‘House of Lies’: Surprisingly On-The-Nose

Today Showtime released the first episode of its upcoming new series ‘House of Lies,’ and I’m disappointed. This show has some exciting pedigree to recommend it, and yet the episode, currently available on Showtime’s website (ABSOLUTELY NSFW. Let me repeat that. This episode is NSFW!!!), left me cold. I won’t rule out a series simply based on a pilot, especially when a series can drastically change between a pilot and even the second episode, but there are some substantial improvements that need to be made if I’m going to keep it on my busy Spring TV schedule.

Riding on the BiPolar Express: An In Time With You Finale Review

Few finales have been so frustrating and yet ultimately satisfying as that of In Time With You. Some scenes and character beats made me want to grab my old field hockey stick and club my laptop to death for showing me such drivel, and yet for the last half hour of this episode I found myself grinning like an idiot as I giggled into my pillow. While I don’t think that this episode resolved all of the problems plaguing this drama, ultimately it succeeds in leaving me with fond memories of my time with it (oh me and my puns!).

I think this should be fairly obvious, but just in case, SPOILER ALERT!

Boob Tube Round-Up: Week of December 10 – December 16

Hiatus? Who does that? The next few weeks without new episodes are going to be torturous...

The Second Commandment: Check Out Padam Padam

(Padam Padam is a Monday-Tuesday drama that premiered on December 5^th in South Korea on the new cable channel jTBC and is being subtitled in English by Dramafever. It is scheduled to air for twenty episodes).

I can say, in all earnestness, that Padam Padam epitomizes why I am so passionately devoted to the medium of television. It may seem a bit hasty to throw such praise around for a series that has just aired its first two episodes this past week, but when the directing, cinematography, writing, and acting is firing on all cylinders the way it has so far, I can’t help but get excited.

Boob Tube Round Up: Week of December 3 – December 9, 2011

The holidays are approaching, and nothing says "Merry Christmas" like harassing school principles and making fun of Glee!

“The Trial of Leslie Knope,” the Heart and Soul of Parks and Recreation

I realized that a mere Twitter sized love-fest for this week’s Parks and Recreation, “The Trial of Leslie Knope,” is an insult to the greatness that was this episode. Parks and Rec is already one of my all time favorite sitcoms, but this episode stands apart from the rest, and deserves proper recognition. NOTE: This post is all kinds of spoilery, so avert your eyes, those faint hearted amongst you!

So why the bleeding heart over this episode?

Boob Tube Round-up, Week of November 26 – December 2

Where I dissect the currently airing shows I follow into Twitter-size bites. Come join me!

The First Commandment: Watch The Comeback (2005)

“Time to focus on what’s really important: me.” –Valerie Cherish

Since my friends find it super annoying when I spend hours on end talking about amazing shows that no one has ever heard of, I thought that I would vent my frustration/push my TV crack here. Today’s drug of choice? HBO’s The Comeback, from executive producers and writers Michael Patrick King (Sex and the City, 2 Broke Girls) and Lisa Kudrow (from a little show called Friends).

So why the commandment from atop the thing? Check it out:

Community’s “Advanced Gay” and the Season 1 Problem

Heart attack or clever way to get out of this episode?

After two stellar episodes from Community, “Advanced Gay” pales in comparison. “Remedial Chaos Theory” and “Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps” exemplify what is best about the show, a comedy that is not afraid to push the boundaries of how stories are told on television without sacrificing the status and growth of its characters. Yet “Advanced Gay” seemed to fall back on the tired, unimaginative threads of Pierce’s conservative social views, Jeff’s Daddy Issues (still left unresolved in any way), and Britta’s ill-informed overreaching. But most disappointing is the resuscitation of the “Look! Community college students! They take their studies so seriously. Aren’t they quaint?” approach to storylines, which I was hoping the writers had gotten over by the end of season 1.

For some context, let’s take a look back.

New Blog! Woot!

Well, welcome dear reader(s)!

So I am sure everyone has been waiting for the day that TiaC would start her own blog to catalog her thoughts on her favorite television shows, past and present. I felt that it was time to step up and live up to your expectations.