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Casting Coup

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fringe If casting directors need to know how to do it they should call the Fringe crew. Hot on the heels of the single best “child actor” episode I’ve ever seen comes news that William Bell has been cast. Leonard Nimoy. Holy wow!

“Inner Child” was one of my favorite episodes yet. Though there was less screen time for Peter, and Walter too for that matter, I thought the performance turned out by the baby Observer was absolute perfection. Without saying a word, he gave us more than a lot of Emmy winners past. I really love this show. That last scene, in the car? Shivers. The good kind.

I’m also excited about the debut of RW/RR Challenge: Duel II that starts tonight. The last one was boring and too outside the box, but this one has a LOT of my favorite competitors from previous challenges and promises to have quite a bit of action. I’m not sure how much I like the one hour format rather than a longer season of 1/2 hour shows, but I know this: I’m not watching Model until tomorrow so I can watch this one first run!

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One.By.One.

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Harper's Island It’s been a long time, a very long time, since my brother and I were both excited about a new show. Harper’s Island starts this Thursday on CBS and marks a return to classic mystery with modern twists and updated murder methodology. In the few frenzied promos, I’ve caught several familiar geek faces such as Vincent from Cafe Diem (Eureka), Brittany, the Christmas thief (Psych), and of course, the groom-to-be, Henry (Ugly Betty). Scott and I are so into the premise that we’re thinking of joining the “Pick the Victim” game on CBS’s website. We’d love to have more people in our group, so if you go for it, let us know.


HARPER’S ISLAND is about a group of family and friends who travel to a secluded island off the coast of Seattle for a destination wedding. This island is famous for a streak of unsolved murders from seven years ago. Although they’ve come to laugh and to love, what they don’t know is they’ve also come… to die. As the wedding festivities begin, friendships are tested and secrets exposed as a murderer claims victims, one by one, transforming the wedding week of fun and celebration into a terrifying struggle for survival.

In every episode, someone is killed and every person is a suspect, from the wedding party to the island locals. By the end of the 13 episodes, all questions will be answered, the killer will be revealed and only a few will survive.

Don’t miss the broadcast premiere of HARPER’S ISLAND on Thursday, April 9 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT).

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Must Watch

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fringe In case I don’t post in the next couple of days (and it’s a safe bet I won’t), don’t forget that Fringe returns Tuesday night. It’s been a long time and I hope the gap hasn’t seen too many fans fall off. The show doesn’t have the crazies a crap show like LOST has to continue fanboying its every scene, and I’d hate to lose it so soon. MUST WATCH.

Hey! MUST WATCH!

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Even Filler is Good

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seeker Filler ep this week, but I still love this show. When it first started, I watched and enjoyed it, but thought it more of a passing interest like True Blood had been. I was so wrong. I’m now in the process of getting all the back episodes to go with the ones on my DVR. With any luck, I’ll get the first half of S1 burned before bed.

Primeval was kind of good. That’s about all I can say, really. I saw whut they did thar, and I like it, but it isn’t enough to produce hardcore fandom love. I definitely have to give the Saturday night smackdown title to Robin Hood, though I figured that would be the case going in. Heh.