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You had me at Elaine Stritch. This week we get the return of everyone’s favorite passive-aggressive matriarch Colleen Donaghy, bringing out the best the show has to offer.
Let’s hand out this week’s 30 Rock-Does-Things…with sass! Awards…
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With a title like ‘Slaughterhouse’, how could we expect anything other than a bloodbath for the season finale of Justified‘s third season? I wonder, then, how many people were disappointed that the episode was less of the epic shoot-outs we’ve come to expect from the show instead opting for a much more resigned ending?
Let’s bitch it out…
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We’re up to the penultimate episode of The CW’s Ringer, and it’s time to tie up loose ends! ‘It’s Called Improvising, Bitch!’ wraps up all of the questions we’ve had about how and why and when Catherine Martin (Andrea Roth) put the hit out on Siobhan (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and there’s one twist that makes the whole thing sortakinda worth it!
Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]
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We’re up to the first season finale on everyone’s favourite succubus show. The battle lines are drawn as mother Aoife – aka Saskia (Inga Cadranel) – puts Bo (Anna Silk) right in the middle of her plan to initiate an all out-Fae war. It’s kinda like Alias, but with superpowers!
Let’s bitch it out…
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It was another ho-hum episode on Smash this week, but it did deliver the best musical number of the entire series thus far.
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We get a double dose of GCB this week with two new episodes back to back. Looks like ABC is trying to see how our show will fare in the Desperate Housewives timeslot. But before we start to think about a second season, let’s focus on these new episodes. The two big themes of the evening are sex and marriage, and in good ole’ Christian tradition, the marriage comes before the sex.
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