Ain't It Cool News
January 2, 2003
Hercules' Top 20!!
Reruns, reruns, reruns. On Sunday night, they switch TV back on again, with new episodes of “Oz,” “Alias,” “Boomtown” and “The Dead Zone.” “American Dreams” covers the arrival of the Beatles. The WB kicks off its new reality series “High School Reunion.” You’d think sweeps arrived a month early.
But now – now is still the winter of our discontent. The good news is we are afforded time to pause, reflect, and name the best shows on television this past year.
6. Alias. “Now, hold on a second, Marshall. We need our kidneys." Remember how, in the first-season finale, Will Tippen screamed like a little girl when he discovered the oddly tressed young woman saving his life was actually grad student Sydney Bristow? The show may never hit that kind of high again, but it does still continue to confront Syd a with barrage of mind-bending dilemmas. And like all great dramas, the show keeps asking questions the audience grows anxious to see answered. Which is why we can’t wait to see what becomes of twitchy SD-6 techie Marshall Flinkman. Let’s just hope the Rambaldi element turns out to be more than just an excuse to keep Syd in the field.
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Finally, and apropos of nothing, Herc wants to encourage everybody to check out “Catch Me If You Can,” which is hilarious and fascinating and exciting and the most entertaining Steven Spielberg film since “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” I finally caught up with it last night and can't stop thinking about it.
Happy New Year!!
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