Posts Tagged‘tv reviews’

Dollhouse: “Ghost”

We Can Forget It For You Wholesale Dollhouse Fridays on Fox at 9/10 E/C “Ghost” Written by Joss Whedon Directed by Joss Whedon Although my personal motto/mantra is “The pilot is not the series”, I confess I had high hopes for the debut of Joss Whedon’s latest work. I did not expect to be so let down by a highly-anticipated series. My mistake. While I am willing to give this series a couple more chances to hook my interest, I have to say that this is not an auspicious beginning. At this point, Dollhouse has so much to make up for that…

Chuck: “Chuck vs. The Beefcake”

Treading Water Chuck Mondays on NBC at 9/8 “Chuck vs. The Beefcake” Written by Matthew Miller & Scott Rosenbaum Directed by Patrick Norris “Talk about low-hanging fruit…” — Captain Awesome When Lester, Jeff and Morgan are the funniest elements of Chuck, something is off. The numbers have not been all that good for Chuck, there is as yet no rumor of renewal for the show, and I’m starting to detect a whiff of desperation in some of these storylines. That was confirmed Monday night with a mediocre episode, one which gave us nothing new either in the spy drama or the romantic…