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Sleepy Hollow: “Pittura Infamante”
Monday, on Sleepy Hollow, they tested Ichabod and Katrina as a crime solving couple, and turns out they were very boring! It’s almost too bad, since the criminal was a bad guy locked into a painting...
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Reign Report: “Getaway”
Reign is back from winter break, after introducing a very serious rape subplot to its usual camp stew with very uneven effects. It chose to make its winter debut with an episode about Catherine...
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Writing Catchup (and Sleepy Karaoke)
Okay, time for another news roundup! First, some fiction updates: my short story “A Dweller in Amenty” has been longlisted/preliminary balloted for the Stoker! And thanks to the Book smugglers writing...
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Reign Report: “Banished”
Reign is one of the plot-churniest shows I have ever regularly watched, but every so often even this show hits an episode that leaves you feeling like you’re watching 42 minutes of Previously On, or...
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Reign Reports: “Sins of the Past” and “The End of Mourning”
So, we haven’t had a Reign Report here for two episodes! Technically the first one is because I was heading to California for the DC Talent Summit, but let’s be honest, if the episode had been amazing...
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Sleepy Hollow: “Awakening”
“Awakening” aired on Monday; it’s the penultimate episode of the season for Sleepy Hollow, and I am only just now done laughing about John Noble’s face from the scene in which Katrina reveals she’s...
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Sleepy Hollow: “Tempus Fugit”
And so, the second season of Sleepy Hollow comes to a much brighter end than expected, given the rest of the second season; the reverse-pilot played with the beats that worked so well in the pilot,...
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Reign Report: “Forbidden,”“Tasting Revenge,”“Tempting Fate”
Wow, I have been away from this show for a while! (So long was I gone that the show had an episode about a wine tasting called “Tasting Revenge,” which means this show feels way too safe without me....
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Reign Report: “Reversal of Fortune,”“Abandoned,”“Fugitive”
Going three episodes at a time turns out to be a great way to watch Reign; you get all the bursts of action and a sense of an arc – in this case, Francis’ illness and Mary’s conflict as Conde slowly...
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Penny Dreadful Season 2 So Far
We’re three episodes into Penny Dreadful’s second season, and I have yet to write about it here! I’ve been recapping at io9, of course, but now – after the show’s best episode ever – seems like a good...
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Penny Dreadful, Season 2
Penny Dreadful Season 2 wrapped in July! I’ve been recapping it faithfully at io9, for those who want to catch up! I will admit, after the truly amazing third episode, the rest of the season never...
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Reign Report: “Siege/Burn”
Okay, fine, Reign, FINE, I will finish Season 2 before the next season starts. It besmirches Catherine, but we all know that even besmirched she’s the best thing on this show by a factor of ten. And...
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Reign: Season 3 So Far
So, I am recapping Reign at AV Club this season, which is very fun for analytical purposes, but I missed talking nonsense about the dresses and Catherine’s facial expressions enough to come back and...
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Sleepy Hollow: Season 3 So Far
(A very artsy shot considering that in this scene they’re running from undead Redcoats summoned from the grave by an evil witch.) Sleepy Hollow is back – and it is so, so sorry about last season. My...
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Nonfiction Catch-up Post: One Wedding and Nine Funerals
There has never been a fictional wedding/funeral ratio more to my tastes, has there? The wedding happened on BATES MOTEL, which I covered for AV Club; you could not have picked a better week for me to...
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Brooklyn 99: “The Venue”
Boy, this is a fascinating episode to deal so directly with needing to be liked. When Brooklyn Nine-Nine is on its game, it’s one of television’s warmest half-hours. (See the donut-hole cold open that...
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Riverdale: “Death Proof”
“When I heard what happened at Nick’s party, I decided that we should come together…to deal with this motley crew of liars, dope fiends, and fornicators.” In a normal show, “Chapter Nineteen: Death...
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Riverdale: “The Wrestler”
“Why weren’t you a part of this?” “Because I was playing basketball.” Every so often, some of the dozen spinning plates on Riverdale wobble, and the show has to deal with Archie. … It’s a bizarre but...
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The Alienist
I’ve been recapping THE ALIENIST over at The AV Club! (All recaps so far should be gathered under that header; if you’ve wanted to get caught up, now’s the time.) It is a fascinating case study in...
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Reign Report: “Terror of the Faithful”
Things are heating up on Reign, as Francis’ utter inability to do anything right begins to backfire on him, and Protestants take to the street after making a martyr out of a man Francis refused to make...
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