Last night was Parks and Recreation's much-hyped episode in which Dave the Cop aka Leslie Knope's boyfriend from Season Two, played by Louis C.K., returns to Pawnee. NBC had leaked photos in which Leslie (Amy Poehler) was at dinner with Dave and her boyfriend Ben Wyatt (Adam Scott) – so we were expecting funny awkwardness. But "Dave's Return" was as stressful and awkward to … [Read more...] about I Want to Endorse Ten Beers into My Mouth.
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OTP: Dr. Elizabeth Weir and Colonel John Sheppard of Stargate: Atlantis
As an avid consumer of media (books, movies, TV shows) I've had many favorite pairings or 'ships, but I never really understood the concept of One True Pairing (OTP) until I met these two: Dr. Elizabeth Weir and Colonel John Sheppard, of Stargate: Atlantis. In brief, this show was a spinoff of Stargate: SG1 which was itself the TV spinoff of the movie Stargate. SGA, as it's … [Read more...] about OTP: Dr. Elizabeth Weir and Colonel John Sheppard of Stargate: Atlantis
Downton Abbey: A History Lesson Cleverly Disguised as a Soap Opera
Sometime back in the fall of 2011, Downton Abbey happened. I don’t mean that the show premiered; it actually premiered in the US in the fall of 2010. But sometime back in October or November, what were little whispers about Downton Abbey all over my Facebook feed became shouts of "you must watch this!" Then around the first week of January, my social networks overflowed with … [Read more...] about Downton Abbey: A History Lesson Cleverly Disguised as a Soap Opera
Pan Am: Experience Makes the Difference
A few weeks into the 2011 television season, a friend told me I had to watch ABC’s Pan Am. This wasn’t in my plans, as I had no interest in the show. From the ad campaign it seemed similar to The Playboy Club on NBC (which had already been cancelled), and I wasn’t interested in television that took the approach of “we can totes be sexist and it’ll be okay because it was NORMAL … [Read more...] about Pan Am: Experience Makes the Difference
What Manic Pixie Dream Girl Movies Can Learn From Leslie Knope
The thing about Parks and Recreation that's stood out from the beginning — or, at least, since the show first hit its stride during the second season — is how great it is to its female characters. That's pretty much the one bit of praise you hear applied to it over and over (as well as the whole "It's really, really positive and unironic and enthusiastic" thing, which is just … [Read more...] about What Manic Pixie Dream Girl Movies Can Learn From Leslie Knope