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Murphy’s Law – Seven seasons in, House is better than ever

Joel Murphy When a network television show enters its sixth season, it’s easy for the writers to simply flip the show over to autopilot. If your series has made it that long, you’ve clearly found a formula that works, so why not keep writing the same stories over …

Murphy’s Law – TV is making me a bad person

Joel Murphy “You’re putting me in a position where I’m feeling sorry for a whore who fucks you?” – Carmela Soprano, The Sopranos I used to think of myself as a good person. I hold doors open for strangers, I always make sure to say “Bless you,” “Please” …

Outside of the In-Crowd – Coming down from the Christmas crack-high

Courtney Enlow Well, my friends, another Christmas has come and gone. Cookies have been eaten, ham has been consumed and the now-annual feeling that I didn’t listen to nearly enough Christmas music has set in. So what now? As I’ve told you before, Christmas is a long process …

Murphy’s Law – TV and the economy

Joel Murphy It’s a bit of an understatement to say our economy isn’t doing so well these days. People are getting laid off, the government is bailing out corporations left and right and many people in the lower and middle class are about one paycheck away from living …

Murphy’s Law – Hero worship

Joel Murphy While my recent One Shot columns may have convinced some that I only enjoy watching TV shows so that I can mock them and tear them down, there are some shows that I watch simply because they make me happy. Chuck is a show that I …