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  1. Once Upon a Time Review: Sailing On To a Whole New World

    5/13/2013 3:00 PM
    Having Philip there when Neil was discovered opens the need for the resolution of the open plot thread of getting his soul back. When we last saw Aurora and Mulan they were going to try to find a way to recover his soul. This scene means that they succeeded and thus we need to see that occur.

  2. Person of Interest Season Finale Review: Fight for the Machine

    5/10/2013 5:40 PM
    @Mr.Finch - You note that Root is Yellow. She has been Yellow since her first appearance (when she was still her shrink persona). Also note that Shaw started out as Blue (Relevant Side Operative) and was shifted to Yellow by the Machine as soon as Reese clued her in that the Machine was Research/Northern Lights.

    I think Finch was shocked at being the cause of his partner's death since as we saw his warning display had come up just before Finch shut that service down in Zero Hour and thus he took on the non-relevant monitor role as a memorial to him.

    As to the possibility of Root being the new Admin, she has been from the start protective of it. Thus she has, in the Machine's view, earned this right. As to her methods, she is no worse than the Northern Lights people (who have been her targets). At least she is going after them not the innocents who were killed by NL to hide the existence of the Machine.

  3. Person of Interest Review: The Call

    5/5/2013 12:00 PM
    braaf_hond Posted

    color scheme of the machine (so far) :
    white : unaware of the existence of the machine...
    yellow : aware of the existence of the machine…
    red : threat to the machine…
    blue : asset in charge of dealing with the numbers on the relevant list…

    root has been a yellow box since firewall...


    The assignment of colors is more complex than that. I was just watching the Pilot and Reese was a Yellow from his first appearance (when he as still a homeless person on the train). I need to rewatch the introduction of Root to see if she as a White and changed to Yellow or was Yellow from the beginning.

    Interestingly while Carter has always been White, when the Machine puts up her PoI warning it identifies her as an Asset ("Treat to Asset - Contact Admin").

  4. Person of Interest Review: The Call

    5/3/2013 10:44 AM
    I found what colors of color coded boxes are assigned to whom interesting. Shaw is blue (ie: Relevant agent) while Reese and Finch are Yellow (Irrelevant agent). I have to watch the episode from the start to see how Root is colored before the phone call (she as Yellow after it). If she was Yellow from her first appearance in a computer shot, that is very interesting due to how the Machineis classifying her. I have had suspicions that the Machine has been helping her ever since she showed up (or at least returned).

  5. Hannibal Review: Left Behind

    4/28/2013 7:58 AM
    Eddie posted "I didn’t know until today that the pulled episode had been chopped down into webisodes, which I’ll watch shortly"

    The episode was sliced&diced to make the webisode version. What you will see is NOT the original episode but only the scenes between Hannibal and the daughter of the pilot's killer (the one who had her neck sliced). That relationship is supposed to be a major plot going forth so they wanted to allow it to be seen. What was removed was the "Crime of the Week" sections. The only way to see that is to wait for the Season DVD (where it will hopefully be there between Episode 3 and 5 OR as an additional feature) or locate a BitTorrent from a foreign source where it was broadcast.

  6. Doctor Who Review: Dancing With Tears In My Eyes

    4/17/2013 11:49 PM
    I should have known straight away "Cold War" took place in the 80s

    There was a hint in the first few seconds as we flew over the ice - There was an location/date caption that read "North Pole - 1983".

  7. NCIS Review: The K9 and the Nannies

    3/20/2013 3:59 PM
    I liked that Gibbs gave one of his medals (we know from prior episodes he just keeps them in a draw) to the Widow since he claimed that Dex deserved an award. The problem was that Dex earned a Purple Heart and I think that one IS awarded to service dogs who are wounded (or killed) in action as Dex was.

  8. NCIS: Los Angeles Review: Rock-Paper-Scissors

    2/20/2013 11:51 PM
    For those who not aware (which apparently includes this review writer) Sam's wife (and her CIA Persona) is due to reappear in an episode next (or the following) week. IOW: They will be revisiting that plot arc.

  9. Once Upon a Time Review: The Missing Piece

    2/18/2013 5:43 PM
    I guess this episode puts to rest the suggestion made last week that Regina in that episode was really Cora. Based on her comments this week, the Regina meeting with Snow/Charming was the real Regina. Regina's other appearances, OTOH could still in theory be Cora.

  10. Person of Interest Review: No Reservations

    2/15/2013 1:37 PM
    I liked that the Bureaucrat’s secretary turned out to be Root. She showed up in at least one prior episode but she showed up only then as a figure with no face shown. I had my suspicions then about if she was Root and thought they were going to go the same route again until the final reveal of her identity. There is defiantly something she is working on.

  11. Person of Interest Review: Prison Break

    1/11/2013 4:39 PM
    But what is Kara real agenda? She is definitely out for revenge against those who set her up to be killed. She knew that while John had been ordered to kill her (as she was ordered to kill him) there was a fall-back plan with the missile strike that he spotted.

  12. Criminal Minds Review: Bugged About Karma

    12/13/2012 11:42 PM
    Briightonjack commented "I am glad that he didn't kill the boy but that made no sense.....I will see you in 20 years and he leaves him. The pattern was to kill the person right away."

    The cops were right outside and ready to break in. He either has time to kill the kid which would get him killed by the cops or leave the kid alive and head to the hospital to kill himself next to a new born so he can return for the kid (and the remaining other victims) in 20 years. He had to take the latter option since with the police after him he could not try for any of the other victims right now.

    I loved the ending where as he died he realizes that since the baby was taken away he was going to end up in the bugs he was going to use to capture the kid's soul.

  13. Rizzoli & Isles Review: Multiple Murder Boy

    12/8/2012 9:50 PM
    While my first thought was to inspect the Typewriter ribbon (to see what was typed when they could not find the manuscript) I have some gripes with the use of a one-time-use carbon ribbon (would it be usable in the 70+ year old Underwood typewriter?). Also, while it had the last page(s) they said that the prior pages were typed 3 months ago and that he spent the intervening time typing poems and other things. I do not think that the cartridge would last 3 months. Also, what happened to the prior cartridges? Did he toss them after replacement?

    I also question him not using carbon paper or scanning the original into the computer just in case. I have a friend who is an author and prior to going to a computer she always used carbon paper when she wrote.

  14. Person of Interest Review: Taxi Driver

    12/7/2012 5:45 PM
    In the close captioning on this episode, when Bear was given a command, the caption stated it was done in Germain. Am I misremembering or when he was introduced (and in prior episode CCs) wasn't it stated that he responded to Dutch not Germain commands?

  15. Person of Interest Review: Taxi Driver

    12/7/2012 5:35 PM
    jeff at December 7th, 2012 4:42 PM asked

    "forgive me for a "duh" moment but what does H.R. stand for?"

    I do not think it was ever mentioned. It was only referred to as HR.

  16. Once Upon a Time Review: Good Always Wins

    12/4/2012 12:15 AM
    The question was asked on where they got the ship. That was implied when Hook said that they would have to go to Wonderland. This was to get his ship.

    The producers were asked (on TV Guide) why Emma is Swan. I think this episode answered the question (at least for me). When she turned out to be so powerful (and able to stop Cora from removing her heart) she morphed from being just a plain human (the Ugly Duckling) into her real status as a Swan (ie: She come into her role as the Fairy Tale Character that she is).

  17. Dexter Review: Driving Solo

    12/3/2012 11:51 PM
    If LaGuerta is killed this season then her long run is over. She was killed in book 1 (which season 1 was based on). While the following seasons were mostly isolated from the book continuity (aside from Dexter marrying and adopting the kids and I think Deb now knowing in the books about Dexter's Sideline) this would be one plot point from the books that is finally used.

  18. Elementary Review: The Ukrainian Angel of Death

    11/2/2012 11:38 PM
    DeAnn said
    "I enjoyed Basil Rathbone as Holmes in movies made in the 60s".

    While she might remember them from TV in the 60's they were actually made from 1939 until sometime in the late 40's. After the first 3 or 4, they reestablished/updated him as being in the 40's during WWII (as opposed to the 1890's).

  19. Person of Interest Review: Date Night

    11/2/2012 11:20 PM
    I do not see Fusco removing the entries as any sign of backsliding. He HAD to remove his entry from the ledger or when it was handed over, the FBI would be coming after him. Since he did he also had to remove Simmons' entry just to protect himself with HR (or what remained of it). The removal however also removed 6 other names (I think there were 2 names per page) although there was no way that they could have been left in the book.

  20. Once Upon a Time Review: Who Is the Monster?

    10/29/2012 6:57 PM
    wednesday posted

    "I'm somewhat confused though, was Rumple able to send Whale back to his land after he fixed his arm? Because that was him bringing his brother back and if so does that mean he's gone from Storybrooke now."

    That is a flash back to his return with the heart when he was returned by Jefferson/Mad-Hatter. He was asking Gold to return him home so he can try to revive his brother AGAIN (it went bad the first time - ie: The time that was shown at the end of the episode).

    I loved how they hinted at Whale's identity all through the episode getting more explicate as they went (Gold calling him Victor was a broad hint to those who still had not figured it out yet). They immediately went to the B&W world which should have tipped off anyone who had not gotten it yet - Followed by they calling him by his full name right at the end of the episode.

  21. Once Upon a Time Review: Who Is the Monster?

    10/29/2012 6:49 PM
    john posted
    "Oh and the final shot of dr whale bringing the monster to life was a great flashback. He should have shouted, its alive."

    HE DID. They paid homage to the original Whale Movie by recreating many of the sets and used this classic line. I saw the line on my closed captioning but you might not have heard it since at times the closed captioning has dialog that is not actually used.

  22. Dexter Review: A Storm of F@%k

    10/29/2012 6:18 PM
    Another case of Dexter being sloppy was the whole scene in the Prison. How does he know the phones are not tapped and being recorded? Unlike a Prisoner/Lawyer conference, I do not think that the calls are not subject to being private.

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