“One bag. Plus guns. I’ll make pancakes.” That’s the order from commitment phobic Sarah Connor to her son, ultimate saviour of the human race, when she gets spooked by a marriage proposal from her boyfriend and decides to clear out of town.
That she can say ‘pack the guns’ and ‘I’ll make pancakes’ in the [...]
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First Impressions: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
February 22, 2008 – 12:22 am
7 Essential Sarah Connor Chronicles Websites (Plus Extras)
February 19, 2008 – 8:29 pm
When you consider that the Terminator movies were some of the best Sci-Fi films of all time, any spin-off of that franchise has mighty big boots to fill.
Despite a few minor grumbles from the critics corner about Lena Headey’s more human portrayal of Sarah Connor, most people are raving about the new Terminator series.
So, [...]
Torchwood - Adam - Episode Guide
February 13, 2008 – 11:04 pm
Extra-creepy episode of Torchwood tonight as an alien infiltrates the team and modifies their memories so that they believe he’s always been with Torchwood.
Adam convinces Tosh that she’s in love with him, and changes Gwen’s memory so that she doesn’t remember Rhys. Jack starts to have troubling visions.
Gwen arrives home and Rhys comes out [...]
Ashes To Ashes - First Episode - Deja Vue
February 8, 2008 – 12:51 am
So, before Life On Mars ended, DCI Sam Tyler sent a recording of his experiences to “this officer, she’s collecting stuff from colleagues who’ve suffered trauma”. Before pitching himself off a roof in order to prolong the coma that transported him to 1973.
It turns out this officer is DI Alex Drake, a psychological profiling [...]
Scrubs: JD and Dr Cox’s Relationship
February 7, 2008 – 11:18 pm
Just watched an episode of Scrubs where Dr Cox is withdrawn after three transplant patients die.
He rolls into work drunk one day, and gets sent on a leave of absence. He starts drinking and stops talking to everyone.
The gang rally round him at home, except JD, who pretends to take a moral stance about his [...]
Torchwood - Meat - Episode Guide
February 6, 2008 – 11:02 pm
Gwens fiancee Rhys arrives at the scene of a serious road accident and discovers that a friend has died in the crash. More shockingly, Torchwood arrive on the scene and he sees Gwen with them.
The team discover a load of meat in the back of one of the vans that is suspicious. As Owen [...]
Torchwood: To The Last Man - Episode Guide
January 30, 2008 – 11:11 pm
Excellent! This evening’s episode of Torchwood opens in 1918, with a crossover in the fabric of time and the Torchwood of the time are investigating something strange in a military hospital.
The action centres around Tommy Brockless, a soldier who exists in 2008 as well as in 1918. It turns out that Tommy is in [...]
Torchwood - Sleeper - Episode Guide
January 23, 2008 – 11:47 pm
Series 2 Episode 2 - Sleeper: Opens on a couple sleeping in bed. The woman is woken by a noise in the house and her partner picks up a bat and goes to investigate. Two men in balaclavas burst into the room. The camera pans under the bed and we hear the pleading of [...]
Ghost Whisperer Series Finale - The Gathering
January 23, 2008 – 12:26 am
In the series 2 finale of Ghost Whisperer, Melinda meets up with a man who’s been tracking down the survivors of the 11 May disasters. He introduces her to the kids he’s found and shows her their drawings that show Melinda with a lantern. He tells her that he thinks the missing survivor from the [...]
ITV’s Primeval? Just Awful.
January 13, 2008 – 11:34 pm
I missed the first series of Primeval, despite the rave reviews it received. So when I caught the season premiere over the weekend, I had high expectations.
For those of you who don’t know, Primeval is like Torchwood, but with dinosaurs instead of aliens. You’ve got some kind of obscure agency dedicated to capturing and [...]
