By Melissa Voelker
Bionic Woman may not have been a terribly well written or well acted show, yet I still feel it deserves a proper send off into the land of Television Programs That Are No More. Sure I wanted to scream and yell and shake some sense into Jaime Summers from time to time, but that was only because I thought she could do so much better. Read more »
Filed in Bionic Woman, News | February 13, 2008
2007 was the year I got beat up by TV. There was so much to watch, much of which only made me angry. I fell in love with a pie maker, broke up with Jack Shepherd and then had the best new show - Journeyman - killed off too soon (damn you, NBC!). The WGA strike ended the TV season early, which was upsetting, but when shows started running out, I felt unexpectedly free. Read more »
Filed in Opinion | January 1, 2008
By Melissa Voelker
Tonight’s very special episode begins with a bar wake for poor Antonio, with everyone sitting around a table drinking and looking forlorn. That’s right, I almost forgot he bit it at the end of the last episode. It was done so quickly and in such an overused, clichĂ© type of way that it slipped my mind. Anyways, Jonas tries to be empathetic to a hurting Jaime, and she throws a random Will Anthros comment back his way. Not that she mentions his name or anything, you just get the idea who she is talking about because he is the only other dead person she was any kinds of attached too. The best part of the whole weird wake scenario is Dr. Ruth making a very funny comment about sleeping with Antonio once and how amazing it was. Her delivery is so deadpan and spot on bizarre that it garnered a real laugh out of me. Go Dr. Ruth. Read more »