Film & TV

‘Community’ Breakdown: ‘Basic Story’

The Save Greendale Committee seems to have finally completed their mission. Everyone is happy and content. Only Abed believes that something horrible is on the horizon. And, with next week being the season finale, I’m sad to admit that he’s probably right.

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‘Mad Men’ Breakdown: ‘Time Zones’

‘Mad Men’ is one of the best written and acted series on television, so it comes as no surprise that the beginning of the seventh season was well-crafted. It provided important moments for Don, Joan, and Peggy and began to set the stage for what’s to come in this final chapter.

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‘Game of Thrones’ Breakdown: ‘Two Swords’

This season opener is primarily exposition — a necessary reintroduction to a rather large cast of characters and a bit of catching up. There are a lot of subtle moments of brilliance (especially the opening and closing sequences), but mostly what we got is a solid precursor to whatever is planned for the rest of the season — which is exactly what we needed.

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‘Community’ Breakdown: ‘G.I. Jeff’

This week’s episode continues the ‘Community’ tradition of the animated parody episode. Jeff’s mind has created a world inspired by the classic G.I. Joe cartoons. It’s one of the more fun episodes this season has offered

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‘How I Met Your Mother’ Breakdown: ‘Last Forever’

It’s finally here: the ‘How I Met Your Mother’ finale (#HIMYMfinale). It’s a real doozy of an episode that already has social media backlash! But what series finale doesn’t garner backlash from the entire population of Twitter? However, let’s try to enjoy the episode for what it is.

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