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“Orphan Black” – By Means Which Have Never Yet Been Tried (2.10) season finale review

June 28, 2014

Sarah (Tatiana Maslany) hands herself over in the season two finale of Orphan Black. For the majority of the season two finale of Orphan Black, I couldn’t help but feel like something was missing. Nothing...

“Orphan Black” – Things Which Have Never Yet Been Done (2.09) episode review

Ally Johnson

June 16, 2014

Sarah (Tatiana Maslany) makes an impossible choice. Orphan Black sure knows how to turn it around. After a lackluster showing last week, and with the penultimate episode airing this week, I expected somet...

“Orphan Black” – Knowledge of Causes, and Secret Motion of Things (2.07) episode review

Ally Johnson

June 1, 2014

Sarah and Allison (Tatiana Maslany) meet up in this weeks episode to do damage control. Well then. The term “that escalated quickly” has rarely been more applicable. I don’t know about you but I certainly...

“Orphan Black” – To Hound Nature in Her Wanderings (2×06) episode review

Ally Johnson

May 27, 2014

Helena (Tatiana Maslany) makes a friend in this weeks episode of Orphan Black. You know we are not just a concept, right? That we are your consequences? Orphan Black has always been a narrative abo...

“Elementary” – The Grand Experiment (2.24) season finale review

Ally Johnson

May 18, 2014

Mycroft (Rhys Ifans) is forced to go on the run in the season finale of Elementary. The finale of Elementary’s first season ended on something of a triumphant note. Sure, there were obstacles to overcome ...

“Orphan Black”- Governed As If By Chance (2×04) episode review

Ally Johnson

May 12, 2014

Cosima (Tatiana Maslany) and Felix (Jordan Gavaris) research project LEDA. See, now that’s how Sarah Manning should be written. After I spent a good portion of my time in last week’s review har...

“Elementary” – Art in the Blood (2.23) episode review

Ally Johnson

May 10, 2014

Mycroft (Rhys Ifans) shares some truths. I’m frustrated over this episode. I thought it was the best episode of the season by a long shot but, but, the ending annoyed me quite a bit. The episode starts...

“New Girl” – Cruise (3.23) season finale review

Ally Johnson

May 7, 2014

The gang goes on a cruise in the season finale of New Girl. I am, admittedly, a little confused about the direction New Girl seems to be taking us. As the show's third season drew to a close I couldn’t he...

“Orphan Black” – Mingling Its Own Nature With It” (2×03) episode review

Ally Johnson

May 4, 2014

Sarah (Tatiana Maslany) is on the run in this weeks Orphan Black. I wouldn’t be surprised if viewers were feeling a bit of whiplash after this week’s episode of Orphan Black considering just how...

“Elementary” – Paint it Black (2×22) episode review

Ally Johnson

May 3, 2014

Sherlock (Jonny Lee Miller) and Mycroft (Rhys Ifans) race against the clock to find Joan (Lucy Liu). I had some high hopes for this week’s episode “Paint it Black”. While most of this anticipation was bui...

“Orphan Black”- Governed By Sound Reason And True Religion (2.02) episode review

Ally Johnson

April 27, 2014

Sarah (Tatiana Maslany) looks for her daughter in weeks Orphan Black. Something that I love about Orphan Black is that it never gives you a moment to settle. Rather than drag certain storylines out for as...

“Elementary” – The Man with the Twisted Lip (2.21) episode review

Ally Johnson

April 25, 2014

Mycroft (Rhys Ifans) returns in this weeks Elementary. There are three things that we need to talk about concerning this week’s episode-we can get to the details of the casework later which involves a mis...

“Orphan Black” – Nature Under Constraint and Vexed (2.01) episode review

Ally Johnson

April 20, 2014

Sarah (Tatiana Maslany) must face-off with Rachel (Tatiana Maslany). As an unabashed lover of science-fiction and for strong female leads, Orphan Black was an easy recommendation for me. The first season ...

“New Girl” – Big News (3.21) episode review

Ally Johnson

April 16, 2014

The gang throws a party for Winston (Lamorne Morris). When we were last with our New Girl crew Jess and Nick had just gone through a painfully realistic break-up. They had realized, albeit abruptly, that...

“Elementary” – No Lack of Void (2×20) episode review

Ally Johnson

April 11, 2014

Sherlock (Jonny Lee Miller) mourns the passing of a friend in this week's Elementary. “At me too someone’s looking, of me too someone is saying. He is sleeping, he knows nothing, let him sleep on.” – Wait...

“Elementary”- The Many Mouths of Andrew Colville (2.19) episode review

Ally Johnson

April 4, 2014

We learn more about Joan's (Lucy Liu) past in this week's episode of Elementary. Sometimes you have to suspend your level of disbelief just enough in order to enjoy an episode of television. It’s somethin...

“New Girl” – Mars Landing (3.20) episode review

Ally Johnson

March 26, 2014

Jess (Zooey Deschanel) and Nick (Jake Johnson) discuss their future together. Technically speaking, this was a strong episode of New Girl. It was tightly written, allowed moments for all of the characters...

“Elementary” – The Hound of the Cancer Cells (2.18) episode review

Ally Johnson

March 15, 2014

Sherlock (Jonny Lee Miller) must solve a case involving a framed suicide. Elementary has rarely been so overt with their canonical links, so when I saw this week’s episode was entitled “The Hound of the C...

“New Girl” – Fired Up (3.19) episode review

Ally Johnson

March 12, 2014

Jess (Zooey Deschanel) gets Coach (Damon Wayans Jr.) a job at her school. The difficulty I’ve found recently with writing about New Girl is how utterly formulaic it becomes after a number of episodes pass...

“New Girl” – Sister III (3.18) episode review

Ally Johnson

March 5, 2014

Jess (Zooey Deschanel) and Nick (Jake Johnson) decide to move in together. We’ve reached the third and final installment of the sister saga and of course it ends up being the strongest of the bunch, final...

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