Archive for the ‘Reviews of TV shows’ Category
Burn Notice (season 7)
{5/5} “A deep cover job changes you in ways that are hard to describe. To become another man for months or years, it’s impossible to go through and not be affected at the most basic level.” Things have changed. Jesse is back at work in security, Fiona is back collecting bounties and has a new […]
Modern Family (season 5)
{5/5} “Two things I bring to every open house, my lucky pen and a smile. I haven’t sold a house all month. Do you see me saying ‘I’m done’? Never. Because there is no ‘done’ in Dunphy.” Cam and Mitchell decide to get married — Cam starts planning an absurdly elaborate wedding. Manny and Luke […]
Burn Notice (season 6)
{4.5/5} “Spies are trained to deal with catastrophic events. They’re taught to separate how they feel from what they need to do. But some circumstances are so extreme that separation is impossible. Then, even a seasoned operative will have the same response as everyone else: horror, disbelief, shock.” Fiona has allowed herself to be arrested […]
Elementary (season 2)
{5/5} “The problem with rulebooks, Watson, is that they offer the illusion that leading a moral life is a simple undertaking. That the world exists in black and white. Welcome to the greys.” Holmes and Watson go to London to help Holmes’ old colleague Inspector Lestrade, and while there they run into Sherlock’s brother Mycroft […]
The Big Bang Theory (season 7)
{5/5} “Who knows? You said you’d be home yesterday, but came home three days ago. You say you’re taking me to work, but for all I know I’ll end up in a deserted amusement park, or a cornfield maze or a back alley dog fight. You tell me.” While Leonard is away at sea for […]
Glee (season 5)
{4/5} “You just need to keep finding the places you belong and the people you belong with. And then you’ll have an army to fight alongside of you until the world is finally brave enough to accept you for who you are.” Sue Sylvester is now the principal, after planting false evidence in Principal Figgins’ […]
Agents of SHIELD (season 1)
{4.5/5} “We want you to tell us about the day after you died.” Agent Coulson puts together a new team to deal with supernatural people and objects. Ward is a black ops specialist who’s used to working alone. May is also an experienced operative but for some reason doesn’t want to be in the field […]
Other TV shows I’ve watched lately
These are shows I’ve seen a fair number of episodes of but not all. {4.5/5} Blue Bloods “They are the finest police department on the planet but they carry guns and shields not magic wands.” Season 4 has finished — I don’t think I saw any of the first 2 seasons but have occasionally watched […]
Castle (season 6)
{5/5} “Everything I’ve ever done, every choice I’ve ever made, every terrible and wonderful thing that’s ever happened to me, it’s all led me to right here, this moment with you.” Beckett decides to take the job in Washington DC, but she also accepts Castle’s marriage proposal. Can Beckett and Castle make their relationship work […]
Once Upon a Time (season 3)
{4.5/5} “A lifetime of craven self interest is a nasty habit that you’ve never been able to break.” Emma, Snow, Charming, Regina, and Hook are in Neverland looking for Henry. Rumpelstiltskin is also there but he’s gone off on his own — he’s not much of a team player. Everyone wants Henry, including Peter Pan […]