Professor Beej

At some point during Season 3, Richard Castle went from being a writer to being a cop who just happens to notice irony.

By now sci-fi fans expect cancellation. They groan inwardly when SyFy cancels another awesome show, and yet they are not surprised. They saw Firefly beheaded; Dollhouse was murdered in its youth; Caprica went the same way; and the funeral procession for SGU has already been prepared.

A long, long time ago, I was hooked on C.S.I. I watched the original series, and then I branched off into New York and even threw in a little Miami before David Caruso became unbearable.  I also watched Criminal Minds and NCIS. To put it bluntly, I was a closet fan of police procedurals. And [...]

My wife, Jennifer, recently presented a paper on LOST regarding online fan communities and their impact on the series. She is also the one who initially convinced me to watch LOST.  So it wouldn’t be fitting if she didn’t have her say about what secrets were both withheld and revealed in the series finale. My [...]

I like to think I’m a pretty smart guy.  I like to think that I have gained something from the years of being trained to look at literature from all angles.  I like to think this.  But after watching LOST’s finale episode, I feel like a grade-schooler trying to write a thesis on War and [...]