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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…

Journeyman: “Year of the Rabbit”

Down the Rabbit Hole Journeyman Mondays on NBC “Year of the Rabbit” Written by Joan B. Weiss Directed by Laura Innes Pop quiz: you’re a hard-nosed, realpolitik type of cop in San Francisco, whose brother keeps claiming he is time traveling. Naturally, you don’t believe him, until one night you lock both of you in a men’s room to hammer out a little family business, and when you turn your back for one moment, guarding the ONLY exit from the room, your brother disappears. What do you do? If you’re a realistically written character, you’re going to reconsider your own skepticism. But…