On to the reviews!

My review of the Wild Flag show is here. BRB, signing up for the Critic Protection Service to keep angry fans with pitchforks (or angry fans from Pitchfork) away from me. Hey, I calls it like I sees it, and if your show is so bad I have a headache for two days afterwards, I ain't gonna sugarcoat it.

I've had a special request to review last night's episode of Big Love (shout-out to JR!), so here goes. Don't read the following paragraph if you're a fan of the show and haven't caught up!

The premiere of the fifth and final season of Big Love begins with Bill Henrickson, his three wives, and most of his children camping in the Utah desert at the beginning of winter. They are riding out the media circus following Bill's announcement that he and his family are polygamous in his acceptance speech to become a Utah State Senator. Bill's family is not pleased about this announcement, as he has destroyed all of their lives. He cost Margene her thriving jewelry business, drove Barb to drink alcohol for the first time in her life, got his children bullied at school, got Goran and Ana deported, and made Nicki into even more of a nutcase. He also lost the family's contract with the local casino, as well as at least half of the staff and customers at Henrickson's Home Plus, so perhaps it wasn't a good idea. Of course, I think he is setting himself up to unseat Alby as Prophet of Juniper Creek. Overall the episode didn't do much for me, though I like Cara Lynn's storyline with the son of Bill's business partner. The visit from the other local polygamous families at the end of the episode was a nice touch. I'll be interested to see where the season goes, but I'll be more interested in the new season of True Blood that follows it.