HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER: “The Burning Beekeeper” – RECAP
Over the years How I Met Your Mother has been able to create a number of fun, gimmicky episodes that take advantage of it’s narrator based storytelling to play around with time and show events out of order and it usually does so with great success. Some of the shows best episodes, such as “Brunch,” [...]
CHUCK Finale: “Chuck Versus Sarah” / “Chuck Versus the Goodbye” – RECAP
It’s hard to write about the Chuck series finale without getting emotional. It’s been five years with these characters and to have everything come to an end, whether it’s satisfying or not, is a hard thing to accept. As I type these words, I’m still not 100% percent convinced it’s all over, not because I [...]
CHUCK: “Chuck Versus the Bullet Train” – RECAP
I had a bit of weird feeling regarding “Chuck Versus the Bullet Train.” For the first time ever, I experienced an episode of TV that had two pretty annoying plot points that ended up fixing themselves in pretty great ways. That doesn’t happen too often. Usually when a series makes a mistake in the story, [...]
“46 Minutes” of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
I want the Internet to be honest with me; was this week’s How I Met Your Mother funny, or is there something wrong with me? Aside from Barney declaring himself leader of the group (followed by a tweaked title sequence featuring way more Barney) I never so much as chuckled during “46 Minutes.” I was [...]
CHUCK: “Chuck Versus Bo” Near Perfect
The last couple of weeks have gotten me really pumped for the final episodes of Chuck. There were a few rough patched this season, but I feel like the series has found its rhythm again and turned out one of the best hours of the season with “Chuck Versus Bo.” This was the episode that, [...]
CHUCK: “Chuck Versus the Kept Man” – RECAP
Compared to last week’s utterly insulting hour of Chuck, “Chuck Versus the Kept Man” felt like a breath of fresh air. Last week tried very hard to create a sense of doom and drama, but it never really clicked for me. “Kept Man” was the polar opposite, downplaying the drama and upping the comedy, making [...]
Tailgating with HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
Welcome to 2012 everybody! I’ve got to say, I was pretty stoked that the first new episode of television I’d be watching this year would be How I Met Your Mother. I find it fitting to start off the New Year with HIMYM for a number of reasons. For one thing, out of all the [...]
Chuck Versus The Baby to Bring in New Year
It’s New Year’s Eve and I’m sitting here preparing myself mentally to talk about this week’s Chuck. Don’t worry; this isn’t how I plan to spend my entire night. I’ll keep this review short. The quick version of this review is as follows: I have very mixed feelings about “Chuck Versus the Baby”. Parts of [...]
Holiday CHUCK: Chuck Versus the Santa Suit
Before I get into this week’s Chuck, I just want to apologize for not reviewing last week’s episode. I wasn’t able to catch it right away and by the time I did see it there was little point in writing about it. I can say right now I didn’t enjoy it very much. The episode [...]
CHUCK: “Chuck Versus the Hack Off” – the recap
Chuck is fast becoming a completely different kind of show than it ever was before and I love it. It’s not same subtle kind of change to the formula the series has been doing every year since it’s inception, but rather it’s something more purposeful and apparent. Within the span of one episode, Chuck and [...]
COMMUNITY: A Listen to “Regional Holiday Music”
Tuning in to NBC this Thursday for their comedy night was just the pick me up I needed this week. My days have been made rather grim lately by a brutal attack of food poisoning (thanks Taco Time), but nothing brings a smile to my face quite like Christmas specials, and Community kicked off the [...]
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER: “Symphony of Illumination” – RECAP
“Symphony of Illumination” was one of those episodes of television that employed a different narrative tactic than usual that at first I found off putting, but by the end of the episode it had such a precise and meaningful purpose that all misgivings I had seemed silly. For the first time ever on How I [...]
