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E-Ring Blogging E-Ring was actually not so horrible last week. It’s as though some smart producer said, “Just show some grainy footage, use a snappy chiron, instead of forcing us to suffer through your horrific attempts at exposition.” And glory be, the episode did not suck. Though of course, we did learn something new: “Special [...]

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Banquo, Schmanquo Angie’s ghost returns in another out-of-order E-Ring episode on 12-28. Also the alarmingly handsome Andrew McCarthy in his french blue dress shirt. “What about Prom?!?!?!?” I was worried — that whole episode went by without anyone telling anyone else to “download” anyone. But luckily, life returns to normal (post-Angie, post McCarthy) on the [...]

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What I Learned By Watching E-Ring (3) 1 – Ben Bratt looks hot in slo-mo, in handcuffs, and wearing a shoulder holster 2 – Dennis Hopper is VERY bad at expository dialogue 3 – Political appointees – Bad 4 – The writers need to spend more time watcing ATWT or other soaps to learn the [...]

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Things I Learned By Watching E-Ring (2) 1 – Quadrants are evidently not needed when supplying DC addresses – evidently people just know which one you mean by osmosis 2 – “Download” is the new Army slang. It’s SWEEPING the pentagon. 3 – The Pentagon “rings” like a bell. Neat trick! 4 – Writers get [...]

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Things I Learned From Watching E-Ring (1) 10 – “Special Forces has a two-man rule for a reason”, and Ben Bratt looks hot in a uniform 9 – And those two men aren’t toy soldiers 8 – Lobbyists are bad, crooked people 7 – Members of Congress are bad, crooked people, and Ben Bratt looks [...]

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