Season Three, Episode Eighteen – ‘Cock a Doodle Do!’

Series three then, over and out. I was going to talk about the highs and lows, the jubilation and the despair, but I’m in a good mood following Jenson Button’s forth Formula One victory of the season, and Phil Mitchell’s return to alcoholism in Eastenders. Whoever said that laughing at people is wrong, was clearly [...]

Season Three, Episode Seventeen – ‘What Goes Around Comes Around’

I’m halfway through this voyage now, and I’m beginning to worry about whether it’s all worth it. Sure, it’s an entertaining read, sometimes inspirational, sometimes romantic, sometimes heartbreaking – but what am I getting out of this? Catharsis? Maybe, but not enough to warrant watching another forty-six episodes of this muck. I dunno, my huge [...]

Season Three, Episode Sixteen – ‘Frenemies’

Prior to this episode, I had only heard the term ‘frenemies’ in the film ‘Mean Girls’ which is comfortably in my top ten films with the word ‘Mean’ in the title, just after ‘Mean Machine’ and before ‘Black Girls Get Mean 4′ which actually improves with every viewing.
This is an episode about friends, and also [...]

Season Three, Episode Fifteen – ‘Hot Child In The City’

Does it ever hit you that you’re getting on a little bit? I’m only nineteen, but I find it very scary when I think that I left secondary school three years ago, then I left primary school eight years ago, and that I took my first sniff of cocaine fifteen years ago. These things really [...]

Season Three, Episode Fourteen – ‘Sex And Another City’

Apparently 80% of Americans don’t own a passport, but when you consider that 56.4% of statistics are made up on the spot, how do I know what to believe?
As it is, this episode revolves around the girls going to LA because Carrie has managed to pull some strings and snaffled some tickets to a film [...]

Season Three, Episode Thirteen – ‘Escape From New York’

A couple of quick things before we crack on with dissecting this episode. All idiots who say “you’ve got swine flu!” after someone coughs or sneezes really needs to shut up. One type of person worse than someone who isn’t funny trying to make jokes, and that’s fools who read ‘Vice Magazine’ specifically the obnoxious [...]

Season Three, Episode Twelve – ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

I wrote down ‘omelette’ on my notes, and I’m only including this because I don’t like going straight into a review. I prefer to let the first paragraph breathe without the confines of having to talk about the show, or me trying to compare one of them to a historical period. I mean, you could [...]

Season Three, Episode Eleven – ‘Running With Scissors’

We start with Big and Carrie continuing their affair in a succession of grotty hotels. I’ve never felt entirely comfortable staying in hotels – I prefer home comforts, not the awkward sheets, the televisions with just ‘CNN’ and the prostitutes sidling around door to door selling their dirty goods. I’ve got respect for hotel workers [...]

Season Three, Episode Ten – ‘All Or Nothing’

Cheaters never prosper. Never forget that.
This whole episode seems to hinge on a quote from someone that “no-one should come to New York unless they’re very happy.” So what? Jade Goody once called an Indian film actress ‘Shilpa Poppadom’, and look where it got her. Actually, I’ve not heard anything for a while – anyone [...]

Season Three, Episode Nine – ‘Easy Come, Easy Go’

My handwriting is getting progressively more shocking, so if I say anything stupid/sexist/homophobic/ageist/racist/controversial here I’m gonna blame it on not being able to read my silky writing properly. Apparently my handwriting slants to the left, which means I’m cold, indifferent and insane. But then I’m not one of those idiots who diagnose themselves on the [...]