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Oh, I haven't watched The Nine since episode 4. Downgrading it to a C-. Interesting premise, possibly interesting characters, but real shitty execution. I hoped it would get better, but nope. Really really shitty. So bad that I don't even put it on for back ground noise. Me disappointed. I gues Bauer should be happy - Audrey will probably pop in 24. Hm, maybe it should be downgraded to EH. Anyway.
Wow. I really never do get these mysteries right. Always thinking things to be way more complicated than they are. But I did get my "Oh!" moment. Let's see:-
- Fantastic setup at the beginning of the season with the sociology class guard/prisoner experiment. I wondered why Wallace and Logan’s sociology class experiment was featured at all to begin with, and holy crap, it was the key to this mystery. That photo on the wall with Mercer and Moe in their uniforms, add a falling ceramic mug – that’s right my friends, there’s your Keyser Soze moment. (I’m sure the victim’s (and her sister’s name readily written on a cup) name is no coincidence here.) Hm, I wonder if Homer will get into trouble for administering these experiments that pretty much led to the rapes. Hey, at least I got the shaver/apist right; there were two people – a shaver and a rapist. But anyway, I really liked that it was the sociology experiment that spawned the rapist(s) Mercer and Moe. So simple. Occam’s Razor, right?
- I’m not sure how well the execution went though. There were a lot of holes in the mystery that we never got an answer to, and didn’t make too much sense. First, would have liked more backstory/flashbacks of Moe and Mercer, and how they ganged up on doing the rapes in the first place. Mercer’s little speech to himself in the (to be ) victim’s room didn’t make enough sense for me. So Mercer just doesn’t like to waste time with girls, and so he rapes? Huh? So was Mercer a rapist before the experiment too? And the shaving is kind of like prison (and their make believe experiment)? I’m at a loss here. Also, why did Moe keep the hair? Fetish? Weird prisoner present? This is the place for a really really good flashback that would explain all of this, and I was very disappointed they didn’t have one here.
-Hey, on the topic of flashbacks, did they just decide to replace them with Veronica’s drugged out vision? Flashbacks are way better. Plus, how many times does Veronica need to be drugged?
- Mercer’s alibi … is really not an alibi. That was annoying. I’m not even sure how it works – so was the radio show a live show or taped? Veronica realizes the radio show could be taped when she hears a glitch(?) at the party (not to mention seeing Mercer just moments earlier) – which means the show really isn’t live. But I thought the whole point of Moe was to provide for Mercer’s alibi – like when Parker was shaved, it was Moe and not Mercer – which means the show really IS live?
- Why put in an ad in the paper? Or was that really just the feminists trying to warn others?
- The freaking DNA/semen/hair evidence that didn’t exist in all the rapes – so DID Mercer raped these women or not? I didn’t think he was being especially careful with his hair (how funny would it be if he was all dressed up like Dexter here?) and/or anything else. From his rant, I’m assuming that Mercer did rape the girls, so why were his victims so clean? Also, he would never have gotten away with the rapes in this episode, even if he’d dosed Veronica with tons of drugs – his blood in the room and unicorn, his skin under Veronica’s nails, etc, etc. See, if he’s so sloppy this time, it makes me wonder how he was so meticulous previously to leave nothing.
- Nice Lucky Tim diversion. So he wasn’t investigating the rapes, he was investigating his girlfriend. Wasn’t it weird though he seemed excited for Veronica to meet the girlfriend? Like he’d set it all up or something. Weird.
- Oh how can I forget? “Ask me about my STD” Mac’s back. She didn’t really do anything pivotal here, but still loved that she at least was in the episode. Geez – Mac better get more screen time, that’s all I gotta say.
- Still not sure if I like Piz much, but that dance was quite remarkable. And avuncular. Also liked the Wallace and Piz tag team. Cute. Btw, why didn’t Veronica ask Piz to be backup when she was hiding out in the victim’s room waiting for Mercer? How about just a call to anyone?
- Ok, there’s no way Parker is still wearing a wig. Look at that hair! It was pretty nice of her to save Veronica. For a girl who’s so independent, she sure needs a lot of rescuing.
- LoVe: I was sad to see Logan break up with Veronica, but from previous episodes, it was a natural progression of their relationship. So heartbreaking, but quite necessary - it’ll be refreshing to see them together, but not together. Will Logan get his groove/snarkiness back? Let’s hope so. Really nice of him to beat the crap out of that police car in order to beat the crap out of Mercer. “You sick fuck, how dare you tried shaving my ex-girlfriend? And to think I went to Tijuana with you!” Gosh, I guess Logan really attracts trouble. His dad murdered Lilly, his friend’s brother bombed the bus, and now his new Hearst buddy is the rapist. He’s never going to get a break, huh?
- Pretty creepy for Weevil to find Dean O’Dell (presumably) dead in the office. And right when he’s hooking him up with HDTV. Darn it, I really liked Dean O’Dell here, and it sucks not to have him on the show anymore. So that’s why he got so much camera time this season without being part of this mystery. But this makes for a very solid setup for this second mystery, which should help with the timing and pace. Given he’s also Keith’s kind of friend, it’ll be nice to see Keith and Veronica working together to solve this next case.
Until then, good night…for now. Veronica Mars should be back in January. (Phew.)
See, this is when a show really is great. Pretty much nothing happened, yet I was thoroughly entertained. And hey, we got clues...Anyhoo…
So we find out that Harry does lie (sometimes). Dexter did have a bio dad that wasn’t dead after all, which begs the question of how Dexter ended up in Harry’s care. And why Rudy/ITK/Deb’s boyfriend isn’t. Let’s see: Rudy killed the bio dad, was really eager to meet Dexter and really eager to connect with him. Do I smell a brother here? So why didn’t Harry take him in as well as Dex? They’re obviously both in need of Harry’s code here.
But if Rudy really is Dexter’s brother, then we can piece together their background. We now know that the dad used to be a drug user and was in prison. Paul mentioned that his mother has/had protheses, and that’s why he’s in prosthetics. Paul killed the dad, so not a lot of love here. Dexter’s hypnosis brought him back to being a baby with blood everywhere. Hm. Did Rudy and Dexter witness some sort of heinous act that the father did to the mother, say chopping her legs off? While the mother (maybe) lived and had custody of Rudy, Harry took Dexter in. They both were traumatized from the event, and so both are serial killers. Dexter got a ‘good’ dad, and so at least is a serial killer killer. Rudy on the other hand didn’t, and so just chops up hookers (did the father have an affair or something?) and makes artificial limbs. Seems a bit too easy though, what do you think?
Anyhoo, it’ll be interesting to see exactly what Rudy wants out of Dexter in episodes to come. Does he want to take Dexter out of his fake normal world and join him in his? I’m liking that both serial killers brothers chose a normal life in which to live out their murderous tendencies. The key would be Harry, and whether he made a difference.I’m sure Deb won’t be pleased about this. Dating your serial killer brother’s brother who’s also a serial killer? Did Harry prepare her for this?
And things are going well with Rita…enough for Dexter to be spending the night over. But that Paul, you know he’s going to get it some time soon, but from whom? Dexter? Rudy? The dynamic duo together? Time will tell.
Grey’s Yang’s Anatomy 3x9 “From a Whisper to a Scream”
And scream I did when I failed numerous times to get a good copy of this episode. At least it was good. Real good. And, I’m not sure why, longer than usual! So, how goes the Seattle Grace gang?
-First, yay! There’s a reason why Cristina gets a voiceover here instead of Meredith; it really is Yang’s Anatomy. For this episode anyway. It’s all about Cristina and…
- Burke. Here I have almost no sympathy for him. For weeks now we’ve seen Cristina going full speed at nothing but his surgeries. She barely paid attention to anyone or anything else all this time. If it were any other person, she would’ve cracked already. But she didn’t. (Well, til the end anyway.) I’m aware of how much of a competitive nut Cristina is, and how manipulative she was in aiding Burke (and to a certain extent, herself) in furthering the deception – but she’s an INTERN. (It’s not too different from the whole Izzie thing when Bailey took up some blame for it.) Whatever she ‘made’ him do or not, Burke is a grown man and an esteemed heart surgeon. He knows what’s right and what’s not. She is his intern. Whatever she had said and done, he ultimately decided to hide his tremors for his own ego; he IS the one at fault.
- But it was heartbreaking to see his face when he turns around to find Cristina in the Chief’s office just when he was about to confess himself. I’m still wondering exactly why Cristina blabbed though; I’m not sure if it was purely for selfless reasons. She seemed taken aback when Burke basically forced her out of his surgery – was it because she was worried about Burke, worried about herself, or worried about the both of them? I’m not sure here.
-Oh, btw, how annoying is it to see yet another analogy in their patients - that old guy who crashed into a market because his wife let him drive even though he couldn’t? Stop making all the patients’ cases relevant to the doctors’ lives!
- But anyhoo, the fallout from Burke’s hand tremors will be interesting to watch, that’s for sure.
- Yay! Addison and Alex! Two of my favorite people on the show. I told you they’d be a really cute couple. Too bad they aren’t. Yet. Hopefully. But anyway, when is Alex going to be Addison’s intern again? That’s all I’m asking. And Mcsteamy is pretty much a useless character these days. Why did they bring him back to the show anyway?
- Angry George this week, but very cute. It’s awfully sneaky of him to bring in Dr. Han to operate on his father instead, but certainly the right move. I like that he did ultimately keep Cristina (and Burke’s) secret even though he made sure it won’t affect his father’s health. I liked that when George and Izzie fight, they make up really quickly – they really are best friends here. How funny was the scene between Izzie and George’s mom?
- Callie’s almost fight with Meredith. Yup, she would’ve taken. Her. Down. Hmm, whatever. But again it’s nice to see someone willing to fight for George. Albeit in a strange way.
- Derek and Meredith. Liked what she said about why she kept Cristina’s secret – he really had no rebuttal on that. And yes, Derek was Burke’s surgeon after all, and so should have checked him out longer. Can’t blame it on your girlfriend here, really. Oh, but that elevator ride? Freezing cold!
Survivor 13x11
Merge! Guess who’s out this time? It’s not anyone from ex-Aitu or anyone white…
Yup, Nate bites the dust after Jonathan’s move to ally himself with hidden immunity idol Yul. How surprising. Better ally yourself with the smartest guy there than the dumbest, n’est pas? More importantly, who doesn’t love Yul now? As Pavarti points out, “Smart equals sexy”, not to mention that hot equals sexy too. “I’m never going to get a date again” Yul should be watching out for the stampede of girls and guys waiting at his door.
Is there hope for ex-Raro?(And do I actually care?) Otherwise what we will see in weeks to come is a massacre of whiteys (sans Jonathan) – they no longer have the numbers, and with Ozzy around, they’ll find it difficult to win any immunity at all. Not that immunity could save them (save a day or two). The only thing they can do now is convince the very tight ex-Aitu to work with them, but with Yul’s idol sharing, that is unlikely to happen. So in advance, goodbye you chumps! Adam and Candice can go off and make tons of lovely dumb babies, and maybe have a threesome with Pavarti in their spare time.
Let’s wait for the final five then, and hopefully see how Jonathan tries a hand at breaking the tightest alliance yet (but without being a whore lying in each other’s lap, of course) – Yul and Becky.
“Worst. Easter. Egg. Hunt. Ever.”
The feeling of anticipation. Ooooh. The final stretch. See, this is why I love this show.
Alrighty, we’re down to the second to last episode on this arc, and I still have no clue as to who the rapist(s) is/are. Well, I do have my guesses, but without much reasoning (other than tiny little clues, random guessing and the fact it should have something to do with the Dean and/or the gambling thing. Hm. Up to this point I still have trouble exacting the number of rapes, including last year’s. Was it five? Anyway, TA or the RA? Maybe Chip? He did nail the Dean’s wife last year. Your guess is as good as mine.) There simply wasn’t enough clues or info concerning each suspect’s whereabouts and whatnots (at least for me); maybe it has to do with the new shorter format (9 episodes instead of 22). I’d love it if the reveal next week could be like last year’s – that one clue that lets all the other puzzle pieces fall into place and you could see that lightbulb over Veronica’s heading going ‘bing’ (and hopefully, there’s one over your shoulder too.) Can’t wait. I guess it’s kind of great to have three of these moments this (possibly last)season; we’ll know soon enough whether the ending pays off. Now, on to the ep:
- MotW: Patty Hearst? In Hearst College? Heh. Predictable mystery, eh, kinda boring. Nice to see Mr. Sheffield get some work though. Hey, wouldn’t it be totally awesome if Fran Drescher was Selma Rose instead? Hee.
- This is the second time the Dean asked for the Mars’ help. Wonder if Keith and the Dean will become friends.
- Second “mystery”: Hey, who doesn’t love a chocolate egg? Hi Dick, long time no see! I didn’t know Dick thinks Veronica’s a friend – how strangely adorable. Given all that’s happened to him, he’s all calmed down and happy again – which is a nice contrast to the “I’m so tragic” Logan. I’m not sure when Wallace became the ‘numbers’ guy here – but hey, he’s actually in the episode! And he got to show his compassion, his moves (in fighting),and his glasses(coz you know, they DO make people smarter).
- So Veronica finds out why the feminists faked a (or more than one?) rape - the whole sob story of Patrice. Oh so that’s when you should put an egg up someone’s anus. How come Veronica didn’t talk to them longer to get more details which one were the fake rapes? I thought this girl never misses an opportunity. But anyhoo, nobody who was the prime suspect was ever the one. Too obvious. So ladies, you’re excused. (For now.)
- Nice to see Keith and Veronica all snazzy with each other again, but notice how quick it took for Veronica to forgive Keith and how she still hasn’t forgiven Logan for the Mexico thing and not accepting who she is blah blah blah. I’m on her side, yet -
- I think Logan does have a point. Throughout this season, Logan’s totally losing his ‘bad boy’ status. Other than having no parents and living in a hotel like Dylan McKay, Logan has become (too) much of a marshmallow when it comes to Veronica. So it’s nice to see him stand up for himself, even though this means the end of LoVe – at least for a while. They both have their points, and I can’t see how they could reconcile this for now. Veronica’s hesitant answer to Logan– “Yeah”– certainly didn’t seal any deal, and the last scene pretty much said it all.
- Again, where’s Mac? I’ll keep asking as long as she’s not around. But she’s back! According to next week’s promos, finally. Is she really that busy over at Big Love? All I can say is that she better not be the one who doesn’t survive. No, that won’t happen – she’s in the credits, and so far she’s been in like one/two episodes. But anyway, I do like the idea floating around that the perfect murder papers will be used for the actual murder.
- Maybe it is really the TA/Lucky. In season two, the culprit’s name happened to be part of the title of the last episode of season one – and isn’t Lucky part of a title name in the second last episode of season two? Tee hee hee. Yes, I’m being silly. But how cool if that were true? Then whatever the next mystery, Piz did it. No questions asked. Heh.
If you don't know what that is, then please check this out. Arrested Development is a freaking fantastic comedy, and for those of you who have not seen it, this is your free chance to do so.
Damn, I really do miss this show.
"This must be a fun and sexy time for you!"
Gotta tell you, after the first two episodes, I pretty much wrote this show off. It was just not that funny. So I stopped watching the show. But since I did have the next 2 episodes all recorded, I decided to watch them before deleting them. And oh no, I think I laughed a little.
While the show is still uneven – like when you have huge chunk of sections where it’s not funny – I’m starting to see bits in it that are.
What doesn't work for me: I like Tina Fey and all, but she’s my least favorite part so far –her scenes tend to drag a bit, and some of her storylines so far (in one episode Liz's story featured a complete copy of Miranda choking in her new apartment from Sex and the City bit and a complete copy of Miranda being set up by her boss with a female date bit) are simply regurgitations of stories of well, Miranda from Sex and the City (I totally share Betty’s sentiment on that show. We do miss you, even though it was kind of crap at the end!).
But I totally am looking forward to seeing future episodes with those cute bits from Alec Baldwin and/or Tracy Morgan. So hopefully they can get their act together and make it work!
P.S. Alec Baldwin's character watching Friends: "Wait don't tell me what happens to Ross and Rachel..."
P.P.S. Loved the ‘Pos-Mens’ of Snapple, especially the fun facts…
Woohoo – Dexter and Rita finally do the deed!
Oh, but that wasn’t really the main plot of this episode. Anyway, great episode again. I totally am loving this show, and it hasn’t disappoint so far. Yay!
-First things first – Hah! I was right about Deb’s bf being more than just a creep – from the looks of it now, he IS the ITK, and guess what? He’s just like Dexter – has a normal job, seems very normal if a little creepy, and hiding his serial killer side from the rest of the world. Wonder if Harry trained him at all? Guess not, coz he’s all into the hooker killing scene while making great prosthetic limbs for others. Wonder if the mother story is real? If so, does that tie into the dream sequence Dexter had in his therapy session? Anyway, their similarity has to be more than just a shared love of killing and craigslist. I don’t know.
-But anyway, poor Deb. The fact that you shielded his eyes during sex didn’t help. But I like that there’s this other link between the ITK and Dexter – Deb. Because I’ve always thought that if Deb ever knew about Dexter, she won’t arrest him and somehow support him. But how about a boyfriend? Would she do the same for him?
-Dexter’s dream sequence – we see a baby (probably him) in some big ass pool of blood. Given Harry took him in when he was just three, it fits the timeline. Was that the traumatic event that made the serial killer in Dexter? Didn’t they also mention in some previous episode that Dexter was taken in by Harry from some police case?
-Loved how Dexter decided not to kill the therapist yet because he needed another session to deal with Rita’s sexual advances. It’s interesting to see Dexter care enough about Rita to not want to have sex with her - he’s worried that she’ll see him as empty and leave him. He obviously cares for her – hello emotion! – but feels a need to control it, just like everything else in his life that has to be so carefully controlled. I wonder how much of it she meant when she said “There’s nothing about you that will scare me away.” Every week you wonder how she’ll take it if/when she finds about the real Dexter.
-Her ex-husband is just like the bully in Dexter’s childhood – wonder if this is Dexter’s second chance to actually kill someone he really wants to and not because they deserve it? But simmer down, ex-husband. Between Dexter and yourself, guess what – you won’t come out that alive.
-So now LaGuerta also knows that the ITK is still at large. She’s obviously still very good at what she does best, and it’ll be interesting to see how she’ll use this info to wrangle in some bigger promotion.
-Seeing Dexter and Angel reading the blood splatter as clowns and crustaceans remind me of those Rorschach (is that what they’re called? Something like that anyway) ink blot tests. Wonder if reading them as lobsters mean anything more than liking seafood?
- Oh, and how polite of Dexter to truly thank the therapist (while taped to the saran wrapped table) for helping him with his control issues right before he splices his throat open with what looks to be one of those electric knife thingys usually used for carving a turkey? Happy Thanksgiving!
The Office 3x8
I’m loving Ed Helms AKA Andy Bernard. He’s the perfect foil to Dwight, who I’ve never liked, especially compared to his UKcounterpart Gareth. Dwight's too cartoonish and over the top for his character to be convincing in any way. But now with Bernard, the interactions between the two are making the Dwight scenes way more bearable. And hey, actually kinda funny! The merger is the best thing I could think of to bring Jim back – as well as the rest of the Stamford bunch –who are much needed to bring some oomph into this uneven season so far. I’m not going to participate in the Jim/Karen vs. Jim/Pam debate, since I’d actually root for both, but I’m loving that Jim’s getting some love either way. Oh and the best most-excruciating-to-watch-perfect-Office-moment scene? When Michael and Dwight “help” to hoist the larger guy onto the tables.
P.S. Hey, Jim AKA John Krasinski makes it as one of the 15 sexiest men list on People magazine. Woo-hoo!
P.P.S, Watch out for next week’s ep – written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
From the folks at Nobody's Watching, 10 years of Friends in 90 seconds.
Did they have the idea first, or was it inspired by My Name is Earl's theatre rendition of Friends at the Sunshine Collective?
Again, too many non-physical tasks. It cracks me up seeing sound minded adults get all pissed off trying to roll a cart without spilling soy sauce while singing some song; on the other hand, I do like those crazy ass physical tasks like rappelling down a building face first (as they did in the US A Race), especially sitting in the comfort of my couch. There needs to be a good balance of the two, and they ain’t got it here. Watching people pet snakes in a zoo is NOT my idea of good TV.
And please, just leave Asia
And then there are the uninteresting teams with no game. Who takes a fast forward to be no. 1? For at least half of the race, it really DOES NOT MATTER as long as you’re not last. Hello, teams ALWAYS bunch up. So, glad you model boys got the fast forward, but that has to be the dumbest reason to go on one. And, what’s with the niceties? Every single team left money for the last team – are they nuts? It’s good to have these decent polite people on the race, but now I don’t really care who wins and who loses – what’s the difference? None of the teams seem to be particularly good at the game, and none of the teams (as of now) seem to possess anything remotely close to a personality.
Hmm…I don’t care for the teams, and I don’t care for the tasks. Add to that they’re still in Asia
It doesn’t bode well for the episode when I can’t actually remember what happened in it. Which isn’t to say it was a bad one, coz I remember enjoying it. It was probably a semi good episode, but probably a tame one to stick before next week’s Thansgiving special extravaganza episode. Probably.
Let me think. Hmm. I remember Meredith and Mcdreamy in a tub, blah blah blah, they’re happy. Yeah, like I care. I really don’t like them together. It’s kind of creepy for some reason. Some case about a kid who likes the nanny more. Oh, Meredith’s mother. Who I never really cared for. Um, the chief – Webber’s the name – will not visit Ellis again in hopes of getting back together with his wife. Yeah, OK. Whatever.
Poor George, love that he’s getting the A story, but I never liked his family much ever since last year’s Thanksgiving ep. They seem too stereotyped or something. But it should/will be a nice character growth, and it’ll be interesting to see how his dad’s most probable death will impact him. And I liked seeing Callie care about him more than she let on to George, unlike the previous episodes. When are they getting back together?
Alex and Izzie’s third person patient was a really boring case, but I did like the third person banter between the two, and how Alex handled Izzie’s rejection. My Alex is growing up!
Oh Burke. The cat’s slowly crawling out of the damn bag. George already knows, but knowing George he probably won’t blab. But hey - you see Bailey there eavesdropping just a bit there. She seems suspicious now. Oooooh!
Oh, and Addison throws the wedding rings into the ocean. Which reminds me – awesome bickering scene in the chief’s office between Addison and Derek. Can they still have tons of scenes together even though they’re no longer a couple?
Survivor 13x10
No, not so much. But they did kick out 2 of the 3 remaining non white tribe members in Raro. So they do rule, but only in the Raro tribe. Bye Rebecca and Jenny - now we don't have to worry about them "picking the Aitu off like pimples". Guess you were the pimples. Hm. So is there anyone left that’s still rooting for Raro? I’m not even sure if Raro themselves are, as they continue to be smoked by the new underdog superstar Aitu. Is the new Aitu really that unbeatable, or is Raro’s whitey alliance + Nate that full of shit? I wonder how Nate feels now, being the only non white chump left. Hee!
It might not even matter anyway, shouldn’t a merge come up soon?
If that happens in the next episode, the promos suggest that Yul’s hidden immunity idol will play a part into evening the tribes (right now Raro’s got the edge, having 5 (mostly white) people s vs. 4 on Aitu). Because if (white) Raro make it into the final 4, I’m done with the show this season. Ew. But I’m not too worried. Yul has been the frontrunner since the first episode, and it seems that he'll continue his way into the final two.
Oh, and how about that Yul sandwich?
Logan: good boyfriend
Keith: good father
Veronica: bad girlfriend + bad daughter
That about summed up this week's episode. Oh, and of course the eternal question: Where's Mac??
The MOTW sucked. I didn't really care for the missing boyfriend or the out-of-town girlfriend who's all about the crazy lasers. The only point the mystery made was making Veronica feel guilty for abandoning the ones she love. Or might love. Is there any question to whether Veronica actually loves Logan, if "I wasn't in love, I wouldn't have believed it either" ? But anyhoo, long story short, boyfriend goes missing, girlfriend finds him in the drunk tank - and not dumping her like Veronica thought utilizing the ever popular Occam's Razor(When had Veronica ever used this theory? In that case, Duncan killed Lilly, and bus was blown up by driver Ed...or something. Season 2 really was a hugely convoluted mystery with no simple solutions - even the red herrings were insanely complicated. But anyway, back to Hearst!). My question was: did the boyfriend make those damn circles in the facebook or was the girlfriend right, and the circles were not perfect enough? So anyway, boring ass MOTW.
But this episode was all sorts of awesome. Why? Look out, the last five minutes of the show. Lesson to you all? Never leave your drink unattended. We got to see Logan play a hero (again) and save (albeit not all of) Veronica's hair. Loved how Veronica being mad at them forced Keith and Logan to be pals. Would love to see more of that.
Logan and Mercer's mystery alibi? Well, it was nothing like I thought it would be, which is good. But eh, kind of out there no? And I'm not sure why Veronica was all pissed off about them not checking to see if everyone's all right. Sure that would be the right thing to do, but as Logan said, nine out of ten guys would've done what he did. So strangely enough, I actually sided with Logan this time.
As for Keith - is this the last we'll see of Harmony? Darn it! - I suppose he did the right thing. But I was hoping for him not to cave into Veronica this time.Punching below the belt was Veronica, bringing up Lianne and Jake Kane's affair. He could've asked Harmony to divorce first, but then again, he like Veronica had seen enough of affairs to know that probably wouldn't happen. Keith is really the perfect father - hear how he sounded on the voice mail before the whole Veronica-almost-got-it ending?
But that ending revealed this much: The rapist shaves before he rapes. If he actually rapes. This and previous clues like no DNA/semen are all pointing to this: He's a shaver, not a rapist. Hmm. I've shot down the shaver-aist is a girl theory because we've been shown that last episode already, with the whole Claire thing. Plus, I'm not sure if Rob Thomas would want to paint the feminists that way - if he hasn't already. But anyhoo, LAME if it were. So shaver-apist=guy, but one who might not have actually raped.
The clues from Mercer, if we are to believe him, is this: he was framed for the GHB stash in his safe, and Dean O'Dell and Chip are the top names who want Mercer gone because of bad gambling bets. I don't really care about Chip, because I'd be annoyed if he turned out to be the shaver-apist (boring!), but the Dean... I'm convinced he's an important part of the mystery but definitely not the culprit, and with only two more episodes to go, I think I'm right about that.
Which brings me no closer to the shaver-apist - except for that student-aid Mercer mentioned. He, if he had anything against the Dean, would be the perfect culprit. But, if it turned out to be either the TA Lucky or the RA Frak guy, then I hope he isn't.
Anyhoo.
Oh, how can I forget? Vinnie! Knew he was going to blackmail Keith as soon as he appeared in the office. But what a lovely save he made at the River Stix. That non-camera phone sure is a keeper.
Oh, but that Piz stuff? Eh. They seem more like brother and sister to me. What a lame but nice guy.
Nobody ever thought for a sec that Neil Perry was the ITK (Ice Truck Killer), right? I thought as much - it wasn't the season finale, right - why would they give away the mystery so quickly?
But I'm guessing this twist wasn't for us, it was for good ol' Dex. For someone who's empty inside, Dexter sure 'feels' a lot sometimes. Dexter's reactions to this news though was HILARIOUS. First he was absolutely certain his 'idol' ITK would never be this loser taxidermist guy living in a tin can. Then he got so disappointed(look at his face! Hee) when more evidence points to Neil as the ITK. You can see Dexter comparing himself to Neil - and the fact that Neil appeared to be this sad, dorky, geeky guy with glasses and Dexter isn't didn't help. Then finally that really fantastic little bit of a smile on Dexter's face when he paid a visit to the caught Neil, and realized that Neil had NO idea who he was. He isn't the ITK. He's someone better. Just like Dex. And remember that Harry was the only person who really knew Dexter? I think Dexter likes it somewhat that there's another person in the world - the Ice Truck Killer - who also knew the real Dexter as well.
The bit with the teenager kid that Dexter previously let go was a nice tidbit again into Dexter's past - that without Harry this teenager's life would've been Dexter's life. It makes you realize all over again that Dexter, as 'nice' as he appears to be, is purely pretending; He IS a serial killer just like the teenager, and nothing can stop that.
But then you get Dexter's answer to Rita as well: "I don't hurt innocent people." While they were rubbing each other's feet too, how adorable. Dexter's character is a perpetual balance, and I like it when an episode shows both sides of him. I'm not sure which to cheer for.
But I'm really enjoying his 'pretend' relationship, and you know it's a matter of when before Dexter questions whether to kill off Paul for Rita's sake, which is in violation of Harry's codes: (from a previous episode) it was something like "you should never kill for emotional reasons, you should only kill those who deserve it." Hmm. But if Dexter does kill for Rita (which means he has real real emotionsand thus is not empty), he wouldn't be in this predicament in the first place. How strange.
Oh, two more things I liked:
-some stirrings between Doakes and Deb? Also that doctor guy is a bit creepy, talking about body parts like puzzles. Very ITK, no?
-How the head of the police station guy stole Laguerta's limelight. While she was still putting on makeup getting ready for the cameras. Hee.
Duh, of course I'm watching this. The Amazing Race is one of my all time favorite reality shows, and it'll be interesting to see how the Asians take a stab at it.
Editing: is quite tight, similar to original A Race. Which is good. There hasn't been any real drama yet, so we'll see how that goes.
Tasks: Pretty similar, seem a bit lame(less physical) in comparison. Abseiling 8 floors inside a mall? Snooze. Painting a silk painting? Snooze. Making a pot? Snooze. Going 4 rounds in a racecare thingy? Snooze. And where's the roadblock? Don't they get to do anything separately? I did like the pit stop bit at the end though - some actually got lost in the park, and a team even missed out their no. 1 spot coz they walked the wrong path. I like it when teams have to actually READ the clue to get it right.
Locations: Well, Faux-Phil didn't use Phil's tagline : "...in a race around the world!" but instead said something like "around Asia and MORE!". Which doesn't sound like much fun. I mean, they spend the whole episode in ONE place - KL. Where's the excitement? One of the greatest things about Amazing Race is watching people be completely uncomfortable in places they're not used to, the insults to the locals for no reason, yelling fast fast in whatever language at the cab drivers, mistaking cultural items as spiritual items, all the squabbles at the airports, etc. And here you have 10 (why not 11 teams, btw?) teams from Asia in Asia. Whoop-dee-doo. How tough is that, huh? I hope it doesn't go the way of the Family Edition Amazing Race. Boring locations and lame tasks = Sucky show.
Faux-Phil: According to the credits, he's Allan Wu. So far, nothing interesting about him. Unless he does that eyebrow thing like Phil. That would be kind of awesome. But I doubt that'll happen.
Teams: They're pretty boring and general so far, and it'll take me a couple of episodes til I know them by name:-
Congrats chubby guys from Malaysia, who're team one. Then there's three all girls teams -the 'pretty' girls from the Phillipines, a co-worker group from I can't remember where, and two Singaporean girls. Then there are the male models (just like the real Amazing Race) from Mumbai , who aren't doing much to change the stereotype just yet, and a gay couple who's pretty adorable so far. As far as bf/gf or married couples are concerned, there's four of those: One (or maybe two) from Malaysia - both of which seem pretty atheletic and should go far in the race, one rather adorable British couple from Thailand, and a (non-Chinese) couple from HK, who sucked so much they were last. For some lame reason though, the first leg is a non-elimination leg, which is the dumbest first leg in the history of Amazing Race. What was the point of watching the damn thing and then not have anyone kicked off? What a lame ending for the premiere episode of Amazing Race Asia.
Anyhoo, so 10 teams continue to compete for - wait for it - US 100,000. What? Freak, that's nothing.
Not at the hospital, that's for sure. They all went camping. Nice outdoor shots. Where did they film this?
Is it funny that Isaiah Burke and TR Knight George were supposed to share a tent? I'm finding it just a bit difficult watching any scene between the two anymore. Which is too bad, since I actually liked the dynamic between the two ever since that open heart surgery in the elevator last year. Now all I notice is whether Isaiah Burke is being a homophobe. Especially in scenes with Burke, George, McDreamy, a gay storyline AND a slapfight.
So while there were some funny scenes, nothing really happened, and kind of a boring episode.
So the boys go camping, and by boys I mean basically all male characters on the show except McSteamy. Hello again bar guy(Joe?) and his lover Walter who we haven't seen since last Thanksgiving. So what happens is this:
Derek realizes he has no male friends, doesn't actually like being alone and runs back to Meredith for a fresh start;
Alex spilled the beans about Callie and McSteamy, ending in a really funny weird open hand slap fight between the two. Apparrantly that's what surgeons do to protect their hands. They also accidentally knock out Walter,Joe's partner for 10 years.
George noticed Burke's shaky hand thing, while taking love advice from Burke.
Finding out Joe and Walter are lovers made Steve(?The head guy at the hospital) realize he misses his wife Adele. I liked his silver suitcase and picnic basket.
Oh, and when George went to confront Callie after the camping trip, it turns out that his Dad's at the hospital. Dun dun dun!
And on the gals' side:
Bailey asked Cristina why she erased her from the board. Cristina takes one for the team, so Bailey takes her out of all surgeries, instead giving her lovely assignments like sifting through shit to recover Monopoly pieces.
Izzie was forced to meet up with previously seen scary cheery substitute to talk about Denny. She does at the end, after hearing some mistake of said cheery substitue.
Calle and Addison bond over a patient, who had to give birth to a dead baby.(which was done in ER already...)
Meredith and Mcsteamy work on a case of a man who's inverting his penis to become a woman. She finds out later she has breast cancer from the hormones she's taking, but still went through with the operation. Meredith flirted with the idea of flirting with McSteamy. Nothing happened. Derek comes back and they kiss. (Big Whoop.)
So yeah, big whoop. Kind of a boring episode. I did like this:
Cristina: "That should be me! I should be turning a penis into a vagina. That should be my penis!"
Survivor 13 x 9 "Mutiny"
Holy Shit! Jonathan and Candice both jumped ships, and now the white Raros have ganged up(subconsciously, kinda) and are proceeding to pick off all the non-whites of Raro, even if they don't know it yet. How white of them. Survivor really IS a social experiment. Wanna bet that Rebecca, Jenny and Nate will be out next? Dumb move you guys - should've kept eye candy Brad in the game. When the whites are keeping the (traitor)whites instead of you guys, you KNOW you're not long for the Survivor world.
I, as a totally manipulated viewer, am totally behind Aitu now, if not for cuteness of Yul and Ozzy. . Hee. Would LOVE it if they'd whoop Raro's ass in every single challenge til the merge. WOULD LOVE IT.
Lost 3x6 "I do"
Sawyer totally tapped that ass, while Jack watched.
The post-coital section of it, anyway.
Kate's flashback was all right I suppose - neither here or there, much like her many other flashbacks and her personality. But we do learn that she was married to that Firefly guy and left him(well, coz you know, she's a fugitive and all), which was how she got on the fateful flight. That's one of the things I like finding out in the flashbacks, so keep 'em coming. And we do learn that Kate has a penchant for good guys. (Read: Not Sawyer.) And likes making tacos for her man. And has pretty hair when it's not full of island gunk.
But the real star this week was Jack. Jack, who's no longer the nervous scared doctor he was in the elusive story he told to Kate but one who's able to use his surgical prowess as a bargaining chip while not nervous at all about Ben's nicked kidney thingy. Being a prisoner does wonders to your personality. That and watching Kate with Sawyer on the monitor. But who cares, you really should go for Juliet, who's my favorite new Other. Who cares if she's probably evil? But anyhoo, it'll be a long wait before we find out what happens in that surgery room. But I do like this new Jack.
Too bad he's the only one who doesn't know they're on Alcatraz and not the main island. Where's Kate going to run to? (Maybe they have some special secret bridge/tunnel though) Did Jack mean both Sawyer and Kate, or just Kate when he told them to run? Must have been the sex. Kate, with her "I can't leave you here" bit, contradicts her "I love you" in the cage with Sawyer. Given the flashback, it's obvious she really loves Jack, but yet likes Sawyer enough (or at least appreciate the love Sawyer has for her - btw, Sawyer being all vulnerable was totally adorable - to have pity sex with the man. Oh, Kate.
Hello Alex, who is possibly the kid of Ben and that frenchwoman whose name I've forgotten. If that's the case, it's possibly that Ben (and the Others)also came from the ship that landed on the island. Refresh my memory, it was around 16 years ago no? Is that enough time for them to build that whole Wisteria Lane setup? Anyhoo, I'm guessing that french woman's going to turn up next year. Who knows, maybe she'll even save them from the Others.
Oh, the Others also mentioned the fact that Shepard (Jack) wasn't on the list. So it seems that Ben probably added him to the list for his tumor, and wasn't really part of the plan. In that case, the others are also picking out the murderers like the island. Which is interesting.
For a midseason finale, I'm a bit annoyed we didn't get to see more of the other losties. What gives? You're ending it on a love triangle I don't really care about? Man.
Anyhoo, I'm all out for now. I have lots of time (til Feb, 2007. Holy Crap!)until the next episode anyway to really look into it. See ya later, Lost!
Random sightings of X-VMars people...
Kyle "Beaver" Gallner was in Bones (It's not just a poor man's CSI- the characters are loveable and funny, and who could resist Angel? Nobody, that's what) earlier last week, as the creepy brother of little miss pageant contestant (and accidental murderer of felow contestant). So much for not being stereotyped into certain roles...
...And Butters has graduated from Neptune High to Yale. He's one of the writers/editors/minions at the Yale Daily News in Gilmore Girls...along with Gia, who was an arty chick that befriended Rory in one episode.
Really good ep. I don't know about you, but I have such a great fondness for the characters on this show it'll take a lot for me to declare any episode as a blah episode. Not to say that this one isn't great, coz it is - way better than last week's.
Finally a MOTW that we care about and Veronica could care about. On top of which we got tons and tons of little details about the new characters on the show who all could be the rapist. Add a little bowling-sort-of-double-dating-fun and some non evil-Wallace and this is one fine episode.
So what have we learnt?
Veronica, you are always right - Keith does have a lot in common with Prof. Landry...only not so much in the way you thought. Hello infidelity! If I were Keith though, I'd probably have NOT picked the same hotel my daughter's boyfriend lives in.
Which leads to....Keith Mars, doing the nasty! I was so shocked at the car crash thing I almost missed it. But there it was, Keith ripping the clothes off Harmony. This is a side of Keith we never saw. Hot! But anyhoo, I love that it is with Laura San Giacomo. Better her than someone else, I suppose.
So the rapes were a combo of maybe legitimate ones and copycat ones. Since Claire's exposed rape is the one faked by the feminist groups, they most likely aren't the actual culprit(s), or the 'real' rapist. Then there's Mercer. Given all the bad evidence pointing to him - the cologne, the clippers, the GHB, it is also certain that it's not him. Most likely he did some really deplorable stuff (perhaps with Admiral Moneybags as well, possibly leading up to the breakup of LoVe?) but not the rapes themselves. So those two - Mercer and the feminists are out of the loop.
So who remains?
-The Frat guys. But that would be quite anticlimatic, which is something this show's not known for.
-The TAs (both the battlestar fan RA and Lucky no. 2): They are both smart, and unLucky's been revealed to have been following the rapes very closely. I'm not putting my money on this one though - I think Lucky2 might be involved, but not the mastermind behind this.
The Dean, who's been in most of the episodes so far, will have to figure into this mystery. He as well as his family has been mentioned/shown/featured most regularly so far for them not to have anything to do with the rapes. But I'm almost certain he's not the fall guy, because I love Ed Begley Jr., and I think he's to stay for at least a little longer this season. I like that he's oblivious to Veronica's snooping and seem to be for the most part on her side. He even seem to like her much on the basis that she's not like the other college students.
Freaks and Geeks guy and Boy Meets World guy? They're mentioned again, so they are suspects. But that would be too weird. Come on, it's Rider Strong!
How about Prof Landry? His character has been exposed to be less than perfect, and he certainly has the smarts to pull it off. He's certainly suspicious, even though similar to Mercer's case, he's too big of a red herring.
Given Lucky2's remark that there hasn't been any DNA/semen so far, it does seem likely that either none or most of the rapes were actual rapes. Since I believe that the Dean has to be involved somehow, how about this : All the rapes were not intended to hurt the girls (who were pretty much picked at random) but to hurt the Dean's reputation in order to get rid of him - either that he gets fired or that he gets caught as the rapist.
So far that's all I got. But this scenario does lead to many possibilties...(even one when I pinned Harmony as the lover of the rapist who's been sent to bed Keith in order to distract them. Hee!)
One more thing:
WHERE THE F IS MAC? I'm really not buying into the gym-going-funeral-attending-projects-aworking-Mac here. It's actually MORE annoying to hear these really pathetic excuses than to just not see her on campus. Just tell us she went to Utah to witness more of Pullman's ass. I expect more from you, Rob Thomas and the writers.
I HATE it when they go back to the our-writers-have-no-freaking-clue-what-the-conspiracy-is conspiracy. This is when the story gets real dull. But we do see Lincoln's (and presumably Michael's , I think I fell asleep when they did the whole history thing) father, who's also involve with the conspiracy (they are in Terrance's house, no? I can't remember) yet call themselves "the good guys".
Some stuff happens to each of the escapees, but they really are the best only when they're together. T-Bag's story was the only that held my interest, given they did NOT go the romantic route in the Michael/Sara rendez-vous. (Why didn't they? It's not like Sara has any options, like she said. And look what happened.) Liked that the guard clocked the other one - "maybe you should've looked through the shit" - but am totally expecting TBag to rip his already limp hand to escape. That man has the pain threshold of something that has a high pain threshold.
Michael easily outwitted that birdbath guy (I know I should know his name, but who cares.), and I'm sure they'll be joining hands to go against the big baddie soon. Whoever or whatever the big baddie is. That's the annoying thing about this show; while it's exciting and action packed at times, I don't actually care about the central mystery AT ALL. I just like seeing them solve their little problems of being a fugitive, as supposed to figuring out the stupid conspiracy.
Hey this wasn't half bad. Probably because it didn't concentrate much on Matthew Perry. I love the guy, but his character's storylines usually involve the writing, and hearing him or anyone else rattling on about what's funny and what's not is like nails on a chalkboard. Oh, but anyhoo, it's the only episode I actually liked so far and it's because the A, B, C, and/or D stories all overlap and involve each other. And you actually care about the A,B and C's. Plus the big story led them away from the studio, which is a good good thing. The reverse story telling, while cliche, was quite effective here, and the side characters (like Steve Weber, Nate Corddry, DL Hughley, etc. ) are developing some real personalities here. I think I like them way more than either Matthew Perry or Sarah Paulson. So anyhoo, it's only part one of a whole story, Nate's still stuck at the police station, along with Whiteford, Weber, Hughley, an attorney and a potential Chinese investor from Macau and his teenybopper violist daughter who lurvves Nate. We'll see if they all make it to the live show next time on Studio 60...
P.S. The heard but not seen Jesus skit (or sketches, which to me is EXACTLY the same thing, contrary to last week's ep. Skits aren't inferior. In fact, the definition of a sketch is : "...A short, often satirical scene or play in a revue or variety show; a skit." (Thanks, dictionary.com). So, I think you're adorable, Nate, but shut up about your stupid skits) was surprisingly pretty awesome. Which means we probably won't see this one in the faux show.
Who's the Ice Truck Killer?
It doesn't matter much this episode, for this one's all about Dex.
Remember the corpses he threw over at the end of the last episode? Well, the one he didn't have time to chop up came back (courtesy of the Ice Truck Killer, so it seems) and they all investigate to see just who killed Mrs. Castello(?). Loved seeing how nervous and HUMAN Dexter is when he feels he's about to be found out. It's kind of nice to see that as good as Dexter is at killing, he still makes mistakes every now and then. HUMAN. Watch how he scrambled to cover his traps. HUMAN. How he was annoyed(hello emotion!) at Masuka for ordering a tox screen - "That's it, no more donuts for Masuka". How he was actually scared (hello, emotion!) when all this could "end in the hands of a seven year old....I usually like kids." Hee hee. The list goes on.
It's interesting to see Debbie and Dexter remain close siblings, despite the arguing (in the past and present). Debbie young and old's intuitions tell her that something wrong's with her brother, yet her heart prevents her from constructing a clear picture. It's going to be a blast when (and I believe that will happen, it's only a matter of time) Debbie finds out all of Dexter's secrets. Look how close she was this time in her profiling. Oh, that dream sequence was hilarious with Debbie as the serial killer. It's cute seeing Dexter frightened by a bad dream. Dexter having so many genuine facial expressions was unnatural, and a real fun to watch.
The section of Debbie hangning out with Doakes' sisters and mother was quite funny, though I'm not sure where that's heading. Is this going to be a romantic thing? Ugh.
Speaking of romance, Rita wasn't wearing her Lara Croft costume(darn!), but I liked that she is getting stronger as a person. Her relationship with Dexter is a delicate one, and I love to see it develop as the story goes along. What would she do if/when she finds out about Dexter? Even Dexter himself isn't too optimistic on that: "Her husband’s a crack head and her boyfriends a serial killer, it’s kind of hard not to take that personally.”
Anyway, Dexter manages to frame the dead husband and gets off scot free when the little kid (who was a witness)'s ID was Jesus Christ. I guess to the little boy, Dexter was Jesus Christ.
Oh yeah, and Dexter? Patrick Bateman is NOT a wholesome or inconspicuous name. Fitting alias though. Hee.
Wow. Can't believe I'm saying or even writing all this, but that was actually a really good episode. Bang! I'm glad this show has fallen so out of my radar that I didn't read any spoiler-ish news concerning this episode. This was a solid, solid episode.
Things I liked:
- The holdup at the supermarket brought together most of the characters and plotlines in an unexpected and interesting way, without it being too forced (like your typical DH episode). It's nice to see actual advancing of the plot. Hear that, Cherry?
-All the wheels were in motion in this one. It was exciting, funny, surprising and touching all at the same time. It made the past six episodes 'buildup' instead of 'boring ass predictable unfunny shit'.
-Felicity Huffman gets a really good storyline for which I'm sure she'll get an Emmy nod if she submits this episode (though I'm not sure how 'comedic' her role is). I liked her reunion with Brenda Strong (who I enjoy so much more in person than the voiceovers, and I'm always surprised to see her so tall, even though I know she's tall already). I hated Lynette and Tom's stupid pizza/child story thing all season, and this episode might provide them with some actual material for the rest of the season. Let's hope that storyline doesn't go south AGAIN. Btw, why does it seem like Lynette is always at the house now? You'd think she'd be at the office. Tom is also much more sympathetic here, especially after all that crazy talk about pizza. Please don't write crappy storylines for Lynette again - look what Felicity's capable of.
-They got rid of Nora, one of the most useless character and predictable plotline this season, but did it without making her death a joke. It was genuinely sad, and made me sympathize with a character I don't even like. That gunshot also made me jump just a bit, and I do quite like that.
-Hate to say this, but LOVED that James Denton wasn't in this ep. I've grown tired of his entire character and role in the show and couldn't care less whether he was in a coma or had amnesia or knew "Monique" or he's supposedly hot or whatever. He's dullsville now. Can Orson run him over again? BUT, I did like that Edie bagged him. But that's probably more to do with Edie than him.
-I love Bree, who's really the only reason why I was still watching this goddamn show in the first place. She feels so completely responsible for the holdup I'd almost wish she was included in Lynette's dream at the end. It's time for Bree to have some happiness, no? Orson (and who doesn't love see Agent Cooper/Trey Mcdougal again on tv?) is really a great match for Bree. Come on, they both knew to use salt when someone spills red wine. I'm not sure what Orson's story is about, since he's been nothing but nice to his present wife thus far, but it seems it would be a while before we would know - with Laurie Metcalf's character death and all. Who's gonna point the fingers now? Hey, and he almost managed to kill what's-his-face. (Shit what is his name? See, I can't even remember your name anymore, Denton.) Next time, Orson, next time.
-The new neighbor is cute! I was told the actor playing him is Laurie Metcalf's actual husband (Good job, Laurie). Pretty cool he got to hurl a can of peaches(?) at her on his first episode.
Things that are still blah:
-Gabrielle and Carlos' War of the Worlds divorce remains the least inspired storyline. Blah blah blah. I don't care. And for something that's totally ludicrous, it's not even funny. Ugh. Either divorce or stay together. Then let them have an actual storyline.
-I really liked last week's and this week's scene where three of the housewives got together and hanged out. What I don't like is the exclusion of Bree. The relationships between the four should remain somewhat of a staple to the show, so I'm thinking someting shitty's gonna happen to Bree because of the 'isolation'. And didn't we see her completely fucked last season? Stop reusing her acting.
-I don't like Susan. But I didn't mind her as much in this episode. Probably coz she got told off by Julie (who was pretty correct in her assessment). However, I don't like Julie either(Liked her friend Anne of AD though). She's BORING, and it doesn't help that the actress playing Julie suffers from the Rory(of Gilmore Girls) syndrome either.
Anyhoo...
Oh! His name is Mike. You go Mike.
Grey's Anatomy 3x6 "Let the Angels Commit"
Meh. I'm really starting to dislike the symbolic nature of the patients they treat. There's always a lesson to be learnt from almost every single patient that's been in Seattle Grace this season so far and I'm sick of it. I don't need to see the parallel between this patient and that doctor. Bleah. I did enjoy the 2 uteri/uteruses story though. Another Meh goes to the Mcdreamy storyline. He's getting a bit dull, and the whole sister coming to visit thing was of no real importance other than to delay him and Meredith as a happy couple. Boring! And what's with Meredith's voice? It's so nasal-y and annoying this episode.
Alex is becoming my newest favorite character on the show, after George. I love that he's all into OB/GYN now. Now I'm hoping for some action between Alex and Dr. Montgomery Shepard. Now that would be pretty awesome. Loved that expression on Alex's face when he overheard Callie and McSteamy talk about their little sleepover.
Burke is getting on my nerves, and I have to say it's mostly because of what Isiah did. It's unfortunate, because I probably would have been way more sympathetic to Burke's current situation if that whole 'scandal' never happened. But it did,and now I can't help thinking "homophobe!" everytime I see Burke/Isaiah. Sorry Burke, I know it's not your fault.(It's yours, Isaiah!) I'd be interested though to see what happens to the Cristina/Bailey/board situation though.
"Are you calling me a pig?" Heh. It's a good thing to know; never call your girlfriend, ex or current, a pig. No good can come out of it. How awesome of Callie to tell George "Don't chase me anymore, unless you're ready to catch me." So cool and awesome.
Oh, the Izzie storyline was predictable and dull. But it's nice to see her back at the hospital instead of making more muffins, however improbable that is in real life. I wonder if that check is still up there on the fridge. At least get some interest on that money, even if you're not using it at the moment.
I love how they were all blurred out this week on Survivor. Ozzy basically had a blur following his ass at all times during the show. Also featured were Rebecca's boobies, which unfortunately came out during some boring ass swimming challenge. Probst pretty much ignored the whole thing, though he'd comment on just about everything else in the challenge, but you could hear Jenny's sweet voice - "Pull your top up!" while another teammate Nate simply starred.
Oh, and it's nice to see Jenny kicking Becky's ass at the puzzle.
Lost 3x5 "The Cost of Living"
Damn. That tree around the Pearl Station is disturbingly gorgeous.
I'm really annoyed. Eko was never my favorite character, but I really don't see why he had to die now, of all times. I don't get why his character is suddenly crazy guilt ridden after he tried to 'save' the hatch (and the button). Given his guilt was from his life before the island, I don't see why this time he couldn't defeat the monster like he did last season. (BTW, that monster cannot look any lamer. Giant cartoon black smoke arms? Please. I liked it better when we don't see the island black smoke monster entirely. Keep it a mystery, yo.) He was already building the church, so why the sudden guilt? How did keeping faith in the button/island make him lose faith in himself? Mirror that with Locke, who's regained his faith in himself and the island after his whole 'I don't wanna press the button, I hate you island' and 'whoops, I guess I was wrong. I love you island' thing. Seems a bit unfair, that's all.
Given both Eko and Ana Lucia committed murder in their pre-island days, I'm guessing Libby probably had a murder in her past as well. That could be the reason why the island hates them so much. Or maybe it was really just all about the DUIs in Hawaii. But in any case, we should probably suspect something sinister in Bernard's past as well. The tailies can now be known as 'island monster no likey murderers'. In which case, why wasn't Kate or Sawyer in the tail section? Is that why the Others singled them out, because the island made a mistake thinking they were good people? Hmm. Or that they weren't in the tail section because the murders they committed in the past were ACCIDENTAL ones (I thinK?) unlike Ana Lucia's and Eko's?
Which leaves Jack and the now creepy Juliet. It's a bold move, that tape thing. What a waste of paper though. They really do have all kinds of resources. But now I do not want Jack to trust her. Not that Ben's not creepy as hell, but Juliet's catching up in the 'I'm creepy and bad and I'm going to kil you' race. Of course, she's way easier on the eye. You would want to tap that.
What you wouldn't want to tap is Ben. Who's dying of a tumor in his spine. He should consider moving back to the main island then. I've heard it's all the rage among the sick. Just go ask Locke and Rose.
Anyhoo, didn't see why I have to see more of Eko's history just to have him killed off. I know, he's a bad man of circumstance. Blah blah blah. I'm surprised he used his last breath to warn them - 'You're Next'. If I were him, I would have gone postal on him - "Fuck you Locke, you and your stupid island. Why didn't you press that damn button? Now look what you've done, you stupid stupid man. No more black men on the island. What's up with that?" and so on.
I'm still annoyed that he died. Couldn't it have been Charlie?
Oh Weevil. You so cute. Just like a teddy bear.
Good episode, even though it's the third MotW this season (out of five) about a theft - first Piz's crap worldy possesions, then the football(? some sport anyway) playbook, and now around $10,000 from Logan's (or some other guy's) casino. Glad to know Logan is making some money now, he'll need it if he's staying at that hugeass suite at the Neptune Grand until he's 21. But if he's just gambling, he'll be in trouble soon enough, given he only has enough money to last a year.
Anyway, the mystery was very standard VMars, interesting but nothing out of the ordinary; which means the best parts of this episode is ...Weevil! Not much of a surprise though, considering Mac has disappeared completely (yes, I know they said she's at her aunt's funeral, but geez..), Wallace's story SUCKED (with no interaction with Veronica. Aren't they supposed to be BFFs?), and newcomers Piz and Parker has all but left Hearst and married each other. So much for 'newcomers'. But, back to Weevil...Great lines for him, and great chemistry between him and Veronica. They really have been through a lot, and it's interesting to see that there is just the right amount of trust and distrust between them. Loved how Weevil is the only one who actually was surprised Logan's her boyfriend (again). Out of her friends/boyfriends, he's also the most protective of her (after Keith of course). They have a mutual respect for one another, which in no doubt sprouted from them one-upping each other multiple times in the past.
The Sheriff is back! Lamb is still great, though I'm not sure enough to be an actual regular. I'm not sure how pivotal his role is in Veronica's college-centric life. Let's hope we get some cool back story from Lamb sometimes this year. Whatever happened to his dark past that we haven't heard from since last year's Grace Manning thing?
Oh, and love the fact that Veronica is really, in fact, totally not a child person.
And that Backup doesn't scare Logan or Weevil. Wonder if Backup every growled at Duncan?
New evidence on the rape case: Well, I've no idea why Claire was lying about not knowing her asian boyfriend (whose name I failed to hear. Something Yeung I think.) But the interesting part for me is the dean's mystery part. To me he is definitely NOT the rapist, because that would be a third time in which a recurring adult character is some sort of rapist/molester/etc; but it's interesting to see how far he went for his son's life here. I don't remember all the members of his family, but he does have that other son (who crashed his car in 3x3?). Maybe this son is the rapist, and the dean either taking the blame for it himself/get another scapegoat. In any case, the dean seems to be hiding something. How convenient for Weevil to be working for him now. But hey who knows, maybe the dean is involved in the later mysteries. This is why I like that there's 3 mysteries this season. Red herrings in this first mystery could mean real suspects in the next 2 mysteries, making it kinda confusing.
Annoying bits: What the hell was that "One Week Later" thing? If it's not me missing some sort of homage to some film/tv show, then that shouldn't have been there at all. We're not idiots, you don't have to tell us that time passed. Plus it wasn't all that important. And of course, that entire Wallace storyline. I don't buy Wallace cheating (badly - who makes it so obvious they're cheating by finishing the test faster than anyone else and giving the prof a smug look?) in order to watch The Hills have Eyes or whatever with some friends we'll (viewers) probably never see again? And when did Wallace become so rich he can just blow 200 bucks on this without blinking an eye? And doing all this without even consulting Veronica? Argh. Give me a break.
Argh!
I've recently heard through the grapevine that someone is going to DIE in this episode (3x5, The Cost of Living), and I'm totally dying to know who it is. So far I've heard it's NOT an other, NOT a female, and given it'll be an Eko-centric episode, very possibly Eko. Why are they killing him? It's like a massacre for those tailies, no? Libby's dead, Ana Lucia's dead, and now Eko? The only person left from the tail section I actually remember the name of is Bernard. (Oh, and Cindy/Sandy or someone who was taken when the tailies were trekking to the losties last year. But who cares, I'm not counting the ones kidnapped by the others/dead. Anyhoo.) What was the point of the tailies if all the writers are doing is killing them off? I do not see the point. Ooooh, it better not be Eko. I'll be really upset. Which means it probably is Eko. Frak.
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