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Fringe: “White Tulip”

The Law of Unitended Consequences By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2010 by Sarah Stegall Fringe Tuesdays on Fox at 9/8 E/C “White Tulip” Written by J.H. Wyman & Jeff Vlaming Directed by Thomas Yatsko Peter: Notice anything weird? Olivia: Not yet, but give it ten minutes. Most TV scripts about time travel look like a breeze: just write one or two scenes and then repeat as necessary. But the really good ones do more than simply repeat the same lines; they show how the repeats deepen and enrich the characters. Such is the case in this episode, which presents us…

Game of Thrones: “You Win or You Die”

Who’s Your Daddy? “You Win or You Die” Game of Thrones HBO, Sundays, 9 PM Written by David Benioff & D. B. Weiss Directed by Daniel Minahan “When the Queen proclaims one King and the Hand proclaims another, whose peace do the Gold Cloaks protect?” — Petyr Baelish Okay, if I can’t have dragons, can I at least have a hero? Someone to root for? So far, the best candidate for that position is not Ned Stark, but Tyrion Lannister. Alas, he doesn’t even make an appearance in this episode of Game of Thrones, and we are all the poorer for…