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'Charlie Jade' recap: "Flesh"
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. – Matthew 26:41
It’s all over, right? Charlie’s come back to Jasmine – and just as quickly realized he belongs in Beta – 01’s out of jail, and Essa’s in shackles. Everything is right with the verses. [...] Continue →
'Charlie Jade' recap: 'Things Unseen'
“You know how once in awhile you’re stuck in traffic and all of a sudden you remember a dream you’d forgotten, but for a moment you aren’t quite sure if it was a dream at all?” – Blues Paddock
In this slower moving, contemplative episode, it might not seem much really happened. After the fireworks of [...] Continue →
Charlie Jade recap: "The Enemy of my Enemy"
But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. – Exodus 23:22
After last week’s S&M lovefest between Charlie and 01, it was time to bring together Charlie and Reena. Here we are in episode 14, [...] Continue →
Charlie Jade recap: "Through a Mirror Darkly"
Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. – 1 Corinthians 13:12
Alright. So last week was a bit of a feint. 01 didn’t give Charlie 12 reasons not to [...] Continue →
The Middleman recap: "The Palindrome Reversal Palindrome"
Typical supervillain horsefeathers. Can’t wait to hear this guy’s monologue. ‘I am the palindrome. Feel my power. Power my feel. Palindrome the am I.’ Peter Piping weirdos. – The Middleman Continue →
EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Charlie Jade's Michael Filipowich
Sometimes cool stuff happens when you’re not even looking for it. Like how Mike and Jason were looking for writers to expand the roster here on Pop Critics just a couple weeks before one of my favorite shows was premiering. And how even though Sci Fi saw fit to bury Charlie Jade after two episodes, [...] Continue →
Charlie Jade recap: "Choosing Sides"
Well I may have killed a few people, I may have even enjoyed it. But you want to walk away from 10 billion people. And they’re all going to die without your help. Which one of us is a psychopath? – 01 Boxer
Remember a few weeks ago when Charlie and 01 got a minute or [...] Continue →
Charlie Jade recap: "Thicker Than Water"
Blood. Blood’s thicker than water. But then blood’s just a synecdoche for family. And what is family?
The relationship between a father and son, certainly is family. So is that between lovers. Two orphans, watching each other’s backs and surviving on the streets through cunning. That’s family, too. In a world where six companies control everything, [...] Continue →
Charlie Jade recap: "Identity"
What makes you who you are? Continue →
Does your identity come from what you do? Where you come from? Something else? I met a girl one night, a friend of a friend of a friend, and asked her what she did. She told me she “tried to do one thing a day to bring her joy.” Now, the pragmatist in me wanted to kick her out of my car. But the guy looking to get lucky said, “that’s a beautiful answer.” Did she answer my question? Continue →
The Middleman recap: "The Obsolescent Cryogenic Meltdown"
Middleman 2008 is all about honor and duty and pride and sacrifice. He watches westerns and believes in true love. He drinks milk and eschews obscenities. He’s a throwback to a simpler time. But that’s not the job, that’s the man. So when Middleman 1969 – a suave and slimy Kevin Sorbo – is thawed out to face off against his arch-nemesis, there’s more than a little tension the Middleranks. Continue →