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Goodbye, Ms. Mars

Before I saunter off to dinner, let me be devastated over the sad, sad, sad news:  Veronica Mars is dead.

Boy, and I was getting my hopes up on Special Agent Mars. Oh, dear.

I'm so sad. Yes, over a tv show. Suck it.

Grey’s Anatomy 3x13 – 3x24 Recap

ON (poor, sad, tragic) MEREDITH

Meredith is not having a good time this year, after the first half of the year being all happy and cute with Derek. First of all there was that episode when her mother was lucid for like a day, and they still managed to have an argument over Meredith being a disappointment, only to fall back to her Alzheimer’s before Meredith could have that mother daughter talk with her. Then of course Ellis dies. Which leaves Meredith all suicidal. And then she tries to kill herself accidentally almost dies. Of course, now Derek gets all wishy-washy with his career and his love, given his love is one emotional suicidal mess, and the Chief basically told Derek he couldn’t be the Chief because he needs to take care of Meredith.

And just when things are on the upswing with her dad and his family, her kind of surrogate mother dies, which Dad Thatcher conveniently blamed her for it. And slaps her for it, right before her really big cannot fail intern exam.

I liked how dark Meredith’s storyline had become, but at the same time, I feel like the writers are kicking her while she’s down already. Do we need her to be any more tragic than she already was after she tries to off herself and her relationship with Derek is on the rocks? I think they could have held off her surrogate mother dying.

ON (don’t be like Derek) GEORGE, (awesome) CALLIE, and (really, really, annoying) IZZIE

George got married, right after his Dad died. Probably a bit premature, but all right, I’ll buy it. Plus, I like Callie, and Callie and George as a couple. I know some people don’t like her much, but I think she’s a necessary strong female character. We need more women (given that Addison is leaving) in the higher ups of this hospital, and Callie is that – you don’t choose to be a female orthopaedic surgeon for nothing, guys. Which makes me really annoyed that Izzie didn’t like her at all for no particular reason. I mean, Izzie didn’t need to be Callie’s best friend either, but to repeatedly tell George he made a mistake? Makes me like Izzie less and less. And I already thought she was annoying (but tolerable) ever since that whole Denny debacle.

Of course, then they dropped that hideous bombshell of George and Izzie. Ew. I’m not even sure how that happened. The couple that has never shown anything (NOTHING. NADA. NO FLIRTING, NO ROMANTIC GESTURES. NOTHING!) but platonic friendship somehow got drunk and slept together. You know, coz they’re like, best friends. And you know, like guys and gals can never be like platonic best friends. It, you know, means they like, luuuurrvve each other. Like, true love, you know?  George and Izzie Forever.Geeeeeeeeez. What am I, twelve?  And the Ew factor is off the charts.  Basically this horrendous move makes me want Izzie to move to L.A. with Addison. Makes me detest not only this coupling but the character Izzie Stevens.

Sidebar: Ok, I realize the super hotness that is Izzie Stevens and the not so much Callie. And as a man George would probably love to sleep with Izzie way more than Callie.  But that is no reason why George would suddenly fall in love with Izzie. I’d even buy George if he still loves Meredith the most and he falls in love with her again, but Izzie was never ever someone he ever thought of in a romantic way. So, no, George and Izzie still makes no sense, despite all the hotness that is Izzie Stevens. In fact, doesn’t anyone think it strange for all the hotness that is Izzie Stevens to fall in love with an arguably not so hot and manly but cute and nice George? Come on, George was no Denny. Even though Denny was in a bed for all the times we see him, he was still  WAY more manly than George. So how exactly would the hotness that is Izzie Stevens fall in love with George? *Shudder*

ON (awesome) ALEX and (awesome) ADDISON

Loved her continuous flirtations with Alex, and her continuous eyeing of the boy toy. They had a lot of chemistry together. Which leads to the next topic…

...Addison jumping Alex. Yay! Of course, that becomes one of the catalyst for Addison to move away when Alex reverts to his protective shell as a dick and rejects her. Her other reasons? I think it includes working with your ex, wanting a baby, and all that darn rain in Seattle.

Which brings us to  Addison’s eventual move to L.A (a.k.a. new show)- which from that two hour show a couple weeks ago resembles  Ally McBeal in a feel good hospital. Yuck. When exactly did Addison become so Ally? It’s really all too goofy, which was especially jarring with what was happening at Seattle Grace. Too bad, since the cast is made up of every actor I like (or not hate):- Judging Amy’s Amy, Prison Break’s Kellerman, Tim Daly, Taye Diggs, Veronica Mars’ Piz, Sydney’s dead evil best friend from Alias, and of course, one of my favorite docs from Seattle Grace, Addison. So let’s hope they lose that cutesy David E. Kelley's Ally McBeal/Boston Legal shit next year.

Back to Seattle Grace. So far I’m liking more and more of Alex. He hasn’t been given as much storyline as the rest of the gang, but his character development had been fun to watch, and his scenes are one of the things I look most forward to each episode. Through the Jane Doe patient and the attraction to his superior Addison, we have seen Alex revealing himself be a sincerely nice guy under all that dick-ishness. So, now we know he is capable of being a good guy, just like George without the lame-ness. I’m going to bet that his previous relationship with Izzie and how he screwed that up has made him more cautious with women he likes, i.e. Addison. When he turns her down as a potential girlfriend, he did it with a kind heart. And though the whole Jane Doe arc is getting a wee bit too long, I really enjoy Alex and Eva (or now, Rebecca) in their scenes together. I totally understood why Eva pretended not to remember her past with a doctor and friend an as awesome as Alex. I hope he gets a hell of a lot more screen time next season. With Addison on the way out, he is currently my favourite doctor from Seattle Grace.

ON (awesome) CHRISTINA and (you’re ok now, since you haven’t open your big bazoo since and things are finally blowing over, but don’t dare say something bad about gays) BURKE

The about to be married couple. From the start of the engagement, her hesitation to answer, her feelings on marriage , his knowing of her feelings on marriage, her feelings on the ceremony – small and civil, his feelings on the ceremony – big and traditional, cakes, their mothers, etc, raise your hands if you think they WON’T go through with it?

See my hand here? I like them as a couple, but I think Christina is too career oriented at this point to really get married. There’s no time for anything else but for her to finish her internship at the top, and she makes no apologies about that. Good for her. Frankly, I think Burke is rushing things. Being a competitive top of his career surgeon, he should completely understand where she is at as well. Throwing her into a wedding gown is the last thing she’d care about. I sincerely think they care for each other and works (at least for now) as a couple, but I’m not sure why they are getting married now.

But anyway, Christina’s reaction to everything about the wedding for the past two months has served as the comic relief of the show. And it’s been nice seeing how Burke or Christina have compromised their own beliefs (albeit with some strain) to make their relationship work. They’re adults, and they’re trying to keep it together (hear that, Derek?) BUT, it’s also a sign that shit will hit the fan soon. And I’m guessing it’ll be about the doomed wedding. We’ll see.

ON (the still awesome but where are you?) BAILEY

Well, she got Izzie to finally put her check in the bank, and out again to open the clinic she so desperately wanted for the hospital. Good job, Bailey. I like that Miranda is taking on more responsibilities at the hospital – my question is why Bailey is not one of the four people considered for the Chief’s job (like, is she less qualified than Addison, Shepard, Burke or McSteamy for that? But I see her doing surgeries all the time. I guess it’s because she doesn’t have a specialty? Hm.)  But anyway, I’m ok with he’s still vying for that Chief of Residents job, and just recently realized it wasn’t a sure win. Hee! My guess is that the Chief will have reservations on giving Bailey more responsibilities – in that episode where he noticed Bailey always being at the hospital. There’s a sense of Bailey becoming more like the Chief work wise, which I gather is not unnoticed by him.

But story wise, not much progression for this character thus far. I still enjoy the few scenes she’s in, and given the lack of those recently, I have a feeling that we’ll get some big moments with Bailey in the season finale this year. At least, that’s what I’m hoping for!

ON (Richard the) CHIEF

-Poor Chief. To finally hand in his resignation only to get ‘there’s a man in my house’? So much for quitting. My guess is that the Chief would remain the Chief for now, much to the disappointment of those who were in the running for his place. I like the actor, and I don’t see how the character can stay in the show without being Chief, and I can’t really imagine any of the candidates to be Chief.

But anyway. Loved how he dealt with Ellis’ lucid day as well as her death, and his choice to be a father figure for Meredith despite her just-because-you-slept-with-my-mother-it-doesn’t-make-you-my-father protest. The Chief has been so entangled with Meredith’s family it seems like he would always be there for her. It’s all very sweet. I liked the scene where he lets her retake the test – he supports her by putting his arm around her shoulder, but lets her breathe and have her space as well by not hugging her. Very poignant. 

Oh, that scene at the end of last episode? I was really surprised to hear that Adele’s pregnant – would be interesting to see what happens next after that bathroom scene.

ON (the still boring, annoying and wishy-washy) DEREK

-Oh, right. There’s this doctor in Seattle Grace. He used to be called McDreamy all the time. But somehow, other than his relationship with Meredith, I don’t know of anything I can recall that has happened to him at all. Let’s see. He’s still wishy-washy, this time with Meredith and his chances of being Chief. Only he blames it on her suicidal tendencies. Nice, Derek. From what I saw, he’s my last pick for Chief, with or without Meredith. He’s just around the hospital, being annoying and indecisive. I just wish he’d finally move out of that trailer. What is he, twelve? I bet he’d still be boring. I guess he’s purely there as something nice to look at in the show.

ON (what’s your name again?) MCSTEAMY

-I have no idea what this cosmetic surgeon’s name is anymore. I liked how he impressed the board and the Chief on his quest to be Chief, but at the same time, I don’t see any point in his character at all now that Addison is leaving the show. Who has he bonded with on the show thus far? This is a character that I don’t like or dislike – I suppose he’s also there as eye candy now? Too bad I don’t dig his looks.

FINALLY

Have I missed anyone else? Hm. Oh well, anyhoo – finale next/this week? So we have Meredith all depressed again, Derek feeling more and more disconnected with Meredith, the results of who's going to be Chief, George's maybe move to Macy West, Christina and Burke's nuptials, and more! All I know is that it should be a long one, and I will be happy with it as long as George and Izzie are OVER for real. *Shudder Barf Ew*

Seriously. It’s the biggest misstep of this show.

The Final Five (dun-dun-dun!)

Before the end of this season, we should find out the identity of one of the final five Cylons. As the producers mentioned, this is someone familiar to us. So who’s that nasty Cylon? Dun-dun-dun……

The candidates are as follows:-

Adama – unlikely. Boy, that would be a nightmare to write about. It would mean Lee is half Cylon as well, and I’m not sure how the writers could tackle Adama being a Cylon at all. And it would be too soap opera-ish for him to be a Cylon.

Roslin – maybe. With all her trippy dreams, she could possibly be a prime candidate for this. However, her cancer is back, and I’m not sure if Cylons get cancer all that much. Unless the cancer is an indication of something else - for e.g., the final five Cylons are all ‘dying’ or some weird crap like that. Plus I’ve often wonder after the Hylon transfusion – is Roslin changed from that at all? But Roslin as a Cylon would pose the same problems as Adama as a Cylon.

Baltar – unlikely. He really shines as a shady human as supposed to a shady Cylon. And we kind of went through with all that in his previous Jesus Christ episode.

Tigh – likely, coz it’s so unfathomable it would be totally awesome. It’s almost as earth shattering as Adama being a Cylon, without it being completely ridiculous and a blow to all sorts of continuity. He’s hearing things now, right? Plus, he was one of the most scarred people from the occupation. (imprisonment in New Caprica, loss of an eye, loss of a wife by his own hand, being in the Resistance) Perhaps Three was apologizing for that? Would be kind of cool to see Cylon Tigh kick Cavil’s ass for sleeping with Ellen. “Brother Cavil, you’re boxed, you adulterer!” Hee!

Lee – unlikely. Adama’s the dad. But I think it would be pretty cool if he were to be one. Helo can get all chummy with Dee in their my-significant-other-is-a-Cylon support group.

Starbuck – maybe. But unlikely because too obvious with all her paintings and destiny, especially with her recent (maybe)death. (Hylon!)

Helo – hm, nah. He’s Helo, for fuck’s sake. Could be interesting given Helo is the moral compass of the Galactica these days. Brings a whole different spin to Hera, who would be the first natural born Cylon.

Anders – maybe. He did hear those weird radio stuff. And he was one of the key players in the Resistance. Plus, this character is pretty undeveloped. This could give him loads more storylines.

Gaeta – maybe. Baltar did allude to something secretive before Gaeta tried to kill him (Hi, Butterfingers!). Again, his character is pretty undeveloped as well.

Dee – unlikely. I just don’t see Dee as a Cylon; nor do I think it would be interesting. But her character is pretty undeveloped as well.

Tyrol – unlikely. He’s the Chief, man. He’s the union guy. I’d imagine his storyline would stick with the class struggles/ social currents of the fleet. And how about little Nicky? That would make him the same as Hera. But, he was the one to have found the algae tomb/eye of Jupiter stuff, and I thought it was weird that he of all people found that damn religious site.

Cally – unlikely. She’s boring. And she’s a semi fan of Baltar’s book/mantra. Again, how about little Nicky? And how crushed would the Chief be to find out he's once again fraking a Cylon? (Hi, Boomer!)

Dr. Cottle – unlikely. Come on, he’s the coolest doctor yet. Ok, his name is here purely because I really like this guy.

Zarek – unlikely. Similar to the Chief, his character deals mostly with the socio-political structures of the fleet, and I think his role is integral to a lot of those types of storylines. Plus when was the last time I saw his face? Aw, I do miss Zarek.

Tory – maybe. Well, she’s featured in this episode. That’s something. Her character is pretty undeveloped as well, but man, I would feel cheated if she were. She’s not anyone I care all too much about. I guess I still kinda miss Billy, who died for no frakkin’ reason.

So I guess for me the frontrunners (one with a maybe or above) are:-

Tigh (likely), Roslin, Anders, Gaeta, and Tory (all maybe’s)

With Starbuck or Baltar as the possible too obvious choice.

Who is it?? Who’s a Cylon? Guess we’ll all know in a week.

Funny how two of the fronrunners Tigh and Anders are incidentally hearing weird things in the ship, and Roslin with her trippy dreams.

But of course, they’re probably going to reveal some dude/gal I’ve forgotten to put in the list. Like Hotdog. Evil, duplicitous Hotdog.

Nice Suit, Lee

3x 19 Crossroads, Part One

They must have some pretty rockin’ tailor in the fleet. Anyway, how could I concentrate on Lee’s awesome suit when this is the second to last episode of the season? We’ve been building up to this point all season, and piles and piles of questions left to be answered in the final 42 mins of Season 3. I’m guessing it’s going to be one hell of a cliffhanger. And of course, we won’t see BSG until next year or so. This is the time when I wish they didn’t waste all the episodes on filler materials such as the Chief’s union thing, Helo’s racial discrimination thing, and Lee and Starbuck’s affair thing. That’s three episodes right there. Not to mention last week’s, which wasn’t bad, but wasn’t great either. We wasted half the episode on Baltar’s lawyer, for fuck’s sake. Not that he’s not a cool guy or anything. I just wish we could’ve seen some progress in the people we already know, and all the hanging questions.

So, Laura’s sick again. Oh no! Maybe I was spoiler free for this, but I really had no idea and was muchos surprised.

It does fit with all the previous storylines:- the whole setup of the scriptures and why all those religious freaks like Roslin was because she was supposedly the (namely sick) leader who will lead them to Earth. Ever since she was cured by Hera, Roslin no longer fit the description. But voila – she’s back as your cancer ridden president. Pure heartbreak from that one line – “Please don’t do this” to Lee – I’ve always liked their relationship; he was the first person of the military to give a shit about her and her presidency, and now Captain Apollo no more, but Mr. Adama. Certainly doesn’t have the same ring to it. I still don’t buy Lee’s sudden interest on Caprican Law. It feels forced, and as I’ve said on last episode, it’s just to force the Adama vs. Adama thing. But Dee gets a point on finally leaving her husband. (Though out of EVERYTHING he’s done, Dee decides the worst thing is he revealed Roslin’s secret? I didn’t know Dee was so close with Laura. Heh.)

Btw, how funny was Laura, telling Tory to comb her hair? We haven’t seen Tory in a while, and I think I agree with Laura. Why’s she so unnerved all of a sudden? It’s nice to see Tigh still reeling from the loss murder of Ellen, since we haven’t been seeing much of Tigh. I love that Tigh was the one to talk with Six, and the slapfight they had. So what’s with the I killed my wife music emitting from inside the walls? Given that Tigh, Anders and Tory (what’s with the long glances?) all heard them. What does that mean? Are they all Cylons? Heh. Frak.

And speaking of the Cylons, they’re back! At least we know now that the Cylons have been following the fleet, albeit less closely, but WAY more in numbers. What are they planning to do this time around? I’m wondering who the Cylons ‘leaders’ are now. With Three boxed and Six on the Galactica, it makes for a strange inner circle:- we have Boomer, still pissed off at the humans, Cylons, and now Hera, Leoben with his strange ties to Starbuck, Brother Cavell, and Kevin Spacey. Doesn’t look like they’re going to give the humans a hug, that’s for sure. And though that doctor Simon seems to deal with nin military things, I find it annoying that we never see him or his copies at all on the base stars. But yes, the Cylons ARE back. I hope it means some fantastic fight scenes and showdown next episode. This half season have been pretty action free, and I’m ready to see some ass kicking action.

Finally the trippy dream sequence. It’s already established that both Laura and Sharon are incredibly concerned with baby Hera, though from this dream sequence it would appear they come from different directions. Anyway.

Meow!

3x17  The Son Also Rises

Dumb title, y’all.

Don’t you hate it when they pit Lee against Adama? I can understand why they would want to do so, for its possibly compelling drama and character growth, but the situation was pretty unnatural. Out of all the people we know on Galactica, Helo would have been my first pick to be a part of Baltar’s defence team. Helo, as annoying as he sometimes can get, has taken over Lee since Season 2 to be the moral centre of the show– it would make much more sense for him to back Baltar’s ‘fair’ trial more so than anyone else. Especially with Baltar’s New and Improved! Image of the people’s people and everything. But not Lee. Not that he’s not a straight up guy or anything, but wasn’t it a bit too convenient to get Lee against his dad?  So Shakespearean, which is fine, but it’s too darn forced.

Yay! I like cats, so I’m glad they are one of the few animals living amongst this tiny population. I have no idea why they chose to put a cat in though – just so they could see the bomb? I mean, it could have been debris or leakage or anything for the Chief and others to check the ship’s bottom. So why a cat? Funny how the first cat on Lost also appeared.

If I’ve been talking about cats for this long, it must mean this episode wasn’t very good. Hm.

Old posts

It's been more than a month since the insanely vague season finale of BSG, and I have yet to write my comments on it. Heh. It's coming, for those who give a crap. But hey, dug up some writing I made on the two episodes before the finale, and a now pretty pointless assessment on who could be one of the final five Cylons. Considering I didn't know four would be revealed instead of just one, I wasn't that far off the mark.

Except that damn ol' Chief. Why'd you have to be a Cylon, Chief?

Anyway. Here they are, Crossroads Pt.1, The Son Also Rises, and my guide to the final five...