Hellatus Check: The Four Week Mark

As the title says, four weeks – we’ve made the four-week mark! Everyone, give yourselves a pat on the back…four weeks down.   I thought I’d do some periodic Hellatus Checks just to, you know, check how everyone is doing. For me this is – well, as Meg said. “Hell.” Sure, I’m enjoying watching (gorging) all of Season…

Season Two Awards

By demand, plus boredom this afternoon at work, I present the season two awards. You know, the awards I would have handed out at the end of season two if I was actually blogging AND watching the show. Better late than never I always say.    The season two awards are particularly challenging. One single event easily takes…

The Music – Season 2

The Music, Season 2:   In My Time Of Dying:    The recap comes to “Stranglehold”, and since Carry On, Wayward Son hadn’t yet become ‘THE’ music, it seems right. In fact, every season premier has been different, Season 3 opened to “Hell’s Bells” by AC/DC and Season 4 to “You Shook Me All Night Long,”…

The Personal, Physical, and Emotional Torture of The Modern Day Lead Actor

I’m going with a slightly different slant today.  The Hollywood Reporter these days is doing what they call their “Emmy Roundtables.” Recently, they got together for a group discussion Simon Baker (The Mentalist), Laurence Fishburne (CSI), Denis Leary (Rescue Me), Michael C. Hall (Dexter), Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), and Bill Paxton (Big Love).    So, what…