SPURIOUS AWARDS

Celebrating the silliest and strangest moments from the month in TV

OPENING NARRATION OF THE MONTH

When it was surly Mick’s turn for Legends Of Tomorrow’s narration, he kicked off with “You idiots haven’t figured this out by now?” and ended with “Who writes this crap, anyway?”

JAMES BOND NOD OF THE MONTH

The Walking Dead bizarrely, suddenly went into a skit of the James Bond gun-barrel opening in episode 7.10. Still, that armoured zombie would make a great Bond villain henchman.

PRODUCT PLACEMENT OF THE MONTH

Good to know that 200 years hence FedEx is still going, and not averse to transporting armed rebels in The Expanse.

FOODIE OF THE MONTH

Ptolemy on Legion is a man who likes to make sure that his goat’s milk is really, really fresh.

SYNERGY OF THE MONTH

Supergirl found a director for its Mr Mxyzptlk ep whose name has the same number of consecutive consonants!

CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT OF THE MONTH

Bonnie sentences Kai to an eternity listening to the Spin Doctors’ “Two Princes” in The Vampire Diaries. There’s no crime that deserves that as punishment.

CUTE FLUFFY ANIMAL OF THE MONTH

No, Eliot’s wife in The Magicians doesn’t like a bit of “ruff” on the side. Turns out this bunny can tell when a woman’s pregnant. Well, rabbits know a thing or two about breeding.

ANATOMICAL ANOMALY OF THE MONTH

Barry wonders how the apes in Gorilla City actually breed in The Flash.

MUPPET OF THE MONTH

Sesame Street finds replacement for Oscar the Grouch in Shadowhunters.

TRENDY ACCESSORY OF THE MONTH

New radical design for headphones debuts on Agents Of SHIELD.