Heroes: The Final Recap
It might seem strange to remember now, but there really was a time when 'Heroes' seemed exciting, new, even revelatory.
Posted 12/15/08 in Vulture
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Dexter Season Finale Ominous for All the Wrong Reasons
This is the way the season ends: not with a bang, but a wedding.
Posted 12/15/08 in Vulture
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Make Up Just to Break Up: The Season Finale of Californication
'Le Petite Mort' proves a less than orgasmic season finale: Charlie realizes he may have made a grave error, Sonja gives birth, and a New York job offer prompts Karen and Hank to once again reevaluate their relationship.
Posted 12/12/08 in Vulture
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The Office: Christmas Mayhem Depressingly Over-the-Top
The main plot involves Meredith drunkenly setting her hair on fire and Michael — the one serving her all the drinks — forcibly driving her to a rehab center.
Posted 12/09/08 in Vulture
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Heroes Tackles … ‘Intelligent Design’?
You might think this is the start to a metaphor about creationism and evolution. You’d be wrong.
Posted 12/09/08 in Vulture
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Jimmy Fallon Gesticulates Wildly in Web Debut
As John Updike once wrote, "His hands were like wild birds."
Posted 12/08/08 in Vulture
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Dexter: So, That Happened …
Is it considered a spoiler if you reveal a plot detail that everyone saw coming for weeks and weeks?
Posted 12/08/08 in Vulture
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‘Californication’: Less Sex, More Death
Mia celebrates the release of the book she stole from Hank, Becca learns what it is to love and lose, Charlie destroys his marriage, and Ashby atones for Hank's sins.
Posted 12/02/08 in Vulture
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‘Heroes’: Deep Sigh
After all the drama, everyone's powers have returned. But the characters continue to be killed off — and also brought back to life.
Posted 12/01/08 in Vulture
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‘Dexter’: Attention, Emmy Committee …
We can't say we're loving this season, but ho boy, are we ever being treated to some tasty, grade-A acting.
Posted 12/01/08 in Vulture
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‘Californication’: Matters of Life, Death, and the Boinking of Soul Mates
“In Utero” finds nineties-era Hank and Karen contemplating their then-burgeoning relationship; contemporary Hank worrying over a lump on his groin; and Charlie rethinking his marriage.
Posted 11/25/08 in Vulture
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‘Heroes’: They Should’ve Lost Their Powers Ages Ago!
Sylar flips his hand. Hiro squints real hard. Nathan tries to fly and just falls in the river.
Posted 11/24/08 in Vulture
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What a Tease: ‘Californication’
'La Ronde' finds Marcy in treatment; Ashby, Charlie, Hank and Karen keeping (most of) their libidinal impulses in check; and 'Californication' getting all literary.
Posted 11/24/08 in Vulture
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‘Dexter’: The Skinner Revealed!
This season has been all about Dexter's crash course in parenting. First, he learned he's going to be a dad. This week, Miguel emerged as his full-blown sulky wayward teenage son.
Posted 11/21/08 in Vulture
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‘The Office’: Jim and Pam Dodge a Bullet! Yes, Another One!
Jim's a small-town imp socially just stunted enough to think it's a good idea to buy his parents' house for him and his fiancée without telling her.
Posted 11/18/08 in Vulture
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‘Heroes’ Goes for a Full Reboot
When fewer people are watching your show and grumps like us can’t stop ripping on it, this is probably not the worst idea.
Posted 11/17/08 in Vulture
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‘Californication’: Karen Gets in on the Act
"Going Down and Out in Beverly Hills" drags out Hank's anticipation of Janie Jones for yet another episode, but offers up her cleaning lady for a temp job.
Posted 11/17/08 in Vulture
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Dexter Suddenly Gets Stupid
This week we see a side of Dexter we haven't seen before: teacher. Also: moron.
Posted 11/14/08 in Vulture
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‘The Office’: Give Michael a Break Already!
Michael's never seemed sadder than at the end of this episode, after being forced to do the walk of shame in Winnipeg.
Posted 11/11/08 in Vulture
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We Finally Learn Why ‘Heroes’ Hasn’t Been Making Any Sense
It's been controlled by a character who was just introduced.
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