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Recap: 'Fringe' - 'Welcome to Westfield'

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:04:00 GMT

Let’s not bury the lede: I quite liked this week’s episode of “Fringe.” Sorry, should I have told you to sit down first? Apologies. I was in a rush to ensure you didn’t pick up your pitchforks before settling in. Do I think “Welcome to Westfield” solved t...http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/monkeys-as-critics

Recap: 'Glee' - 'The Spanish Teacher'

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:16:00 GMT

There’s a seriously dark, twisted, depressing, and nihilistic heart beating deep within “Glee.” It’s not as aspect of the show that I loath. In fact, I usually like it when it surfaces in the show. It’s weird and jarring when it does so, to be sure. But then again, s...http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/monkeys-as-critics

Recap: 'Saturday Night Live' - Channing Tatum and Bon Iver

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:31:00 GMT

First off: a big thanks to Myles McNutt for taking over the recap of a fairly entertaining Daniel Radcliffe-hosted “Saturday Night Live” last month. As such, it’s felt like an extremely long time since last I covered the show here at HitFix. Hopefully that means that I’m a...http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/monkeys-as-critics

Recap: 'Fringe' - 'Making Angels'

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:15:00 GMT

One of the fun parts about watching a long-running show on television is when a secondary, or even tertiary, character gets a chance to step into the foreground. As a “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” fan, I loved watching an episode centered around Xander or Willow. (Not Dawn though. Blergh...http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/monkeys-as-critics

Recap: 'Glee' - 'Michael'

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:08:00 GMT

Look, anytime you have an episode in which the most dramatic event involved a rock-salt laced Slushie potentially blinding one of your leads, you know you’re in for a special hour on your hands. And so it was with “Michael,” just the latest in “Glee”’s attempts...http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/monkeys-as-critics

Recap: 'Fringe' - 'Forced Perspective'

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:55:00 GMT

Destiny versus self-determination. That old chestnut reared its head on tonight’s “Fringe” in an episode that essentially put all of its mythology on hold for a Season 1-esque standalone episode. Sure, bits and pieces moved along on the periphery, but this was an examination of ...http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/monkeys-as-critics

Recap: 'Fringe' - 'Enemy of My Enemy'

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:59:00 GMT

Producing a television show is a tricky thing. There are so many ways to go wrong that it’s a miracle when anything goes right. Starting around the halfway point of Season 1, and stretching through the penultimate episode of Season 3, “Fringe” did almost everything right. Moreov...http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/monkeys-as-critics

Recap: 'Glee' - 'Yes/No'

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:59:00 GMT

Honestly, “Glee.”   Look, you and me need to have a little sitdown. Just the pair of us. No need to bring in anyone else. After all, this episode was nominally about the trials and tribulations of various romantic pairings new and old tonight, even if it ended up being about th...http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/monkeys-as-critics

Recap: 'Saturday Night Live' - Daniel Radcliffe and Lana Del Rey

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:28:00 GMT

There are many actors out there who are known primarily for a single role, but very few of those actors spent an entire decade of their lives playing that role in a series of eight films which quite comfortably be considered a phenomenon. It’s all the more impressive of course that Daniel R...http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/monkeys-as-critics

Recap: 'Fringe' - 'Back To Where You've Never Been'

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:00:00 GMT

Welcome to 2012, “Fringe” fans. Did you miss the show? Most likely. Did you miss my reviews? Less likely. But that’s fine: it was probably as little fun to read my frustrations with the show as it was to write them. I’ve gone over my problems with this fourth season week a...http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/monkeys-as-critics