The Voice
March 20th, 2012 at 11:36 am
The Voice Battle Round #3 Review
Written By Michael Mahoney
How did the competitors perform on the March 19 episode of The Voice? We've got your answers!
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March 12th, 2012 at 11:35 pm
Review: The Voice - Battle Round #2
Written By Michael Mahoney
The question coming in to tonight's Voice was whether the battles could possibly match the quality of last week's showdowns. The answer: not so much.
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March 10th, 2011 at 8:56 am
Justified 2.5 "Cottonmouth" Review
Written By Michael Mahoney
Justified is firing on all cylinders, masterfully weaving multiple story arcs with ease, both self-contained within each episode while simultaneously building towards the next. It's brilliant storytelling, and "Cottonmouth" was
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February 25th, 2011 at 10:15 am
The Office 7.17 "Todd Packer" Review
Written By Michael Mahoney
In a long sitcom season, some episodes simply feel like filler. "Todd Packer" was just such an episode, with few laughs and no real reason to bring the obnoxious Todd
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February 24th, 2011 at 7:42 am
Justified 2.3 "The I of the Storm" Review
Written By Michael Mahoney
How does a man change when he's locked inside the prison of his past and no one around him will ever give him the key? When he's constantly reminded at
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February 17th, 2011 at 1:20 pm
Justified 2.2 "The Life Inside" Review
Written By Michael Mahoney
The reason Justified works so well on an episodic level as well as its longer narrative arcs is because no case is ever as simple as it first seems. There
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February 11th, 2011 at 5:41 am
The Office 7.15 "PDA" Review
Written By Michael Mahoney
PDA. You're either one of them (you know who you are) or your skin crawls the moment you see two strangers making googly eyes with each other on the bus.
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February 10th, 2011 at 9:54 am
Justified 2.1 "The Moonshine War" Review
Written By Michael Mahoney
How does Justified improve on a stellar first season, one that arguably made it the best new series on television? By adding more stellar talent. I just about did backflips
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January 28th, 2011 at 10:12 am
The Office 7.13 "The Seminar" Review
Written By Michael Mahoney
"The Seminar" gave the supporting staff of The Office a chance to shine. So did they? The Ricky Gervais cameo aside, 7.13 should have been funnier than it was. Leading
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January 21st, 2011 at 8:05 am
The Office 7.12 "Ultimatum" Review
Written By Michael Mahoney
The return of The Office was a tale of two halves. While its first fifteen was a rather dull effort (perhaps trying a little too hard), the second half of
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December 13th, 2010 at 8:50 am
Dexter 5.12 "The Big One" Review
Written By Michael Mahoney
"You think you know someone and then it turns out you don't." - Deb Deb's (Jennifer Carpenter) sentiments to Dexter (Michael C. Hall) midway through this season's finale not only
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December 10th, 2010 at 8:55 am
The Office 7.11 "Classy Christmas" Review
Written By Michael Mahoney
It's Christmas time, and that means it's time for Holly (Amy Ryan). Yes this joke is terrible, but it's exactly the kind of lame humor that bonds Michael (Steve Carell)
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December 6th, 2010 at 6:13 pm
Boardwalk Empire 1.12 "A Return to Normalcy" Review
Written By Michael Mahoney
With the exception of one rather surprising moment, the season finale of Boardwalk's first season went pretty much as expected. The question is: does this make it disappointing? It depends
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December 6th, 2010 at 11:16 am
Walking Dead 1.06 "TS-19" Recap
Written By Michael Mahoney
"TS-19" opens with a flashback to Rick's (Andrew Lincoln) hospital, where the military is swarming the halls, killing everyone in sight. Shane (Jon Bernthal) races down the hall as several
[Read-More]Dexter
December 6th, 2010 at 7:29 am
Dexter 5.11 "Hop a Freighter" Review
Written By Michael Mahoney
The penultimate episode of Season Five was a race against time for Dexter (Michael C. Hall) that still managed to get in some key character building moments, especially for Quinn
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