Posts Tagged‘the listener’

The Listener: “Foggy Notion”

Wait Until Dark The Listener “Foggy Notion” Thursdays, NBC, 10 PM Written by Jeremy Boxen Directed by Clement Virgo Television being primarily a visual medium, it’s interesting when a show attempts to tell a story in a non-visual manner. In this episode of The Listener, it becomes even more difficult than usual for Toby to follow a case: the subject is a blind girl, and her thoughts and memories are confusing to a sighted man. Toby’s already a more sensitive guy than most, but now he has to really tune in to sort out what’s going on, and that can lead…

The Listener: “One Way or Another”

High School Confidential The Listener “One Way or Another” Thursdays, NBC, 10 PM Written by Dennis Heaton Directed by Stephen Surjik Oz: It must be like walking through somebody’s nightmare. Toby: Yeah, sometimes it can be like that. Conversations like this raise the question—why would a telepath want to be a paramedic? Or involved in any way with traumatized, injured people who are probably “broadcasting” fear and pain loud and clear on the Psychic Channel. If I could not avoid overhearing the thoughts of others, I’d get a job as a lighthouse keeper, as far from others as possible. This episode, Toby…