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Bates Motel review – 1×10: ‘Midnight’

May 21, 2013 by Joe Lipsett

Courtesy of A&E

It’s season finale time for A&E’s breakout drama, Bates Motel, a show we stopped covering early on. With the end of the season on hand, I figured I would check back in to see how the prequel finished up. Short version: calling this show a piece of garbage is a huge understatement.

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Bates Motel, TV Tagged With: A&E, Freddie Highmore, Jere Burns, Keegan Connor Tracy, Max Thieriot, Mike Vogel, Nestor Carbonell, Nicola Peltz, Olivia Cooke, Richard Harmon, Season Finale, Vera Farmiga

Bates Motel review- 1×03: ‘What’s Wrong with Norman?”

April 2, 2013 by tvangie

Courtesy of A&E

Courtesy of A&E

After only three weeks into Bates Motel, the series delves right into the cracks forming in Norman’s (Freddie Highmore) psyche, questioning which of our two leads is the more unhinged. Is Norman’s descent into madness going to slowly unfold, or is he already a permanent resident of psycho-ville?

Let’s bitch it out.

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Filed Under: Bates Motel, TV, TV - Current Coverage Tagged With: Freddie Highmore, Keegan Connor Tracy, Max Thieriot, Mike Vogel, Nestor Carbonell, Nicola Peltz, Olivia Cooke, Vera Farmiga

Once Upon A Time review – 2×15: ‘The Queen Is Dead’

March 4, 2013 by Joe Lipsett

Courtesy of ABC

A Snow (Ginnifer Goodwin)-centric episode returns us to the world of Storybrooke as Once Upon A Time draws battle lines for its impending war.

Let’s bitch it out… [Read more…]

Filed Under: Once Upon A Time, TV, TV - Current Coverage Tagged With: ABC, Bailee Madison, Barbara Hershey, Colin O'Donoghue, Ginnifer Goodwin, Jared Gilmore, Jennifer Morrison, Josh Dallas, Keegan Connor Tracy, Lana Parrilla, Lesley Nicol, Michael Raymond-Jones, Rena Sofer, Robert Carlyle

The 411 on me

I am a freelance film and television journalist based in Toronto, Canada.

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