Trigger warning for child abuse and stillbirth. The title card pans over books – they are not 17th century books – and then a small hand turns a page to a picture of a large water bird, and a small red-headed girl says, “Look, Mama! What a pretty bird!” A woman in a blue skirt suit crouches down – it’s Claire, and a title card tells us that it is Boston, 1954. Claire agrees that … Continue reading Outlander 2.07: “Faith”
The title card is someone making and lighting torches. Jamie sits at his desk, staring into space. Murtagh enters, saying that Randall’s been released from the Bastille, and he’s going to meet with Randall’s second to discuss the details. It’ll be in two days, in the Bascome (sp) Woods. Murtagh notices that Jamie is considerably less into this duel idea than he was last week, and he’s like don’t worry you’re pretty red head, lad, … Continue reading Outlander 2.06: “Best Laid Schemes…”
Oh, Houdini and Doyle. How can you hurt me like this? You have so much going for you! How can you be so…boring? Houdini and Doyle is a new show on Fox Network in which Harry Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle solve mysteries whilst bickering over whether or not the supernatural exists (Doyle says yes, Houdini says no). In the pilot, “The Maggie’s Redress,” the pair investigate the murder of a nun who runs one … Continue reading TV Review: Houdini and Doyle
The internet to me is like the Matrix to Neo. I am plugged in at all times. However, even if you concern yourself with the goings on of the internet only 10% of the time in the last two months, odds are you’ve seen something about Amy Schumer. Because that girl is killing it right now. Season four of Inside Amy Schumer premiered this week and you can catch it on Thursdays at 10pm EST. She already … Continue reading Stuff You Should Be Watching: Inside Amy Schumer
Sarah: Recently, Freebird had a really interesting homework assignment. He had to list the things that influenced him from most to least – things like parents, friends, the internet, etc. Then Hubby and I had to do the assignment, too, and list the things that influenced us when we were his age. Of course, when he and I were kids, there was no internet. Both of us listed “books” as the thing that influenced us most When … Continue reading Our Romance Influences
SERIOUSLY WHERE IS MY ANGIE AFTER A VERY LONG PREVIOUSLY ON: Peggy is asleep, and is woken up by Jason calling her name – she pulls a gun. He asks her to come down to the lab, where they have a chunk of blue-veined tissue from Jane Scott. Jason holds his hand next to the jar, and a bit of the Zero Matter pulls out of the tissue and follows his hand around like freaky … Continue reading Agent Carter: 2.05 “The Atomic Job”
I had a cold recently and while it did not constitute a major health crisis, it did give me an excuse to watch some television. Six hours later I’ve seen all of the first season of AMC’s Into The Badlands and although there are flaws galore in the show, the martial arts scenes are simply sublime on a visual level. Rather than write a review, I’d like to focus on where the story goes right and … Continue reading Into the Badlands: The Importance of Emotion
We like to recap and talk about shows that we think romance readers might like, and that we want to help attain a wider audience. Last year we recapped The Librarians episode by episode, and it’s back this year for season 2 on TNT in the US. (Yay!) We’re not recapping it since we’ve got other shows on the schedule – but I would feel terrible if y’all missed out on seeing the Seriously Smoking Hot Bad Guy. Now, … Continue reading SYSBW: Hot Villain Alert on The Librarians, Season 2
We at the Pink Palace of Bitchery adore Miss Fisher’s Mysteries, an Australian series about a woman named Phryne Fisher who solves mysteries (always involving murder) with the help of her companion, Dot, and Inspector Jack Robinson. We wrote a post about how much we loved the show back when a flu-stricken SB Sarah discovered Seasons One and Two and promptly converted us all to Miss Fisher worship. We loved the feminist themes, Phryne’s acceptance … Continue reading Miss Fisher Season Three: Spoiler Party in the Comments!
When Sarah mentioned k-dramas and the guest squee on Healer, my heart seized up for a brief moment. Ya’ll, there was a period of time where I lived for k-dramas, and just Asian dramas in general. This was pre-Netflix boom, so binge watching them was hard, though there were a few helpful sites for those wanting to watch and who didn’t speak the language. Some series I loved so much that I actually bought them. … Continue reading So You Wanna Watch Some K-Dramas?
Tara contacted me because she had Many Wonderful Things to say about Healer, a Korean drama she fell in absolute squee-love with. Read on to learn more! Hi, this is TaraR, and I’m a pretty regular lurker at the website. I also absolutely love the podcast. I don’t usually do this, but having finished watching my very first Korean drama series, I just had to rave about it to a romance fan, because I know … Continue reading Guest Squee: Healer, a Korean TV Drama
