TV Review: SMASH
February 2, 2012 – 10:05 pm | 7 Comments

Yeah, yeah, it’s exec produced by Steven Spielberg, stars Anjelica Huston and Debra Messing, has big musical numbers…but is it any good? Well, it’s technically impressive, but after finishing the pilot episode of Smash (premiering Monday, …

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LOST: “Everybody Loves Hugo” Review
April 14, 2010 – 1:49 am | 3 Comments
LOST: “Everybody Loves Hugo” Review

by Sarah Carbiener
Finally!  They’re blowing up stuff (both characters and major set pieces)! We’re down to the final hours of this epic series, and there’s still an enormous cast to burn. Not every statue, Ajira …

LOST: “Happily Ever After” Review
April 7, 2010 – 12:13 pm | 9 Comments
LOST: “Happily Ever After” Review

by Sarah Carbiener
“I want to punch Damon Lindelof in the face.”
“Get in line.”
“I miss when the show was about polar bears.”
Clearly, a few of my fellow viewers were not fans of tonight’s episode even though …

LOST: “Ab Aeterno” Review
March 24, 2010 – 1:25 am | 12 Comments
LOST: “Ab Aeterno” Review

by Sarah Carbiener
Disclaimer: This was one of eight episodes left in the final season of Lost.  At this stage of the game, avoiding spoilers is nigh impossible. You have been warned.
I’m incredibly conflicted and frustrated …

LOST: “Recon” Review
March 17, 2010 – 12:40 am | 4 Comments
LOST: “Recon” Review

by Sarah Carbiener
“Wait, when did that plane crash?”
“It was like two days ago because the second half of last season was all one day, and the temple stuff was just the day after that.”
“No, it’s …

LOST: “Dr. Linus” Review
March 10, 2010 – 1:17 am | 6 Comments
LOST: “Dr. Linus” Review

by Sarah Carbiener
I loved, loved, LOVED this week’s episode, and not just because Kate was nowhere in sight. “Dr. Linus” reminded me where the bar should be and, in retrospect, last week’s episode has lost …

An Evening with MAD MEN’s Matthew Weiner
March 4, 2010 – 1:29 am | 7 Comments
An Evening with MAD MEN’s Matthew Weiner

by Sarah Carbiener
As part of the WGA Foundation’s fantastic Anatomy of a Script series, I had the pleasure of hearing Matthew Weiner talk about the pilot script for Mad Men. Luckily for me, the three-hour …

LOST: “Sundown” Review
March 3, 2010 – 3:23 am | 3 Comments
LOST: “Sundown” Review

by Sarah Carbiener
Lost has almost lost its hold on me, to the point where the clunky dialogue nearly ruins the show. Some may call me a writer Nazi (ahem, @xoxoGG), but no character on this …

LOST: No “Substitute” for Locke
February 17, 2010 – 12:00 pm | 9 Comments
LOST: No “Substitute” for Locke

by Sarah Carbiener
I was first inspired to watch Lost by hearing someone recount a Locke (Terry O’Quinn) episode from the first season. After getting the play-by-play of the first Locke-centric episode, where he tries to go on …

LOST: Don’t Care Much About “What Kate Does”
February 10, 2010 – 2:44 am | 8 Comments
LOST: Don’t Care Much About “What Kate Does”

by Sarah Carbiener
There’s only one thing I hate more than filler episodes of Lost, and it’s filler episodes that revolve around Kate (Evangeline Lilly). Even after learning of the episode’s title, “What Kate Does,” and …

Getting Lost in LOST
February 3, 2010 – 10:56 am | 11 Comments
Getting Lost in LOST

by Sarah Carbiener
The Lost final season premiere felt like an effort to not disappoint any one segment of its fans and thus risked disappointing all of them. Showrunners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse seemed determined …

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