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Tag archive for ‘24’

2010 Primies: Best Episodes

It’s often hard to remember all of the television I watch every year, but some episodes make themselves impossible to forget. The following hours or half-hours of television were exemplary in some way, whether it was for the writing or the direction of the episode; for the way they ended [...]

The Prime Times: Post “Lost” Edition

Lordy lordy, do I have a ton of news items to share. Let’s waste no time:

41 Shows Reviewed in 140 Characters or Less

Rose Byrne in "Damages"

Note: The following post first appeared as an article by the same name in The Climax, Hampshire College’s newspaper. Also, some of these micro-reviews may exceed 140 characters—my bad!

I am a student of television. Writing television scripts is my Division III [a senior project, in Hampshire speak]. So I have no shame in the [...]

“Lost”: Even More Sublime in Real Time

The events of September 22, 2004, as viewed in split-screen format

What if Lost were presented like 24, replete with a ticking timecode and split-screen? YouTube user pyram1dhead gives us the answer, and it is done incredibly adeptly—so much so that you almost wish you could watch the whole series this way. Culling footage from [...]

“24″: Impressive Talent Clocking In

Anil Kapoor, Katee Sackhoff, Callum Keith Rennie, and David Anders of "24"

Even though the countdown clock reminds us that we have 147 days yet to wait, I’m already excited for Season 8 of 24. Granted, it’s not often that I feel pumped about the eighth season of a show. But last season brought the [...]

The Everywhere Actors

Michelle Forbes in "24," "Lost," "Battlestar Galactica," "In Treatment," "True Blood," and "Alias"

When you watch as much television as I do, you see familiar faces all the time, and then you have to ask yourself (or IMDb), “Where have I seen him/her before?” For example, I’m watching the first season of House, [...]

The Hierarchy of Obsessiveness

The Hierarchy of Obsessiveness

The following post was originally published on my old blog on February 4, 2009.  Updates to this post are noted below.

Under some pretense of being an organized person (ha!), I keep a very meticulous list of the episodes I have yet to see for all the shows I follow. And I’ve noticed definite trends regarding my [...]