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Welcome to The TV Critic.org. I write critical reviews of American TV shows and analyse what makes them good, bad, irritating and enlightening. The reviews are of course full of spoilers if you haven't yet watched the episode, but I never spoil future episodes in my reviews. Your comments are always welcome.
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10 March 2010
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Jim and Pam's HMO will only cover them for two nights stay in the hospital and so she is determined not to arrive until after midnight. But as the working day wears on her contractions get closer together and Jim wants to take her in. She refuses and Michael rallies everyone to distract her. Once at the hospital she ends up in labour for over a day as Jim goes spare and Michael anxiously waits outside. Once the baby arrives she has trouble latching and Pam and Jim fret about that. Michael is bathing in the afterglow and tries to set Kevin up with Erin. Fortunately Andy finally asks her out instead. Meanwhile Dwight decides that he too wants a child and asks Angela to be the mother. He then heads to Jim and Pam's house to pick up her ipod but ends up staying to remove mould he finds in the kitchen.
8 March 2010
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Sheldon is summoned to court on a traffic violation which he incurred whilst driving Penny to the hospital. The court date is the same day that Stan Lee is coming to the Comic Book Store to do a signing. Sheldon of course gets thrown in jail for contempt while Howard, Raj and Leonard have gelato with Stan Lee. Penny gets Lee's address out of Stuart and takes Sheldon round there to try and make it up to him.
7 March 2010
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Ted thinks he is about to score with Tiffany (Carrie Underwood) until she tells him she has a boyfriend. Ted’s friends explain how she is keeping him on the hook. We soon learn that Ted, Robin and Lily (with ex-boyfriend Scooter) are all guilty of the same thing. Barney is excited to learn that Tiffany is a pharmacology sales rep because that is the current “hot girl profession.”
3 March 2010
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Sayid demands answers from Dogen and they fight. MIB sends Claire into the Temple to deliver a message. Dogen sends Sayid out to meet MIB with instructions on how to kill him. Sayid fails to do so and MIB offers him the chance to get Nadia back. Sayid returns and tells the Others that MIB wants to leave the island and will take them all with him. Those who remain behind will be killed. Kate returns and talks to Claire. Sayid kills Dogen and Lennon and the Smoke Monster storms through the Temple killing those in his path. Ilana and company return to rescue Miles and escape.
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Lisa looks into her family tree but can’t find any noble Simpsons among her ancestors. She looks in the attic and finds the diary of Eliza Simpson who tried to help a slave escape to the North in the 19th century.
24 February 2010
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Jacob gives Hurley specific instructions on how to get Jack out of the Temple and where to take him. He also tells Hurley to motivate Jack by saying “You have what it takes.” They run into Kate who continues her search for Claire. Jack admits he was broken and returned to the island hoping it would fix him. They find a lighthouse which has the names of all the candidates at each degree of a circle. When it focuses on Jack’s name he can see the house he grew up in. He is furious that Jacob has been watching him and smashes the mirrors on the lighthouse. Jacob tells Hurley that he got them away from the Temple to protect them from a bad man coming there. Meanwhile Claire brings the wounded Jin and Other Justin to her camp. She helps fix Jin’s leg while asking Justin where Aaron is. Jin tells her that Kate took Aaron but she kills Justin anyway. Jin decides to lie and tells her that Aaron is at the Temple. The Man in Black arrives and Claire claims he is her friend.
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Yeah I know what you mean. If all we see are people living peacefully in the flashes then it doesn't sound like it would make for fun viewing.
2 March 2010
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Hi again,
Happy to do it, Robin. That all clarifies your view a great deal; I entirely understand what you are saying about how the moment worked now. And I can see what you mean about a general lack of curiosity in Jack over the seasons, and this moment fitting into that.
1 March 2010
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Hey Mike,
Thanks for starting the thread, I appreciate it. Just to avoid defending a position that I haven't taken. Here is what I meant in my review about the mirror smashing:
1 March 2010
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Howdy - I noticed a discussion about the mirror smashing has begun on the review post; figured I'd relaunch it over here. I find the question of what Jack's current mental state is to be pretty key to the show at this point; here's what I had to say about it in response to Dave & Robin's exchange:
1 March 2010
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I understand your reaction completely, Robin. These things usually only strike me on later viewings. I absolutely agree about Fox in that scene, though really throughout the episode, and indeed the off-island story arc of season 4 (plus finale of 3). In particular, his start at first hearing Christian's voice is maybe the most believable portrayal of sudden shock I have seen on screen.
21 February 2010
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In this cast: Lost, Season 6, Episode 06, Sundown
6 March 2010
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In this cast: Lost, Season 6, Episode 05, The Lighthouse
27 February 2010
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In this cast: True Blood, V, Lost, Community, The Office, Parks
21 February 2010
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*Spartacus Blood and Sand - 107 - Great and Unfortunate
Things*
Another solid episode of developments. On the one hand
Spartacus is in mourning for his wife and accepts that he is
now a slave and his destiny lies ahead and not behind him. But on the other Doctore takes on the detective role of
unraveling Batiatus' deception surrounding Barca and
eventually Sura's murder. It was good to see Doctore's anger
at Spartacus' deception tempered by his understanding for
the bereaved. What was potentially very interesting was the development
of Varro's character. We hear again Crixus explaining the
"correct" behavior for a gladiator to Spartacus.
8 March 2010
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*How to Make It In America - 103 - Paper, Denim + Dollars*
Another slow burner. So far each episode doesn’t seem to
have much of a hook to it. We see Rachel and Rene’s
characters get fleshed out a bit further here. But the show
is grounded in realism, which is very interesting to see but
it means there is little in the way of humour or drama to
hook you in. The key is whether this slow build leads to
moments later which really engage the emotions.
*Spartacus Blood and Sand - 106 - Delicate Things*
Another terrific episode.
7 March 2010
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I only have a short time to get this in before the next episode, but I just listened to your podcast, having found them very helpful last season in articulating what I like and dislike about Lost. I ...
10 March 2010
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Hey Ben, thanks for the comments. I would love to see the smaller characters get more involved in the stories ala Parks and Recreation...
9 March 2010
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I thought this episode was rather meh, meh in the sense that it wasn't consistently funny and that 40% of this episode didn't work.
The first third of the episode was frustrating because of Pam's stub...
8 March 2010
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Sorry if I missed the podcast. I didn't have a great deal of reaction to this episode. I thought it effectively moved the plot forward -- in that sense it wasn't filler. Nevertheless, I wasn't real...
6 March 2010
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