Birthdays, dedications, puppies and porn. Interesting week of Idol. Let's get to it.
(Unfortunately, while taping the show I did see one of the girls who gets eliminated. I'll just pretend I didn't and act surprised.)
Group song! I think they did this same song during Season 1. And it's down to business. Guys are first.
Phil is first, which means he will be safe, and he is.
Chris Sligh is Slafe.
Sundance Head is Sundance Safe.
Blake Lewis is safe.
Jarrod has to come down to the podium! Doesn't look good. But he's safe. Tricky Ryan.
Nick (who I almost picked to go home) is going home. NUTS. 0 for 1 tonight. and 3 for 5 this season.
Wow, Sundance is crying. I guess those guys were tight. Girls' turn.
Stephanie is first. She'll be safe. They need to figure out a better way to do this so it's not so obvious.
Gina Glocksen! Safe!
Sabrina. Come on, Gonzo. Safe. Whew.
Okay, Doolittle. Let's do it. She is comin' back.
Alaina is going home? Wow. First mini-shocker of the season. 0 for 2, 3 for 6
And no, she wasn't the one I saw. I'm not pretending to be surprised here.
What's this playing in the background? It must be a recording... would the backup singers even be there for a results show? aw, Sundance is still crying. He's not going to have a fun year if he makes it far.
Whoops, something fell down and the sound went out. Darn, we missed Paula talking.
Pickler coming up, and trivia. I wonder if it'll be as easy as last weeks. Yep, I think it's pretty obvious. I doubt Taylor won any Grammys and does anyone remember Ruben?
Woah, Kellie has some curls. And some BOOBS. They made her up to look older, I think. She's still very stiff on the stage though. Zzzzzzzzzzz... I wish they would have made her follow the 90 second rule.
More results? Ok. AJ and Sanjaya are both in the front row one of them has to go!
Chris is safe.
Brandon is safe. Jordin is all nervous.
Yup, it comes down to Sanjaya and AJ. It better be Sanjaya. And WTF? I mean, I'm 1 for 2 on the guys but I would have picked Sanjaya to leave over AJ. 1 for 3 on the show, 4 for 7 on the season.
They're gonna show Sundance after every elimination, aren't they?
Well, I already know the last girl going home. (Hint: Sarah Paulson.) but let's go through the motions.
Lakisha and Antonella are quickly safe. the other three stand.
Jordin will be safe, and Antonella is surprisingly also safe. Gina is bawling. Jordin starts crying too as Leslie is gone. So.
I guarantee though, if they gave people a chance to vote for only Antonella or Alaina, Antonella would be gone. But the voting is weird sometimes.
Show Sundance!! Gina's still crying, Sabrina looks like she is holding back. D'oh. The tape stopped before Sundance. Jordin couldn't even look up. Aw.
Tonight: 2 for 4.
Season: 5 for 8.
Thursday, March 1, 2007
Wednesday... American Idol... Top 10 Girls
First off, is Antonella a porn star? No. Did she pose for those pictures? It's hard to say. Some look like her, some don't. Let's not dwell on it and instead remember The O'Donahues. Ahhh, incestuous lesbianism. It's gonna be huge!
On with the show. The judges seem hyper tonight.
"Ten superlative performers." That's funny.
More dedications! Woo, this should be fun. Let's make this a little more organized tonight, shall we? First up is:
Gina "Say it with me!" Glockson : Dedication - to her boyfriend. She's singing "Alone." NO ONE will ever match Carrie Underwood singing that song. It sounds like she is singing a different verse though, and she does sound pretty good. I'd like her to stick around. Simon doesn't think she is edgy enough, but they all seem to like the song. I like that she asked her boyfriend to vote for her. Haha. Vote 1 for Gina.
Dixie Chicks and Gladys Knight from Alaina and Lakisha! I wonder which is which....
Ryan is looking at Lakisha's legs. Or maybe he really wants some Coke. I like how she talks - not a lot. Ryan is asking her these questions and she's like "No. Yes. Good!" Some people just talk too much.
Alaina "AAA" Alexander: Dedication - to her mom. Let's see if Paula mentions her range, because she seems to be showing that off. It's supposed to be a well-known song but I don't know it. I like it, but she sounds like she is rushing it a little bit. She's got some legs going on, too. She looks like Mariah Carey meets Jennifer Aniston meets Lori Loughlin. Not well-liked by the judges, Simon thinks she ran out of steam which is kinda what I was getting at. Vote 2 for Alaina.
Lakisha "Flint, MI" Jones: Dedication - to her gramma. Not much to say. She's a really good singer. I just don't think the votes are going to swing her way to the end. Yep, everyone likes her, but Simon nicely told her she looks like a big orange (or salmon?) with legs and to tone it down some. No fingers from Lakisha, good girl.
Melinda "Dr." Doolittle: - Dedication - to her "Gails." Or maybe it's "Gales." Man, I hate when people sing this song. I know it's a supposed classic, but I'm not a fan. She does sound good though and the judges agree. Simon says "incredible." Eh, it wasn't leaving me with chills or anything. I think I still like the previous three girls better. No four finger salute from Melinda, but Antonella is showing hers ahead of time.
Antonella "That's Not Me!" Barba: Dedication - to her brother. Eew, she is totally off beat, and I don't know anything about beats and rhythms. Ouch, the whole thing was "rough for me," to pull out a Randy-ism. Well, perhaps she can go back to not doing amateur porn. I don't think she'll be back. Randy mentions pitch again. Antonella rolls her eyes! That's ballsy. She then in so many words compares herself to Jennifer Hudson! Oh boy.
After the break, Jordin Sparks takes on Christina Aguilera? Hey, I thought Antonella was the porn star!
Jordin "Zap" Sparks: Dedication - to her brother. Apparently the guys were more appreciate of their parents! Woah, Jordin's dentist probably has the easiest job in the world. I always thought this song should be in a Disney movie. Ok, she sounds good. I predict a "big voice" comment coming from one of the judges. Ending is a little rough, though. Aw, she's crying. At least she got through the song first. I don't know if she's as good as some of the past 16-17 year olds, but she seems older. Vote 6! She puts 7 fingers up. Ryan gives a pretty funny "That would really suck!" I wonder if Stephanie is insulted.
Speaking of... I wonder if Ryan will say anything about her cleavage. Which is the only good nickname I can come up with right now.
Stephanie "Cleavage" Edwards: Dedication - to her parents. She's really trying hard, she lost her pitch a little I think and she's out of breath. Ends it with a big WOO! She sang her face off according to Randy. Odd metaphor. She is pretty but I can't get over that Fantasia-like hair. She could use a better 'do. Vote seven.
Leslie "Sarah Paulson" Hunt looks a lot like Sarah Paulson!. Dedication - Late Grampa Bob. Who looks like Mr Rogers. NO WAY! She's doing the same stripper song that AJ's-A-Baldo did! I gotta say, it sounds better coming from a girl. Still not a good song though and doing a duplicate song could hurt her. And so could that doopedeedodowp stuff she just attempted to do. Simon just compared that to Paula talking and that might surpass the puppy comment from last night. 8 for Awkward!
Haley "Holy" Scarnato!: Dedication - to her fiance. Now here's an upbeat song! I haven't heard this song in years. She's rockin the cleavage too. "I don't really care?" Geez, damn censors. Doesn't even make the lyrics rhyme! Ouch, she didn't take Simon's comments well. She's crying! Not good... and she's too busy crying to hold up nine fingers. She's gonna blot later.
Saving my fave for last, Sabrina "Gonzo" Sloan: Dedication - to her granny. She's "like 86 years old." "He's all the man that I need." Not quite the song for granny, but oh well. I wanted her to blow me away tonight but I think she was just good. Little shaky on the ending. Vote ten! I would have if I would have watched the show when it actually aired.
Long recap videos. They must have gotten through the show quicker than they had anticipated.
Like the guys last night, there's three girls I want to pick from to go home. those would be Antonella, Leslie and Haley. But, I think Haley will be safe. So, it's Leslie and Antonella for the girls, and Sanjaya and A.J. for the guys. If Nick and Haley both go home, I'm going to scream for not picking them.
On with the show. The judges seem hyper tonight.
"Ten superlative performers." That's funny.
More dedications! Woo, this should be fun. Let's make this a little more organized tonight, shall we? First up is:
Gina "Say it with me!" Glockson : Dedication - to her boyfriend. She's singing "Alone." NO ONE will ever match Carrie Underwood singing that song. It sounds like she is singing a different verse though, and she does sound pretty good. I'd like her to stick around. Simon doesn't think she is edgy enough, but they all seem to like the song. I like that she asked her boyfriend to vote for her. Haha. Vote 1 for Gina.
Dixie Chicks and Gladys Knight from Alaina and Lakisha! I wonder which is which....
Ryan is looking at Lakisha's legs. Or maybe he really wants some Coke. I like how she talks - not a lot. Ryan is asking her these questions and she's like "No. Yes. Good!" Some people just talk too much.
Alaina "AAA" Alexander: Dedication - to her mom. Let's see if Paula mentions her range, because she seems to be showing that off. It's supposed to be a well-known song but I don't know it. I like it, but she sounds like she is rushing it a little bit. She's got some legs going on, too. She looks like Mariah Carey meets Jennifer Aniston meets Lori Loughlin. Not well-liked by the judges, Simon thinks she ran out of steam which is kinda what I was getting at. Vote 2 for Alaina.
Lakisha "Flint, MI" Jones: Dedication - to her gramma. Not much to say. She's a really good singer. I just don't think the votes are going to swing her way to the end. Yep, everyone likes her, but Simon nicely told her she looks like a big orange (or salmon?) with legs and to tone it down some. No fingers from Lakisha, good girl.
Melinda "Dr." Doolittle: - Dedication - to her "Gails." Or maybe it's "Gales." Man, I hate when people sing this song. I know it's a supposed classic, but I'm not a fan. She does sound good though and the judges agree. Simon says "incredible." Eh, it wasn't leaving me with chills or anything. I think I still like the previous three girls better. No four finger salute from Melinda, but Antonella is showing hers ahead of time.
Antonella "That's Not Me!" Barba: Dedication - to her brother. Eew, she is totally off beat, and I don't know anything about beats and rhythms. Ouch, the whole thing was "rough for me," to pull out a Randy-ism. Well, perhaps she can go back to not doing amateur porn. I don't think she'll be back. Randy mentions pitch again. Antonella rolls her eyes! That's ballsy. She then in so many words compares herself to Jennifer Hudson! Oh boy.
After the break, Jordin Sparks takes on Christina Aguilera? Hey, I thought Antonella was the porn star!
Jordin "Zap" Sparks: Dedication - to her brother. Apparently the guys were more appreciate of their parents! Woah, Jordin's dentist probably has the easiest job in the world. I always thought this song should be in a Disney movie. Ok, she sounds good. I predict a "big voice" comment coming from one of the judges. Ending is a little rough, though. Aw, she's crying. At least she got through the song first. I don't know if she's as good as some of the past 16-17 year olds, but she seems older. Vote 6! She puts 7 fingers up. Ryan gives a pretty funny "That would really suck!" I wonder if Stephanie is insulted.
Speaking of... I wonder if Ryan will say anything about her cleavage. Which is the only good nickname I can come up with right now.
Stephanie "Cleavage" Edwards: Dedication - to her parents. She's really trying hard, she lost her pitch a little I think and she's out of breath. Ends it with a big WOO! She sang her face off according to Randy. Odd metaphor. She is pretty but I can't get over that Fantasia-like hair. She could use a better 'do. Vote seven.
Leslie "Sarah Paulson" Hunt looks a lot like Sarah Paulson!. Dedication - Late Grampa Bob. Who looks like Mr Rogers. NO WAY! She's doing the same stripper song that AJ's-A-Baldo did! I gotta say, it sounds better coming from a girl. Still not a good song though and doing a duplicate song could hurt her. And so could that doopedeedodowp stuff she just attempted to do. Simon just compared that to Paula talking and that might surpass the puppy comment from last night. 8 for Awkward!
Haley "Holy" Scarnato!: Dedication - to her fiance. Now here's an upbeat song! I haven't heard this song in years. She's rockin the cleavage too. "I don't really care?" Geez, damn censors. Doesn't even make the lyrics rhyme! Ouch, she didn't take Simon's comments well. She's crying! Not good... and she's too busy crying to hold up nine fingers. She's gonna blot later.
Saving my fave for last, Sabrina "Gonzo" Sloan: Dedication - to her granny. She's "like 86 years old." "He's all the man that I need." Not quite the song for granny, but oh well. I wanted her to blow me away tonight but I think she was just good. Little shaky on the ending. Vote ten! I would have if I would have watched the show when it actually aired.
Long recap videos. They must have gotten through the show quicker than they had anticipated.
Like the guys last night, there's three girls I want to pick from to go home. those would be Antonella, Leslie and Haley. But, I think Haley will be safe. So, it's Leslie and Antonella for the girls, and Sanjaya and A.J. for the guys. If Nick and Haley both go home, I'm going to scream for not picking them.
Tuesday... American Idol... Top 10 Guys
As average as the top guys seem to be so far, at least we don't have a Scott Savol in the mix.
Ok here we go. Count how many times they dedicate a performance to their parents.
First up is Phil Stacey. First impression: Tight pants. Did he steal Amy's when she went home? Will that give him bad luck? He sounds better than he looks though. I could probably hear him on the radio already. And I swear to you, Paula just stole my line. She must be reading my blog from the future, live as I type it.
Why do the contestants keep putting up as many fingers as their vote number? If we're deaf and blind or illiterate, I doubt we're watching American Idol.
Jarrod is dedicating his performance to his parents. That's one!
$15,000 says Randy will make some comment about the song being too big for him or not being able to do something with a song from a guy like Marvin Gaye.
Ok, I lose. I'll be paying myself that money slowly, in small increments.
Paula makes a joke at Randy, a sexual joke, and she's drinking her vodka through a pink straw.
Fingers!
AJ's A Baldo makes us 2 for 3 on parent dedications. And he's whispering. why do I think someone should be stripping to this song?
Randy seems easily pleased tonight. I'm not impressed. Don't forget, he's #3.
Please tell me that is NOT Sanjaya as a kid. He was in the top 4 last week. Wow, I wonder if he can fall that far because he looks and sounds ridiculous. He looks like he is reading the lyrics off a teleprompter. BRING HIS SISTER BACK, NO ONE WILL EVEN KNOW THE DIFFERENCE!
Simon: Did you like him or not?
Paula: I don't like you.
Chris said "crapshoot". I think he meant "sometimes Sanjaya sounds like crap, shoot!"
25:55 I'm surprised I haven't heard a Justin Guarini reference yet...
I'm not really digging the song, digging the song, digging the song. It's repetitive. But I still like Chris.
Haha, Simon said he was too saved by a woman. I can't believe Ryan hasn't gotten a gay joke in there. "You sure it was a woman, Simon? Hyuk Huk!"
Chris kept his hands behind his back! Good job, buddy. Don't wave that hand around showing me what five looks like!
Nick has been with his girlfriend for "quite awhile now." I can just hear her saying "HOW LONG?" This song could put me to sleep, and not in the good way. Simon is snapping his fingers? Hmm. He never does anything! But apparently, Nick lacks charismar.
Charismar this!. And he said Vote for Pedro. Ugh. I knew that wouldn't take long.
Blake dedicates the performance to his parents. That's 4 if you count Sanjaya's grandfather. I'm not really liking it. But hey, he brought the beatbox back. Maybe he knew his singing was rough. Randy likes everyone but Simon feels me. Lucky Number Slevin.
It's a little funny to me that Chris is going to sing "geek in the pink" and Brandon is sitting there wearing a pink shirt. Brandon looks EXACTLY like his grandmother. Weird. Man, he looks like he is reading the words, too. And it's like they took the original song and slowed it down to 1/3 speed.
Simon is going off into a rant about his mom's birthday and puppies. Funniest part of the season so far.
Brandon showed the fingers, but it was covered up by the phone number graphic. Oh no wait. he did it again.
Another grandmother from Chris R! What's that, 6 of 9 I think? I lost count. Hmm, I'm actually liking this one. I'm surprised. I have a feeling Simon is going to ask "what the heck was that song?" Nope, but he thinks his grandmother was thinking that! I feel so psychic today. He thinks Chris was the best by a mile. Not sure about that one, but i haven't been thrilled with many of them tonight.
Hey, there's a switch from Sundance Head. A dedication to a kid! I know this is mean, but remember Scott Savol? The kid kinda looks like him!
Oh no. Not one of the most popular karaoke songs in the world! At least he isn't bombing it. And the backup singers are waxing on and off pretty nicely. Holy crap, that was a high note!
Ok, I'm not as confident in my picks as I was last week, but here goes...
Sanjaya and A.J. will be going home. I was really tempted to pick Nick instead of AJ, but we'll see.
I wish Jeff Foxworthy would go home. Who are all these young girls around him? If ya have five wives under the age of 30, you might be a redneck. Did you know he has his own line of beef jerky? Me neither, but it's on Wikipedia.
Ok here we go. Count how many times they dedicate a performance to their parents.
First up is Phil Stacey. First impression: Tight pants. Did he steal Amy's when she went home? Will that give him bad luck? He sounds better than he looks though. I could probably hear him on the radio already. And I swear to you, Paula just stole my line. She must be reading my blog from the future, live as I type it.
Why do the contestants keep putting up as many fingers as their vote number? If we're deaf and blind or illiterate, I doubt we're watching American Idol.
Jarrod is dedicating his performance to his parents. That's one!
$15,000 says Randy will make some comment about the song being too big for him or not being able to do something with a song from a guy like Marvin Gaye.
Ok, I lose. I'll be paying myself that money slowly, in small increments.
Paula makes a joke at Randy, a sexual joke, and she's drinking her vodka through a pink straw.
Fingers!
AJ's A Baldo makes us 2 for 3 on parent dedications. And he's whispering. why do I think someone should be stripping to this song?
Randy seems easily pleased tonight. I'm not impressed. Don't forget, he's #3.
Please tell me that is NOT Sanjaya as a kid. He was in the top 4 last week. Wow, I wonder if he can fall that far because he looks and sounds ridiculous. He looks like he is reading the lyrics off a teleprompter. BRING HIS SISTER BACK, NO ONE WILL EVEN KNOW THE DIFFERENCE!
Simon: Did you like him or not?
Paula: I don't like you.
Chris said "crapshoot". I think he meant "sometimes Sanjaya sounds like crap, shoot!"
25:55 I'm surprised I haven't heard a Justin Guarini reference yet...
I'm not really digging the song, digging the song, digging the song. It's repetitive. But I still like Chris.
Haha, Simon said he was too saved by a woman. I can't believe Ryan hasn't gotten a gay joke in there. "You sure it was a woman, Simon? Hyuk Huk!"
Chris kept his hands behind his back! Good job, buddy. Don't wave that hand around showing me what five looks like!
Nick has been with his girlfriend for "quite awhile now." I can just hear her saying "HOW LONG?" This song could put me to sleep, and not in the good way. Simon is snapping his fingers? Hmm. He never does anything! But apparently, Nick lacks charismar.
Charismar this!. And he said Vote for Pedro. Ugh. I knew that wouldn't take long.
Blake dedicates the performance to his parents. That's 4 if you count Sanjaya's grandfather. I'm not really liking it. But hey, he brought the beatbox back. Maybe he knew his singing was rough. Randy likes everyone but Simon feels me. Lucky Number Slevin.
It's a little funny to me that Chris is going to sing "geek in the pink" and Brandon is sitting there wearing a pink shirt. Brandon looks EXACTLY like his grandmother. Weird. Man, he looks like he is reading the words, too. And it's like they took the original song and slowed it down to 1/3 speed.
Simon is going off into a rant about his mom's birthday and puppies. Funniest part of the season so far.
Brandon showed the fingers, but it was covered up by the phone number graphic. Oh no wait. he did it again.
Another grandmother from Chris R! What's that, 6 of 9 I think? I lost count. Hmm, I'm actually liking this one. I'm surprised. I have a feeling Simon is going to ask "what the heck was that song?" Nope, but he thinks his grandmother was thinking that! I feel so psychic today. He thinks Chris was the best by a mile. Not sure about that one, but i haven't been thrilled with many of them tonight.
Hey, there's a switch from Sundance Head. A dedication to a kid! I know this is mean, but remember Scott Savol? The kid kinda looks like him!
Oh no. Not one of the most popular karaoke songs in the world! At least he isn't bombing it. And the backup singers are waxing on and off pretty nicely. Holy crap, that was a high note!
Ok, I'm not as confident in my picks as I was last week, but here goes...
Sanjaya and A.J. will be going home. I was really tempted to pick Nick instead of AJ, but we'll see.
I wish Jeff Foxworthy would go home. Who are all these young girls around him? If ya have five wives under the age of 30, you might be a redneck. Did you know he has his own line of beef jerky? Me neither, but it's on Wikipedia.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Monday... Heroes... Ep. 1-17... "Company Man"
Wow. Brilliant episode.
They were able to focus on only a few characters, but tie them in with a few others during really well-done flashbacks. We find out that Mr. Bennett was indeed trying to protect Claire, and sacrificies himself (or at least the memory of her) to try and continue to do so. It was a little hard to follow for awhile, why he was "thinking" to Matt and why Matt was so quick to trust and go along with him.
I'll try to jot down more later. As good as the episode was, I'm having trouble remembering parts I want to write about.
They were able to focus on only a few characters, but tie them in with a few others during really well-done flashbacks. We find out that Mr. Bennett was indeed trying to protect Claire, and sacrificies himself (or at least the memory of her) to try and continue to do so. It was a little hard to follow for awhile, why he was "thinking" to Matt and why Matt was so quick to trust and go along with him.
I'll try to jot down more later. As good as the episode was, I'm having trouble remembering parts I want to write about.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Monday... 24... Ep. 6-11... "4:00 PM-5:00 PM"
Gredenko and Fayed are talking in length about how long it will take to do all this bomb stuff. Which is funny because when they say two hours, it's almost like they're saying "in two episodes, this will happen."
Buchanan is shocked to hear that Jack has a lead, and it's Logan. Jack is shocked to hear that Logan is under house arrest, pleading guilty to "obstruction of justice" instead of being involved in the whole plot to kill David Palmer. So, I guess he got off light. I bet he has a nice house to be held up in.
Jack is making lovey eyes at Marilyn again, and stroking her face with his mutant hands. I guess all these years, Terry was his second choice, eh? He was pretty sad when she got killed, though. He says Josh reminds him or her, which is weird because I bet he reminds her of Jack. Or maybe Jack's father. Probably not Graem, though.
Morris can't trace any use of the phone line to the address Gredenko was supposed to be using. He tries and tries, so he deserves some props. Nadia thinks they did a spic-n-span on the place if they indeed were there, but things look grim.
Rob Lowe's brother, which I spell Reid, meets up with the guy who is going to assemble the bomb to kill President Principal Robin Wood Palmer. Reid's friend wants to kill Tom Lennox, but Rob Lowe's brother says they'll think about it. Bomb guy starts his work and Reid takes off. When some lady (Melinda, we learn) asks where Tom is, he hurries to make an excuse about a conference room - but she just came from the room he said Tom was in! Oh snap.
Chloe notices Morris made an obvious mistake which only Chloe would notice after a 2-second comb-through, and starts drilling him (ooh, bad choice of words) about him calling his sponsor. Which makes a lot of sense because he's only working with the Counter Terrorist Unit to stop the detonation of nuclear bombs, so he obviously has some free time to call someone and chat about wanting a drink. He leaves, Chloe peeps onto his electro-notepad and jots down the number of his sponsor. Nadia tells Chloe she doesn't think Morris is ok, and she's keeping an eye on him. That's now three eyes, including Nadia, Milo and Chloe. Thankfully, Milo is apparently still getting bandaged up and can't use his eyes on Morris quite yet.
Buchanan updates Nadia on Jack's arrival at Logan's Roadhouse. He hopes Jack can get something, but looks pretty pessimistic for a Director of CTU on a crucial, crucial day like today.
Jack jogs gingerly up to the house. Logan claims he's changed; he isn't the same man he was two years ago, just like Jack isn't the same man who was dragged and thrown into a Chinese prison (I bet there, they just call it "prison.") He gives up some information about a man (Markov) working with Gredenko, asking nothing in return. Jack doesn't trust him, but "maybe he should start!"
He must have taken Logan's advice because, minutes later, Jack tells President Palmer that he thinks they can trust him! Palmer doesn't like the dirty rat that killed his brother. Palmer and Logan speak on the phone, Logan calls Palmer needy, and Palmer decides they have to take the chance. But, no forgivenesss!
Buchanan decides to give Morris's workload to Chloe. Apparently all the eyes on him were distracting, and Bill finally had enough. Morris stands as if he were in an AA meeting, apologizes for giving the programming device to Fayed and for not having a time machine, and says he can do his job. With no fight whatsoever, Buchanan draws back. Nadia objects, but his decision is final. Smackdown.
Reid's bomb-maker friend starts taunting Lennox with "you're wasting your energy" and "the President is going to die." At least he doesn't use silly metaphors and wordplay like "I have the ball now, Johnny." The bomb will be ready in 30 minutes, with only about 26 left in the show. Reid has second thoughts as it finally hits him, and he reminds all of us that they are going to kill the President... of the United States! Bomb-maker assures him that they're only trying to save their country, and he should run along like a good little terrorist.
Chloe once again confronts Morris, who has more eyes on him than a potato. She asks if he was drinking, he says "a couple of beers," she accuses him of being sarcastic. This coming from Chloe O'Brien. Morris seems pretty stable and has a good excuse for not completing the missing sectors, which sounds more logical than the lie Chloe told Nadia. Morris hurries out of frame, and Chloe gets a call from the lady in Morris's phone and - wait for it - she hasn't been a sponsor in three years! Chloe can't find Morris in the two rooms she looks in, or the man on the phone, so she deduces that he probably had to pee out all the liquor he "hasn't metabolized". But when she gets there, he's trying to find out who Number Two works for. Ever the confronter, Chloe accuses Morris of lying to her. Morris claims that he's not lying and that Ted (with the hair!) is his new sponsor. Chloe leaves a little speechless, has no objection to Morris having saved a woman's phone number for three years, and he pours about 2 ounces of alcohol down the sink.
Reid attends to Lennox, finally working on a cut he gave him about an hour and a half ago. He wants to know if Tom was "playing them from the beginning." Lennox tells Reid that he was "against him from the start," which was really only about three hours ago. Reid puts the tape back on Tom's mouth and takes a call from a pesky Melinda, and tells her that he will notify Tom that Palmer wants to see him. Bomberman finishes his work and tells Reid how to detonate it. He says he is the only one that can get close enough and not attract attention. Everyone looks at him as he walks down the hall.
Tom makes a latch ditch effort to sweat Bomb-maker to death, and bomb-maker has to go turn it off. At this point, Tom lacks the Jack Bauer-like knowhow to kick him behind the knee to take him down. I suppose with the duct tape, he can't do the Bauer Bite.
Assad begins "rehearsing" his speech after Reid plants the bomb under the podium. Reid leaves and begrudgingly sets the timer, with Assad standing right there and Palmer way off to the side. Nice assassination there. The bomb goes off, Assad appears to be dead or really hurt, and the Palmer is lying unconscious. But is he dead?!@?!!?
Buchanan is shocked to hear that Jack has a lead, and it's Logan. Jack is shocked to hear that Logan is under house arrest, pleading guilty to "obstruction of justice" instead of being involved in the whole plot to kill David Palmer. So, I guess he got off light. I bet he has a nice house to be held up in.
Jack is making lovey eyes at Marilyn again, and stroking her face with his mutant hands. I guess all these years, Terry was his second choice, eh? He was pretty sad when she got killed, though. He says Josh reminds him or her, which is weird because I bet he reminds her of Jack. Or maybe Jack's father. Probably not Graem, though.
Morris can't trace any use of the phone line to the address Gredenko was supposed to be using. He tries and tries, so he deserves some props. Nadia thinks they did a spic-n-span on the place if they indeed were there, but things look grim.
Rob Lowe's brother, which I spell Reid, meets up with the guy who is going to assemble the bomb to kill President Principal Robin Wood Palmer. Reid's friend wants to kill Tom Lennox, but Rob Lowe's brother says they'll think about it. Bomb guy starts his work and Reid takes off. When some lady (Melinda, we learn) asks where Tom is, he hurries to make an excuse about a conference room - but she just came from the room he said Tom was in! Oh snap.
Chloe notices Morris made an obvious mistake which only Chloe would notice after a 2-second comb-through, and starts drilling him (ooh, bad choice of words) about him calling his sponsor. Which makes a lot of sense because he's only working with the Counter Terrorist Unit to stop the detonation of nuclear bombs, so he obviously has some free time to call someone and chat about wanting a drink. He leaves, Chloe peeps onto his electro-notepad and jots down the number of his sponsor. Nadia tells Chloe she doesn't think Morris is ok, and she's keeping an eye on him. That's now three eyes, including Nadia, Milo and Chloe. Thankfully, Milo is apparently still getting bandaged up and can't use his eyes on Morris quite yet.
Buchanan updates Nadia on Jack's arrival at Logan's Roadhouse. He hopes Jack can get something, but looks pretty pessimistic for a Director of CTU on a crucial, crucial day like today.
Jack jogs gingerly up to the house. Logan claims he's changed; he isn't the same man he was two years ago, just like Jack isn't the same man who was dragged and thrown into a Chinese prison (I bet there, they just call it "prison.") He gives up some information about a man (Markov) working with Gredenko, asking nothing in return. Jack doesn't trust him, but "maybe he should start!"
He must have taken Logan's advice because, minutes later, Jack tells President Palmer that he thinks they can trust him! Palmer doesn't like the dirty rat that killed his brother. Palmer and Logan speak on the phone, Logan calls Palmer needy, and Palmer decides they have to take the chance. But, no forgivenesss!
Buchanan decides to give Morris's workload to Chloe. Apparently all the eyes on him were distracting, and Bill finally had enough. Morris stands as if he were in an AA meeting, apologizes for giving the programming device to Fayed and for not having a time machine, and says he can do his job. With no fight whatsoever, Buchanan draws back. Nadia objects, but his decision is final. Smackdown.
Reid's bomb-maker friend starts taunting Lennox with "you're wasting your energy" and "the President is going to die." At least he doesn't use silly metaphors and wordplay like "I have the ball now, Johnny." The bomb will be ready in 30 minutes, with only about 26 left in the show. Reid has second thoughts as it finally hits him, and he reminds all of us that they are going to kill the President... of the United States! Bomb-maker assures him that they're only trying to save their country, and he should run along like a good little terrorist.
Chloe once again confronts Morris, who has more eyes on him than a potato. She asks if he was drinking, he says "a couple of beers," she accuses him of being sarcastic. This coming from Chloe O'Brien. Morris seems pretty stable and has a good excuse for not completing the missing sectors, which sounds more logical than the lie Chloe told Nadia. Morris hurries out of frame, and Chloe gets a call from the lady in Morris's phone and - wait for it - she hasn't been a sponsor in three years! Chloe can't find Morris in the two rooms she looks in, or the man on the phone, so she deduces that he probably had to pee out all the liquor he "hasn't metabolized". But when she gets there, he's trying to find out who Number Two works for. Ever the confronter, Chloe accuses Morris of lying to her. Morris claims that he's not lying and that Ted (with the hair!) is his new sponsor. Chloe leaves a little speechless, has no objection to Morris having saved a woman's phone number for three years, and he pours about 2 ounces of alcohol down the sink.
Reid attends to Lennox, finally working on a cut he gave him about an hour and a half ago. He wants to know if Tom was "playing them from the beginning." Lennox tells Reid that he was "against him from the start," which was really only about three hours ago. Reid puts the tape back on Tom's mouth and takes a call from a pesky Melinda, and tells her that he will notify Tom that Palmer wants to see him. Bomberman finishes his work and tells Reid how to detonate it. He says he is the only one that can get close enough and not attract attention. Everyone looks at him as he walks down the hall.
Tom makes a latch ditch effort to sweat Bomb-maker to death, and bomb-maker has to go turn it off. At this point, Tom lacks the Jack Bauer-like knowhow to kick him behind the knee to take him down. I suppose with the duct tape, he can't do the Bauer Bite.
Assad begins "rehearsing" his speech after Reid plants the bomb under the podium. Reid leaves and begrudgingly sets the timer, with Assad standing right there and Palmer way off to the side. Nice assassination there. The bomb goes off, Assad appears to be dead or really hurt, and the Palmer is lying unconscious. But is he dead?!@?!!?
Monday, February 26, 2007
Miscellaneous Musings, Pt. I
The Sarah Silverman Program is actually pretty funny. Part of that has to do with most of the cast being comedians. I almost think it'll get enough complaints to get canceled, but as far as South Park and shows on Comedy Central go these days, probably not. And for the umpteenth straight week, Missi Pyle shows up. I swear that woman is everywhere now. She'll be on that new David E. Kelley show Wedding Bells, plus she's been on Heroes the last two weeks. She was on Boston Legal back in November, too.
***
When I can afford to go back to Bluckbuster Online, I think I might start watching House from the beginning. I saw a few episodes during a marathon. I know it's probably on USA all the time but I'm not sure when they would be starting over with the first episode.
***
Going back to South Park, I saw this advertisement on TV.com. I'm not sure if it's a joke, if they're going to be doing some kind of anime parody, or if someone just completely messed up and chose the wrong picture to go with the link. I never did click on the link, but it's gone now. So, as a wise man once said, "I guess you'll have to tune in to find out what that weird looking guy is doing on a South Park ad."
***
Big TV night tonight, with 24, Heroes, How I Met Your Mother, and to a lesser extent, Everybody Hates Chris and Deal or No Deal. I haven't watched Chris in over a month. I work tonight so I'll have to tape something and watch the rest later.
The Black Donnellys also starts tonight, which may mean the end for one of my shows, Studio 60. Not a huge letdown though, as that show has kind of been going downhill. Let's have less plotlines on TV about pining for a lost love, shall we? Thanks. I can't decide if I want to watch Donnellys, but since it's on at 10 and everything else is 8 or 9, maybe I'll tape Heroes and just leave it on NBC to tape that too.
***
There's apparently a new comedy "coming out," untitled as of yet, from the writers of Will & Grace. "The untitled CBS project, from David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, is about two friends and writing partners, one straight and one gay (Green), and the women working with them (Jessica Capshaw, Vanessa Lengies). The project is loosely based on Kohan and Mutchnick's friendship."
Vanessa Lengies - good. Jessica Capshaw - good. This idea? Hey Kohan/Mutchnick, I know your old gay show lasted like 15 years, but do you not remember Joey? This may not be a spin-off, but why do they think it's going to work? Let's have less sitcoms with similar setups loosely based on old shows, shall we? Thanks.
***
I only watched about an hour or so of the 79th Annual Academy Awards, heretoforewenth known as The Oscars. The Departed won Best Picture. This movie was released in October,
getting us back to the pattern of Best Picture winners that were released in the last quarter of a calendar year. Crash ruined that by being released in May, since it beat out September's Brokeback Mountain and Capote. While Million Dollar Baby was released most places in January of 2005, it won for 2004 and had a limited release in December 2004. Return of the King came out in December, as the entire LOTR trilogy did. Chicago and A Beautiful Mind came out in December... and you get my point. Just seems like a strange pattern to me. At any rate, this isn't The DB-Movie Blog, so I'll stop now.
***
Not sure how often I'll make these kind of posts. I'd like to refrain from making short posts just to remember when I think of something, but then I might forget to jot them down, or I might forget to compile them if I do make a bunch of short posts. Perhaps I'll try to make some short hidden posts and make this a Monday thing. Kind of my weekly reminder. In any case, I'm sure you'll all support my decision (all two of you).
***
When I can afford to go back to Bluckbuster Online, I think I might start watching House from the beginning. I saw a few episodes during a marathon. I know it's probably on USA all the time but I'm not sure when they would be starting over with the first episode.
***
Going back to South Park, I saw this advertisement on TV.com. I'm not sure if it's a joke, if they're going to be doing some kind of anime parody, or if someone just completely messed up and chose the wrong picture to go with the link. I never did click on the link, but it's gone now. So, as a wise man once said, "I guess you'll have to tune in to find out what that weird looking guy is doing on a South Park ad."
***
Big TV night tonight, with 24, Heroes, How I Met Your Mother, and to a lesser extent, Everybody Hates Chris and Deal or No Deal. I haven't watched Chris in over a month. I work tonight so I'll have to tape something and watch the rest later.
The Black Donnellys also starts tonight, which may mean the end for one of my shows, Studio 60. Not a huge letdown though, as that show has kind of been going downhill. Let's have less plotlines on TV about pining for a lost love, shall we? Thanks. I can't decide if I want to watch Donnellys, but since it's on at 10 and everything else is 8 or 9, maybe I'll tape Heroes and just leave it on NBC to tape that too.
***
There's apparently a new comedy "coming out," untitled as of yet, from the writers of Will & Grace. "The untitled CBS project, from David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, is about two friends and writing partners, one straight and one gay (Green), and the women working with them (Jessica Capshaw, Vanessa Lengies). The project is loosely based on Kohan and Mutchnick's friendship."
Vanessa Lengies - good. Jessica Capshaw - good. This idea? Hey Kohan/Mutchnick, I know your old gay show lasted like 15 years, but do you not remember Joey? This may not be a spin-off, but why do they think it's going to work? Let's have less sitcoms with similar setups loosely based on old shows, shall we? Thanks.
***
I only watched about an hour or so of the 79th Annual Academy Awards, heretoforewenth known as The Oscars. The Departed won Best Picture. This movie was released in October,
getting us back to the pattern of Best Picture winners that were released in the last quarter of a calendar year. Crash ruined that by being released in May, since it beat out September's Brokeback Mountain and Capote. While Million Dollar Baby was released most places in January of 2005, it won for 2004 and had a limited release in December 2004. Return of the King came out in December, as the entire LOTR trilogy did. Chicago and A Beautiful Mind came out in December... and you get my point. Just seems like a strange pattern to me. At any rate, this isn't The DB-Movie Blog, so I'll stop now.
***
Not sure how often I'll make these kind of posts. I'd like to refrain from making short posts just to remember when I think of something, but then I might forget to jot them down, or I might forget to compile them if I do make a bunch of short posts. Perhaps I'll try to make some short hidden posts and make this a Monday thing. Kind of my weekly reminder. In any case, I'm sure you'll all support my decision (all two of you).
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
