What John's Watching

Quick recap, then some thoughts.  In Chuck Versus the Final Exam, Chuck has to pass a final test before becoming a full-fledged spy.  In this final exam, he's flying solo without support from the team.  Chuck's objective is to trail a known agent to a meeting with a double-agent mole at a hotel.  He needs to visually identify the mole. During ... Read More

Previously, on 24... As always, I'm liveblogging reaction to this week's episode of 24.  In case that's not enough of a warning, spoilers lurk beyond! Chaos at CTU in the aftermath of the EMP explosion.  Arlo tells Hastings they've lost control of the surveillance drones.  Hastings tells Dana to get old school with report writing for their briefing in 10 minutes. Jack is ... Read More

Probably the thing that's been nagging at me most this season is the relationship between the characters in the sideways flash universe.  In the main timeline of the story, the Flight 815 survivors and other major characters were brought together through the intervention of Jacob at key points in their lives.  In the sideways flashes, no such intervention occurred (at ... Read More

If you're a fan of HBO's Deadwood (as I am), or a fan of FX's The Shield (as I am), you've undoubtedly seen the preview of FX's new series, Justified, and have been anxiously awaiting its premiere.  Well, it starts tonight. I've avoided most of the media and posts about the show, as I want my first reactions to be untainted by ... Read More

In the new thriller Shutter Island, Leonardo DiCaprio plays US Marshal Teddy Daniels on a search for an escaped mental patient in 1954.  Mark Ruffalo plays his new partner, Chuck Aule. The US Marshals come to the hospital for the criminally insane on Shutter Island to apprehend a patient who has seemingly disappeared without any trace.  They meet varying levels of resistance ... Read More