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Cylon Says - BSG: Faith

By Lisa Fary

I’m so used to being annoyed that when BSG pulls out an episode like this, I’m flummoxed. Being impressed is just such a bizarre feeling.   read more »

Warrior Princess 101 - Lesson 18: Learning How the Other Half Lives

with Professor of Fangeekonomics, Ms. Melissa Voelker
 
Reference Materials for today’s class:
Xena: Warrior Princess, Episode 1.15 – Warrior…Princess?
 
Though Xena was a darker, much more serious show thematically than its predecessor Hercules, it was not a show above devolving into some humor and silliness once and a while.  To prove this point, the writers created a series of progressively more ridiculous episodes that all revolved around Lucy Lawless playing two (or more) look-a-like characters. read more »

Battlestar Galactica 1978 – The Young Lords

By Nancy Mathews

Shirtless StarbuckI grew up in the South Bronx so the name Young Lords has a lot of political connotations in my head. I didn’t quite know what to expect from this episode. I happily discovered it was the Starbuck episode of my dreams. Starbuck stranded on a planet, Apollo far, far away. . . ahh, the stuff fantasies are made of. It even had shirtless Starbuck and unicorns! What more could my inner tween ask for? read more »

Smallville: Veritas

By TrinityVixen

It took me a while to realize why this episode was so wistfully artful: it’s a funeral farewell. I’m not sure why the creators are so upset, seeing as the only person who seems to be on her way out is Lana. And it’s not like that hasn’t happened before. Or, maybe, it’s my lucky day and the eighth and final season won’t include her! read more »

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