TV Reviews
Cowboy Bebop Episode 6
Cowboy Bebop Episode 6 has the crew of the Bebop after a boy named Zebra who can’t age because of something that happened a long time ago.
This episode is very interesting because it takes a cliché plot line of the immortal human being and makes it a …
Fullmetal Alchemist Episode 4
Fullmetal Alchemist Episode 4 begins with Ed and Al burning down their house and beginning their search for a way to get their bodies back. They board a train and make a stop on their way to Central. While resting they stop a purse snatcher, and learn …
Direct TV
A couple weeks ago, I decided to do away with Charter cable television and take advantage of a special offer we had from Direct TV. I was nervous about the switch. But, I wanted to cut our monthly costs and thought this would be a great way to do …
Cowboy Bebop Episode 7
G Cowboy Bebop Episode 7 has the crew of the Bebop go after a man named Decker. Spike meets a trucker named V.T. and she helps them go after Becker.
The voice acting for Cowboy Bebop is top notch with great voice actors and actresses. This …
Warehouse 13 season 1 episode 10 Breakdown
This show is about a secret place called Warehouse 13, there a lot of artefacts are stored, and all these artefacts are somehow dangerous for people. There’s the keeper in the warehouse called Artie and two agents who search for the artefacts.
This was one of the most boring and …
Teen Mom (MTV)
There was a time when teenaged girls were scolded for getting themselves “in trouble.” But for some reason now, people think it’s ok to showcase these young girls. Young black women have been raising kids at an early age for many years. There has always been …
Millionaire Match Maker show
If you think you’ve seen all the love reality shows, you might have missed Millionaire Match Maker. Unlike all the other reality shows where people are “looking for love”, this one features primarily the world’s richest and most successful men. On occasion they may attempt to match …
The Good Life Series 3 Episode 2 Happy Event
‘Happy Event’ is the second episode of The Good Life’s third series. With Richard Briers and Felicity Kendal as Tom and Barbara, a jovial couple of Surbitonites who have given up the rat race to become self-sufficient and live off the land, which is actually their back garden …
Warehouse 13 season 1 episode 9 Regrets
I really liked this episode, it was interesting and exciting. There was this character of reverend John Hill, he looked so familiar to me but I just couldn’t remember where I saw him before. It started obsessing me so I went to TV.com to see who he was and …
Hogan’s Heroes: One Army at a Time
Well, that was a somewhat interesting episode of Hogan’s Heroes that was on at lunch today; “One Army at a Time.”
Basically, in this episode, they are trying to blow up a Nazi bridge. But, they are interrupted as they are making their way there and, because he is dressed …
The Simpson’s: Little Orphan Millie
Well, that was an interesting episode of the Simpson’s last night “Little Orphan Millie” but it really wasn’t quite as funny as I would expect from this show.
Milhouse’s parents finally get back together after being divorced for a couple seasons. But, on their honeymoon, they fall overboard on a …
Wagon Train: The Old Man Charvanaugh Story
Escorting a family to a settlement, Flint is joined by a concertina playing wanderer who is really a ruthless bandit. McCullough and the family are left to wander without proper clothing or supplies.
Wagon Train was one of the longest running and most successful television westerns. Originally, it focused …
Launch My Line show
Yes, there is yet another reality show featuring design and fashion. Instead of watching people model the clothes and basing the prize on that, we get to see literal amateurs attempting to launch their own clothing lines. They are paired with an expert who knows how to …
House Hunters International show
This HGTV show is a bit more exciting than the typical House Hunters show because it showcases couples who wish to make exotic locales their permanent (or vacation) homes. These places are in some really far out places. Germany, St. Tomas, Italy, France, and even Switzerland. …
Chef Academy TV show
Chef Academy may look like all the other reality shows on TV. But it certainly is not. First of all this show doesn’t have the typical elimination set up. There are challenges. But the whole point is that the participants on the show graduate. …
Fantasia For Real
I liked Fantasia when she was on American Idol. I was really rooting for her and hoped that she would make it really far. When she won, I thought that things would look up for her. And I was right. But then I realized …
Tough Love Season 2
I watched the first season of Tough Love, and was a big impressed with the format. Tuning into the second season, Tough Love 2 has been just as entertaining. I was surprised, but maybe not so much that they brought back Taylor from the first season …
Let’s Talk About Pep
I was under the impression that when I watched “Let’s Talk About Pep”—that I would be watching a show that focused on Pepa (from the rap group Salt N Pepa) “auditioning” a bunch of different guys that she might see potential to get involved with. But when I …
Doctor Who season 1 Episode 1 Rose
I have heard quite a lot about this show so I decided to watch it when they finally started showing it on our public television. I knew it was a science fiction show but III didn’t know what to expect actually.
This episode is located in London, where a rather …
Warehouse 13 Season 1 Episode 8 Duped
This episode had to do with Alice, the magical mirror and Lewis Carroll, I really like similar stories because they aren’t only interesting but also educational. What happened is that the secret agent Myka got stuck in the mirror while Alice gets into Myka’s body. Nobody realises what happened …
Droctor Who season 1 episode 2 The End of the World
I thought this show was a serious one until I saw this episode. Well, this episode made me realise that this show is probably in the same category as Power Rangers and similar children Sci-Fi show.
In this episode The Doctor takes Rose 5 billion years in the future to …
The Maury Show
This show comes on the channel CW 18, and is mostly about who is or who is not the father of the mother’s baby, who got who pregnant, or who cheated on who. Very rarely a subject matter that is not of those natures come on the show. …
MANswers
Have you ever asked yourself, how much testosterone and how little brain you can put into a show on national television? Well, MANswers shown on spike is where you get the answer.
In thirty minutes filled with breasts, weapons and sex you get to know everything a man wants to know …
Death Note Episode 11
Death Note Episode 11 has Sakura TV airing a message supposedly sent by Kira, predicting the deaths of news anchors who have spoken out against Kira. When people start to die, Soichiro Yagami, Light’s father, decides he must do something to stop Kira.
This episode was amazing; I was surprised …
Death Note Episode 10
Death Note Episode 10 involves Light and L having a “friendly” tennis mach. L is just trying to be friendly while observing Light to see how he behaves, while Light is trying to figure out how to not let L suspect that he is Kira.
This episode was really interesting. …
Death Note Episode 12
Death Note Episode 12 has Light trying to figure out how t get to the Second Kira and discover their identity before the Task Force does while a girl named Misa, a supermodel is revealed to have a Death Note and a Shinigami named Rem.
This was an interesting episode …
Trigun Episode 11
Trigun Episode 11 begins with Nicholas D. Wolfwood sees Milly again and they help a couple who are in need because they need to get away from people who are after them.
This is a good episode, not as good as the other ones but it’s still excellent. I …
Trigun Episode 12
Trigun Episode 12 begins with Vash in a town playing with some children, when he spots a man who tells him, “I found you, Vash the Stampede”. Vash goes white and asks the man who he is, and he replies that he’s Legato Bluesummers, and that he’s a …
Death Note Episode 13
Death Note Episode 13 has Light and Matsui going to track down Kira, when Light is really going to look for the second Kira. Meanwhile, Misa deduces that Light is Kira because of her Shinigami eyes and tracks him down to tell him why she admires Kira.
This episode …
Trigun Episode 13
Trigun Episode 13 is a recap episode and recaps the first 12 episodes of the series, without being repetitive and boring; it shows the highlights of the series and gives Vash even more character development. It’s an excellent episode and not bad for a recap.
It explains what’s happened …
The Simpsons: He Loves to Fly and He Doh’s
That was a cute episode of the Simpson’s last night. I have seen parts of He Loves to Fly and He Doh’s but last night was the first time I have seen the entire episode.
I want to start out by saying I loved the intro to this episode; which …
That 70s Show: Eric Gets Suspended
Well, I didn’t know kids could be suspended from school in the 1970s just for smoking so I learned something today from That 70s Show at lunch. The episode, Eric Gets Suspended, is definitely an interesting one.
Basically, Eric isn’t the one who is smoking, Donna is apparently rebelling for …
Home Improvement: Mr. Wilson’s Opus
I ended up watching Home Improvement at lunch today because Hogan’s Heroes wasn’t on. It was a somewhat funny episode: “Mr. Wilson’s Opus.”
Basically, Randy convinces Wilson to direct Romeo & Juliet for their school play and Wilson agrees and Tim agrees to design the set. The only problem is, …
Outrageous Fortune
I had heard good things about Outrageous Fortune form my friends but I had never bothered to check it out as I didn’t really expect a lot from New Zealand televison.
However one day the mood struck me to get out the DVD and see what all the hype was …
Garfield Show: Pet Matchers/Lucky Charms
I was getting bored with my usual afternoon re-runs after work yesterday and decided to flip channels looking for something new. I came across the Garfield Show on Cartoon Network (or some channel like that).
I didn’t know they re-did the show in a 3-D format so I took the …
Secret Life of The American Teenager
The Secret life of the American Teenager focuses on a fifteen year old Amy who has a one night stand with a drummer at band camp and winds up pregnant.
Good concept, it’s new to bring a teen pregnancy into the spotlight and approach it with a little humour as …
Harold and the Purple Crayon: A Dog’s Tale
In this episode, Harold’s stuffed dog comes to life in his imagination. Harold struggles to control her and discipline her but things just get worse. Lilac is the name of his dog. In this episode Lilac ruins all the fun things Harold has drawn so Harold gets angry and …
Harold and the Purple Crayon: Blame it on the Rain
This episode begins at Harold’s bedtime and it’s raining outside. He tries to fall asleep but the sounds of the rain make him curious as to where the rain comes from. So he takes his purple crayon and heads out for an adventure on learning where the rain comes …
Harold and the Purple Crayon Pilot episode
This was the first of the episodes of this TV series on HBO. This episode was about Harold a little boy with a wild imagination. He uses his purple crayon to bring life to his imagination. The story is narrated by Sharon Stone and it begins at Harold’s bedtime.
I …
Death Note Episode 8
Death Note Episode 8 has L has security cameras in Light Yagami’s house and he figures out how to keep killing people while pretending to study for college entrance exams.
This episode was interesting as it shows how far L and Light will go to catch the …
Death Note Episode 9
Death Note Episode 9 has Light going to the University for the Entrance Exams, where he notices a strange man sitting funny at his desk. This is L of course and he does suspect that Light is Kira, but he does something that surprises even Light.
This episode was …
Death Note Episode 7
Death Note Episode 7 has Raye Pember’s fiancé arriving in Japan in search of L to help him with the Kira investigation, meanwhile Light befriends her, hoping to learn her real name to write her name in the Death Note and kill her. Meanwhile L tells the police …
Death Note Episode 6
Death Note Episode 6 has a woman who was F.B.I. Agent Raye Pember’s fiancé, looking for the Kira Investigation trying to give them information on Kira. Meanwhile the Japanese Police Task Force meets L in person and he gives them more clues about the identity of Kira.
This …
NCIS
NCIS is a series about crime scene investigators working for the Navy. Unlike many of the other similar shows, the comic element is quite strong in NCIS.
The good: I really like the comedy. The setting is far-fetched, there is for example only one person in the lab and …
CSI Miami
CSI Miami is one of several series about crime scene investigators in different cities in the US. The one from Miami is maybe my least favourite, for a couple of reasons.
The chef of the CSI, Horatio Caine, seems a bit more theatrical than the other CSI members. The way …
The 67th Golden Globe Awards - 2010
I’m not sure I’ve enjoyed an awards show as much as I did The 67th Golden Globes - 2010 in January. I’m not sure why. I’m no fan of Ricky Gervais, the host, and his contribution did nothing to make me smile. Well, I did laugh …
Have Gun - Will Travel: Hunt the Man Down
Have Gun - Will Travel: Hunt the Man Down deals with a range war that pits brother against brother. Range wars are a common plot in westerns and in its first two seasons, this thirty-minute western has done several shows with that them. Richard Boone stars as …
Have Gun - Will Travel: Juliet
In this episode of Have Gun - Will Travel, entitled Juliet, Paladin (Richard Boone) accidentally winds up in the middle of a small war. Unfortunately, there are a lot of problems with this episode, even though it’s actually entertaining. Interestingly, the show was written by Gene Roddenberry. …
Have Gun - Will Travel: Treasure Trail
Have Gun - Will Travel: Treasure Trail is the nineteenth episode from season two of this western about a gunfighter named Paladin, as played by Richard Boone. In this episode, Paladin stands in for a man who has one-fourth of a map that supposedly leads to a hidden …
The Virginian: The Devil’s Children
When I first watched The Virginian: The Devil’s Children, I kept thinking this wicked stepchild, aka: the villainous of the piece, looked darn familiar, but I couldn’t figure it out. Then I looked up the credits and realized it was Joan Freeman, guest starring as a bratty girl …
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