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Generation Kill: season 1, episode 7
"A Bomb In The Garden"
August 24, 2008 - 11:08p.m.
“There’s one less bomb in the garden now, isn’t there?” —Colbert
The irony and tragedy of the last episode of Generation Kill is embedded in the title, which references Colbert’s line about blasting an unexploded bomb in ...
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Generation Kill: season 1, episode 5
"Stay Frosty"
August 17, 2008 - 11:08p.m.
One of the drawbacks of covering a mini-series like Generation Kill on a week-to-week basis is that it’s not episodic like a regular show, but an ongoing story with running themes that are supported over time. (Imagine reviewing, say ...
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Generation Kill: season 1, episode 5
"A Burning Dog"
August 10, 2008 - 10:08p.m.
“Mount up. We’re Oscar Mike. We’re Oscar Mike!”
So goes the last line of tonight’s devastating episode, “A Burning Dog,” and it says a lot, I think. The bookends tell the story: As the hour opens, Colbert ...
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Generation Kill: season 1, episode 4
"Combat Jack"
August 3, 2008 - 10:08p.m.
A note on last week’s recap: Some of the commenters felt that I overstated Godfather’s role in mucking things up by pursuing a philosophy of tactical aggression that was self-serving, reckless with regard to the safety of his ...
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Generation Kill: season 1, episode 3
"Screwby"
July 27, 2008 - 09:07p.m.
For every year of its five-season run, The Wire was the best show on television. And every year, critics like me whined that it’s never got any Emmy recognition, having apparently failed to convince voters that it met the ...
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Generation Kill: season 1, episode 2
"Cradle Of Civilization"
July 20, 2008 - 10:07p.m.
“These men are living out here on rice and beans, sleeping out in the cold in these rags… these are some fuckin’ hard men. You ladies bitch if you get an MRE without a fuckin’ Pop Tart.”
There’s so ...
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Generation Kill: season 1, episode 1
"Get Some"
July 13, 2008 - 09:07p.m.
(Note: I’ll be covering this series for its full seven-week run. Each recap will include spoilers for scenes that happen throughout the hour, and is therefore intended for those who have seen the episode first.)
“The Marine Corps is ...
