Hard Ride To Nowhere (Chapter 9)

The scene: Outside of the DFO clubhouse. All is quiet out front, aside from the pitiful voice of Ballsofsteelandfury. Ballsofsteelandfury: Guys...hey, is there anyone around? I need some help here... The camera pans up to reveal Ballsofsteelandfury hanging upside down from the flag pole. Ballsofsteelandfury: Aw, come on, guys... The sound of

House MD DFW

[Interior- Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. Scene opens on DOCTOR HOUSE sitting in his oddly-stylish and expensively furnished office, playing with his giant tennis ball thing. Enter DOCTOR WILSON] WILSON: Good morning, House. I hope you slept well. HOUSE: [Gruff, insulting but humorous reply]. WILSON: At least one of us is. I have a

The Bastard Review, Episode Three “Effigy/Ddelw”

(It's Episode Three because the two-hour pilot is listed as two episodes, "Pilot Parts 1&2"). I said last week's episode was overstuffed, and that was an understatement, even for a two-hour presentation. At the end of this one I was left wondering what, if anything, had happened; it seemed weirdly sparse,

The Bastard Review

The two-hour pilot to Kurt Sutter's new FX series The Bastard Executioner is, among other things, a prime example of the difficulty inherent in making a good pilot. All pilots tempt their writers toward exposition, and the bigger the story the writer wants to tell, the greater the temptation. Few can resist,