They still haven’t found little Sophie and, title notwithstanding, they haven’t added another modern mythic creature to the show. Nevertheless, this week delivers one of the season’s stronger episodes.
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An age-old dream, most recently revisited by Harry Potter, the invisibility cloak has become a reality– sort of.
An anti-mosquito force field, Martian news, and some very trippy superhero footage follows.
American Horror Story Discussion: “Murder House”
This show is in three different places in the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain, and this episode clearly shows that story arcs will dominate. We really don’t get closure on any plot this week, save for learning the fate of two characters we barely knew. I will therefore be saving my next review for the entire first season.
In the meantime, we can discuss the show– on the Canadian timeline, which isn’t as far ahead as the American one, but not so far behind as the Brits’.
Walking Dead Review: “Cherokee Rose”
The stay at the farm permits for more traditional character development. After last week’s swarm, the show cuts down to one zombie—but h’s one of the nastiest we’ve seen yet.
My opinions on this episode are (appropriately) split.
Once Upon a Time Discussion: “Snow Falls”
Due to a busy schedule, I won’t be reviewing this episode, but I’ll offer some comments and host discussion.
This week, we see a revisionist version of how Snow White and Prince charming met, one as contemporary as the characters’ make-up and hair. We also get bad make-up for trolls, more plotting from the queen, and the strongest parallel plots to date.
Did it work for the Bureau?
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The crew of the model Mars Mission “return” after 520 days in isolation, the Chinese set up space-mail, a prominent social scientist admits to falsifying multiple studies, a timeline for artificial intelligence, an asteroid approaches close to earth, some awesome video for Doctor Who fans, and more:
American Horror Story Review: “Pilot” and “Home Invasion”
American Horror Story made its debut October 5 and on Halloween night in Canada. The UK and other global points will get their first glimpse later this month. Although the first two episodes are clearly separate stories, I’m combining the review, because they’ve been presented together thus far, and the series deals more with arcs than stand-alone stories.
For the Harmons, the horror has just begun.
The Walking Dead Review: “Save the Last One”
For Halloween 2011, the Dead brought us the best ep in some time. Choices have consequences, and this week’s will be felt for the rest of the series.
Once Upon a Time Review: “The Thing You Love the Most”
If you plot revenge, first dig two graves
–Chinese proverb
Don’t wanna be a zombie for Halloween this year?
How about a princess?
Halloween Newspace
Our tv reviews may be a little late, but we’ll get’em out. Meanwhile, here’s some seasonal Newspace, including a very creepy trailer for John Carpenter’s Blockhead….
UPDATE: Video of Heidi Klum’s “Visible Woman” costume has been added.