After the Golden Age
{4.5/5} “She suppressed a vague feeling of abandonment, that she could have died, and now Mentis and her mother were just leaving her alone. But she remembered: the city was more important. And Celia was always saying she could take care of herself, wasn’t she?” Celia is the daughter of superheroes, living in Commerce City. […]
The Princess and the Frog
{4/5} “You sure this is the right blind voodoo lady who lives in the boat in the tree in the bayou?” Tiana works two jobs as a waitress to save up money to open her own restaurant. Finally, she’s able to afford a building — of course, it’s a bit of a fixer-upper. When Prince […]
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (season 1)
{5/5} “The one thing you can count on in Wonderland is that you can’t count on anyone.” After Alice’s visit to Wonderland she tells her father all about her adventures. He doesn’t believe her and she gets sent to an asylum. Just when she’s about to undergo a terrible procedure, the Knave rescues her and […]
The Fountains of Paradise
{4/5} “Even now, it was impossible to realize the full meaning of the coming revolution. For the first time, space itself would become as accessible as any point on the surface of the familiar earth. In a few more decades, if the average man wanted to spend a weekend on the moon, he could afford […]
Parks and Recreation (season 6)
{5/5} “Who wants to stay in the greatest town in the world with her best friend and be happy forever when she can abandon her soul sister like an old shoe and move to a garbage city full of jerks?” Ron asks Diane to marry him. A competitor opens across the street from Tom’s rental […]
The Ten Commandments
{4/5} “A city is built of brick, Pharoah. The strong make many, the starving make few. The dead make none.” In order to escape death, when Moses is a baby he’s sent off in a basket down the river. Bithia, the Pharoah’s sister, has no baby and raises Moses as her own son. Moses grows […]
The Thief Lord
{3.5/5} “Riccio shook his head with astonishment. ‘No. Why? It’s great being young. You don’t stand out so much and your stomach fills up more quickly. You know what Scipio always says?’ He jumped from the bridge onto the street. ‘Children are caterpillars and adults are butterflies. No butterfly ever remembers what it felt like […]
Burn Notice (season 5)
{4.5/5} “As a spy, you get used to the idea that you sometimes have to ask your enemies for help. It’s not an easy thing to do but unfortunately the best information is often in the hands of the worst people.” Michael is finally back in the employ of the government. After being stuck in […]
Star Trek: First Frontier
{4.5/5} “Oya was a thinker and most of her life she had lived with the stigma of that. The Clan could be more brilliant, pound for pound, than Terrans or Romulans or Orions or anyone else, but instinct had always overwhelmed them. Most of their science had been borrowed, kept alive by types such as […]
Sea Without a Shore
{4.5/5} “This text that we have, it was somehow hidden away, left to be found, when all the mages were gone. And that was no easy thing, for every effort was made to guard against this. They left Eldrich behind, who was trusted. But this text, Averil, Mr. Valary, I fear it is like an […]