TV: The Bachelor and the State of Humanity

Jan 10, 2011 4 Comments by

Brad Womack is this season’s bachelor on The Bachelor — and his reputation certainly precedes him.

This is Brad’s second run on ABC’s hit series, having ended his first shot at TV love without a fiancé. His great sin, as far as I can tell, was telling two women that he was not in love with either of them and, therefore, would not be marrying either of them.

This confuses me. Isn’t honesty an admirable attribute? Isn’t it far better to call it quits on a relationship before the ring?

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TV: Fantasy 'Bachelor Pad' Will Change Your Life!

Aug 22, 2010 No Comments by

If you haven’t watched The Bachelor Pad yet, you’re missing out. It’s easily the greatest television show of the last 10 years, if not of all time. Is it dumb? Yes. Is it trashy? Certainly. But that’s what makes it so great!

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TV: The Communal Redemption of LOST

May 25, 2010 No Comments by

Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t seen Sunday’s LOST season finale yet, beware. My personal journey with LOST began 5 years ago. I was not sufficiently intrigued by the show’s previews to bother watching the series premier. A few episodes into the first season the buzz was undeniable, and many of my friends began telling me [...]

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TV: LOST: One Fan's Look Back

May 25, 2010 No Comments

I started getting into LOST back in the summer of 2006, in the middle of the second season, so I ended up watching the first and second seasons simultaneously. My resulting desperation after the second season’s cliffhanger finale almost killed me. I was hooked forever. Never the rabid fanatic, I sometimes took a season-long hiatus [...]

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TV: V: An Alien Show Worth Watching

Nov 18, 2009 No Comments

When I finally resigned myself to the fact that each new episode of Glee would be slightly more mediocre than the one before it, I began looking for another TV show to follow. Thankfully, I happened across ABC’s V,  a taut sci-fi thriller that has shown more potential in its first two episodes than most [...]

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