Category: year end reviews

Best of 2021: Ted Lasso Special

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Ted Lasso is without a doubt the best show of 2021, and to celebrate we’re highlighting performers, characters, relationships, and episodes.

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Best of 2020 TV Part I: Characters, Performances, and Platonic Relationships

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On this week’s episode of Marvelous Geeks, Gissane Sophia sits down with Katie from Nerdy Girl Notes and Heather from TV Examined to break down their Best of 2020 in TV characters, performances, and platonic relationships. Part I of our Best of 2020 will go into series like Julie and the Phantoms, The Baby Sitters Club, Schitt’s Creek, Normal People, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, The Rookie, One Day

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Best of 2017: Little Gems

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They are the scenes we watch over and over again — the scenes we can never seem to get enough of, and the scenes we remember for years to come. The Best of 2017 Little Gems category was started last year for the moments that effortlessly became my favorites — the moments, by which I found myself being moved the most. While it was a little tough to choose them

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Best of 2017: Relationships

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The story of Adam and Eve is probably one of my least favorites in the Bible; however, the factual idea behind it is something I could never let go of. It’s this idea that human beings aren’t designed to be alone. We aren’t meant to live alone — we are meant to interact, we are meant to grow, learn, laugh, cry, and love with other human beings who may either

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Best of 2017: Characters

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A great story is easily driven by its complex, compelling, remarkably exquisite characters. Whether they’re heroes or villains or somewhere in between the spectrum, it’s their stories that make the series riveting — their journey, their life, their interactions. They are the reason a series is special. They are the heart. And while there are a number of wonderfully written characters on TV, these are my personal favorites. Also, be

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Best of 2017: Performers

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A character is only as good as the actor/actress who breathes life into them. The actor or actress puts their blood, sweat, and tears into ensuring that we’re able to understand the deeper nuances, which make the character special. And these 10 performers weren’t difficult to single out this year as they made each of their characters unbelievably relatable, complex, and beautifully evocative. (A special PSA, you will not see

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