30 Rock – Crazy auditions lead to an off night
I’ve been thrilled with the early returns of the fourth season of 30 Rock. I think for the most part, this season has been stronger than the beginning of last season. I thought this episode, however, wasn’t quite as strong as the previous episodes this year. Yes, it did have an amazing cameo from Brian Williams and featured Tina Fey doing a Christopher Walken impression, but aside from that there just seemed to be something missing.
FlashForward – One of the biggest questions is answered
Finally.
Finally someone on FlashForward did something to take control of their future. Certainly, it wasn’t in the happiest of fashions, but I think it was a big step forward for the show. It also seems like it is going to be a catalyst for a lot of the characters as the show progresses. At the end of the day, it also made for a pretty darn good episode, one of the better installments of the show to date.
Diary of a Carnivale virgin – The relationship merry-go-round
(Season 1, Episodes 10-11)
I’m just about through with the first season of Carnivale, and I’m finding it hard to believe that that means I’m nearly halfway through the entire series. How did this show only get two seasons? I’ve admitted that it may not be quite as good as some of the classic HBO shows that were on around the same time, but it is still a great show.
That’s just the way things go sometimes, I suppose. I can’t really make any judgement calls on the cancellation until I finish up the series. Maybe it fell apart during the second season.
V – A lot of potential, but it could go either way
After weeks of heavy advertising and two months in to the new television season, the re-imagining of V is finally here. Tonight was the first episode of the series, and boy there was a lot going on. To say that it felt rushed would be an understatement. The original series started with a long, suspense-building miniseries. This pilot episode was almost completely devoid of the slow, intriguing build up that the original featured. Instead, it was all action and introduction.
That may not necessarily be a bad thing. This show clearly has a lot of potential. I’m just not sure if that’s potential to be great, or potential to be a huge disappointment.
Heroes – Hiro and Charlie forever
I know what you’re thinking when you look at that picture, and no, this isn’t a post about Glee. Instead, Jayma Mays reprised her role of Charlie on this week’s Heroes. Now, this wouldn’t really be a big deal, except that Mays is now a regular on Glee, which appears on FOX. It’s always a tad unusual when actors travel between networks. Heck, it was only last year when NBC wouldn’t allow some of their own actors (including Masi Oka) return for the finale of Scrubs. I never thought I would be giving FOX props for doing the right thing, but they certainly made NBC look small and petty with this move.
The question is: did the guest appearance amount to anything? I think it did.
Mad Men – How is this season going to end?
Well, I was wrong.
For a while now, I’ve been figuring that the assassination of President Kennedy was going to be saved for the season finale, but it took front stage on the penultimate episode this week. The historical event did, however, appear to put a bunch of things in motion for the end of the season. It all has me wondering how this season of Mad Men is going to end, and I have a few theories on what we are going to see next week.
Lost in Lost – The Olympics are going to ruin the final season
Okay, I will admit up front that the title of this post is most likely an overstatement, but look at Ben. He’s very sad, and do you know why? It’s because the final season of Lost is not going to be shown uninterrupted as last season was. Instead, it will be broken up by the winter Olympics that are scheduled to occur in the final weeks of February. Ben, and I, are both unhappy about this turn of events.
I suppose it’s not such a big deal, but when I was told the news, I was a little pissed.
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