Whine and Cheese “There Goes the Neighborhood, Pt. 1 and 2” Syfy, Monday, 10PM E/P Written by Jeremy Carver & Anna Fricke Directed by Adam Kane Reviewer’s Note: This review covers the American version of Being Human, considered by itself and without reference to the original British series on which it is based. “You’re not nearly as mysterious as you think you are.” —Emily These are some of the stupidest characters I have ever seen on television. We have a vampire who cannot figure out what he wants to be, after over two hundred years. We have a clueless nebbish…
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Awake: “Pilot”
Epistemology 101 Awake NBC, Thursdays, 10 PM ET/PT “Pilot” Written by Kyle Killen Directed by David Slade “The Little Guy” Written by Kyle Killen Directed by Jeffrey Reiner “Something which I thought I was seeing with my eyes is in fact grasped solely by the faculty of judgment which is in my mind.” — Rene Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy Just when I was sick unto the very death of police procedurals, along comes NBC with the weirdest “twist” of all: alternate realities. Detective Michael Britten (Jason Isaacs, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) survives a car accident, but still isn’t…