Taking the Fun Out of Funeral By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2010 by Sarah Stegall Chuck Mondays on NBC at 9/8 “Chuck vs. the Couch Lock” Written by Henry Alonso Myers Directed by Michael Schultz It usually takes years before an agent is willing to put his teammates in harm’s way. Good tactical thinking, Bartowski! —General B When you take the chili powder out of chili, you wind up with something edible but bland. Same goes for this show: take the funny out of Chuck and you wind up with a bland spy show. While I don’t expect perfection on every Monday…
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Falling Skies: “Live and Learn”
The Second Massachusetts Falling Skies TNT, Sundays, 9 PM “Live and Learn” Written by Robert Rodat Directed by Carl Franklin “The Armory” Written by Graham Yost Directed by Greg Beeman “Being the leader of a post-apocalyptic gang of outlaws has been exhausting.” — Pope One of the biggest mistakes amateur storytellers make is to start the story too early; there are endless chapters of introductory material, character building, exposition. Stephen Spielberg was born into the master class of storytelling, and it shows in the introduction of Falling Skies; we don’t just get into the story late, we get into it…