Queer.Horror.Movies

The curated portfolio of film journalist Joe Lipsett

Quick Take review – The Good Wife 5×05: ‘Hitting The Fan’

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Courtesy of CBS

I usually write about The Good Wife once a year: when it comes time to compile my Best Of Television list for the annual Bitch Awards (2012 & 2011). Each year the CBS’ drama makes it into my top five, but that’s traditionally as much love as I give the best show on network TV. That discrepancy had to change with ‘Hitting The Fan’ – an episode that single-handlely catapults The Good Wife into the upper echelons of TV drama with what may be one of the best hours of TV I’ve ever seen.

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Revenge review – 3×05: ‘Control’

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Courtesy of ABC

Last week Emily’s (Emily VanCamp) plans went to hell after Conrad (Henry Czerny) realized that his Huntington’s disease had been faked. Also: Nolan (Gabriel Mann) made out with Green Arrow. Where do we go from here?

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The Walking Dead review – 4×03: ‘Isolation’

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Courtesy of AMC

This week on The Walking Dead the virus outbreak is in full swing at the prison as our heroes go on what appears to be a suicide mission to find antibiotics. Does breaking up the group prove to amp up the momentum of the show?

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Grimm review – 3×01: ‘The Ungrateful Dead’

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Courtesy of NBC

After what seems like forever, NBC’s Grimm finally returns to our TV sets with an episode that immediately follows the events of last season’s cliffhanger finale. So how are Nick (David Giuntoli) and co. handling the zombie invasion?

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The Crazy Ones review – 1×05: ‘She’s So European’

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Courtesy of CBS

This week things get awkward and tense as Simon (Robin Williams), Zach (James Wolk) and Sidney (Sarah Michelle Gellar) fight for the attention of a client – and this ain’t about the account. Also, Andrew (Hamish Linklater) runs his own show with the help of Lauren (Amanda Setton). That’s right, Lauren is finally doing something.

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Scandal review – 3×04: ‘Say Hello To My Little Friend’

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Courtesy of ABC

Mind = blown. I don’t even know where to begin, but let’s start with the big stuff: Fitz knows Eli/Rowan/Command (Joe Morton)! The man that Huck (Guillermo Diaz) killed last week was a pilot that flew the Operation Remington mission…but Fitz was the pilot on record for that flight. What happened?

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The Vampire Diaries review – 5×04: ‘For Whom The Bell Tolls’

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Courtesy of The CW

Who knew? Amnesia Stefan (Paul Wesley) turns out to be more entertaining than I would have ever imagined. With a walk down memory lane and another emotional funeral, ‘For Whom The Bell Tolls’ feels like an episode from the early days of the show.

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American Horror Story: Coven review – 3×03: ‘The Replacements’

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Courtesy of FX

AHS is kind of like a freakshow: amazing sights hidden behind every corner and filled with taboos just waiting to be broken. This week we can cross another couple off the list, including incest, exploding semen and a whiff of bestiality.

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Arrow review – 2×03: ‘Broken Dolls’

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Courtesy of The CW

This week on Arrow: we turn the spotlight on the Lance family as Laurel (Katie Cassidy) mistakes being bitchy for grieving and former Detective Lance, now Beat Cop Lance (Paul Blackthorne) gets far too psychoanalytic in his pursuit of the bad guy who got away.

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The Originals review – 1×04: ‘Girl In New Orleans’

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Courtesy of The CW

With more witches trying to kill the hybrid baby, an all powerful witch with a crush, and the hunt for Elijah (Daniel Gillies) coming to an end, 1×04 proves to be a solid episode. However, it’s the final scene that gets this reviewer up in arms.

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