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Listen: Firewall & Iceberg Podcast No. 94

Dan and Alan review 'Revenge,' 'Person of Interest,' the Emmys and more

By Daniel Fienberg Monday, Sep 19, 2011 5:45 PM

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Happy Monday, Boys & Girls.
 
It seems like only two or three days ago that we last podcasted, but Firewall & Iceberg is back with an installment that includes a post-mortem on Sunday night's Emmy telecast and the usual chatter about Sunday's "Breaking Bad," but then delves into a slew of reviews for new shows, focuses on Wednesday/Thursday offerings like "The X Factor," "Revenge," "Charlie's Angels," "Person of Interest," "Whitney" and "Prime Suspect."
 
We got a bit rushed toward the end, but such is life...
 
Here's the breakdown:
Emmy post-mortem -- 00:01:00 - 24:20
"The X Factor" -- 24:25 - 29:10
"Revenge" -- 29:10 - 36:20
"Charlie's Angels" -- 36:20 - 42:45
"Person of Interest" -- 42:50 - 51:20
"Whitney" -- 51:25 - 57:40
"Prime Suspect" -- 57:45 - 01:05:00
"Breaking Bad" -- 01:05:15 - 01:17:12

As always, you can subscribe to The Firewall & Iceberg Podcast over at the iTunes Store, where you can also rate us and comment on us. [Or you can always follow our RSS Feed.] 

And here's the podcast...

Firewall & Iceberg - Podcast 94

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Daniel Fienberg
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A long-time member of the TCA Board and a longer-time blogger of "American Idol," Dan Fienberg writes about TV, except for when he writes about movies or sometimes writes about the Red Sox. But never music. He would sound stupid talking about music.
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    M

    I saw the Revenge pilot. I enjoyed it and will definitely tune in for a second episode, but I agree that Stowe was definitely the most compelling actor. Do you think there's any chance they'll realize this and adjust the show accordingly? I think it would be fairly easy to wrap up the original revenge plan by VanCamp's character early on and then refocus on Stowe's character.

    September 19, 2011 at 7:26PM EST Reply to Comment
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    mrbilliam

    I didn't realize this until during your podcast, but both Melissa McCarthy and Jim Parsons won for episodes in which they played drunk. Huh. The Emmys likes that shtick more than I do, I guess.

    September 19, 2011 at 10:10PM EST Reply to Comment
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    filaphresh

    Do you think that vote splitting explains the best actress award? Because I would think Raising Hope/Nurse Jackie/Big C get the serious-acting-in-a-comedy vote, and then Amy Poehler and Tina Fey are on the same network, they're both SNL alums, and they have similar approaches to their work. So Mike and Molly is just different than the rest of them. I may be completely off base.

    September 19, 2011 at 10:13PM EST Reply to Comment
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    cm2

    I always love hearing your thoughts on Breaking Bad, but was hoping you'd touch more on Walt accidentally referring to Jr. as Jesse while on the painkillers. I love the contrast between those two relationships.
    I'm wondering if at this point Walt feels more attached to Jesse than his biological son because only Jesse has seen all sides of him. Walt also seemed to completely shutdown to Jr when he indicated he preferred the more vulnerable version of his father than the Heisenberg persona he's taken on over the past year.
    Great episode overall though.

    September 19, 2011 at 11:13PM EST Reply to Comment
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    Elevation

    If I had to offer advice for this podcast, it would be that you needed more Eddie Cibrian.

    September 20, 2011 at 12:20AM EST Reply to Comment
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    RhondaGC

    Just for the record, Henry Czerny was on The Tudors for a couple of seasons. So he's not been exactly idol. I liked him there and am looking forward to seeing him on something different.

    September 20, 2011 at 5:09PM EST Reply to Comment
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    Finbergsanass

    Just got done listening to this podcast. Just have to say FUCK YOU Dan Fienberg. Throwing the racism word around like that. You're a real fucking asshole. You just pissed that Chaviezel was in Passion of the Crist. I thought Alan was stand up guy but to not call out Fienberg on that shit shows he's not. Fuck you both.

    October 5, 2011 at 5:15PM EST Reply to Comment

    • Heh. Seven pieces of this comment make me laugh. Hope to see you back for more comments in the future.

      -Daniel

      October 5, 2011 at 5:20PM EST

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