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All episodes Season 5 S05E48 1991-08-31 30 min 1980s Syndication

At the Movies

Dead Again/True Identity/Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man/Defenseless/The Pope Must Die

TV Flash files “Dead Again/True Identity/Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man/Defenseless/The Pope Must Die” as the last listed hour of season 5 — At the Movies (1982–1990) on Syndication, season 5, episode 48, aired 1991-08-31, 30 min.

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How this hour is filed

This leaf is S05E48: listed hour 231 of 616 in the At the Movies guide, last listed hour of season 5. It aired 1991-08-31 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Barton Fink/Double Impact/Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll/Pure Luck/The Commitments” (S05E47). Next is “Dogfight/Late for Dinner/Rambling Rose/Blood & Concrete” (S06E01). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

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No original recap on file. TV Flash does not invent plots for missing hours. Title, airdate, and the hour filing above are the magazine record for this leaf.

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Where does Dead Again/True Identity/Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man/Defenseless/The Pope Must Die sit in the At the Movies guide?

S05E48 is listed hour 231 of 616 — last listed hour of season 5, season 5 episode 48.

When did At the Movies S05E48 air?

Dead Again/True Identity/Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man/Defenseless/The Pope Must Die aired 1991-08-31 and is listed at 30 minutes.

Is this the same as Sneak Previews?

Related Chicago-critics lineage; this syndicated 1982–1990 run (under various official titles) is the thumbs-as-shorthand era people mean by At the Movies. Balcony, barbs, mass criticism.

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Filed by Lana Reyes · Red Carpet Reality · Show package

Two thumbs up: Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert turn newspaper rivalry into appointment film talk — balcony seats, clipped verdicts, and fights that were half the entertainment. Syndication made serious criticism mass. The argument as format: two Chicago men teaching America it was allowed to have taste, and to disagree on camera.

The balcony is the silhouette. Syndicated 1982–1990 under various official titles: Chicago critics debate new releases with clips, barbs, and binary thumb verdicts — two thumbs up, newspaper rivals as appointment film talk. At the Movies is Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert as celebrity critics: balcony seats, clipped verdicts, fights that were half the entertainment. The thumbs system became cultural shorthand. Serious criticism made mass. The argument as format. *Balcony as civic furniture, a thumb as the accessory…

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