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‘The Crossing’ Pilot Recap: “You Can’t Imagine What Will Become Possible”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 12:00:02 +0000

The ads for ABC’s new high-concept sci-fi drama ‘The Crossing’ very eagerly draw comparisons to ‘Lost’. (The network must really hope that disgruntled fans of that series have finally forgiven it the final season.) It’s not nearly in that league, but it may have some potential. As far as I can tell, the two shows...

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‘The X Files’ 11.02 Recap: “Who Needs Google When You’ve Got Scully?”

Josh Zyber — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 13:00:48 +0000

Free from Chris Carter’s awful writing or directing, the second episode of ‘The X Files’ this season is a small improvement over the dreadful premiere. Just a small one, unfortunately. Episode ‘This’ (a lame title that’s not really explained or justified) was both written and directed by ‘X Files’ veteran Glen Morgan. Over the years,...

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‘MacGyver’ (2016) Pilot Recap: “If This Guy Is the Hero, It’s Not Looking Good”

Josh Zyber — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 13:00:15 +0000

The new 2016 ‘MacGyver’ attempts something I don’t recall seeing before. It tries to consolidate and reboot two shows in one. It really ought to be called ‘MacGyver: Impossible’. Considering that the ‘Mission: Impossible’ movie franchise has little to nothing to do with the old TV series, I can certainly understand why CBS would want...

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‘Mr. Robot’ 2.01 & 2.02 Recap: “Control Is an Illusion”

Josh Zyber — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 16:00:16 +0000

One of last year’s most daring and most challenging TV shows, ‘Mr. Robot’ was a very unusual change of pace for programming on the USA Network. Nonetheless, the network execs were so pleased with it that they renewed the series for a second season before the first episode even aired. Fortunately, it proved successful enough...

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‘Fear the Walking Dead’ 1.04 Recap “You Guys Are the Lucky Ones”

Shannon Nutt — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 15:00:42 +0000

Is it too early to declare ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ a bad television series? It’s certainly not too early to call it a disappointing one, and that disappointment continues in Episode 4, an entry so inconsequential that viewers don’t get to see a single Walker during its entire running time. The episode starts promisingly enough,...

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‘The Returned’ 1.02 Recap: “Obviously, Nothing Is Normal”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 13:00:13 +0000

I had some mixed feelings about the premiere of the new American remake of ‘The Returned’ on A&E. Fortunately, the show’s second episode is an improvement in many respects. Although the pilot episode’s primary storyline, involving a teenage girl who mysteriously returned home four years after her death as if nothing had happened, was pretty...

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