Wrestlemania 13, Bret Hart v. Stone Cold Steve Austin (Submission match with Ken Shamrock as the special guest referee) Disclaimer: This match has blood, so if you’re squeamish about that, don’t watch. There were many reasons why this match shouldn’t have happened. Bret’s opponent at Wrestlemania 13 was originally supposed to be Shawn Michaels, but…
What’s up, dudes and dudettes? Welcome back to “Mole’s Main Event.” My series of pieces will discuss my top 10 favorite WWE matches of all time. I think it’s a good first run because it will give you guys a sense of what I value in pro wrestling, what I think is really “the good…
Earn This is happy to introduce a new column: Mole’s Main Event (tentatively). In it, Robert will show us why wrestling deserves a thoughtful look as he breaks down matches past and present. Hello everyone. I know I’m new to this, but welcome to my new column, tentatively titled Mole’s Main Event or Robert Rambles…
Ninth Grade Man serves as a nice complement to Growing Up. In fact, this feels almost like the second half of an opener than a separate episode. The two are structurally similar: Both are a series of loosely connected threads rather than an overrarching narrative, though Ninth Grade Man at least has the first day…
About a year ago, I wrote recaps for the first three seasons of The Wonder Years as I watched the episodes for the first time. I got bored with the recaps, but not with the show, and finished the series. But I’ve been meaning to pick up where I left off and write recaps for…
Last week, I found the script for the pilot of Aaron Sorkin’s upcoming new HBO show The Newsroom; the day after I finished reading it, Dan sent me the new series’ trailer. Unfortunately, the show’s genesis has twisted my mind into a cognitively-dissonant pretzel that’s harder to untangle than recent Gossip Girl plotlines. The freight train that is my…
When Netflix and Amazon started offering The Wonder Years to stream, I decided to give the classic series a try. Immediately, I fell in love with the show: At its peak, it’s sentimental, poignant, and hilarious. Since then, I’ve been going through the series, episode by episode, writing a recap/review/analysis of each episode. I’ve posted…
I wrote full recaps and analyses of the The Wonder Years, seasons 1-3, but I stopped writing them when I started watching the beginning of season 4. Why? There are really two reasons: First, the beginning of the fourth season didn’t really give me much to write about. It was less that there was a…
There are, in essence, two goals for season finales: One is to conclude the season that just finished, and one is to focus on setting up the next season. The best season finales do both well. Cliffhangers can be fun, but the most satisfying finales are the ones that organically and methodically set up future…
Clearly the MVP of the the third season of The Wonder Years is Dan Lauria as Jack. He’s already had some great showcases: The Family Car, Faith, The Powers That Be, and The Tree House come to mind. Daddy’s Little Girl is one of his best showcase episodes yet. It also echoes the most resonant…