Family Guy “Farmer Guy” Review
Crime is up in Quahog, and Peter and Lois are worried about raising their family in such a violent, lawless place. Which isn’t terrible different than how the town behaves most of the time. Like, in the MacFarlane-verse, how is Quahog not considered America’s shithole already? That’s neither here nor there, I guess. Peter does [...]
The Simpsons “The Fabulous Faker Boy” Review
This week, we open with a truncated credits sequence so there’s more time to devote to the highly anticipated Robot Chicken couch gag. Was it worth the excitement? Kinda sorta. I’m no fan of Robot Chicken, but it was pretty cool to see the Simpsons characters done in Claymation/action figure style. As with many of this [...]
Family Guy “Save the Clam” Review
During a bush-league softball match, everyone’s favorite not-Cleveland black guy Jerome accidentally kills Horace, the owner of The Drunken Clam. The bank takes possession of the bar, and Peter, Quagmire and Joe barricade themselves inside to stop it from being torn down. You know, the trope of the neighborhood folk banding together to stop the [...]
The Simpsons “Whiskey Business” Review
Moe’s feeling suicidal, as usual, and after a botched attempt to hang himself, St. Anger round his neck, Homer performs CPR and saves his sorry ass. Moe now owes Homer a Wookiee Life Debt, and since Homer doesn’t want any uggos as his indentured servants, he, Marge, Carl, and Lenny take Moe on a trip [...]
Lonely Gods Episode 2 – The Daleks
The Doctor’s second adventure pits him, Susan, Barbara and Ian against his greatest foe, the Daleks. What do Kate and David think of the first ever appearance of the most famous villains of the entire series? Do the Daleks we know and love to hate resemble the originals in any way? Tune in to find [...]
The Simpsons “Pulpit Friction” Review
Church episodes aren’t always the easiest thing for me to discuss because as a godless heathen I simply feel rather far removed from churchgoing culture. My folks usually only remembered their faith on holidays or when they wanted to tell me all about how awful I am. I remember that I once escaped out the [...]
Crap!: The 22 Worst Episodes of Great Shows – Part 2
It’s time for another round of awful decisions from talented people! Hold onto your butts for a fun-filled four entries chronicling the moments when even the best series go horribly wrong. For those of you just tuning in, you can read Part 1 here, and for those of you who either don’t care or are [...]
Crap!: The 22 Worst Episodes of Great Shows – Part 1
As those of you who have been following my Simpsons reviews (I see all six of you out there) will know, a little while back The Simpsons shat out pretty much the worst episode they’ve ever done. And when you’ve got a body of work spanning two and a half decades, that is saying something. [...]
Revolution “Ghosts” Review
Revolution is a frustrating show. It likes to play with the expectations and emotions of the viewers, not through intelligent writing, but through greatly fluctuating quality and baffling character motivations. I honestly thought I was going to have to eat my words from the review of the last episode. Unlike the first half of the [...]
CSI “Sheltered” Review
The body of a teenage boy is abandoned in a wasteland, with an origami crane left in his pocket. When another boy is taken by the killer, an intrepid journalist, an overweight private eye, a junkie of an FBI agent, and the bereaved father must solve this deadly puzzle before it’s too late. The body [...]
