(Season 4, Episode 10 - “Heaven And Hell”)
Earlier this week, my copy of the internet told me this would be the last new Supernatural until January. With that in mind, I was expecting some big things to send us all off to holiday. And, we got ‘em. Angels battling demons, super-demons even, is pretty big. The boys defying Castiel and Uriel, also pretty big. The really big deal though, as is often the case, came in the last few minutes of the episode, with Sam and Dean parked along some little country road. Finally, some revelations regarding Dean’s time down below. Big ones.
Tags: genevieve cortese, jared padalecki, jensen ackles, julie mcniven, mark rolston, misha collins, robert wisdom, traci dinwiddie
(Season 1, Episode 7 - “The Man Who Sold the World”)
Wow, I completely forgot, going into this episode, that it was the last until January. When I saw how the episode ended, I thought “I can’t wait to see what next week’s episode brings!” Now we’ve got to wait months to find out. Drat!
This was probably my favorite episode of the series so far. Sam’s interaction with his father blew away his moments with his mother in a previous episode. That makes sense, though, since he’s been away from his father for 30 years. There was so much to catch up on, so much to figure out.
Tags: 1973, ABC, david bowie, review, sam tyler, steely dan, vic tyler
(Season 3, Episode 4 - “Gavin Volure”)
The parade of guest stars continued this week with Steve Martin. The constant stream of “big names” isn’t getting to me yet, but I can feel it starting. Just a break of a week or two would make a big difference, I think, but I won’t complain. For the most part the guests have been doing a great job, and Steve Martin was no exception. What? Did you think he wasn’t going to fit in on this show?
I thought this episode started really strong, but fell apart a little midway through. Steve Martin’s character, Gavin Volure, was very funny as an agoraphobic, germaphobic wealthy recluse. When it was revealed that he was really a white collar criminal under house arrest, he suddenly became a lot less funny.
Tags: 30 rock, alec baldwin, Steve Marin, tina fey, Tracy Morgan
(Season 2, Episode 9 - “Badge Bunny”)
We need some CliqueClack groupies. Maybe call them ‘Clique Cuties’ because both men and women can be cute. These ‘Clique Cuties’ could follow us all around, date us, share us amongst the others in the group, and get to know every single intimate detail about our lives. It would be like they were stalking us.
Um … maybe that wouldn’t be such a good idea after all. Forget I said anything. Really, forget I said it. Or, at least blame someone else on the CC team for saying it. Hey, I’m not proud!
As you’re forgetting that someone who wasn’t me ever mentioned the idea of ‘Clique Cuties’, here are a few items of interest from this week’s Life.
Tags: Badge Bunnies, Captian Tidwell, Charlie Crews, cocaine, Dani Reese, Fuzzy, Los Angeles, Mickey Rayborn, Officer Stark, William Atherton
(Season 8, Episode 10, “Bride”)
“Why do these terrible things keep happening all around us?” - Lois
Last week’s warning that Doomsday was coming came to fruition in the final 2008 episode of The CW’s Smallville. Doomsday officially arrived, thanks to the increased budgets for Sweeps episodes! Sweeps also means surprise guest stars … so we were sadly treated to Lana’s return. Luckily, she didn’t make everything about herself and actually helped Clark move on a bit more. She also is involved in a mysterious storyline that could turn out to be interesting, especially if she is working with Lex.
Oh, and Lois? To answer your question, terrible things keep happening all around you because: 1) You are on a TV show, 2) it’s November Sweeps!
Here are my random thoughts about this week’s Smallville episode. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Allison Mack, Doomsday, Kristin Kreuk, Lex Luthor, Michael Rosenbaum, Superman, the cw, Tom Welling
(Season 17, Episode 10 - “Nothing Tastes Better Than Five Hundred Dollars”)
Who knew that after seventeen seasons, Survivor would still be able to be this entertaining? I won’t spoil anything before the jump, which means I won’t say much before the jump. That’s mainly because all the fun to be had in this episode revolved around Tribal Council.
I will go ahead and say here that tonight featured the “Survivor Auction,” and Randy reaffirmed to everyone that he is one of the most immature and childish people to ever play the game. Every second that Randy’s cockiness and babyish chatter filled up my screen this season I had two thoughts. Either this guy is going to somehow win this whole thing or he needs to go tonight! And coming into tonight, for nine episodes straight he didn’t go home. Maybe he’ll win the whole thing?
Tags: cbs, jeff probst, randy bailey, sugar kiper, survivor gabon
8:00p/7:00 Central
- Doomsday crashes the wedding of Chloe and Jimmy on The CW’s Smallville. Betty and Marc compete against one another to move up from assistant on ABC’s Ugly Betty.
- Over on CBS’s Survivor: Gabon, a castaway considers abandoning his/her alliance to save their own skin. This week, FOX launches the night with the new episode of Kitchen Nightmares, followed by a repeat. First up, Ramsay tries to shape up a struggling “health food” restaurant.
- Discovery’s How Stuff Works examines turkey in anticipation of Thanksgiving next week. Animal Planet is trying to raise awareness to the plight of The Vanishing Frog. Apparently, our amphibious friends are disappearing at an alarming rate due to fungus and other causes. By alarming, we’re talking extinction level numbers akin to the disappearance of the dinosaurs.
- The NFL Network offers up another special Thursday night football game with their coverage of NFL Football: Bengals at Steelers.
- At the half hour, TruTV has found a fun niche for a reality court program. Tonight’s first season finale of Speeders Fight Back offers more idiots trying to talk their way out of their speeding tickets.
- NBC kicks off their night of comedy with a tornado ripping through My Name is Earl, causing Earl to lose his list. Then, on Kath & Kim, Kath makes a fool of herself in front of a gay couple.
9:00p/8:00 Central
- It’s the return of Toby on NBC’s The Office, followed by Steve Martin’s guest stint on 30 Rock as an eccentric business associate of Jack’s who grows enamored with Liz.
- The prime suspect in a murder case from 12 years ago comes front and center on a new case on CBS’s CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
- You can check out more inventions on BBC America’s Dragon’s Den, learn about ancient mining machines on History’s Ancient Discoveries, or watch mean beat one another on TNA: Impact over on Spike TV.
- It’s an injured sleepwalker on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, while the battle for Anna continues on The CW’s Supernatural, with the Winchesters stuck in the middle.
10:00p/9:00 Central
- VH1 is back with Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew, while BET’s American Gangster explores J. Edgar Hoover. Iconoclasts wraps its first season on Sundance with Cameron Diaz sitting down with Cameron Sinclair.
- Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style wraps its second season on Bravo, while LA Ink is all new on TLC, and MTV brings another 50 Cent: The Money and the Power.
- Gates becomes obsessed with finding a homeless war hero on NBC’s ER, which frustrates Sam. Meanwhile, a different Sam on ABC’s Life on Mars discovers that his long missing father may have been involved in the kidnapping of a prominent family’s baby in 1973. Maybe this is why he’s stuck in ‘73?
- A government experiment to enhance soldiers goes a little haywire, meaning Hood must come in to help investigate in the Eleventh Hour on CBS.
- FX wraps up the fourth season of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. In it, Charlie stages a rock opera based on his classic song “Nightman.” After that, you have a choice. You can stick with FX, where Ron and Peter face their impending demise on Testees, or flip over to Comedy Central and be touched (so to speak) when Sarah sees her dad on The Sarah Silverman Program.
11:00p/10:00 Central
- It went so quickly. Already we’re looking at the first season finale of Sci Fi’s Into the Unknown with George Noory. Maybe it’s just a trial run to see if we’re watching.
Tags: 30 rock, 50 cent: the money and the power, american gangster, ancient discoveries, celebrity rehab with dr. drew, csi: crime scene investigation, dragon's den, eleventh hour, er, Grey's Anatomy, how stuff works, iconoclasts, into the unknown with george noory, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, kath & kim, kitchen nightmares, la ink, life on mars, my name is earl, smallville, speeders fight back, supernatural, survivor, testees, the office, the sarah silverman program, the vanishing frog, tim gunn's guide to style, tna: impact, Ugly Betty