Teen Angst By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2009 by Sarah Stegall Fringe Thursdays on Fox at 9/8 E/C “Of Human Action” Written by Glen Whitman & Robert Chiappetta Directed by Joe Chappelle “Don’t be ridiculous. You’ve been abducted. Of course you need crepes.” —Walter Bishop I’ve never been one to complain when one of my favorite TV shows gets resurrected; just as one can appreciate both the Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet and Baz Luhrmann’s kaleidoscopic version, one can appreciate both Fringe and The X-Files. It is with complete respect for both efforts, therefore, that I point out that this episode recapitulated not one but…
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Game of Thrones: “Winter is Coming”
Swords and Sex Game of Thrones HBO, Sundays, 9 PM “Winter is Coming” Written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss Directed by Tim Van Patten In April of 2011, two lavishly produced television series set in the past debuted, one on Showtime and one on HBO. One of them is about a struggle for power among petty kings, accompanied by poisonings, bribery, treachery, assassination, bastards, incest, and rape. The other one is about the Borgias. I found one thing hilarious and one thing disturbing about the premiere of HBO’s much-hyped series, Game of Thrones. The hilarious thing was the producers’ straight-faced…