Catfight on the Catwalk By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2010 by Sarah Stegall Chuck Mondays on NBC at 9/8 “Chuck vs. the Suitcase” Written by Rafe Judkins & Lauren LeFranc Directed by Gail Mancuso “Beautiful women have a lot of baggage.” —John Casey Hey, Casey, news flash: all women have a lot of baggage. But then, he’s the last guy I’d go to for advice about women. In this episode, Chuck listens to Casey, to Morgan, to just about everyone, because he’s trying to figure out what’s going to go wrong with his involvement with Sarah. Not that anything is wrong, not…
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Falling Skies: “Grace”
The Wild Frontier Falling Skies TNT, Sundays, 9 PM “Grace” Written by Melinda Hsu Taylor Directed by Fred Toye “One objective leads to another.” – Weaver No matter how advanced the technology or how ugly the aliens, Falling Skies keeps reminding me of pioneer Westerns. Maybe it’s the unconscious echo of settlers versus Indians that resonates with me, but Tom Mason and his fellow refugees remind me more of the characters from Wagon Train than Battlestar Galactica. I’ve always loved both science fiction and Westerns, probably for the same reason: they pit human beings against unknown worlds, unknown enemies, unknown challenges. The American character was…