Walking Dead leads us around in a big circle with a two-episode shaggy dog story that tells us what we already knew about the Governor: he’s a dick. Before I get into this episode, let’s address the comic book underpinnings. Or rather, let’s not and point you to someone who will. I’ve been discussing this show completely independent of the comic books ever since Shane’s story diverged so massively. However, these episodes involving the Governor were in part picking up threads of his story as […]
November 24th, 2013 | Filed under Dark TV,Headline | Read More »
In this week’s grimly grim Walking Dead episode, we enjoy a variety of grim grimness grimly enacted by grim actors in a grim world where the future holds only grimness. The lone bright spot? The return of the Lovernor. Last week’s episode ended with a shot of the Governor lurking in the shrubberies near the prison. This week we start off some distance back in time, with a flashback to the Gov massacring his own people after the failed assault on the prison. Things go […]
November 17th, 2013 | Filed under Dark TV,Headline | Read More »
On Walking Dead this week: medical horror, dueling crises, and Full Metal Carl. I don’t really understand why, but the scenes of medical procedures and general grossness this week were a lot harder for me to watch than a zillion zombies getting their heads smashed in. I genuinely had to look away during the intubation scenes, especially Glen’s. All that coughing up blood and phlegm and disgusting crap just this me on a whole other level of squick. Hershel tries to leaven the hopeless situation […]
November 11th, 2013 | Filed under Dark TV,Headline | Read More »
The Face Off season finale features…Swan Lake? Well, ok. Let’s see how that works out. Back at the house, the three remaining artists get some Skype time with their families. I always thought it was a little strange how big a deal they made about this, but Laura told me once that they really don’t get to talk to their families the whole time they’re on the show. I don’t really understand why the producers do that, but it does make it clearer why everyone […]
November 5th, 2013 | Filed under Dark TV,Headline | Read More »
This week’s Walking Dead left the prison behind for a pair of road trips, giving us a dynamic and strangely sad episode. The episode begins with an unsettling sequence cutting between Rick preparing for a run to find food and Carol having a talk with young Lizzie, all set to a throbbing score. Lizzie has a weird philosophy, that it’s better to be something terrible than nothing at all, comparing dying and turning into a zombie to growing up and becoming an adult. Carol instills […]
November 3rd, 2013 | Filed under Dark TV,Headline | Read More »
