Lower Decks

Let’s not kid ourselves – LOST has entered its final stretch.  And with just a handful of episodes left, there’s still an awful lot to get done.  From this season’s storylines to character questions to the BIG questions of the entire show, there’s a whole lot left to do.  But this episode moves us toward [...]

I’m going to keep this short because there wasn’t a whole lot here that needs to be discussed.  Again, Smallville decides to do a romantic-based story, while trying to bring in another relatively-obscure Superman villain.  And, again, you really have to look to the B-story to find the good stuff.  But at least that stuff [...]

For most of the series, Jin and Sun have never really been at the center of things.  Both characters have had their moments (Jin’s trip on the raft, Sun’s pregnancy, etc.), but they’ve mostly been followers instead of leaders.  So while the first Sun/Jin-centric episode of the season isn’t as explosive as last week’s Richard-centric [...]

Don’t look now, but the final season of LOST is about halfway over.  In just a few weeks, we’re finally going to be at the end of the road, and I’m starting to realize that every hour I watch is one hour closer to the end.  And, as far as new episodes go, we’re starting [...]

Two of my favorite characters on this show are Ben and Richard.  I’ve been fascinated by Ben’s character from the moment we met him as “Henry Gale” and I have the strong belief that Michael Emerson is easily the best actor on the show (and I think all of them are pretty solid).  Richard is [...]

I’m not sure if it was intentional, but on the sixth episode of the sixth season (not sure what the third six would be to complete the 666 metaphor) deals a lot with evil.  Characters are forced to face evil around them, evil in those close to them, and evil in themselves.  It’s one of [...]

For a while, I thought this episode was going to be a waste of time.  It all seemed so generic – random bad guy goes insane and kidnaps the love interest.  Random character is injured but Clark saves the day.  And while the villain was mildly interesting and the B-story was intriguing, that’s what it looked [...]

Jack Shephard was one of my favorite characters from the first couple seasons of LOST.  And what wasn’t to like?  He was the reluctant leader who took charge because no one else would.  He did a lot of things for the good of the group, and despite his feelings, he respectfully stepped out of the [...]

Once again, we have a Smallville gimmick episode.  Clark gets (insert random power) that makes everyone on the cast act funny for an episode.  This time, Clark gets the power of persuasion from a fairy with kryptonite dust – and that’s actually the plot.  It makes Chloe over-protective and Lois over-domestic.  There’s actually some good [...]

Going back to his first episode in season one, Locke-centric episodes have always made me sad.  From his problems with his father to his issues with Helen (not to mention his injury), Locke’s story always had a way of making me feel sorry for the old man.  But the addition of the “flash-sideways” gives a [...]