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 […]
Raising Hope (season 4)
{4/5} “First aid is just a scam dreamed up by the gauze and bandage people.” A mysterious man who Virginia, Burt, and Jimmy have all seen around on occasion turns out to have a surprising relationship to them. Burt and Virginia come up with an idea to start bartering with other people who can offer […]
Burn Notice (season 4)
{5/5} “Michael, I hope you’re never in a situation where your survival depends on your ability to understand relationships. You’ll be dead in seconds.” Michael is now working with the people who burned him, in an effort to defeat a dangerous foe. A new person joins the team — Jesse, a counter-intelligence agent Michael unintentionally […]
Burn Notice (season 3)
{5/5} “You know, Michael, I’d appreciate it if when you stopped by it wasn’t only to lose your police tail.” Since Michael is no longer being protected by Management, the police are taking an interest in him. Michael is still trying to get his old job back, which Fiona isn’t particularly happy about. Michael, Fiona, […]
Burn Notice (season 2)
{5/5} “If we looked for everyone who tried to kill you, we’d do nothing else.” Michael’s new handler Carla demands that he do jobs for her once in a while — meanwhile, he tries to find out everything he can about her. Fiona decides to stop trying to be Michael’s girlfriend. And Sam’s girlfriend Veronica wants him […]
Burn Notice (season 1)
{5/5} “Covert intelligence involves a lot of waiting around. Know what it’s like being a spy? Like sitting in your dentist’s reception area twenty-four hours a day. You read magazines, sip coffee, and every so often someone tries to kill you.” Michael Weston is on a mission in Nigeria when his contact tells him there’s […]
The IT Crowd: The Internet is Coming
{3.5/5} “Does it ever seem to you that the things that happen to us are sort of strange?” Roy has a girlfriend who’s knowledgeable about comics, Jen swoons over a server at a coffee shop, and Moss is making videos of board game reviews (which no one likes). Douglas thinks Jen is his assistant Joan and […]
The Daily Show (seasons ? – 18)
{5/5} “There is near-universal consensus that the melting is due to global warming, though the Bush administration counters that the ice caps are not melting. Rather, the water has been liberated.” The Daily Show season 18 just ended. I’m not sure why their season ends in September — new episodes are coming next week. I’m […]
Pushing Daisies (season 2)
{4.5/5} “There are complicated issues in this situation that you don’t even know nothin’ about. Except that their complexities are so complex they make this shallow conversation absurd.” Ned and Chuck continue to try to make their relationship work, even though they can’t touch each other. Olive can’t deal with all the secrets she’s learned […]
Whose Line is it Anyway? (seasons 1 – 9)
{5/5} “The show where everything’s made up and the points don’t matter. That’s right, the points don’t matter — it’s like the talent portion of a beauty contest.” Whose Line is it Anyway? season 9 just finished. The first 8 seasons aired from 1998 to 2007. I haven’t seen much of the British version, which […]