(Season 3, Episode 11 – “A Father Dreams”)

I feel like an idiot for actually thinking that MAYBE Brothers and Sisters was going to attempt a dramatic storyline rather than a MELODRAMATIC storyline. What was I thinking? After the steamy scenes in the breath-taking ad for Episode 11 of Brothers and Sisters before the holidays, I had hopes for a scandalous affair between Kevin (who is gay!) and Tommy’s wife Julia (who is boring!) and a long, ugly drawn out custody battle to warm us through the winter. So, imagine my disappointment last night to see that Kevin was trapped instead in a series of dreams and he didn’t even get a pair of ruby slippers out of it.

It’s not a bad thing for a TV show to operate in the dream world. House has done is fabulously (especially in the two-part finale last season). However, in the episode of Brothers and Sisters last night, there wasn’t even a discussion of what those dreams might mean. Well. That isn’t completely fair: Kevin did realize that his dreams about Elizabeth indicated that he wanted children and that he thought he might be a good father after all. However, why did his dreams of becoming a father include seducing his biological daughter’s mother? Yes, I know how babies are made, but Kevin is GAY. Gay, gay, gay. I would have expected him to have dreams about a mayonnaise jar and a turkey baster. Read the rest of this entry »

The moment I caught the news, via Dr. Horrible’s Twitter feed, that a DVD version of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog was complete, I knew I had to eventually own it. I didn’t care that I’d seen the entire show online for free, or that I’d bought each act from iTunes already or saw it on screens at ComicCon with thousands of singing freaky fans this past summer. No sir.

Lucky me, I was able to obtain an early review release of Dr. Horrible before it makes its way to Amazon.com on December 19. Oh, don’t call me so lucky — it’s just a cheap burn from the offices of Bad Horse/ELE for review purposes, so I’ve still got my pre-order set for the official release (not that I’m complaining!)

So, let’s look at what you get with the DVD that you haven’t already seen….

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I need help. I don’t know how it happened, but I agreed to review 90210 for no real reason other than it was getting a lot of buzz before it premiered. I watched it and thought it was mediocre, but not unbearable, so I decided to keep on reviewing it. Then something horrifying happened: I started to get sucked in. Maybe I was lulled into believing it was good because Rob Thomas (who brought us the glory that is Veronica Mars) created it. Perhaps I was just hypnotized by all of the jutting bones and freakishly large teeth. In any case, I found myself writing the following statement in my last review: “Instead of just watching 90210 and just being kind of confused, I was actually really into this week’s episode. What can I say? It’s ridiculous, but this show is kind of growing on me.” WTF, me? What were you thinking?

I don’t know what I was thinking, or exactly what my deal was. What I do know, is that now it’s over. Why? Because they’re getting rid of Lucille Bluth! Jessica Walter, who plays the Wilson family matriarch, Tabitha, is losing her series-regular status. Apparently, the decision is purely financial, as producers are busy spending all of their money on Shannen Doherty and Jennie Garth. Walter will still appear on the show, but only as a recurring character.

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