UncategorizedOn the impossibility of enjoying TV episodesJaime Weinman on the struggle of classic episodes to live up to their reputation
UncategorizedWhat Is the Most Padded TV Episode You’ve Ever Seen?One theme I return to a lot is how episode length shapes the TV episodes we see: half-hour storytelling is different with 21...
UncategorizedEpisodes That End At the ClimaxA follow-up to my last post : there are some TV episodes that don’t have an "aftermath" scene, a scene where the pressure is...
UncategorizedThe Great TV Episode Burn-OffThe saga of Dollhouse ’s 13th episode is one of the more amusing TV-scheduling issues of recent months . According to the...
UncategorizedFavourite Thanksgiving Episode?As you’ve doubtless noticed, there are two kinds of episodes about Thanksgiving. One is the episode where stuff goes horribly...
UncategorizedOh, Ryan, You Thought You’d Succeed Without Tryin’, And Yet Your Stories Weren’t Satisfyin’B.J. Novak (Ryan) isn’t officially leaving The Office , but he’s taking a "leave of absence" while he does a Quentin Tarantino...
UncategorizedA Change of PaceDenis McGrath notes that tonight’s (McGrath-scripted) episode of The Border was intended as "to see if the show could stretch...