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September 17, 2013

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That '80s Show The Goldbergs wallows in a decade's worth of shame and guilt TV by DEAN ROBBINS The 1980s take a beating in The Goldbergs (Tuesday, 9 p.m., ABC). An adult narrator looks back on his childhood in the days when REO Speedwagon seemed profound and even middle-aged moms wore the Madonna hairdo. The Goldbergs are a hostile-yet-loving family with a nutty grandfather (George Segal), a bossy mother (Wendi McLendon-Covey) and a dyspeptic dad (Jeff Garlin), plus three kids for the adults to yell at. Dad is the champion yeller, though the narrator insists his insults are really endearments cloaked in harsh language. When Dad snarls, "You're not a total moron all the time," a subtitle appears with a translation: "I love you." The Goldbergs could have settled for easy laughs about Burt Reynolds and Gobots, but it wants to be more than just an '80s parody. It wants to find humor in an unsettling family dynamic that feels all too real (indeed, the series is based on producer Adam F. Goldberg's own childhood). I found myself both laughing and cringing at the mixture of guilt, shame and affection. The Goldbergs is the hardest-to-watch sitcom of 2013-14. Translation: I love it. Mom Monday, 9:30 pm (CBS) Just when you think old-fashioned, multi-camera, laugh-track sitcoms are dead, here comes producer Chuck Lorre (Two and a Half Men) to prove you wrong. Lorre's latest throws one problem after another at its hapless protagonist, Christy (Anna Faris): a dead-end waitressing job, an incorrigible tramp of a mother (Allison Janney), a promiscuous daughter (Sadie Calvano) and a married boyfriend (Nate Corddry). Overwhelmed by the chaos in her life, Christy is reduced to reciting "daily affirmations." "I open my heart and allow wonderful things to flow into my life," she intones, right before catching her daughter's shirtless boyfriend sneaking out a bedroom window. The daily affirmation immediately transforms into: "My daughter is an easy lay and it's not my fault." Mom is blessed with deft comedians, a witty script and, best of all, a humane perspective. Open your heart and let this wonderful new series flow into your life. The Blacklist Monday, 10 pm (NBC) The Blacklist is the rare dramatic series with a criminal mastermind worthy of the name. Raymond Reddington (James Spader) is a military officer who turned to the dark side for mysterious reasons. For equally mysterious reasons, this reptilian character offers to work with the FBI on tracking high-level terrorists. His only condition is that he deal exclusively with Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone), a new agent who knows nothing about him and wonders why he knows everything about her. In the pilot, Reddington messes with Keen's mind the way Hannibal Lecter did with Clarice Starling's. He turns her life upside down by making her aware of trap doors — both literal and figurative — she never knew existed. Taking a cue from Reddington, The Blacklist messes with our minds. The pilot has so many sinister twists that you grow as paranoid as Keen, wondering what will happen next. I can't wait to see what trap doors await us in episode two. How To Find Network ATMs... With over 28,000 locations, it cannot be hard to find, but here is how to locate a network ATM you can use for free! There are lots of ways... • Online - go to www.co-opfs.org and click on ATM locator at the top of the page. You can also find a link to this website on Bragg Mutual's Home Page (www.braggmutualfcu.com). • Text - you can text a city & state or a zip code to 692667 (my coop) to find the nearest locations. Your standard text messaging rates apply. • Telephone - you can call the network and you will be given information regarding the nearest locations to you. The phone number is 1-888-SITE-CO-OP. • GPS - you can download data into your GPS to help you locate network ATMS while you are on the road. • Mobile - download the FREE ATM Locator app from the iPhone App Store. Several Convenient Locations: 2917 Village Drive • Fayetteville, NC • 910-488-3515 219 N. Main Street • Spring Lake, NC • 910-436-1894 201 Hay St., Ste. 101C • Fayetteville, NC • 910-484-2379 Call BMFCU for more information at 910-222-1500 or go to www.BraggMutualFCU.com 20 UCW SEPTEMBER 18-24, 2013 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM

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