Gone Greek: “The Popular Vote”
WARNING: HUGE SPOILERS AHEAD. TURN BACK IF YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW.
It’s that time in the Greek season where the writers cram all sorts of new drama into the last few episodes to set up a more dramatastic season finale in three episodes’ time. “The Popular Vote” introduced or reinforced the plot lines [...]
Gone Greek: “Formally Yours”
In the most lopsided dilemma I’ve ever faced, I had to choose between watching the second presidential debate and tonight’s episode of Greek. Since I’m an absolute failure at being an American citizen I tuned into ABC Family. I blame the network itself… if they’re so interested in getting young people to vote [...]
Gone Greek: “See You Next Time, Sister”
I realize people don’t need a good reason for watching a TV show. Two and a Half Men is still on the air, after all. But, even safe in this knowledge, I sometimes wonder why I watch Greek. Especially after an episode like tonight’s, where the Greek demographic appeared in full-force.
America’s favorite [...]
Gone Greek: “Let’s Make A Deal”
Greek solidified a new running gag during tonight’s 21-themed episode. After only having the recurring jokes of “Ashleigh is dumb” and “Dale likes God,” the minds behind the curtains have given us Greek fans Betsy, the zany-but-lovable alcoholic. Betsy first appeared in a few scattered episodes last season as an out-of-control drinker who [...]
Gone Greek: “Spring Broke”
Beneath all the relationship drama, bad puns and Casie-Cappie stuff, the season finale of Greek touched on the very theme that makes the show popular and, ultimately, fascinating. Last week’s installment dipped its toes into this idea, but the Spring Break capper to this season embraced it. The most interesting thing about this [...]
Gone Greek: “Barely Legal”
I couldn’t watch Greek in my usual viewing location, so I had to watch it in my old dorm’s TV lounge. Another person joined me, someone who had never watched the show, but who was willing to watch anything to kill an hour. So, I observed someone new to the Greek universe watching [...]
Gone Greek: “A Tale of Two Parties”
The world of Greek contains plenty of references to the Internet, from shots of characters using instant messaging to people writing e-mails. But one of the biggest online tools around today has never reared its blue and white head. Seriously, do the kids at Cyprus Rhodes not have Facebook? The issue of [...]
Gone Greek: “No Campus for Old Rules”
Like a good drug, this week’s episode of Greek made me drowsy at points, but ultimately served its purpose well enough. The action wasn’t all that interesting (especially the Casey scandal storyline, which dragged the plot down big time), but the poorly titled “No Campus for Old Rules” displayed the show’s newfound skill at [...]
Gone Greek: “47 hours and 11 minutes”
Do you know that sense you get when something you’ve been following is finding its groove and becoming the best it has ever been? Like, when you first heard “Ms. Jackson” and realized Outkast was now unstoppable? Or that point in No Country For Old Men (I’ll let you choose which point) you [...]
Gone Greek: “Move on Cartwrights” or ooops!
Unlike the seemingly always-available characters on Greek, I have classes to contend with during the week, which explains why this post comes so late. Sorry, midterms hammered down on me this week, forcing me to miss the broadcast and drop $1.99 on iTunes for this week’s episode. I’m sure you’ve already mulled over [...]
Gone Greek: “Freshman Daze”
The flashback: a writing device that ties up loose ends less obviously than a chatty narrator but not as subtly as solid script making. Tonight’s Greek included a ton of “remember when” scenes featuring events from Cappie, Casey and Evan’s freshman year of college, complete with a transition effect straight out of Windows Movie [...]
Gone Greek: “Highway to the Discomfort Zone”
No character on Greek gets overlooked more than Dale, Rusty’s extremely awkward and religious roommate. Whereas every other character in the series always get caught up in uber-serious drama, Dale exists as the comedic foil, the one character who occupies the Greek universe only to be laughed at. But, for all the jokes [...]
Gone Greek: “The Great Cappie”
The latest episode of Greek centered around two things: The Great Gatsby and personal relationships between the major characters. The prior served mostly as a plot device, nothing more than the basis for both the party central to the episode and the bleh title. The latter, though, was huge, as every major relationship [...]
Gone Greek: “The New Normal”
I should hate every detail of ABC Family’s college-centered drama series Greek. The program takes the “drama” of The O.C. and waters it down a bit (it does air on ABC Family, after all), all while featuring writing on par with a fourth grader’s creative writing assignment (see: every joke any character ever tries [...]