Family Values By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2008 by Sarah Stegall Moonlight Fridays on CBS, 9pm ET/PT “What’s Left Behind” Written by Jill Blotevogel Directed by Chris Fisher. One unfailing way to kill the sublimated sexual tension on a TV show is to have the characters discuss it openly. Nothing kills that heady brew of magic and lust faster than taking the mystery out of it. I was very disappointed to see Beth Turner teasing Mick St. John about having a family together, complete with not-so-sly innuendo about whether sex between them would be any good. Note to writers: show,…
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Moonlight: “Sonata”
Appassionato By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2008 by Sarah Stegall Moonlight Fridays on CBS, 9pm ET/PT “Sonata” Written by: Ethan Erwin & Kira Snyder Directed by: Fred Toye Mick: I got hit in the face with a sacred ass paddle. Beth: [shrug] Karma. It’s ironic, and fitting, that the final episode of Moonlight is written by newcomers. I’ve rarely seen a show endure so many fundamental changes, both before and behind the cameras, for so long. That it lasted for sixteen episodes may be nothing short of a miracle; that its last scenes were written by fledglings makes me believe…