The Perils of Obedience Defying Gravity Sundays at 10 PM, ABC “Love, Honor, Obey” Written by Susan Nirah Jaffee Directed by Fred Gerber Enough reviewers have taken potshots at this show — and rightly so — that perhaps it’s fair to take a look at what actually works. The leads work: Ron Livingston, Malik Yoba and Christine Cox turn in solid, professional performances no matter what nonsense they’re given to say. There is nothing wrong with the production values, which we tend to take for granted these days until we see old re-runs of, say, the original episodes of Star Trek (that…
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Chuck: “Chuck vs. The Broken Heart”
Heartbreakers Chuck Mondays on NBC at 9/8 “Chuck vs. The Broken Heart” Written by Allison Adler Directed by Kevin Bray “That’s the taste of a healthy colon!” — Captain Awesome What moron decided to cast Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica) in the same TV show as Yvonne Strahovski? I thought my TV was going to melt. I’m sure John Casey wasn’t the only man tripping over his tongue during this episode. Her performance as Agent “49B” Alex Forrest pretty much mirrored everything she did on Battlestar Galactica. She was taut, dismissive, superior, domineering. She used sex as an interrogation technique. The…