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Supernatural: Reading is Fundamental
“What is that?” “It’s, uh, Kevin Tran. He’s, uh, in Advanced Placement.” When we last left the Winchester boys they had performed their Ocean’s Eleven con and stolen Dick Roman’s block of mud. The...
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Revolution: Pilot
On Wednesday morning, I was sitting in a casino in Elko, Nevada (the state where I do Humanities work), waiting for my breakfast to arrive, when the power went out. It’s an odd thing to sit in complete...
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Revolution: Chained Heat
[If you haven’t watched the episode, stop now, spoilers abound] Revolution’s second episode was a serviceable narrative that moved the action forward a bit, introduced a few new key players, and added...
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Revolution: No Quarter
Need. More. Character. Development. Does that count as a review? It must be depressing to be a television creator on a major network (and I don’t include the CW as major), as you have no time to win...
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Supernatural: We Need to Talk About Kevin
“Change of tone” and “back to the beginning” appeared to be the mantras of Supernatural’s 8th season premiere, “We Need to Talk About Kevin.” Former writer and producer Jeremy Carver has returned from...
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Revolution: The Plague Dogs
[MAJOR SPOILERS – DON’T READ IF YOU HAVEN’T YET WATCHED LAST WEEK'S EPISODE!!] There are so many things that Revolution finally did right in “The Plague Dogs.” In fact, while I would like to call this...
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Supernatural: What’s Up, Tiger Mommy
I was meeting with students last week about their research papers and had asked them what types of narratives they enjoyed, regardless of medium, and one of my students mentioned Supernatural. I...
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Revolution: Soul Train
Oh Revolution. I’m trying so hard to like you, but you’re not totally working with me here. So let’s just cut to the core of the problem. The show is being centered on the character of Charlie – her...
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Supernatural: Heartache
After two weeks of strong episodes about Kevin Tran and the quest to shut the gates of Hell forever, stand-alone story “Heartache” is a nice sorbet to cleanse our palate while we wait for another...
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Are you still watching Supernatural? Part One
Are you still watching Supernatural? If not, you should be. Season 8 is a welcome return to form. Then: What went wrong. Supernatural took a lot of hits when Eric Kripke left after season 5. There was...
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