Game of Thrones HBO, Sundays, 9 PM “The Kingsroad” Written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss Directed by Tim Van Patten “Life is full of possibilities.” – Tyrion When you start off with a dwarf quoting Mr. Spock, you know you’re in for some fun. I’m getting to know this new world of Game of Thrones, and while I still loathe and despise the stories that depend on rape for character development, I’m beginning to see the attraction of the rest of it. Take, for example, Queen Cersei (Lena Headey, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles). She shares more than a name with…
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Fringe: “Grey Matters”
Random Access Memory By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2009 by Sarah Stegall Fringe Thursdays on Fox at 9/8 E/C “Grey Matters” Written by Jack Stentz & Ashley Miller Directed by Jeannot Szwarc After last week’s diet of worms, I was extremely wary of what this week of Fringe would be–more gore? More slime? More desecration of the human form in the name of entertainment? On the surface, the answer would seem to be yes, but in fact the difference between last week’s unwatchable regurgitation and this week’s jaw-dropper can be summed up in one word: please. During the opening sequence of “Grey…