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The Guild
Season Two
Episode One
“Link the Loot”
Written by Felicia Day
Directed by Sean Becker

For those of you who don’t know what The Guildis, take my hand.  I’ll help you get out from under that mossy green rock.  Felicia Day serves as writer and star behind what’s probably the best webseries ever.  The first season, which you can watch here, set YouTube on fire last year, and the second season premiered on MSN Video yesterday. 

Not bad.  After all the hype, I kind of expected it to be perfect, but a lot of it felt a bit off.  I felt like they were trying way too hard to put in a lot of technical jargon, which seemed to come a lot easier to them in the first season.  I liked the stuff between Codex and Zaboo most, obviously, as they’re easily the best in the cast.  After a few rough spots in the middle, the closing scene turned out to be really good.  Over an epic, Lord of the Ringsesque score, things start to unfold in a major way.  Zaboo’s talk of high powered Internet connection makes Codex go in for the kiss at long last, and an unfortunate move from Clara’s husband enables the neglected children to escape and unplug her connection.  Hilarious end to a pretty good episode.

Also, there’s a pretty hilarious extra at the end, so don’t X your window as soon as the video ends.

7/10

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Fringe
Season One
Episode Nine
“The Dreamscape”
Written by Zach Whedon and Julia Cho
Directed by Frederick E.O. Toye

Second best episode yet.  Inventive premise that reveals a lot about all the mysteries that have been developing.  The Massive Dynamics plot is touched, as well as Olivia’s brain-connection to a certain evil former lover.  Pretty much every plot thread that it seemed the writers left behind is picked back up and weaved skillfully into the mystery-of-the-week story.  I was shocked by how good this episode was.  Great job from everyone involved, writers and actors alike.

8/10

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