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Doctor Who (2005) s02e09 – The Satan Pit
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 29, 2020
So, the title sort of gives away the big reveal. The Satan Pit refers to the giant hole in the middle of the planet, where they’ve already dug twelve miles down and sent David Tennant and Claire Rushbrook to investigate. She wants to go in the existing pit, as opposed to the tunnel they dug. Tennan read more
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006) s01e02 – The Cold Open
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 29, 2020
The Cold Open is about Matthew Perry trying to write the cold open (the pre-credits sketch) for the first episode of ‘Studio 60’ he and pal Bradley Whitford are producing. The episode’s cold open is Amanda Peet giving a press conference about Perry and Whitford taking over the show. It’s a quick read more
Doctor Who (2005) s02e08 – The Impossible Planet
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 28, 2020
The Impossible Planet has just what “Who” needs… right now anyway. There’s a new director to the series (James Strong) and a new writer (Matt Jones), and they give the series a push in a better (arguably best so far) direction. Is there going to be any momentum… probably not. “Who,” read more
Doctor Who (2005) s02e07 – The Idiot’s Lantern
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 27, 2020
I had high hopes for this episode. Higher hopes. Between writer Mark Gatiss, who wrote something last season and I didn’t hate it because I don’t remember his name, and director Euros Lyn, I figured it would be fine. I just didn’t predict it’d be such a middling fine. Once again the Doctor (David read more
Frasier (1993) s02e12 – Roz in the Doghouse
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 27, 2020
It’s writers Chuck Ranberg and Anne Flett-Giordano’s second episode this season. They sort of established the show in the first season, so it’s nice to see them back. Even if this episode doesn’t age well. Some of the jokes are great and the performances are fantastic, but the situations associated read more
Doctor Who (2005) s02e06 – The Age of Steel
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 26, 2020
I had low expectations for this episode, given the first installment was so unimpressed; writer Tom MacRae and director Graeme Harper do not improve at all this episode. The perfunctory cliffhanger resolution does nothing to ratchet up any enthusiasm. The stakes are simple—the Cybermen are taking read more
Doctor Who (2005) s02e05 – Rise of the Cybermen
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 25, 2020
The cold open of this episode looks pretty bad and the direction on the actors is terrible so I was just waiting to see it was Keith Boak. Then the opening titles rolled and I got a little hopeful upon seeing the writing credit—Tom MacRae, new guy (all the “Who” writers are guys so far), and the read more
Frasier (1993) s02e11 – Seat of Power
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 25, 2020
Steven Levitan wrote this episode. Levitan’s one of the few sitcom people whose names I recognize. I didn’t realize he’d done “Frasier.” Turns out this is his first of four episodes. Recognizing the writer (though not remembering he hadn’t contributed a script to credit level before Seat), read more
Doctor Who (2005) s02e04 – The Girl in the Fireplace
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 24, 2020
The Girl in the Fireplace is an exceptionally affecting star-crossed lovers story, with the Doctor (David Tennant) happening across a portal to 18th century Versailles and—initially reluctantly—becoming involved Madame de Pompadour (Sophia Myles) as he tries to save her from time-traveling automato read more
Frasier (1993) s02e10 – Burying a Grudge
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 24, 2020
David Lloyd wrote a John Mahoney-centric episode last season so he seems the right fit for this episode, which is about Mahoney having to bury the hatchet with his ex-partner and best friend, Lincoln Kilpatrick, as both men have long retired and experiencing health issues. David Lloyd is father of read more
Frasier (1993) s02e09 – Adventures in Paradise (2)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 23, 2020
I wonder how this episode would play in one sitting. Even just marathoning it (as opposed to cutting out the recap at the beginning of this second part, which Kelsey Grammer performs quite well). Because writers Ken Levine and David Isaacs still have an odd structure. They had an odd structure last read more
Hitman: A Rage in Arkham (1993-96)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 23, 2020
A Rage in Arkham is the first Hitman collection, but it’s not all the first Hitman stories. There’s his first appearance, during the Bloodlines crossover—which I can’t forget to address, in a Garth Ennis and John McCrea Demon annual, then a Contagion tie-in with Hitman and Batman, then the first read more
Becker (1998) s01e22 – Regarding Reggie
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 23, 2020
I’ve been dreading the “Becker” season finale. I was initially enthusiastic about this rewatch but the first season’s been a slog. I’m not sure why exactly I was dreading this episode—other than the Regarding Reggie title being a little ominous—but it was the appropriate expectation. If read more
Devs (2020) s01e08
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 22, 2020
With “Devs,” writer, director, and creator Alex Garland manages to be at least twenty-one years late to be original with what he’s going for. Though he’s also apparently in the zeitgeist because the big twist is also another show this year. Does he bring anything new to the table? Not really? read more
Doctor Who (2005) s02e03 – School Reunion
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 22, 2020
They did a CGI werewolf episode, so why not a CGI vampire episode—except the vampires are aliens who can’t really turn into humans except Anthony Head (get it, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” non-vampire, playing a vampire, get it—also, he plays the headmaster of a school; headmaster; get it). read more
Devs (2020) s01e07
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 21, 2020
Lots of “surprises” this episode as far as how the show’s going to go into its final episode. Like three deaths surprises, as writer, director, and creator Alex Garland starts paring down the cast to something more manageable. The funniest thing about the death scenes is how anticlimactic they read more
Devs (2020) s01e06
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 20, 2020
This episode introduces “dumb Jamie,” which is writer, director, and show creator Alex Garland’s way of making Sonoya Mizuno clearly smarter than Jin Ha. It just requires Ha be really dense all of a sudden. Even though he just got done doing the superhero move of breaking Mizuno out of a mental read more
Frasier (1993) s02e08 – Adventures in Paradise (1)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 20, 2020
Remember when we didn’t see TV show episodes all the time? What were they called—electronic programming guides (thanks, Google). So watching Adventures in Paradise: Part 1 in fall 1994, you weren’t wondering why it was called part one. The episode’s got a somewhat strange pacing as writers Ken read more
Space Force (2020)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 20, 2020
“Space Force” | Season one, 10 episodes | Netflix, 2020 While comedic sitcoms usually take a while to find their footing on the way to a successful vehicle, the creators of “Space Force” seem to be striding the fence here in their pursuit of a balance between comedy and darker social read more
Frasier (1993) s02e07 – The Candidate
The Stop Button Posted by on Jun 19, 2020
I missed the writing credit on this episode and I’m glad I did. Seeing it’s Chuck Ranberg and Anne Flett-Giordano is icing. Candidate’s the team’s first script this season (they did a bunch last season) and it’s great. It’s also a bit risqué for a network sitcom as far as politics goes, read more