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Interview: Yvette Nicole Brown Discusses Community and Her Positive Outlook

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May 22nd, 2012

For Brown, the fans are one of the most satisfying aspects of being on the show. “They’re like ‘A video game? Sure! Zombie apocalypse? Yes!’” she says, referring to two specific episodes, “Digital Estate Planning” (Season 3, Episode 20) and “Epidemiology” (Season 1, Episode 6). Is Brown surprised that fans are so rabidly loyal to a series that prefers spaghetti Western homages to typical sitcom storytelling? “I’m not really surprised anymore. I’m eternally grateful, but not surprised.”

House Recap: ‘Everybody Dies’ (Season 8, Episode 22 – Series Finale)

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May 22nd, 2012

And now to the issues fans will no doubt be debating for ages to come: Did House plan this? We never do see what happens with the patient between the time that House finds the twig in his neck vein, and when he’s lying dead on the floor of the shooting gallery, having presumably OD’d.

Mad Men Recap: “The Christmas Waltz” (Season 5, Episode 10)

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May 21st, 2012

The Christmas episode of Mad Men always feels strange, as the show airs in spring and summer. Watching the characters wander around chilly, under-saturated New York City streets in heavy wool coats while we on the east coast are breaking out summer linens and shorts is always bizarre. Last night’s episode was exhilarating and melancholy [...]

Sherlock Recap: ‘The Reichenbach Fall’

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May 21st, 2012

Now, this is the premise of the episode. What it asks us to accept in order for the story to get going. So it seems unreasonable to carp. But am I the only one who feels that if you can use a mobile phone to break into three of the most secure places in Britain in the first five minutes, then we should probably all pack up and go home?

The Killing Recap: Sayonara, Hiawatha (Season 2, Episode 9)

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May 21st, 2012

A recap/review of The Killing Sayonara, Hiawatha (Season 2, Episode 9)

The 2012-2013 Television Season: An Overall Look

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May 17th, 2012

My final thoughts on the 2012-2013 fall season.

CW: The 2012-2013 Television Season

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May 17th, 2012

A look at CW’s 2012-2013 schedule.

CBS: The 2012-2013 Television Season

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May 16th, 2012

A Look at the CBS 2012-2013 Television Season

ABC: The 2012-2013 Television Season

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May 15th, 2012

A look at the ABC 2012-2013 fall season

House Recap: ‘Holding On’ (Season 8, Episode 21)

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May 15th, 2012

Sometimes the worst thing about being a pessimist is how often you’re right. I would have been much happier if the hopeful commenters on last week’s recap who said House’s reaction to Wilson’s scan could mean any number of things were right. But they’re not. Wilson is dying; without chemotherapy, he’s got about five months, and he’s refusing chemotherapy.

FOX: The 2012-2013 Television Season

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May 14th, 2012

A look at the 2012-2013 schedule for FOX.

Sherlock Recap: ‘The Hounds of Baskerville’

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May 14th, 2012

The whole episode seemed to revolve around questions of perception and memory, and the way recognising something as impossible can’t stop it hurting you. Could that be the real terror at the centre of this version of Gothic: knowing it’s all a nightmare without that knowledge giving you any power to stop it?

Mad Men Recap: “Dark Shadows” (Season 5, Episode 9)

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May 14th, 2012

This week marks the return of Betty Francis, the wounded whale. Betty, struggling to lose weight, bookended last night’s episode with her strategic consumption. Weiner continued to poke at the plight of the Jews in 1966, and Don’s secret, shameful past is bubbling to the surface without any disturbing effects. There are only four episodes [...]

The Killing Recap: Off The Reservation (Season 2, Episode 8)

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May 14th, 2012

A recap/review of The Killing: Off the Reservation (Season 2, Episode 8)

NBC: The 2012-2013 Television Season

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May 13th, 2012

A look at NBC’s Fall and Midseason Schedule

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