Tag: recap
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True Blood Recap: “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”
by Sarabeth Pollock: True Blood Recap: “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” Original Air Date (HBO): Sunday August 5, 2012 Season 5 Episode 9 Greetings, Fang Nation. This week when I switched away from the Olympics to tune into our favorite show I was reminded of when the Shifters revealed themselves to the world in…
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True Blood Recap: “Somebody That I Used to Know”
by Sarabeth Pollock: True Blood Recap: “Somebody That I Used to Know” Original Air Date (HBO): Sunday July 29, 2012 Season 5 Episode 8 Hello Fang Nation! Have your heads stopped spinning yet? Before we begin, I want to note that tonight’s episode was directed by our very own Vampire Bill Compton, Stephen Moyer. At…
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Nikita Recap: “Homecoming”
by Merrill Barr: Nikita Recap: “Homecoming” Original Air Date (The CW): Friday May 18, 2012 Season 2 Episode 23 When Nikita first aired in September 2010 I made a lot of comparisons between it and J.J. Abrams’ ALIAS. Sydney:Nikita, SD-6:Division were the comparisons that really linked the shows most. Both were about female covert agents that learn the organization they’ve been…
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Nikita Recap: “Crossbow”
by Merrill Barr: Nikita Recap: “Crossbow” Original Air Date (The CW): Friday May 11, 2012 Season 2 Episode 22 Let me start this review off with the following… SEASON THREE!!!!!!!! *clears throat* Okay, back to business. There’s something that admittedly feels *convenient* about Crossbow. After weeks of chasing after Divsion, Percy just happens to get his hands on…
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Nikita Recap: “Dead Drop”
by Merrill Barr: Nikita Recap: “Dead Drop” Original Air Date (The CW): Friday May 4, 2012 Season 2 Episode 21 There’s a lot to love about Nikita. But perhaps its greatest asset (besides the obvious) is it’s unwritten rule of never wasting time. I can name a plethora of shows that would’ve taken a minimum…
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Nikita Recap: “Shadow Walker”
by Merrill Barr: Nikita Recap: “Shadow Walker” Original Air Date (The CW): Friday April 27, 2012 Season 2 Episode 20 You know what’s so great about Nikita? It honestly feels like the writers are always one step ahead of the audience. I spend a lot of time after every episode talking about it with some…
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Nikita Recap: “Wrath”
by Merrill Barr: Nikita Recap: “Wrath” Original Air Date (The CW): Friday April 20, 2012 Season 2 Episode 19 In an attempt to find a way to describe this episode I realized something, there are simply not enough expletives in the English language to get across how flat out awesome Wrath is as not only an episode of…
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Nikita Recap: “Power”
by Merrill Barr: Nikita Recap: “Power” Original Air Date (The CW): Friday March 30, 2012 Season 2 Episode 18 Nikita’s never been shy to throw the audience for a loop at the last possible second in an episode. I’m reminded of Michael’s “ask me how I got here” moment in last season for example. And…
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Nikita Recap: “Arising”
by Merrill Barr: Nikita Recap: “Arising” Original Air Date (The CW): Friday March 23, 2012 Season 2 Episode 17 If last week’s “Doublecross” was meant to wrap-up many of the A story line’s subplots, this week’s “Arising” served to wap-up many of the B story line’s subplots. Alex’s mother, Ari vs Sergei, Cassandra & Max, it…
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Nikita Recap: “Doublecross”
by Merrill Barr: Nikita Recap: “Doublecross” Original Air Date (The CW): Friday March 16, 2012 Season 2 Episode 16 Ever since her introduction into the series, Carla’s been talking about how Division can be saved. And because of that, it’s clear that her days were always numbered. However, I don’t think anyone expected her arc…