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Tag: Science Fiction
Falling Skies, “Prisoner of War”: paging Dr. Scaredy Cat
“Nobody puts paprika on chicken! What are you? Hungarian?!” – Pope
Being Human, “Addicted to Love”: sure, if you want to call it that
That awkward moment when you possess another body and get stuck.
Being Human, “(I Loathe You) For Sentimental Reasons”: a series of unfortunate events
Aidan’s pornstasch is the star of the show.
Being Erica, “Erica, Interrupted”: anaphylactic shocking timelines
Erica wakes up in a hospital to find the last two years erased.
Awake: Jason Isaacs Wants You to Watch His Show [Interview]
The star of NBC’s complex new drama, Awake, talks about why he was compelled to join the show.
Awake: BD Wong and Cherry Jones Try To Out Shrink Each Other [Interview]
Awake: BD Wong and Cherry Jones Try To Out Shrink Each Other [Interview]
Alphas, “Rosetta”: new friends
Really speaking our language.
Alphas, “Pilot”: more than time to kill
A superhero show that can avoid the mistakes of its predecessor?
Alphas, “Cause and Effect”: chess-loving villains
All bad guys love chess!
Terra Nova, “Pilot”: land of the lost budget
The massive production budget spells probable disaster for this freshman show, but it looks like it will be fun while it lasts.
Doctor Who, “Vincent and The Doctor”: invisible monsters and black dogs
One of the greatest episodes of Doctor Who. Of. All. Time.
Doctor Who, “The Pandorica Opens”: and silence falls
A cliffhanger on par with The Shield and the greatest of television history.
Doctor Who, “The Time of Angels”: weeping angels and river song(s)
Tapping into a primal human fear plus expert time manipulations equals a great first of a two-parter.
Doctor Who, “The Vampires of Venice”: an on/off switch
Unfortunately, for every bit of success on the character front the episode failed on the plotting.
Doctor Who, “Victory of the Daleks”: Jammie Dodger
A huge success and the best work Mark Gatiss has written for Doctor Who to date.
Doctor Who, “The Big Bang”: timey wimey
A beautifully flawed and constructed creation of genius if there ever was one.
Doctor Who, “The God Complex”: the Doctor’s demon
The Doctor comes face to face with his leathery Hyde.
Doctor Who, “The Lodger”: The Rotmeister
Just what the Doctor ordered: lighter fare and the good Doc passing himself off as an everyday bloke.
Doctor Who, “Let’s Kill Hitler!”: this lonely traveler
River sweeps us away.
Doctor Who, “Night Terrors”: out of place, out of time
The Doctor takes a house call.
Doctor Who, “The Beast Below”: Geronimo!
“You don’t ever decide what I need to know!” – The Doctor
Doctor Who, “A Christmas Carol”: a little too tried and true
Doctor Who’s 2010 Christmas special is an uneven piece filled with brilliant ideas that just doesn’t quite make the grade on the emotion.
Doctor Who, “Amy’s Choice”: billions of blue blistering barnacles
A solid episode, lots of tension, important to the series, but not terribly deep.
Doctor Who, “Flesh and Stone”: angel come, angel go
Congratulations go to Moffat on the method he used when dealing with the Doctor defeating the Angels.
Lost, “What They Died For”: now you’re like me
It’s weird to suddenly start getting big answers, isn’t it?
Lost, “The Candidate”: attack of the smoke monster
“No, trust me, you don’t want to be on board that sub.” – Not Locke to Claire
Lost, “The Last Recruit”: Hydra sailing
“If you’re gonna shoot me in cold blood, brother… I think I have a right to know what you’re getting in exchange for it.” – Desmond to Sayid
Lost, “The End”: did the series finale land?
So much good stuff over six seasons gets fumbled by the final moments of “The End.”
Lost, “Lighthouse”: that’s not John, that’s my friend
“Someone’s coming to the island. I need you to help them find it.” – Jacob to Hurley
Lost, “Recon”: Watership Down
“I’m the smoke thing.” – Not Locke
Lost, “Sundown”: have you seen my baseball?
“I know what kind of man you are.” – Sayid’s brother to Sayid
Lost, “LA X: Part I”: wherein Lost gets found for one last go round
This is Lost, baby, and the final season is going to be one hell of a deliciously mind bendingly bumpy fun/death ride.
Lost, “Happily Ever After”: you felt it too
“The island isn’t done with you yet.” – Charles Widmore to Desmond
Lost, “Across the Sea”: we are here for a reason
“One day you can make up your own game, and everyone will have to follow your rules.” – A young Not Locke/Smoke Monster, to Jacob
Lost, “Dr. Linus”: Elba
“How different would it have been? The island still got you in the end.” – Ben to Lapidus
Lost, “Everybody Loves Hugo”: some kind of fajita fieldtrip
“Wow, what a coincidence.” – Hurley
Lost, “Ab Aeterno”: ask Ricardo
“Do I sound like somebody who has a plan? – Richard Alpert
Futurama, “Yo Leela Leela”: Minimum Security Orphanarium
“Non-creative? Hah! I’ll have you know I bedazzle my own underpants!”
Futurama, “The Tip of the Zoidberg”: what friends are for
“I’ll be damned; it did make him a double-yeti!” – Zoidberg
Futurama, “The Silence of the Clamps”: Zoidberg goes Super Saiyan
“My name’s not Slick, it’s Zoidberg. John f—ing Zoidberg!” – Zoidberg
Futurama, “Reincarnation”: Futurama level six – complete!
“Wait! There’s a snail on the tail of the frog on the bump of this log that I found in a hole on the bottom of the sea!” – Professor Farnsworth
Futurama, “Overclockwise”: Bender’s burnin’ brain
“I can conceive of gravies that would boggle your tiny mind! But it’s not safe here.“ – Bender
Futurama, “Mobius Dick”: space whale of a space tale
“Something he saw on that mission traumatized him so severely, he grew hair! Just so it could turn white!” – Professor Farnsworth, about Dr. Zoidberg
Futurama, “Ghost in the Machines”: Bender dies, but the show lives on
“Dead? I thought I had anti-gravity and laryngitis.” – Bender
Futurama, “Law and Oracle”: and spoof goes the dynamite
“After centuries as a delivery boy, nothing surprises me.” – Fry
Futurama, “Fry am the Egg Man”: vegetarian vampire?
“But we can’t kill someone just because he’s hideous and annoying!” – Fry
Futurama, “Decision 3012”: Nixon always wins
“I don’t even know who this guy is!” – Bender
Futurama, “All the Presidents’ Heads”: Futurama goes colonial
“Lick that head! Lick that head!” – Planet Express Crew