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The Walking Dead: Season 2, Episode 4 – “Cherokee Rose”

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Mega-recap: In last week’s episode, Otis died (thanks, Shane…) and Carl survived a risky surgery. Shane made up a particularly disturbing story about Otis telling him to go on without him, and sacrificing himself to that Shane could make it back to the farm with the tools necessary for Carl’s surgery. What really happened was that Shane shot Otis in the leg, turning him into a zombie feast. Lori admitted to her husband Rick that she didn’t want Carl to suffer anymore, and if he didn’t survive, it might be better for him in the long run. In the situation where Lori had to make the decision between letting Carl die peacefully, or having him go through surgery (before the tools showed up) she chose to have the surgery performed.Sophia was still missing at the end of last week’s episode.

This week “Cherokee Rose” began with the rest of the crew meeting up at Hershel’s farm. Carl woke up from his surgery, and soon after fell asleep. The group gave Otis a symbolic funeral service outside, in which Shane was asked to speak on his behalf. Shane spouted off some bullshit about Otis’s last words. Shane is slowly becoming a villain. Why is he still there again?

Daryl decides to head back into town to look for Sophia. Due to all of the blood he’s given to his son, Rick cannot go along. Shane confronts Lori about whether she meant that she wanted him to stay with the group or not, and she of course said she meant it. Great. More Shane.

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Dexter: Season 6, Episode 4 – “A Horse of a Different Color”

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RECAP: This episode begins with Dexter attending Brother Sam’s baptism of Nick, one of his shop workers, at the beach. He has Harrison with him… who is adorable. Dexter gets a call from work to head to a crime scene.

In this crime scene, he sees that someone has put body parts together with mannequins and they are riding horses… the four horsemen of the Apocalypse. This is from the book of Revelations in the Bible. The new guy, Mike (Billy Brown – Light’s Out), explains the links to the bible for the seven snakes and the four horsemen.

 Dexter talks to Brother Sam when he brings his car back into the shop. He tells Sam a little bit about the case he is working on. Deb has psyched herself out about the press conference she has to do about the murders. She BOMBS the interview.

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Bored to Death – Season 3, Episode 2: “Gumball!” Review

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Ok, so this is a little later than promised, but hey – I’m a busy (Arkham City) guy. Anyhow, when we last left our hero, he was hanging from the face of a clock and his bearded best friend was rushing to his rescue…well not straight away.

After a solid hour on the clock face Jonathan’s savior – Ray – finally shows up in a post bedroom state. Under the guise of a safety inspector, Ray fanagles his way into the apartment under the clock and is able to save our detective from certain doom.

It’s Ray’s earlier (perceived) successes with as a dad the give him to confidence to save Jonathan. And he that isn’t my interpretation, Ray actually screams “I’m a father now!” to convince Jonathan to drop down. And it works.

After this they flee to George’s apartment to hide out. And sleep.

In the morning the coppers show up at George’s place, which means Ray and Jonathan must escape out the dumb-waiter. From here they find themselves on the street and accused of murder.

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TV’s Fairy Tale Fall Brawl Round One: ABC’s “Once Upon a Time” Pilot

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Fairy Tale stories seem to be all the rage these days on TV, with ABC premiering Once Upon a Time tonight and Grimm kicking off over on NBC this Friday.  Here at Grizzly Bomb, we offer to keep you abreast of the goings on of these two very similar stories, offer our ever witty commentary, and complete coverage on what I like to call:

TV’S FAIRY TALE FALL BRAWL!!!

(Cue Boxing bell ding)

In one corner, we have ABC’s Once Upon a Time.  The Sunday night slot isn’t too shabby for a new show, sandwiched between AFV and Desperate Housewives (which I understand are shows that people are still watching).  The show is the new project of the makers of Lost, which gets my intrigue juices flowing.  However, the seemingly cheesy storyline and the far-fetched premise make it seem out of touch with an inability to relate to the average human being.  Could this show make it on clout and reputation alone?

On the other corner, we have NBC’s Grimm.  Produced by the same people who worked on Buffy and Angel (not Joss Whedon), it clearly looks like the better show.  The story focuses around Nick Burckhardt, a homicide detective who can see fairy tale characters.  I have high hopes for this one, however, there are a few things working ominously against it.

  1. It may have trouble settling on an audience depending on how they play it.  I don’t know many men that love fairy tales, and I don’t know many women that love gore.  The smart thing to do, considering ABC has got the fluffy fairy tale thing covered, is to outright target a male audience.  The trailers at first seemed to be focusing on creatures that are ugly and murderous, but lately they’ve been shots of dead princesses.  They may be tempted to straddle that line, and it may end up working for them, but it also may not.
  2. The time slot sucks.  Friday night is where prime time goes to die, with very few exceptions to this rule.  Not to mention, it’s competing for air time with Fringe, which is going to be a tough competitor.
  3. NBC has put out some real stinkers lately.  Their show cancellation count is already up to two, and it’s only October.  Also, Grimm was already pushed back once.  Not a good sign for movies, not a good sign for television.

Back to the brawl…

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The Walking Dead: Season 2 Episode 2 “Bloodletting” Recap & Review

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RECAP: In the beginning of the newest episode of The Walking Dead “Bloodletting”, it flashes back to before the outbreak. Rick has been shot in the line of duty, and Shane goes to tell Laurie. She is at Carl’s school and tells him about it when he gets out.

Flash Forward: Rick is carrying his son Carl and running, because as we know from the last episode, Carl has been shot. The man who accidentally shot Carl tells Rick to take him to Hershel and he will help his boy. This is the introduction of Hershel Greene and his family.

The group is still looking for Sophia, although at this point, they are all very worried. The group in the woods heard one single gunshot (the one that hit Carl), and do not yet know why it was fired. Meanwhile, back at the car, T-Dog needs antibiotics because he clearly has a bad infection. He sliced his skin wide open on a metal shard in the previous episode.

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Bored to Death – Season 3 Premiere: “The Blonde in the Woods” Review

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Around here, regular readers will most likely know the affinity I have towards the Film Noir genre and shows like Femme Fatales. Well, for me the best of said genre is the classic P.I. stories, and even modernized versions like we saw in the 80s with Moonlighting and more recently with Veronica Mars.

Moonlighting, Bruce Willis, Veronica Mars, Kristen Bell, Femme Fatales

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