Category: TV series
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Trailers for New TV Series with Women Leads
There are a number of TV shows being announced now. Some star women in leading roles, some have more than one woman out in front, and some even boast women of a color other than white. Let’s have a look at them. Supergirl Supergirl begins this fall on CBS. We’ve been given a rather lengthy…
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Orphan Black: S3 E5 Scarred by Many Past Frustrations
“Scarred by Many Past Frustrations” is the title of season 3, episode 5 of Orphan Black. Most of the episode deals with Sarah (Tatiana Maslany, a multitude) and Helena in the Castor prison. To recap this episode, I’ll start with the shorter bits about everyone else including Cosima, Felix (Jordan Gavaris), Mrs. S (Maria Doyle…
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Archie Panjabi as Kalinda Says Goodbye – Really
Kalinda (Archie Panjabi) showed up unexpectedly on The Good Wife “Wanna Partner” episode to say goodbye more properly after her mysterious disappearance a couple of weeks ago. Ah, Kalinda, Kalinda, Kalinda I thought a few farewell tweets from her fans (including me) would be fun to see. A fond farewell to Kalinda. #TheGoodWife @PanjabiArchie Q:…
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Orphan Black: S3 E4 Newer Elements of Our Defense
Orphan Black’s “Newer Elements of Our Defense” begins mere seconds after the end of the last episode when Mark (Ari Millen, an army) was shot in the cornfield. Sarah and Mark This episode mostly deals with Sarah (Tatiana Maslany, a multitude) and Mark and their race for genetic material, punctuated with bits from the other clones.…
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Watch This: Some Previews of Stitchers
ABC Family starts a new show called Stitchers on June 2. It’s billed as a police procedural and crime drama, but it sounds like iZombie with live people. Emma Ishta is the character Kirsten. She’s the one with the special abilities. I’m sure once it gets going the connection to the brains of dead people…
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Watch This: Extended Trailer for Proof
Proof released an extended preview for the show which begins on TNT on June 16. We get a bit more of scenes with Jennifer Beals, Matthew Modine, and Joe Morton than the previous previews. I’ve tried to identify faces in the trailer. There’s no need to explain who Jennifer Beals, Matthew Modine, and Joe Morton…
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Orphan Black: S3 E3 Formalized, Complex, and Costly
“Formalized, Complex, and Costly” is episode 3 of Orphan Black season 3. There’s a big reveal in this episode about the cloned boys and girls. Let’s start with Seth (Ari Millen, an army), cooling downstairs in Felix’s (Jordan Gavaris) apartment building. For some reason Rudy just leaves him lying there, so Sarah (Tatiana Maslany, a…
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And Kalinda Just . . . Disappears
When I wrote about what I wanted for the way Kalinda would exit The Good Wife, I knew it would be miles from whatever the writers dreamed up, and it was. But it was perfect. Kalinda Sharma, played by the wonderful Archie Panjabi, personifies mysterious. She keeps everything carefully guarded and holds her secrets close.…
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Orphan Black S3 E2: Transitory Sacrifices of Crisis
Orphan Black’s “Transitory Sacrifices of Crisis” begins where the last episode left off, with Sarah (Tatiana Maslany, a multitude) still looking for Helena and the male clone Rudy, AKA Scarface, (Ari Mullen, an army) freed from his basement prison and on the loose with Seth, AKA Mr. Moustache. The time between episodes appears to be…
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Brain Dump: Characters We Love to Hate
A brain dump is a series of short thoughts on this and that. Today I have a theme: characters we love to hate. American Crime I have not discovered one likeable character in American Crime. Every person in the story – from the cops to the victims to the families to the criminals – is…