All 21 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 8 (2000-01), ranked
TV review: “The X-Files” finds its second life as Robert Patrick and Annabeth Gish join the cast and David Duchovny steps aside.
Television
First episode impressions: ‘The Killing’ (TV review)
“The Killing” (9 p.m. Central Sundays on AMC), which instantly became the best show on TV with its two-hour premiere last Sunday despite the fact that it’s technically a cop show, exposes how we as TV […]
Chewbacca and Ahsoka team up in ‘The Clone Wars?’ OK, I’ll buy it (TV commentary)
Long before the prequels started filming, George Lucas announced that R2-D2 and C-3PO would be in all six “Star Wars” films, so we had time to accept the huge coincidence that these two droids just […]
I can’t curb my enthusiasm for the ridiculous, hilarious ‘After Lately’ (TV review)
In the early days of “Chelsea Lately” (10 p.m. Central Mondays through Thursdays, E!), the show started with the roundtable, then had a comedy sketch, then wrapped with the guest. Today, it does two sessions of the […]
All 22 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ Season 7 (1999-2000), ranked
TV review: Here are my rankings of the 22 episodes of “The X-Files” Season 7, which was at one point expected to be the final season.
Top 10 ‘Clone Wars’ characters: No. 1 — Ziro the Hutt
TV commentary: John’s list of the 10 best “Clone Wars” characters concludes with one of George Lucas’ most amusing creations of recent years: Ziro the Hutt.
Top 10 ‘Clone Wars’ characters: No. 2 — Cad Bane
TV commentary: John’s countdown of his 10 favorite “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” characters continues with No. 2, bounty hunter Cad Bane.
John’s top 10 ‘Clone Wars’ characters: No. 3 — Asajj Ventress (TV commentary)
In the “Star Wars” universe, it’s almost impossible for a character to quietly, slowly emerge as a fan favorite. Most characters on this list arrived with a lot of hype behind them (Ahsoka) or they […]
NBC makes the right call: ‘The Cape’ cancelled
TV commentary: NBC gave Tom Wheeler’s superhero series a fair chance, but through 10 episodes it simply wasn’t very good.
John’s top 10 ‘Clone Wars’ characters: No. 4 — Ahsoka Tano (TV commentary)
Because Jar Jar Binks was unpopular among fans and took on a lesser role after Episode I, the next two movies lacked a protagonist whose fate was unknown. With Padme and Mace Windu, and especially […]