One thing kept running through our minds (and therefore, out our mouths) as we watched Dean and Colette drive; Dean and Colette buy apples; Dean and Colette have a supremely uncomfortable moment with his parents; Dean and Colette argue; Dean and Colette kiss; and Dean and Colette have a...

We found ourselves enjoying this episode somewhat against our will. Just when we thought the show had fully petered out, having never really come to an understanding of what kind of show it wanted to be, along comes this episode, probably the most tightly scripted, cohesive, self-assured...

This is one of those reviews we almost feel bad writing because it’s going to sound more negative than we actually felt after watching this episode, which was mostly enjoyable fluff. But the operative phrase here is “enjoyable fluff,” because while the show maintains its...

Well, now we know why Pan Am’s ostensible star, Christina Ricci, has been spending a puzzling amount of time in the background so far. It was so they could do this character-defining episode. We’ve been complaining since the first episode about the curious lack of Christina and...

As a wise philosopher once said, “You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have the Facts of Life.” So it is with Pan Am. This episode gave us a little bit of both and it’s a bit illustrative of the fact that the creators of this show are taking...

It’s becoming increasingly obvious with each episode that the creators of this show don’t really know what to do with these characters. Except for Christina Ricci’s Maggie and her tendency to veer from cynical beatnik type to wide-eyed Kennedy supporter, we can’t say...

The third episode of Pan Am left us disappointed but also pleasantly surprised. We’re negative Nancy boys, so we’ll start off with the disappointment. Christina Ricci continues to be something of a non-character.  We originally  thought it was a good idea to keep her in the...

As much as we love this frothy, poodle-pink confection of a show for what it is (a sort of Happy Days-slash-Love Boat redux set in the Camelot era), we can’t help spending most of the episode yelling at the TV because of the hair. They’re doing that thing that a lot of period...

Like a lot of people who pay attention to these sorts of things, we rolled our eyes a bit when this television season’s two Mad Men ripoffs, The Playboy Club and Pan Am, were announced. We immediately declared the former not interesting to us (and judging by the reviews, we were right...

We may have to wait until March (at the earliest) to get our Mad Men fix, but fortunately the entertainment industry has a tendency to incestuously rip off its own hits endlessly and there are two network shows on the fall schedule who are doing their best to recapture the early ’60s...