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Season Premiere Round-Up: September 30th-October 16th
So, I mentioned I was behind, right? (Man, I haven’t even watched Elementary yet. I’m sorry, Lucy Liu and JLM–I forgot you moved to Sundays and have now missed multiple episodes.) Well, here’s what...
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7 Things I’m Grateful For This TV Season
Happy Thanksgiving, people who celebrate, and Happy Thursday, people who don’t! Even at the best of times, this is a fundamentally weird and kind of screwy holiday in America, and clearly, this is hell...
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“Is There A French Word For Feeling An Overwhelming Sense of Urgency And...
It is time, I think, to try and return to our regularly scheduled programming on My Geek Blasphemy. Well. Okay. Scheduling was never really all that regular around here and may stay even more irregular...
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My Own Dream Show – A Cast of Characters
Last week, I asked for everyone else’s dream casts. Today I provide my own. Instead of a team-oriented space opera, as I’d originally intended, I came up with the idea for a Twin Peaks-esque show, only...
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10 Life Lessons TV Has Taught Me
As an avid TV watcher, I think it’s important to occasionally pause and reflect on some of the lessons that television has taught me over the years. And now, just because I can, I will share some of...
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A Bunch of Season Finales: The 2016-2017 Edition
I try to plan my time well. Sometimes, I fail. And when it came to updating my reactions to season finales as they occurred, well, I totally kind of failed. So here are some thoughts on just a whole...
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The 2016-2017 TV Superlatives
Okay, people! It’s that time again: I present the 2016-2017 TV Superlatives! Rules are basically the same as they were last year. To be eligible for these super duper prestigious awards, a show must...
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The 4th (Probably 4th?) TV Quotes Challenge
So, I haven’t done a Quotes Challenge in a while. I mean, it’s practically a summer tradition, right? Don’t answer that. I’ve decided to go back to TV for today, but maybe I should try a book one...
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The 4th (Probably 4th) TV Quotes Challenge – ANSWERS
Let’s get right to it, shall we? (Also, this is mostly spoiler-free, but it does assume you’re up to date on The Flash and iZombie. If not, you should probably skip those sections.) 1. Santa Clarita...
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“Bulletproof. Blind Ninja. Whatever It Is You Are.”
So, I haven’t been here as regularly as I’d like to, and unfortunately that’s probably not gonna change anytime in the near future. I have Novel Writing Deadlines to meet, which means I’m instituting a...
View ArticleThe World’s Worst Trekkie: Carlie Takes On “The Man Trap”
Sometimes, television makes no goddamn sense. Case in point: Gene Roddenberry created Star Trek. As we discussed last week, the pilot episode (“The Cage”) was soundly rejected by the studios, so...
View ArticleWorld’s Worst Trekkie: Carlie Takes on “Charlie X”
. . . you know, I’m starting to think that nothing good ever happens to sole survivors in Star Trek. Like, where are my aspirational stories, man? Where are the happy endings for these castaways?...
View ArticleWorld’s Worst Trekkie: Carlie Takes On “Where No Man Has Gone Before”
So, okay. After “The Man Trap” and “Charlie X”–an episode which was obviously supposed to air around Thanksgiving, a holiday that I’m kinda surprised to discover we still apparently celebrate in the...
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World’s Worst Trekkie: Carlie Takes On “The Naked Time”
Well, after four episodes of gloom and doom, we get to the episode of TOS where everyone just gets space drunk. I’m sure this says something deeply unflattering about me, but this is easily my favorite...
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World’s Worst Trekkie: Carlie Takes On “The Enemy Within”
Considering how much I enjoyed “The Naked Time,” I was really looking forward to sitting down and watching “The Enemy Within.” So, we did, and . . . well . . . Boy. Talk about an episode you like in...
View ArticleWorld’s Worst Trekkie: Carlie Takes On “Mudd’s Women”
Ah, Harry Mudd, that old rascal I’ve heard so much about. I’ve seen a version of the man, of course–Rainn Wilson in Discovery–but not Classic Harry Mudd, not until now. I’ve got to admit, I wasn’t...
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World’s Worst Trekkie: Carlie Takes On “What Are Little Girls Made Of”
Apologies for the unexpected, month-long pause on TOS recaps. Dr. Ian Malcolm tells us that life finds a way, but sometimes life just gets in the way. Also, other TV: I’m behind on SO MUCH right now. I...
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World’s Worst Trekkie: Carlie Takes on “Miri”
I’ll talk more about this when I get to “City on the Edge of Forever,” I’m sure, but I’ve found that TOS sometimes starts an episode seemingly heading in one direction, only to rapidly change course...
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World’s Worst Trekkie: Carlie Takes on “Dagger of the Mind”
Good morning, all. Today is my sister’s birthday, and really, what better gift can one give than the snarky over-analyzation of a beloved science fiction classic? In today’s episode of TOS, we have it...
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World’s Worst Trekkie: Carlie Takes on “The Corbomite Maneuver”
I’ve been having a great time watching TOS with my sister, but I’ve also been a tiny bit disappointed that, overall, my reactions to most episodes have been somewhere between “meh” and “NO.” Not...
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