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Friday Night Lights “East of Dillon”/ “After the Fall” Review (4×01/4×02)

Everything looks different! It’s East Dillon and West Dillon as we open the fourth season of Friday Night Lights, and although there are a number of major contrivances–it really seems as if East Dillon springs up from nowhere–it’s clear that the show’s going to use this new status quo to explore different characters, different schools, and various racial and class tensions. Season 1 placed Coach Taylor into a new and sometimes hostile environment, but season 4 places him in a situation in which he has no foundation to build upon. The pieces aren’t in place; he has to find them and put them together.

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Wilfred “Forward” Review (4×05)

17 Jul

It’s time to see things from the dog’s perspective. In “Forward”, we operate under the assumption that Wilfred truly is is own entity, that he has his own way of looking at things, that his way of looking at things isn’t just a twist on Ryan’s views. As a result, it’s a nice and refreshing take on things, but it also signifies a desire to bide time on the part of the writers.

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The Bridge “Ghost of a Flea” Review (2×02)

17 Jul

“Yankee” was about people operating in the same location as each other, but operating in seemingly disconnected manners; we saw characters out searching for answers, scattered, with feelings of isolation creeping in at every turn. “Ghost of a Flea” begins to move these characters toward each other again, and the more fluid nature of the episode serves as a significant improvement over the premiere.

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Friday Night Lights Season 3, Episodes 5-7 Review

16 Jul

*I wrote reviews of episodes 8-13 a while back, so I’m just going ahead to season 4 after this review. In case you’re looking for 8-13, here are some links:

Episode 8: “New York, New York”

https://polarbearstv.com/2013/10/20/friday-night-lights-new-york-new-york-review-3×08/

Episode 9: “Game of the Week”

https://polarbearstv.com/2013/10/22/friday-night-lights-game-of-the-week-review-3×09/

Episode 10: “The Giving Tree”

https://polarbearstv.com/2013/10/26/friday-night-lights-the-giving-tree-review-3×10/

Episode 11: “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall”

https://polarbearstv.com/2013/10/31/friday-night-lights-a-hard-rains-gonna-fall-review-3×11/

Episode 12: “Underdogs”

https://polarbearstv.com/2013/11/03/friday-night-lights-underdogs-review-3×12/

Episode 13: “Tomorrow Blues”

https://polarbearstv.com/2013/11/12/friday-night-lights-tomorrow-blues-review-3×13/

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Categories Friday Night Lights, Television-Classic

Nathan For You “Pet Store/Maid Service” Review (2×03)

16 Jul

“There’s nothing wrong with being a fucking nerd.”

Nathan Fielder’s deadpan is a thing of beauty. The mock seriousness he brings to every interaction is one of the main reasons for the awkward tension that results and the genuine reactions that slip out, and in “Pet Store/Maid Service”, we continue to see that technique being utilized. However, there are two stand out moments–or sequence of moments–that portray a Nathan Fielder we haven’t really seen before.

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24: Live Another Day “Day 9: 10:00 p.m. – 11:00 a.m.” Review (9×12)

14 Jul

“I think I’m the only friend you have left.”

Pain is a fundamental aspect of the 24 universe, whether it be physical pain due to an ass-kicking by Jack Bauer or the very real and deep emotional scars that are ever present in our characters’ psyches. From the opening sequence of Live Another Day, we see the guilt and the stress and the exhaustion across Jack’s face, and we know that the years have not been kind to him.

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Masters of Sex “Parallax” Review (2×01)

14 Jul

“Work…it’s where I belong.”

A script is a means by which we can find some semblance of structure, of stability, of requirements and guidelines, and we oftentimes will retreat behind what we perceive to be a life script, something that takes into consideration the values of society, mixes it up with our comfort zones, and dictates what we should do and what we should feel. Because of this, the identities that arise and the problems resulting from the identities we display to the world are simply false fronts.

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The Strain “Night Zero” Review (1×01)

14 Jul

Early on in the pilot of Guillermo del Toro’s new series, Corey Stoll’s Dr. Ephraim Goodweather goes on about how a virus and a terrorist are two entirely different beasts. The former serves no purpose other than to find a host and reproduce, whereas the latter at least has an end goal in mind. It’s a key distinction, and it’s one that should play a significant role over the next 12 episodes.

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The Leftovers “Two Boats and a Helicopter” Review (1×03)

13 Jul

“My congregation: this morning, we prayed for her.”

“Well, she woke up last night.”

Perhaps no other scene better encapsulates Reverend Matt Jamison’s life right now. He’s a man trying to make sense of a seemingly meaningless life–as the rest of the world is doing–and he’s someone doing so by placing everything in a religious context. Yet, with every twist of fate that befalls him, it seems as if the God he looks up to is leaving him behind in the dust.

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Review

12 Jul

Rise of the Planet of the Apes was about a regular ape who grew into a leader, inspiring others to rebel and to break the shackles binding them to the human race. The sequel is about what happens when the memories of those shackles linger on not only in that specific ape’s mind, but also in the minds of apes unwilling to move on and forget.

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Friday Night Lights “East of Dillon”/ “After the Fall” Review (4×01/4×02)

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The Bridge “Ghost of a Flea” Review (2×02)

Friday Night Lights Season 3, Episodes 5-7 Review

Nathan For You “Pet Store/Maid Service” Review (2×03)

24: Live Another Day “Day 9: 10:00 p.m. – 11:00 a.m.” Review (9×12)

Masters of Sex “Parallax” Review (2×01)

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