Television Review | 'My Own Worst Enemy': Jekyll and Hyde, With a Dash of James Bond

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 Television Review | 'My Own Worst Enemy': Jekyll and Hyde, With a Dash of James Bond
Most people sometimes wake up on the wrong side of bed. The hero of “My Own Worst Enemy” on NBC wakes up on the wrong side of his brain. > [link]

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Herc Finds Himself At Odds With NBC’s MY OWN WORST ENEMY!!
Published 10/13/2008 by Hercules at Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
... it done like I'm gonna do it.'' (What do I mean? Go rewatch the pilot for Alias.) Slater is solid: He rarely slips into his Jack Nicholson Jr. voice, and, as timid Henry, does a nice little yelp when he pops a champagne cork that sounds like a gunshot. But at one point in the premiere, a rattled Henry says to Edward — i.e., himself — ''You bastard! You slept with my wife?!'' Many viewers may resume sleeping with CSI: Miami if the smart fellows behind Enemy don't improve this show. … The New York Times says: … “Worst Enemy” has a convoluted premise that is cleverly wrought and ...

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Highlights
Season 15 of "Inside the Actors Studio" (Bravo at 7 p.m.) opens with James Lipton profiling Christian Slater, who coincidentally stars tonight in "My Own Worst Enemy" (Channel 4 at 10), previewed by Tom Shales on Page C1.
'My Own Worst Enemy': Double Agent, Redefined
Even as pundits prophesy that the Cold War might be not over but merely chilling out, so the spy thriller has staged another infiltration at the local multiplex and the even more local TV set.