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Now Streaming: Turn Up Charlie

Josh Zyber — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 12:00:27 +0000

You may find it difficult to picture someone as physically endowed and dreamily handsome as Idris Elba playing a has-been loser (albeit a charming one), but Netflix’s recent comedy series Turn Up Charlie proves that a good actor can sell any role. In addition to starring, Elba also co-created the half-hour comedy with producer Gary...

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‘Covert Affairs’ 4.01 Recap: “So, That Happened”

Josh Zyber — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 19:00:27 +0000

If ‘Suits‘ is, rather indisputably, the USA Network’s best original series, then ‘Covert Affairs’ is… well, it’s not. That’s not to say that it’s the worst, but I certainly can’t justify it as better than a guilty pleasure. Even so, I can’t be the only one still watching. The show started its fourth season last...

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‘Covert Affairs’ 3.01 Recap: “First Day on a New Job”

Josh Zyber — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:00:01 +0000

Is it really possible that the USA Network’s dopey spy drama ‘Covert Affairs’ is now in its third season? I guess I’m not the only one out there still watching. I’m not sure what keeps me attached to this series, but it’s frivolous enough entertainment for the summer months. USA’s attempt to extend it into...

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‘Covert Affairs’ 2.16 Recap: “Have Fun Working”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:00:05 +0000

Yes, ‘Covert Affairs’ is still on the air, and yes I’m still watching. I can’t pretend that it’s a great show, but it’s passively entertaining enough that I’m still with it. Last week, the series had its second Season 2 finale. As some viewers may recall, the season started in the summer, took a break...

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‘Covert Affairs’ 2.11 Recap: “It Seems Like I’m in a Bit of a Losing Streak”

Josh Zyber — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:00:55 +0000

The USA Network wants to make its summer series ‘Covert Affairs’ into a fall series. This seems like a mistake to me. Even at its best, the show is lightweight, disposable fluff that skirts by in the summer months due mostly to a lack of competition from any major network heavy-hitters. It doesn’t seem suited...

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‘Covert Affairs’ 2.10 Recap: “I’m a Spy, This Is My Life”

Josh Zyber — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:00:26 +0000

It’s been a few weeks since I last wrote about ‘Covert Affairs’. At the time, I even went so far as to say that the show had aired one of its best episodes ever. Yet I still let myself fall behind in my coverage of it. As I feared, the next couple of episodes were...

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‘Covert Affairs’ 2.06 Recap: “You Always Do the Unexpected Thing”

Josh Zyber — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:00:00 +0000

It makes me a little sad when a show like ‘Covert Affairs’ brings in a great hammy guest star like Peter Stormare and then gives him nothing to do. What’s the point? Last week’s episode, called ‘The Outsiders’, sees the return of tech ops specialist Reva who first appeared the previous week. I guess she...

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‘Covert Affairs’ 2.05 Recap: “You Had Me at Alpha Barbie”

Josh Zyber — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:00:16 +0000

The producers of ‘Covert Affairs’ have apparently stumbled onto an important formula to guarantee viewer satisfaction: When lacking the budget for proper action scenes or even vaguely exotic locations, start the episode with a gratuitous sexy dress-up montage that has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the plot. It’s cheap, easy, and star...

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‘Covert Affairs’ 2.04 Recap: “God, Country and Panna Cotta”

Josh Zyber — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:00:03 +0000

I don’t ask a lot from ‘Covert Affairs’. I recognize that it’s not a serious or intellectual show. All I want is a little bit of spying intrigue, a little bit of action, maybe an exotic location or two, and (in a best case scenario) a plot where Annie doesn’t come across as completely incompetent...

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‘Covert Affairs’ 2.03 Recap: “Learning By Doing”

Josh Zyber — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:00:15 +0000

In last week’s episode of ‘Covert Affairs’, Annie got sent back to the Academy to finish her training. This doesn’t sound like such a bad idea, if you ask me. Sadly, this wasn’t (just) a reflection on her usual incompetence at being a spy, though perhaps it should have been. Instead, ‘Bang and Blame’ sends...

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‘Covert Affairs’ 2.02 Recap: “Good Tradecraft”

Josh Zyber — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:00:06 +0000

After a lackluster season premiere that left me doubting why I even continue to watch the show, ‘Covert Affairs’ followed up last week with a pretty decent episode that has, for the time being at least, gotten me back on board. I’m not saying that ‘Good Advices’ is a stellar episode of television, or even...

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‘Covert Affairs’ 2.01 Recap: “In Our Line of Work, There’s a Very Thin Line Between Intuition and Paranoia”

Josh Zyber — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:00:44 +0000

We’re officially in the summer doldrums, and the TV landscape looks pretty bleak. My DVR’s “Scheduled Recordings” menu is practically empty. However, one show that I’d almost forgotten about entirely returned for its second season last week. Watching the premiere, I’m honestly a little bit embarrassed that I ever deemed ‘Covert Affairs’ worthy of Series...

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