30 Rock
May 6th, 2011 at 3:45 pm
30 Rock 5.23 "Respawn" Review
Written By Ian McDonald
The season five finale of 30 Rock was all about returning to normalcy, or at least the characters' version of normalcy. The TGS staff prepare for their summer break. The
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April 29th, 2011 at 12:29 pm
30 Rock 5.22 "Everything Sunny All the Time Always" Review
Written By Ian McDonald
No. Way. Condoleezza Rice? For real? They got Condoleezza Rice? Say what you will about 30 Rock as of late, but they can sure land some high-profile cameos. On top
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April 23rd, 2011 at 2:01 am
30 Rock 5.20 "100th Episode" Review
Written By Ian McDonald
You know, if 30 Rock was ever made into a movie (fat chance), the plot and execution of "100th Episode" would serve as the basis. On the verge of cancellation,
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April 21st, 2011 at 11:31 pm
Archer 2.13 "Double Trouble" Review
Written By Ian McDonald
"Double Trouble," the final episode of Archer's second season, is a fantastic example of how great the show's ensemble is. Each character's contributions fit together like some sort of ...
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April 15th, 2011 at 8:30 pm
30 Rock 5.19 "I Heart Connecticut" Review
Written By Ian McDonald
The past few weeks, 30 Rock (as a part of NBC's mostly solid stable of Thursday night comedies) was on hiatus. During this time, I've just been focusing on covering
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April 14th, 2011 at 11:32 pm
Archer 2.12 "White Nights" Review
Written By Ian McDonald
Here's a fun experiment: Watch a show that you really enjoy with people you're not sure if they'll enjoy it. I watched Archer this week with my parents. We have
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April 11th, 2011 at 12:56 am
Archer 2.11 "Jeu Monegasque" Review
Written By Ian McDonald
First off, I apologize for the delay with this one. I don't know if there are folks who read my reviews regularly, but sorry. It won't happen again. And thanks
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April 1st, 2011 at 11:38 am
Archer 2.10 "El Secuestro" Review
Written By Ian McDonald
One of my favorite things about Lost was getting to know each character in fairly intimate detail. The character-centric background scenes (except for Kate. Eugh) in the first two seasons
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March 25th, 2011 at 5:07 pm
Archer 2.09 "Placebo Effect" Review
Written By Ian McDonald
Those revenge/rampage/man-with-nothing-to-lose thrillers like Deathwish, Get Carter and Falling Down have always been wildly entertaining to me. They're not the most relatable characters but it's in our nature to root
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March 25th, 2011 at 3:05 am
30 Rock 5.18 "Plan B" Review
Written By Ian McDonald
You know when you're watching a cartoon and there's a driving scene and the background loops over and over? I feel like that's happening with 30 Rock. A few houses
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March 18th, 2011 at 10:09 pm
Archer 2.08 "Stage Two" Review
Written By Ian McDonald
This is the first episode of Archer, I think ever, that doesn't feature some sort of ISIS mission. I was going to say "operation," but there is most definitely an
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March 18th, 2011 at 8:17 pm
30 Rock 5.17 "Queen of Jordan" Review
Written By Ian McDonald
It's a remarkable thing when a sitcom, lampooning those trainwreck Bravo reality shows, makes up an entirely new vocabulary to describe said shows. The jokes in this week's episode of
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March 11th, 2011 at 2:49 pm
Archer 2.07 "Movie Star" Review
Written By Ian McDonald
I had a bit of trouble getting going on this review. I feel like I've already said what I wanted to say about the show and the season is only
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March 3rd, 2011 at 11:58 pm
Archer 2.06 "Tragical History" Review
Written By Ian McDonald
Poor Cyril. He was always a disappointment to his father, to his ex-girlfriend Lana, to everyone else at ISIS and, most of all, to himself. In an effort to prove
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February 25th, 2011 at 8:20 pm
30 Rock 5.16 "TGS Hates Women" Review
Written By Ian McDonald
30 Rock has always taken absurd stereotypes and turned the absurdity dial all the way to the right. It's always something like older right-wing gentlemen (like Jack) being incredibly rude
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