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{5/5} “So why don’t you go do what you do best, me ol’ mucker? Step on some toes and upset people.” Murdoch Mysteries, season 2, aired in 2009 When a new dinosaur skeleton is unveiled, a murdered man is in its mouth. When Murdoch is injured Crabtree steps up to take his place as acting […]
{5/5} “The truth is, you should consider yourself lucky if you even occasionally get to make someone — anyone — feel a little better. After that, it’s all about the people that you let into your life.” Scrubs season 8, aired in 2009 Since Dr. Kelso resigned as chief of medicine, a replacement needed to […]
{4.5/5} “That’s what I like about you, Pee-wee. You’re normal.” Pee-wee’s Big Holiday, released in 2016 A motorcycle-riding actor named Joe comes into the diner where Pee-wee works and orders a milkshake. When the two of them get talking they realize they have some things in common. Joe invites Pee-wee to his birthday — in […]
{4.5/5} “Simply put, we offer humanity’s greatest minds more time to fulfill their potential.” Self/less, released in 2015 Damian is dying of cancer. A company called Phoenix Biogenic offers him a unique possibility — “shedding.” He can transfer his mind into a healthy young body that’s been grown in a vat. After undergoing the procedure, […]
{5/5} “If you’re lonely, you’re stuck in a toxic relationship, you’re full of resentment for people who have hurt you, you’re cheating on your partner, you’re selling your soul at work, or you feel spiritually bankrupt, no amount of veggies, gym visits, 12-step programs, or vitamins is going to cut it. Radical self-care also involves […]
{4.5/5} “It’s always the husband.” Major Crimes season 4, aired in 2015-16 The team deals with reality show contestants, a supermodel, spyware, gangs, murdered cops, a withdrawn confession, and a man who films the people he murders. Flynn has a health scare that he has to take time off to deal with. Provenza’s girlfriend Patrice […]
{4.5/5} “Every star is an oasis in a desert — a warm place, rich with nutrients and complex chemistry. Many organisms compete for access to those riches. Their struggles are ethereal, protracted, and largely invisible to beings as yourself. But the battles are as relentless and deadly as anything that happens in a forest or […]
{4.5/5} “You are addressing General Krunn of the Klingon Empire, presently in command of the Imperial Battle Cruiser Fek’lhr, and I demand the immediate return of my stolen kinsman, as well as custody of her perfidious abductor. Surrender them at once, if you care for the safety of your ship and crew.” Star Trek: Child […]
I went to DaCapo Chamber Choir’s concert “Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind.” Like the recent symphony concert I went to, it was an occasion to enjoy beautiful music I hadn’t heard before. The program had a Shakespeare theme, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of his death. Here’s the program: Harry Friedman — Songs from Shakespeare […]
{4.5/5} “‘But didn’t you just say that you would do whatever you were told?’ ‘Yeah, I sometimes exaggerate for effect.’” In the Valley of Elah, released in 2007 Hank receives word that his son Mike has gone AWOL from the army days after getting back from Iraq. He knows that Mike wouldn’t do that without […]