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Category Archives: Television
Golden Globes: Congratulations to Jeffrey Tambor and Transparent!
The mania of celebration on my Facebook feed can’t even be expressed. Seeing Alex up on that stage, looking beautiful, and centered, and emotional … as well as the mere fact of this beautiful show, what it signifies (let alone … Continue reading
Supernatural: Season 2, Episode 11: “Playthings”
Directed by Charles Beeson Written by Matt Witten “Playthings” was the first episode directed by Charles Beeson, and the guy had a field day with it. What a fun episode. A director’s dream. The “homage” episodes are pleasing on a … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Beeson, Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, SPN Season 2, Supernatural
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“Santa Doesn’t Have a Brother. There Is No Santa.”
To all the Supernatural fans who show up here regularly, thank you so much for stopping by. I have had too much work lately to do re-caps, but I have done the initial work for “Playthings,” and will get that … Continue reading
Supernatural, Season 10, Episode 9: Open Thread
… coinciding with John Milton’s birthday. An accident? I think not.
Supernatural: Season 2, Episode 10: “Hunted”
Directed by Rachel Talalay Written by Raelle Tucker Let’s take a moment to note the first female director of the series (it is her only episode). Talalay does her best with a script that is all over the place. Gordon … Continue reading
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Tagged Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Raelle Tucker, SPN Season 2, Supernatural
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Supernatural, Season 10, Episode 8: Open Thread
Go, Sheriff Mills. Maeve, your understudy, is waiting in the wings should anything go awry.
Supernatural, Season 10, Episode 7: Open Thread
Traveling home for Thanksgiving early tomorrow morning and also can’t watch the episode tonight. Not sure when I will catch up. Have fun without me. All you ‘Merricans out there, have a wonderful and safe holiday.
Supernatural: Season 2, Episode 9: “Croatoan”
Directed by Robert Singer Written by John Shiban Robert Singer is one of my favorite directors of the series. He prioritizes the personal. He casts really well, and he works with actors (the leads and the bit parts) in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, John Shiban, Robert Singer, SPN Season 2, Supernatural
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The Best Fall TV Shows
… from The Wall Street Journal. Cousin Mike’s show Survivor’s Remorse is listed (“one of the smartest comedies of 2014”), and my great friend Alexandra Billings’ show Transparent is on there too. As my friend Mitchell said to me, “Good … Continue reading
Supernatural, Season 10, Episode 6: Open Thread
Catch you all later!