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‘The Alienist’ Pilot Recap: “I’m Not Here for Savory Business”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 13:00:14 +0000

Paramount tried for over two decades to launch a big-budget movie adaptation of Caleb Carr’s bestselling 1994 historical mystery thriller ‘The Alienist’, but every attempt fell through until the project eventually got shifted to television. It finally premiered this week on the TNT cable network in what is described as a 10-part limited event series...

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‘The Last Ship’ 3.01 & 3.02 Recap: “Let’s Poke the Elephant”

Josh Zyber — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 13:00:42 +0000

The two-part Season 3 premiere of ‘The Last Ship’ was all set to air on Sunday, June 12th, but was pulled at the last minute and postponed a week due to real-world events that happened on that day. Watching the episode, it’s pretty clear why the network panicked. Nevertheless, it ran the following weekend in...

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‘Agent X’ Pilot Recap: “Ours Is a Nation of Unknown Heroes”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 17:00:46 +0000

Sharon Stone’s career must really be in the crapper these days, huh? Admittedly, I can’t remember the last movie I saw her in (probably 2006’s ill-fated ‘Basic Instinct 2’). The actress would have to be truly desperate to headline TNT’s idiotic new action series ‘Agent X’. This is the sort of job you take when...

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‘The Last Ship’ 2.13 Recap: “St. Louis or Bust”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 16:00:30 +0000

Make no mistake, last week’s episode of ‘The Last Ship’ was the season finale in every important sense. That the producers threw together one more episode and TNT aired it over Labor Day weekend is a contractual obligation, nothing more. With the evil sub sunk and both of the Bruvs (presumed) dead, there’s nothing left...

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‘The Last Ship’ 2.12 Recap: “Hell of a Day to Sink a Ship”

Josh Zyber — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 13:00:44 +0000

That byline you see on this article is correct. Unfortunately, our ‘Last Ship’ recapper Wayne had the gall to take a vacation before the season ended, leaving me to fill in for him on the last two episodes. That’s a shame, because I have a feeling he would have liked this one. Torpedoes! Rockets! FIVE-INCH!...

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‘Public Morals’ Pilot Recap: “We Got Different Rules Here”

Josh Zyber — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 13:00:11 +0000

Despite the ratings (and largely critical) failure of TNT’s ‘Mob City‘ miniseries, co-star Ed Burns somehow managed to parlay his role as the infamous Bugsy Siegel into a new period gangster drama on the same network. Will ‘Public Morals’ fare any better? Unlike ‘Mob City’, which was just an acting job for him, Burns serves...

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‘The Last Ship’ 2.11 Recap: “Get There or Die Trying”

Wayne Rowe — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 16:00:59 +0000

Last week on ‘The Last Ship’, we got lots of talking, a little dissecting, a murder mystery, Boyfriend2 avoiding getting laid, and LOTS of torpedoes. This week’s episode is all about sending signals and the good guys gettin’ their butts kicked a little. The episode starts off with the Last Ship listening in on the...

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‘The Last Ship’ 2.10 Recap: “You’re Ruthless, Baby”

Wayne Rowe — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 16:00:46 +0000

Last week on ‘The Last Ship’ was pretty entertaining, besides the lame teenager part. No big deal. This week, will Dr. Red deliver any more monologues? Will we see any more FIVE-INCH? Will there be lots and lots of external shots of the Last Ship sailing? One can only hope! Some good stuff goes down...

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‘The Last Ship’ 2.09 Recap: “We’re Bringing a Navy Ship to a Gunfight”

Wayne Rowe — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 19:00:35 +0000

OK, ‘Last Ship’, we might just forgive you for last week’s episode, IF you knock off all this crying crap and give us what we want! The Prez has come to his senses, Dr. Red needs to do some curing with Patient Zero and the crew is looking for something to blast. Here’s hoping we...

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‘The Last Ship’ 2.08 Recap: We Are Strong Because of Our Strength

Wayne Rowe — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 19:00:05 +0000

Here’s hoping this sorry excuse for an episode is just the calm before the BATTLE STORM! Ugh. This is the ‘Spider-Man 3’ of episodes. EVERYBODY gets a chance to cry. There’s no crying in the apocalypse! With only two episodes left in this season, ‘The Last Ship’ decided to take a break from our regularly...

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‘The Last Ship’ 2.07 Recap: I Love It When a Plan Comes Together

Wayne Rowe — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 13:00:27 +0000

If last week gun-teased us, this week submarine-battle-teases us. ‘Last Ship’, why must you torture us so? This episode is all about the balance between a well-made plan and absolutely no plan at all. Regardless, episode seven, ‘Alone and Unafraid’, is at least one of those things… and a little bit BLOODY. I started off...

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‘The Last Ship’ 2.06 Recap: Long Day’s Journey into Revenge!

Wayne Rowe — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 19:00:11 +0000

This week on ‘The Last Ship’, no one can agree on what “the mission” should be. The Bruvs head down to Miami for a little bit of that sun, sand, and recruiting more Immunes, killing non-Immunes and deciding whether to attack the destroyer. Meanwhile, the main characters aboard the Last Ship argue about taking revenge...

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