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7.5

Archer – Tragical History

March 2, 2011 | | TV Reviews

Archer continues its trend of character-based flashback episodes with this week’s “Tragical History”. Today’s episode focuses on the (alleged) sex addict, comptroller Cyril Figus. You could tell right off the bat that this was going to be tragic, not only because of the title, but also because everyone at ISIS hates him. The episode’s main plot focuses on Cyril giving in to pressure and uploading an virus to the ISIS mainframe just so he can look like a hero. What he didn’t expect was people to hate him so badly that they wouldn’t even let him help.

8.5

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Bob’s Burgers – Sexy Dance Fighting

February 28, 2011 | | TV Reviews

Tina is distraught when a boy from her school moves away. It’s clear that she had a crush on the boy and now only wants to lie down and die. Too bad she’s sitting in the kitchen of the restaurant while she’s doing this. The entire family attempts their version of comfort by standing over her and staring at her. Gene asks what’s wrong with her to which Linda is quick to respond, “Puberty.” Louise responds saying that she’s pubing out and once again stealing the scene. After Tina explains the situation Louise suggests that she kill herself. Gene and Louise begin chanting, “Kill yourself, kill yourself” before Linda tells them that one day they’ll go through puberty themselves. Gene and Louise begin freaking out over this.

7.9

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Young Justice – Episodes 1-6 Review

February 28, 2011 | | TV Reviews

The Cartoon Network has previously taken on DC Comics superteams with the Justice League andTeen Titans. Justice League Unlimited was the last installment of Paul Dini’s run at the helm of the DC Animated Universe, and it was a relatively mature and serious take on the superhero genre, whileTeen Titans was much more lighthearted. The latest adaptation of the DC Universe on that network isYoung Justice, which is loosely based on the comic book of the same name, but also has many elements of recent Teen Titan comics, as well as some original characters and interpretations. Judging from the first six episodes which all serve to introduce the main characters on the team, the show is off to a good start, especially for teen viewers.

3.1

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The Cape – Razor

February 27, 2011 | | TV Reviews

What might be the final televised episode of The Cape aired tonight, and what a finale it was! This week our hero had to go undercover as a mad bomber in order to infiltrate the lawless scum that choke the gutters of fair Palm City. The Cape’s nemesis Chess has struck a deal with the reptilian reprobate Scales, and the two of them are dividing up the city like slices of a delicious cake. Only Earth’s mightiest hero can stop them!

9.5

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Supernatural – The French Mistake

February 27, 2011 | | TV Reviews

Once again Supernatural goes after the fourth wall, but this time they
freaking demolish it. The brothers have had a spell cast that put them
in a TV show before and even god himself wrote a book about their
adventures. However, this week they surpass even that. The brothers are
sent to; I guess we can say an alternate universe, even though that
ironically feels like Fringe territory. That said universe is ours and
includes the show Supernatural literally being the show Supernatural,
along with the actors and producers being themselves. It’s great to see
that the show and actors aren’t afraid to make fun of themselves, since
if they can’t do that then it would be pretentious for them to call out
other shows, like they did for their old time-slot rival Grey’s Anatomy
several times. The self-deprecating humor included the show being on its
sixth season, the power shift with the show creator moving on, the lead
actors not getting along, the series not having huge ratings, and many
other potentially touchy jokes. Of course, that begs the question if
there really is truth behind every joke or if these circumstances are so
exaggerated that they aren’t afraid to bring them up; it’s probably a
bit of both but more so the latter.

9.0

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Fringe – Subject 13

February 27, 2011 | | TV Reviews

Do you remember the “Peter” episode from season two? It was hands down the greatest episode of Fringe. It explained how Peter came to fall into Walter’s hands and showed us a younger Walter, and it had the best script to be made for a sci-fi show. So naturally, the writers decided to capitalize on their most critically acclaimed episode by making a sequel to it. Was it as great as “Peter”? It only just fell a little short of the mark, but it was still Fringe at its best.

8.8

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Spartacus: Gods of the Arena – The Bitter End

February 26, 2011 | | TV Reviews

The final episode of Spartacus: Gods of the Arena offered a
few surprises, while at the same time finally moving all the pieces into the
places they need to be for the show to make sense when it picks back up five
years later. It’s a bit overly convenient that all these major tumultuous
events in everyone’s lives would happen right in the same time span, but if you
let the TV logic do its work, the show turned out to be a solid, thoroughly
enjoyable trip back to Capua.

Archer – Tragical History

Bob’s Burgers – Sexy Dance Fighting

Young Justice – Episodes 1-6 Review

The Cape – Razor

Supernatural – The French Mistake

Fringe – Subject 13

Spartacus: Gods of the Arena – The Bitter End

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