Series 1: Episode 1

I have no patience for useless things” (Chapter 1), as he says this he is smothering a dog to death. We see that deadly side of him again with the journalist Zoe Barnes. Ms. Barnes became a nuisance when she started investigating Frank, shining a light on a murder he had committed and covered up. So…

INITIAL REACTIONS TO THE WORK My first impression of Hans Holbein the Younger’s painting, The Ambassadors, is an amazing, captivating piece of art from the Renaissance period. I was immediately drawn to the man on the left with his powerful stance and wealthy appearance. It gave me the impression that he was a scholar and possibly royalty by his attire. The representation of the male on the right is a religious or clergy type person, I assumed this by his clothing of a dark cloak with…

awkward Sheldon was and how Leonard was always chasing pretty Penny. It was not until recently that I have noticed how misogyny is portrayed throughout the show. As I watch the episodes back I still laugh: however, I cannot help but to realize how the women, in particular Penny and Amy, are characterized throughout each episode. For those who are not familiar, The Big Bang Theory is an American sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady. Aired on CBS, this comedy is about how four geeky,…

I don’t hang out there as much. I also used to watch a lot of Star Trek. My husband and I watched the original version with its low-tech special effects and then got into the second series called “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” We were never Trekkies but we both enjoyed sci-fi and the “Next Generation” series was actually quite well done. One of the things I always appreciated about this fictional foray into outer space “to boldly go where no man has gone before,” was their prime directive…

America the Story of Us Episode 1: Rebels In May of 1610 a ship named “The Deliverance” was making its way towards America. Young English farmers were upon this ship taking the treacherous journey in search of a new life. The majority of the common people will not make it to see the land of the free. But that does not shift the people's persuasion in the chance of opportunity. Land, wilderness, gems, and more are laid throughout the America’s waiting to be claimed. Ten years later new…

the true facts of marijuana. In the essay written by Richard Willing entitled, The CSI Effect, Willing explains the “CSI effect” as a reaction in which the audience believes it has become expert in forensic science simply by watching a television series. Willing explains that jurors ask for evidence that is irrelevant to the case, and occasionally, jurors ask for evidence gathered from a technology that does not exist (Willing). Basically, Willing infers viewers fail to differentiate fiction…

John G. Anderson, the youngest son of Walter Anderson, deliberates about the eccentric perspective of the unique beauty in the paintings and craftworks of American watercolorist and ceramicist Walter Inglis Anderson in context of his mental illness. After several months of careful observations and treatments, Walter was diagnosed with self-destructive depression and schizophrenia which led to his strong self-expression of nature as a peaceful escape from irksome responsibilities and duties of…

roll student, volunteer EMT. He was on the football team. He was a star runner on the track team. He was the homecoming king. He led prayers at the mosque. Everybody knew Adnan to be somebody who was going to do something really big.” Rabia, pg. 6, ep.1. She describes them in such amazing detail that they felt like the boy and girl next door. I even recognized some traits and characteristics that I also possess. Sara made me laugh, cry, and feel every emotion in the middle. For logos, Sara had…

This mixture also creates several interesting storylines for the series. In the pilot multiple storylines are spread out over five acts and a teaser. The teaser (twelve scenes) introduces us to our main cast. When the first scene rolls we are introduced to Lucious Lyon (played by Terrance Howard) a drug dealer turned…

The quote of this essay title argues that the genre sitcom is incorrectly regarded as simplistic, and comparisons to other genres will uncover hidden complexity (Mills 2005:25-29). However, while there is truth in the claim that sitcoms are complex, it should be understood why this is the case, and what the relevance of other genres is as a point of comparison. It should instead be argued that the banality and trivialities of everyday life generally represented in sitcom may seem on the surface…