TweetSOUTHLAND: This week’s episode “The Winds” has another outstanding, Emmy-worthy performance by Michael Cudlitz as Officer John Cooper. My heart broke a few times for him in the course of this hour: first when he dealt with a young kid who didn’t want to go to foster care and John was surprisingly compassionate with the…
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TweetWHITE COLLAR: No spoilers here but I’ve seen the first two new episodes of this fantastic caper dramedy and I’ll say this: you’ll see Peter Burke do things he hasn’t done before in tonight’s episode, you’ll see a bit of Rat Pack attitude in next week’s episode and you’ll be happy to see returning guest…
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TweetTHE WONDER THAT IS IDRIS ELBA: If you haven’t seen Elba’s really wonderful arc on THE BIG C as Laura Linney’s objet d’affaire because you don’t have Showtime, be sure to click to BBC America on Sunday night and watch him in LUTHER. He plays an intense, driven, anger-management challenged detective who finds himself caught…
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TweetIN TREATMENT: I didn’t see any screeners but this show is dependably smart, incisive and moving. Dan Futterman and Anya Epstein are at the helm of the show this season and acclaimed author Jhumpa Lahiri is also writing for the show. On the acting side, they got Debra Winger to come back to work, which…
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Tags: Better with You, Boardwalk Empire, Bored To Death, Chuck, Detroit 1-8-7, Eastbound and Down, In Treatment, LIE TO ME, No Ordinary Family, Royal Pains, SNL, Terriers
TweetMAD MEN: In “Blowing Smoke” it seemed that everything was falling apart and Don made a unilateral decision to try to save the sinking of SCDP. Don acted with no regard for the consequence of his impulsive action; he saw only his intended goal, not the domino effect his action of placing the anti-tobacco ad…
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