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Saving Grace - The Opening

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

“Bring It On Earl”, the pilot episode of Saving Grace, written by Nancy Miller, aired last night on Showcase. Last time I posted about it, I talked about the character of Grace Hanadarko. Turns out Grace’s character is a theme tonight too.
Instead of breaking down the whole episode, I’m going to focus on […]

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Saving Grace - Tonight on Showcase

Monday, August 27, 2007

Showcase is airing the pilot of Saving Grace tonight, Monday August 27th at 10 p.m. If you’re in Canada and haven’t seen the show, watch it.
I’ve already written about it once, here, but I’m going to post about it again tomorrow. I’ll focus on the structure of the first act and on how some […]

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Do You Really Have to Save Her?

Friday, August 3, 2007

I was excited that two recent pilots –Damages and Saving Grace — feature female anti-heroes. What’s more they’re both of a certain age.
In an era with so many not-so-nice men (House, Tony Soprano, Vic Mackey, Tommy Gavin), it’s great to finally see some shows built around edgy female characters.
I talked about Damages’ Kate Hewes […]