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Rachael Hip-Flores and Nicole Pacent in Anyone But Me

Review: Anyone But Me

Anyone But Me is a web series, available on Amazon Video, YouTube, at anyonebutmeseries.com, and Hulu. There have been 3 seasons so far. It’s about two 16 year old high school girls who fall in love. They live in New York City. One of them is forced to move to the suburbs of Westchester because of her father’s injuries received …

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Melanie Scrofano in Wynonna Earp

20 Years After Buffy, What’s to Watch?

We all celebrated the 20th anniversary of the first episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer last week. What can you watch now that compares? I’m sure you can come up with some ideas of your own. I’d love to hear about them in the comments. I’ll mention three of my favorites.

Dominique Provost-Chalkley and Melanie Scrofano in Wynonna Earp

Wynonna Earp: Thoughts on the First Episode

Wyonna Earp is off to a demon hunting start on SyFy. First let’s talk about some of the familiar, known and loved characteristics of this series. You get a kickass but reluctant heroine Wynonna (Melanie Scrofano) who resembles all your favorite such heroines. Think Buffy, Bo Dennis and Jessica Jones. You gotta love Wynonna already.

Ksenia Solo in Lost Girl

Lost Girl: S5 E14 Follow the Yellow Trick Road

“Follow the Yellow Trick Road” is episode 14 of season 5 of Lost Girl. Let’s skip toward Oz with the characters from The Wizard of Oz as Bo dreams her way toward the acceptance of Trick’s death. This recap contains spoilers. You are informed.

Alyson Hannigan

My Life Coach Plan for Alyson Hannigan and Casting Directors Everywhere

Alyson Hannigan tends to take parts in shows that turn out to be wildly popular and last for years. For that reason we usually see her as a sweetheart of a character for long stretches of time. The result is that when we think of Alyson Hannigan we think of the nerdy and loyal best friend in Buffy the Vampire …

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picket fences

Remembering Picket Fences

There are actors you always associate with a certain show, like Sarah Michelle Gellar always making you think of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I got to thinking about Picket Fences the other day because of a mention of Tom Skerritt, and I realized that Picket Fences was one of those iconic moments in TV history for me. Picket Fences was on …

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Unclaim me

Killing Off the Good Guys on Scandal and Lost Girl

On Scandal, Cyrus Beene (Jeff Perry) had one good thing: his husband James (Dan Bucatinsky). James represented love, conscience, family. Cyrus is ruthless and corrupt and capable of any betrayal or nefarious power grab. James still believes in justice and good. Cyrus’s corruption finally leads to a situation that gets James killed. On Lost Girl, Bo Dennis (Anna Silk) has …

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Lost Girl

Recap: Lost Girl S4, E4, Turn to Stone

A poem should not mean But be. – Ars Poetica by Archibald MacLeish. This season on Lost Girl storylines just are. No transitions, no explanations, no clarifications. They are what they are. Like the poet said, we must be willing to let it be, no matter how badly our minds want to fill in the blanks. Bo (Anna Silk) and …

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Tina Majorino and Kristen Bell

We Need More Young Geeky Female Role Models on TV

In my other life as a web educator, I spoke on a panel at WordCamp last weekend. The panel was billed this way: Developer Diversity: The Mars/Venus Thing and WordPress Moderator: Karen Arnold Panelists: Suzette Franck, Alison Barrett, Daryl L. L. Houston, Virginia DeBolt, Mark Casias The discussion was about how to get more women in tech fields, among other things. …

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