TV in Review: Community, “Virtual Systems Analysis”

Community this week focuses on a specific relationship, and it’s not the one you might expect. Yes, it’s obvious that Troy and Britta have a brewing brouhaha, but it’s Annie’s attempt to play matchmaker with the two of them that leads her into confrontation with Abed. Annie and Abed enter into a world of simulations, with characters playing other characters, all coming together to suggest that imagination can be utilized to explore and strengthen friendships.

So, shall we join the group?

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TV in Review: Mad Men, “A Little Kiss”

Exactly as hoped for Sunday morning on The Melissa Harris-Perry Show, we start to see more of the Civil Rights struggle as Mad Men progresses in the ’60s. That’s not to say that the show has shifted its primary focus away from the privileged folk at the advertising agency Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, but the season premiere on Sunday night opened with shots of black people protesting against economic injustice…

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