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Grimm: “Pilot”

Monster Slayer Grimm NBC, Fridays, 9 PM ET/PT “Pilot” Teleplay by David Greenwalt & Jim Kouf Story by David Greenwalt & Jim Kouf and Stephen Carpenter Directed by Marc Buckland “Oh, you’re a happily-ever-after guy.” – Hank Griffin Grimm is a winner. I’m saying it right now. I’m getting the same good vibe off this show I got from the first season of X-Files, and for about the same reason: a good mix of danger, mystery, humor and menace. Its creators carry that DNA with them; producer/writer Greenwalt is a veteran of The X-Files, Buffy, Angel and Eureka, while Jim Kouf honed his macabre chops…

Fringe: “Bad Dreams”

Sleepless in Boston Fringe NBC, Tuesdays, 9/10 E/C “Bad Dreams” Written by Akiva Goldsman Directed by Akiva Goldsman Walter: When we were experimenting on children— Peter: Whoa! Let’s analyze that sentence for a second. From the Oscar-winning screenwriter of A Beautiful Mind comes a well-crafted Fringe episode that turns Olivia Dunham’s head inside out. This show has always delighted in taking us there, from the pilot onward; this episode took it a step further and took Olivia out of her own head, so to speak. Although the story took off slowly, it built to a heady (heh) climax that revealed something about Walter that,…