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Fringe: “The Man From the Other Side”

The Sins of the Fathers By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2010 by Sarah Stegall Fringe Tuesdays on Fox at 9/8 E/C “The Man From the Other Side” Written by Josh Singer & Ethan Gross Directed by Jeffrey Hunt “You are not my father.” — Peter Bishop Every well conceived television series, any of them that get a long enough run, has at least one defining episode, the one you can point to later and say, “This. This was the one that brought it all into focus, and made it all important.” This episode is one of those defining moments for Fringe.…

Game of Thrones: “The Pointy End”

Little Swords, Big Armies “The Pointy End” Game of Thrones HBO, Sundays, 9 PM Written by George R. R. Martin Directed by Daniel Minahan Last week I mentioned the imbalance in male-to-female nudity in Game of Thrones. The previous week I desired magical creatures. Game of Thrones rectified both those oversight in generous measure in this episode. We got a glimpse of Hodor (Kristian Nairn), the gigantic and corpse-white minion who carries the crippled young Bran around, frolicking through the woods stark (heh) naked. This episode also gave us not one but two zombies, and the promise of many more…