While surfing Youtube, I came across this first episode of the soap opera General Hospital which aired on April 1, 1963. In one scene, a girl named Angie Costello has a bandaged eye. As I watched, her situation seemed like my own; particularly, the tragic events of her life.
Read MoreIn S02E01, the group loses hope. Heartbreaking and necessary decisions must be made. And they have to go on.
Read MoreThe Bates Motel series finale titled “The Cord” had some deeper, darker meanings. At the end, former sherriff Alex Romero goes down a dark road and Norman Bates kills him. Finally, Dylan kills Norman and goes off happily with his own new family. Though a twisted series, the Bates Motel finale teaches us that the […]
Read MoreAlthough emphasizing underlying societal social issues, I enjoyed watching the Dark Shadows TV series (episode one) from 1966, which is a soap opera about the Collins family. To begin, we see an approaching train with a bright, beaming light. On the train, we see Victoria Winters. (main character) This opening never gets old, even though […]
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While watching tons of Netflix this October, I sat back and watched Bates Motel TV series, set in fictional White Pine Bay, Oregon, that first aired in 2013. The series deals with Norman Bates’ life before the movie Psycho, although set in a modern day context–though I thought I would hate it, I couldn’t stop […]
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