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The Ninth Year: The Haunting of Swill House

Category: Television Review

The Intrusively Accurate Anxiety of Pure

Honestly, I’m offended.

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The X-Files and The Monsters of That Week: Beyond The Sea

So, over here in Guignol Land, I’m handing over a new series to my delicious and delightful co-writer over at No But Listen, Kevin! An X-Files fanatic, he wants to counter my attempts to make through lost with a classic series that actually still stands up, with a deep-dive into the best episodes that The X-Files has to offer. Without further ado, enjoy his first entry into this series!

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Lost Recaps S1E7: The Moth

I knew that this was going to be bad.

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Buffy Summers, Clara Oswald, and How to Pull Off a Chosen One Story

Let us talk, for a moment, about The Chosen One.

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The Gloriously Messy Adolescence of I Am Not Okay With This

I’ve written about a lot of coming-of-age stories on this blog. Harry Potter, Carrie, a Series of Unfortunate Events, Glee, Riverdale, Sugar Rush, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Skins, you name it – if it’s about adolescence, I’ve thrown myself at it with a cheerful abandon and an attempt to obliterate the memory of my own spectacularly awkward adolescence in the process.

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Lost Recaps S1E1/2: Pilot

I’m about to do something really, really stupid.

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The Miniature Nightmare of Inside No. 9

You know, sometimes, I just feel the need to watch something fucked up.

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The Aspirational Teenage Bullshit of Skins

Hey, you want to feel old?

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Bojack Horseman, Suicide, and Sad, Happy Endings

Ever since Bojack Horseman came into being, people have been trying to predict just how it would end. Spoilers ahead, for the final season and finale.

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