Never Watch the Pilot
They’re usually bad, and you won’t miss much.
Burn Notice on Overthinking It
Episode 380: Postponing the Larger Reckoning
On the Overthinking It Podcast we discuss the effect of two- and three-episode arcs on television narrative and get a live report from New York Comic Con.
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The Case of the Week Quotient
On TV, you can’t just tell a story and stop—which is why we have the “Case of the Week.” But can we quantify it? And what does it look like when we do?
Miami Justice: Two Sides of the Same Coin
On punishment and vigilantism in “Dexter” and “Burn Notice”
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Towards a Theory of Television Snackability
What makes you want to watch and watch and watch?
Who best to clean up the oil spill? Fictional criminals.
To the newly unemployed victims of the Gulf oil spill, it must seem like the government simply can’t or won’t help them. Only a team of highly trained criminals with hearts of gold can save the day.
USA v. USA Network: When they watch Burn Notice, the terrorists win.
A recent Supreme Court decision suggests that the USA Network show Burn Notice is providing “material assistance” to terrorists.
Overthinking Lost: Episodes 1.16-1.22
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The Spy Who Came In From The Sun
Is Miami’s hottest new secret agent really … a BRITISH secret agent?
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