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17 pictures in which The Mentalist looks like a mentalist

TV Feature | Ed Williamson | 29th April 2013

I initially thought it was terribly politically incorrect to make a TV show about a guy who was a total mentalist. Then someone told me it wasn't about that. But this seems irrefutable evidence to the contrary.

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Why doesn't Finch build a front end for The Machine?

TV Video | Ed Williamson | 12th April 2013

This is why the government didn't want it, you mug. Like you expect everyone at the NSA to deal with some cumbersome command-line interface every time they want to run a query. Stick a GUI on it with a few buttons and dropdowns if you're such a bloody genius and maybe we'll talk.

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The eight best bits from The Bible trailer

TV Feature | Ed Williamson | 7th March 2013

History Channel miniseries The Bible, based on the bestselling book of the same name, has just premiered in the States. It looks to me like it has some religious undertones.

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Justified: The Complete Third Season DVD

TV Review | Ed Williamson | 4th March 2013

I might have been guilty in the past of pointing out that Timothy Olyphant looks like a date-rapist, and I stand by that. But at the time I'd never been exposed to the splendour of Justified.

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Person of Interest: Reese survived shooting, is now weird stalker

TV Video | Ed Williamson | 20th January 2013

Delighted to report that Person of Interest season one resumes on Channel 5 next Sunday. Though to be honest, I didn't foresee a story arc in which Reese recovers from his shooting by spying on women from his window.

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Daily Telegraph Larry Hagman obituary: thanks a lot, guys

TV Feature | Ed Williamson | 24th November 2012

Yeah, cheers for that. RIP, JR. #moralhighground

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Person of Interest: season one – first half

TV Review | Ed Williamson | 6th November 2012

Here's a show that's been on for weeks and we haven't mentioned. Now it's off again till January. Ideal time for a review, I'd have thought. PRs take note: send me a DVD and I'll review it some time around it hitting the shelves in Oxfam.

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Who's the fairiest of them all?

TV Feature | Kirsty Harrison | 31st March 2012

Once Upon a Time and Grimm: both shows based on fairytales. But which has the edge in the fairy stakes? Let's line them up and get them to fight each other with, I don't know, wands or something.

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Once Upon a Time to bolster Nazi-free Channel 5 scheduling

TV Video | Ed Williamson | 20th March 2012

I haven't smoked in over 48 hours. So what I really need is a FUCKING VIDEO OF SOME FUCKING FAIRYTALE BASTARDS AND sorry, sorry. I'm sure this is great, really. Even though it's got FUCKING PIXIES IN IT I MEAN WHO THE FUCK MAKES TV WITH PIXIES AND

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Let's check in with Once Upon a Time, shall we?

TV Feature | Ed Williamson | 26th January 2012

See, I was already 100% sure I didn't want to watch a show about fairytales starring Dr Cameron off House even before Channel 5 picked it up to air in the Spring. But fair's fair: let's have a quick look and see how it's getting on in the States by way of a series of oddly low-res images I nicked off Digital Spy.

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