Horns of a Dilemma Eastwick “Red Ants and Black Widows” ABC, Wednesday, 10 PM Written by Nancy Won Directed by Tom Verica There was a time when smart women could be found at the head of popular TV series: Murder She Wrote,Maude, Cagney & Lacey. What power they had came from their brains; they consistently outwitted male criminals and earned the respect of their male cohorts. Where did all those women go? What we have today is a TV landscape full of women who are either the butt of their own jokes, or whose “powers” derive from the mystical, the mysterious, the…
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Chuck: “Chuck vs. the Honeymooners”
Mr. and Mrs. Chuck By Sarah Stegall Copyright © 2010 by Sarah Stegall Chuck NBC, Mondays, 8/7 E/C “Chuck vs. the Honeymooners” Teleplay by Rafe Judkins & Lauren LeFranc Story by Allison Adler Directed by Robert Duncan McNeill “About damn time!” —General Beckman Excuse me, but I just have to say this: I told you so. I always said that Chuck and Sarah would make a better team together than apart. This episode proves I was right. Allow me a moment to wallow in this fleeting moment of justification. Watching successive episodes of Chuck lately, I feel like I did when my kids were…