Levinson news clips: TV reviews Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/shows/?show=levinsonnews reviews of current, excellent TV shows audio clips by a national/international media commentator - reviews and analyses - available to radio producers, podcasters, and print journalists en Paul Levinson Paul Levinson PaulLevinson1@cs.com http://psstatic.podshow.com/images/shows/3859/shows/small/levinsonnews.jpg?e19ae2d8b6b15e7ad11a68c9dd896f93 Levinson news clips: TV reviews http://www.mevio.com/shows/?show=levinsonnews Podcast no news, radio, clips, press, media, reviews, television, movies Fri, 30 May 2008 11:28:18 -0700 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss PodShow PDN PaulLevinson1@cs.com webmaster@podshow.com Lost Season 4 Finale: Six Thoughts Plus One Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=114066&tId=2 examination of who is in the coffin and why ... also, is Jin's fate 100%? ... where did the island go to ... increasing role of time travel in Lost ... and, what was that in the 4.12 replay about Boone, Libby, and Charlie?

 

blog post review:  Lost Season 4: Six Thoughts Plus One  

 

more about Jeremy Bentham and Lost:  Who Is in the Coffin? 

 

 

 

 

]]> we finally found out who is in the coffin ... but lots of other great questions are raised... examination of who is in the coffin and why ... also, is Jin's fate 100%? ... where did the island go to ... increasing role of time travel in Lost ... and, what was that in the 4.12 replay about Boone, Libby, and Charlie?   blog post review:  Lost Season 4: Six Thoughts Plus One [1]     more about Jeremy Bentham and Lost:  Who Is in the Coffin?  [2]         Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2008/05/lost-season-4-finale-six-plus-one.html [2] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/05/lost-new-questions-2-whos-in-coffin.html Fri, 30 May 2008 11:23:13 -0700 Podcast no Lost http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/114066/levinsonnews-114066-05-30-2008.mp3 Lost 4.12: Hurley's Numbers on the Dashbboard Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=112701&tId=2 Lost has made great progress in at least partially unraveling some mysteries this season - Locke's relationship to the island, what makes Ben and the island tick, how Desmond can see the future ... But what about those numbers? Nothing until this episode, when they appear on the dashboard of Hurley's car. Another inexplicable coincidence ... we learn nothing more about these numbers that keep popping up, but it was reassuring to see they're still in the picture...

 

blog post review:  Hurley's Numbers on the Dashboard  

 

more about inexplicable coincidences: Keys to What is Really Going On in Lost  

 

]]> those inexplicable numbers make an astonishing, reassuring reappearance... Lost has made great progress in at least partially unraveling some mysteries this season - Locke's relationship to the island, what makes Ben and the island tick, how Desmond can see the future ... But what about those numbers? Nothing until this episode, when they appear on the dashboard of Hurley's car. Another inexplicable coincidence ... we learn nothing more about these numbers that keep popping up, but it was reassuring to see they're still in the picture...   blog post review:  Hurley's Numbers on the Dashboard [1]     more about inexplicable coincidences: Keys to What is Really Going On in Lost [2]     Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2008/05/lost-412-hurleys-numbers-on-dashboard.html [2] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/01/lost-keys-to-whats-really-going-on.html Sat, 17 May 2008 16:47:35 -0700 Podcast no Lost http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/112701/levinsonnews-112701-05-17-2008.mp3 Lost 4.11 Unlocking Locke (Plus: A Theory about How the Oceanic Six Were Chosen) Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=111842&tId=2 A mindblowing episode ... Is timeless Richard Alpert really Locke's father? ... is he also Ben's father ... and do Locke and Ben have the same mother ... this goes against some of what we seem to know so far, but consider the possibilities ... also: a special new theory about how the Oceanic Six were/will be chosen...

 

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Unlocking Locke  

 

A Theory about How the Oceanic Six Will Be Chosen  

]]> Timeless Richard Alpert plays a role in Locke's early life ... is he really Locke's father? A mindblowing episode ... Is timeless Richard Alpert really Locke's father? ... is he also Ben's father ... and do Locke and Ben have the same mother ... this goes against some of what we seem to know so far, but consider the possibilities ... also: a special new theory about how the Oceanic Six were/will be chosen...   blog posts:   Unlocking Locke [1]     A Theory about How the Oceanic Six Will Be Chosen [2]   Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2008/05/lost-411-unlocking-locke.html [2] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2008/05/lost-theory-of-how-oceanic-six-were.html Sat, 10 May 2008 12:39:42 -0700 Podcast no Lost http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/111842/levinsonnews-111842-05-10-2008.mp3 Lost 4.10: Almost a Dream Come True Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=110774&tId=2 Jaters will love this episode ... Jack and Kate are together and almost happy in the flashforward ... but, of course, things go wrong ... and Christian, Jack's father, has something to do with it ... he also makes an appearance back on the island to Claire... a superb puzzle wrapped in an enigma episode...

 

blog post review: Almost a Dream Come True  

 

 

]]> Kate and Jack together and briefly happy in a flashforward... Jaters will love this episode ... Jack and Kate are together and almost happy in the flashforward ... but, of course, things go wrong ... and Christian, Jack's father, has something to do with it ... he also makes an appearance back on the island to Claire... a superb puzzle wrapped in an enigma episode...   blog post review: Almost a Dream Come True [1]       Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2008/05/lost-410-almost-dream-come-to-true.html Fri, 02 May 2008 11:27:00 -0700 Podcast no Lost http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/110774/levinsonnews-110774-05-02-2008.mp3 Lost 4.9: Daughters and Some Truth About Ben Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=109868&tId=2 daughters, rules, coordinates, and some truths about Ben all figure in this brutally brilliant episode of Lost...

 

blog post review:  Daughters, Rules, and Some Truths about Ben  

]]> we learn some searing truths about Ben when the rules are changed in this episode daughters, rules, coordinates, and some truths about Ben all figure in this brutally brilliant episode of Lost...   blog post review:  Daughters, Rules, and Some Truths about Ben [1]   Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2008/04/lost-49-daughters-rules-coordinates.html Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:19:40 -0700 Podcast no Lost http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/109868/levinsonnews-109868-04-25-2008.mp3 Battlestar Galactica is Back and Bristling! Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=106653&tId=2 Who is the 12th Cylon ... did Starbuck really get to Earth ... how reliable is Caprica Six's impression that all five secret Cylons are near her .... why did the Cylons call off their apparently victorious attack? These and other tantalizing puzzles glisten and taunt in the superb opener to the final season of BSG, and are considered in this podcast...

 

blog post review: Battlestar Galactica's Back and Bristling  

 

]]> old and new puzzles brilliantly set before us Who is the 12th Cylon ... did Starbuck really get to Earth ... how reliable is Caprica Six's impression that all five secret Cylons are near her .... why did the Cylons call off their apparently victorious attack? These and other tantalizing puzzles glisten and taunt in the superb opener to the final season of BSG, and are considered in this podcast...   blog post review: Battlestar Galactica's Back and Bristling [1]     Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2008/04/battlestar-galactica-is-back-and.html Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:55:17 -0700 Podcast no Battlesar, galactica http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/106653/levinsonnews-106653-04-05-2008.mp3 More about Lost 4.8: Michael, Ben, Baby Aaron, and Oceanic Six Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=105540&tId=2 Special bonus podcast: Thinking about Lost 4.8 this past week ... Michael's drive to take his life shows he's ultimately good ... Ben is Sloan on Alias (hard to say whether he's bad or good until the end) ... and the coming attractions should not have revealed who is in the Oceanic Six...

 

blog post reviews : 

 

Baby Aaron and the Oceanic Six: What the Coming Attractions Should Not Have Shown 

 

Ben and Michael, Good and Evil, Alias Echo 

 

 

]]> further thoughts about 4.8: Michael's ultimately good, Ben's ultimately bad, coming attractions shouldn't talk about the Oceanic Six Special bonus podcast: Thinking about Lost 4.8 this past week ... Michael's drive to take his life shows he's ultimately good ... Ben is Sloan on Alias (hard to say whether he's bad or good until the end) ... and the coming attractions should not have revealed who is in the Oceanic Six...   blog post reviews :    Baby Aaron and the Oceanic Six: What the Coming Attractions Should Not Have Shown  [1]   Ben and Michael, Good and Evil, Alias Echo  [2]     Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2008/03/more-about-lost-season-4-baby-aaron-and.html [2] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2008/03/more-about-lost-season-4-ii-michael-and.html Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:30:18 -0700 Podcast no Alias, Lost http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/105540/levinsonnews-105540-03-26-2008.mp3 Lost 4.8: Michael and Alex Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=104908&tId=2 We finally get Michael's story from the time he left the island, to the present, in a superbly rendered Episode 8 of Lost (with another Mama Cass Elliot song). We also learn something important about the island and immortality. But what may be most important is what we may have learned about Ben, when something happens to Rousseau and Karl, but not Alex...

 

blog post review: Lost 4.8: Michael and Alex  

 

]]> superbly rendered episode, mostly about Michael's back story, and but something that may be even more important about Alex... We finally get Michael's story from the time he left the island, to the present, in a superbly rendered Episode 8 of Lost (with another Mama Cass Elliot song). We also learn something important about the island and immortality. But what may be most important is what we may have learned about Ben, when something happens to Rousseau and Karl, but not Alex...   blog post review: Lost 4.8: Michael and Alex [1]     Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2008/03/lost-48-michael-and-alex.html Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:23:39 -0700 Podcast no Cass, Elliot, Lost, Mama http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/104908/levinsonnews-104908-03-21-2008.mp3 Lost 4.7: Flash Both Ways Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=103818&tId=2 A beautiful, bittersweet episode of Lost, in which Sun has her baby, off the island, in Korea, in a flashforward, and Jin's rushing to the hospital ... but not to be with her, because we're seeing him in a flashback ... Sun made it off the island, Jin did not ... and the question now is: who is the last of the Oceanic Six?

 

blog post review:  Flash Both Ways  

 

]]> Sun's one of the Oceanic Six, she's giving birth to her baby in a flashforward, and Jin's rushing to the hospital, but ... things are never as they… A beautiful, bittersweet episode of Lost, in which Sun has her baby, off the island, in Korea, in a flashforward, and Jin's rushing to the hospital ... but not to be with her, because we're seeing him in a flashback ... Sun made it off the island, Jin did not ... and the question now is: who is the last of the Oceanic Six?   blog post review:  Flash Both Ways [1]     Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2008/03/lost-47-flash-both-ways.html Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:53:06 -0700 Podcast no Lost http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/103818/levinsonnews-103818-03-14-2008.mp3 Lost 4.6 The True Nature of Ben Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=102860&tId=2 This episode of of Lost was, on the surface, about Juliet ... but it was really about Ben, and asking us, once again, to wonder if there is any good in Ben, or it he all evil ...

 

blog lost review: The True Nature of Ben  

]]> truly evil or really good ... the eternal question about Ben This episode of of Lost was, on the surface, about Juliet ... but it was really about Ben, and asking us, once again, to wonder if there is any good in Ben, or it he all evil ...   blog lost review: The True Nature of Ben [1]   Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2008/03/lost-46-true-nature-of-ben.html Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:47:52 -0800 Podcast no Ben, juliet, Lost http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/102860/levinsonnews-102860-03-07-2008.mp3 Lost 4.5: Desmond 1 and Desmond 2 Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=101907&tId=2 We get some superb closure on Desmond is this marvelous and marvelously told tale ... his relationship with time, and with characters long and recently arriving on the show ... this is both a masterpiece of time travel as an individual episode, and an important contribution to understanding what's really going on in Lost...

 

blog post : Lost 5.5: Desmond 1 and Desmond 2: The Exquisite Loops of Time Travel

 

essay: Keys to What's Really Going in Lost

 

if you like time travel: The Plot to Save Socrates

]]> many people are calling this the best episode ever on Lost ... I'm close to agreeing ... my step-by-step analysis of this wonderful time travel story We get some superb closure on Desmond is this marvelous and marvelously told tale ... his relationship with time, and with characters long and recently arriving on the show ... this is both a masterpiece of time travel as an individual episode, and an important contribution to understanding what's really going on in Lost...   blog post : [1] Lost 5.5: Desmond 1 and Desmond 2: The Exquisite Loops of Time Travel [2]   essay: Keys to What's Really Going in Lost [3]   if you like time travel: The Plot to Save Socrates [4] Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2008/02/lost-45-desond-1-and-desmond-2.html [2] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2008/02/lost-45-desond-1-and-desmond-2.html [3] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/01/lost-keys-to-whats-really-going-on.html [4] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765311976/ref=nosim/?tag=dexter2a-20 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:24:19 -0800 Podcast no Lost http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/101907/levinsonnews-101907-02-29-2008.mp3 Lost 4.4: Kate and ... Jack and Aaron, Kate and Sawyer Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=100365&tId=2 Kate's episode ... We learned why she was not in prison when we last saw her in the future in the finale of Season 3 ... We learned that Jack loved her after they got off the island, and she loved Jack ... But why can't they get together? What is it about Claire's baby that's keeping Jack away? ... And, back on the island, why does Kate spend the night in bed with Sawyer, but refuse to sleep with him? Fascinating answers and questions...

 

Blog posts Lost 4.4 Kate and ... and Lost 4.4 Jack and Aaron, Kate and Sawyer

 

And enjoy this special 20-minute podcast Science Fiction in the New Golden Age of TV   -a look at Lost , The Sarah Connor Chronicles , Journeyman , Battlestar Galactica , and Heroes

]]> special extended edition of this podcast, with a review of episode 4.4 of Lost, and a discussion of two important questions that arise from the… Kate's episode ... We learned why she was not in prison when we last saw her in the future in the finale of Season 3 ... We learned that Jack loved her after they got off the island, and she loved Jack ... But why can't they get together? What is it about Claire's baby that's keeping Jack away? ... And, back on the island, why does Kate spend the night in bed with Sawyer, but refuse to sleep with him? Fascinating answers and questions...   Blog posts Lost 4.4 Kate and ... [1] and Lost 4.4 Jack and Aaron, Kate and Sawyer [2]   And enjoy this special 20-minute podcast Science Fiction in the New Golden Age of TV [3]   -a look at Lost , The Sarah Connor Chronicles , Journeyman , Battlestar Galactica , and Heroes Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2008/02/lost-44-kate-and.html [2] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2008/02/further-questions-about-lost-44-jack.html [3] http://paullev.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=308015 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:39:30 -0800 Podcast no Aaron, Jack, Kate, Lost, Sawyer http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/100365/levinsonnews-100365-02-22-2008.mp3 Lost 4.3: Thirty Minutes and Big Ben Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=99533&tId=2 best episode so far this superb season, with Sayid almost falling in love and killing two people in his flashforward ... while back on the island Kate and Sawyer may be getting together ... and a clock arrives 31-minutes into the future...

 

blog post review: Thirty Minutes and Big Ben  

]]> superb Sayid flashforward ... and a temporal anomaly on the island... best episode so far this superb season, with Sayid almost falling in love and killing two people in his flashforward ... while back on the island Kate and Sawyer may be getting together ... and a clock arrives 31-minutes into the future...   blog post review: Thirty Minutes and Big Ben [1]   Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2008/02/lost-43-thirty-minutes-and-big-ben.html Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:54:53 -0800 Podcast no Lost http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/99533/levinsonnews-99533-02-15-2008.mp3 Lost 4.2: Five Flashbacks and Three Rational Explanations Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=98342&tId=2 Lost returns to its flashback format in this excellent episode - but there are five of them, for five different people, and they are short. Plus, we get some rational explanations for a few of Lost's mysteries...

 

blog post review: Five Flashbacks and Three Rational Explanations

 
Subscribe to this free weekly 4-minute podcast about Lost on your cell phone: 415 223 4124

 

 

]]> Lost gives us some good rational explanations for two of its mysteries in this fine episode, along with five mini-flashbacks. Lost returns to its flashback format in this excellent episode - but there are five of them, for five different people, and they are short. Plus, we get some rational explanations for a few of Lost's mysteries...   blog post review: Five Flashbacks and Three Rational Explanations [1]   Subscribe to this free weekly 4-minute podcast about Lost on your cell phone: 415 223 4124     Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2008/02/lost-41-five-flashbacks-and-three.html Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:10:22 -0800 Podcast no Lost http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/98342/levinsonnews-98342-02-08-2008.mp3 More Thoughts on Lost 4.1: Those Who Went with Hurley and Those Who Stayed with Jack Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=97420&tId=2 a careful examination of why Locke, Ben, Rousseau, Alex, Karl, Claire, and Sawyer chose to go with Hurley . . . and why Jack, Kate, Rose and Bernard, Juliet, Sun and Jin, and - most importantly - Desmond and Sayid - did not ...

 

blog post review: Those Who Went with Hurley and Those Who Stayed with Jack

 

Subscribe to this free weekly 4-minute podcast about Lost on your cell phone: 415 223 4124

 

]]> the pivotal moment in the first episode of the new season of Lost: why the group split on whether or not to go with Hurley a careful examination of why Locke, Ben, Rousseau, Alex, Karl, Claire, and Sawyer chose to go with Hurley . . . and why Jack, Kate, Rose and Bernard, Juliet, Sun and Jin, and - most importantly - Desmond and Sayid - did not ...   blog post review: Those Who Went with Hurley and Those Who Stayed with Jack [1]   Subscribe to this free weekly 4-minute podcast about Lost on your cell phone: 415 223 4124   Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2008/02/more-thoughts-on-lost-season-4-premier.html Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:18:53 -0800 Podcast no Lost http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/97420/levinsonnews-97420-02-02-2008.mp3 Lost 4: 1: Hurley and Samuel Johnson Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=97258&tId=2 who are the Oceanic Six ... how did Hurley get off the island ... dreams, paradox, and philosophy collide and converge in this excellent beginning of Lost's new season...

blog post review: Lost's Back Full Paradoxical Blast

 

Subscribe to this free weekly 4-minute podcast about Lost on your cell phone: 415 223 4124

 

 

]]> great beginning of the end as Lost resumes with Season 4... who are the Oceanic Six ... how did Hurley get off the island ... dreams, paradox, and philosophy collide and converge in this excellent beginning of Lost's new season... blog post review: Lost's Back Full Paradoxical Blast [1]   Subscribe to this free weekly 4-minute podcast about Lost on your cell phone: 415 223 4124     Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2008/02/losts-back-full-paradoxical-blast.html Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:09:25 -0800 Podcast no Hurley, Lost http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/97258/levinsonnews-97258-02-01-2008.mp3 The Wire Is Back! Sneak Preview (No Spoilers) Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=93099&tId=2 This final season of The Wire will focus on a Baltimore newspaper - giving The Wire something in common with Journeyman . Homicide 's Meldrick (Clark Johnson) is playing a major role, and that's good news all around. Marlo's crew looks good and tough, McNulty's American accent is better than ever, and Steve Earle is doing "Down in the Hole" ... What more can you ask for?

 

blog post review  

 

Clark Johnson on The Wire

]]> I just saw the first episode of the final Season 5 of The Wire on HBO ... it's superb... This final season of The Wire will focus on a Baltimore newspaper - giving The Wire something in common with Journeyman . Homicide 's Meldrick (Clark Johnson) is playing a major role, and that's good news all around. Marlo's crew looks good and tough, McNulty's American accent is better than ever, and Steve Earle is doing "Down in the Hole" ... What more can you ask for?   blog post review [1]     Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2008/01/wires-back-sneak-preview-preview-of.html Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:51:14 -0800 Podcast no Akinnagbe, Callie, Clark, Crawford, dominic, Earle, Felicia, Gbenga, hector, HOMICIDE http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/93099/levinsonnews-93099-01-01-2008.mp3 Weeds 3:15: Finale: The Fire and the Clean Slate Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=88239&tId=2 What better way than a fire to wipe the slate clean for Nancy, and allow her and her family to start anew someplace else next season ... Or will they, and will Nancy be doing something different from what she did last year ... the opposite of a cliff hanger - this finale sweeps away the cliff and leaves us wondering what Nancy will encounter in the valley next year...

 

Also - listen at the end of this podcast for the CONTEST winners ! (Contest announced in my review of Episode 13 , and again in Episode 14 .)

 

 

 

blog post review 

 

The Plot to Save Socrates  

]]> a safisfying, pivotal, slap-in-your-face finale What better way than a fire to wipe the slate clean for Nancy, and allow her and her family to start anew someplace else next season ... Or will they, and will Nancy be doing something different from what she did last year ... the opposite of a cliff hanger - this finale sweeps away the cliff and leaves us wondering what Nancy will encounter in the valley next year...   Also - listen at the end of this podcast for the CONTEST winners ! (Contest announced in my review of Episode 13 [1] , and again in Episode 14 [2] .)       blog post review  [3]   The Plot to Save Socrates [4]   Links: ------ [1] http://www.podshow.com/shows/?mode=detail&episode_id=86405 [2] http://www.podshow.com/shows/?mode=detail&episode_id=87145 [3] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/11/weeds-season-3-finale-fire-and-clean.html [4] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765311976/ref=nosim/?tag=dexter2a-20 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:45:17 -0800 Podcast no Finale, weeds http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/88239/levinsonnews-88239-11-21-2007.mp3 Weeds 3:14: Just When Nancy Thought It Couldn't Get Any Worse... Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=87145&tId=2 Weeds has always mixed some harrowing experience into its hilarity, and now it has set up next week's finale to deal with a catastrophe pretty close to home in Southern California ... the wild fires ... I think Showtime deserves credit for going ahead with these last two shows, which were filmed in the summer, well before last month's fires in California...

listen at the end of this podcast for ADDITIONAL CLUES about how to win a free, cool Weeds poster...

 

blog post review

 

The Plot to Save Socrates

]]> now Nancy and her family are threatened by wildfires... Weeds has always mixed some harrowing experience into its hilarity, and now it has set up next week's finale to deal with a catastrophe pretty close to home in Southern California ... the wild fires ... I think Showtime deserves credit for going ahead with these last two shows, which were filmed in the summer, well before last month's fires in California... listen at the end of this podcast for ADDITIONAL CLUES about how to win a free, cool Weeds poster...   blog post review [1]   The Plot to Save Socrates [2] Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/11/weeds-3-ep-14-just-when-nancy-thought.html [2] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765311976/ref=nosim/?tag=dexter2a-20 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:41:23 -0800 Podcast no Defoe, weeds http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/87145/levinsonnews-87145-11-13-2007.mp3 Journeyman 8: Livia's Story Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=87007&tId=2 Journeyman keeps on getting better and better. Unlike Quantum Leap, Journeyman is weaving pieces of Dan's missions into his larger story. In Episode 8, we finally find out where Livia lives ... she gets pushed from the past into the future, just as Dan gets pulled back from the future to the past...

 

 

 

  blog post review

 

The Plot to Save Socrates 

]]> poetry symmetry of time travelers Journeyman keeps on getting better and better. Unlike Quantum Leap, Journeyman is weaving pieces of Dan's missions into his larger story. In Episode 8, we finally find out where Livia lives ... she gets pushed from the past into the future, just as Dan gets pulled back from the future to the past...         blog post review [1]   The Plot to Save Socrates  [2] Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/11/journeyman-continues-8-livias-story.html [2] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765311976/ref=nosim/?tag=dexter2a-20 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:03:48 -0800 Podcast no falls, journeyman, Kevin http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/87007/levinsonnews-87007-11-12-2007.mp3 Weeds 3:13: Shane Pays the Price Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=86405&tId=2 Shane Botwin, Nancy's younger son, has always been a source of bright sanity in the world going out of control all around him ... But he's only a boy, after all, and in Episode 13 he begins paying the price...

 

listen at the end of this episode for a chance to win a free, cool, Weeds poster!

 

blog post review

 

my novel, The Plot to Save Socrates

 

]]> the ill-effects of Nancy's dealing lifestyle are finally coming home to roost in this powerful episode Shane Botwin, Nancy's younger son, has always been a source of bright sanity in the world going out of control all around him ... But he's only a boy, after all, and in Episode 13 he begins paying the price...   listen at the end of this episode for a chance to win a free, cool, Weeds poster!   blog post review [1]   my novel, The Plot to Save Socrates [2]   Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/11/weeds-3-ep-13-shane-pays-price.html [2] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765311976/ref=nosim/?tag=dexter2a-20 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:33:13 -0800 Podcast no alexander, Gould, weeds http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/86405/levinsonnews-86405-11-07-2007.mp3 Heroes Meets 12 Monkeys Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=86279&tId=2 Heroes Season 2 now has at least two time travelers - Hiro and Peter (who has absorbed his powers), and possibly Kensei, who appears in the present. Good thing, too, because our heroes will need all the time traveling they can do to stop a deadly plague ... much as is in the best time travel movie ever made, 12 Monkeys. But Heroes also has Claire and Nikki...

 

blog post review

 

my latest novel, The Plot to Save Socrates  

 

 

]]> review of Season 2 Episode 7 ... deadly plagues and time travelers make for good stories... Heroes Season 2 now has at least two time travelers - Hiro and Peter (who has absorbed his powers), and possibly Kensei, who appears in the present. Good thing, too, because our heroes will need all the time traveling they can do to stop a deadly plague ... much as is in the best time travel movie ever made, 12 Monkeys. But Heroes also has Claire and Nikki...   blog post review [1]   my latest novel, The Plot to Save Socrates [2]     [3]   Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/11/heroes-meets-12-monkeys.html [2] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765311976/ref=nosim/?tag=dexter2a-20 [3] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007PALZ2?ie=UTF8&tag=ligonligthr-20&link_code=as3&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=B0007PALZ2 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:28:40 -0800 Podcast no 12, heroes, monkeys http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/86279/levinsonnews-86279-11-06-2007.mp3 Weeds 3:12: Nancy and Conrad! Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=85730&tId=2 Nancy has had a tough time of it, sexually, on Weeds. It look her a long time to get over her deceased husband, and what sex she has had has been physical with not much passion. But in Episode 12 of Season 3, she and Conrad finally get together .... the question is, what will happen to break this up in the concluding episodes this season?

 

blog post review  

 

my latest novel, The Plot to Save Socrates  

]]> the rare happy ending for a show on Weeds: Nancy and Conrad together at last! Nancy has had a tough time of it, sexually, on Weeds. It look her a long time to get over her deceased husband, and what sex she has had has been physical with not much passion. But in Episode 12 of Season 3, she and Conrad finally get together .... the question is, what will happen to break this up in the concluding episodes this season?   blog post review [1]     my latest novel, The Plot to Save Socrates [2]   Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/11/weeds-3-ep-12-nancy-and-conrad.html [2] http://theplottosavesocrates.com/ Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:25:19 -0700 Podcast no weeds http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/85730/levinsonnews-85730-11-01-2007.mp3 Journeyman 6: Unabomber and Tachyons Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=85433&tId=2 Episode 6 of Journeyman features Dan getting closer to his brother, our learning a little more about Livia, and Dan meeting a unabomber-like character who may have some connection to our tachyon scientist...

 

blog post review

 

my current novel, The Plot to Save Socrates

]]> reviewing every episode of Journeyman from now on ... Episode 6, in which the tachyon connection gets an unexpected outing... Episode 6 of Journeyman features Dan getting closer to his brother, our learning a little more about Livia, and Dan meeting a unabomber-like character who may have some connection to our tachyon scientist...   blog post review [1]   my current novel, The Plot to Save Socrates [2] Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/10/journeyman-continues-6.html [2] http://theplottosavesocrates.com/ Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:21:12 -0700 Podcast no journeyman, tachyons, Unabomber http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/85433/levinsonnews-85433-10-30-2007.mp3 Dexter Meets Heroes Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=85431&tId=2 As NBC's Heroes struggles to find a cohesive central story, Dexter is achieving a dark, almost super-hero status, replete with masterful enemies, Lois Lanes, and soulmate Batgirls...

 

blog post review

 

my latest novel, The Plot to Save Socrates

]]> reviewing episode 5 of Dexter, Season 2 - "The Dark Defender" ... in which Lila is Batgirk to Dexter's Batman... As NBC's Heroes struggles to find a cohesive central story, Dexter is achieving a dark, almost super-hero status, replete with masterful enemies, Lois Lanes, and soulmate Batgirls...   blog post review [1]   my latest novel, The Plot to Save Socrates [2] Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/10/dexter-meets-heroes.html [2] http://theplottosavesocrates.com/ Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:16:26 -0700 Podcast no Batman, dexter, heroes, superman http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/85431/levinsonnews-85431-10-30-2007.mp3 Journeyman 5: More On Tachyons Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=84374&tId=2 Dan squares his absences with his son Zack - who approves of his dad's "magic" - meets his own photojournalist father, and gets a visit from tachyon scientist Dr. Langley in this fine episode of Journeyman...

 

blog post of this review

 

Tachyon Telephone podcast

 

The Plot to Save Socrates

]]> a fine father-and-son episode ... with tachyon scientist Dr. Langley getting deeper into the picture Dan squares his absences with his son Zack - who approves of his dad's "magic" - meets his own photojournalist father, and gets a visit from tachyon scientist Dr. Langley in this fine episode of Journeyman...   blog post of this review [1]   Tachyon Telephone podcast [2]   The Plot to Save Socrates [3] Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/10/journeyman-continues-5.html [2] http://www.podshow.com/shows/?mode=detail&episode_id=83552 [3] http://theplottosavesocrates.com Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:39:19 -0700 Podcast no everett, journeyman, tachyons http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/84374/levinsonnews-84374-10-22-2007.mp3 Tachyon Telephone: A Journeyman Extra! Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=83552&tId=2 Tachyons are hypothetical particles that travel faster than light. Some theorists think these could enable instant communication to the past and the future. This podcast explores how that might have worked for Journeyman Dan, in episode 4 of the NBC's time-traveling new series.

 

Greg Benford's Timescape

my time-travel novel, The Plot to Save Socrates

20-minute podcast: Time Travel in Fact and Fiction

 

blog post of this analysis

 

]]> Dan, in the late 1990s, may have received a call from someone in 2007 ... the science that could make this possible... Tachyons are hypothetical particles that travel faster than light. Some theorists think these could enable instant communication to the past and the future. This podcast explores how that might have worked for Journeyman Dan, in episode 4 of the NBC's time-traveling new series.   Greg Benford's Timescape [1] my time-travel novel, The Plot to Save Socrates [2] 20-minute podcast: Time Travel in Fact and Fiction [3]   blog post of this analysis [4]   Links: ------ [1] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0553297090/ref=nosim/?tag=dexter2a-20 [2] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765311976/ref=nosim/?tag=dexter2a-20 [3] http://paullev.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=152759 [4] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/10/tachyon-telephone-journeyman-extra.html Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:31:37 -0700 Podcast no Benford, journeyman, tachyons http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/83552/levinsonnews-83552-10-16-2007.mp3 Tell Me You Love Me Seven Times Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=83378&tId=2 Some of the relationships are far-fetched, but the acting as well as the sex continues to be passionate on HBO's Tell Me You Love Me. And the series deserves credit for taking chances, and portaying so many different sexual relationships in so many walks of life.

 

blog post review

 

my latest novel, The Plot to Save Socrates

 

listen also to podcast about Episode One

]]> Dedicated correspondent that I am, I report back on Tell Me You Love Me after seeing the seventh episode... Some of the relationships are far-fetched, but the acting as well as the sex continues to be passionate on HBO's Tell Me You Love Me. And the series deserves credit for taking chances, and portaying so many different sexual relationships in so many walks of life.   blog post review [1]   my latest novel, The Plot to Save Socrates [2]   listen also to podcast about Episode One [3] Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/10/tell-me-you-love-me-seven-times.html [2] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765305704/ref=nosim/?tag=dexter2a-20 [3] http://www.podshow.com/shows/?mode=detail&episode_id=82211 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:08:00 -0700 Podcast no HBO, sex http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/83378/levinsonnews-83378-10-15-2007.mp3 Movie Review: Michael Clayton and the Surprise Beginning Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=83267&tId=2 Writer, director, producer Tony Gilroy gets kudos for reinventing the surprise beginning ... Michael Clayton is an enoyable, harrowing ride into the heart of darkness that beats in at least part of corporate America. Fine acting, from George Clooney as Clayton to Sam Gilroy (Tony's son) who plays a bit but memorable part as copy boy.

 

 

my blog post review

 

my latest novel, The Plot to Save Socrates

]]> a generally non-spoiler review: brilliant beginning, excellent acting, a few flaws in the buildup to the finale Writer, director, producer Tony Gilroy gets kudos for reinventing the surprise beginning ... Michael Clayton is an enoyable, harrowing ride into the heart of darkness that beats in at least part of corporate America. Fine acting, from George Clooney as Clayton to Sam Gilroy (Tony's son) who plays a bit but memorable part as copy boy.     my blog post review [1]   my latest novel, The Plot to Save Socrates [2] Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/10/michael-clayton-and-surprise-beginning.html [2] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765305704/ref=nosim/?tag=dexter2a-20 Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:58:27 -0700 Podcast no Clayton, clooney, george, Gilroy, michael, Tony http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/83267/levinsonnews-83267-10-14-2007.mp3 Heroes 2: 3: Hanging Questions Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=82819&tId=2 Heroes Season 2 Episode 3 was excellent in many ways - Claire, Mr. Bennet, Hiro, and Peter all proceeded well in their new stories, and it was good go to see Sylar back in evil business, and good to see Nikki in any business. But we need some answers, already, about how Peter and Nathan managed to survive that explosion in the sky...

 

blog post review of this episode 

 

The Plot to Save Socrates - my latest novel 

 

 

]]> great new stories, but we need more answers about what happened last year Heroes Season 2 Episode 3 was excellent in many ways - Claire, Mr. Bennet, Hiro, and Peter all proceeded well in their new stories, and it was good go to see Sylar back in evil business, and good to see Nikki in any business. But we need some answers, already, about how Peter and Nathan managed to survive that explosion in the sky...   blog post review of this episode  [1]   The Plot to Save Socrates [2] - my latest novel      Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/10/heroes-season-2-episode-3-hanging.html [2] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765305704/ref=nosim/?tag=dexter2a-20 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:50:42 -0700 Podcast no heroes http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/82819/levinsonnews-82819-10-11-2007.mp3 Journeyman Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=82540&tId=2 Rome's Kevin McKidd stars in this Quantum Leap-ish time-travel series ... but Journeyman is much more sophisticated in its story-line than Quantum Leap, and pays even more attention to the complex personal life of the time traveler than to the leaps... The show is shaping up as one of the best time travel series ever on television.

 

blog post reviews of every episode start here  

my time-travel novel, The Plot to Save Socrates  

 

 

]]> one of the best time travel stories ever on television Rome's Kevin McKidd stars in this Quantum Leap-ish time-travel series ... but Journeyman is much more sophisticated in its story-line than Quantum Leap, and pays even more attention to the complex personal life of the time traveler than to the leaps... The show is shaping up as one of the best time travel series ever on television.   blog post reviews of every episode start here [1]   my time-travel novel, The Plot to Save Socrates [2]       Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/09/journeyman-begins-on-nbc.html [2] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765305704/ref=nosim/?tag=dexter2a-20 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:33:39 -0700 Podcast no Bloodgood, journeyman, Kevin, Leap, McKidd, Moon, quantum, time, travel http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/82540/levinsonnews-82540-10-09-2007.mp3 Californication Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=82372&tId=2 Television is finally growing up - Californication has sex, nudity, hilarious situations and even some good exploration of relationships. What I like most about this new series, however, is how well it depicts the life and feelings of a 40+ year-old writer...

 

blog reviews of every episode of Californication start here 

 

my latest novel, The Plot to Save Socrates  

 

]]> fresh, sexy, hilarious - I laugh at least 30 times in every 30-minute episode of Californication Television is finally growing up - Californication has sex, nudity, hilarious situations and even some good exploration of relationships. What I like most about this new series, however, is how well it depicts the life and feelings of a 40+ year-old writer...   blog reviews of every episode of Californication start here  [1]   my latest novel, The Plot to Save Socrates [2]     Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/08/californication-going-on-tonight.html [2] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765305704/ref=nosim/?tag=dexter2a-20 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:26:19 -0700 Podcast yes Amy-Price, Californication, david, Duchovny, evan, francis, Handler, Miner, rachel http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/82372/levinsonnews-82372-10-08-2007.mp3 Tell Me You Love Me Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=82211&tId=2 Television has come a long way since I Love Lucy. We're in the midst of a refreshing libertine revolution, in which television is finally giving us the adult exploration of relationships we used to find only in the movies. HBO's Tell Me You Love Me is leading the pack, with full nudity, explicit sex, and a look at four couples and their difficult relationships.

Jamie (Michelle Borth) and Hugo (Luke Kirby)

 

blog post review

 

my latest novel, The Plot to Save Socrates

 

listen also to podcast about Episode Seven 

]]> Sizzling new show on HBO Television has come a long way since I Love Lucy. We're in the midst of a refreshing libertine revolution, in which television is finally giving us the adult exploration of relationships we used to find only in the movies. HBO's Tell Me You Love Me is leading the pack, with full nudity, explicit sex, and a look at four couples and their difficult relationships.   blog post review [1]   my latest novel, The Plot to Save Socrates [2]   listen also to podcast about Episode Seven  [3] Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/09/tell-me-you-love-me-on-hbo.html [2] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765305704/ref=nosim/?tag=dexter2a-20 [3] http://www.podshow.com/shows/?mode=detail&episode_id=83378 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 13:31:41 -0700 Podcast no alexander, Borth, Californiation, Jane, Lost, love, michelle, Sonya, tell, Walger http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/82211/levinsonnews-82211-10-07-2007.mp3 Mad Men Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=82069&tId=2 AMC's Mad Men, finishing its debut season, offers an entertaining and instructive look into the Madison Avenue advertising world of 1960. Steeped in smoking, male chauvinism, and authentic 1960 culture attitudes, this series is a treat.



blog post review

 

The Plot to Save Socrates my latest novel

 

]]> a breathtakingly original series, steeped in bona fide 1960 culture AMC's Mad Men, finishing its debut season, offers an entertaining and instructive look into the Madison Avenue advertising world of 1960. Steeped in smoking, male chauvinism, and authentic 1960 culture attitudes, this series is a treat. blog post review [1]   The Plot to Save Socrates [2] my latest novel   Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/10/mad-men-11-heat.html [2] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765305704/ref=nosim/?tag=dexter2a-20 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:30:47 -0700 Podcast no advertisting, AMC, Asimov, Isaac, mad, Marshall, McLuhan, men http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/82069/levinsonnews-82069-10-05-2007.mp3 Dexter's Back! Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=81921&tId=2 Dexter's back, and better than last year ... which is saying a lot, since Dexter was the best new show on television last year. This year's characters are sharper than ever, and are joined by Keith Carradine, a master FBI guy who is looking into the body parts that turned up in the water (because that's where Dexter joined them) and Jamie Murray as sultry Lila, who have something in common with Dexter...

blog post review

 

The Plot to Save Socrates my latest novel

 

podcast review of Season One:  First Place to Dexter  

 

 

]]> a non-spoiler 5-minute review of the first four episodes of the new season... Dexter's back, and better than last year ... which is saying a lot, since Dexter was the best new show on television last year. This year's characters are sharper than ever, and are joined by Keith Carradine, a master FBI guy who is looking into the body parts that turned up in the water (because that's where Dexter joined them) and Jamie Murray as sultry Lila, who have something in common with Dexter... blog post review [1]   The Plot to Save Socrates [2] my latest novel   podcast review of Season One:  First Place to Dexter [3]       Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/09/dexters-back-preview.html [2] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765305704/ref=nosim/?tag=dexter2a-20 [3] http://www.podshow.com/shows/?mode=detail&episode_id=42014 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:43:22 -0700 Podcast no C., Carradine, dexter, hall, Jamie, keith, michael, murray http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/81921/levinsonnews-81921-10-04-2007.mp3 Heroes 2:2 Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=81902&tId=2 Good to see Hiro, in Episode 2 of Heroes 2, preserve Kensei's legacy by stepping up - or on - to the horse, putting on Kensai's armor, and saving the beautiful girl ... This is classic and always satisfying time-travel gambit - the time traveler makes happen the very event he went to past to either protect or prevent from happening ...

 

blog post review

 

and The Plot to Save Socrates (time travel novel)

]]> Episode 2 features an oldie-but-goodie time traveler's trick: Hiro becomes the hero whose legacy he seeks to safeguard... Good to see Hiro, in Episode 2 of Heroes 2, preserve Kensei's legacy by stepping up - or on - to the horse, putting on Kensai's armor, and saving the beautiful girl ... This is classic and always satisfying time-travel gambit - the time traveler makes happen the very event he went to past to either protect or prevent from happening ...   blog post review [1]   and The Plot to Save Socrates [2] (time travel novel) Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/10/heroes-season-2-proceeds.html [2] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765305704/ref=nosim/?tag=dexter2a-20 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:58:52 -0700 Podcast no heroes, time, travel http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/81902/levinsonnews-81902-10-04-2007.mp3 Heroes 2:1 Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=81899&tId=2 Levinson News Clips returns with weekly 2-3 minute reviews of the best shows on television ... starting with the new season of Heroes ... which finds Hiro in medieval Japan, Parkman a detective on the NYPD, two new South American heroes with powers we haven't seen before, and much more ...

 

blog post review

 

and The Plot to Save Socrates (time travel novel)

]]> the new season begins with a fine time travel thread ... reminiscent of the classic Trancers... Levinson News Clips returns with weekly 2-3 minute reviews of the best shows on television ... starting with the new season of Heroes ... which finds Hiro in medieval Japan, Parkman a detective on the NYPD, two new South American heroes with powers we haven't seen before, and much more ...   blog post review [1]   and The Plot to Save Socrates [2] (time travel novel) Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/09/heroes-is-back.html [2] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765305704/ref=nosim/?tag=dexter2a-20 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:26:56 -0700 Podcast no heroes, time, Trancers, travel http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/81899/levinsonnews-81899-10-04-2007.mp3 The Sopranos and Hamlet Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=67281&tId=2 Literary critics such as I. A. Richards pointed to the last line of Hamlet - "and the rest is silence" - as a masterpiece of ambiguity, because "rest" could mean remainder or death.  Can the same be said about the unexpected to black at the end of The Sopranos?   Will David Chase have a place in history along with Shakespeare?

Useful links:



The Sopranos and the Closure-Junkies

The Sopranos, or the Tiger?

The Sopranos Ninth of Nine: The Anti-Ending Ending The Sopranos as a Nuts-and-Bolts Triumph of Non-Network TV my 2002 article

I. A. Richards' Practical Criticism

Dick Cavett's excellent piece on The Sopranos ]]> "And the rest is silence" is the famous, much-praised last line of Hamlet - it applies to the cut to sudden-black at the end of The… Literary critics such as I. A. Richards pointed to the last line of Hamlet - "and the rest is silence" - as a masterpiece of ambiguity, because "rest" could mean remainder or death.  Can the same be said about the unexpected to black at the end of The Sopranos?   Will David Chase have a place in history along with Shakespeare? Useful links: The Sopranos and the Closure-Junkies [1] The Sopranos, or the Tiger? [2] The Sopranos Ninth of Nine: The Anti-Ending Ending [3] The Sopranos as a Nuts-and-Bolts Triumph of Non-Network TV [4] my 2002 article I. A. Richards' Practical Criticism [5] Dick Cavett [6]'s excellent piece on The Sopranos Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/06/sopranos-end-and-closure-junkies.html [2] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/06/sopranos-or-tiger.html [3] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/06/sopranos-ninth-of-final-nine-anti.html [4] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2002/07/sopranos-as-nuts-and-bolts-triumph-of.html [5] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0156736268/ref=nosim/?tag=ligonligthr-20 [6] http://cavett.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/06/sopranos-grief/ Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:56:41 -0700 Podcast no Cavett, chase, david, dick, hamlet, richards, shakespeare http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/67281/levinsonnews-67281-06-23-2007.mp3 The Sopranos and the Closure-Junkies Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=67275&tId=2 The debate raging over the ending of The Sopranos is not really about whether this or that specific guy was the killer, not even whether or not Tony was whacked.  It's about something more fundamental - must an ending wrap everything up in a neat way, or can it leave us hanging or not knowing what's going to happen?  The debate, then, is really between the closure-junkiies, which all of us are, most of the time, and those of us who can tolerate and even see the beauty in an ending that does not give us answers...

 Useful links:



The Sopranos and Hamlet

The Sopranos, or the Tiger?

The Sopranos Ninth of Nine: The Anti-Ending Ending

The Sopranos as a Nuts-and-Bolts Triumph of Non-Network TV my 2002 article

The Sopranos, Lost, and Heroes: A Comparison of Real and Future Endings

Sopranos Conference May 2008: Preliminary Announcement

two of my ambiguous novels - The Silk Code and The Plot to Save Socrates ]]> we're all closure-junkies - craving resolutions in the endings of the stories we see - can we break the habit long enough to appreciate the ending of… The debate raging over the ending of The Sopranos is not really about whether this or that specific guy was the killer, not even whether or not Tony was whacked.  It's about something more fundamental - must an ending wrap everything up in a neat way, or can it leave us hanging or not knowing what's going to happen?  The debate, then, is really between the closure-junkiies, which all of us are, most of the time, and those of us who can tolerate and even see the beauty in an ending that does not give us answers...  Useful links: The Sopranos and Hamlet [1] The Sopranos, or the Tiger? [2] The Sopranos Ninth of Nine: The Anti-Ending Ending [3] The Sopranos as a Nuts-and-Bolts Triumph of Non-Network TV [4] my 2002 article The Sopranos, Lost, and Heroes: A Comparison of Real and Future Endings [5] Sopranos Conference May 2008: Preliminary Announcement [6] two of my ambiguous novels - The Silk Code [7] and The Plot to Save Socrates [8] Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/06/sopranos-and-hamlet.html [2] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/06/sopranos-or-tiger.html [3] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/06/sopranos-ninth-of-final-nine-anti.html [4] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2002/07/sopranos-as-nuts-and-bolts-triumph-of.html [5] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/06/lost-heroes-and-sopranos-comparison-of.html [6] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/06/sopranos-conference-may-2008.html [7] http://www.sff.net/people/paullevinson/books.html#silkcode [8] http://www.sff.net/people/paullevinson/books.html#socreading Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:53:34 -0700 Podcast no alan, Blue, chase, Coronet, david, lady, Sepinwall, tiger http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/67275/levinsonnews-67275-06-23-2007.mp3 The Sopranos, or The Tiger? Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=67271&tId=2 The ending of The Lady, or the Tiger at first baffled audiences in the 1880s, because it provided no clear resolution ... it soon came to be recognized as a classic ... Was David Chase going for the same kind of gambit in his cut-to-black ending of The Sopranos?  Details of both The Sopranos and The Lady or the Tiger carefully considered ...

Useful links:

The Sopranos' End and the Closure-Junkies

The Sopranos and Hamlet

The Sopranos Ninth of Nine Finale: The Anti-Ending Ending

The Lady, or the Tiger Wikipedia entry

The Lady, or The Tiger, and other Short Stories by Frank R. Stockton

The Sopranos as a Nuts-and-Bolts Triumph of Non-Network TV my 2002 article

The Sopranos, Lost, and Heroes: A Comparison of Real and Future Endings

Sopranos Conference May 2008: Preliminary Announcement

The Silk Code and The Plot to Save Socrates - two novels by me, which some say have ambiguous endings... ]]> first of series of special analysis of The Sopranos' ending ... here, I compare it the famous ending of Stockton's The Lady or The Tiger... The ending of The Lady, or the Tiger at first baffled audiences in the 1880s, because it provided no clear resolution ... it soon came to be recognized as a classic ... Was David Chase going for the same kind of gambit in his cut-to-black ending of The Sopranos?  Details of both The Sopranos and The Lady or the Tiger carefully considered ... Useful links:The Sopranos' End and the Closure-Junkies [1] The Sopranos and Hamlet [2] The Sopranos Ninth of Nine Finale: The Anti-Ending Ending [3] The Lady, or the Tiger [4] Wikipedia entry [5]The Lady, or The Tiger, and other Short Stories [6] by Frank R. Stockton The Sopranos as a Nuts-and-Bolts Triumph of Non-Network TV [7] my 2002 article The Sopranos, Lost, and Heroes: A Comparison of Real and Future Endings [8] Sopranos Conference May 2008: Preliminary Announcement [9] The Silk Code [10] and The Plot to Save Socrates [11] - two novels by me, which some say have ambiguous endings... Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/06/sopranos-end-and-closure-junkies.html [2] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/06/sopranos-and-hamlet.html [3] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/06/sopranos-ninth-of-final-nine-anti.html [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady,_or_the_Tiger%3F [5] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0812519566/ref=nosim/?tag=ligonligthr-20 [6] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0812519566/ref=nosim/?tag=ligonligthr-20 [7] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2002/07/sopranos-as-nuts-and-bolts-triumph-of.html [8] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/06/lost-heroes-and-sopranos-comparison-of.html [9] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/06/sopranos-conference-may-2008.html [10] http://www.sff.net/people/paullevinson/books.html#silkcode [11] http://www.sff.net/people/paullevinson/books.html#socreading Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:31:30 -0700 Podcast no chase, david, Frank, lady, Sopranos, Stockton, tiger http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/67271/levinsonnews-67271-06-23-2007.mp3 The Sopranos: Ninth of Final Nine: The Anti-Ending Ending! Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=67265&tId=2 Everyone except Phil survives in this ending of endings - in which we see Tony and Carmela and AJ seated in a diner, Meadow entering, and a sudden cut to black.  And right before the cut, a whole bunch of things that makes us wonder how long Tony will survive - a few seconds, the rest of life ... David Chase has at last put us totally into Tony's head - he and we see a world in which every person is a potenial assassin ...

Look for additional podcasts in the next few days that further discuss this remarkable ending.

Also, check out our Preliminary Announcement of a major conference on The Sopranos at Fordham University in New York City in the Spring of 2008.

]]> David Chase tells in this final episode of The Sopranos that life goes on and on... Everyone except Phil survives in this ending of endings - in which we see Tony and Carmela and AJ seated in a diner, Meadow entering, and a sudden cut to black.  And right before the cut, a whole bunch of things that makes us wonder how long Tony will survive - a few seconds, the rest of life ... David Chase has at last put us totally into Tony's head - he and we see a world in which every person is a potenial assassin ... Look for additional podcasts in the next few days that further discuss this remarkable ending. Also, check out our Preliminary Announcement of a major conference on The Sopranos [1] at Fordham University in New York City in the Spring of 2008. Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/06/sopranos-conference-may-2008.html Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:01:36 -0700 Podcast no chase, david, Soprano, Tony http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/67265/levinsonnews-67265-06-23-2007.mp3 The Sopranos: Eighth of Nine: Will T Survive? Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=67263&tId=2 Sopranos series ... Bobby shot dead, Sil almost and now in a coma, and Melfi throwing Tony out ... The question now is whether Tony will survive next week's finale, and who else or not?  I make my predictions in this review.... ]]> thrilling next-to-last episode of The Sopranos ... Tony loses Melfi, Bobby, and the likely Sil ... will he survive? It finally broke out tonight - tension which has been building this whole season, and, in fact, for the entire <em>Sopranos</em> series ... Bobby shot dead, Sil almost and now in a coma, and Melfi throwing Tony out ... The question now is whether Tony will survive next week's finale, and who else or not?  I make my predictions in this review.... Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:12:36 -0700 Podcast no Bacala, Bobby, Silvio, Soprano, Tony http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/67263/levinsonnews-67263-06-23-2007.mp3 Lost... Season 3 Finale - Flashforwards Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=62344&tId=2 Lost , Season 3 - in which we switch from flashback to flashforwards, pretty much as I predicted in last week's podcast.  Also some fine portrayal of Ben as the embodiment of the paradox of a liar - everything I say is a lie, so is that true? - Hurley as hero, and lots of other excellent and surprising elements, including Jack in Los Angeles...  I'm as excited about Lost now as I was at the end of Season 1.


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essay: Lost: Keys to What's Really Happening

my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates ]]> Lost makes a startling pivot in a new direction - I predicted it in last week's podcast! A superb, pathbreaking finale for Lost , Season 3 - in which we switch from flashback to flashforwards, pretty much as I predicted in last week's podcast.  Also some fine portrayal of Ben as the embodiment of the paradox of a liar - everything I say is a lie, so is that true? - Hurley as hero, and lots of other excellent and surprising elements, including Jack in Los Angeles...  I'm as excited about Lost now as I was at the end of Season 1. http://media.blubrry.com/levnews/http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/62344/levinsonnews-62344-05-23-2007.mp3 Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast [1] _ Useful links_ : blog post review: Flashforwards... [2] essay: Lost: Keys to What's Really Happening [3] my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates [4] Links: ------ [1] https://www.gotomeeting.com/podcast [2] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/05/lost-season-3-finale-flashforwards.html [3] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/01/lost-keys-to-whats-really-going-on.html [4] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765311976/ref=nosim/?tag=ligonligthr-20 Wed, 23 May 2007 22:44:24 -0700 Podcast no Ben, Hurley, Jack, Liar, paradox http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/62344/levinsonnews-62344-05-23-2007.mp3 24 Season 6 Hrs 23-4: Life... Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=62075&tId=2 Season 6 of 24 departed from previous seasons with a different pacing, and more attention to Jack's family life.  The finale kept this same pace, wrapping up the main story after 90 minutes, and leaving the rest for Jack to sort out his future with Audrey .... The finale also surprised us in another way - unlike previous seasons, just about everyone survived...




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my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates ]]> the 2-hour finale kept the same unusual pacing as the all of Season 6 ... and it worked very well Season 6 of 24 departed from previous seasons with a different pacing, and more attention to Jack's family life.  The finale kept this same pace, wrapping up the main story after 90 minutes, and leaving the rest for Jack to sort out his future with Audrey .... The finale also surprised us in another way - unlike previous seasons, just about everyone survived... http://media.blubrry.com/levnewshttp://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/62075/levinsonnews-62075-05-21-2007.mp3 Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast [1] _ Useful links_ : blog post review: Season 6 Finale: Life... [2] my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates [3] Links: ------ [1] https://www.gotomeeting.com/podcast [2] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/05/24-season-6-hrs-23-24-finale-life.html [3] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765311976/ref=nosim/?tag=ligonligthr-20 Mon, 21 May 2007 23:27:28 -0700 Podcast no Audrey, bauer, jac, Josh, Phillip http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/62075/levinsonnews-62075-05-21-2007.mp3 The Sopranos: Seventh of Nine: Rough Beasts Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=61928&tId=2

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Naked Bodies, Three Showings a Week, No Commercials: The Sopranos as a Nuts-and-Bolts Triumph of Non-Network TV my 2002 article, published in David Lavery's This Thing of Ours: Investigating The Sopranos

Yeats' Collected Poems

my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates ]]> Yeats's poem The Second Coming is the title of this episode, and its words describe Tony's situation to a T. Centres are not holding at all in Sopranoland, as the series moves to its final conclusion ... Yeats' poem about rough beasts and forces beyond everyone's control describe all too well the situation of AJ, Meadow, and Tony Soprano... http://media.blubrry.com/levnews/http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/61928/levinsonnews-61928-05-20-2007.mp3 Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast [1] _ Useful links_ : blog review: What Rough Beasts [2] Naked Bodies, Three Showings a Week, No Commercials: The Sopranos as a Nuts-and-Bolts Triumph of Non-Network TV [3] my 2002 article, published in David Lavery's This Thing of Ours: Investigating The Sopranos [4] Yeats' Collected Poems [5] my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates [6] Links: ------ [1] https://www.gotomeeting.com/podcast [2] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/05/sopranos-sixth-of-nine-what-rough.html [3] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2002/07/sopranos-as-nuts-and-bolts-triumph-of.html [4] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0231127812/ref=nosim/?tag=ligonligthr-20 [5] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0684807319/ref=nosim/?tag=ligonligthr-20 [6] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765311976/ref=nosim/?tag=ligonligthr-20 Sun, 20 May 2007 21:59:30 -0700 Podcast no B., Soprano, Tony, W., Yeats http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/61928/levinsonnews-61928-05-20-2007.mp3 Lost ... Charlie, Underwater Babes, and Predictions! Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=61350&tId=2

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blog post review: Charlie, Underwater Babes, and Predictions

Lost: Keys to What's Really Going On

my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates ]]> review of tonight's show + predictions for next week's finale! A great Charlie show tonight - hey, I even sing a little of "You All Everbody" in the podcast - and I also make predictions for what I think that major change will be in the final next week....  I have no advance information - this is just a major prediction - see if I'm right.  http://media.blubrry.com/levnews/http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/61350/levinsonnews-61350-05-16-2007.mp3 Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast [1] _ Useful links_ : blog post review: Charlie, Underwater Babes, and Predictions [2] Lost: Keys to What's Really Going On [3] my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates [4] Links: ------ [1] https://www.gotomeeting.com/podcast [2] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/05/lost-charlie-underwater-babes-and.html [3] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/01/lost-keys-to-whats-really-going-on.html [4] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765311976/ref=nosim/?tag=ligonligthr-20 Wed, 16 May 2007 21:35:21 -0700 Podcast no Charle, desmond, flashbacks, predictions, time, travel http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/61350/levinsonnews-61350-05-16-2007.mp3 24 Season 6 Hr 22: Jack Against All Governments Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=61004&tId=2 Josh Bauer (Jack's nephew) has become the football in the closing episodes of 24 - and tonight, an unusual series of developments involving Jack's father, the Russian President, and VP Daniels puts Jack on a collision course with everyone - a fine build-up to the two-hour season finale next week.

 




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my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates ]]> events conspire to once again put Jack against the Chinese, Russian, and the US government - in a fine episode Josh Bauer (Jack's nephew) has become the football in the closing episodes of 24 - and tonight, an unusual series of developments involving Jack's father, the Russian President, and VP Daniels puts Jack on a collision course with everyone - a fine build-up to the two-hour season finale next week.   http://media.blubrry.com/levnews/http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/61004/levinsonnews-61004-05-15-2007.mp3 Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast [1] _ Useful links_ : blog post review: Jack Against All Governments [2] my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates [3] Links: ------ [1] https://www.gotomeeting.com/podcast [2] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/05/24-season-6-hr-22-jack-against-all.html [3] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765311976/ref=nosim/?tag=ligonligthr-20 Tue, 15 May 2007 01:13:41 -0700 Podcast no bauer, invasion, Jack, Josh, Kari, Matchett, michael, Phillip, Shanks, stargate http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/61004/levinsonnews-61004-05-15-2007.mp3 The Sopranos: Sixth of Nine Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=60841&tId=2 The Sopranos finally gets down to very serious business, in one of the most important episodes of the entire series.  The spoilers would be so serious if I said anything more, that all I'll say is, if you've already seen the episode, listen to the podcast ... if not, see the episode and then listen to the podcast...


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Naked Bodies, Three Showings a Week, No Commercials: The Sopranos as a Nuts-and-Bolts Triumph of Non-Network TV my 2002 article, published in David Lavery's This Thing of Ours: Investigating The Sopranos

my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates ]]> (serious spoilers) ... incredible episode ... Well, after five relatively quiet episodes, The Sopranos finally gets down to very serious business, in one of the most important episodes of the entire series.  The spoilers would be so serious if I said anything more, that all I'll say is, if you've already seen the episode, listen to the podcast ... if not, see the episode and then listen to the podcast... http://media.blubrry.com/levnews/http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/60841/levinsonnews-60841-05-13-2007.mp3 _ Useful links_ : Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast [1] blog post review: Sixth of Nine [2] Naked Bodies, Three Showings a Week, No Commercials: The Sopranos as a Nuts-and-Bolts Triumph of Non-Network TV [3] my 2002 article, published in David Lavery's This Thing of Ours: Investigating The Sopranos [4] my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates [5] Links: ------ [1] https://www.gotomeeting.com/podcast [2] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/05/sopranos-sixth-of-nine-very-serious.html [3] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2002/07/sopranos-as-nuts-and-bolts-triumph-of.html [4] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0231127812/ref=nosim/?tag=ligonligthr-20 [5] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765311976/ref=nosim/?tag=ligonligthr-20 Sun, 13 May 2007 20:31:43 -0700 Podcast no Christopher, Imperioli, michael, Moltisanti, Soprano, Tony http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/60841/levinsonnews-60841-05-13-2007.mp3 Lost ... Dharma, hostiles, survival Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=60260&tId=2

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blog post review: Dharma, hostiles, survival

essay: Keys to What's Really Going On

my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates ]]> The Man Behind the Curtain answers some longstanding questions... At last the Ben backstory episode (The Man Behind the Curtain) ... which tells us a lot about Dharma and the hostiles ... we also meet Jacob - who is not what he seems to be ... and Locke ... well .... just remember that anything is possible on the island ... not to mention televisionland... http://media.blubrry.com/levnews/http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/60260/levinsonnews-60260-05-09-2007.mp3 _ Useful links_ : Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast [1] blog post review: Dharma, hostiles, survival [2] essay: Keys to What's Really Going On [3] my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates [4] Links: ------ [1] https://www.gotomeeting.com/podcast [2] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/05/lost-dharma-hostiles-and-survivals.html [3] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/01/lost-keys-to-whats-really-going-on.html [4] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765311976/ref=nosim/?tag=ligonligthr-20 Wed, 09 May 2007 21:16:35 -0700 Podcast no Ben, Dharma, hostiles http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/60260/levinsonnews-60260-05-09-2007.mp3 24 Season 6 Hr 21: Heroes at CTU Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=59999&tId=2 24 is just more of the same.  Tonight's episode showed that series still packs some unexpected and very satisfying heroic surprises...


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my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates ]]> no, not NBC's superHeroes ... but Milo and Jack... Critics have been grumbling all season that this year's 24 is just more of the same.  Tonight's episode showed that series still packs some unexpected and very satisfying heroic surprises... http://media.blubrry.com/levnews/http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/59999/levinsonnews-59999-05-07-2007.mp3 Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast _ Useful links_ : blog post review: Heroes at CTU [1] my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates [2] Links: ------ [1] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/05/24-season-6-hr-21-heroes-at-ctu.html [2] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765311976/ref=nosim/?tag=ligonligthr-20 Mon, 07 May 2007 20:18:18 -0700 Podcast no Balfour, bauer, Eric, Jack, Milo http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/59999/levinsonnews-59999-05-07-2007.mp3 The Sopranos: Fifth of Nine: Heart of Christopher Can Never Heal Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=59847&tId=2

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Naked Bodies, Three Showings a Week, No Commercials: The Sopranos as a Nuts-and-Bolts Triumph of Non-Network TV my 2002 article, published in David Lavery's This Thing of Ours: Investigating The Sopranos

my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates ]]> Tony and Chris will never get over the killing of Adriana ... tonight it all begins to unravel... Christopher has put on a good show of getting on with life after Adriana, he has a wife, a baby, a movie.   But the truth is he can never forgive himself and Tony for what they did to her.  The unraveling starts tonight... Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast [1] _ Useful links_ : blog post review: Fifth of Nine: The Heart of Christopher Can Never Heal [2] Naked Bodies, Three Showings a Week, No Commercials: The Sopranos as a Nuts-and-Bolts Triumph of Non-Network TV [3] my 2002 article, published in David Lavery's This Thing of Ours: Investigating The Sopranos [4] my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates [5] Links: ------ [1] https://www.gotomeeting.com/podcast [2] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/05/sopranos-fifth-of-nine-heart-of.html [3] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2002/07/sopranos-as-nuts-and-bolts-triumph-of.html [4] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0231127812/ref=nosim/?tag=ligonligthr-20 [5] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765311976/ref=nosim/?tag=ligonligthr-20 Sun, 06 May 2007 20:40:43 -0700 Podcast no Adriana, Cerva, Christopher, la, Moltisanti, Soprano, Tony http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/59847/levinsonnews-59847-05-06-2007.mp3 Lost ... Coincidence Is King Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=59436&tId=2 Lost ... Desmond and Jack meeting on the stadium steps, Sayid meeting Kate's father in Iraq ... and now, tonight, we find that Locke's evil father is the same guy responsible for the deaths of Sawyer's parents ... this clearly is pointing to where the ultimate answers reside - in the inexplicable coincidences of the back stories...


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essay: Lost: Keys to What's Really Going On

my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates ]]> no answers to what's really going on, but the clearest pointer yet to where the answers reside ... in the inexplicable backstory coincidences... There's no way that people with no connection other than being on a plane that crashed could have had the intersections in their earlier lives portrayed in Lost ... Desmond and Jack meeting on the stadium steps, Sayid meeting Kate's father in Iraq ... and now, tonight, we find that Locke's evil father is the same guy responsible for the deaths of Sawyer's parents ... this clearly is pointing to where the ultimate answers reside - in the inexplicable coincidences of the back stories... Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer visit www.gotomeeting.com/podcast [1] blog post review: Coincidence Is King [2] essay: Lost: Keys to What's Really Going On [3] my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates [4] Links: ------ [1] https://www.gotomeeting.com/podcast [2] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/05/lost-coincidence-is-king.html [3] http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/01/lost-keys-to-whats-really-going-on.html [4] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765311976/ref=nosim/?tag=ligonligthr-20 Wed, 02 May 2007 21:47:02 -0700 Podcast no coincidence, Locke, Lost, Sawyer http://m.podshow.com/media/3859/episodes/59436/levinsonnews-59436-05-02-2007.mp3 24 Season 6 Hr 20: Secy Heller - Take Your Attitude... Paul Levinson http://www.mevio.com/view/?kId=59187&tId=2

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my latest novel: The Plot to Save Socrates ]]> Lisa Miller's true colors revealed ... Secy Heller has attitude ... primo hour of 24 Of course Lisa Miller wasn't to be trusted - she's played by Kari Matchett, who last played an alien ... And Audrey's catatonic, and her father -