Eliza Dushku Slays Us
Michelle, Amy, Amanda and Melynee • But Eliza’s allure isn’t in her vulnerability, it’s in her swagger
High Stakes Hootenanny
Allyson • Joss Whedon shills for Kerry, but we’re not allowed to take notes.
Felicity: Damn You
Amy • Sometimes you keep watching, even when things don’t turn out as you hoped.
Spoilers: the Crack of Generation Net
Amy, Michelle • Anyway, the gist of it is: spoilers bad, ruin show, bad spoilers, bad .
Alias: Furrow Mania
Michelle, Amy • Agent Vaughn: The man, the myth, the furrow.
Smallville: With Friends Like Lex…
Amanda • Smallville has a lot going for it. His name is Lex.
Enterprise Goes Virtual
Miera Carel • Taking fanfic a step further, a group of writers decide to continue a show after it’s been canceled.
Leslie and Ben (And Us!)
This teeny tiny moment is one that you don’t see in sitcoms and yet another reason that I love the Parks and Recreation writers in trusting that its fans love its characters just as much as they do.
What Manic Pixie Dream Girl Movies Can Learn From Leslie Knope
Liz Belsky • This isn’t about why Parks and Recreaction’s Leslie is awesome. It’s about why her chemistry with Ben Wyatt is fascinating, and why it kind of subverts everything you’ve come to expect from relationships like theirs.
Josh Holloway Lights My Fire
When I was in the sixth grade, my best friend and I had a crush on a boy named Jason. Jason was a year older, and was that intelligent-preppy-nerdy-sweet type of guy who wouldn’t be attractive to other girls for…
The Siren Song of Fandom
Amanda • These days I’ve settled down, but I still get around. Fandoms, that is. I dive into each new television show like we were having a tawdry affair.
How Real is American Idol?
Amanda • I had a few revelations after a trip to a live taping
Buffy: Bored Now
Michelle • A sort of critique of Buffy, season six. I tried to be nice. Really.
Dawson's Creek: Woes from the Creek
Laura • If the word “suck” didn’t exist, Dawson’s Creek would have created it.
X-Files: Adieu, To You and You and…
Amanda, Kathy Adams • Chris Carter is the only person who got off on the X-Files series finale.
Who’s Your Ultimate Lost Guy?
Amanda • Take our handy quiz to find out.
Season Two in an Instant
Amanda • In case you didn’t see it firsthand, here’s the dirt on Instant Star’s second season, just in time for the third.
Buffy Bitching
Michelle, Amanda, Amy • We love Buffy the Vampire Slayer. But lately, it’s done nothing but frustrate us.
Wonderfalls: Fall In
Allyson • Meet Jaye: Bitter, snarky, talks to inanimate objects.
Smallville: Angry Lex is Good Lex
Amanda • Lionel’s abuse is convincing Lex that we live in a “want, take, have” society.
AMTK: The Final Countdown
Amanda • It’s the last regular ep of America’s Most Talented Kid. Let me hear you say, “ho!”
Roswell: Welcome to the Cult of Insanity
Michelle • Fandom spawns the morass of insanity known to us as ‘shippers.
Buffy Returns
Amy, Melynee, Amanda • Buffy’s back — and on UPN. Well, was it worth it?
American Idol Goes Hollywood
Dana • It’s so sad seeing these contestants so excited and hopeful about making it through the first round of the first day. Learn to manage your expectations just a little bit, Youth of America. This is not actually “your…
Smallville: Instructions for Misuse
Amanda • Everyone’s using Lex. Sadly not for sex.
AMTK: Secret of Success
Amanda • Barry Manilow and tap dancing. America’s Most Talented Kid, episode two.
Alias: Hang the Shrink
Michelle, Amy, Vanessa • Everything they did wrong in the Second Season premiere, and then some.
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Brad, Amy • Tragically, the writers lost their mojo in the second season.
Alias: One in Five, Bitch
Michelle • The Alias finale was implausible and predictable, but still rocked.
Downton Abbey: A History Lesson Cleverly Disguised as a Soap Opera
Marley • This is the birth of British feminism, people.



























