Tagged television

“New Girl”- Birthday (3.13) episode review

January 23, 2014

It’s Jessica Day’s birthday in this week’s episode of New Girl and Nick has a fantastic surprise in store for her. Jess, however, has a bad history of birthday celebrations, not because there’s ever been a...

“Sherlock” – The Empty Hearse (3×01) episode review

Ally Johnson

January 20, 2014

After a two year wait coming off of the cliff hanger in the wonderful episode “The Reichenbach Fall,” the Sherlock team had a lot weighing on them in terms of expectations. With enthusiastic fans hyping up th...

Mourning Two Stars

Ellie Williams

January 17, 2014

This week, we lost both the actor Russell Johnson and Playboy Playmate Cassandra Lynn. Johnson, 89, was best known for his role as “The Professor” on the television show “Gilligan’s Island.” The show, which...

“New Girl” – Basketball (3.12) episode review

Ally Johnson

January 15, 2014

I enjoy New Girl for a number of reasons. I’ve long enjoyed Zooey Deschanel, I think the cast and their chemistry is fantastic, Nick Miller is a hilariously unique leading man character, the writing is smart,...

“Almost Human” – You Are Here (1.08) episode review

Ally Johnson

January 15, 2014

I shouldn’t have to aggressively take notes in order to review and recap a television show. Sure, I jot down interesting bits, big plot points or plot twists, things I think I’ll need to remember—that’s norma...

“Elementary” – All in the Family (2.13) episode review

Ally Johnson

January 12, 2014

There’s been an issue with the show that’s begun to nag at me after each episode, a problem that I’ve chosen to ignore in favor of celebrating the characterization of Sherlock Holmes and the building relation...

“New Girl” – Clavado En Un Bar (3.11) episode review

Ally Johnson

January 8, 2014

Who would have thought we’d have an episode that portrayed Nick Miller as the one character who’s fully content in his career? Not this girl, but boy am I happy they did. As a welcome back episode this wee...

“Almost Human” – Simon Says (1.07) episode review

Ally Johnson

January 8, 2014

A lot can be said about the magnitude of Michael Ealy’s charm—it may be what is single handedly keeping this show together. I say this due to the perfect utilization of his character in this week’s episode “S...

“Almost Human”- Arrhythmia (1.06) episode review

Ally Johnson

December 17, 2013

Well that was a massive improvement for the series, color me surprised. This show has been in a rough patch considering the network's inability to handle this show. They’ve been airing episodes out of order a...

“Elementary” – Internal Audit (2.11) episode review

Ally Johnson

December 13, 2013

Elementary this week begins with a hedge fund manager being shot and killed and it’s up to Joan and Sherlock to discover who it was. The trick Sherlock discovers is that the man in question—Donald—had been...

“Almost Human” – Blood Brothers (1.05) episode review

Ally Johnson

December 12, 2013

I think the most enjoyment I took out of this episode happened at the very beginning when Dorian and John had a discussion about the former's penis. Why? Well, aside from my juvenile sensibility, it may be...

“Elementary”- Tremors (2.10) episode review

Ally Johnson

December 7, 2013

I didn’t think the show had it in them but they genuinely pulled the rug straight out from under me with the last five minutes of the episode. Not to say that the remaining portion of the episode wasn’t fa...

“Almost Human”- The Bends (1.04) episode review

Ally Johnson

December 4, 2013

Oh what an utterly lackluster episode. If I hadn’t jotted down some notes I doubt I would have been able to retell what had happened in any type of concise or interesting manner, maybe because the episode see...

“New Girl” – Thanksgiving III (3×10) episode review

Ally Johnson

December 2, 2013

The gang decides to hold Thanksgiving outside in this weeks episode. People voluntarily go camping in November? Seriously, a camping trip? As the girl who has learned to develop a brisk walking pace from po...

“Almost Human” – Are You Recieving (1.03) episode review

Ally Johnson

November 28, 2013

Almost Human this week continues to toe the line between entertaining television and entertaining lead characters: they need to learn how to merge the two so people's interest doesn’t just rely on the main ch...

The top 10 television life-ruiners

Cassandra Wasserman

November 25, 2013

This list is comprised of my own personal life-ruiners in the world of television. And I say that with the most negative connotation. These characters not only irritate me, but have in certain cases kept me fro...

“Doctor Who” – The Day of the Doctor 50th aniversary episode review

Ally Johnson

November 24, 2013

“Great men are forged in fire. It is the privilege of lesser men to light the flame, whatever the cost.” I’m not quite sure what I am to make of this episode because all things considered, it was predictab...

“Elementary” – On the Line (2.09) episode review

Ally Johnson

November 22, 2013

This week’s episode of Elementary spent a lot of time trying to prove to me something that I just cannot buy: that Sherlock Holmes is a mean-spirited man. From what we’ve seen through the context of the show,...

“New Girl” – Longest Night Ever (3.09) episode review

Ally Johnson

November 20, 2013

There were three primary duos in this week’s episode of New Girl, “Longest Night Ever”: there was Nick and Winston who worked but it was more of a stepping stone to allow the next pairing, Jess and Schmidt, t...

The top 5 television shows you’ve never heard of

Cassandra Wasserman

November 20, 2013

Have you ever stumbled across a fantastic television show, only to realize that no one else seems to watch it? Sadly, I run into this problem more often than not. So here is a list of some shows you should be w...