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5 Best TV Pilots

Last week, TV Guide came up with its list of the ten best pilots ever, a list that was clearly written by insane people. While it’s hard to argue with the inclusion of Lost (which is, in fact, on this list as well), the presence of Football Wives and Desperate Housewives is a bit harder [...]

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Finale Thoughts: Lost

Lost and I, we have a tempestuous relationship. I like the characters and the high-concept element of the plot but have little patience for the show’s occasional trips to Self-Indulgenceville (a banal land populated by 6th season Buffy and every celeb reality show ever produced). I don’t want to watch a show that’s going to [...]

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TV Haiku: Season Finale Edition

Of course, the one week I need to take off is the same week the season finales start to air and the networks hold their upfronts. More on the latter later this week, but I can at least write a bit about the former. What to do when I’m so far behind that I have [...]

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5 Great Plot Twists

Sometimes, there is a fine line between surprising the audience with a completely unexpected plot development and jumping the shark, but when a show does it right, the viewers will be discussing it for weeks, and sometimes years, after the fact. I’m not talking about some “Bobby in the shower” kind of plot twist, either. [...]

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Tuesday Tidbits

Are you feeling the Battlestar Galactica love the way I am? Does Friday seem really far away? To tide you over, here are two crazy theories on who might be the final Cylon. Since I think every possible character has been repeatedly guessed by now, I’m going out on a limb and saying that it’s [...]

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Tipple Tuesday: Lost

Do the many unanswered questions and convoluted plots on Lost drive you to drink? Pop Vultures has your back, with an easy game you can play along with at home. However, we do not take any responsibility if you have to phone in sick the next day — this game is not for the faint [...]

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When TV Hurts So Good

I’m a geek. I assume this is common knowledge, but it doesn’t hurt to restate the obvious. I was reminded of my geek-like status this weekend, as I curled up on my sofa with an entire Whedonverse of comic books: the last two Buffys, all the Angels, and the first Serenity. Now, it’s been fairly well-established [...]

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Questioning Lost

Right, people. Let’s talk Lost. I must first confess that I am not one of the Lost faithful. I like it well enough, and some episodes have been incredible. On the whole however, I find the questions to answers ratio frustratingly high and wish, just once, they’d wrap up a storyline in a somewhat conclusive [...]

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Son of TV Haiku

Project Runway took the week off, but there was a surprising amount of new programming this last week. Enough, in fact, that there’s only one way to cover it all: more TV haiku! American Idol Yes, I’m still watching Though I feel unclean and Would like Paula’s drugs. Eli Stone Maybe it’s just me But based on the latest shows Quirky’s the new [...]

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5 Creepiest, Scariest TV Monsters

Monsters are on my mind these days. This is not a metaphor for some tormented mental state, either; I’m just thinking about monsters. What with the reappearance of Lost and Supernatural on the same night, it rather feels like Monster Week on the TV, ten months early. This week’s Friday 5 looks at some of [...]

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