Alan Sepinwall's week off
Time for your local TV critic to take the week off, with a few pre-written exceptions
Hopefully, my family's time off will turn out better than the Simpsons' trip to Itchy & Scratchy Land.
Hey all, it is vacation time, and I'm going to do my best to completely unplug from now until Sunday night, when I'll be back to watch and write about the Oscar telecast.
The blog won't go completely dark while I'm gone, though. I've seen a handful of my regular shows ("Parks and Recreation" and "Community," to name two) in advance already and will be publishing short posts on them to give people a forum to talk about them in my absence. And I'll have one or two longer posts that I wrote last week that will be going up at certain points during the week.
If there's no post on something, it's because I didn't see it in advance, and/or I ran out of time trying to prep things for this vacation. I will not be revisiting anything I missed, as there will be a too many fresh things to write about. So if "Zero Hour" episode 2 turns out to be the show that changed television forever, and I wasn't here to remark upon that, I'm sorry.
Play nice, stay safe, and I'll see you sometime on Sunday night.
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February 18, 2013 at 10:37AM EST Reply to CommentHave a great vacation and we'll be here ready for more superb posts when you get back.
alynch
February 18, 2013 at 10:43AM EST Reply to CommentLet's burn the place down!
Hank Scorpio
February 18, 2013 at 12:27PM EST Reply to CommentI hope you enjoy Sandals Jamaica!
chuchundra
February 18, 2013 at 12:51PM EST Reply to CommentYou can't leave! All the plants are gonna die!
Kmarko
February 18, 2013 at 2:06PM EST Reply to CommentDon't worry, everything will be fine in your absence...nothing can possiblye go wrong.
Dante Hmm. That's the first thing that's ever gone wrong.
February 18, 2013 at 8:54PM ESTed w
February 18, 2013 at 3:11PM EST Reply to CommentDan should do a podcast with a guest critic so now they will both be caught up in how many episodes they've done. :)
John
February 18, 2013 at 6:49PM EST Reply to Comment"Hey mouse, say cheese.
Wow, with a dry, cool wit like that, I could be an action star!"
Some Guy "Die, bad robots, die!
February 19, 2013 at 12:51AM ESTHe he he, with a dry, cool wit like that, I could be an action hero."
pamelajaye
February 19, 2013 at 1:11AM EST Reply to CommentDon't take a cruise.
JamesNeuf
February 19, 2013 at 10:18AM EST Reply to CommentBut the Simpsons' trip to Itchy & Scratchy Land was their best vacation ever...
John But...
February 19, 2013 at 11:17AM ESTeakawie
February 19, 2013 at 11:50AM EST Reply to CommentSorry folks, park's closed. Moose out front should have told you.
John
February 19, 2013 at 1:40PM EST Reply to CommentRemember, you're parked in the Itchy lot.
Miken
February 21, 2013 at 2:20AM EST Reply to CommentMy son is also named Bort
February 22, 2013 at 8:59PM EST Reply to CommentWatched the second ep of Zero Hour. Don't worry, you're safe