Joe Lipsett

Revolution review – 1×02: ‘Chained Heat’

September 25, 2012 by Joe Lipsett

Miles (Billy Burke) grapples with bounty hunter Jimmy (C. Thomas Howell) in 'Chained Heat'

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After a rather perfunctory pilot last week, Revolution settles in with its second episode. How does the next episode fare?

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Awkward. review – 2×12: ‘The Other Shoe’

September 22, 2012 by Joe Lipsett

"Pick me, choose me, question me." Jenna (Ashley Rickards) inevitably starts the cycle over again with Matty (Beau Mirchoff) in 'The Other Shoe'

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MTV’s hit show Awkward. comes to a close after a very uneven second season with a finale episode that not only doesn’t satisfy, but basically wastes our time. It’s time to send creator Lauren Iungerich hate mail!

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Revolution review – 1×01: ‘Pilot’

September 17, 2012 by Joe Lipsett

Miles (Billy Burke) fights off the baddies in the climatic battle sequence of the Revolution pilot

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The start of the 2012 fall TV season more-or-less kicks off with NBC’s high-concept action-adventure drama. So is the show, which imagines a world without power, a hit or a miss?

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Lost Girl review – 2×22: ‘Flesh And Blood’

September 14, 2012 by Joe Lipsett

After weakening him with visions, the Garuda enters Trick (Rick Howlands) to unwrite the laws of the Fae in 'Flesh And Blood'

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After a long and rocky S2, it’s season finale time for Lost Girl. With the battle with the Garuda (Raoul Trajillo) looming over everything, how will Bo (Anna Silk) and company fare?

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Awkward. review – 2×11: ‘Once Upon A Blog’

September 14, 2012 by Joe Lipsett

Mean Jenna (Ashley Rickards) in one of several inconsequential 'do-overs' in Awkward 2x11

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After taking a week off for the excretable MTV Video Awards, the penultimate episode of Awkward.‘s second season finally airs. Unfortunately the episode needs its own ‘do-over’ since it mostly amounts to narrative wheel spinning.

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Lost Girl review – 2×21: ‘Into The Dark’

September 7, 2012 by Joe Lipsett

The Morrigan (Emmanuelle Vaugier) provides a great deal of comic relief in Lost Girl's 21st episode

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Now that is what I’m talking about! After spending what seems like the entire second half of the season griping, I’m happy to report that Lost Girl is back in fighting shape in the penultimate episode of its extended second season. The rejuvenation is courtesy partly to a script that doesn’t require our characters to make stupidly impulsive decisions (like last week), but also courtesy of some very welcome guest stars in the form of Vex (Paul Amos) and The Morrigan (Emmanuelle Vaugier).

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