The Following, Episode 11, Whips and Regret

After he lost Claire, Hardy fell back off the wagon. Carroll gives Ryan a wake up call and calls him out on drinking again. Hardy hangs up on him, but Carroll calls back and brings up their famous book again. He’s calling him to rub his renewed family in Hardy’s face, effectively hurting Hardy. At the same time, Roderick pulls up with a hooded Claire. Agitated, she only wants to see Joey. Jacob leads her to her room and locks her in, promising her that… Read More »
Walking Dead – Welcome to the Tombs

On the Walking Dead season finale, people die. Lots and lots of people. I wanted to be really excited about this episode, but in the end, it feels like Walking Dead has been spinning its wheels for two months. The Woodbury vs. Prison war just goes on and on and on, pointlessly. How many times have they attacked each other now? I’ve literally lost count. Eight times? Ten? To begin, the Gov is torturing Andrea. And Milton. Milton gets it worse, for some reason. Back… Read More »
Game of Thrones – Valar Dohaeris

Game of Thrones’ third season launches with a choppy episode that fervently tries to pick up all of last season’s dangling plot threads. A very brief overview of how season two ended: Stannis’ assault on King’s Landing was thwarted by Tyrion’s use of wildfire and Tywin’s timely arrival from Harrenhal. Arya escaped Harrenhal. Robb married his sexy nurse friend even though he pledged to marry Lord Frey’s daughter, then couldn’t figure out what to do with his mother, Catelyn, who freed Jaime Lannister in hopes… Read More »
Freakshow 107, Freaks of Nature

Tonight, Todd brings us more freaks with the seventh episode titled, “Freaks of Nature”. In his attempt to recreate one of the most rare pitch cards in the world, Todd has invited Jim the Armless Wonder and Jesse the Halfman to come and stay at his home. In this famous pitch card we see a man with no arms and a man with no legs riding a tandem bicycle, who strikingly resemble the two men above in physical attributes. In the meantime, we see Todd… Read More »
Immortalized 107, First Love

Immortalizer Dave Houser is against the challenger Erich Carter. Carter has been a taxidermist for over forty years and he’s won rewards as well as made pieces for celebrities. Houser and his pink Mohawk are put to the test as we get the theme, “First Love”. Houser proclaims himself to be edgy and controversial. Carter sees taxidermy as the animal’s death as the beginning of a new life. As far as the theme, Carter is envisioning three birds: a male, a female and a baby.… Read More »
Face Off – Living the Dream

The Face Off season finale is an acrobatic, aquatic affair that brings out the best in the final three contestants. There’s no nonsense in setting up the challenge – each finalist has to create a pair of creatures for Le Rêve – The Dream, a pretentiously titled Vegas show. It’s basically a slightly damp version of Cirque du Soleil. To help them, they get to pick two teammates from some of the eliminated contestants. Teams are picked schoolyard style. Guess who’s picked last. The creatures… Read More »
The Following Episode 10: Guilt

With Jacob at the casa de serial killers, his fragile psyche is starting to quake as he dreams of Paul waking him up, healthy and shirtless, and a butchered Emma in the shower, covered with blood. Would this perhaps be a little foreshadowing? Either way, I just don’t think Jacob is strong enough to handle this, erm, lifestyle. Follower Amanda Porter is in custody and giving up some crazy information to match her crazy personality. With Carroll breaking into Quantico to find out where Claire… Read More »
Lost Girl – Delinquents

Linda Hamilton guest stars on Lost Girl while Bo and Kenzi go undercover at a summer camp for juvie malefactors to hunt down Man-Thing. There were two plot lines weaving along this week before the big shippy finale, so let’s tackle them one at a time. First, Tamsin meets up with an old friend, who turns out to be Linda Hamilton. Linda looks pretty cool and badass in a sort of Steven Tyler kind of way. She uses a Xena-esque serrated blade as a weapon,… Read More »
Walking Dead – This Sorrowful Life

This was a complex and intense episode of Walking Dead, filled with struggle and turmoil. And Motorhead. The episode was titled, “This Sorrowful Life,” which sounds like a particularly depressing NPR show. It starts out with Rick having apparently undergone a complete reversal of his position on whether or not to offer Michonne to the Governor. He’s let Daryl in on the secret appeasement offer, and wants to kidnap Michonne for their own safety. Everyone has qualms about this. Daryl keeps making comments alluding to… Read More »
Immortalized, Episode 6: Self Portrait

Once again we see the Immortalizer Beth Beverly going up against a new challenger, Bill MacFarland. The challenger Bill MacFarland, from Limerick, Pennsylvania, is a hunter, artist and commercial taxidermist. He prides himself on his unique habitats in his work. He’s been practicing taxidermy for around four years. With a degree in fine arts, MacFarland explains that this element makes him a strong opponent. The theme tonight is revealed to be “Self Portrait”. Beth divulges how she loves the process of skinning an animal. She… Read More »



















