TV-Reviewed

We're coming down to the season finale. It's two weeks away and I'm excited to see it. Before we get there, let's look back at "Fresh Blood." The episode kicked off with some formalities. Bill had to go rescue Sookie and put Pam in her place, but not before she got in a few good shots of her own. Pam was overmatched, however, and was forced to let Sookie go. I couldn't help but laugh when Russell kind ... Read More

This week's episode was a bit of a mixed bag for me. While it furthered along the major plots, the episode felt like a bit of a filler episode. Nothing major happened with the exception for the stuff surrounding Sookie. Bill came clean and told her she was a Fairy. Eric's insinuations that Bill is hiding some additional facts is interesting. I haven't read the books True Blood is loosely based on, but it wouldn't surprise me ... Read More

I'm not sure if I was alone in this, but I found a lot more humor in "Everything is Broken" than in many of the other episodes shown this season. I'm torn in determining if it was the writing or if it was just me picking up some of the more comedic subtleties. Whatever the case, I enjoyed this episode quite a bit. I'll start off with Hoyt and Jessica because right now that's my favorite subplot to the show at ... Read More

While "Southbound Suarez" won't be a memorable episode by the time the season is over, it was by no means a poorly-executed episode. It had Annie making friends with a young college student in order to use him to get access to his sister in Venezuela. It was thought that the sister was a banker who could help the CIA get important information on a big-shot down there who was using his money for illegal activities. Since we're early in the ... Read More

Now that was a bad-ass episode! Wow, it had everything and included everybody. Even Arlene and Terry had their own scene outside of Merlotte's. In fact, that was creepy to see Arlene's ex back on the show in that dream/hallucination sequence. He's all she's been able to think of since learning from the doctor when her baby was conceived. She knew right away it wasn't Terry's. Meanwhile, Jessica and Bill finally got some important training time in and ... Read More

After an exciting foray into the world of the CIA, Annie quickly got the rug pulled out from underneath her in "Walter's Walk." Assigned to interview walk-ins, Annie found herself listening to weirdos and crackpots for most of the day. Then something interesting happened. She met the mother of a highly-intelligent young man. She claimed her son recorded a piece of highly sensitive intelligence. It didn't take long before Augie and the rest of Annie's fellow agents figured out ... Read More

Instead of reviewing each of these episodes individually, I elected to watch them each back-to-back and combine my reviews into one. It's easier and quicker to go this route since I was so far behind. Sam Merlotte's folks did prove to be up to something no-good, but I wouldn't have guessed dog fighting was it. Tommy and his mother are both shifters, allowing them to turn themselves into monster pitbulls and do well in the fighting ring. Given the negative ... Read More

Wow, how did I fall this far behind in my True Blood-watching?  I guess this season didn't pull me right in like in the past.  The episode got things going with a not-so-surprising little twist.  Bill told Sookie they were done and asked her not to come looking for her.  Sookie initially laughed it off because she felt Bill was under duress from one of the werewolves, but then she started balling like they were over.  I didn't buy it for a ... Read More

USA Network has been one of the few networks producing great scripted television over the last several years. Popular shows such as Burn Notice, Monk, PSYCH, White Collar, and Royal Pains have all been on my list of shows to watch. Anytime USA announces a new series, I'm usually there to watch it and see how it turns out. Covert Affairs centers around a young woman who is training to be a CIA agent. Played by the sexy Piper Perabo, ... Read More

In my attempts to catch up with one of my favorite shows, I finally got around to seeing the third episode of the new season and it was a fairly big disappointment. Early episodes of new seasons tend to be little more than set-up episodes, leading to the season finale. Some have more excitement than others, but "It Hurts Me Too" contained too much Bill Compton for my tastes. It isn't that I don't care about Bill, but I don't feel ... Read More