Category: Television
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I’ve been watching episodes of the short-lived sci-fi show, Surface, on Hulu.com recently. What a cool show! I am a sucker for suspenseful shows that were blatantly influenced by the X-files–with new “alien” or engineered species, government cover-ups, and heroic individuals who pursue the Truth at all costs. I guess this show was supposed to…
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I started my life in the era before the prominence of VCRs and cable TV. Before my family bit the bullet and bought cable, I remember that you could only catch cartoons (or children’s programming) in the afternoons usually sandwiched between reruns of Gilligan’s Island and (ugh) Andy Griffith. (Note: In the 1980s, if the…
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Christa and I have been watching the show Monk lately. We like the obsessive compulsive detective and find the slow-paced murder mystery genre to be quite relaxing (other than the actual murder of course.) Tonight I saw my favorite episode to date from the second season. It was the one where we are introduced to…