Smash Season 2, Episode 15: The Transfer - Posted by Sage Our worst nightmare is coming true. Smash has been officially canceled. Despite our organized campaign to send "Save Our Show" self-throwing, Eileen Rand martinis to NBC execs, this little … [Read more...]
“Business as usual, then?” – Doctor Who Recap
Doctor Who Season 7, Episode 12: The Crimson Horror - Posted by Sage If I had lived in Victorian Yorkshire, I'm sure I would have exulted in the “deplorable excesses of the penny dreadful,” so count me as a fan of the twisted gothic fun of … [Read more...]
“This case just remained interesting.” – Parks and Recreation Recap
Parks and Recreation Season 5, Episode 22: Are You Better Off? - Posted by Sage TWIST!! Baby talk, new relationships, fertility doctors, unstable girlfriends - little did we know that Mike Schur & co. had been setting us up for MONTHS for a … [Read more...]
“You’re the worst.” – Parks and Recreation Recap
Parks and Recreation Season 5, Episode 21: Swing Vote - Posted by Sage Ron and Leslie, you guys. If Leslie/Ann is the lady friendship against to measure all other TV lady friendships, Ron/Leslie set a similarly high bar for friendships between … [Read more...]
Drug Ballad – A #SmashBash Gif-Cap
Smash Season 2, Episode 13: The Producers - Posted by Sage I want to dedicate this week's #SmashBash to each and every beautiful soul who shares this weekly tradition with us. This would truly be no fun without you. A third season is looking more … [Read more...]
“It does tend to haunt you.” – Doctor Who Recap
Doctor Who Season 7, Episode 10: Hide - Posted by Sage To be perfectly honest, the convoluted plotting of Series 6 left me exhausted and more than a little frustrated with Doctor Who. I was missing the standalone episodes that pluck the Doctor and … [Read more...]
“Hello, Ann Perkins, my fallopian princess!” – Parks and Recreation Recap
Parks and Recreation Season 5, Episode 19: Article Two Season 5, Episode 20: Jerry's Retirement - Posted by Sage The conclusion of Season 5 and the likely announcement of Season 6 are in sight, and we got a Parks doubleheader this week! With no … [Read more...]
“I think that guy wants to hunt me.” – Parks and Rec Recap
Parks and Recreation Season 5, Episode 18: Animal Control - Posted by Sage Hey there, cats and kittens - I know that I am unforgivably late with this Parks review, since my backlog now includes the double eps that aired just last night. Luckily, … [Read more...]
“Sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty.” – Opening Night of Matilda on Broadway
- Posted by Sage Kim and I get by with a little help from our friends. And we have of few of them to thank (you know who you are) for getting us in the doors of the opening night of the Royal Shakespeare Company's new Broadway musical, Matilda. On … [Read more...]
Take it off! – A #SmashBash Gif-Cap
Smash Season 2, Episode 11: The Dress Rehearsal - Posted by Sage It is my honor and privilege to bring you this, my first Saturday #SmashBash recap. I, for one, prefer this change in the schedule. Now Smash no longer conflicts with any of my real … [Read more...]
“Cabbages and kings.” – Doctor Who Recap
Doctor Who Season 7, Episode 8: The Rings of Akhaten - Posted by Sage "So, I'd like to see, I would like to see, what I would like to see is...something awesome." - Clara, and also me when someone asks me what I want in the 50th anniversary … [Read more...]
“I regret nothing, the end.” – Parks and Recreation Recap
Parks and Recreation Season 5, Episode 17: Partridge - Posted by Sage We're back, finally! The world has been sans new Parks episodes for a few weeks, and it feels like AGES since we've had a Ben and Leslie-centric storyline. Wasn't it … [Read more...]
Mama’s Lettin’ Loose – A #SmashBash Gif-Cap
Smash Season 2, Episode 9: The Parents - Posted by Sage It's double the Smash and double the #SmashBash this week, ya'll! Derek and his minions are making the move to weekends this Saturday and Kim will have you covered with that gif-cap. … [Read more...]
Unpopular Opinion: Rachel Green Should Have Ended Up With Joey Tribbiani
- Posted by Sage As shippers go, I'm fairly conservative. I usually stick to the canon, largely because real life is disappointing enough and I don't need to set my heart on any more lost causes. But I do carry a torch for a few misfit couples … [Read more...]
“You people.” – A Screening and Q&A With Nick Offerman and the Cast of “Somebody Up There Likes Me”
- Posted by Sage I can't imagine a town Ron Swanson would be less likely to take to than my own Brooklyn, NY. The vegans. The fixed-wheel bikes. The brunch cocktails. The horror. And yet, Nick Offerman took over the Brooklyn Academy of Music this … [Read more...]
Your Weekly Dose of Rose and The Doctor Feels – Playlist Post #18
- Posted by Sage Here at Head Over Feels, we got a big old case of the Anglophilia. Shocking, I know. But I think I might even be understating it. Maybe we're not Anglophiles. Maybe we're Anglo....fanatics? Fiends? … [Read more...]
“Gentlemen: good night. Ladies: good mornin’.” – A Justin Timberlake Appreciation Post
- Posted by Sage Go ahead, you can say it. I promise I won't gloat. Just let it roll off your tongue: "Sage, you were right." Everyone may be all over Justin Timberlake now, but there was a time not so long ago - an era of highlighter curls and … [Read more...]
YOU Get A Marilyn. And YOU Get A Marilyn! – A #SmashBash Gif-cap
Smash Season 2, Episode 7: Musical Chairs - Posted by Sage The Smashbash lives for another week! I sadly can't report a miracle ratings spike, but we're not at the point of cancellation yet. Instead, NBC is moving it to Saturday nights in April. … [Read more...]
“Fracking for friendship.” – Parks and Recreation Recap
Parks and Recreation Season 5, Episode 16: Bailout - Posted by Sage I've often wished that science would clone the swaggie perfection that is Jean Ralphio Saperstein. But until we get over our stupid ethics (playing god, schmaying god), … [Read more...]
It’s Like We’ve ALL Decided to Go Off Our Meds – A #SmashBash Gif-cap
Smash Season 2, Episode 5: The Read-Through - Posted by Sage The ratings are in the crapper, #SmashBash brothers and sisters. And I fear we won't have this ludicrous show to kick around for much longer. So let's enjoy it while we can, … [Read more...]
Right Kind of Wrong – Sage’s Top 5 TV Rogues
- Posted by Sage Ladies love an anti-hero. Right around Valentine's Day, Kim and I both posted our picks for our Top 5 TV Boyfriends. (My list is here.) Marshall Eriksen, Ed Stevens, Rory Williams, Ben Wyatt - these are the guys who show up on … [Read more...]
“They’re giving me the light.” – Parks and Recreation Recap
Parks and Recreation Season 5, Episode 15: Correspondents' Lunch - Posted by Sage Strap on your adult diapers, you guys. In the episode that immediately followed the tear-a-minute Ben and Leslie wedding, Pawnee's journalists and politicians are … [Read more...]
Your Weekly Dose of Rose and the Doctor Feels – Playlist Post #16
- Posted by Sage Doctor Who is a show about ordinary people finding it in themselves to do extraordinary things. It's a show about racing past your horizons and seeing for the first time how truly terrifying and wonderful the world is. It's a show … [Read more...]
“I love you and I like you.” – Parks and Recreation Recap
Parks and Recreation Season 5, Episode 14: Leslie and Ben - Posted by Sage "So how does it happen, great love? Nobody knows... but what I can tell you is that it happens in the blink of an eye. One moment you're enjoying your life, and the next … [Read more...]
Live Blogging the Oscar Ceremony
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Live Blogging The Oscar Red Carpet
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YOLO Dark Thirty: My Life In Pop Culture So Far, Part 2
- Posted by Sage I live by the philosophy that one's birthday is actually a week-long affair. So even though I've been 30 (and flirty and thriving) for the past four days, it's still all about me. I hearby bequeath you the same license for all of … [Read more...]
Looks Like No One Bothered to Wikipedia “Dramaturg” – A #SmashBash Gif-cap
Smash Season 2, Episode 3: The Dramaturg - Posted by Sage Last Tuesday's #SmashBash was preempted by the State of the Union, so we had two weeks to recover from that (ugh) 2 hour long season premiere. But the show we all love to hate watch is … [Read more...]
YOLO Dark Thirty: My Life In Pop Culture So Far, Part 1
- Posted by Sage I'm turning 30 tomorrow. And I'm embracing it! Why not? It's been a decent 29 years, full of friends, family, and fandoms. Kim challenged me to meet this birthday with a list of 30 pop culture moments that have defined me in my … [Read more...]
“Mission: Im-Pawnee-ble: Knope Protocol” – Parks and Recreation Recap
Parks and Recreation Season 5, Episode 13: Emergency Response, Producer's Cut - Posted by Sage This is Willa Tremaine reporting to you from Head Over Feels, where we've just watched the extended producer's cut of another classic episode of Parks … [Read more...]
Your Weekly Dose of Rose and The Doctor Feels – Grammy Edition!
Posted by Sage You may have noticed that Kim and I didn't do our usual red carpet and award show coverage for this year's Grammys. Why? Because even people who win Grammys know that the Grammys are basically irrelevant. But let's just put a pin in … [Read more...]
No Surprises Here: Sage’s Top 5 TV Valentines
Posted by Sage On Valentine's Day, since Kim's boyfriend is out of town and I'm flying solo preeeeetty much always, we'll be celebrating our second annual Galentine's Day! Plans include a taping of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon; some pastel baked … [Read more...]
“Operation: Baby Douche” – Parks and Recreation Recap
Parks and Recreation Season 5, Episode 12: Ann's Decision - Posted by Sage Even the truest love doesn't always last forever. But we will hold on the misty, watercolored memories of perhaps the most delicious, yet least practical ship … [Read more...]