Friday TV

Fringe Season 3 Episode 13 - Immortality

This week brings back Fauxlivia from the other world. From the start you can tell things with her aren't the same. Because of her feelings for Peter? Possibly. The opening story starts mildly interesting, with a random traveler switching another traveler's drink, followed by him puking, followed by a bunch of cockroaches pouring out of the bathroom. This episode also brings back Charlie! Everyone loves Charlie (including the hot bug-girl), but he's dead in our world. According to the other world, cockroaches don't exist at all. We also find out that the other world has also synthesized cortexiphan, and have started testing it on patients, giving theme telekinesis. I do find it funny that the other world uses iPad's for their tablets. We also see Walternate break down over the decision to save his world or not, he breaks down to some random Asian chick. Why they had this scene, I'm not sure. Fauxlivia and Frank (different actor than before?) are now getting married, but what about Peter? Supposedly the cockroaches are to create a cure for avian flu, but for what? This side plot is just boring. At least last week had a power that disintegrated bones. This week? eh. Fauxlivia gets infected with the same parasite, but we find out she's pregnant instead (It's Peter's!). Finally Fauxlivia and Frank break up because she doesn't love him anymore. We also hear that there may be another way to bring Peter back. 8/10 (Main plot gets a 6/10)

Star Wars: Clone Wars Season 3 Episode 17 - Ghosts of Mortis

Clone Wars has been on fire lately, with an awesome battle between Ahsoka, Anakin and Obi-Won; and the Son and Daughter. The Father realizes that he must kill the Son to bring balance back to the Force. Qui-Gon Jin (Liam Neeson is back as a cameo) is back to help Anakin, but quickly disappears. Ahsoka looks quite cute in her Engineering goggles, HA! With Qui-Gon's guidance, Anakin travels to the well of the Dark Side to face the Son. The Son shows Anakin his path to becoming Darth Vader, and hurting everyone around him. Despite knowing he'll do such terrible things, he's tempted to join the Son in stopping it. Obi-Won attempts to save Anakin, but his attempts are futile it seems. It seems strange that Anakin joins with the Son, but this takes place before Revenge of the Sith, before Anakin turns to the Dark Side, hmmm. PLOT TWIST! The Father erases Anakin's memory! We knew this would happen. At the end, we see the Father taking his life, in effort to allow Anakin to kill the Son. The Father passes, giving Anakin a parting message, saying to beware his heart. A great end to a great three parter. 9/10

Thursday TV

Community Season 2 Episode 15 - Early 21st Century Romanticism

With Community being on fire as of late, I'd expect subsequent episodes to do the same. The ep has four major plotlines, Brita and her new friend thinking each other are lesbians, Troy and Abed trying to court the same girl, Pierce turning into a drug addict, and Chang tricking Jeff into having a party at his house, in effort to stay there after being kicked out by his wife. The Pierce drug thing was boring, especially with Andy Dick, Chang and the party was a bit boring too, but did provide two of the best lines "In England, we say Gravedigger's Biscuits" and "In England, everything means vagina". Troy and Abed courting the girl was alright, but Brita and her "lesbian" friend kissing was the best part. Alright episode, but certainly not as good as last weeks. 7.5/10

The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 15 - The Benefactor Factor

This show is getting on my nerves now. While they do still talk about tech, it's just getting bland. I'm not sure if my friend telling me it sucks opened my eyes, or it's just really dragging on for me. The laugh track just kills it for me. The show opens, as usual, with the gang at the college cafeteria talking about some techie thing. This time it was about zombies, and if they don't eat flesh, do they die. Meh. The main plot line (there's only one here) is the gang must go to some fundraiser to get money for their department. Lenard ends up gaining the attention of Lucille Bluth (from Arrested Development), who wants to have sex with him. Thinking she wants sex in exchange for the grant money, he declines, but eventually gives in after she says he'll never forget tonight. *shrug* Bland, and the only chuckle was from Lucille. 6/10

Nikita Season 1 Episode 14 - The Next Seduction

Being a new show in a lineup of dozens of new shows this year, Nikita has stood out as one of the best. It's a shame it's on CW, as a bigger budget could do wonders for this show. We're 14 episodes in and it's really starting to get good. With Alex now as an Agent, she can freely see Nikita without any issues. This week has Nikita going back to an old mission, in effort to recover a WMD. Nikita must go back to a past she desperately wanted to leave behind. She meets up with an old flame (her previous target), who is trying to defect from Germany, and who also has the WMD. Hot on his trail is the German Division, who's also trying to recruit Nikita to take down Division. Action scenes were quite good as usual, with an awesome gunfight at the end, where Nikita plays a switcheroo with the WMD, where the CIA analyst is able to turn it in and get promoted. Ep ends with the analyst kisses Nikita, Nikita calling Alex to say relationships are ok, and Alex having sex with her neighbor. 8/10

The Mentalist Episode 4 Season 14 - Blood For Blood

Another mystery crime show, that fits the same format as all the others. One great thing about this show, is Patrick Jane. Patrick just seems to know exactly what's going on and who the killer is before everyone does. This episode is no different. When a witness in protection gets murdered under Grace's watch, she thinks she had a part in it. Since this show follows the exact same format as all the other shows, the killer is the first person you see. In this case, it's the Marshall (or so they make you think). The witness' daughter ends up being the killer, after she finds out her dad killed her mother. Self-defense or pre-meditated? Flashback shows self-defense, but who knows. The Marshall was paid by the same drug dealer the witness saw murder someone, but that story part doesn't really matter. Lisbon actually lets the daughter go, since it really wasn't needed to have the daughter go to jail for that. Finally we see Grace tell Rigsby that her and the FBI guy are getting married. :( 7.5/10

The Office Season 7 Episode 15 - PDA

The opening had a few chuckles, with everyone thinking it was Darrel's birthday instead of his Grandmother passing. Michael and Holly are dating and are quite annoying, as are Gabe and Erin. As the title of the show is PDA, the plot line revoles around Michael and Holly's public displays of affection, which is equally annoying. How is this show funny? Jim and Pam come back drunk from lunch, which is sometimes funny, but...In an effort to stop the PDA, they come up with the idea to have three closets for "hook ups", Dwight asks if masturbation is ok. :\ Michael and Holly awkwardly tell each other they love each other. Andy and Erin go through this "treasure hunt" that Gabe puts together for Erin, sigh. Worst line for the show "No one is a bigger fan of sexual touching than me", as said by Gabe. Gah, this show has gotten terrible. Erin and Gabe are terrible together, Andy and Erin are cute together, but that doesn't seem to be happening anymore. Sigh. 5/10

30 Rock Season 5 Episode 14 - Double-Edged Sword

Let's hope 30 Rock is better than the Office was. Based on the first joke, things are looking up! Tracy has finally received his EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony). Avery and Jack are in Canada on vacation, when she goes into labor. They bring up the joke about the baby being born in Canada. The Canadian bellhop asks "What's wrong aboot being Canadian?" to which Jack responds back with "Your milk comes in bags! Bags!" HAHA! With all flights cancelled, Jack and Avery end up hitchhiking back to the US.  Carol and Liz try to take a flight together to spend Valentine's Day with one another, but the plane is grounded for whatever reason. Pilots keep saying 30 minutes so that people don't get upset. Smart. Best line of the show "Oh! Where are my manners? Do you wanna try some meth?" HAHA! Despite their efforts, Jack and Avery didn't make it to the US, so now their daughter is now Canadian. Finally, Tracy goes to Africa, which is just a set. 8/10

Bones Season 6 Episode 13 - The Daredevil in the Mold

Bones, while a crime show, doesn't quite follow the same format as other crime shows. This weeks murder has the body covered in a yellow mold. Both Booth and Sweets drunkenly talk about getting married, with Booth saying he's going to propose to Hannah. Fisher is back in the lab this week, but I keep thinking of him in Grandma's Boy, I just can't take him seriously. We find out that the victim was a BMX bike rider, while his friends decided to steal some mattresses ridden with bed bugs. Evidence points to him being killed over his BMX bike, with the victim cause of death being internal decapitation due to being hit in the chin with a pipe. All the while, Booth finally picks out a ring to give to Hannah...eh. Even though Bones doesn't always follow the same format as other crime shows, this episode follows the same. The first guy we see, is the killer (owner of the skate park). Another case is solved, until next week! Finally, Booth proposes to Hannah, but she turns him down (saying she's not the marrying kind). He ends up drinking with Bones at the Founding Fathers, but you can tell he's a broken man. :( 8/10

Fairly Legal Season 1 Episode 4 - Bo Me Once

Sarah Shahi stars in this "lawyer, turned mediator" story. I'll be frank, there's not a lot going for this show, to be honest. It's not that it's bad in any way, it's just that it's really all over the place. Kate (Sarah Shahi) is really all over the place, constantly on the move. This isn't a bad thing per se, but it can be quite distracting when the show brings in new plot lines out of nowhere. This ep wasn't terrible interesting at all, a BBQ sauce maker, a TV chef, the producer and the producer's dad. The main story was the dad is the real "Bo", while the chef is simply using the name. Eh, not terribly interesting at all. The sub plot line with Justin (Kate's ex-husband/ADA) went absolutely nowhere. It was nice to see Kate's step-mom drunk off her ass, but that didn't add anything to the show. Saving grace for this ep, was seeing Kate in a really short dress in the beginning of the ep. She is damn beautiful, but I miss her on Life. 7/10

Wednesday TV

Top Chef Season 8 Episode 9 - Feeding Fallon

We're down to only a few left now, with Tre going home last week. The quickfire challenge consisted of fondu, which Dale won with his "Pho'ndu". Which brings us to the Elimination Challenge, cooking for Jimmy Fallon for his birthday (hence the ep name). Top three with Carla, Angelo and Antonia. As always, I was pulling for Angleo, but crazy ass Carla won with her Chicken Pot Pie. If it hasn't been said before, this chick is wackjob crazy! But she's becoming an amazing chef, winning three challenges now, and three trips (this one was Tokyo and $5,000). One winner, means one loser. Bottom three were Tiffany, Dale and Fabio. Fabio kept calling his burger a "booger", but it wasn't juicy enough as he packed his knives and left. Fabio has an amazing personality, but he just wasn't there as a chef. He certainly will be missed. Top two quotes were from Blais "Eating should be somewhat dangerous sometimes" and Fabio "You really are the only shadow standing in your own sunshine." 8.5/10


Modern Family Season 2 Episode 14 - Bixby's Back

Going back to last season's Valentine's Day episode, Claire and Phil decide to try the hotel again, under the names Clive Bixby and Juliana (same as last year). Their antics aren't as funny this year, as Phil predictably takes the wrong hotel keycard, but did produce the best line of the night "I'm usually pretty good at catching things from women in bars". Phil ends up naked in the wrong hotel room, and that's pretty much the end of that. Cam and Marshall bicker about who Marshall's assistant really has a crush on, but it's quite boring. Manny tries to woo Haley after her boyfriend stands her up on Valentine's Day, only to be wooed by Dylan instead. Meh. Jay and Gloria's side plot wasn't funny at all. Once again Phil and Claire steal the show in this one. And let's face it, I think Mrs. Dunphy is by far the best MILF around. 8/10


Human Target Season 2 Episode 15 - Marshall Pucci

This show gets too little credit. Maybe it's the whole spy/action thing that I just love, but it seems to get weak ratings. This week has Chance and crew finally finding out who Marshall Pucci's mistress is, a rouge CIA agent out to kill them all. After finding out the CIA takes over their offices, the team decides to go underground and find the reason why the CIA is after them. Mrs. Pucci showing more of her braver side in this ep, including almost killing the rouge agent. While pointing a gun to the agent, her and Chance get surrounded by agents, they jump off the building. How the hell Chance jumps off the building and manages to land on a ledge right below the top, all the while hanging on to Ilsa with one hand. HA! Lastly, we see what Guerrero does best, holding the head CIA guy in his ElDo, walking away and blowing the car up. 8/10

Tuesday TV

Southland Season 3 Episode 6 - Cop or Not

I missed it the first time. A friend of mine had to tell me the exact spot it was in. If you looked away (like I did), you'll miss it too. About two-three minutes in the ep, you see John getting up from bed to head to the bathroom. Camera pans over to the person laying in bed with him...a guy. So John apparently is gay, so what right? Exactly, except they kind of just threw this in our faces and cut to the next scene. As my friend says "It's like Adams doing a line of coke as she wakes up, then goes into the office." John being gay isn't the problem, the problem was how they presented it. It didn't add anything to the story, and it was too short to process anything. Murder-of-the-week was some rich and famous signer getting killed, and everyone thinks the actor husband did it. That's not terribly interesting at all, especially since at the end they show a news clip saying the murderer was caught at LAX. Adams gets in trouble for supposedly leaking crime scene photos to the press, but the show alludes to Russ doing so, for the money. Not terribly interesting either. Having been three eps since Nate died, Sammy finally goes back to work. He decides to chase down one of the bangers who was there the night Nate got killed. They eventually end up at the same spot again, surrounded by Mexican thugs, only to be saved by three squad cars of backup. Sammy's taking this way too hard, and with a baby on the way, is he going to keep playing Robocop? 8/10

Monday TV

House Season 7 Episode 11 - Family Practice

Candice Bergen once again returns as Cuddy's mom, but this time she's the patient. Having seen previous episodes with Cuddy's mom, we all know she's incredibly difficult, and even more so now that she's sick. Because this case is so dear to Cuddy, she gets too involved, and House must be House and solve this case any way he can. Since House is well...House, he bends the rules to the point of unethical. Cuddy finally says just do anything, but don't tell her. Cuddy's mom finds out and kicks House off the case, but that doesn't stop House. House decides to change her meds without her knowing, but only makes her sicker. After all the morality that was being played here, it turns out it was her metal hip that was causing the problem from being degraded. The issue with Dr. Taub and his wife's brother was not very interesting at all. 8/10

How I Met Your Mother Season 6 Episode 15 - Oh Honey

This episode was cute, and also guest starred Katy Perry as Dr. Cameron's (Zoe) incredibly naive cousin. Having seen Dr. Cameron (Zoe) in a few episodes previously, you knew her and Ted would get together at least some point...and this episode is it. After an incident with a broken ketchup bottle, Ted realizes he loves Dr. Cameron (Zoe), but can no longer see her because she's with The Captain (who Marshall brilliantly calls Colonel Mustard). Dr. Cameron (Zoe) tries to set up Ted with her naive cousin, but eventually Ted choses not to go home with her (Barney of course does). Having heard this from Barney, Dr. Cameron (Zoe) now knows she loves Ted. After two quick phone calls from Marshall, Ted and Dr. Cameron (Zoe) kiss and get together. 8.5/10

Chuck Season 4 Episode 14 - Seduction Impossible

If you've never seen Chuck, you probably won't like it, having not started from the beginning. But since I have, Chuck is great. This ep doesn't really have much going on in it, John Larroquette is back in this ep, but could have not been here. He gets involved with some chick military group printing counterfeit $100 bills. Chuck, Sarah and Casey must go rescue him. The mission was kind of boring here, a couple people got killed, the bad guy loses and everything is great at the end. I just like the chemistry between Chuck and Sarah, who were fighting because Sarah wanted to elope instead of having a wedding. They make up and all is well. The new baby for Awesome and Ellie is *shrug*, but it's nice to see his mom back in their lives after taking down Volkoff. 7.5/10

Castle Season 3 Episode 14 - Lucky Stiff

I love mystery shows and Castle is no exception. Another ep, another dead body/murder. This time, it's a guy who won $100 million in the lottery, who also had an English butler. Typical trail of find the clues, etc...but one scene that was really good, was when Dr. Beckett was in the club with Castle, trying to get the drug dealer to sell her drugs, she looked oh so hot there. The drug dealer tells them that he saw the butler right before the murder..."Finally, the butler did it!" Well not quite, as obvious as that sounds, it wasn't the butler. It of course was the next person after the butler we see, who turned out to be the dead guy's neighbor's son. This ep also brings up an excellent question, if you won the lottery, what would you do? 8/10