Now we know why the tear in the veil between the Underworld and the land of the living is really, really bad. Besides undead monsters, like the screeling from last week, the Keeper of the Underworld can send back dead people, who kill more victims for the Keeper in order to stay alive. When Richard fights, he now has to worry about his enemies coming back as banelings.
Tonight’s episode of Sanctuary appears to have borrowed its plot from a real-life tragedy: the February 2009 mauling of Charla Nash by a domesticated, 200-pound chimpanzee named Travis. The opening scene of “Fragments” does a great job of evoking the horror of this kind of attack, particularly because Henry hears it happening over the phone.
Who doesn’t love a good, old-fashioned showdown? Today we pit Private Practice against Grey’s Anatomy in an epic Battle of the Medical Soap Operas Sprung from Shonda Rhimes’ Dark and Twisty Mind. I’ll compare three aspects of the shows. Your votes will decide which one is better.
Ugly Betty used to be one of those captivating shows that had me rooting for the underdog secretary Betty Suarez while enjoying her humiliation at the hands of her evil coworkers at fashion magazine Mode. There were so many characters I loved to hate. As cancellation buzz builds around Betty this season, I’ve taken a moment to consider why the show has lost its spark for me.
