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Caprica – “Gravedancing”
The federal agents et permission to search the Athena Academy. We also get a glimpse into Sr. Clarice’s cozy group marriage bed. She is warned by someone about the search and sends out an e-paper message to warn Keone and other students she is allying with (though we don’t see any, presumably there [...]
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Caprica – “Reins of a Waterfall”
When we rejoin the dynamic, soap opera-esque world of Caprica after Amanda has revealed that Zoe may have been involved in the bombing, we see the repercussions. Amanda may be fired and Graystone is being boycotted. Amanda is being interviewed after the surprising reveal and has a bottle thrown at [...]
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“Fear not for the future; weep not for the past” (that semicolon wasn’t really there :) )
RECAP: Satine is going to plead her innocence before the Senate because she was implicated as the leader of a Mandalorian plot to join the Separatists.
Obi-Wan and Anakin are onboard the Duchess’ ship because Obi-Wan believes Death Watch will [...]
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Manhatan. (Yes, it was misspelled, read on.) In an architecture firm, a man carrying coffee (that’s real and from a secret stash in Hawaii) talks to a woman as the building shakes from tiny unexplained quakes. The man looks at a design as the woman leaves, the design is of the Pentagon. The tremors get [...]
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Here it is, the finale of the show we all loved before it came out, then figured it would be canceled, then loved, then immediately hated, then hated some more but stuck with it, then loved for this short time in October, then REALLY hated, then received a great Christmas gift from so loved again [...]
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Review: Clone Wars: Episode 2.12 – “The Mandalore Plot”
“If you ignore the past, you jeopardize the future” (sounds like BSG rhetoric doesn’t it?)
Mandalore is part of a league of neutral nations in the clone wars. Duchess Satine of Mandalore is suspected of building an army for the Separatists, though she leads the neutral nations. Obi-Wan [...]
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Brookline, MA. A wedding is taking place at what appears to be an old tudor mansion. The Jewish groom is nervous and breathing hard, the Gentile bride is beautiful. The matriarch of the groom’s side notices a man in the back she doesn’t recognize. The groom takes his inhaler to the bathroom. The grandma repeats, [...]
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At long last, Lost begins its final season. Opening up where season five left off, we see the detonation of the nuclear device, Jughead, and its immediate aftermath. In many ways, the two rival theories about the consequences of the detonation are fulfilled, which should leave some fans pleased, some fans angry and casual [...]
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Caprica – Rebirth
Last week’s Caprica left us wondering about the future of the centurions because Zoe’s identity appeared to be wiped from the robot. However, in a befuddling turn of events, at least to Daniel Graystone, the MCP only works in one robot. He refuses to admit the connection has to do with his daughter’s [...]
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Before I begin discussing the show in depth, I’d like to point out a little about the ads for the show. The ads depict Zoe biting into an apple. As we all know, the Cylons are devout monotheists. And in the Christian tradition, the apple represents sin and Eve bites into the apple, bringing sin [...]
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