Heroes, NBC, Airs Mondays 9/8 c Episode: “Shades of Gray” (Season 3, Episode 19) Synopsis: When Sylar (Zachary Quinto) comes face-to-face with his long lost father (guest star John Glover), the reunion proves to be what he least expected. Elsewhere, after receiving a tip from “Rebel,â€...

Filed under: Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Pickups and Renewals It's hard to deny the passion that fans of CBS's late apocalyptic drama Jericho had. Their "nuts" campaign prompted the network to reverse order and bring back the show after officially canceling it. That second season did provide so...

By Todd VanDerWerff “Rough Edges,� written by Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer and directed by Dan Attias, just plunges forward, pell-mell, not terribly concerned with if it makes a lot of sense (that Woodruff letter storyline still feels dropped in from another series entirely, Mormon content no...

By Jonathan Pacheco Whenever a character makes the trek from a small country town to the Big Apple, you know something important’s going to happen. Jason Street and Tim Riggins seem to realize this as well. While celebrating the success of their house-flipping project, Jason reveals his intentions...

“Goodbye, My Friend” March 5th, 2009 Holy flashback, Harry Henderson. There’s a whole lot of familiarity in “Goodbye, My Friend,” an episode that cribs quite liberally from last season’s “Succession” and this season’s premiere, and it’s not...

By Todd VanDerWerff As if making penance for the last two weeks of limited Juniper Creek storylines, Sunday night’s Big Love, “Fight or Flight,� written by Patricia Breen and directed by Adam Davidson, was probably the most Juniper Creek-heavy episode of the season, if not since Season One. So...

By Jonathan Pacheco Most TV shows hit a few rough patches within a 20-24 episode season. This lull can happen right before or after the season’s halfway point, but most often around the “teen� episodes. Some shows choose to instead go with fewer episodes per season, partially to eliminate the ...

“Larry King” February 26th, 2009 What “Larry King” represents is an example of 30 Rock doing something that feels like it is happening less often: it takes one event, in this case a crises, and demonstrates its impact on various of the show’s characters. It reminds us t...

Heroes episode 3.17  Cold Wars Airdate: February 23, 2009 So, what did you think of episode 17? Did “Cold Warsâ€� meet your expectations of the man behind the horn-rimmed-glasses? Monday’s episode focused on unraveling the plans of Nathan Petrelli and making sense of the enigmatic Noah Benn...

Heroes, NBC, Airs Mondays 9/8c Episode: “Cold Wars” (Season 3, Episode 17) Synopsis: While being held hostage, HRG is subjected to Matt Parkman’s unique brand of interrogation, revealing how he became involved with Nathan’s government plot to capture those with abilities. Meanwhile, ...