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“Highway to Hell”: Supernatural: The Complete Fifth Season

September 6, 2010
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Own it on DVD and Blu-Ray on Sept 7th! Check out the official site! Synopsis: Twenty-six years ago, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force.  Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers.  He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads [...]

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Intersect 2.0: Chuck: The Complete Third Season

September 4, 2010
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Own it on DVD and Blu-Ray on Sept 7th! Check out the official site! Synopsis: The world’s nerdiest secret agent is back in the one-hour action-comedy series, Chuck.  Zachary Levi stars as Chuck Bartowski, the Buy More electronics store computer geek who unwittingly becomes the government’s most vital secret agent.  At the end of last season, [...]

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Warehouse 13 2.09: “Vendetta”

September 1, 2010
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Note: The following review contains spoilers for all aired episodes of Warehouse 13, including the most recent, “Vendetta.” It seems like every week lately I have a new favorite episode of Warehouse 13.  ”Vendetta” is a taut, brilliant hour of television that seamlessly unites the wackier, self-referential vibe in which the series has been indulging [...]

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True Blood 3.11: “Fresh Blood”

August 30, 2010
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Note: The following review contains spoilers for all aired episodes of True Blood, including the most recent, “Fresh Blood.” When watching a show as complex and wonderfully overstuffed as True Blood, it can be easy to ignore the individual performances and just be overwhelmed by the epic nature of the overall production.  This being the penultimate [...]

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Eureka 4.08: “The Ex-Files”

August 28, 2010
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Note: The following review contains spoilers for all aired episodes of Eureka, including the most recent, “The Ex-Files.” “The Ex-Files” is an absolutely stellar episode of Eureka that brought with it one minor disappointment, but once I recovered from that momentary feeling of “Oh…huh,” it wasn’t difficult to acknowledge how intelligently this twist was set up [...]

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Warehouse 13 2.08: “Merge With Caution”

August 25, 2010
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Note: The following review contains spoilers for all aired episodes of Warehouse 13, including the most recent, “Merge With Caution.” Warehouse 13 just keeps getting better and better.  The most recent episode, “Merge With Caution,” is an absolutely delightful episode that centers on relationships, romantic and otherwise.  In the first camp, we have Pete and his [...]

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True Blood 3.10: “I Smell A Rat”

August 23, 2010
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Note: The following review contains spoilers for all aired episodes of True Blood, including the most recent, “I Smell A Rat.” I have to confess that I’ve known the secret of Sookie’s origins for over a year now, thanks to a friend spoiling me on the books halfway through last season, so, no I didn’t experience [...]

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Everyday Heroes: No Ordinary Family

August 22, 2010
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The Powells were an ordinary American nuclear family, until one day they weren’t.  Up until their trip to Brazil, there wasn’t anything particularly distinctive about them as a unit.  Dad, Jim, a police station sketch artist played by Michael Chiklis (The Shield, Fantastic 4), was feeling dissatisfied and unfulfilled in life.  Meanwhile, son, JJ, was having [...]

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Eureka 4.07: “Stoned”

August 21, 2010
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Note: The following review contains spoilers for all aired episodes of Eureka, including the most recent, “Stoned.” In a season that has redefined and even improved upon an already brilliant show to an extent that far exceeded even my wildest, highest expectations, Eureka has outdone itself yet again with “Stoned,” a phenomenal episode (directed by Joe [...]

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“The Long Con”: Lone Star

August 19, 2010
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Bob Allen, the protagonist of FOX’s upcoming fall drama series, Lone Star, is living a multitude of lives.  Raised to be a con man by his dad, John, Bob (or Robert, depending on where he is) has spent his entire life pretending to be other people in order to scam money away from the unfortunate and [...]

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