Tag Archives: television

Coincidence or Something Else?

Posted on November 5, 2018 by cdsmiller17

God (be)friended me I’ve been wanting to correct that title ever since this TV show started in the fall. I know that having a Facebook relationship is a friendship, and the act of linking up is called clicking  the “friend” … Continue reading →

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The Perfect Woman?

Posted on October 25, 2018 by cdsmiller17

According to the Daily Mail According to Me: Sarah Shahi

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Green with Envy

Posted on October 22, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Anne with an E Last night’s episode unfolded in a very methodical, orderly fashion. Anne felt unloved and unlovable. Why? Because she felt ugly with her red hair. The backstory took us to her orphanage days where she was the … Continue reading →

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A Digital Version of Heaven?

Posted on October 20, 2018 by cdsmiller17

The Good Place My daughter, Rosanna, suggested that I take a look at this television series. (Each episode is called a “chapter”: the show has 31 chapters, so far.) I’ll have to admit, I’m not a fan. True, I haven’t … Continue reading →

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On Location with “Anne with an E”

Posted on October 17, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Green Gables (but not as we remember it) These days, if you want to portray a part of Canada in the 1890’s, you need to film in Ontario. It turns out that some of the country in and around Millbrook, … Continue reading →

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The Subtlety of…

Posted on October 10, 2018 by cdsmiller17

This Is Us Series 3 has started, and already we’re going further back than we ever have before. Jack and Rebecca had their first 4 hour ‘date’ and Jack picked up the ‘hint’ to bring Rebecca’s coat back to her … Continue reading →

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Breaking the Law: Our Spies

Posted on September 20, 2018 by cdsmiller17

James Bond The concept of a secret agent having a “licence to kill” was not created out of thin air by Ian Fleming after WWII. And 007 was not the first either. (There were obviously six other agents before him.) … Continue reading →

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History Repeats Itself

Posted on August 20, 2018 by cdsmiller17

  Until the Lessons are Learned Yesterday, President Trump likened the Mueller Special Investigation into the Russian meddling in the 2016 Election to the Army-McCarthy hearings of the early 1950’s. On the CBC, when it reported this on The National, … Continue reading →

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Impossible Mission: Regime Change

Posted on August 9, 2018 by cdsmiller17

The Impossible Missions Force The term ‘black ops’ is more common now than when this television show premiered in 1966. And there seemed something ‘real’ about it, even though it was supposed to be a fantasy. Especially the opening sequence … Continue reading →

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The Prequel Refines the Character

Posted on July 31, 2018 by cdsmiller17

Endeavour Morse John Thaw played the beloved character Inspector Morse for more years than I care to remember. Then Colin Dexter, the author, decided to kill him off in his final book, The Remorseful Day. The television show followed suit. Now ITV … Continue reading →

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