After last week’s stand-alone episode, “Take this Sabbath Day,” we get right back to a more typical three-to-five storyline episode. Sorkin uses one of my favorite techniques in this episode, where the story is told in flashback style. Josh is narrating the past thirty-six hours to an audience listening to a lecture about what life […]
This is the spot where I usually recap the NBC show Parenthood. This week was a re-run however, and while it was a good one, I don’t need to write about it. Instead, in thinking about the one other show I watched last night (my toddler had plans that didn’t include Glee or Raising Hope, […]
It’s amazing sometimes how things come together. In a week where the blogosphere is obsessing over the memoir of the Tiger Mother, and discussing the idea of tough-love parenting, I have occasion to re-watch an early 90s TV show featuring a tough-talking substitute teacher. Episode 6, “The Substitue,” is all about shaking up the status […]