17 July 2013
Pilot Watch: Orange is the New Black
By Lauren Webb // TV
I complain a lot about women in film and tv. I complain a lot about the lack of varied interpretation and interesting characters – about the fact that “women’s shows” …
15 October 2012
Showtime 2012 Part I, Series Wrap Up: Weeds
By Kelly Bedard // TV
In its final season, Weeds got back to basics in a lot of ways. It’s been 8 very long years with the Botwins but ultimately it’s been 8 pretty good …
20 June 2012
Weeds: The Beginning of the End
By Kelly Bedard // TV
When season 8 of Jenji Kohan’s criminal sitcom Weeds hits Showtime at 10pm on July 1st, it’ll be the last start for the notorious Botwin clan. Heading into the hit’s …
27 September 2011
Season Wrap Up: Weeds
By Kelly Bedard // TV
Weeds is a rocky ride of a show. From the superb first 3 seasons to the terrible 4th and 5th to the more-than-redeeming riot that was season 6, being committed …
09 January 2011
The Terrible Person Brigade
By Kelly Bedard // TV
Cable TV is the home of terrible people. That’s not to say that some of the people on network aren’t horrible too (Addison Montgomery is a hypocritically terrible person, whereas …
02 January 2011
The Evolution of Weeds
By Kelly Bedard // TV
The strange story that is Weeds doesn’t make a lot of sense. It’s oddly popular though almost no one thinks it’s very good any more; only a couple of the …
29 July 2009
A Mature Mother
By Tim Collins // TV
The latest episode of Weeds took a turn for the serious…and it was a homerun. For the first time in 5 seasons, I did not laugh out load once. Sure, …
18 July 2009
A Severe Case of Contact High
By Tim Collins // TV
As much as a tv fanatic I claim to be, there are still very few shows I can watch non-stop for hours without becoming slightly bored. It’s seldom that I …
09 June 2009
I Unintentionally Lied To You All!
By Kelly Bedard // TV
In my post about Season 4 of Weeds, I said that the premier of Season 5 wasn’t until later in June. I was mistaken. It was last night. And Showtime …
06 June 2009
Weeds Season Four: A Very Late Season in Review
By Rachael Nisenkier // TV
As a show, Weeds has always kind of existed within its own little airtight moral vacuum. Sure, we, as the audience, could, like Nancy, often justify her early decisions, but …
15 December 2008
My Tv Crushes (and my Triumphant Debut on My TV)
By Rachael Nisenkier // TV
I’ve decided to do my first blog post as an addendum to Kelly’s earlier Crush list, because there’s some tv-shows that even the great Ms. Kelly hasn’t gotten into and …
05 May 2008
Oops… I forgot one.
By Kelly Bedard // TV
Contrary to popular opinion, I am, at times, fallible. One of these failures occurred a couple hours ago when I posted a list of my favourite TV opening credit sequences …
11 October 2006
What Happened to The Reign of Sitcoms?
By Kelly Bedard // TV
Once upon a time there was a multitude of great television encapsulated into succinct 23 minute installments. This was when sitcoms ruled the airways… not in syndication. My TV obsession …
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