“Revolution” 3/12/2014 (spoilers): Spy Kids Must Die!
The lead photo from an upcoming True Romance article titled “Will Our Love Be Ruined by Underage Enemy Soldiers?” Tonight’s new Revolution episode, “Exposition Boulevard” (a common street name in...
View Article“Revolution” 3/19/2014 (spoilers): That Stupid, Selfish Thing You Do
Once again the day is saved thanks to Bass the tyrant king! Tonight’s new Revolution episode, “Why We Fight”, is the first time in series history in which the episode title makes perfect sense and...
View ArticleMCC Q&A #7: “Revolution”: Who Dies Next?
Our Heroes bide their time, waiting to find out who’s next to be chopped. (Left to right: Mat Vairo, Tracy Spiridakos, Billy Burke, David Lyons.) “Nothing will prepare you when one of your favorites...
View Article“Revolution” 4/2/2014 (spoilers): Give My Regards to Manchuria
This week: Charlie is forced to choose between Jason or Connor for the Willoughby Senior Prom! “Nothing will prepare you when one of your favorites pays with their life!” We were warned. We were...
View Article“Revolution” Takes Three-Week Bereavement Hiatus, Uses Up All Its Remaining...
Quick programming note for those MCC readers who follow along with NBC’s Revolution: as previously suspected, the show will be taking three consecutive Wednesdays off so NBC can regale us with an...
View ArticleTop 13 Ways “Revolution” Hopes to Improve Its Ratings
15 years after the blackout, Aaron and Priscilla Pittman attend a reunion for the few remaining Revolution fans. Or maybe this is a month from now.Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: Quick...
View Article“Revolution” 4/30/2014 (spoilers): Miles Beneath the Surface
Miles Matheson, Agent of R.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N. Four weeks after it latest Major Character Death, Revolution returned at last with tonight’s new episode, “$#!& Happens”. That’s the actual title,...
View Article“Revolution” 5/7/2014 (spoilers): Beware the Yellow Peril
“The mustard is coming! The mustard is coming! THE MUSTARD, CARL!” On tonight’s new Revolution episode, “Tomorrowland”, the desperate Patriots change up their tactics a bit. Guns weren’t getting...
View Article“Revolution” 5/14/2014 (spoilers): Preamble to the Cancellation
Folks in WIlloughby knew their days were numbered when the Cancellation Bear drove a runaway train through their town. We five or ten remaining Revolution viewers heard the unsurprising news late last...
View Article“Revolution” 5/21/2014 (spoilers): Lights Out for Good
For anyone who’s ever wanted to see a Hollywood caricature of George W. Bush threatened by an unhinged former despot, Revolution has just the finale for you! The end is here! A capricious NBC allowed...
View ArticleMCC 2014 Pilot Binge #4: “The Mysteries of Laura”
The hard-knock life of an undercover officer. Debra Messing is back on network TV! She’s po-lice! She’s Mom! Debra Messing is…POLICE MOM! Have you been dying for a a return to the glorious absurdity of...
View ArticleMCC 2014 Pilot Binge #5: “A to Z”
Serendipity meets (500) Days of Summer, with an added twist for people who like lists, in the new series A to Z, one of NBC’s additions to its ailing Thursday comedy lineup. The title holds a double...
View ArticleAmerican Ninja War Zone: Indianapolis
I assume this is called the Treacherous Tower of Tremendous Terror or something. Fun event here in Indianapolis this week: the NBC reality series American Ninja Warrior is filming an episode on...
View ArticleOur 2011 Road Trip, Part 7: Not Necessarily the NBC News
“America’s Most Trusted Newsman” are four words that appear nowhere in this chapter. [The very special miniseries continues! See Part One for the official intro and context.] Once we’d had our fill of...
View ArticleAmerican Ninja Warrior Indianapolis II: Return to the Circle of Death
Once again…it’s ninja time. Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover in April 2016: Fun event here in Indianapolis this week: the NBC reality series American Ninja Warrior is filming an episode on...
View Article“Revolution” 11/12/2012 (spoilers): Charlie vs. the Annoying Little Sister
In this week’s new Revolution episode, “Ties That Bind”, it’s finally Nora’s turn in the flashback spotlight. Intense situations evince memories of her post-blackout childhood in Texas. Her mother was...
View Article“Revolution” 11/19/2012 (spoilers): Charlie vs. Imagination Station
As this week’s new Revolution episode “Kashmir” opens, Our Heroes have commuted a full 280 miles from last week’s endpoint in Ford City, PA (or wherever the Allegheny rapids dumped them south of that),...
View Article“Revolution” 11/26/2012 (spoilers): Mustache Dad vs. the Cape
“It’s been a long trip.” Charlie summarizes the series to date with five simple words during the long-awaited family reunion that comprises this week’s fall-finale episode of Revolution, “Nobody’s...
View Article“Community” Returns, Makes NBC Thursdays Super Again, With or Without Ratings
Warning: those uncharacteristically dopey smiles are a LIE.Before the autumn start of the 2012-2013 season, Thursdays had been my densest, most entertaining network-TV viewing night of the week. No...
View Article“Revolution” Relaunch Refresher: Main Character Guide and Episode Recaps
If this doesn’t work, Miles is gonna look really silly.The long hiatus is nearly over, even if the worldwide blackout isn’t. On March 25th Revolution returns to NBC with the second half of its...
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