Once Upon a Time: Save Henry

“The best thing for Henry is to stay with a mother who will never let go of him.”

Despite what last week promised, ‘Save Henry’ was less of a major conclusion, and a lot more character driven than I thought it would be. I think Regina’s feelings for Henry were always a bit of a mystery, even though we saw how strongly she felt about him over the course of the series. ‘Save Henry’ was exactly what we needed to understand where those feelings came from, and how they made her throw her evil past behind her and start again for her son.

New Shows (2013): December 1 - 7

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things.

Holiday Treats: Crème de Menthe Bars

We’ve been informally referring to our holiday cookie recipe exchange as “inappropriate starches,” but the nice thing about this recipe is that it would be, I think, easy to make gluten-free (or at least wheatless).

The Originals: Reigning Pain in New Orleans

Klaus: "Go ahead. Have fun. Kill them all."

This was really the Klaus and Marcel show, with all their subtle hostility and false smile politics.

Supernatural: Holy Terror

"Virtue is its own punishment."

Sometimes I wonder why I still let this show get to me.

Misfits: Episode Seven (Party Like Us)

Rudy 2: "We're going to be unstoppable."

Tonight was party time at Wertham Community Centre, and what a disaster it turned out to be. It was always going to be a risky proposition, packing the place full of strangers with superpowers, but it was Rudy introducing the power-reversing ecstasy which really tipped it into the chaotic. Tim got iced, Finn now knows about Jess and Rudy, Stuart and Greg danced up a storm, Jess is (or soon will be) pregnant, and Mark the tortoise became a real boy... right before getting turned inside out. Colonel Saunders would've been proud.

The Walking Dead: Too Far Gone

Governor: “Liar.”

The intense roller coaster ride that is The Walking Dead is back. We got the mid-season cliff-hanger that a quality show deserves.

Holiday Treats: M&M Cookies and Special Chocolate Chip Cookies

Here's the next installment in our inappropriate starches thread: two of my favorite holiday cookie recipes.

Nikita: Dead or Alive

"Division doesn't define any of us anymore."

So maybe I'm in the minority, but I kind of like Nikita more when they don't do heavy action. I'm not entirely sure when spy-centric shows and movies drifted into nonsensical action, but a good thriller should have smarts. This episode felt smarter than the premiere, which for me was a step in the right direction.

Castle: The Good, The Bad, And The Baby

“What do you say, Beckett? Want to have a baby?”

A TV couple discovers a baby and has to take care of it for a day or so until its parents are found. It’s been done, a lot. Normally, this cliché of a show is written for laughs and for giving the viewers a chance to see what life will be like for the couple long after the show has faded into memory. To its credit, Castle used this trope to explore the idea of parenthood. It raised this episode from the usual, but just barely.

Winter 2013-2014 Premiere Schedule

Wallace Stevens said it best:


One must have a mind of winter
To regard the frost and the boughs
Of the pine-trees crusted with snow;

Witches of East End: A Parching Imbued

“Don’t worry ladies. It’s almost over.” –Athena

Athena’s plan seems to be falling perfectly in place for the finale. Will the Beauchamps be able to get a step ahead? Even when the ladies have the pieces right in front of them, they can’t seem to put the puzzle together.