Category Archives: Television

I want to take your clothes off with my teeth and give you a go-around like you've never had.

Posted on Saturday 3 October 2009 by Hazel

Mad Men - "Seven Twenty Three" ( Andre Jacquemetton & Maria Jacquemetton and Matthew Weiner) Another excellent episode. I am pleased that this show is picking up mid-season and I am doubly pleased to see some Betty scenes in S3 … Continue reading →

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Every time, they make it so real.

Posted on Saturday 3 October 2009 by Hazel

Dollhouse - "Instinct" (Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters) This has to be one of the daftest premises for an episode of anything. Just how long was Echo going to be Jack's mother? Until his father had got over his wife's … Continue reading →

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Wait. Who did they make me this time?

Posted on Tuesday 29 September 2009 by Hazel

Dollhouse - "Vows" (Joss Whedon) Thirteen things: One, Olivia Williams' hair is not "ugly", does not "look awful", and does "flatter her". Seriously, did these complainers see the dos she had in S1? Two, the A story (I assume the … Continue reading →

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Well, he was evil, and people got killed, and now he...bakes. It's a thing.

Posted on Monday 28 September 2009 by Hazel

Get It Done (Douglas Petrie) Okay, Kennedy has started to really annoy me. Though not as much as the "what the hell was that?" speech from Buffy. Anyone want to say a few words about Chloe? Let me. Chloe was … Continue reading →

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What the hell just happened?

Posted on Wednesday 23 September 2009 by Hazel

Mad Men - "Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency" (Robin Veith & Matthew Weiner) What an episode. Random observations: Jared Harris made me think of of his dad, Richard, as Dumbledore when he addressed the whole office. The title of … Continue reading →

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A bidet. Like a bidet of evil.

Posted on Wednesday 23 September 2009 by Hazel

First Date (Jane Espenson) I almost said to Andy before it started that this episode was likely to be one of the worse ever because all I could remember was that Xander had a date and that she was played … Continue reading →

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Gloomy Mad Men

Posted on Thursday 17 September 2009 by Hazel

Two blog posts from outside my usual Mad Men sphere brought me up short when I read them and made me think: do I actually like Mad Men? It can be hard work and it is dour and oppressive. The … Continue reading →

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I left my lunch pail on the bus and I’m having a baby.

Posted on Thursday 17 September 2009 by Hazel

Mad Men – “The Fog” (Kater Gordon*) *the first episode this season not co-written by Matthew Weiner This was an excellent episode chock full of great moments and scenes. I’m already bored with Don’s relationship with the teacher, Suzanne. The … Continue reading →

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We should have been forever

Posted on Wednesday 16 September 2009 by Hazel

The Killer in Me (Drew Z. Greenberg) This is the Buffy has a cold episode. It has three separate story-lines of varying degrees of interest. The Spike story is as engaging as any Spike story this season although the funniest … Continue reading →

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"mums aren’t good at being funny"

Posted on Friday 11 September 2009 by Hazel

Don’t ask why but I recently watched an edition of The One Show (broadcast on 22nd July 2009) with Hugh Dennis as the studio guest. The presenters asked him about the lack of women on such shows as Mock the … Continue reading →

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