tlyoung88

Most Time Tunnel episodes are a visit to the past, where we get a lecture on ancient history. A few are set in the future involving alien invasions. Similar to Dr. Who, running at the same time.

But "Secret Weapon" turns the premise on its head. Doug and Tony are sent to Russia ten years in the past and involve themselves in the prototype missions that the Soviets failed at. Meanwhile, ten years later, the same Russian scientist shows up in the American lab. What does he know?

There is intrigue and mystery all set in during the height of the cold war. I doubt it gets too heavy in its themes but it sure makes for an intriguing and unique episode. One I didn't expect from this series.

I can't believe such a stellar cast can be involved in this shallow brain dead cringe-fest. I felt no sympathy for Kristin Wiig's clueless social climber character and throughout the pilot she'd just get run over by a 57 Chevy and spare us the rest of this insipid season.

I was on the side of the rich a$$holes the whole time simply because she was presented in this way. There is no reason to root for Wiig if she's such an obnoxious boor. I wish she did get dragged out by her toenails. She deserved so much more.

On the plus side, the show looks like the 1960s. But there isn't a real reason to tune in, no one to really cheer for. Sorry, next.

Porter Duong plays a manic pixie dream girl named Tam without the manic. We know her back story but we don't know how she came up with her technique. And I'm not talking about manicures (but we don't learn much about that either.) She just happens to be a great manicurist after getting her certification!

The theme of the movie is one that needs to be explored in film. We human beings need touch, but in our family lives and in our relationship, we can be deprived of such touch. And one needs to understand non-sexual touch is healthy and therapeutic.

So where did Tam learn this? And can she be less creepy about teaching his lesson to John Ruby's Brendan. In the hands of a better director, we could have gotten more "Bliss," or perhaps an optimistic version of "Last Tango in Paris." But this script is lacking in that impulse to grasp, to cuddle, to hold.

Still, it's a good effort that just feels like a romantic drama written in the male perspective, lacking in the female.