Friday gave us a particularly good episode of ‘Fringe’ that focused on one of the show’s supporting characters who doesn’t often get the spotlight. It also has a brief, almost throwaway moment at the end with unexpected layers of depth and complexity behind it.
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As a result of our crowded post schedule last week, I didn’t have a chance to throw together a recap of last Monday’s episode of ‘Alcatraz’. Let’s try to get that done before tonight’s new episode airs. What, you expected us to talk about football here? Please…
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As a Boston resident, I’m frequently amused when ‘Fringe’ tries to pretend that it’s is set in the city, even though the show is filmed in Canada and makes no attempt whatsoever to seem Bostonian, aside from the characters tossing out a familiar location name every now and again. You can imagine my delight when this past Friday’s episode supposedly paid a visit to my very own neighborhood.
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Amid persistent rumors that a ’24′ movie may be in the works soon, Kiefer Sutherland has already returned to Fox primetime in the new series ‘Touch’, a drama with a sci-fi or possibly supernatural bent. The network ran a preview of the pilot episode last week and will pick up the rest of the show’s run in March. Unfortunately, the first episode didn’t really grab me. (Get it? Grab… touch… Yeah, that’s the best I got, sorry.)
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Last week, Aaron wasn’t so entranced with the two-episode premiere of Fox’s new supernatural/sci-fi/mystery procedural thriller ‘Alcatraz’. I liked it better than he did. Since Aaron’s off at Sundance this week, and he didn’t express much interest in covering the show further, I figured I’d throw together a quick recap of this week’s episode.
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If Walternate isn’t behind the shapeshifters, then who is? You know you’re a nerd if that question immediately makes sense to you.
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I’d be lying if I said the name J.J. Abrams doesn’t interest me. Count me as one of the people who will forever think of ‘Lost’ whenever I hear a new Abrams project is in the works. He’s good at creating mysterious, mythology-laden shows that demand your attention and have ominous cliffhangers at the end of every episode. Still, Abrams’ new show ‘Alcatraz’ is missing something.
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Hey, remember ‘Fringe’? It’s been off the air for so long that I’d almost forgotten about it. The show finally returned to Fox’s network schedule this past Friday to lead off the second half of what is most likely its final season.
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All the promotional materials for Fox’s new sort-of mystery/detective series ‘The Finder’ describe it as a spin-off from the network’s extremely successful crime show ‘Bones’. Well, it’s a spin-off only in that producer Hart Hanson created both series and introduced the new characters in a painfully obvious backdoor pilot episode last season. That episode of ‘Bones’ happened to be one of the show’s worst, and when nothing became of the spin-off this past fall, I assumed that plans for it had fallen through. Apparently, I was mistaken, because here it is.
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As far as I’ve heard, the Fox network has not yet officially announced the cancellation of ‘Terra Nova’, this season’s most expensive TV show and a major ratings underperformer. According to the TV by the Numbers Cancel/Renew Index, the series is still considered a toss-up. Personally, I can’t imagine it getting renewed. I assume (and frankly, at this point, I hope) that last week’s season finale was also the series finale.
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