In which I comment on the apparent self-awareness of the show at this point.
Links
Episode 947: A Helping Hound
Why Jonathan Frid’s acting style and Malcolm Marmorstein’s writing were uniquely suited for each other.
Episode 948: War Games
A couple of funny moments from the episode.
Episode 949: The Last Days of the Guthrie Brothers
I praise John Lasell.
Episode 958: The Not Normal
Why one might have hoped to see Bill Malloy again.
Episode 960: Time and Temperature
In which I say that the episode needed to be more depressing, and suggest a change that might have accomplished that.
Episode 961: Protagonizing
In which I endeavor to explain what it means to say that “television is a visual medium.”
Episode 962: The Second Law of Thermodynamics
How the lack of non-supernatural storylines impoverishes the human characters, making it difficult to pace the supernatural ones.
Episode 968: The Only Weakness
In which I complain that the show has run so low on story ideas to plagiarize that they are trying to turn the title into a plot point. I wonder what the next step is beyond that.
Episode 969: PTED
In which I show that the Collinses of the usual continuity must have been Episcopalians.
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