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Be you.

That's all. Thanks for the click. I'll catch ya next week.

If only... sigh

Honestly though, that's how I'd summarize this episode: be you.

How do you bond with your grandson? Just lift some weights and help him build something. Be you.

How do you accept your flower girl wearing a Halloween costume? Understand that propriety and tradition don't matter. Especially if you are gay and want to get married*. Who are you to force someone into your way of thinking? Be you.

How does a super nice guy impress a girl? Thoughtful, romantic gestures. The bigger the better. Be you.

How do culture snobs get along with each other socially? Faking it. Totally faking it. Because culture...

You’d think a show whose mission is to explore the unimaginable vastness of time and space wouldn’t waste a big chunk of its first episode on an obscure 400-year-old incident of negligible scientific significance. But hey, there’s always time to beat up on the church! 

“Cosmos,” the new 13-part reboot of the old Carl Sagan show airing on Fox and the National Geographic Channel, is supposed to be “a celebration of wonder and awe.” But so far, it’s been predictable – especially in its politics. Viewers learn that “ancient forests grew and died and sank beneath the surface, their remains transformed into coal. 300 million years later, we humans are burning most of that coal to power and imperil our civilization.” And on Venus, “runaway greenhouse...

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland is back from its mid-season hiatus and while it didn’t necessarily come back with a bang, there were some interesting sub-plots woven throughout the episode. My personal favorite was the scene between Jafar and his father (though the best quote goes to the Red Queen with this gem: “You two are even more insufferable together, do you know that?” Because let’s be real-we were all thinking that).

Neither Jafar nor his father are particularly sympathetic, though as the viewer, I felt like I should be rooting for one of them. The Sultan is not a good guy. He fails miserably as a father, he’s repeatedly cruel to young...

The return of Enlisted after it’s hiatus for the Olympics did not disappoint. Exhibiting some of the best dialogue sequences in the show so far, “Brothers and Sister,” the sixth installment of the fledgling comedy, provided plenty of laughs with deft jabs, clever banter, and awkward situations, while simultaneously introducing serious relationship issues and solidifying the chemistry between the show's primary characters (the three Hill brothers and Sgt. Jill Perez).

All three Hill brothers encounter love interests in this episode. The episode opens with Derrick attempting to rescue Randy from making a fool of himself trying to show off for some ladies at the Claymore (the local bar). However, the symbiotic relationship between “hippo and oxpecker” turns sour when Derrick turns...