By John Keegan and Edmund Boys

For "Burn Notice", it’s two steps forward (knocking off Anson and Nate), one step back (returning to a client-of-the-week). While folding Sam Axe’s personal life into that client keeps things entertaining, the show is still gun-shy about straying too far from its established formulas. The fallout from Nate’s demise is confined to the periphery, just as the arc elements used to be. While the plot-lines are more continuous, opportunities are being lost to deepen the character depth and dynamics.

By John Keegan and Edmund Boys

This episode of “The Newsroom” was its biggest gamble so far. While the date, 5/1/2011, isn’t as imprinted into the world’s consciousness as 9/11/2001, the surprise announcement of a Presidential address late one Sunday night certainly is, at least for those residing in the US. Presenting Osama bin Laden’s death, a story virtually everyone in the audience knows is coming, imposes an extra burden to get the tone right. For the most part, they do. While the interweaving of the personal stories is, at times, clunky, it is helped immensely by a show of strength from an unexpected source.