New But Familiar Faces
 

The employees of Seattle Grace may be suffering under their seige, but the new orange-scrubed doctors who’ve landed on Grey’s Anatomy have some comfortingly familiar faces, even if their names need to be looked up on IMDB. Nora Zehetner (aka Colin’s sister from Everwood) was extremely annoying, Robert Baker (aka Leo from Valentine) was easily […]

 

First we lost Shane Sparks, then Wade Robson cut back to a routine or two a year, now the choreographer universally acknowledged to be a genius, Mia Michaels, is also leaving So You Think You Can Dance. The creator of countless memorable contemporary pieces and very few mediocre ones, Mia was the highlight of almost […]

 

Since Brothers & Sisters‘ first season back in 2006, Matthew Rhys has been one of my favourite people on television. His complicated and endearing character Kevin Walker has also been a favourite, as well as one half of TV’s best couple: Kevin and Scotty. The 34-year-old masks an accent and tackles English as a second […]

The Good and Bad of Jim and Pam’s Wedding

This week’s episode of The Office was an event; the wedding that fans and characters alike have been waiting for for years. In pleasing, disappointing and appropriate ways, the episode was perhaps the perfect one to celebrate the series’ history and identity. In accordance with The Office‘s tendency towards broad and unfunny humour, Andy hurt […]

I’m Bored
 

What is wrong with this TV season? Maybe it’s that Lost, Better Off Ted, 30 Rock, My Boys, Big Love and Friday Night Lights didn’t return to the schedule in a timely manner. Maybe it’s that I’m a season behind on Dexter and Mad Men so am holding off on watching those this season. Or […]

Tonight’s How I Met Your Mother paid tribute to the great coming of age movie Dead Poets Society. With Barney’s gesture of standing on his desk and addressing Ted as “captain my captain”, How I Met Your Mother made up for the merciless (and hilarious) mocking that the same film had endured on Thursday. Last […]

 

I like your bad jokes.

And I too enjoy pointing out menu typos.

Just sayin’

 

One of Entertainment Weekly’s newest photo galleries is a run down of what they consider to be the 25 greatest episodes in the Whedonverse. And while I don’t agree with every choice (how are “Waiting in the Wings”, “Tabula Rasa” and “Spin the Bottle” not on this list?), they get it almost exactly right. So, […]