Taking a life changes you. Agatha Christie once wrote, from the mouth of Hercule Poirot, that once someone had taken one life, it was much easier for them to take more lives. That however hard the first murder is, the second is always easier. We are wired not to be able to kill another human being. Break that wiring, so it goes, and the wiring stays broken.

This, then, is why Shane, dangerous even before, is more dangerous now. It’s not just that he’s unstable, lunatic, and unraveling. He’s all those things and has killed the living already. He can do it again. Continue reading »

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The Walking Dead—Episode 2.08: "Nebraska"

The Walking Dead—Episode 2.08: “Nebraska”

Feb 13, 2012

Jesus Christ we’re still on Hershel’s farm? Well, yes, we are. And, even if there’s no geographic movement, there’s still movement in the character sense. People are having things happen to them, although some of it is still in the Final Destination-lite run of luck these people have. But there’s movement! Of story, if not [...]

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Reminder and Schedule

Feb 13, 2012

Don’t forget you can enter to win a limited edition screen print. Walking Dead recap should be up this afternoon. Because this is a show we recap from live airings, TWD depends on Arthur’s work schedule, but you can count on recaps around noon Monday most weeks. Downton Abbey, another show we recap from live [...]

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It’s Official! Mad Men Premiere Date (plus more premieres)

Jan 14, 2012

Finally! Mad Men Season 5 will premiere Sunday, March 25, 2012. Episode 501 will be two hours long and run from 9 to 11pm Eastern time. Subsequent episodes will run from 10 to 11 Eastern. Season 2 of The Killing premieres Sunday, April 1, with a two-hour episode airing from 8 to 10 Eastern. The [...]

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Walking Dead and Hell on Wheels Marathons

Dec 31, 2011

New Year’s Eve: On Sat., Dec. 31 AMC will air a full-series, back-to-back The Walking Dead marathon beginning with the series Pilot, “Days Gone Bye” at 11AM | 10C and culminating with the Season 2 Midseason Finale, “Pretty Much Dead Already” at (when else?) Midnight | 11C. New Year’s Day: Sun., Jan. 1, AMC will [...]

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Fundraising Seasons: The Walking Dead Season 1

Fundraising Seasons: The Walking Dead Season 1

Dec 12, 2011

We’re having fun revisiting interesting things during our fundraiser, and our theme is “seasons,” so I thought you’d like a stagger-through of Season 1 of The Walking Dead (see what I did there?). It’s fun for me watching my son, Arthur, grow as a writer, he does all our TWD recaps. Episode 1.1 Days Gone [...]

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Basket of News, Nov. 26 – Dec. 2, 2011

Dec 2, 2011

ETonline has an exclusive first look at Jon Hamm in The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret.  CeleBuzz has pics of Jon in full Don Draper mode. The L.A. Times highlights Jon – and Bryan Cranston — as actors who excel at drama and comedy. The Film Experience’s Nathaniel R opines that Christina Hendricks and Jon Hamm [...]

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The Walking Dead—Episode 2.07: "Pretty Much Dead Already"

The Walking Dead—Episode 2.07: “Pretty Much Dead Already”

Nov 30, 2011

Or as my mom and I came up with, Conversations with Dead People. (Alternate joke: The episode title is a reference to its pacing.) This, my friends, was the episode of conversations. And conversations. And conversations. And… Look, when you’re doing a show like this, people are going to want zombie action. That’s understandable. It’s [...]

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The Walking Dead—Episode 2.06: “Secrets”

Nov 22, 2011

Boy, they weren’t kidding with that episode title, were they? This episode was the episode of secrets getting revealed or at least discussed. I wonder if I can even list all of them. Let’s list all of them.

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The Walking Dead—Episode 2.05: “Chupacabra”

Nov 15, 2011

A chupacabra is a beast of folklore. Like the yeti or Loch Ness monster, it’s rumored to exist but no proof of its existence can be found. It’s mostly rumored to exist in the Americas, especially Spanish-speaking countries. As far as the scientific evidence goes, signs point to it being the result of coyotes badly [...]

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The Walking Dead—Episode 2.04: “Cherokee Rose”

Nov 8, 2011

Dude, that episode was just bad. Just… bad. Look, I know I can’t expect weekly top-notch quality from this show, but this? The most memorable scenes from this show were thoroughly gratuitous. And the big walker scene was one big idiot plot. If you don’t know that term, it means a plot that relies on [...]

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Basket of News, Oct. 29 – Nov. 4, 2011

Nov 4, 2011

James Bond 23 – now officially titled Skyfall – will face its greatest challenge in his spy career—be a worthy Oscar contender next year. Casting Albert Finney can’t hurt. Entertainment Weekly extracts from Matthew Weiner’s take on his renegotiations with AMC (and the alleged impact on other shows) from the interview with his sister,  freelance [...]

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The Walking Dead—Episode 2.03: “Save the Last One for Me”

Oct 31, 2011

Firing the entire writing staff seems to have been a good move for this show. The show is a lot better this season. Oh, sure, it isn’t cliché-free like Mad Men strives to be. This episode has both an incredibly predictable “Just in the nick of time” moment and a shirtless scene for the cast [...]

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