Posted by Kim and Sage We've discussed the best TV moments of 2016 (you can find those here and here), so now we turn to the individual performances that brought us the most joy this year. These are the performances that inspired us, that stayed … [Read more...]
The Top 20 Television Moments of 2016 – Part One
Posted by Kim and Sage WE DID IT YOU GUYS. The end of 2016 is nigh. Everyone take a deep sigh of relief. It is a truth universally acknowledged that 2016 was a dumpster fire of a year. It was brutal with the celebrity deaths and it felt like … [Read more...]
The Winners of the Third Annual Feelies!
Posted by Kim and Sage After a week-long battle in the Feelie Fandom Arena, these ten have emerged victorious. Some races were runaway victories, some were nail-biters that came down to the final day of voting. What they all have in common is that … [Read more...]
Vote for the Third Annual Feelies!
Posted by Kim and Sage The great Ron Swanson said that awards are stupid, but they are less stupid when they go to the right people. No disrespect yet ALL the disrespect to the Emmys, but when it comes to television there are WAY shows more shows … [Read more...]
“Dear Miss Ives.” – Penny Dreadful Recap – Perpetual Night & The Blessed Dark
Penny Dreadful Season 3, Episodes 8 & 9 “Perpetual Night" & "The Blessed Dark" Posted by Sage I would like to go on record here today as being very anti the sneak attack series finale. I can see how it's tempting to avoid the fan … [Read more...]
“So it’s a love story, is it?” – Penny Dreadful Recap – Ebb Tide
Penny Dreadful Season 3, Episode 7 “Ebb Tide” Posted by Sage We're at a critical juncture here, people. Penny Dreadful ends its season (ALREADY? I know, y'all.) on Sunday with extra-long finale. And I'm a little stuck here in this penultimate … [Read more...]
“I never blink.” – Penny Dreadful Recap – No Beast So Fierce
Penny Dreadful Season 3, Episode 6 “No Beast So Fierce” Posted by Sage Oh thank god, the old West is finally canceled. Ethan's long, repetitive, and did I mention long road to either death or redemption ended in "No Beast So Fierce." Sir … [Read more...]
“I’m done trying to be good.” – Penny Dreadful Recap – The World Is Our Hell
Penny Dreadful Season 3, Episode 5 “The World Is Our Hell” Posted by Sage Ahem. A synopsis of this episode by me, your HOF Penny Dreadful recapper: Kaetenay, Sir Malcolm, Jared Talbot, Inspector Rusk, all the Marshalls: "Ethan, no." Hecate … [Read more...]
“Even the frozen North.” – Penny Dreadful Recap – A Blade of Grass
Penny Dreadful Season 3, Episode 4 “A Blade of Grass” Posted by Sage Say you're the showrunner of a period pseudo-literary horror drama in its third season on a premium network and you play your "blood sacrifice orgy" card in episode THREE. … [Read more...]
“So, this is life again.” – Penny Dreadful Recap – Good & Evil Braided Be
Penny Dreadful Season 3, Episode 3 “Good & Evil Braided Be" Posted by Sage There are two competing recruiting efforts taking shape in Penny Dreadful’s London. Victor should like to form a “choir of angels,” devoid of greed and cruelty. … [Read more...]
“A monumental revenge.” – Penny Dreadful Recap – Predators Far & Near
Penny Dreadful Season 3, Episode 2 “Predators Far & Near” Posted by Sage Last week, Dr. Seward sized Vanessa Ives right up and correctly guessed that she's exclusively drawn to "dark, complicated men." And how does such a struggle-magnet top … [Read more...]
“All the broken and shunned creatures.” – Penny Dreadful Recap – The Day Tennyson Died
Penny Dreadful Season 3, Episode 1 “The Day Tennyson Died” Posted by Sage It's been months since the events of Penny Dreadful's season two finale, and Vanessa Ives has fortified herself inside her own loneliness. To recap: anyone and everyone … [Read more...]