Loveless Game of Thrones HBO, Sundays, 9 PM “The Wolf and the Lion” Written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss Directed by Brian Kirk “That’s all the realm is now: backstabbing and scheming and ass-licking and money-grubbing.” – King Robert Baratheon This show is like an ice sculpture: beautiful, sharp, shiny and cold, cold, cold. After five episodes I have seen anger, ambition, lust, greed, and hatred. I have seen no love, except for the love Ned Stark has for his children. And it’s clear as ice that he does not understand his children. Everyone else is as cruel as…
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Fringe: “Jacksonville”
God Blinks By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2010 by Sarah Stegall Fringe Thursdays on Fox at 9/8 E/C “Jacksonville” Written by Ashley Edward Miller & Zack Stentz Directed by Charles Beeson “We’re standing in two buildings, one of which comes from the alternate universe.” —Walter Bishop This is me, looking for my socks. Which got blown off before the opening credits ran for this “winter finale” episode of Fringe. Combining high-order physics, Enlightenment philosophy, love, and mysticism, it’s one of the best in the entire series. Certainly it was the best television I’ve seen this year. Back in the 18th century,…