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Gary Walker

Five Supporting Science Fiction Characters Who Steal Their Shows

Confession: I like to watch a lot of television. For my money, it doesn’t get any better than marathon sessions of shows like The Wire, Breaking Bad, and Stranger Things (yes, that last one’s technically still television). The compelling mysteries, plot twists, and story arcs in these series are like digital catnip to me, but […]

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With All Due Credit to the Good Dr. Beckett: My Quantum Leap Moment

From 1989 to 1993, the NBC science fiction show Quantum Leap chronicled the adventures of good guy Dr. Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula), a physicist who created a time machine that allowed him to inhabit the bodies of others who lived within his lifetime. Each week, Sam would leap into a new character. Some of them were

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A Fond, Spoiler-Free Farewell to Person of Interest, a Science Fiction Tour de Force Disguised as a CBS Crime Drama

First of all, I’m a Bad Robot fan, and I’m proud of it. For those who don’t know, Bad Robot is a film and television production company owned by producer, writer, and director J.J. Abrams. It’s been responsible for shows such as Alias and Lost and films like Super 8, Cloverfield, and the new Star

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