Wow. I loved it. It wasn't a game changer per-se, but it was extremely satisfying and answered many questions. As usual, it leaves us with even more questions, but I do like the direction we are heading, I am all for it.
Things we know or learned worth noting:
-Jin and Michael are dead. I am sure Jin could have survived if they wanted him to. I wouldn't be upset if it turns out he jumped off the boat....oh wait, the island is gone, there is nowhere he could have gone. That would also be a problem for Farraday and the remaining people on the little boat. Interesting to see where they end up.
-Michael is never coming back. Yeah, I read an interview with Harold Perrineau who plays Michael. Not only is he dead, but Harold hated the story line, is pissed Michael got killed, is pissed he never reunited with Walt, and went as far as to call it racist on the part of the producers. Uh-huh. Racist. Yep. Sour grapes? Yep.
You can find it on TVGuide.com
-Locke is dead, and he is Jeremy Bentham. If you haven't done your Bentham research yet, he was a utilitarian philosopher -- "greatest good for the greatest number"...hmm, very much not Locke's style, unless you believe his actions to-date have been about the ends justifying his means...wonder what has happened over the last three years once Locke is in charge? Based on what Jack said, 'very bad things'.
-I went to the website for Octagonglobalrecruiting.com -- this was the 'fake' Lost commercial they showed during the show. And yes, its a Dharma shoot-off, and yes you can leave your email address for more information. Looks like maybe a new summer game is coming for Lost fans -- I assume this Octagon group will fold into the story.
-Well, the island is gone and moved. Love it or hate it, the island moves. Yes it does. Perhaps next year we will learn that where the island once was is the home of the 'other foot'. Remember the statue of the 4-toe foot? Assuming there is another foot somewhere else which would help explain if the island was once attached to land? A lot of online posters are postulating this theory now.
-Penny and Des, Des and Penny. I am happy for them. Looking forward to see how Des re-assimilates back to life in the 'real world' -- I assume he will show down with Ben at some point when he comes looking for Penny. I wonder if we'll ever see Kenny Rogers helicopter pilot again.
-Charles Widmore has a terrible accent
I love this show, and this episode did not disappoint. I hate the hiatus, but this season was outstanding and I look forward to the last two.
For more lost news, and theories to keep you busy this summer... definitely check out these links:
USA Today Pop Candy Lost Blog
Television Without Pity Lost Forum
Friday, May 30, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
More Season Finale Grades -- The Report Card Continued
The following three season finales all score a world class C-/D+
All three shows had good to excellent creative seasons.
All three shows were hitting their stride post-strike.
All three shows served up brutal unbelievable season finale stinkers.
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
So let me get this straight, Katherine left her abusive husband the police officer and town to get away from him, then came back to town again a few years later thinking he wouldn't notice (what being a police officer and all). Then he comes to visit the daughter and after he leaves, in a terrible tragic accident, she climbs the furniture to grab a doll and gets crushed and dies. Katherine then decides the best approach here is to bury her, get another daughter as a replacement from Romania, and then raise her as the same kid. BUT WAIT, there's more....then years later she decides it is ok to come back again to the SAME HOUSE in the SAME TOWN where her husband is STILL A COP -- and it only took him 9 months to find them. And the only reason he is still stalking his Ex is so he can see his kid, who by the way is really dead in the back yard. Did I lose you yet? Yeah? Thought so.
I bet you thought I was going to rip the finale for taking us five years into the future starting next season. If anything, I applaud the effort. I can't wait to see if they can pull it off and make it work. Creatively, the show has nothing left to give in the present - I look forward to this decision.
BROTHERS AND SISTERS
So let me get this straight, Rebecca is NOT the Walker child fathered out-of-wedlock by William Walker with the first name beginning with 'R'. It is someone else? So William Walker had two affairs, had two love children, and BOTH of them have a name starting with 'R' (Rebecca and Ryan). Well, it turns out Rebecca is not the daughter which means her and Justin can now make out. Which is wierd, because seeing them kiss wierded me out more than Kevin and Scotty's 'commitment ceremony' kiss (not that there is anything wrong with that). But seriously -- another Walker kid needs to be found for next season? Jesus Christ, what a joke. I will miss Steven Weber and assume they will phase Rob Lowe out or make him permanent at this point...
BONES
So let me get this straight, the serial killer we have been following all season has an apprentice and it turns out to be Zach? Sorry, not buying it - no one is. We get it, Zach is a loner and might be easily swayed or talked into something...oh wait, he wouldn't -- he is Zach, the smartest person in the world who examines the dead for a living and solves crimes -- he is not going to be swayed by some guy with a flesh eating fettish. Goodbye Zach, I wish they would have written you a more suitable ending and then made Sweets the bad guy -- at least that made sesne and we all thought we saw it coming. But taking a 180 in the last hour of the season and putting it on Zach in the last five minutes was weak. Sorry. Thanks for playing.
Also this, faking Booth's death to catch a predator who had gone underground? Fine. Having Booth be the one to catch him at his own funeral? Weak. Having Booth suffering no ill effects from being shot in the chest one week earlier? Cheap writing. I love this show -- please come back with better crap than that.
Have a good holiday everyone -- see you for the Fall Schedule breakdown and LOST recap next week.
All three shows had good to excellent creative seasons.
All three shows were hitting their stride post-strike.
All three shows served up brutal unbelievable season finale stinkers.
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
So let me get this straight, Katherine left her abusive husband the police officer and town to get away from him, then came back to town again a few years later thinking he wouldn't notice (what being a police officer and all). Then he comes to visit the daughter and after he leaves, in a terrible tragic accident, she climbs the furniture to grab a doll and gets crushed and dies. Katherine then decides the best approach here is to bury her, get another daughter as a replacement from Romania, and then raise her as the same kid. BUT WAIT, there's more....then years later she decides it is ok to come back again to the SAME HOUSE in the SAME TOWN where her husband is STILL A COP -- and it only took him 9 months to find them. And the only reason he is still stalking his Ex is so he can see his kid, who by the way is really dead in the back yard. Did I lose you yet? Yeah? Thought so.
I bet you thought I was going to rip the finale for taking us five years into the future starting next season. If anything, I applaud the effort. I can't wait to see if they can pull it off and make it work. Creatively, the show has nothing left to give in the present - I look forward to this decision.
BROTHERS AND SISTERS
So let me get this straight, Rebecca is NOT the Walker child fathered out-of-wedlock by William Walker with the first name beginning with 'R'. It is someone else? So William Walker had two affairs, had two love children, and BOTH of them have a name starting with 'R' (Rebecca and Ryan). Well, it turns out Rebecca is not the daughter which means her and Justin can now make out. Which is wierd, because seeing them kiss wierded me out more than Kevin and Scotty's 'commitment ceremony' kiss (not that there is anything wrong with that). But seriously -- another Walker kid needs to be found for next season? Jesus Christ, what a joke. I will miss Steven Weber and assume they will phase Rob Lowe out or make him permanent at this point...
BONES
So let me get this straight, the serial killer we have been following all season has an apprentice and it turns out to be Zach? Sorry, not buying it - no one is. We get it, Zach is a loner and might be easily swayed or talked into something...oh wait, he wouldn't -- he is Zach, the smartest person in the world who examines the dead for a living and solves crimes -- he is not going to be swayed by some guy with a flesh eating fettish. Goodbye Zach, I wish they would have written you a more suitable ending and then made Sweets the bad guy -- at least that made sesne and we all thought we saw it coming. But taking a 180 in the last hour of the season and putting it on Zach in the last five minutes was weak. Sorry. Thanks for playing.
Also this, faking Booth's death to catch a predator who had gone underground? Fine. Having Booth be the one to catch him at his own funeral? Weak. Having Booth suffering no ill effects from being shot in the chest one week earlier? Cheap writing. I love this show -- please come back with better crap than that.
Have a good holiday everyone -- see you for the Fall Schedule breakdown and LOST recap next week.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Season Finale Report Card....So Far
Here is the OP-EDTV schedule for the next week or two:
Today: Season Finale Report Card Part 1
Friday: Season Finale Report Card Part 2
next Tuesday: Fall Lineup breakdown and Links
next Friday: 'Lost' Finale breakdown
June-August: HIATUS
August 15: Why TV in the summer sucks and how the Twins are miraculously in first place in the Central
SEASON FINALE REPORT CARD (Part 1)
Saturday Night Live: B-
This show still sucks. Steve Carrell carried the show entirely (which was great), and I actually enjoyed the 'graduation' cold open. It was juvenile and easy, but I was up for a cheap laugh.
'Two A-Holes Karaoke' was terrible. That bit has played its course.
'Bloody CPR' bit was unoriginial -- but I guess it has been some time since they did the whole' just spray lots of fake blood around and when it gets in peoples faces, that will be hillarious'. I did like the Clinton/Obama face-split commerical (a la the NBA playoff commercials). Now that was very clever.
I also thought John McCain's appearance was forced, lame, and a little sad. Oh, and not funny.
The Office: A-
The minus was for the hour-long episode. As we've said many times before, this show works much better in a 30 minute window. But the opening scene where Jim paired his headset with Dwight's phone was genius. The new HR woman believing that Kevin is retarded was double genius, and Michael and Toby's farewell was quite enjoyable. It was nice to find out Dwight and Angela can still get it on.
A lot of people think there is too much Pam and Jim -- I actually think it has been played up just enough, but it has not dominated any episodes (which is great).
30 Rock: D+
I may have already broken this down, but the show has taken a huge dive since the strike. They have gone away from what worked -- Liz running a show among crazy people and circumstances, and her relationship with her mentor/boss Jack Donaghy. When those two become the butt of their own jokes and 'leave the nest' so to speak, the show sucks. I am sure they will correct it. I am not the only one who thinks this -- USA Today devoted almost an entire page to this problem.
Scrubs: D
NBC or the producers decided that they should run some episodes out of order and even though Kelso was retired, there he was back at Sacred Heart in the finale. The finale was a fantasy episode and I got bored and shut it off. I look forward to the move to ABC -- maybe they will give this show the respect it deserves. If the Kelso retirement episodes were the finale, then I would have given it an A.
HIMYM: A+++++
Maybe I am just happy that I think we finally met the mother. I hope we did. I am all for this creative choice and direction. I really liked this episode, enjoyed the 'miracle' flashbacks, and look forward to next year. This season was the best by far and will be hard to top next year -- but none-the-less, I am glad the show has gained momentum and was picked up for another season.
Gossip Girl: A
Extremely satisfying season finale. The Georgina story wrapped up within the first 15 minutes and had a very funny, enjoyable, and realistic conclusion. Watching Dan and Blair working together was great. Dan did the right thing getting rid of Serena, because she might be hot, but her drama just isn't worth it. I was glad to see Rufus and Lily together and will look forward to this storyline next season. And since everyone is going to play musical couples over the summer, then we will have a lot to work with for next year. I am glad we didn't get a cliff-hanger, and I am glad we got Chuck Bass back - damn he is totally awesome.
MORE LATER....
Today: Season Finale Report Card Part 1
Friday: Season Finale Report Card Part 2
next Tuesday: Fall Lineup breakdown and Links
next Friday: 'Lost' Finale breakdown
June-August: HIATUS
August 15: Why TV in the summer sucks and how the Twins are miraculously in first place in the Central
SEASON FINALE REPORT CARD (Part 1)
Saturday Night Live: B-
This show still sucks. Steve Carrell carried the show entirely (which was great), and I actually enjoyed the 'graduation' cold open. It was juvenile and easy, but I was up for a cheap laugh.
'Two A-Holes Karaoke' was terrible. That bit has played its course.
'Bloody CPR' bit was unoriginial -- but I guess it has been some time since they did the whole' just spray lots of fake blood around and when it gets in peoples faces, that will be hillarious'. I did like the Clinton/Obama face-split commerical (a la the NBA playoff commercials). Now that was very clever.
I also thought John McCain's appearance was forced, lame, and a little sad. Oh, and not funny.
The Office: A-
The minus was for the hour-long episode. As we've said many times before, this show works much better in a 30 minute window. But the opening scene where Jim paired his headset with Dwight's phone was genius. The new HR woman believing that Kevin is retarded was double genius, and Michael and Toby's farewell was quite enjoyable. It was nice to find out Dwight and Angela can still get it on.
A lot of people think there is too much Pam and Jim -- I actually think it has been played up just enough, but it has not dominated any episodes (which is great).
30 Rock: D+
I may have already broken this down, but the show has taken a huge dive since the strike. They have gone away from what worked -- Liz running a show among crazy people and circumstances, and her relationship with her mentor/boss Jack Donaghy. When those two become the butt of their own jokes and 'leave the nest' so to speak, the show sucks. I am sure they will correct it. I am not the only one who thinks this -- USA Today devoted almost an entire page to this problem.
Scrubs: D
NBC or the producers decided that they should run some episodes out of order and even though Kelso was retired, there he was back at Sacred Heart in the finale. The finale was a fantasy episode and I got bored and shut it off. I look forward to the move to ABC -- maybe they will give this show the respect it deserves. If the Kelso retirement episodes were the finale, then I would have given it an A.
HIMYM: A+++++
Maybe I am just happy that I think we finally met the mother. I hope we did. I am all for this creative choice and direction. I really liked this episode, enjoyed the 'miracle' flashbacks, and look forward to next year. This season was the best by far and will be hard to top next year -- but none-the-less, I am glad the show has gained momentum and was picked up for another season.
Gossip Girl: A
Extremely satisfying season finale. The Georgina story wrapped up within the first 15 minutes and had a very funny, enjoyable, and realistic conclusion. Watching Dan and Blair working together was great. Dan did the right thing getting rid of Serena, because she might be hot, but her drama just isn't worth it. I was glad to see Rufus and Lily together and will look forward to this storyline next season. And since everyone is going to play musical couples over the summer, then we will have a lot to work with for next year. I am glad we didn't get a cliff-hanger, and I am glad we got Chuck Bass back - damn he is totally awesome.
MORE LATER....
Friday, May 16, 2008
Lost In Transition
Cute headline. Proud of it.
Best line: "Jesus Christ is not a weapon"
I really only have two thoughts on 'Lost' from this week -- it was obviously a transition episode meant to get us ready for the two hour finale which we have to wait two weeks for unfortunately. But que sara, we waited 36 weeks for these 12 episodes, so what is two more? As a stand-alone episode it was all about the flash-forward this week and admittedly it was a little dusty in my living room if you catch my drift. Nice to see Sun's parents, and a nice little storyline there for Sun. Great to see Sayid and Nadia, especially when they showed up at Hurley's party.
Matthew Fox's non-verbal acting was fantastic when he found out about Claire. Wow, that was an awesome moment.
Cheech Marin's hair was also fantastic.
So in two weeks we find out what's going on in the Orchid, we find out about Richard and his Others, we find out the fate of the army dudes, we find out how the 6 were chosen and rescued, we find out about if the freighter blows, and I was told we would find out about WHO was in the casket at the end of last season. Good times.
I leave you with some interesting theories I found scattered on the net:
-When Locke moves the island, whoever is still on, is in theory, lost again. This theory would assume that the Oceanic 6 were already off, and most likely the freighter blew up, and now no one knows where the island is. Ben seems to get on and off at his leisure regardless. Richard too.
-Richard is the father of both Locke and Ben. For sure Locke.
-The 'Others', the original island inhabitants don't age, but unfortunately they cannot have children either. So they leave the island to do so -- seems like Richard might get around that way...
-Locke and John are brothers -- both born to an 'Emily'. Or....
-Locke and John were both born 3 months premature to an Emily, and Richard was sent to find the chosen child who was a preemie born to an Emily. He tested both Locke and Ben, chose Ben, and later has come to find that, in fact, Locke was the true chosen one all along. It explains why the island wanted Ben to get sick and John to get well.
-Locke choosing the knife is a foreshadow that even in the end, he will do things his way, and it may involve violence.
Best line: "Jesus Christ is not a weapon"
I really only have two thoughts on 'Lost' from this week -- it was obviously a transition episode meant to get us ready for the two hour finale which we have to wait two weeks for unfortunately. But que sara, we waited 36 weeks for these 12 episodes, so what is two more? As a stand-alone episode it was all about the flash-forward this week and admittedly it was a little dusty in my living room if you catch my drift. Nice to see Sun's parents, and a nice little storyline there for Sun. Great to see Sayid and Nadia, especially when they showed up at Hurley's party.
Matthew Fox's non-verbal acting was fantastic when he found out about Claire. Wow, that was an awesome moment.
Cheech Marin's hair was also fantastic.
So in two weeks we find out what's going on in the Orchid, we find out about Richard and his Others, we find out the fate of the army dudes, we find out how the 6 were chosen and rescued, we find out about if the freighter blows, and I was told we would find out about WHO was in the casket at the end of last season. Good times.
I leave you with some interesting theories I found scattered on the net:
-When Locke moves the island, whoever is still on, is in theory, lost again. This theory would assume that the Oceanic 6 were already off, and most likely the freighter blew up, and now no one knows where the island is. Ben seems to get on and off at his leisure regardless. Richard too.
-Richard is the father of both Locke and Ben. For sure Locke.
-The 'Others', the original island inhabitants don't age, but unfortunately they cannot have children either. So they leave the island to do so -- seems like Richard might get around that way...
-Locke and John are brothers -- both born to an 'Emily'. Or....
-Locke and John were both born 3 months premature to an Emily, and Richard was sent to find the chosen child who was a preemie born to an Emily. He tested both Locke and Ben, chose Ben, and later has come to find that, in fact, Locke was the true chosen one all along. It explains why the island wanted Ben to get sick and John to get well.
-Locke choosing the knife is a foreshadow that even in the end, he will do things his way, and it may involve violence.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Something I Have Never Said Before...
Britney Spears was good last night.
She was. She did a nice job as Abby on HIMYM, as she turned out to be the girl warning all of New York about Barney's evil ways. NPH was great last night as 'couple-Barney' showing Ted how lame it is to be in a couple. The matching sweaters with the beefy Spears was great. By the way, I am not judging her size or anything, she can be as fat as she wants to be...but in the grocery store line yesterday I saw no less than four magazine covers claiming her super Hollywood diet has worked. I know they filmed this show about 4 weeks ago...so unless she found the one-month miracle, I am going to say no.
The show was great -- I think maybe we learned why Marshall and Lily are rich in the future. I was told from the previews that we would learn something important on this episode about the future of the show -- and it it ain't Marshall and Lily, then I missed it completely, because this episode had nothing to do with Ted.
GOSSIP GIRL was good yesterday -- I admit that I really enjoy this show. The plot last night was a bit brutal as Serena's big secret all year and the focus of the drama over the last couple weeks was resolved in about 4 minutes -- but that doesn't mean its not fun watching Chuck and Blaire and their bizarre upper east side outfits. Being that I am closer to 40 than 17, I find myself intrigued by the adult characters -- so I would like to see more Bart Bass moving forward, he seems evil enough for a spin-off at some point.
BIG BANG: Laughed out loud more at this episode than any other in the past, especially with Sheldon helping out at Best Buy and pretty much anything that comes out of Howard's mouth.
The ABC upfront was today. As reported, Scrubs is moving to ABC for mid-season and they are running with an American adaptation of 'Life on Mars' being run by David E. Kelly. If you haven't seen the BBC version of this cop show, do yourself a favor and go get the two seasons on DVD.
Here is the link to some ABC fall schedule details:
http://community.tvguide.com/blog/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Todays-News/700000044
She was. She did a nice job as Abby on HIMYM, as she turned out to be the girl warning all of New York about Barney's evil ways. NPH was great last night as 'couple-Barney' showing Ted how lame it is to be in a couple. The matching sweaters with the beefy Spears was great. By the way, I am not judging her size or anything, she can be as fat as she wants to be...but in the grocery store line yesterday I saw no less than four magazine covers claiming her super Hollywood diet has worked. I know they filmed this show about 4 weeks ago...so unless she found the one-month miracle, I am going to say no.
The show was great -- I think maybe we learned why Marshall and Lily are rich in the future. I was told from the previews that we would learn something important on this episode about the future of the show -- and it it ain't Marshall and Lily, then I missed it completely, because this episode had nothing to do with Ted.
GOSSIP GIRL was good yesterday -- I admit that I really enjoy this show. The plot last night was a bit brutal as Serena's big secret all year and the focus of the drama over the last couple weeks was resolved in about 4 minutes -- but that doesn't mean its not fun watching Chuck and Blaire and their bizarre upper east side outfits. Being that I am closer to 40 than 17, I find myself intrigued by the adult characters -- so I would like to see more Bart Bass moving forward, he seems evil enough for a spin-off at some point.
BIG BANG: Laughed out loud more at this episode than any other in the past, especially with Sheldon helping out at Best Buy and pretty much anything that comes out of Howard's mouth.
The ABC upfront was today. As reported, Scrubs is moving to ABC for mid-season and they are running with an American adaptation of 'Life on Mars' being run by David E. Kelly. If you haven't seen the BBC version of this cop show, do yourself a favor and go get the two seasons on DVD.
Here is the link to some ABC fall schedule details:
http://community.tvguide.com/blog/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Todays-News/700000044
Friday, May 9, 2008
Lost: Yawn?
I don't know - I wish I could be more confident in my thoughts and opinions today, but I am not. You see, I know when 'Lost' is great, we all do. But when it's just good, or its more of a transition/set-up episode, do I still need to love it because its 'Lost' and its still 10x better than other other dreck out there? I am not sure. What I do know, is that I am bored with the Freighter-folk and that storyline, and when 'Lost' goes sci-fi, I just need to buckle up and hope it doesn't go off the deep end.
You may recall a week or two I go I said that the show goes two ways -- Ben vs. Widmore and the Island Mystery. The Losties-going-home story lands somewhere in the middle, but leans more toward what I just referred to as 'Ben vs. Widmore' a.k.a. the main storyline. Last night played into the mystery angle and you just have to be OK with it if its not your favorite plot. Here is what I think we learned in an episode that was just OK but better than anything else...
ISLAND MYSTERY
-Richard never ages. He is a super-being, end of story. He will end up being just as big as Jacob or bigger when its all said and done.
-Locke being on the island was destiny as we always thought it was. They've known about him since his birth. Everything in Locke's life (sad as it was) is all about this moment now. Like it or hate it -- that's where they are taking this storyline.
-Locke drew the smoke monster as a kid
-Jack's dad is not dead, Claire is with her dad, and WTF comments were coming out of my mouth for about an hour. Jack's dad is one with Jacob and the island -- I will be very interested to see how that plays out. But now we know the plane crashed to get Locke, Jack, AND HIS DEAD DAD onto the island. Or so we can assume. Claire sure looked comfy didn't she? That was weird.
-Locke is going to move the island - cute.
I am very excited for next week as perhaps we can be done with the current freigter story with the attitude and the shootings and the beatings and the sweat and the testosterone, and move on to the rescue and the conspiracy.
More on The Office and 30 Rock later. But I loved one and loathed the other -- can you guess which was which this week?
You may recall a week or two I go I said that the show goes two ways -- Ben vs. Widmore and the Island Mystery. The Losties-going-home story lands somewhere in the middle, but leans more toward what I just referred to as 'Ben vs. Widmore' a.k.a. the main storyline. Last night played into the mystery angle and you just have to be OK with it if its not your favorite plot. Here is what I think we learned in an episode that was just OK but better than anything else...
ISLAND MYSTERY
-Richard never ages. He is a super-being, end of story. He will end up being just as big as Jacob or bigger when its all said and done.
-Locke being on the island was destiny as we always thought it was. They've known about him since his birth. Everything in Locke's life (sad as it was) is all about this moment now. Like it or hate it -- that's where they are taking this storyline.
-Locke drew the smoke monster as a kid
-Jack's dad is not dead, Claire is with her dad, and WTF comments were coming out of my mouth for about an hour. Jack's dad is one with Jacob and the island -- I will be very interested to see how that plays out. But now we know the plane crashed to get Locke, Jack, AND HIS DEAD DAD onto the island. Or so we can assume. Claire sure looked comfy didn't she? That was weird.
-Locke is going to move the island - cute.
I am very excited for next week as perhaps we can be done with the current freigter story with the attitude and the shootings and the beatings and the sweat and the testosterone, and move on to the rescue and the conspiracy.
More on The Office and 30 Rock later. But I loved one and loathed the other -- can you guess which was which this week?
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Shame on You Fake TIVO
So all this time I thought that How I Met Your Mother was on hiatus these last couple of weeks, but nope. I looked online at CBS.com and guess what - I have missed the last two episodes -- more importantly, the frickin DVR missed them. You see, once 'Greek' came back on the air, the TIVO decided to keep Gossip Girl and Greek and de-prioritize HIMYM....Greek and Gossip Girl huh? I guess we now know the sex of the DVR -- all girl, 15 year old girl.
So now to the silver lining in all of this. I am proud to announce that it's not so bad catching up on your favorite shows online. CBS.com streams a beautiful (TV quality) picture to the screen and the total amount of commercial time was about one minute. Genius. I admit its not ideal, but its free, it quality, its not commercially intrusive, and I liked it. I just watched the 'goat' episode with the 'Bro Code'. What a great show, seriously.
So now to the silver lining in all of this. I am proud to announce that it's not so bad catching up on your favorite shows online. CBS.com streams a beautiful (TV quality) picture to the screen and the total amount of commercial time was about one minute. Genius. I admit its not ideal, but its free, it quality, its not commercially intrusive, and I liked it. I just watched the 'goat' episode with the 'Bro Code'. What a great show, seriously.
Monday, May 5, 2008
Kick-Start Your Week
GOSSIP GIRL: All caught up, what a great show. It is inching toward the 'Oliver Effect' (see OC, Season 1), but assuming it can avoid that fate, we got a good thing going here. So far, as the season finale draws near, only 3 of the main characters have been with more than one person so far -- that leaves plenty of action for season 2 I guess. This show looks good, moves fast, and is upper east side fun. Plus throw-away lines about going to check out 'Dalton' makes me feel cool even though I live in fly-over country because college_friend.Kornblau went to school there.
HOUSEWIVES: Still watching, secretly enjoying. I guess it's no longer a secret. I will say this though, Teri Hatcher is like the hummus in my fridge - like 2 years expired.
30 ROCK: I really liked the sandwich episode a lot.
BONES: Not watching? Your problem, not mine. Funniest, cleverest, fastest-moving procedural on TV. Every week is great. You can start watching now and thank me later.
BIG BANG THEORY: Jury is still out. About one or two funny lines per episode, and about 100 annoying ones.
HIMYM: Maybe best sitcom on TV right now? Wow -- did he just say that? I did say maybe...
GREEK: Four episodes behind -- need a marathon day and a babysitter to get this done, stay tuned.
CSI Miami: Just kidding.
NCIS: Can't watch, haven't gotten my AARP membership card yet.
Trip to Beaches 'Turks and Caicos' resort with the kids? Highly recommend this to anyone looking for an adult and kid vacation (ages 2 - 15). Please see me for more details.
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Anyone even watching golf right now with Tiger Woods on the mend after knee surgery? Admittedly I am not. Didn't realize how meant how much he means to the game...kidding again. Still not watching though.
HOUSEWIVES: Still watching, secretly enjoying. I guess it's no longer a secret. I will say this though, Teri Hatcher is like the hummus in my fridge - like 2 years expired.
30 ROCK: I really liked the sandwich episode a lot.
BONES: Not watching? Your problem, not mine. Funniest, cleverest, fastest-moving procedural on TV. Every week is great. You can start watching now and thank me later.
BIG BANG THEORY: Jury is still out. About one or two funny lines per episode, and about 100 annoying ones.
HIMYM: Maybe best sitcom on TV right now? Wow -- did he just say that? I did say maybe...
GREEK: Four episodes behind -- need a marathon day and a babysitter to get this done, stay tuned.
CSI Miami: Just kidding.
NCIS: Can't watch, haven't gotten my AARP membership card yet.
Trip to Beaches 'Turks and Caicos' resort with the kids? Highly recommend this to anyone looking for an adult and kid vacation (ages 2 - 15). Please see me for more details.
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Anyone even watching golf right now with Tiger Woods on the mend after knee surgery? Admittedly I am not. Didn't realize how meant how much he means to the game...kidding again. Still not watching though.
Friday, May 2, 2008
Thursday is Work
Seriously. Lost, 30 Rock, The Office, Scrubs...I guess it is not as many as I thought, but when you are as backlogged as I am, and you feel like you should put out a decent blog post in order to stay relevant, it's a challenge.
Well last night I only made it through 'Lost' having fallen asleep during 'The Office' like six times before I finally just bagged it. I did watch last week's 'The Office' on Wednesday night so I am feeling satiated at least. I loved the episode with Ryan except I am not a fan of him having a drug problem. It's cute, but totally not necessary. Dwight making out with the amazon though, and earlier pouring out her drink more than made up for it. And when Toby hopped the fence and jogged home, I genuinely felt for him. Meanwhile, hiding Angela's real-life pregnancy is fine, but she is looking huge, and thats not easy for someone who only weighs like 85 pounds.
In case you were not aware dear reader, Angela is married (in real life) to Toby's brother. Cute.
LOST:
So many things to discuss and break down, and limited time today. So instead I am going to limit my thoughts to a few bullets and see where it goes.
SUPERNATURAL ELEMENT: It's back in a big way. Hurley seeing Charlie, Jack seeing his dad, Claire with her dad (Jack's dad), Claire missing...it's all coming front and center. Some people hate that aspect of the show, and after last week's big reveal of BEN VS. WIDMORE in the future, which is very tangible and very real...this new 'twist' kind of mucks up that story. But I guess if you like Lost (and I do), you need to be OK with both and understand that in their world, the supernatural exists on and off the island for these people.
JACK AND KATE: Anti-climactic? Is it? I am not sure yet. For four years its been Jack-Kate-Sawyer-Juliet...and now its over. We see where it ends, or where it's at...so for some I bet it was satisfying, gratifying, but a let down? We shall see. I am fine with it since the romantic angle of this show does very little for me. I will say this though -- future clean Kate is hot.
JACK AND AARON: Jack's comments to Claire about her 'not even being related to Aaron' tells me that jack will learn about his sister being Claire. Good, I was hoping for that.
SAWYER AND CLAIRE: He is very protective of her. Anyone know why? Maybe it's because he left a kid behind at home...
BEN AND WIDMORE: Going back to last week in an episode that I loved, we now see where the future is going to lead us - a showdown of the man who calls the island home vs. the man obsessed with the island for reasons fully unknown at this time. Fun. Gives the show some purpose. But as reader BWilson pointed out to me, it changes the show's premise from the survivors trying to escape to the battle for the island where the survivors are just players. The show is not about Jack anymore, it is about Ben. Intersting. Not sure I can think of another show that has ever taken the overall focus off the main characters and changed it into a supporting sub-plot. But as we all know, everything changes week to week.
PREVIEWS: More supernatural island mumbo-jumbo coming...
Well last night I only made it through 'Lost' having fallen asleep during 'The Office' like six times before I finally just bagged it. I did watch last week's 'The Office' on Wednesday night so I am feeling satiated at least. I loved the episode with Ryan except I am not a fan of him having a drug problem. It's cute, but totally not necessary. Dwight making out with the amazon though, and earlier pouring out her drink more than made up for it. And when Toby hopped the fence and jogged home, I genuinely felt for him. Meanwhile, hiding Angela's real-life pregnancy is fine, but she is looking huge, and thats not easy for someone who only weighs like 85 pounds.
In case you were not aware dear reader, Angela is married (in real life) to Toby's brother. Cute.
LOST:
So many things to discuss and break down, and limited time today. So instead I am going to limit my thoughts to a few bullets and see where it goes.
SUPERNATURAL ELEMENT: It's back in a big way. Hurley seeing Charlie, Jack seeing his dad, Claire with her dad (Jack's dad), Claire missing...it's all coming front and center. Some people hate that aspect of the show, and after last week's big reveal of BEN VS. WIDMORE in the future, which is very tangible and very real...this new 'twist' kind of mucks up that story. But I guess if you like Lost (and I do), you need to be OK with both and understand that in their world, the supernatural exists on and off the island for these people.
JACK AND KATE: Anti-climactic? Is it? I am not sure yet. For four years its been Jack-Kate-Sawyer-Juliet...and now its over. We see where it ends, or where it's at...so for some I bet it was satisfying, gratifying, but a let down? We shall see. I am fine with it since the romantic angle of this show does very little for me. I will say this though -- future clean Kate is hot.
JACK AND AARON: Jack's comments to Claire about her 'not even being related to Aaron' tells me that jack will learn about his sister being Claire. Good, I was hoping for that.
SAWYER AND CLAIRE: He is very protective of her. Anyone know why? Maybe it's because he left a kid behind at home...
BEN AND WIDMORE: Going back to last week in an episode that I loved, we now see where the future is going to lead us - a showdown of the man who calls the island home vs. the man obsessed with the island for reasons fully unknown at this time. Fun. Gives the show some purpose. But as reader BWilson pointed out to me, it changes the show's premise from the survivors trying to escape to the battle for the island where the survivors are just players. The show is not about Jack anymore, it is about Ben. Intersting. Not sure I can think of another show that has ever taken the overall focus off the main characters and changed it into a supporting sub-plot. But as we all know, everything changes week to week.
PREVIEWS: More supernatural island mumbo-jumbo coming...
Thursday is Work
Seriously. Lost, 30 Rock, The Office, Scrubs...I guess it is not as many as I thought, but when you are as backlogged as I am, and you feel like you should put out a decent blog post in order to stay relevant, it's a challenge.
Well last night I only made it through 'Lost' having fallen asleep during 'The Office' like six times before I finally just bagged it. I did watch last week's 'The Office' on Wednesday night so I am feeling satiated at least. I loved the episode with Ryan except I am not a fan of him having a drug problem. It's cute, but totally not necessary. Dwight making out with the amazon though, and earlier pouring out her drink more than made up for it. And when Toby hopped the fence and jogged home, I genuinely felt for him. Meanwhile, hiding Angela's real-life pregnancy is fine, but she is looking huge, and thats not easy for someone who only weighs like 85 pounds.
In case you were not aware dear reader, Angela is married (in real life) to Toby's brother. Cute.
LOST:
So many things to discuss and break down, and limited time today. So instead I am going to limit my thoughts to a few bullets and see where it goes.
SUPERNATURAL ELEMENT: It's back in a big way. Hurley seeing Charlie, Jack seeing his dad, Claire with her dad (Jack's dad), Claire missing...it's all coming front and center. Some people hate that aspect of the show, and after last week's big reveal of BEN VS. WIDMORE in the future, which is very tangible and very real...this new 'twist' kind of mucks up that story. But I guess if you like Lost (and I do), you need to be OK with both and understand that in their world, the supernatural exists on and off the island for these people.
JACK AND KATE: Anti-climactic? Is it? I am not sure yet. For four years its been Jack-Kate-Sawyer-Juliet...and now its over. We see where it ends, or where it's at...so for some I bet it was satisfying, gratifying, but a let down? We shall see. I am fine with it since the romantic angle of this show does very little for me. I will say this though -- future clean Kate is hot.
JACK AND AARON: Jack's comments to Claire about her 'not even being related to Aaron' tells me that jack will learn about his sister being Claire. Good, I was hoping for that.
SAWYER AND CLAIRE: He is very protective of her. Anyone know why? Maybe it's because he left a kid behind at home...
BEN AND WIDMORE: Going back to last week in an episode that I loved, we now see where the future is going to lead us - a showdown of the man who calls the island home vs. the man obsessed with the island for reasons fully unknown at this time. Fun. Gives the show some purpose. But as reader BWilson pointed out to me, it changes the show's premise from the survivors trying to escape to the battle for the island where the survivors are just players. The show is not about Jack anymore, it is about Ben. Intersting. Not sure I can think of another show that has ever taken the overall focus off the main characters and changed it into a supporting sub-plot. But as we all know, everything changes week to week.
PREVIEWS: More supernatural island mumbo-jumbo coming...
Well last night I only made it through 'Lost' having fallen asleep during 'The Office' like six times before I finally just bagged it. I did watch last week's 'The Office' on Wednesday night so I am feeling satiated at least. I loved the episode with Ryan except I am not a fan of him having a drug problem. It's cute, but totally not necessary. Dwight making out with the amazon though, and earlier pouring out her drink more than made up for it. And when Toby hopped the fence and jogged home, I genuinely felt for him. Meanwhile, hiding Angela's real-life pregnancy is fine, but she is looking huge, and thats not easy for someone who only weighs like 85 pounds.
In case you were not aware dear reader, Angela is married (in real life) to Toby's brother. Cute.
LOST:
So many things to discuss and break down, and limited time today. So instead I am going to limit my thoughts to a few bullets and see where it goes.
SUPERNATURAL ELEMENT: It's back in a big way. Hurley seeing Charlie, Jack seeing his dad, Claire with her dad (Jack's dad), Claire missing...it's all coming front and center. Some people hate that aspect of the show, and after last week's big reveal of BEN VS. WIDMORE in the future, which is very tangible and very real...this new 'twist' kind of mucks up that story. But I guess if you like Lost (and I do), you need to be OK with both and understand that in their world, the supernatural exists on and off the island for these people.
JACK AND KATE: Anti-climactic? Is it? I am not sure yet. For four years its been Jack-Kate-Sawyer-Juliet...and now its over. We see where it ends, or where it's at...so for some I bet it was satisfying, gratifying, but a let down? We shall see. I am fine with it since the romantic angle of this show does very little for me. I will say this though -- future clean Kate is hot.
JACK AND AARON: Jack's comments to Claire about her 'not even being related to Aaron' tells me that jack will learn about his sister being Claire. Good, I was hoping for that.
SAWYER AND CLAIRE: He is very protective of her. Anyone know why? Maybe it's because he left a kid behind at home...
BEN AND WIDMORE: Going back to last week in an episode that I loved, we now see where the future is going to lead us - a showdown of the man who calls the island home vs. the man obsessed with the island for reasons fully unknown at this time. Fun. Gives the show some purpose. But as reader BWilson pointed out to me, it changes the show's premise from the survivors trying to escape to the battle for the island where the survivors are just players. The show is not about Jack anymore, it is about Ben. Intersting. Not sure I can think of another show that has ever taken the overall focus off the main characters and changed it into a supporting sub-plot. But as we all know, everything changes week to week.
PREVIEWS: More supernatural island mumbo-jumbo coming...
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