The Sheldon-Penny stories seem to be getting more and more common. Last week we had Penny ruin Sheldon's "spot" by accidentally firing a paintball at the couch. He still wasn't happy when Penny had it cleaned, but this week has no problem being around her when he takes over her business. The gang starts their morning with a rousing game of Secret Agent Laser Obstacle Chess, which Sheldon excuses himself from so that he can deliver a package to Penny. He waits until exactly 11:00 and performs his usual three knocks and a name call until Penny opens the door. Penny is grateful for the delivery, but refuses to sign for it. Sheldon notes that she must sign for it so that he is no longer liable. Ultimately, she signs to shut him up.
After explaining why she is ordering rhinestones, Sheldon offers some advice on what Penny can do to improve her home business of making her Penny Blossoms. Penny is surprised and asks Sheldon if he knows about this stuff. Sheldon responds by claiming he is a physicist and has working knowledge of the universe and everything in it. "Who's Radiohead?" Penny asks. Sheldon twitches and says he retains only the important information. They strike a business deal in which Penny can not make snide remarks or be sarcastic, showing in the past couple of episodes that Sheldon has perhaps finally learned what sarcasm it and how it is used, something he had previously struggled with.
The rest of the gang hear singing as they are about to leave for a movie, and walk in on Penny and Sheldon singing sea-shanty work songs to self-motivate. They all end up helping, and by helping they of course turn to science and try to find ways to expedite the process. Sheldon forces a move to his apartment, and to the question of why her apartment is not good enough, Sheldon answers "Because it's not my apartment."
Leonard creates a youthful-looking website for the product, and gets an immediate return - an order of 1,000 flowers. Reasoning that Amazon offers a one-day rush order, Leonard offers the same. With Penny only able to make about 20 per day, the gang starts to work selflessly into the night.
We find out that Raj lived in a home with 4 servants (two of them children), and he says that if he wanted to stay up all night working, he could have stayed in India. Sheldon tries to take preemptive managerial steps to stamp out the negativity before he falls asleep. Refusing coffee because he promised his mother he would not start using drugs, he heads off to bed before Leonard sarcastically notes that without his help, they will surely fail. Sheldon agrees to a sip of coffee and before long he is unable to work, focused on his own musings of the universe. The gang completes the project before Leonard realizes that another order of 1,000 flowers has been placed. Exhausted, the gang decides not to continue and heads off to bed. With the exception of Sheldon who, in the full costume of the Flash, goes out for more coffee.
Penny Blossom Website - http://pennyblossoms.com/
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Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Monday... Gossip Girl... Season 2 Episode 1
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Monday, June 30, 2008
Miscellaneous Musings, Summertime
After the last season finale (I believe it was Lost, I'm not positive), I of course watched my Detroit Red Wings win the Stanley Cup.
After hockey, TV kind of ends. There's Tigers baseball, but I don't really watch the road games that much. I'm at the ballpark watching the games at Comerica Park, but I kinda have to. When they are on the road, (why is Firefox telling me "are" is spelled wrong?) I turn the TV on sometimes but don't really pay much attention.
Monk and Psych return on July 18 on USA, so that's good. Those are pretty much the only Friday shows I've watched since TGIF, but I did get into Friday Night Lights on DVD, so there will be that too. (Season debut still not listed on TV.com...) Still, during the summer it's a good time to catch up on missed shows or find new ones.
SHOWS I'VE BEEN WATCHING LATELY:
Gossip Girl. I'm a bit of a completist, if I start watching a show and it doesn't kill me, I gotta
keep going. And since there's usually a way to find episodes online now (thank you TV.com, hulu.com and surfthechannel), I do keep going. So, this is one of them. I love Kristen Bell, if even only for her voice, and Leighton Meester reminds me of someone, which always kind of attracts one to another person. (Ed: Rose McGowan and/or Friday Night Lights' Minka Kelly) I'll finish up the first season and see if I want to bother. If it remains on Monday, I'll have to wait until it's online because Monday seems to be the new Thursday with all the good shows.Boston Legal. I used to watch this when it aired, but I missed a few episodes and decided to just wait for reruns. I've found it on Surfthechannel s
o I've been trying to catch up before Season 5 starts. No airdate for that either, but I hear they are changing the cast once again. It has an early nod for a Drama Emmy, so I doubt they'd can the fifth season. And I hear it's moving to Monday, which again confirms my theory about it being the best TV night.(SERIOUSLY. SHOWS ON MONDAY NIGHT INCLUDE: The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Bones, House, Gossip Girl, Boston Legal, Heroes and Chuck. Plus shows I don't watch including Two and a Half Men, Prison Break, Terminator... did I forget any? Oh yeah, 24 -- whenever it comes back.)
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia.
Another show like How I Met Your Mother that I found way too late. The good thing about that is plenty of episodes to watch at my leisure. Philadelphia has short seasons, so there were only 17 episodes to watch on the DVD set. I'm currently catching up with Season 3 on TV.com so I'll be all set. I knew after an episode and a half that this would be one that I'd make sure to catch up with.
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! Penn's just funny. It's like MythBusters on crack, with total bias.
Daybreak. This one only last a season. I caught it on DVD through Netflix.
Speaking of Netflix, I've also begun watching Bones and Criminal Minds. They're not high on my priority list, but probably ones that I'll eventually look for more of.
I did watch the sneak preview of Life on Mars. I didn't care for it. This whole Quantum Leap > Early Edition > Journeyman time travel/crime fighting idea is wearing a bit thin. And with the loss of David E. Kelley, it may get worse!
Monday, March 24, 2008
Monday... How I Met Your Mother... Ep. 3-13... "Ten Sessions"
So, unfortunately, I wasn't thrilled with Britney Spears or Sarah Chalke in their roles. So the whole episode for me kind of... not bombed, but wasn't up to HIMYM standards.
Stella (Chalke) mentioned a St. Patrick's Day party, so the writers seem to be dropping a lot more clues and/or red herrings about the mother's identity. I really don't think she is the mother because the character already has a daughter and I think the writers would have cast an actress not committed to another network series to play a larger role.
Britney was hyped up, and decent, but really didn't add anything or make much of an impact. I'm not really sure why Alicia Silverstone's reps didn't want her doing the episode. It's not like Alicia gets publicity these days, so she wouldn't have really been overshadowed by comparison.
So, the show is called How I Met Your Mother, not While I Dated Your Mother. So, once Ted meets her, and it has to be a big deal because "Future Ted" is telling such a long story, that's kinda it. Obviously they could go on and discover the relationship, but I don't know. I'm thinking we may meet the mother in the season finale in case it doesn't get renewed. It looks like there are seven episodes left in the season, Wikipedia has 5 "TBA"s from April 21 though May 19.
Stella (Chalke) mentioned a St. Patrick's Day party, so the writers seem to be dropping a lot more clues and/or red herrings about the mother's identity. I really don't think she is the mother because the character already has a daughter and I think the writers would have cast an actress not committed to another network series to play a larger role.
Britney was hyped up, and decent, but really didn't add anything or make much of an impact. I'm not really sure why Alicia Silverstone's reps didn't want her doing the episode. It's not like Alicia gets publicity these days, so she wouldn't have really been overshadowed by comparison.
So, the show is called How I Met Your Mother, not While I Dated Your Mother. So, once Ted meets her, and it has to be a big deal because "Future Ted" is telling such a long story, that's kinda it. Obviously they could go on and discover the relationship, but I don't know. I'm thinking we may meet the mother in the season finale in case it doesn't get renewed. It looks like there are seven episodes left in the season, Wikipedia has 5 "TBA"s from April 21 though May 19.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Monday... How I Met Your Mother... Ep. 3-12... "No Tomorrow"
I was worried after three months, I would find How I Met Your Mother less funny. I did not. Tonight's episode, unplanned or not, was a St. Patrick's Day episode.
I honestly think with lesser actors, the show would not be as funny. I think some of the jokes are kind of bad, but not that bad. It's like, they're bad enough to be original. When Barney comes into the apartment with a green suit, he gets called Gumby, Riddler and Robin Hood. But Ted walks in and, without hesitation:
"Hey, NBA player sidelined by a knee injury."
To me, Josh Radnor is one the best at delivery on network television right now. Had it been another actor, or had the line been "You look like an NBA player sidelined with a knee injury," I don't think it would have worked as well. One of the most used words on the show is "awesome," and his delivery works every time.
But the big news - we may be very close to meeting Mother. We've seen the yellow umbrella before, and we see it again in this episode, especially at the end, when Ted himself picks it up. This obviously leads to a story where his future wife looks for it.
I have a small feeling we might have seen her. At the bar, Ted bumps into a girl and says sorry, she replies that it's ok, then they both away. I feel like this would normally be something that would be cut out of the episode, but it might come back in future episodes. That would be too easy, right?
Speaking of the bar, this episode uses a format previously seen in "Ted Mosby, Architect," where we see Ted acting one way, then later we find out it wasn't exactly how it went down. In that episode, Robin thinks Ted is going around town using his job to get women, when in fact Barney is using Ted's name. In this episode, we see a very drunk Ted who has unknowingly been leaving Marshal voicemail. We're left at the end worrying a little about his well-being, as he is extremely bothered by how he acted.
Coincidentally, "Ted Mosby, Architect" and this episode both feature another running joke. In tonight's ep, Ted asks Barney if they have to build a baseball field. The gang often makes references to Field of Dreams, a movie Robin fell asleep halfway through. There is another joke about ghosts in "Architect" as well... maybe the writers saw that episode before writing this one.
Lily and Marshall's new apartment is crooked, and this leads to more could-be-bad jokes about finding the "right angle" and it being an "uphill battle," but again, Cobie Smulders has the charm that prevents me from rolling my eyes. It also works when she goes along with Marshal's ghost story, saying very dryly "It passed through me and suddenly I felt cold, very cold."
And of course there is Barney, whose elaborate jokes would never come from anyone else. "End of the world - Nostradamus - Notre Dame - Fighting Irish - Irish - St. Patrick's Day!" And the extremely long-winded joke about girls living in different area codes, ending wit him calling himself Wyoming.
I honestly think with lesser actors, the show would not be as funny. I think some of the jokes are kind of bad, but not that bad. It's like, they're bad enough to be original. When Barney comes into the apartment with a green suit, he gets called Gumby, Riddler and Robin Hood. But Ted walks in and, without hesitation:
"Hey, NBA player sidelined by a knee injury."
To me, Josh Radnor is one the best at delivery on network television right now. Had it been another actor, or had the line been "You look like an NBA player sidelined with a knee injury," I don't think it would have worked as well. One of the most used words on the show is "awesome," and his delivery works every time.
But the big news - we may be very close to meeting Mother. We've seen the yellow umbrella before, and we see it again in this episode, especially at the end, when Ted himself picks it up. This obviously leads to a story where his future wife looks for it.
I have a small feeling we might have seen her. At the bar, Ted bumps into a girl and says sorry, she replies that it's ok, then they both away. I feel like this would normally be something that would be cut out of the episode, but it might come back in future episodes. That would be too easy, right?
Speaking of the bar, this episode uses a format previously seen in "Ted Mosby, Architect," where we see Ted acting one way, then later we find out it wasn't exactly how it went down. In that episode, Robin thinks Ted is going around town using his job to get women, when in fact Barney is using Ted's name. In this episode, we see a very drunk Ted who has unknowingly been leaving Marshal voicemail. We're left at the end worrying a little about his well-being, as he is extremely bothered by how he acted.
Coincidentally, "Ted Mosby, Architect" and this episode both feature another running joke. In tonight's ep, Ted asks Barney if they have to build a baseball field. The gang often makes references to Field of Dreams, a movie Robin fell asleep halfway through. There is another joke about ghosts in "Architect" as well... maybe the writers saw that episode before writing this one.
Lily and Marshall's new apartment is crooked, and this leads to more could-be-bad jokes about finding the "right angle" and it being an "uphill battle," but again, Cobie Smulders has the charm that prevents me from rolling my eyes. It also works when she goes along with Marshal's ghost story, saying very dryly "It passed through me and suddenly I felt cold, very cold."
And of course there is Barney, whose elaborate jokes would never come from anyone else. "End of the world - Nostradamus - Notre Dame - Fighting Irish - Irish - St. Patrick's Day!" And the extremely long-winded joke about girls living in different area codes, ending wit him calling himself Wyoming.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Miscellaneous Musings, Friends Edition
Thanks to the city library and their insane practice of lending out DVDs (good thing I don't have a burner), I've been watching a lot of Friends lately. In early Season 10, I've noticed a lot of guest stars that have gone on to play pretty prominent supporting roles on other shows. Obviously the show had many guest stars, some of whom were already pretty well known. But these caught my eye.
Aisha Tyler - 24
Ellen Pompeo - Grey's Anatomy
Gregory Itzin - 24
Cristine Rose - Heroes
Ok, so there aren't THAT many so far. But when I saw the last two sitting side by side, knowing they are now on opposing shows on Mondays at 9:00 (Although I don't know if Itzin will be back on 24), it made me chuckle.
Also, I'd like to take this opportunity to say that How I Met Your Mother better come back next season, because I'm "waiting for it."
Aisha Tyler - 24
Ellen Pompeo - Grey's Anatomy
Gregory Itzin - 24
Cristine Rose - Heroes
Ok, so there aren't THAT many so far. But when I saw the last two sitting side by side, knowing they are now on opposing shows on Mondays at 9:00 (Although I don't know if Itzin will be back on 24), it made me chuckle.
Also, I'd like to take this opportunity to say that How I Met Your Mother better come back next season, because I'm "waiting for it."
Monday, May 7, 2007
Miscellaneous Musings, Pt. III
Hey there fans, it's been awhile. Nice of you to stop by.
Gilmore Girls is seeing a late cancellation, and the seventh season finale on May 15 will in fact be a series finale. I got hooked on this show about 4 or 5 years into it, when I finally rented the first disc of the first season. I think I've seen them all, and as good as I think it was, I'm not devastated that it's ending. I feel a little bad for them though, because they didn't get to have their celebration as they finished filming the last episode. Even though it came down to the actors not wanting to commit, and not the network shutting it down. it'll be interesting to see what takes it's place on Tuesday. CW needs to find a gem because they lost the OC recently, too.
Speaking of shows ending, Lost knows where it's headed. They are going to have three more 16-episode seasons, and they are picking up the hot trend of waiting until January to start the seasons non-stop. I stopped watching back when it went on hiatus in February, and I wonder how many more people did the same. Seems strange for a show that popular to announce "shortened" seasons, although the 48 episodes would have made for two normal TV seasons had they not stretched it to three.
Scrubs is again on bubble, apparently. This is another show I really like, but it's starting to have that Friends feel, where every few months another question pops up if the show will end. I read that a promo for Scrubs said "only four episodes left," but they said the same thing for Heroes. Zach Braff already signed or at least agreed to an extension, but I guess they're still not sure if the show will stay on, or if it will move to another network, or what. You know, in today's TV world, where lasting one whole season is a positive thing, you'd think a network like NBC would want to keep a show that has lasted six. Maybe if they stopped moving it, it would find an audience to keep.
I stopped watching American Idol. A lot of it has to do with Gilmore Girls and Veronica Mars on Tuesdays. But also, The Worst Top 12 Ever turned into An Even Worse Top 6, and so on. While it wasn't as predictable as I made it seem (heh), I do have the final 4 correct.
My picks revisited (and who really left):
March 14 - Haley Scarnato (Brandon)
March 21 - Sanjaya Malakar (Stephanie)
March 28 - Phil Stacey (Sligh)
April 4 - Brandon Rogers (Gina)
April 11 - Stephanie Edwards (Haley)
April 18 - Chris Richardson (Sanjaya)
April 25 - Gina Glocksen (none)
May 2 - Chris Sligh (Richardson and Phil)
FINAL FOUR
May 9 - Jordin Sparks
May 16 - Melinda Doolittle
May 22 Finale - Blake Lewis vs. Lakisha
I think I'm out for now. Tune in next.... oh, whenever I feel like updating.
Gilmore Girls is seeing a late cancellation, and the seventh season finale on May 15 will in fact be a series finale. I got hooked on this show about 4 or 5 years into it, when I finally rented the first disc of the first season. I think I've seen them all, and as good as I think it was, I'm not devastated that it's ending. I feel a little bad for them though, because they didn't get to have their celebration as they finished filming the last episode. Even though it came down to the actors not wanting to commit, and not the network shutting it down. it'll be interesting to see what takes it's place on Tuesday. CW needs to find a gem because they lost the OC recently, too.
Speaking of shows ending, Lost knows where it's headed. They are going to have three more 16-episode seasons, and they are picking up the hot trend of waiting until January to start the seasons non-stop. I stopped watching back when it went on hiatus in February, and I wonder how many more people did the same. Seems strange for a show that popular to announce "shortened" seasons, although the 48 episodes would have made for two normal TV seasons had they not stretched it to three.
Scrubs is again on bubble, apparently. This is another show I really like, but it's starting to have that Friends feel, where every few months another question pops up if the show will end. I read that a promo for Scrubs said "only four episodes left," but they said the same thing for Heroes. Zach Braff already signed or at least agreed to an extension, but I guess they're still not sure if the show will stay on, or if it will move to another network, or what. You know, in today's TV world, where lasting one whole season is a positive thing, you'd think a network like NBC would want to keep a show that has lasted six. Maybe if they stopped moving it, it would find an audience to keep.
I stopped watching American Idol. A lot of it has to do with Gilmore Girls and Veronica Mars on Tuesdays. But also, The Worst Top 12 Ever turned into An Even Worse Top 6, and so on. While it wasn't as predictable as I made it seem (heh), I do have the final 4 correct.
My picks revisited (and who really left):
March 14 - Haley Scarnato (Brandon)
March 21 - Sanjaya Malakar (Stephanie)
March 28 - Phil Stacey (Sligh)
April 4 - Brandon Rogers (Gina)
April 11 - Stephanie Edwards (Haley)
April 18 - Chris Richardson (Sanjaya)
April 25 - Gina Glocksen (none)
May 2 - Chris Sligh (Richardson and Phil)
FINAL FOUR
May 9 - Jordin Sparks
May 16 - Melinda Doolittle
May 22 Finale - Blake Lewis vs. Lakisha
I think I'm out for now. Tune in next.... oh, whenever I feel like updating.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Monday... 24... Ep. 6-13... "6:00 PM-7:00 PM"
CTU is watching as Logan is being brought in. Milo makes a brief half-second appearance for the first time since he got shot. Logan asks Chloe who she is, then what's going on with Bauer. She can't talk now. She says he has the security camera to keep him company, and to stay put in holding.
Buchanan calls a meeting and introduces everyone to Mike Doyle and tells all of them Bauer is being held captive. Milo plays dumb so the new guy can puff out his chest and tell everyone that their primary goal is to capture Markov, then get Jack out. Milo continues to argue, not being able to do much else with his right arm in a sling. Ooh, apparenty Milo has issues with Doyle and says he is a jerk, just like John Denver. Wait, that was IN Denver.
Chloe comes back in after missing the whole meeting and asks Morris for the summary. He tells her that the goal is to get Markov, not Jack. This does not make Chloe very happy.
Speaking of Jack, he sees his friend who tried to help him a week ago (five minutes ago?) and he's lying on the floor. A guard kicks Jack and tosses him down the stairs. He then calls Markov asking if he should kill the American. Jack plays unconscious, and somehow knows just exactly when the guard is raising his gun. He lassos his belt around the gun (!) and tosses the guard to the ground! Jack worms his way to the gun while the guard grabs a small cuticle knife. No contest. Markov watches as the guard gets shot. He tells his men to find him in the basement, as if he would just stick around. No one can find him behind that one suitcase! Markov instructs everyone to turn off everything everywhere. Jack gets to the phone and calls CTU but can't finish his call! "Damn it!" So, he moves some fuse wires around and turns out the lights.
Milo tells Buchanan that Jack just called and Bill tells Milo to continue messanger duties, and to tell Doyle that Jack is not dispensable.
Buchanan tells Logan his plan to attack, and Logan doesn't agree. Logan tells Bill that he knows a way to convince President Subaru-ov to act against Markov. His insane ex-wife, Martha.
Doyle walks from computer to computer pointing out things that are wrong. Nobody likes him. He grabs Morris by the neck because Morris takes 2 extra seconds! Then he makes a big speech about him being in charge, and he don't want no lip. Milo tells Doyle not to manhandle the nice bald guy, and to come to him with any problems.
Lennox meets with VP and says he will look the other way, for now. But the truth will prevail! But VP wants Lennox to flat out lie and say he SAW Assad plant the bomb. Lennox doesn't like it, and VP spits on him. VP convinces Lennox to go along with it, because we're mad as hell!
Gredenko, still way out in plain sight where nobody is looking, is getting the bombs ready. Hey CTU, why not hover around and look for people surrounded by airplanes and drones?
Buchanan tells VP his thoughts about Martha and attacking the consulate and VP tells CTU to plan as if they're going to attack the consulate.
Aaron is taking care of Martha Logan, giving her fruit and magazines. Logan calls. Aaron answers "Martha Logan's Bungalow!" Logan gives him the skinny while Martha gets angry. Aaron continues to argue that she does not want to speak with him, but Logan mentions the Suvarovs. Martha jumps and gets on the phone. Luckily they're only minutes away from CTU so Logan is going to come see them.
Bill tells Logan they are going to attack, and if he doesn't like it, he has to get Martha's cooperation, Suvarov's wife's attention and Suvarov's demand to make Markov surrender before it's too late. It's a long shot.
Jack finds two Russians loving it up in a back room and asks them how they contact the outside world. Jack threatens them and asks for a phone, or he will kill them. The guy leaves and he tells the girl she'll be fine. Unless of course CTU attacks the consulate, which is very possible.
Logan arrives at the bungalow and Aaron refuses to shake hands. Aaron says Martha changed her mind, and she doesn't want to see him. Don't remember her ever agreeing to see him. But she pops out of her room when she notices how thin he is. He tells her the season's recap but doesn't want to go into any more detail. Martha will not dance like a monkey, and doesn't think Logan's "prison" is all that bad. Martha asks Aaron what to do, and he tells her to do it. She dances for him now.
VP and Lennox sits down with the Ambassador. VP threatens that he will attack his country unless they help him find the rest of the bombs.
Mrs. Suvarov is giving a speech and cannot be bothered yet. Logan apologizes for upsetting Martha and she starts getting frisky with Aaron in front of him. She starts getting very angry and takes it out on some kiwi. Logan says a few nice words to Aaron and Martha loses it again. She gets up with her fruit and stops short. She takes a knife and stabs Logan! She hits an artery! Good aim Martha! Logan is bleeding bad.
Bill wants to know if Martha can still talk to Suvarov. Aaron doesn't know. She says of course, she's not crazy! Anya doesn't know much. She tells Anya that details are very important, except apparently for Logan. Anya asks for more information...
...Seconds later, Suvarov commands Markov to surrender and to give up Jack unharmed. Markov disobeys and hangs up. Suvarov tells Bill that Markov won't give up, and agrees to the attack on the consulate.
Jack finally gets the phone from the lovebirds. (Chloe could've gotten it in seconds.) A couple of guards come in and start shooting. Man lovebird is hit!
CTU attacks the consulate. Guards down! Jack and the woman are ok.
Markov calls Gredenko and tells him they are under attack and to launch the drones immediately.
Doyle introduces himself to Jack.
The drone is ready to launch.
Bill tells CTU to focus on Shadow Valley.
Logan wakes up, says "Martha" and flatlines.
Buchanan calls a meeting and introduces everyone to Mike Doyle and tells all of them Bauer is being held captive. Milo plays dumb so the new guy can puff out his chest and tell everyone that their primary goal is to capture Markov, then get Jack out. Milo continues to argue, not being able to do much else with his right arm in a sling. Ooh, apparenty Milo has issues with Doyle and says he is a jerk, just like John Denver. Wait, that was IN Denver.
Chloe comes back in after missing the whole meeting and asks Morris for the summary. He tells her that the goal is to get Markov, not Jack. This does not make Chloe very happy.
Speaking of Jack, he sees his friend who tried to help him a week ago (five minutes ago?) and he's lying on the floor. A guard kicks Jack and tosses him down the stairs. He then calls Markov asking if he should kill the American. Jack plays unconscious, and somehow knows just exactly when the guard is raising his gun. He lassos his belt around the gun (!) and tosses the guard to the ground! Jack worms his way to the gun while the guard grabs a small cuticle knife. No contest. Markov watches as the guard gets shot. He tells his men to find him in the basement, as if he would just stick around. No one can find him behind that one suitcase! Markov instructs everyone to turn off everything everywhere. Jack gets to the phone and calls CTU but can't finish his call! "Damn it!" So, he moves some fuse wires around and turns out the lights.
Milo tells Buchanan that Jack just called and Bill tells Milo to continue messanger duties, and to tell Doyle that Jack is not dispensable.
Buchanan tells Logan his plan to attack, and Logan doesn't agree. Logan tells Bill that he knows a way to convince President Subaru-ov to act against Markov. His insane ex-wife, Martha.
Doyle walks from computer to computer pointing out things that are wrong. Nobody likes him. He grabs Morris by the neck because Morris takes 2 extra seconds! Then he makes a big speech about him being in charge, and he don't want no lip. Milo tells Doyle not to manhandle the nice bald guy, and to come to him with any problems.
Lennox meets with VP and says he will look the other way, for now. But the truth will prevail! But VP wants Lennox to flat out lie and say he SAW Assad plant the bomb. Lennox doesn't like it, and VP spits on him. VP convinces Lennox to go along with it, because we're mad as hell!
Gredenko, still way out in plain sight where nobody is looking, is getting the bombs ready. Hey CTU, why not hover around and look for people surrounded by airplanes and drones?
Buchanan tells VP his thoughts about Martha and attacking the consulate and VP tells CTU to plan as if they're going to attack the consulate.
Aaron is taking care of Martha Logan, giving her fruit and magazines. Logan calls. Aaron answers "Martha Logan's Bungalow!" Logan gives him the skinny while Martha gets angry. Aaron continues to argue that she does not want to speak with him, but Logan mentions the Suvarovs. Martha jumps and gets on the phone. Luckily they're only minutes away from CTU so Logan is going to come see them.
Bill tells Logan they are going to attack, and if he doesn't like it, he has to get Martha's cooperation, Suvarov's wife's attention and Suvarov's demand to make Markov surrender before it's too late. It's a long shot.
Jack finds two Russians loving it up in a back room and asks them how they contact the outside world. Jack threatens them and asks for a phone, or he will kill them. The guy leaves and he tells the girl she'll be fine. Unless of course CTU attacks the consulate, which is very possible.
Logan arrives at the bungalow and Aaron refuses to shake hands. Aaron says Martha changed her mind, and she doesn't want to see him. Don't remember her ever agreeing to see him. But she pops out of her room when she notices how thin he is. He tells her the season's recap but doesn't want to go into any more detail. Martha will not dance like a monkey, and doesn't think Logan's "prison" is all that bad. Martha asks Aaron what to do, and he tells her to do it. She dances for him now.
VP and Lennox sits down with the Ambassador. VP threatens that he will attack his country unless they help him find the rest of the bombs.
Mrs. Suvarov is giving a speech and cannot be bothered yet. Logan apologizes for upsetting Martha and she starts getting frisky with Aaron in front of him. She starts getting very angry and takes it out on some kiwi. Logan says a few nice words to Aaron and Martha loses it again. She gets up with her fruit and stops short. She takes a knife and stabs Logan! She hits an artery! Good aim Martha! Logan is bleeding bad.
Bill wants to know if Martha can still talk to Suvarov. Aaron doesn't know. She says of course, she's not crazy! Anya doesn't know much. She tells Anya that details are very important, except apparently for Logan. Anya asks for more information...
...Seconds later, Suvarov commands Markov to surrender and to give up Jack unharmed. Markov disobeys and hangs up. Suvarov tells Bill that Markov won't give up, and agrees to the attack on the consulate.
Jack finally gets the phone from the lovebirds. (Chloe could've gotten it in seconds.) A couple of guards come in and start shooting. Man lovebird is hit!
CTU attacks the consulate. Guards down! Jack and the woman are ok.
Markov calls Gredenko and tells him they are under attack and to launch the drones immediately.
Doyle introduces himself to Jack.
The drone is ready to launch.
Bill tells CTU to focus on Shadow Valley.
Logan wakes up, says "Martha" and flatlines.
Monday, March 12, 2007
Miscellaneous Musings, Buffy Edition
Not much to muse about today, but a very special Happy Anniversary to Joss Whedon and his Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which aired it's first episode on March 10, 1997.
July 31 will be the 15th year anniversary of the movie release, but the TV show definitely had better reviews and probably more viewers. Some people are still surprised when they found out there was a movie.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, lasted seven seasons on the WB and UPN. It also led to the spin-off series Angel, which started after season three of Buffy and lasted five seasons, going on one year after Buffy ended. Angel (David Boreanaz) made apperances on Buffy's final episodes, but Gellar only appeared on a handful of Angel episodes, and none after Buffy ended. Whedon had originally planned for only five seasons of Buffy, according to a Q&A with TVGuide.com in December.
Buffy has been sort of a measuring stick for some of the newer TV shows, with studios knowing that a strong cast and storytelling is needed to make shows, especially genre-strong ones, work.
Egged on to have the series make a comeback or at least have some TV-movies with some of the favorite characters (Spike comes to mind), Whedon will be writing some comic books now. Rather than comics and novels that stood by themselves, Buffy: Season 8 will be a graphic continuation of the television show. The series should be 20-30 issues and will be written by Whedon along with some comic book pro writers and some former Buffy writers.
Whedon also had a comic series called Fray, which was about another Slayer in the future, but I can't seem to find anything that leads me to believe there were more than eight of those, but sold over 200,000 copies combined. "One issue of Fray was a year late," says Whedon.
Obviously due to his success with strong female characters, Joss was writing and re-writing the anticipated and probably required if-it's-a-comic-it-has-to-be-a-movie Wonder Woman film, but is no longer attached. Rumor has it the front-runner to play the lead was How I Met Your Mother's Cobie Smulders, who I think would have been awesome.
A little where are they now for ya:
Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy) starred in both The Grudge movies (2004, 2006). She voiced April O'Neil in the new animated TMNT movie, due out in March. She also has three movies coming out: Alice, Addicted and Suburban Girl.
Nicholas Brendon (Xander) starred in a couple of TV shows, Kitchen Confidential and a voice in the Disney Channel's American Dragon: Jake Long. He has a horror movie coming out in 2008 called Unholy.
Alyson Hannigan (Willow) currently stars in How I Met Your Mother, which has been a show for a few Buffy alums to guest-star on. She has regular roles in parody movies, including Date Movie and Farce of the Penguins. She also had a recurring role on the TV cult-hit Veronica Mars, another show centered by a strong female character.
Anthony Stewart Head (Giles) will be appearing in the 2007 film Sweeney Todd, based on the Broadway musical. It stars Johnny Depp as the lead character. He also played Duncan in a modern retelling of Macbeth, which is in post-production.
James Marsters (Spike) had a recurring role on Smallville for eight episodes. He had a role in the 2006 horror film Shadow Puppets, which according to some seems to be a blatant rip-off of a Buffy episode where the gang lose their memories.
Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia) also had a story arc on Veronica Mars. She has also been in a few TV movies and posed for Playboy magazine in June 2004.
David Boreanaz (Angel) stars in the Fox drama Bones, which was recently renewed for a third season.
Eliza Dushku (Faith) starred as Tru Davies on the Fox drama Tru Calling, a low-rated show which also saw good DVD sales, like Whedon's Firefly. According to IMDb.com, she's in production on numerous projects.
and D.B. Woodside (Principal Wood) is the President of the Unites States on 24!
July 31 will be the 15th year anniversary of the movie release, but the TV show definitely had better reviews and probably more viewers. Some people are still surprised when they found out there was a movie.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, lasted seven seasons on the WB and UPN. It also led to the spin-off series Angel, which started after season three of Buffy and lasted five seasons, going on one year after Buffy ended. Angel (David Boreanaz) made apperances on Buffy's final episodes, but Gellar only appeared on a handful of Angel episodes, and none after Buffy ended. Whedon had originally planned for only five seasons of Buffy, according to a Q&A with TVGuide.com in December.
Buffy has been sort of a measuring stick for some of the newer TV shows, with studios knowing that a strong cast and storytelling is needed to make shows, especially genre-strong ones, work.
Egged on to have the series make a comeback or at least have some TV-movies with some of the favorite characters (Spike comes to mind), Whedon will be writing some comic books now. Rather than comics and novels that stood by themselves, Buffy: Season 8 will be a graphic continuation of the television show. The series should be 20-30 issues and will be written by Whedon along with some comic book pro writers and some former Buffy writers.
Whedon also had a comic series called Fray, which was about another Slayer in the future, but I can't seem to find anything that leads me to believe there were more than eight of those, but sold over 200,000 copies combined. "One issue of Fray was a year late," says Whedon.
Obviously due to his success with strong female characters, Joss was writing and re-writing the anticipated and probably required if-it's-a-comic-it-has-to-be-a-movie Wonder Woman film, but is no longer attached. Rumor has it the front-runner to play the lead was How I Met Your Mother's Cobie Smulders, who I think would have been awesome.
A little where are they now for ya:
Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy) starred in both The Grudge movies (2004, 2006). She voiced April O'Neil in the new animated TMNT movie, due out in March. She also has three movies coming out: Alice, Addicted and Suburban Girl.
Nicholas Brendon (Xander) starred in a couple of TV shows, Kitchen Confidential and a voice in the Disney Channel's American Dragon: Jake Long. He has a horror movie coming out in 2008 called Unholy.
Alyson Hannigan (Willow) currently stars in How I Met Your Mother, which has been a show for a few Buffy alums to guest-star on. She has regular roles in parody movies, including Date Movie and Farce of the Penguins. She also had a recurring role on the TV cult-hit Veronica Mars, another show centered by a strong female character.
Anthony Stewart Head (Giles) will be appearing in the 2007 film Sweeney Todd, based on the Broadway musical. It stars Johnny Depp as the lead character. He also played Duncan in a modern retelling of Macbeth, which is in post-production.
James Marsters (Spike) had a recurring role on Smallville for eight episodes. He had a role in the 2006 horror film Shadow Puppets, which according to some seems to be a blatant rip-off of a Buffy episode where the gang lose their memories.
Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia) also had a story arc on Veronica Mars. She has also been in a few TV movies and posed for Playboy magazine in June 2004.
David Boreanaz (Angel) stars in the Fox drama Bones, which was recently renewed for a third season.
Eliza Dushku (Faith) starred as Tru Davies on the Fox drama Tru Calling, a low-rated show which also saw good DVD sales, like Whedon's Firefly. According to IMDb.com, she's in production on numerous projects.
and D.B. Woodside (Principal Wood) is the President of the Unites States on 24!
Monday, March 5, 2007
Monday... 24... Ep. 6-12... "5:00 PM-6:00 PM"
So, President Palmer is on a stretcher headeed to surgery. Considering that due to the time-delay of this show, and it's about 30 seconds after the bomb went off, that's really fast.
Speaking of fast, I remember Jack being in his suit, but was Logan? He's dressed to the nines now and they're getting in a motorcade already. Logan is going on about hearing voices in the silence, reminiscing of how he was locked behind the cold bars of the gate to his nice house for a year. Buchanan tells jack about the assassination attempt on Palmer, and he acts surprised. Come on, Jack. Every President you know is in danger with you around.
Palmer is in surgery? THAT was fast.
"Lennox is occupied." Why is everyone so concered with him? Oh, right, because he's literally tied up at the moment. And it's fun to watch Reid Lowe squirm.
Sec. of Defense says that they don't know if and when Palmer will recover. This being 24, it'll take at least 3 hours! VP asks for who else but Tom Lennox! Reid must be peeing his pants trying to cover his tracks. The Sec. of Defense asks about Tom Lennox! Reid says he saw him somewhere, but SoD says he already checked there. Boy, that hasn't happened before. They go back and Reid puts his foot down, once again telling Bomb-Maker that they are not murderers! He unties Tom with a stern "You know the situation, right?" and "I know you'll do the right thing." They exit the room to a quick "Tom!" We've all been looking for you for hours! For he's a jolly good fellow! Then, Tom tells them to arrest Reid and Bomb-maker!
VP arrives to the White House calls Buchanan and asks about why Logan was released. Duh, because they all do what Jack Bauer wants. VP says ok, but he wants him back under House arrest immediately!
Logan tells Jack he needs to talk to Markov alone. Huhthewha? Jack doesn't like that idea. But Logan uses the power of "quick, this is 24" persuasion to convince him. Jack tells him not to go beyond 20 feet of him, he's under Jack arrest now. Jack walks the opposite way and somehow stays less than 20 feet away. Logan doesn't smoke anymore, but he looks high. Logan interrogates Markov very calmly. Markov claims over and over again that he doesn't know where Gredenko is. Logan backs down, says he is sorry, and that he believes him. Of course he first threatens to ruin him by calling Russia and telling them about his involvement in the gas scare two years ago, even though he promised not to. But his promise is null and void in Los Angeles. Markov will make calls. Logan leaves with no info. He tells Jack he is an expert in lying, so he knows that Markov knows more.
Markov immediately calls Gredenko, who isn't happy. "We want Arabs blamed, now we exposed, Russia exposed!"
Jack calls Chloe with an idea! Chloe always looks at her phone with such a questionable stare. She is to turn off all the power, distract the stupid guards who would immediately leave Markov exposed, and go after Markov himself. She has to work under the radar. Hopefully she doesn't have to take her eyes off Morris.
Karen Hayes-Buchanan watches a pretty damn clear video of live news coverage on her Sprint phone, then gets a call from Buchanan. She is more shocked than Jack was hearing about the assassination attempt, and decides she has to go back and help out, probably knowing that Tom's ideas will go through as the VP takes over.
VP talks to blonde girl in the elevator about putting Tom's plans into motion. Sec of defense tells VP that Tom has remanded himself into custody, and says nothing about Reid and Carson. VP goes in to talk to Lennox, who says he was just pretending to go along with Reid. He tries to explain but VP wants to put all the blame on Assad. Lennox claims it doesn't make any sense. They get heated. "That's what they want you to think, dummy!" Tom keeps calling him Noah. I guess he doesn't respect the title. VP quickly switches gears and tells Tom to just be quiet and go with the plans.
Jack sneaks up to the consulate and is spotted! But he quickly learns Russian and tells the guard he is going to the back door. The guard accepts this without any question whatoever. Fine job those guys do. Jack has 60 seconds until the power goes back on. His plan works, and all the guards run away. Jack gets into Markov's office and the 60 seconds quickly turns into about 15. He is spotted again! He decides to be very frank with the guards and tells them not to enter or he will kill Markov. Jack calls CTU and tells Buchanan what's going on. Bill tells Jack to get out, but this is Jack's show. He hangs up.
Bill calls VP and tells him Markov is a hostage, just FYI. Blonde from the elevator tells VP that the office rumor was that Karen quit because of Tom. Russia is on the phone and in addition to being pissed off that Palmer is unavailable, they want Jack stopped. Or else. Russia tells VP they must go through the appropriate diplomatic channels!
Jack stars getting violent. Markov slips up and mentions that he knows Gredenko is in the US. Jack wants to know why Gredenko is working with Fayed. Jack cuts off his pinky! Antony reacts as if he stubbed his toe, but he gives up some information, laughing and smiling like a little schoolboy. Jack walks away and they blow the door, taking Jack down. Antony punches him in the gut and they take him away!
VP gets on the tele and poorly reads a very poor statement. He tells people he will be pushing forward with new plans that will cost people some of their freedoms. Such is the price of war.
Morris talks about how difficult it is to bypass diplomatic traffic, but does it in about 15 seconds when it's convenient for him. Apparently he can read Russian as well as Jack can speak it. He finds out they have Jack in custody. Buchanan plans to wait a little while, then give VP the option to take the consulate by force.
Jack is tied to a chair. Some guard with a bluetooth is not allowed to talk. Jack tells him what's happened in the last 12 episodes. Bluetooth guard tells Jack to use the appropriate channels againb to try and take down Markov. Jack once again easily convinces someone to believe his word, and Guy leaves to call CTU.
Bluetooth guard tries to call CTU, but gets shot! That's what happens when you try to help Bauer.
Speaking of fast, I remember Jack being in his suit, but was Logan? He's dressed to the nines now and they're getting in a motorcade already. Logan is going on about hearing voices in the silence, reminiscing of how he was locked behind the cold bars of the gate to his nice house for a year. Buchanan tells jack about the assassination attempt on Palmer, and he acts surprised. Come on, Jack. Every President you know is in danger with you around.
Palmer is in surgery? THAT was fast.
"Lennox is occupied." Why is everyone so concered with him? Oh, right, because he's literally tied up at the moment. And it's fun to watch Reid Lowe squirm.
Sec. of Defense says that they don't know if and when Palmer will recover. This being 24, it'll take at least 3 hours! VP asks for who else but Tom Lennox! Reid must be peeing his pants trying to cover his tracks. The Sec. of Defense asks about Tom Lennox! Reid says he saw him somewhere, but SoD says he already checked there. Boy, that hasn't happened before. They go back and Reid puts his foot down, once again telling Bomb-Maker that they are not murderers! He unties Tom with a stern "You know the situation, right?" and "I know you'll do the right thing." They exit the room to a quick "Tom!" We've all been looking for you for hours! For he's a jolly good fellow! Then, Tom tells them to arrest Reid and Bomb-maker!
VP arrives to the White House calls Buchanan and asks about why Logan was released. Duh, because they all do what Jack Bauer wants. VP says ok, but he wants him back under House arrest immediately!
Logan tells Jack he needs to talk to Markov alone. Huhthewha? Jack doesn't like that idea. But Logan uses the power of "quick, this is 24" persuasion to convince him. Jack tells him not to go beyond 20 feet of him, he's under Jack arrest now. Jack walks the opposite way and somehow stays less than 20 feet away. Logan doesn't smoke anymore, but he looks high. Logan interrogates Markov very calmly. Markov claims over and over again that he doesn't know where Gredenko is. Logan backs down, says he is sorry, and that he believes him. Of course he first threatens to ruin him by calling Russia and telling them about his involvement in the gas scare two years ago, even though he promised not to. But his promise is null and void in Los Angeles. Markov will make calls. Logan leaves with no info. He tells Jack he is an expert in lying, so he knows that Markov knows more.
Markov immediately calls Gredenko, who isn't happy. "We want Arabs blamed, now we exposed, Russia exposed!"
Jack calls Chloe with an idea! Chloe always looks at her phone with such a questionable stare. She is to turn off all the power, distract the stupid guards who would immediately leave Markov exposed, and go after Markov himself. She has to work under the radar. Hopefully she doesn't have to take her eyes off Morris.
Karen Hayes-Buchanan watches a pretty damn clear video of live news coverage on her Sprint phone, then gets a call from Buchanan. She is more shocked than Jack was hearing about the assassination attempt, and decides she has to go back and help out, probably knowing that Tom's ideas will go through as the VP takes over.
VP talks to blonde girl in the elevator about putting Tom's plans into motion. Sec of defense tells VP that Tom has remanded himself into custody, and says nothing about Reid and Carson. VP goes in to talk to Lennox, who says he was just pretending to go along with Reid. He tries to explain but VP wants to put all the blame on Assad. Lennox claims it doesn't make any sense. They get heated. "That's what they want you to think, dummy!" Tom keeps calling him Noah. I guess he doesn't respect the title. VP quickly switches gears and tells Tom to just be quiet and go with the plans.
Jack sneaks up to the consulate and is spotted! But he quickly learns Russian and tells the guard he is going to the back door. The guard accepts this without any question whatoever. Fine job those guys do. Jack has 60 seconds until the power goes back on. His plan works, and all the guards run away. Jack gets into Markov's office and the 60 seconds quickly turns into about 15. He is spotted again! He decides to be very frank with the guards and tells them not to enter or he will kill Markov. Jack calls CTU and tells Buchanan what's going on. Bill tells Jack to get out, but this is Jack's show. He hangs up.
Bill calls VP and tells him Markov is a hostage, just FYI. Blonde from the elevator tells VP that the office rumor was that Karen quit because of Tom. Russia is on the phone and in addition to being pissed off that Palmer is unavailable, they want Jack stopped. Or else. Russia tells VP they must go through the appropriate diplomatic channels!
Jack stars getting violent. Markov slips up and mentions that he knows Gredenko is in the US. Jack wants to know why Gredenko is working with Fayed. Jack cuts off his pinky! Antony reacts as if he stubbed his toe, but he gives up some information, laughing and smiling like a little schoolboy. Jack walks away and they blow the door, taking Jack down. Antony punches him in the gut and they take him away!
VP gets on the tele and poorly reads a very poor statement. He tells people he will be pushing forward with new plans that will cost people some of their freedoms. Such is the price of war.
Morris talks about how difficult it is to bypass diplomatic traffic, but does it in about 15 seconds when it's convenient for him. Apparently he can read Russian as well as Jack can speak it. He finds out they have Jack in custody. Buchanan plans to wait a little while, then give VP the option to take the consulate by force.
Jack is tied to a chair. Some guard with a bluetooth is not allowed to talk. Jack tells him what's happened in the last 12 episodes. Bluetooth guard tells Jack to use the appropriate channels againb to try and take down Markov. Jack once again easily convinces someone to believe his word, and Guy leaves to call CTU.
Bluetooth guard tries to call CTU, but gets shot! That's what happens when you try to help Bauer.
Miscellaneous Musings, Pt. II
I'm starting to think that Deal or No Deal is planned out. Or at least edited a lot. It used to be like Millionaire, where they would just have the contestant go until he lost, then pick another one until the show ended. Now it seems like they pick a new contestant at the beginning, and they play until about 8:56, then take the deal. The show ends promptly in time for Heroes to begin. These people are crazy. I'd like to think I'd take a guaranteed $175,000 but this game is insane. This woman can not stop crying. $264,000? TAKE THE MONEY, GEEZ. Ok, now I hope she ends up with $400.
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Jeff Goldblum has a show coming up on NBC called Raines. I guess he sees hallucinations of the victims and it helps him solve cases. People are calling it a rip-off of shows like Medium, Psych, Monk, etc., where a detective/cop solves cases in an unusual manner. But TV does this all the time. I'm sure House is like some other doctor shows from the past, but people still watch it. And he wins Emmys and whatnot. I think Jeff Goldblum is funny. And that's what separates it from Medium - that show isn't a comedy.
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It's hiatus time in TV-land. I miss the days when shows would just run episodes. Now they have to switch it all around and take breaks that can last up to a month. Actually, Psych is still on Season 1. The pilot aired on July 7, 2006. Episode 8 aired August 25, and Episode 9 didn't air until January 19 of this year. Well, I guess all this off-time will give me plenty of chances to update my blog!
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$402,000? TAKE THE MONEY YOU SELFISH HO! The crowd is chanting "Deal! Deal! Deal!"
Three minutes until 9:00. She better take it. Sheesh, about time. Haha, her case had $400.
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Speaking of possible rip-off ideas, Kevin Smith is going to direct the CW pilot Reapers. What makes this different from Dead Like Me, I guess, is that Sam has to capture the souls have escaped from hell, while George had to take souls from people who were about to die so that they didn't suffer. They say Reapers is a comedic drama. I haven't heard much else about it. Plus, this is on CW so it'll have less vulgarity than Showtime's Dead Like Me. Which will be weird for something directed by Smith.
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Tuesday will be the premiere of The Search for the Next (Pussycat) Doll. This is like American Idol/Dancing with the Stars for 15 year old boys. And maybe 50 year old men. The first episode's summary says something about a mysterious stomach flu, which I thought was called bulimia. And what is Li'l Kim doing being a judge? And Mark McGrath hosting? Wow, this will totally beat Idol in the ratings. *chuckle*
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Apparently there is going to be a show about the (fictional) wives of (fictional) NFL players. The only good thing I can think about this show is that they are likely to cast some prettygood actresses.
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Jeff Goldblum has a show coming up on NBC called Raines. I guess he sees hallucinations of the victims and it helps him solve cases. People are calling it a rip-off of shows like Medium, Psych, Monk, etc., where a detective/cop solves cases in an unusual manner. But TV does this all the time. I'm sure House is like some other doctor shows from the past, but people still watch it. And he wins Emmys and whatnot. I think Jeff Goldblum is funny. And that's what separates it from Medium - that show isn't a comedy.
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It's hiatus time in TV-land. I miss the days when shows would just run episodes. Now they have to switch it all around and take breaks that can last up to a month. Actually, Psych is still on Season 1. The pilot aired on July 7, 2006. Episode 8 aired August 25, and Episode 9 didn't air until January 19 of this year. Well, I guess all this off-time will give me plenty of chances to update my blog!
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$402,000? TAKE THE MONEY YOU SELFISH HO! The crowd is chanting "Deal! Deal! Deal!"
Three minutes until 9:00. She better take it. Sheesh, about time. Haha, her case had $400.
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Speaking of possible rip-off ideas, Kevin Smith is going to direct the CW pilot Reapers. What makes this different from Dead Like Me, I guess, is that Sam has to capture the souls have escaped from hell, while George had to take souls from people who were about to die so that they didn't suffer. They say Reapers is a comedic drama. I haven't heard much else about it. Plus, this is on CW so it'll have less vulgarity than Showtime's Dead Like Me. Which will be weird for something directed by Smith.
...
Tuesday will be the premiere of The Search for the Next (Pussycat) Doll. This is like American Idol/Dancing with the Stars for 15 year old boys. And maybe 50 year old men. The first episode's summary says something about a mysterious stomach flu, which I thought was called bulimia. And what is Li'l Kim doing being a judge? And Mark McGrath hosting? Wow, this will totally beat Idol in the ratings. *chuckle*
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Apparently there is going to be a show about the (fictional) wives of (fictional) NFL players. The only good thing I can think about this show is that they are likely to cast some pretty
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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?!@?!!?
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Monday... How I Met Your Mother... Ep. 2-16... "Stuff"
From TV.com: Lily gets asked to be in a play. Robin discovers the source of a lot of Ted's stuff and Ted discovers the source of Robin's dogs. They have a fight and ask the rest of the gang to rule on the matter.
Ted: Oh my god, Van Helsing is on. Remember when we went to see it? We sat in the back row...
Robin: I've never seen Van Helsing.
Ted: Oh that's right, I saw it with my sister.
Robin: My boss just got back from Maui, he said it was really romantic.
Ted: Oh, it's so romantic.
Robin: When were you in Maui?
Ted: I went... with... Robin (joining in): my sister!
Robin: Why do you always say that?
Lily: Hot off the presses!
Barney: I don't take flyers.
Marshall: You took one two seconds before you walked in here!
Barney: That's different, it was for a strip club. Two bucks off wings! How much is your flyer gonna save me on wings?
Ted: Really? You can't look at a pillow without seeing my ex girlfriend? A pillow!?
Robin: Yes, Ted, the fact that you still have that pillow is creepy and gross!
Ted: You're creepy and gross!
Robin: Your mom is creepy and gross!
Lily: Order! Order!
Barney: I side with Robin. Ted, your place is too cluttered. It's like you're living in a Bennigan's.
Ted, 2023 (Narration): New York is famous for its theatre. But there's many different levels. There's Broadway, off-Broadway, off-off Broadway, homeless people screaming in the park, and below that, the play Aunt Lily was in.
Actor 1: I am rage!
Actor 2: I am greed!
Lily: I am rage - ENVY!
Lily: If you were in a play, I'd sit through the whole thing and I'd compliment you on it afterward.
Barney: Oh really, you would?
Lily: Yes!
Barney: Bad move, Aldrin. Bad move.
Robin: Oh my God, you've been robbed!
Ted: Nope.
Robin (pauses): All that stuff was from old girlfriends? Don't you buy anything for yourself?
Ted: What can I say? Papa gets swag.
Lily: He's really having trouble dealing with this, huh?
Robin: Yeah, he really is. It's got me thinking maybe I should get rid of my dogs. Might be time to send them to the farm.
Lily: You're going to kill your dogs?!
Robin: No! there really is a farm! My aunt has a farm upstate.
Robin: My aunt is awfully lonely up there, it's just her and her lover Betty.
Lily: Oh that's perfect, they love dogs!
Robin: "They," what do you mean by "they?"
Lily: Uh... people upstate - Oh look it's starting! Shh!
Barney: Moist. Moist. Moist. Moist.
Ted 2023 (Narration): That was the first 40 minutes of Barney's show. Then we endured about 20 minutes of this.
[Barney shoots Lily with a water gun]
Barney: I have to go refill. I'll be back in a moment - play's not over!
Marshall: I never get picked for audience participation.
Ted: Oh my god, Van Helsing is on. Remember when we went to see it? We sat in the back row...
Robin: I've never seen Van Helsing.
Ted: Oh that's right, I saw it with my sister.
Robin: My boss just got back from Maui, he said it was really romantic.
Ted: Oh, it's so romantic.
Robin: When were you in Maui?
Ted: I went... with... Robin (joining in): my sister!
Robin: Why do you always say that?
Lily: Hot off the presses!
Barney: I don't take flyers.
Marshall: You took one two seconds before you walked in here!
Barney: That's different, it was for a strip club. Two bucks off wings! How much is your flyer gonna save me on wings?
Ted: Really? You can't look at a pillow without seeing my ex girlfriend? A pillow!?
Robin: Yes, Ted, the fact that you still have that pillow is creepy and gross!
Ted: You're creepy and gross!
Robin: Your mom is creepy and gross!
Lily: Order! Order!
Barney: I side with Robin. Ted, your place is too cluttered. It's like you're living in a Bennigan's.
Ted, 2023 (Narration): New York is famous for its theatre. But there's many different levels. There's Broadway, off-Broadway, off-off Broadway, homeless people screaming in the park, and below that, the play Aunt Lily was in.
Actor 1: I am rage!
Actor 2: I am greed!
Lily: I am rage - ENVY!
Lily: If you were in a play, I'd sit through the whole thing and I'd compliment you on it afterward.
Barney: Oh really, you would?
Lily: Yes!
Barney: Bad move, Aldrin. Bad move.
Robin: Oh my God, you've been robbed!
Ted: Nope.
Robin (pauses): All that stuff was from old girlfriends? Don't you buy anything for yourself?
Ted: What can I say? Papa gets swag.
Lily: He's really having trouble dealing with this, huh?
Robin: Yeah, he really is. It's got me thinking maybe I should get rid of my dogs. Might be time to send them to the farm.
Lily: You're going to kill your dogs?!
Robin: No! there really is a farm! My aunt has a farm upstate.
Robin: My aunt is awfully lonely up there, it's just her and her lover Betty.
Lily: Oh that's perfect, they love dogs!
Robin: "They," what do you mean by "they?"
Lily: Uh... people upstate - Oh look it's starting! Shh!
Barney: Moist. Moist. Moist. Moist.
Ted 2023 (Narration): That was the first 40 minutes of Barney's show. Then we endured about 20 minutes of this.
[Barney shoots Lily with a water gun]
Barney: I have to go refill. I'll be back in a moment - play's not over!
Marshall: I never get picked for audience participation.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Monday... Heroes... Ep. 1-16... "Unexpected"
You know what was "Unexpected?" Stan Lee only getting about 3 seconds of TV-time.
Anyway, it's begun: Just as I thought, Sylar is going to just follow Suresh around and kill all these people, then act like "oh man, that sucks, let's go." Suresh is a smart guy, doesn't it come off the least bit strange to him that all of a sudden Sylar (Zane) is getting these bad headaches when they find the woman dead? And when he mentiones Sylar, he's really curious to learn more.
Well, I thought Ando was going to be the one to die, as I figured it would be one of the "Heroes." Plus, I thought I read something about Hiro losing someone he cares for. But I guess they just meant since Ando was kidnapped by Missi Pyle, or when Hiro tells Ando to go home. Turns out it's just Simone who dies. Interesting way to do it though, having Isaac do it while trying to shoot Peter. I read that Simone does in fact die, so Peter must not have contracted any kind of healing power. She never really brought anything to the table for me anyway, so I'm not crying over it.
I had to look up why people keep referring to Claire's dad as "HRG." I guess it means Horn-Rimmed Glasses. Boy, that's really lame. I don't think it's one of those fan-made names though because I've seen it mentioned in more official recaps and episode previews. They are doing a good job with him, though. I actually am on the fence on if I believe he is trying to protect his family. I think he might be, but he's just so obsessed with learning about the people with powers that he's making a lot of mistakes. But considering they knew Sylar was the bad guy, I guess I can believe HRG (I can't believe I'm typing that...) is probably more good than evil. But he may have his own motives.
We might find out, since now Matt and the two newest Heroes are in his house and have guns pointed at him and his family. I thought Matt tried to read his mind before and failed, so I'm not sure how they're going to figure anything out...
Anyway, it's begun: Just as I thought, Sylar is going to just follow Suresh around and kill all these people, then act like "oh man, that sucks, let's go." Suresh is a smart guy, doesn't it come off the least bit strange to him that all of a sudden Sylar (Zane) is getting these bad headaches when they find the woman dead? And when he mentiones Sylar, he's really curious to learn more.
Well, I thought Ando was going to be the one to die, as I figured it would be one of the "Heroes." Plus, I thought I read something about Hiro losing someone he cares for. But I guess they just meant since Ando was kidnapped by Missi Pyle, or when Hiro tells Ando to go home. Turns out it's just Simone who dies. Interesting way to do it though, having Isaac do it while trying to shoot Peter. I read that Simone does in fact die, so Peter must not have contracted any kind of healing power. She never really brought anything to the table for me anyway, so I'm not crying over it.
I had to look up why people keep referring to Claire's dad as "HRG." I guess it means Horn-Rimmed Glasses. Boy, that's really lame. I don't think it's one of those fan-made names though because I've seen it mentioned in more official recaps and episode previews. They are doing a good job with him, though. I actually am on the fence on if I believe he is trying to protect his family. I think he might be, but he's just so obsessed with learning about the people with powers that he's making a lot of mistakes. But considering they knew Sylar was the bad guy, I guess I can believe HRG (I can't believe I'm typing that...) is probably more good than evil. But he may have his own motives.
We might find out, since now Matt and the two newest Heroes are in his house and have guns pointed at him and his family. I thought Matt tried to read his mind before and failed, so I'm not sure how they're going to figure anything out...
Monday, February 19, 2007
Monday... 24... Ep. 6-10... "3:00 PM-4:00 PM"
Family members are just so easy.
Jack's dad, "Dad" has who is possibly Jack's son "Josh", but is also Marilyn's son and maybe Graem's son, who is Jack's brother and of course, Jack's father's son. Jack's mom is nowhere to be found. I wonder what Jack's father's mother thinks of all this; She didn't raise no fool.
Usually kids act really calm or really scared. Josh is somewhere in between. It's as if his notes were "act as if you don't know what's going on, but you just want to go play video games."
Meanwhile, Morris goes from wanting to do his job to freaking out about being the cause of more bombs to binge "drinking" (I didn't metabolize!). Then all of a sudden. he's completely fine. Let him go back to work, it's the best medicine. I wonder where his Red Bull went. Combine those with Altoids? Oh boy. Good thing Chloe will keep her eye on him. As will Milo. You can count on some interesting banter from those two!
Milo (CTU is full of cat-like names) got shot and looks almost worse than Morris, and he got a drill through the arm plus a bit of water torture. Plus, Morris has that cool bald head and you can see the big bruise. I think it's obvious who the bigger man is. Damn right, it's Chloe.
President Principal Robin Wood is about to be kiiiilllled! Where's Buffy when you need her?
John Cage (I mean Tom Lennox!) took a nasty gun to the head and doesn't look any worse for wear, besides being passed out cold, of course. Should have seen it coming, Rob Lowe's brother should never be trusted. But if that area was so safe for those two to talk in, how come he was able to hear Lennox make that phone call? It's not like he was across an open room like Josh was when he heard Daddy threaten Marilyn. Which is rule number one in holding a hostage, always go at least two rooms away! I guess he could have kept the door open, although I thought I saw Tom open it.
I like how they give Jack a nice long speech and zoom the camera in rreeeeaaallly close, and we're NOT supposed to expect Daddy to run away. I'm surprised that phone Jack found wasn't accompanied by a "I love you, son" note.
Ok, so who left the phone? Was it Logan himself? No, couldn't be. I don't know if Daddy would have left it, he could have just told him. At least Marilyn got away with Josh, but not before a nice moment with Jack that could have used some harp music. Aw, she touches his face, and he touches her hand with HIS MUTANT HAND! It's nice she is so quick to forgive him throwing her against the wall and choking her. He's got the balls (and the smarts) Graem never had. Love is in the air.
Jack's dad, "Dad" has who is possibly Jack's son "Josh", but is also Marilyn's son and maybe Graem's son, who is Jack's brother and of course, Jack's father's son. Jack's mom is nowhere to be found. I wonder what Jack's father's mother thinks of all this; She didn't raise no fool.
Usually kids act really calm or really scared. Josh is somewhere in between. It's as if his notes were "act as if you don't know what's going on, but you just want to go play video games."
Meanwhile, Morris goes from wanting to do his job to freaking out about being the cause of more bombs to binge "drinking" (I didn't metabolize!). Then all of a sudden. he's completely fine. Let him go back to work, it's the best medicine. I wonder where his Red Bull went. Combine those with Altoids? Oh boy. Good thing Chloe will keep her eye on him. As will Milo. You can count on some interesting banter from those two!
Milo (CTU is full of cat-like names) got shot and looks almost worse than Morris, and he got a drill through the arm plus a bit of water torture. Plus, Morris has that cool bald head and you can see the big bruise. I think it's obvious who the bigger man is. Damn right, it's Chloe.
President Principal Robin Wood is about to be kiiiilllled! Where's Buffy when you need her?
John Cage (I mean Tom Lennox!) took a nasty gun to the head and doesn't look any worse for wear, besides being passed out cold, of course. Should have seen it coming, Rob Lowe's brother should never be trusted. But if that area was so safe for those two to talk in, how come he was able to hear Lennox make that phone call? It's not like he was across an open room like Josh was when he heard Daddy threaten Marilyn. Which is rule number one in holding a hostage, always go at least two rooms away! I guess he could have kept the door open, although I thought I saw Tom open it.
I like how they give Jack a nice long speech and zoom the camera in rreeeeaaallly close, and we're NOT supposed to expect Daddy to run away. I'm surprised that phone Jack found wasn't accompanied by a "I love you, son" note.
Ok, so who left the phone? Was it Logan himself? No, couldn't be. I don't know if Daddy would have left it, he could have just told him. At least Marilyn got away with Josh, but not before a nice moment with Jack that could have used some harp music. Aw, she touches his face, and he touches her hand with HIS MUTANT HAND! It's nice she is so quick to forgive him throwing her against the wall and choking her. He's got the balls (and the smarts) Graem never had. Love is in the air.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Monday... Studio 60... Ep. 1-15... "The Friday Night Slaughter"
I'm very iffy on flashback episodes on TV shows. Sometimes it works (Buffy/Angel, How I Met Your Mother) and sometimes it doesn't (this). Apparently Matt is on some kind of drugs now while Danny is a recovering cocaine addict. Or maybe he just got caught the one time, I can't remember. (This is why I started this thing. I can never remember anything!) While this might create some tension, I like Matt as just the stressed out sarcastic Chandler-like character. Especially with his new assistant, who plays dry comedy brilliantly. See a couple episodes ago, and the whole "$501? and $502 to the sex people?" banter.
Still, I wasn't thrilled with the flashbacks, even if it did explain his drug problem and introduce whats his name - the guy Harriet's doing (a movie with). I wanna say Scott but I don't think that's right. Maybe that's his last name. Luke Scott? And the writer who may or may not have really been Matt, or his subconscious, or whatever. I read a lot about Matthew Perry doing a good job, and I always think he does. But the episode, it was too drama for me. I realize it IS a drama, but they've been able to put some good humor in.
i miss Cal and the snake/ferret/coyote.
The flashbacks were just too dumbed down. And by that, I mean they did not want to take the risk of making anyone possibly think that this could be happening in the present. So they give Matt a backwards baseball cap (because no one does that anymore - remember when Chandler flashbacks used to have him in a baseball cap too? Weird.) and they play every single song that was popular in 1999 like "All-Star" by Smashmouth. Add to that numerous mentions of "Y2K," just in case anyone nodded off. It was a little insulting, honestly. The shaky handheld camera is good enough to tell me we're not in Kansas anymore, ok? I get it. Harriet has straight hair and there's 55 people in the writers room. Those're all the visual clues I need.
Danny and Jordan seem cozy now, except for the fact that she won't let him kiss her in public. I wasn't a big Amanda Peet fan, but she's getting some good lines. She suggests the only place to hide is under the desk, but she doesn't think they'll both fit. Danny had a good response that of course, I forgot.
Tom and Dylan were ok, my initial thought was that it was a filler C-plot, but since the episode surrounded the cutting of sketches, and T&D were wanting their sketch to make it just like Matt when he was writing, I guess it worked. Especially the subtle overacting of "BIG SKETCH!"
I guess none of this will matter if the show gets canceled, and I've read that more than once. Maybe Cal can get a spin off. Anyway, let's all cheer the lack of Steven Weber in this episode!
Still, I wasn't thrilled with the flashbacks, even if it did explain his drug problem and introduce whats his name - the guy Harriet's doing (a movie with). I wanna say Scott but I don't think that's right. Maybe that's his last name. Luke Scott? And the writer who may or may not have really been Matt, or his subconscious, or whatever. I read a lot about Matthew Perry doing a good job, and I always think he does. But the episode, it was too drama for me. I realize it IS a drama, but they've been able to put some good humor in.
i miss Cal and the snake/ferret/coyote.
The flashbacks were just too dumbed down. And by that, I mean they did not want to take the risk of making anyone possibly think that this could be happening in the present. So they give Matt a backwards baseball cap (because no one does that anymore - remember when Chandler flashbacks used to have him in a baseball cap too? Weird.) and they play every single song that was popular in 1999 like "All-Star" by Smashmouth. Add to that numerous mentions of "Y2K," just in case anyone nodded off. It was a little insulting, honestly. The shaky handheld camera is good enough to tell me we're not in Kansas anymore, ok? I get it. Harriet has straight hair and there's 55 people in the writers room. Those're all the visual clues I need.
Danny and Jordan seem cozy now, except for the fact that she won't let him kiss her in public. I wasn't a big Amanda Peet fan, but she's getting some good lines. She suggests the only place to hide is under the desk, but she doesn't think they'll both fit. Danny had a good response that of course, I forgot.
Tom and Dylan were ok, my initial thought was that it was a filler C-plot, but since the episode surrounded the cutting of sketches, and T&D were wanting their sketch to make it just like Matt when he was writing, I guess it worked. Especially the subtle overacting of "BIG SKETCH!"
I guess none of this will matter if the show gets canceled, and I've read that more than once. Maybe Cal can get a spin off. Anyway, let's all cheer the lack of Steven Weber in this episode!
Monday... Heroes... Ep. 1-15... "Run!"
First of all, if you're going to Google "Heroes," watch your typos.
I like Matt episodes, but they spent too much time on Claire. I'm all about Hayden Pattycakeiere getting screen time. She's not a bad lil actress. But now that I know who her father is, I don't really care. I mean, what exactly has Nathan done yet? Not much. We know he can fly but he's only done it once to get out of trouble. We know he's Peter's brother, which right now is the most exciting thing that can be said about him. And he slept with Nikki/Jessica. Way to hit that! Even if it was blackmail. Meanwhile Claire visits her mom, finds out her father is going to show up, and sneaks around to listen in on them. She has a little bit of hope when she overhears him talking about her, but gets sad again when Nathan tells her mother that she did the right thing, sending her away. Wow, I jumped far far away from Matt. More on him in a bit.
Speaking of Matt, does anyone else think his wife looks like she could be Jennifer Garner's chunky sister? (Which is also weird because the guy who plays Matt [Greg Grunberg] was on Alias with the actual Jennifer Garner.)
It's about time Suresh actually did something besides walk around his apartment talking to himself and going on and on about his father and looking at maps. It should be very interesting to see what happens with him and Sylar. I don't understand this new power of melting things and why Sylar seemed so interested in showing Suresh after he stole it. And sure, I can go along with him following Suresh to find all these other people, but how is he going to kill them/acquire their ability without seeming suspicious? "Oh look another one died, aw. On to the next one!" Although, I guess if he just finds the list of people and where they are, he could kill Suresh, but I doubt it will come to that.
I'm trying to remember who Linderman is and what role he plays, besides linking a few of the characters. (I bet I forgot a lot of important details while the show was on hiatus.) But apparently Jessica knows him, because he hires her to kill the guy Matt is supposed to protect. Matt could hear Nikki and Jessica since they share one mind, so Jessica is able to kill the guy while Matt looks for Nikki. Luckily Matt heard the guy think about where he hid the diamonds, and he keeps them to himself. I wonder if he'll really keep them. Chunky Garner might object. I kid, she's a sweet gal.
Missi Pyle is still weird looking, and it's a shame that Ando is so horny that he'll go after anyone with boobs. Hiro is stuck in a closet until it's opened by Dauber, who is Missy Pyle's gigantic and sometimes half-naked boyfriend.
I may be wrong here, but I think something else is going on with Meredith (Claire's real mother). Nathan offered her 100,000. Then I thought I heard Meredith say that he was going to give them $25,000, which Claire was going to get half of. Or maybe it was half of $50,000 and thats why I'm thinking 25. Anyway, she gets mad at the end after Nathan tells Meredith she did the right thing. and throws a rock at his limo. I thought for a second she was going to at least get a license plate, but it doesn't appear she did. she just hid and ran away. But Jessica now has instructions to kill Nathan (go Jessie!), so we'll see what happens there.
I heard there were going to be deaths in the show, and I just read this about next week: After someone Hiro knows dies, he makes a tough choice about his mission. I guess it could be Ando. He's kinda boring anyway. But come on now, don't let it be at the hands of Missi Pyle!
(For the record, NBC.com's player sucks. Watch the latest episode my ass. It took 5 minutes to play a :30 movie trailer. Then it froze my computer. Why can't we just download a good copy of the episode if they're going to offer it for free anyway?)
I like Matt episodes, but they spent too much time on Claire. I'm all about Hayden Pattycakeiere getting screen time. She's not a bad lil actress. But now that I know who her father is, I don't really care. I mean, what exactly has Nathan done yet? Not much. We know he can fly but he's only done it once to get out of trouble. We know he's Peter's brother, which right now is the most exciting thing that can be said about him. And he slept with Nikki/Jessica. Way to hit that! Even if it was blackmail. Meanwhile Claire visits her mom, finds out her father is going to show up, and sneaks around to listen in on them. She has a little bit of hope when she overhears him talking about her, but gets sad again when Nathan tells her mother that she did the right thing, sending her away. Wow, I jumped far far away from Matt. More on him in a bit.
Speaking of Matt, does anyone else think his wife looks like she could be Jennifer Garner's chunky sister? (Which is also weird because the guy who plays Matt [Greg Grunberg] was on Alias with the actual Jennifer Garner.)
It's about time Suresh actually did something besides walk around his apartment talking to himself and going on and on about his father and looking at maps. It should be very interesting to see what happens with him and Sylar. I don't understand this new power of melting things and why Sylar seemed so interested in showing Suresh after he stole it. And sure, I can go along with him following Suresh to find all these other people, but how is he going to kill them/acquire their ability without seeming suspicious? "Oh look another one died, aw. On to the next one!" Although, I guess if he just finds the list of people and where they are, he could kill Suresh, but I doubt it will come to that.
I'm trying to remember who Linderman is and what role he plays, besides linking a few of the characters. (I bet I forgot a lot of important details while the show was on hiatus.) But apparently Jessica knows him, because he hires her to kill the guy Matt is supposed to protect. Matt could hear Nikki and Jessica since they share one mind, so Jessica is able to kill the guy while Matt looks for Nikki. Luckily Matt heard the guy think about where he hid the diamonds, and he keeps them to himself. I wonder if he'll really keep them. Chunky Garner might object. I kid, she's a sweet gal.
Missi Pyle is still weird looking, and it's a shame that Ando is so horny that he'll go after anyone with boobs. Hiro is stuck in a closet until it's opened by Dauber, who is Missy Pyle's gigantic and sometimes half-naked boyfriend.
I may be wrong here, but I think something else is going on with Meredith (Claire's real mother). Nathan offered her 100,000. Then I thought I heard Meredith say that he was going to give them $25,000, which Claire was going to get half of. Or maybe it was half of $50,000 and thats why I'm thinking 25. Anyway, she gets mad at the end after Nathan tells Meredith she did the right thing. and throws a rock at his limo. I thought for a second she was going to at least get a license plate, but it doesn't appear she did. she just hid and ran away. But Jessica now has instructions to kill Nathan (go Jessie!), so we'll see what happens there.
I heard there were going to be deaths in the show, and I just read this about next week: After someone Hiro knows dies, he makes a tough choice about his mission. I guess it could be Ando. He's kinda boring anyway. But come on now, don't let it be at the hands of Missi Pyle!
(For the record, NBC.com's player sucks. Watch the latest episode my ass. It took 5 minutes to play a :30 movie trailer. Then it froze my computer. Why can't we just download a good copy of the episode if they're going to offer it for free anyway?)
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Monday... 24... Eps. 6-8 "1:00 PM-2:00 PM", 6-9 "2:00 PM-3:00 PM"
For two hours, not a lot happened. Well, yeah it did. But it didn't leave me feeling like the story was moving along all that quickly.
I think it's hard for them to come up with new material. Once again we had the good guy being tortured. Personally I was surprised Morris held out that long. I know he's not a traitor or anything, but his character seems like a wuss. I actually thought the chick was going to uncuff Morris and help him, but sometimes the twists are so obvious, you don't see them coming. So she kills Darren McCarthy (who I like to believe is named after Darren McCarty) so she can get the $7 million all to herself. Until she whines like a ten year old and gets killed.
Jack has to disarm one of the bombs. I wish just once he would know how to do it, and quickly. Maybe not as quickly as Chloe seemed to get those schematics though. (Come on, it took them longer to get the schematics for the hotel to find Fayed.) It's 24, the "Jack Bauer Hour of Power". It's not like we're on the edge of our seats wondering if Jack will mess up and die in an explosion. And to have him disarm it with the trigger almost touching, they might as well had put a timer on it and have it say 00:00:01. Of course, without the shaky hands, he could have made it a lot less dramatic.
John Cage - oh sorry. Tom Lennox! He wants to resign but Rob Lowe's brother talks him out of it with an idea to kill Palmer. Really? I wonder if there are this many moles and death plots surrounding real Presidents. It's too obvious. In the world of 24, we're up to like 55 Presidents already. Why not a few more? I'm surprised Sherry Palmer didn't have her shot at it. Well, I don't think it was ever 100% clear that she was really dead, so maybe one day!
In the second hour, the big thing is Jack's father telling Marilyn that he killed Graem and to lead Jack to a different location. Marilyn wants to tell Jack SO BADLY about his father, but thinks better of it so we can have more dramatic pauses. Jack and his men surround and enter the house. A bomb goes off in the house, ONCE AGAIN TRYING TO MAKE US BELIEVE JACK DIED IN AN EXPLOSION. Ok, well it's probably more to make Marilyn think that. But sheesh. Remember when Jack could barely speak? And couldn;t keep his hand steady? Now he's jumping out of exploding houses. Whatever. Milo escapes with Marilyn, hopefully to shave that goatee he's worn as every single character he's ever played.
But now we know the Russians are behind the bombs and not the Arabs. So, if Fayed is just a pawn, why is he even working with the Russians? Oh well. I probably missed something.
Jack: Are you sure this time?
Chloe: About as sure as I'm going to be before this bomb goes off.
I think it's hard for them to come up with new material. Once again we had the good guy being tortured. Personally I was surprised Morris held out that long. I know he's not a traitor or anything, but his character seems like a wuss. I actually thought the chick was going to uncuff Morris and help him, but sometimes the twists are so obvious, you don't see them coming. So she kills Darren McCarthy (who I like to believe is named after Darren McCarty) so she can get the $7 million all to herself. Until she whines like a ten year old and gets killed.
Jack has to disarm one of the bombs. I wish just once he would know how to do it, and quickly. Maybe not as quickly as Chloe seemed to get those schematics though. (Come on, it took them longer to get the schematics for the hotel to find Fayed.) It's 24, the "Jack Bauer Hour of Power". It's not like we're on the edge of our seats wondering if Jack will mess up and die in an explosion. And to have him disarm it with the trigger almost touching, they might as well had put a timer on it and have it say 00:00:01. Of course, without the shaky hands, he could have made it a lot less dramatic.
John Cage - oh sorry. Tom Lennox! He wants to resign but Rob Lowe's brother talks him out of it with an idea to kill Palmer. Really? I wonder if there are this many moles and death plots surrounding real Presidents. It's too obvious. In the world of 24, we're up to like 55 Presidents already. Why not a few more? I'm surprised Sherry Palmer didn't have her shot at it. Well, I don't think it was ever 100% clear that she was really dead, so maybe one day!
In the second hour, the big thing is Jack's father telling Marilyn that he killed Graem and to lead Jack to a different location. Marilyn wants to tell Jack SO BADLY about his father, but thinks better of it so we can have more dramatic pauses. Jack and his men surround and enter the house. A bomb goes off in the house, ONCE AGAIN TRYING TO MAKE US BELIEVE JACK DIED IN AN EXPLOSION. Ok, well it's probably more to make Marilyn think that. But sheesh. Remember when Jack could barely speak? And couldn;t keep his hand steady? Now he's jumping out of exploding houses. Whatever. Milo escapes with Marilyn, hopefully to shave that goatee he's worn as every single character he's ever played.
But now we know the Russians are behind the bombs and not the Arabs. So, if Fayed is just a pawn, why is he even working with the Russians? Oh well. I probably missed something.
Jack: Are you sure this time?
Chloe: About as sure as I'm going to be before this bomb goes off.
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