After seeing the pilot of ABC’s new supernatural series, ‘The Gates’, I’m really beginning to wonder if ABC can do anything right.
Stranglings, shootings, hit-and-runs, a tornado, a plane crash, a poisoning, arson, hostage taking, spousal abuse and now a bomb? Is Wisteria Lane the most dangerous (fictional) street in America?
This week’s episode of Desperate Housewives was all about the money — the damage it can cause to friendships and the crazy things it makes desperate people do. I’m sure money is on a lot of our minds lately, and I identify with the housewives in various ways: Susan showed her goofiness by first trying […]
Scripted primetime programming: it’s why I watch TV. Sure, I enjoy Conan occasionally and I catch up on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report over the weekend, but they don’t warrant the same level of devotion I give to my favorite scripted shows. That said, devotion does not always equal satisfaction. The first half […]
(Season 5, Episode 13 – “The Best Thing That Ever Could Have Happened” ) We really don’t see enough of Beau Bridges. He needs a regular gig somewhere — more than Earl’s dad — and that was made clearly evident in tonight’s episode of Desperate Housewives, in which he played a handyman who keels over […]
We’re well into the Desperate Housewives saga this season, and the show really hasn’t grabbed me like it did at the beginning of the series. There have been some interesting moments, but they’ve mostly been little ones, like Bree and Alex making a connection in last week’s episode, and the little adventures that Mrs. McCluskey […]
(Season 5, Episode 12 – “Connect! Connect!” ) “Oh man, I wanna say something helpful, but all I’ve got is ‘that sucks’.” – Mike to Dave, upon hearing how Edie threw him out of the house. Revenge is a bitter thing to carry around, isn’t it? So we finally get to learn a little more […]
