Prodigal Son: Skimming the Surface of Potential Greatness

As I get further and further into Prodigal Son, I can’t find myself really getting into it too much.  The most distracting quality of the show is the weekly procedural case.  They are just too quick.  I would have really liked to have seen them expand on the copycat killer from the first episode, but based on the preview for next week it looks like they are going to address a different copycat…odd. 

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ACLU Event with Ike Barinholtz & Busy Philipps

When celebrities are going to be at a free event basically in your backyard on a Thursday, you have to go! And that’s what I did! The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sponsored this Likover Lecture to shed light on two areas: abortion and voting rights. So naturally, they tapped two celebrities who are very passionate about these topics: Ike Barinholtz and Busy Philipps!

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TV Recap: Mr. Robot Season 4, Episode 3

Mr. Robot continues to deliver all the punches three episodes in. “Forbidden” opens with the tale of how Whiterose came to be. In the early 80s, he is seen mocking IBM consultants in his native Mandarin to his colleague Peng Chen. In the hotel room, it is revealed that Zhang and Chen are lovers. He hopes that Zhang becomes the Ambassador to the US so they can start living as their true selves: two men in love. This prompts Zhang to present her true self to him, dressed in a wig and her mother’s dress, to which Chen’s response is “you’re beautiful.”

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American Horror Story: 1984 Rundown

Well, five episodes in, and I am unable to see where American Horror Story: 1984 can go now.  Seriously, this last episode basically has an end for all our main characters.  That doesn’t mean I haven’t enjoyed it! In fact, its campiness and gore is everything I like about the horror genre. So with that, here’s the lowdown on what’s happened at Camp Redwood.

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Mr. Robot Season 4, Episode 2: Payment Required

As I said last week, SPOLIERS AHEAD, so don’t keep reading if it’s going to ruin it for you.  Instead I’ll start you off with this fun fact that I just discovered. While the titles of all of season 4’s episodes are not in the usual tech-garb with dots and dashes, they are in representative of error codes, hence, “Payment Required.” Nifty!

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