Posts by Steve Lam
“Fail-Safe” Is Short For “Intelligence Fail” and “The Legends are Safe”
This week’s Legends of Tomorrow After Show was delayed by a day. But I can tell you that the wait was very much worth it. Our hosts — the illustrious Jack Hind, the very beautiful Jon Lee Brody (according to Jack), and the very intelligent Tatiana Mariesa (not an opinion, but true fact) — have more »
Read MoreThe Big Bang Theory + After Show = Chain Reaction
It’s only fitting that the title and headings of this latest article resemble formulas. First of all, it’s nerdy. And when it comes to The Big Bang Theory, you can never be too nerdy. In the words of the great Anthony Anderson — star of the hit comedy Black-ish — after seeing his geeky TV more »
Read MoreA Perfect Act-Two Ending
Forgive me for the impending long-winded introduction. I wanted to give people who are not well-versed in the craft of storytelling and screenwriting a quick primer. After that, we’ll get into why the Agent Carter episodes “Life of the Party” and “Monsters” were, in my opinion, so well-executed. For those not familiar with the dredges more »
Read MoreThe Team Ignite Their Arrows
And when I say “team”, I mean the After Show team. It seems that the Arrow-verse, overall, has caused quite a stir among our hosts this week. Last night, for The Flash After Show, the team had some heated, but friendly, debates on various scenes. Tonight, our Arrow After Show hosts — Adam, Jack, Carolina, more »
Read MoreA Debate as Hot as Zoom’s Trails
Okay all you Flash fans, we had one hell of a show tonight. “Escape from Earth-2” — the thrilling conclusion to the the team’s foray into a parallel universe filled with doppelgangers was not short on excitement, action, superhero greatness, and heavy emotions. Our esteemed The Flash After Show hosts — Adam, Devon, Carolina, and more »
Read MoreWhite Knights: The Tug-of-War of Teamwork
Alright, Legends of Tomorrow fans! Our very knowledgeable and enthusiastic theStream.tv hosts — Jack, Jon, and Tatiana — did a rapid fire show today with some great points and character dissections. There’s a lot of ground to cover. But first, we need to mention something very important that was revealed on the show … Jack, more »
Read MoreThe Gang Subtracts and Adds
As Adam, Brandee, and Cherise pointed out, this week’s episode of The Big Bang Theory — “The Valentino Submergence” — dropped a huge bombshell on fans (hence the reason for the final word in the article’s title). And I promise you that we’ll get to that later because that type of change always shifts the more »
Read MoreBlackwing Was Just Introduced to Us
“The Atomic Job” — the fifth episode of Season 2 of Agent Carter saw the Zero Matter-enhanced Whitney Frost attempting to procure plutonium rods in a bid to reproduce the atomic blast that brought Zero Matter to our world in the first place. Along the way, we see Ms. Frost deal with some unsurly individuals. more »
Read MoreBye-Bye, Demon’s Head
Another week and another episode filled with questions and speculations. This week seemed to have just a bit more than previous ones this season. Who’d have thought that as we get closer to the finale, the “Who’s in the grave in the flash-forwards?” question is actually getting more difficult to answer. Our Arrow After Show more »
Read MoreEarth-2 Is the DC Animated Universe
“Ten! X marks the spot!” Remember the scene in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade where Dr. Jones was in a library looking for the Knight’s Tomb? He finally finds the marker after he scales a winding staircase and looks down to a giant “X” (the Roman numeral ten) emblazoned on the floor. That’s exactly more »
Read MoreLegends of Tomorrow Is Not Just About Timelines, but About Throughlines
By now, readers of my articles for DC’s Legends of Tomorrow know that I almost always put on an academic cap when writing about this phenomenal show. Why? It’s due to the excellent narrative construction and story structure. Yes, there are Easter eggs and references to note, theories and guesses on where and who our ragtag band more »
Read MoreClaire May Not Be a Love Interest
Wow, what a great episode! In the “The Meemaw Materialization” episode of The Big Bang Theory, we finally met Sheldon’s grandmother. However, that’s not the biggest thing our hosts Adam, Cherise, and Tia were talking about. That’s right, we were introduced to budding screenwriter Claire. Who is she? What are her motives? Will she be more »
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