode was written by Jennifer Johnson, who co-wrote two of _Lost_’s best first season episodes, shot by frequent _Lost_ director Jack Bender, the sweeping score by Michael Giacchino, or just the use of flashbacks, underground hatches in the woods or a stand out performance by Jorge Garcia. But “Kit Nelson” felt like it took a page out of the best parts of _Lost_ and without creating problems that many viewers had throughout the show’s entire run.  read more

New Girl Review: "Story of the 50" (Episode 1.10)

When thinking back at some of my personal favorite things about _New Girl_, one of the first things that comes to mind is the Douchebag Jar, in which whenever Schmidt does something douchey, he must insert however much money the judger deems necessary for his douchey crimes. Yet looking back, this ingenious device hasn’t made an appearance since the pilot episode, a crime worthy of creating a whole new jar for the writers of _New Girl_ to place money into.  read more