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by Merrill Barr: Falling Skies Recap: “Love and Other Acts of Courage” Original Air Date (TNT): July 8, 2012 Season 2 Episode 5 Thomas Jefferson once said “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” Intentional or not, Falling Skies is a true embodiment of the famous…

True Blood Recap: “Let’s Boot and Rally”

Jul 8, 2012

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by Sarabeth Pollock: True Blood Recap: “Let’s Boot and Rally” Original Air Date (HBO): Sunday July 8, 2012 Season 5 Episode 5 Hello Fang Nation! Before we get started with this week’s recap, let me begin by telling you that I’ll be covering everything True Blood at the San Diego Comic Con next week. It’s…

True Blood Recap: “We’ll Meet Again”

Jul 1, 2012

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by Sarabeth Pollock: True Blood Recap: “We’ll Meet Again” Original Air Date (HBO): Sunday July 1, 2012 Season 5 Episode 4 Greetings, Fang Nation! I have to say, even though we’re only four episodes into this season, tonight’s True Blood felt different. I can’t exactly explain what “different” means other than to say that as…

Falling Skies Recap: “Young Bloods”

Jul 1, 2012

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by Merrill Barr: Falling Skies Recap: “Young Bloods” Original Air Date (TNT): July 1, 2012 Season 2 Episode 4 There’re many marks of a well made television series. One of the most important is whether or not the writers are capable of realizing the potential of a new story line. Plenty of examples exist where story lines that…

True Blood Recap: “Whatever I Am, You Made Me”

Jun 24, 2012

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by Sarabeth Pollock: True Blood Recap: “Whatever I Am, You Made Me” Original Air Date (HBO): Sunday June 24, 2012 Season 5 Episode 3 Hello again, members of #FangNation. Tonight’s episode of True Blood had so many twists and turns that my head started to spin…not quite like Lorena’s in Season 3, but you know…

Falling Skies Recap: “Compass”

Jun 24, 2012

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by Merrill Barr: Falling Skies Recap: “Compass” Original Air Date (TNT): June 24, 2012 Season 2 Episode 3 – SPOILERS FOR THE WALKING DEAD, SONS OF ANARCHY AND THE AVENGERS AHEAD – When it comes to shows like The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Sons of Anarchy and of course Falling Skies, shows built on premises…

True Blood Recap: “Authority Always Wins”

Jun 17, 2012

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by Sarabeth Pollock: True Blood Recap: “Authority Always Wins” Original Air Date (HBO): Sunday June 17, 2012 Season 5 Episode 2 “When I fight authority, authority always wins.” Isn’t that the truth? This week’s episode revolved around the concept of authority, both the literal Authority and the figurative authority, in a clever double entendre that…

Falling Skies Recap: “World’s Apart”/”Shall We Gather at the River”

Jun 17, 2012

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by Merrill Barr: Falling Skies Recap: “Worlds Apart”/”Shall We Gather at the River” Original Air Date (TNT): June 19, 2012 Season 2 Episodes 1 & 2 In cable television the scenario often occurs where all the episodes of a season are filmed (and sometimes locked) before any of them air. This ends up creating a vacuum for the writers where…

True Blood Recap: “Turn! Turn! Turn!”

Jun 10, 2012

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