Sherlock, Season 4, Episode 3 “The Final Problem” Posted by Sage I considered breaking with our recap naming convention to call this post an "in defense of" piece. I can't divorce my experience watching "The Final Problem" from the high rate of … [Read more...]
“Once more unto the breach.” – Sherlock Recap – The Lying Detective
Sherlock, Season 4, Episode 2 “The Lying Detective” Posted by Sage We are officially going around in circles. Then we are backtracking and going on random tangents and we don't even get the satisfaction of tormenting Mycroft while we do … [Read more...]
“The danger was the fun part.” – Sherlock Recap – The Six Thatchers
Sherlock, Season 4, Episode 1 "The Six Thatchers" Posted by Sage As dangerous as it is to hand too much of a popular series over to fanservice, so too is it to treat your audience like adversaries. That's the feeling I got when I watched … [Read more...]
“Life’s not a comic book, right?” – Doctor Who Recap – The Return of Doctor Mysterio
Doctor Who 2016 Christmas Special "The Return of Doctor Mysterio" Posted by Kim I'm a young Whovian. (I'll be six this December!) I had no idea the show existed during the year of one David Tennant Special every few months. I was too busy … [Read more...]
16 Things We Learned at New York Comic Con 2016, Part I
Posted by Kim and Sage I don't have any grey hairs yet, so I'm marking the aging process by how tired I get when someone even MENTIONS Comic Con. Some people's bodies show evidence of long-term damage from playing sports or running a marathon. I … [Read more...]
“Sounds a bit soppy, this: love conquers all.” – SDCC 2016, Part III
Posted by Kim and Sage Everyone knows that a massive part of San Diego Comic Con involves making tough choices. It's no secret that Hall H is the place to be on Saturday but it's ALSO no secret that if you want to score one of those coveted seats, … [Read more...]
“There’s always two of us. Don’t you read The Strand?” – Sherlock Recap, The Abominable Bride
Sherlock, New Year's Day 2016 Special "The Abominable Bride" Posted by Sage If you follow Head Over Feels on social media (and you'd better), you perhaps noticed that we didn't give off our usual hum of anticipation leading in to a brand new … [Read more...]
“It’s like loving the stars themselves.” – Doctor Who Recap, “The Husbands Of River Song”
Doctor Who Series 9, Episode 13 “The Husbands of River Song” Posted by Sage Especially in the Tennant era, Christmas specials functioned as transitional episodes. "Christmas Invasion," "The Runaway Bride," and "Voyage of the Damned" are … [Read more...]
“I don’t think I could ever forget you.” – Doctor Who Recap “Hell Bent”
Doctor Who Series 9, Episode 12 "Hell Bent" Posted by Kim "A week ago you said to me "Do you believe I'll never be too far? If you're lost, just look for me, you'll find me in the region of the summer stars." The fact that we can sit right here … [Read more...]
“I confess, I am afraid.” – Doctor Who Recap – Heaven Sent
Doctor Who Series 9, Episode 11 “Heaven Sent” Posted by Sage The shepherd’s boy says, “There’s this mountain of pure diamond. It takes an hour to climb it, and an hour to go around it. Every hundred years, a little bird comes. It sharpens its beak … [Read more...]
“Please, be a little proud of me.” – Doctor Who Recap “Face the Raven”
Doctor Who Series 9, Episode 10 "Face the Raven" Posted by Kim When Rose Tyler got stranded in Pete's World in "Doomsday", Russell T. Davies commented that it was a direct result of Rose and Ten's cavalier attitude in "Tooth and Claw". Their … [Read more...]
“Sleep claims us in the end.” – Doctor Who Recap – Sleep No More
Doctor Who Series 9, Episode 9 “Sleep No More” Posted by Sage I'm sorry, Rasmussen, but no. "Sleep No More" won't be added to my list of surefire Doctor Who conversion episodes. It's not an episode to hook a pre-Whovian. It's not even an episode … [Read more...]
“Dying is an ability, believe me.” – Doctor Who Recap
Doctor Who Series 9, Episode 5 “The Girl Who Died" Posted by Sage Five episodes of the already terrific ninth series of New Who are out in the world, and I'm prepared at this moment to pin at least one major theme to the top of the Doctor's … [Read more...]
“What’s different at night?” – Doctor Who Recap
Doctor Who Series 9, Episode 3 “Under The Lake” Posted by Sage Series 9's multi-episode arc structure continues with this spooky two-parter. And we haven't quite returned to the classic Who years of seven or eight part stories wherein the Doctor … [Read more...]
“Death is for other people, dear.” – Doctor Who Recap
Doctor Who Series 9, Episode 1 “The Magician's Apprentice” Posted by Sage For better or for worse, Steven Moffat has never been afraid to touch the Doctor Who mythology and mold it as he likes. This is good. It's necessary. Fans are particular … [Read more...]
“Don’t you think this is weird?” – SDCC 2015 Part I
Posted by Kim and Sage Nothing can truly prepare you for San Diego Comic Con. Sure, you can scour fan forums for advice and tips (the Friends of CCI forum is an INVALUABLE resource) and can spreadsheet the hell out of your plan for the con, but … [Read more...]
“How’d you like to live with Uncle John?” – Gallifrey One 2015, Part 3
Posted by Kelly Just before we left for Los Angeles, Sage sent us the following gif. Caption? “Us by day three.” Accuracy? Astounding. Con life is a commitment. If you don’t throw your body and soul into it, you’re not doing it right. This … [Read more...]
“Have fun! Get drunk! Kiss boys!” – Gallifrey One 2015, Part 2
Posted by Kim Well, two out of three ain't bad. Unless you count being groped by John Barrowman, which we very much do. After turning in (read: passing out as soon as we queued up "Galentine's Day" on Sage's computer) at a decent hour on … [Read more...]
“We Should Do This Every Christmas.” – Doctor Who Recap – Last Christmas
Posted By Kim When we last left our intrepid heroes, they were "Gift of the Magi"-ing the HELL out of each other, both convinced that the other was better off without them, and thus LYING through their teeth about their current circumstances. … [Read more...]
“Goodness had nothing to do with it.” – Doctor Who Recap
Doctor Who, Series 8 Episode 9 "Flatline" Posted by Kim Rule Number One: The Doctor Lies. Even when The Doctor is Clara Oswald. Series 8 continued Doctor Who's hot streak (seriously, there has yet to be an outright clunker this series) … [Read more...]
“Beat THAT For A Date!” – Doctor Who Recap
Guest Post by Graeme Burk Every once in a while, when I am facing a bit of writer's block or have fallen SUPER behind on a deadline (both of which happened on this post), I will cheekily say "SOMEONE WRITE THIS FOR ME" on Twitter. I never expect … [Read more...]
“Is that what we really learned today?” – Doctor Who Recap
Posted by Sage Series 8, Episode 2 Into the Dalek Maybe the episode's theatrical release is to blame for this, but "Deep Breath" didn't feel as much like a series premiere as it did a Doctor Who movie, the sequel to which we would get in a few … [Read more...]
“Please Just See Me.” – Doctor Who Recap
Posted by Kim Welcome to a new era of Doctor Who, readers! It's been a long wait for new episodes since the (wretched) Christmas special and the goodbye to the Raggedy Doctor, Matt Smith. It's all about Peter Capaldi's Twelfth Doctor (sorry not … [Read more...]
Head Over Feels Live Blogs the 2014 Emmys
Posted by Kim and Sage HAPPY EMMY SUN...erm...MONDAY DEAR READERS!! Join us here in this space circa 6:30 (neither of our jobs recognize the Emmys as a National Holiday, so we'll be racing home for the Red Carpet) for all the ridiculata, … [Read more...]
“Here be dragons.” – Sherlock Recap
Sherlock Season 3, Episode 3: His Last Vow Posted by Sage Anxiety. Dread. Ice cream. Alcohol. These are what Sherlock fans usually bring with them to a finale episode. Especially after the relative lightheartedness of this season's first two … [Read more...]
“Did I say ‘murder’? I meant to say ‘marriage.'” – Sherlock Recap
Sherlock Season 3, Episode 2: The Sign of Three Posted by Sage Dearly beloved. We are gathered here today to watch this man, THIS man, and this woman firmly establish themselves as the finest adventuring trio since three little Gryffindors … [Read more...]
“Ooh, you bastard.” – Sherlock Recap
Sherlock Season 3, Episode 1: The Empty Hearse Posted by Sage God, I missed this show. This absurd, arrogant, UNREASONABLY fun show. #sherlocklives, readers. But we already knew that. What we didn't know was how he did it. Or maybe we did, … [Read more...]
Eleven Reasons We Love the Eleventh Doctor
Posted by Kim Well, here we are...the eve of Matt Smith's regeneration and our goodbye to the Eleventh Doctor (okay, fine, he's really the Twelfth Doctor, but he'll always be known as Eleven). This is our first regeneration as Whovians and we're … [Read more...]
Day of the Doctor: A Comprehensive List of All the Times We Overreacted
Posted by Sage It's been a beautiful week to be a Whovian. Not that it isn't always. But it's not every week that we get to celebrate the five-decade history of our most precious show. The plans have been in motion and anticipation building in … [Read more...]
“Thank God I Still Love Doctor Who” – Graeme Burk and Robert Smith? at LI Who
Posted by Kim While I was at Long Island Who (a general post about the weekend is coming, I promise) I also had the pleasure of spending a good amount of time with Graeme Burk and Robert Smith?, authors of Who is The Doctor and the new book Who's … [Read more...]
Live-Blogging the 12th Doctor Announcement
Posted by Sage The BBC is announcing the casting of the 12th Doctor live at 2pm EST and we are - to put it mildly - FREAKING OUT. Kimmie will be watching the broadcast on the go, but I'll be right here live-blogging with you. Who'll be taking over … [Read more...]
11 Ways This Year’s San Diego Comic-Con Ruined Our Lives
Posted by Kim and Sage For those of you who have been living under a rock, the annual nerd-fest known as San Diego Comic-Con was this past weekend. While Sage and I were not there (SOMEDAY!!!), we WERE glued to Twitter and Tumblr all weekend to … [Read more...]
Wanted: A Mad Man with a Box – Head Over Feels casts the 12th Doctor
Posted by Kim and Sage The TV Gods give and they take away. On Saturday the Community fandom rejoiced at the news that Dan Harmon would be returning for season five. Hours later the Whovian nation was rocked by the news that Matt Smith would be … [Read more...]