For Anyone that Cares...

Kim Kardashian got booted from Dancing with the Stars tonight. Hope you weren't expecting a spoiler alert on that one. Ugh, I don't know how anyone can watch that show. The judges themsevles make me want to cut off my fingers and toes one by one.

The only shining star on that show is Cloris Leachman. That's for two reasons. One, she pisses my parents off (they love the show) because she's still on the show and that's because of reason number two which you can view here.

90210: Brenda's a Pussy

As I think that I have stated before, I never watched Beverly Hills, 90210. I don't really remember why. I think early on it was because my parents were probably like "whoa there kiddo, that's a show for big kids." And later when I was allowed to watch it, or my parents gave up on being responsible, I just didn't care enough to even think about it.

Well, there are two things I do know about the show, even without watching it, it was full of drama (on and off screen) and that Shannen Doherty is a massive bitch (on and off screen).

I've been waiting for her to unleash her complete, devastating rage on Kelly Taylor all season. Well, the episode finally comes where Kelly pushes just a little too much and it seems like Brenda is going to snap. I mean, http://www.imdb.com/media/rm298357760/ch0106643 from Dlisted has gotten me all riled up over this with all the talk about Brenda being a mega bitch and then I'm totally let down.

Basically, Kelly gets real snotty with Brenda and accuses her of still having something with Dylan to which Brenda calmly and collectively explains that that is not the case and that she thought the they were over this. That's it. It even ends in a dopey hug. BIG LET DOWN. I'm hoping that Brenda redeems herself here soon before she finishes up her run on the show. Otherwise I'll be angry. Angry at Michael K for hyping up a poor excuse for a bitch.

Fringe: The Arrival Recap

IT FINALLY HAPPENED! I was fully prepared to make this episode of Fringe my final episode because I was completely over it's normal formula for creating an episode. Lucky (or unluckily depending on how you look at it) they hooked me.

Hit Recraps Away below for a rundown and my thoughts. Also, look for the entire episode after the jump tomorrow morning!





That's right, Fringe hooked me. I'm a bit surprised myself. And all it took was an episode without Massive Dynamic and the Red Haired Barefoot Contessa, some actual creepy shit, and a sprinkle of more questions than answers. Who would have thought?!

Anyway, the episode revolves around a bald headed man, who also doesn't have eyebrows and writes in a mysterious language that has appeared at dozens of events around the world that relate to the Pattern of "fringe-like" events happening. Known as The Observer to the government, he has a few notable characteristics. He apparently can't taste things unless they are really hot/spicy (as seen in the first seen where he covers a sandwich in black pepper, hot sauce and jalapenos) and he can read/absorb people's thoughts before they can express them. Weird right!

Welp, at the beginning of the episode, he "observes" and explosion outside of a diner in Boston, after which he phones someone and informs them that it has arrived. What "it" is, is a metal object that looks like a two foot long stainless steal suppository that shot up out of the ground during the explosion. After the feds pick it up, they realize it's vibrating (which is kind of hilarious considering what it looks like). Once Dr. Bishop gets a good look at it, he declares (rather angrily) that it must be taken back to his lab for tests.

In the meantime, his son Peter is having major second thoughts about being involved with the whole thing. He tells Agent Dunham that he wants out, but will stay on to finish up the giant anal plug case. Unfortunately for him, things get a little wacky.

While all this is going on, some creeper (there's one in every episode) is searching for the giant anal probe. He has a gun that shoots some sort of condensed sound or light wave(????) to knock out/kill people. He kidnaps Peter after Peter decided to call it quits after him and his father got into a little verbal dispute. You see, Dr. Bishop received some sort of feeling/notion that he had to hide the metal device so he drugged his lab assistant and sent Peter off on a fake errand. Well, during this kidnapping, Creeper jams two wires up Peter's nose and hooks him up to some cracked out machine that allows him to take information out of Peter even if he doesn't divulge it (or apparently even know it).

Creeper then takes Peter to the hiding spot (which happens to be a cemetery) and has him dig in the spot where the thing is. By this time, Agent Dunham has gotten the location from Dr. Bishop and is heading there as well. *Once Peter gets the metal capsule dug up, Dunham arrives and chases down Creeper. She shoots him and when examining him realizes he's smiling really, well, creepily. Suddenly, there's a massive flash of light and what do you know, the capsule has shot into the ground from whence it came.

Off in the distance, The Observer calls some one to inform them that the capsule is on time - at which point Peter tackles him and starts asking him questions. The funny thing is The Observer starts speaking the same things as Peter at the exact same time he does, and eventually before he can even say them. Peter gets weirded out to the max and then shot by The Observer.

Once out of the hospital, Peter tells Agent Dunham what he experienced and tells her that maybe his dad isn't all that crazy after all because there's some weird ass shit going down and he's not gonna peace out until he can get an explanation. She's pumped he's staying but a bit skeptical that he suddenly changed his mind.

Back at the hotel room, Peter and his dad have a little convo after Peter fills Dr. Bishop in on his day. Dr. Bishop reveals that many, many years ago, during a car accident on Thanksgiving Day (when Peter was little) that when their car crashed off the road and they were sinking into a frozen lake, that Dr. Bishop didn't pull Peter out and swim to shore like Peter remembers. Instead, Dr. Bishop and him both died because he couldn't move in the freezing water. Luckily, a man that he had never met, who was bald and had no eyebrows pulled them out. He could read Dr. Bishop's thoughts before Dr. Bishop could speak them and it was as if he did it because he knew Dr. Bishop would be needed later. CRAZY!

Back at Agent Dunham's home, she's getting ready for a late dinner of a bowl of dry cereal and some whiskey when previously-believed-dead Agent Scott walks in. Hot Damn!


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I have to admit that this episode was good, quality television. The whole episode pulled me in from the beginning with The Observer being such a freaky dude. Call me a sucker for the supernatural and crap, but come on! How could you not want to know what was/is going on with this guy/thing?

Also, the fact that we never really learn what the anal capsule is and who it's from is also beyond me. I don't even have the slightest clue how to explain it. Nor do I have any idea who The Observer is working for. Is he even human? I feel like he should be on Heroes!

And finally, we know that Massive Dynamic and RHBC and company were running experiments on John Scott, and we knew he'd be back from the dead, but I'm not sure I knew he was gonna just pop in and say hello. Is he still working of MD? Does he still love Olivia Dunham? Is he a zombie simply in need to feast on some human brains? Ugh, I hate that I actually want to watch the next episode to see what happens instead of testing the waters to see if I wanted to keep watching the show.

Now I know. I'm in for the long haul.

Chuck: Chuck Versus the First Date

I'm gonna be honest. I never really watched the first season of Chuck. My old job really didn't give me much time to. But, I plan on watching it this season. Unfortunately, it's on the exact same time as Gossip Girl, so I'll have to watch it from Hulu on the following day.

So, after the jump you can catch the entire first episode of Chuck, season 2.



Chuck Versus the First Date

Heroes: One of Us, One of Them Recap

I'm not gonna waste anytime on this one. Click on "RECRAPS AWAY" down below for the lowdown on HRG's new partner, Claire's dark side, Hiro and Ando's slow unwraveling, Parkman's sunburnt and chapped face, Futur Peter's stupid actions, and Tracy/Niki's whaaa?! moment!

You can also watch the full episode now.






Well, this episode introduces us to Bridget, a special person that, when touching someone can read their entire past. Mama Petrelli has her come into Sylar's cell so that she can feed him. As she walks away, she hears a screem. HRG comes back to check things out and Mama P. partners him up with Sylar. He's none too thrilled, but there's not much he can do. They head out to try and stop the four evil dudes that escaped (one of their body's holding Present Peter)and are now robbing a bank.

Once there, HRG tells Sylar to leave things to him (which he responds by pretending to be an FBI agent and has the police get them coffee). Once inside, they capture HRG, and figure out the one guy is not the guy (he's Peter!). Also, the black guy that does something with nightmares kills the guy that controls magnetism. Anywho, Peter realizes what the body he's inhabiting can do (super sonic voice) and starts to save HRG, until Future Peter stops time, knocks Peter out of his host body and takes him to another time to show him what he's trying to prevent. When time picks back up, loud voice guy attacks HRG. Sylar comes to the rescue and they stop the robbery and capture the last two remaining guys (HRG shoots one of them). Unfortunately, the hunger inside Sylar grows too strong and he cuts off loud voice man's head.

When they return to The Company, they lock up nightmare guy and Mama Petrelli hands Sylar his prison clothes. Back to the slammer.

Claire gets a bit testy with her real mom when she doesn't want to go to school because she's "not normal" so why should she continue acting like it? After a tense scene with her biological mom and her real mom, Claire agrees to go. Outside, Meredith asks what got Claire so hot and bothered. She tells her that she wants to be out saving people and asks if Meredith will teach her to fight. Meredith agrees and takes her to a shipping crate (much like the one that Peter was found in at the beginning of season 2)

Inside, Meredith starts turning up the heat and grilling (no pun intended) Claire about why she wants to fight. She starts burning up all the oxygen telling Claire that she doesn't believe she wants to help people, that there is another reason. Claire keeps resisting, but finally caves while gasping for breath. She admits that she wants to hurt Sylar for what he did to her. She wants revenge. Something evil this way comes!

Back at home, Claire's mom spars a bit with Meredith while Meredith just tries to defend what she did. Claire peaces out for a cheerleading overnight, when in reality, she's seen driving off by herself with a file box from Primatech. Uh oh!

Hiro and Ando tracked Daphne to Germany where she's expecting an exchange that she plans on intercepting. When they both realize that their powers don't work, the only person who could make that happen is THE HAITIAN! After Daphne makes Ando doubt Hiro's loyalty, they botch the interception and Daphne ends up stealing the drop. The Haitian ends up taking Hiro and Ando back to The Company.

Matt Parkman is still in Africa with the Black Isaac Mendez. When the future painter repaints a picture because he sees it change, Matt gets a strong feeling that that is why he is there in Africa. He then says he's ready to go on his spirit walk. After injesting who knows what in hallucinogenic herbs, he tells the precog painter that it's not working. He places his headphones over Parkman's ears and almost immediately, his eyes go white like Isaac's used to. Also, I feel like his face is just slowly peeling off. It's sick. I can barely look at him when he's on TV.

And finally, Tracy heads to Vegas to sort out her possibly ties to Niki. While there she comes upon Niki's funeral. WHAT?! Yeah, Niki is dead. She's in the casket. And to make matters worse, Micah runs into Tracy! They have a conversation about being special and Micah uses his ability to run a cross-check on Niki and Stacy. He finds out that they were born on the same day, at the same hospital, by the same doctor. So, she goes and pays a visit to the doctor who knows exactly who she is and where she came from. Why you ask!? BECAUSE HE SAID HE CREATED HER!!!! DAMN BOY!

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I'm ready for Claire to go through her dark phase. I want to see her kick some ass. I also really want Meredith to fight someone.

I'm also ready for Future Peter to STOP MESSING WITH EVERYTHING! He needs to get back to where he came from and let them figure out what to do. Mama Petrelli has everything under control.

Sylar is evil. I don't care what he does that's good (even with the previews for next week), deep down inside, the hunger for more power is more than he can handle. EVIL.

Hiro is just making the Ando situation worse. They are gonna be so torn apart in about 2 to 3 episodes it's gonna be ridiculous.

Parkam needs to get out of Africa. This is becoming the Hiro/Japan thing from season 2. If he's not out after next week, I'm gonna be pissed (mainly because his face is killing me).

Niki/Jessica/Tracy!!!! I'm pumped!! I'm wondering if she was created as clones of someone (Jessica perhaps?) to experiment with different abilities. I just hope she stays away from the creepy red clown lipstick. It makes me nervous.

4 out of 5 steaming piles, mainly because of the reveal at the end. I can't help it that I love Niki/Tracy/Jessica

Gossip Girl: The Serena Also Rises Recap

Well, well, well, Fashion Week is upon the Upper East Siders and it looks like it's going to get ugly. Serena's back on top and Blair can't handle her loss of power. Dan's still a mopy know it all, but is getting back on the "writer" wagon. Vanessa's and Nate aren't in the episode. Chuck's got some inner demons that explain a lot. And the old rebelious Jenny we all loved to hate is kind of coming back. Kind of.

Click on "Recraps Away" down below for a really tasty review of The Serena Also Rises episode. It was certainly something to behold.



Basically, this episode deals with Serena finally realizing that she's been overly worried about Blair's feelings. After Eleanor asks Serena and her new friend Poppy (wretched name), to sit front row during her fashion show, Blair feels betrayed because it interfered with her and Serena's tradition of watching from back stage. Jenny sets up the seeting chart that completely goes against everything that Blair wants. So what does Blair do?

Sabotage everything. From telling Rufus that Jenny has been skipping school to work for Eleanor during Fashion Week to sending all the models home 10 minutes before they are supposed to take the runway. She even goes as far as to send Serena out in Jenny's dress (after Jenny figured she could get Serena, Poppy, and company to model Eleanor's line in light of Blair's dirty work). It all goes terribly wrong for Blair when Jenny's dress is a huge hit and Serena garners a ton of attention.

Eleanor even toasts Jenny for making all of this possible. Her dad is still not happy with her skipping school and confronts her about it again, to which she tells him she's not going back anymore. She doesn't want to take that path.

Serena also tells Blair that she's tired of being held back for fear of out shining Blair. She's going to be herself from now on and if Blair can't be happy for her, then she's just gonna have to move on. THERE'S A NEW BITCH IN TOWN!

Jenny does confide in Blair that back when she first got there, she was trying to be friends with her. She wanted Blair's approval because she was like Blair. All the power they had they had to work for. Serena just waltzes through and gets what she wants. Is this the beginning of a new partnership?

Dan ends up hanging out with Chuck to get some material to write about. After Chuck gets him wasted and makes him walk home without shoes on (where he encounters his first prostitute - don't worry nothing happens), he delivers a rough draft a story to his mentor. The old creepy, alcoholic writer tells him he needs to get in good with Chuck, find out his secrets then exploit them for his story.

So, after Dan over hears a sad Chuckster getting denied quality time with his father, Dan moves in. They get drunk and Dan ends up punching a guy in defense of Chuck. They end up in jail where Chuck tells Dan that he thinks his dad blames him for the death of his mother (she died giving birth to Chuck). They have a little bonding moment over it. Chuck's lawyer gets him released and upon collecting his personal items, accidently recieves Dan's, where he discovers the rough draft of the story about him. Enraged, he confronts Dan and tells him to watch his back - and that he lied about his mother dying that way. She "actually" died in a plane crash when he was six.

Dan calls his mentor to bail him out and when he tells him about how he found out Chuck's secret but won't exploit it for a story, his mentor calls him second rate. Dan tells him that may be true, but he doesn't want to have to ruin people to write and that he has a new story about a washed up, manipulative, alcoholic writer. His mentor gets pissed and peaces out.

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Welp, it was an all around snappy episode. Blair and Jenny were back to exchanging their old barbs. Serena is going all out. She's now reached the point that she doesn't care who's in her way. She's going to do what she wants, when she wants. Jenny's no nonsense with her father. And even Dan was doing a little dirty manipulation.

I'm not gonna lie, as much as I LOVE Blair, I kind of enjoy watching Serena put her in her place. The poor girl has such a self esteem problem from her mother. Nothing she ever does is good enough and watching Serena please Eleanor just eats her up inside. I have a feeling that Blair is going to go on a rampage soon. Serena better watch out.

On the same side, I love seeing Serena be the mega-bitch she was destined to be. I'm not a fan of her and Dan, and with the breakup comes an even more entertaining side of Serena. Hopefully she stays this way for a while.

Dan is so boring. It was really refreshing to see him try to get in with Chuck. He actually succeeded in gaining his trust only to slip up and lose it. How awesome would it have been to see a Bass/Humphrey alliance?! Maybe Chuck could have shown him how to grow a pair.

I really enjoyed the episode, but it felt a little out of place. They just wrapped up the Duchess/Marcus arc so quickly and then all of a sudden - FASHION WEEK! I guess I was expecting a bit more of a flow. Also, I feel like the show is trying to make me dislike Jenny again (like toward the end of season one), but it's just not working. I found myself cheering her on when she walked away from Rufus. Maybe it's because I just really don't like Rufus at all. Maybe it's because there's a little part of me that identifies with Jenny. Whatever the reason is, I hope she doesn't go back to school, haha.

I give this episode 3.5 steaming piles out of 5. I have a feeling that the next episode, where Blair and Serena face off at Yale is going to be even better. This was just the tip of the iceberg.

XOXO

Hulu Do You Think You Are?

Okay, this is directed at ABC, CBS, The CW, and a few other networks out there. Please jump on the Hulu bandwagon. I completely understand that you want to keep traffic on your own site for your own advertisers and that you can monitor who's watching what and so on. That's great.

But in all seriousness, who are we kidding here? Hulu's services are just better than what you have to offer. I tried out both of your websites to watch some of your shows and it's slow. Like real slow. Hulu starts up in just a few seconds. Even with the introductory advertisement before the program starts, Hulu is faster than yours. ABC's even makes you install something. And don't get me started on The CW's choppy player. As much as I enjoy watching my Gossip Girl in 12 second intervals, I feel there is a better way.

Plus, this opens your shows up to a wider audience. With Hulu's ability to embed videos, (with one of the shortest codes I've seen), it's clutter free and still offers superb quality. They even have the little editing scroll bar that allows you to pick and choose your own clips to post on whatever you want to post it on. GENIUS! Even if they still make you watch an ad before it plays. It's never too long to be annoying and it's usually pretty simple so that it doesn't drive you crazy.

I think it's time. Please networks, stop being selfish jerks and just go with it. Hulu simply makes watching your shows more enjoyable with less hassle than what you already offer. Why not make the jump? I'll pretend I like Lost if you do ABC!!

The Simpsons, King of the Hill, and Desperate Housewives

I just finished up watching what part of the massive amount of Sunday night premieres that I could. As you can tell by the headline, it wasn't too much. I'm super bummed that I no longer have Showtime and won't be able to watch Dexter. Though I think I can watch the first episode on their website, I don't know if they post them like their broadcast cousins do.

Anyway, click on "Recraps Away" down below for a few blurbs about what I did get to watch.




The Simpsons



I don't really know what to say about The Simpsons. I mean, it's The Simpsons. Though you might not find a particular episode funny, there are a million other people that do. The humor is intelligent and the characters are always endearing.

With that said, I felt that the season premiere was a little lack luster. The episode had a weird flow to it. I know what happens in the beginning of a Simpsons episode rarely has anything to do with what happens at the end, and tried and true - with the celebration of St. Patty's Day, Homer ends up becoming a bounty hunter with Ned Flanders and Marge becomes a baker for an erotic themed bakery. The bromance (ugh I hate that word) that develops with Homer and Ned ends up in an elaborate chase scene (after a fight, Ned finds out he has to bring in Homer for skipping his bail hearing) that ends up being more of an Urban Ninja event. It also eventually includes horses, lol. Marge's adventure nearly stops when she realizes what she's baking half circle and rod shaped cakes, but she gets over it when she can't really come up with a reason that it hurts anyone. All in all an okay episode.

--3 steaming piles out of 5.


King of the Hill

I'm not a huge fan of the show but I do watch on occasion. This episode revolves around Bill finding out he's in the beginning stages of adult onset diabetes (after he passes out from a blood-sugar spike). After he ends up in the hospital again (after his first doctor told him it would be easy to control with diet and excercise), Bill's second doctor, who's a huge jerk, gives him a prescription for a wheelchaire because he's gonna lose his legs anyway and since he might as well get it while he's got good insurance. Everyone thinks he's lost the use of his legs, so Hank and gang outfit his house to accomodate Bill's new "handicap." Bill meets a fellow handicapped man who plays on a wheelchair bound rugby team. They become friends only for Bill to ruin it when he stands up and walks after a heavy night of drinking. Pretty decent episode.

---3.5 steaming piles out of 5.


Desperate Housewives

Now here's the doozy. Five years in the future really changes a lot for lovely ladies of Wisteria Lane.
-Gabi is pregnant and struggling with two little girls, one of which has a little weight issue which reminds Gabi of her fading looks. Also, Carlos is still blind, but he assures Gabi that she'll always be beautiful to him.
-Edie has moved back with her CREEPY husband who has actually pulled the reigns in on her. Unfortunately, he has an unseen rage issue that will pretty much mean bad stuff for someone on Wisteria Lane.
-Susan and Mike are no longer together after a terrible car accident they were in was responsible for taking the life of a mother and daughter (the accident wasn't anyone's fault - a downed stop sign). Susan was stricken with grief and Mike just wanted to move on, so they split. They share custody of their son. She's now kind of seeing her painter but is afraid to commit to anything and doesn't want her friends to know about him.
**NOW FOR MY FAVORITE TWO HOUSEWIVES**
-Lynette and Tom are doing well, except for the massive amount of trouble that their twins keep getting into. After Lynette finds them running a gambling ring in their pizza parlor after hours, she grounds them, only to have Tom unground them because he kind of thinks what they did was cool (I feel a mid-life crisis coming on!!). They resolve their issues after Lynette lets them take Tom's newly restored convertable out for the homecoming dance. They both realize that they have to get their boys under control while they still can.
-Bree is now a successful Martha Stewart type in a catering business with partner Katherine. The only problem is, Bree seems to be taking a lot of the credit for what both of them have done together. It culminates when Katherine embarrases Bree infront of a camera crew, having her follow a recipe for something that Katherine knows Bree can't make. Andrew and Bree seem to be getting along just fine now as it appears he works for her company. At the end of the episode, it's revealed that her and Orson are still together (but it seems theirs some coldness on Bree's part). It's also revealed that Danielle (who's married to a lawyer) came back and took her child away from Bree (whom Bree had been raising as her own child to protect Danielle). Bree was crushed because she had no one left in her life (Orson was in jail, her and Andrew were fighting, and Danielle is a crazy ass bitch). Danielle tells her to find something else, so apparently, that's where the catering business was born.

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I thought this episode was classic DH. Drama, conflict, rivalries, and secrets, secrets, secrets! It's kind of odd seeing what the future has brought for our favorite housewives. I'm not sure how long it's going to take me to get over not seeing Gabi strutting her stuff in a little mini-dress. But the changes she's made fit her well. She's finally coming to terms with motherhood and settling down. It hasn't been easy for her and it doesn't appear it will get any easier. Her two little chunky daughters are adorable though.

I don't know how else to describe Edie's husband, other than creepy. It's his eyes. They're peircing. Also, he played the dad in I Know Who Killed Me. Shut up, it's a guilty pleasure.

I could care less about Susan's storyline as usual. I wish she wasn't so mopey all the time.

Lynette is awesome. And so is Tom. I'm so glad that they have a guy on the show that's regularly featured. It gives the show a much needed shot of testosterone. Granted, he's kind of whipped, but hey, what can you do? It's really odd seeing the twins so old. Apparently they were 11 before the jump because now their 16? I kind of thought they were 8-ish. But what do I know.

BREE! By far the best character on the show. She has so much secret, pent up emotion that's just waiting to explode. But she'd never let that happen because it would make such a mess. She's kind of like Carrie. I'm anxious to see how her relationship evolves with Katherine and the business. Also, I hate Danielle. I've always hated her. She's kind of the devil.

4 steaming piles out of 5.

Saturday Night Live Sketches for 9/28/08 *UPDATE*

Hulu finally got the select sketches up from last night's episode. I think it's pretty stupid that they don't put up more of them, plus they never put up my favorite ones. Well, I take that back, they did give me a Judy Grimes sketch which I'm always up for. She's kind of like my new Debbie Downer. Just kidding. No I'm not.

Welp, click "Recraps Away" to see measely 4 sketches they gave us this week.



Here's the opener, Tina Fey (Palin) gets interviewed by Amy Poehler (Katie Couric). It was funnier two weeks ago.



SNL's take on the presidential debate from Friday night.



Bill Clinton (played by the amazing Darrell Hammond. I'm so glad he got to do Bill again! It's awesome) stops in to give his "endorsment" to Barack Obama.



And finally, my lovely Kristin Wiig stops in as Judy Grimes, Weekend Update's travel correspondent.



*UPDATE*

NBC.com had one more sketch than Hulu did, which is dumb, but oh well. It's an odd one too. Anna Faris and Kenan Thompson are in a boat singing about how Kenan needs to kill her. Some silly parts but not enough to make it worth it.

SNL - Host: Anna Faris, Musical Guest: Duffy

Just finished up watchin Saturday Night Live with host Anna Faris and I'm only going to give it 2 and 1/2 steaming piles out of 5. It was just a big pile of "meh."

Tina Fey came back again to impersonate Gov. Palin, again, for the opening sketch. It really pains me to say this, because I really love Tina Fey, but it was much funnier the first time. Maybe that was because of the novelty of it all. And for some reason, seeing Amy Poehler so pregnant is like the first time you one of your friends you haven't seen in a long time pregnant. You want to congratulate them, but it just looks weird and you feel uncomfortable around the giant beach ball under their shirt. I don't want to knock Amy Poehler for being pregnant - not at all. I think that Will Arnett and her will make an amazing baby. Quite possibly the funniest baby on the planet. It's just odd.

There weren't to many other memorable sketches either. The best one of the night was Kenan Thompson's stained, discount, wedding dress basement sketch. When Anna Faris mentions one of the stains must have come from a Macaw and the subsequent lines really got me. It might have been because the rest of the show was so slow.

Also, what was going on with the end of the very second sketch, where the couple in the car drives over the cliff and as the car makes impact, it bounces back up and explodes right where it left the road? WTF? Did I miss something with that one?

I'll have videos up of the sketches that NBC and Hulu put up as soon as they become available.

P.S. - Next week Anne Hathaway is hosting with musical guest THE KILLERS!

P.S.S. - In the video above, the second promo made me laugh too. Rawr rawr rawr rawr

P.S.S.S. - Duffy looked really creepy last night. Especially in her still-pics right before and after a commercial break. She looked like something I used to think lived in the closet underneath the staircase when I was little.

Afternoon Nap

- The election has been great for SNL! Too bad it makes the rest of us want to kick new born kittens. [Variety]

- Cancel the Emmys? A little drastic, but oh well. Here's some reasons why. [TWoP]

-What the old biddies on Desperate Housewives will be up to in their 5 years in the future season. [tv guide]

- So Zach Braff is leaving Scrubs after this season. Here's why you shouldn't mind (minus the fact that it's Zach Braff apparently). [Zap2It]

- Never cross David Letterman. He holds grudges. [CNN/entertainment]

Mama Knows Best

Television Without Pity has an amazing interview with Christine Rose, more commonly known around these parts as Angela Petrelli.

I'm not gonna lie, this is one of the best interviews with the Heroes cast that I've read in a long time. I highly suggest taking a gander. It's long, but it's engaging.

Click on "Recraps Away" for some tidbits from the interview. BE WARNED: If you haven't seen the first two episodes of this season, then be prepared to read spoilers.




On finding out what her power is in episode one:

CR: Yes. In the first episode we find out that indeed, one of her powers at least, her power is to dream the future and that makes sense in total retrospect because that was the first power that Peter manifested. And of course the first person he was ever near was his mom. So I've read this on some of the blogs that people have said and have walked that logical ladder. And they guessed it right on. So we know she can dream the future. It's just a horrible power to have. Especially if you have nothing else. Peter at least has other powers to try and stop it. But then even he gets into massive trouble trying to stop evil.

---- she might have more than one?! WTF!!

On if she's afraid her character will die soon.

CR: Well... in fact the people that have headed up the Company are all dead ultimately. So it's not a great position to be in. So actually at some point I hope they make me a secretary again.

---- I hope she doesn't die, she's my favorite character.

On what power she would like to see Angela have.

CR: That's an excellent...excellent point. Power yes. You know poor old Angela. I don't know if it would be for the betterment of the world but her people management skills are really low. And that's so devastating to see what's going to happen and not have some way of really controlling except by trying to manipulate people. But maybe this time it will work. But then again it's a series about heroes versus villains. Well do these people end up being the villains? We know what they've done in the past. They wanted to detonate an atomic bomb. He's just a weapon of mass destruction himself. Are they going to end up, first of all on the same side ultimately? And then second of all, which side will it be on? Even if they do stay together.

---- what will Angela do this season!? I can't even imagine. All I can say is I'm incredibly excited about what's to come!

Click here for the entire interview over at Television Without Pity and enjoy!

My Favorite Part of the Fall Season

It's getting to be that time of the Fall Television Season and I love it. Well, I only love it when it happens to shows I don't watch or shows that I don't like. It's canceling time! Now that the networks have gotten into their season premieres of their new shows, examined all the ratings, and taken a good look at the status of the their shows, the cancel button is primed and ready.

One of the first to get the axe this season, and the first for FOX is Do Not Disturb starring Jerry O'Connell as some guy that works at a hipster hotel in NYC. It lasted three episodes. Did I watch any of them? No. It looked like turds.

The critics apparently felt the same way because they railed the show's poor quality. So much so that the producers of the show apologized and ask for a second chance. Not gonna get it now!

So long Do Not Disturb. You will not be missed.

P.S. - Watch my tune change as soon as one of my favorite shows gets canceled. I'll be pissed like no other.

NBCU and Lifetime catfight over Project Runway

Well, this looks like it's getting ugly. We all knew that since Bravo's hit show Project Runway was strutting right on over to Lifetime, that Bravo's parent company NBC Universal was not having it and is suing The Weinstein Co. (owners and producers of the show) because NBCU says they have first refusal rights on the show.

Welp, the New York State court agreed with NBCU. They have blocked Lifetime from airing the show, which was set to premiere in January.

Obviously, NBCU is pretty pumped about the matter:

"NBC Universal is pleased that the court granted our motion for a preliminary injunction against The Weinstein Company," the media conglomerate said in a statement. "The overwhelming evidence demonstrated that The Weinstein Company violated NBC Universal's right of first refusal to future cycles of Project Runway. After hearing all of the evidence, the court issued an order prohibiting The Weinstein Company from taking the show or any spin-off to Lifetime."

On the other hand, The Weinstein Co. was pretty pissed about about it.

"We are disappointed with the court's decision to grant the preliminary injunction against the Weinstein Co.," Lifetime said in a statement. "It's unfortunate that the people hurt most by this ongoing dispute are the loyal fans of Project Runway."

I wonder if this will be resolved before January? I personally don't care what network it airs on, other than I hope that which ever one is actually going to air it does so legitimately. Nothing is worse than sketchy business deals.

RIP Paul Newman

It's a sad, sad day. Paul Newman, the legendary actor and humanitarian died yesteday at the age of 83. A spokesperson for Newman stated that he died after a battle with cancer.

Paul Newman was in an incredible amount of Hollywood classics from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

The Newman Foundation issued the following statement:

"Paul Newman's craft was acting. His passion was racing. His love was his family and friends. And his heart and soul were dedicated to helping make the world a better place for all. Paul had an abiding belief in the role that luck plays in one's life, and its randomness. He was quick to acknowledge the good fortune he had in his own life, beginning with being born in America, and was acutely aware of how unlucky so many others were. True to his character, he quietly devoted himself to helping offset this imbalance. An exceptional example is the legacy of Newman's Own. What started as something of a joke in the basement of his home, turned into a highly-respected, multi-million dollar a year food company. And true to form, he shared this good fortune by donating all the profits and royalties he earned to thousands of charities around the world, a total which now exceeds $250 million. While his philanthropic interests and donations were wide-ranging, he was especially committed to the thousands of children with life-threatening conditions served by the Hole in the Wall Camps, which he helped start over 20 years ago. He saw the Camps as places where kids could escape the fear, pain and isolation of their conditions, kick back, and raise a little hell. Today, there are 11 Camps around the world, with additional programs in Africa and Vietnam. Through the Camps, well over 135,000 children have had the chance to experience what childhood was meant to be.

"We will miss our friend Paul Newman, but are lucky ourselves to have known such a remarkable person."

Rest in peace Paul.

ER: Life After Death

The final premiere of the night that I cared to watch (I'm not looking at you Ugly Betty or Grey's Anatomy) was ER. I know a lot of people have kind of stopped watching it, or only catch it now and again. I want to tell you that last season was great. It was refreshing and just an all around good season filled with drama, love, a lot of intensity and much more believable characters than another medical drama on the same night.

It was a really gut wrenching episode that forced us to say goodbye to one of the shows more powerful characters (and one of my favorites). It's always really upsetting when a show kills off a character that you really like. I will say, at least it's during ER's final season. That way I don't always have to look back and think what could have been.

This brings up another good point. Since the show will end after this season, that means they can do basically anything that they want. In a fashion similar to how Arrested Development went all out with the comedy during their third season because they new that stupid FOX wasn't going to renew them, ER can go all out with the emotions.

I'm really looking forward to the rest of this season, with guest appearances and more goodbyes. I hope everyone out there watches as well.

Click on "Recraps Away" to watch the full episode!

My Name is Earl: Magic Hour/Monkey Take a Bath

My Name is Earl premiered last night with an "hour episode" and a return to form. The two half hour episodes showcased Earl trying to cross some more people off of his list. Seth Green guest stars in Magic Hour about a Make a Wish kid that Earl drunkenly stole a horse from when he was little. Earl thought he died shortly there after and never had his wish realized. He was actually still alive so Earl helps him create a movie with all of his friends about a giant squid that attacks the white house.

In Monkey Take a Bath, Earl tries to get his neighbors to move back next to his parents after a tearful exit they made years ago. Earl thought it was because he used to make his neighbor guy cry all the time. Really it's because of a dark family secret with hilarious results. Check out both episodes in their entirety after the jump!

The Office: Weight Loss Recap

The Office was back in full force last night! It was wonderful to catch up with all of my favorite Scranton, PA residents and find out how their summers went. Plus it was an hour episode (which could have run long considering some of them last season - but it was awesome!).

Click "Recraps Away" down below to watch the full episode of Weight Loss and for a brief recap. You won't regret it! That's what she said.








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This has been one of my favorite episodes of The Office. That may be because I've missed it so much from its summer hiatus, but I'd like to believe that it's just the show hitting it's stride again.

One of the great things about the episode was that even though it was an hour long, it never felt that way. Some of the hour episodes from last season seemed to drag on a bit too long as they scrambled to fill the entire 40+ minutes office content. This episode worked just like a regular half hour one. Short and concise comedy, awkward beyond awkward moments, and a dusting of cute relationship moments among the two to three (two and a half?) couples. It was The Office at it's best.

It was classic Dunder Mifflin Scranton to go completely overboard on Corporate's branch-wide contest for weight loss. Michael continues to try to be a leader and keep everyone motivated to help them win. Dwight takes it to the extreme and makes ridiculous and/or empty threats to some of the heavier employees. Kelly goes on the water, syrup, lemon juice, cayenne pepper diet and becomes physically ill because she wants to fit into some bikinis ordered online. Stanley has his own plans to lose weight just for the betterment of himself. Andy is all talk. And Jim could basically care less.

On the relationship front, Holly and Michael have a bunch of cute moments early on in the episode but that kind of falls apart when Holly sees Michael rubbing Jan's feet in his office. Though he's not the father, he made it out to the people he told about Jan's pregnancy that he was - because that's the Michael Scott way of doing things, haha. Holly gets a bit jealous so she goes on a few dates with a yoga instructor that Oscar knows. When Michael over hears her talking to Oscar about the date, you can see he's terribly upset, but wishes her the best. When Holly doesn't get a call back about attending a Counting Crows concert she had tickets for, Michael does a really nice thing and buys the tickets from her. Then he completely ruins the moment (in pure innocence) by tearing up the tickets on the spot. Then asks if he can pay her for them tomorrow because of an ATM withdraw limit.

Angela and Andy and Dwight are an entirely different story. Andy is busy planning the wedding to which Angela shoots down every single idea. He finds a beautiful, expensive mansion because "every little boy fantasizes about their fairy tale wedding." She says no. He goes completely out of his way and she gives him nothing in return. The worst part, every time he pesters her about it, she calls Dwight's pager and they go and meet up for some "private time" down in the warehouse. Poor Andy. In one really sweet moment. As he continues to ask her about wedding options, she pages Dwight and he heads down to the warehouse. She stands up to go as well, but Andy stops her and tells her that he doesn't care where it's at, who's there, etc. he just wants to marry her and spend the rest of his life with her. Angela feels bad about how hard she's been making on him and rewards him with a kiss. Dwight is left in the warehouse with his wifebeater on.

Jim and Pam are in somewhat of an odd situation after his almost-proposal. She's off in NYC for three months to take graphic design classes and though they get to visit, and talk online, it's just still not the same. Jim does fill us in that they did talk about the proposal and that Pam was kind of glad that he didn't propose then because she would have hated to spend the first three months of their engagement apart. Well, on the final weigh-in day, Jim talks Pam into meeting him for lunch, halfway, at a gas station they stopped at once. When he finally gets there, Pam's been waiting for a bit. It's raining outside. He gets down on one knee and tells her he just can't wait any more. She says yes and they kiss and it's beautiful.

The weight loss contest goes from great to awful. After the first week, they lose a bunch of weight, but from then on it's a struggle. It culminates when Dwight says some mean things about Phyllis' weight. To apologize he takes her out on a two person sale, only to push her out of his van five miles away in the bad part of town without her cellphone or money. She has to walk all the way back. After she returns and calls someone an exec, corporate sends out a memo that they are trying to promote healthy living, not extreme weight loss and endangering yourself.

Unfortunately, Scranton ends up losing to Utica by around 8 lbs. Everyone seems discouraged, but Michael gives them a pep talk on how they did a great job. Stanley is especially proud of himself because he lost 7 lbs for the summer. A nice personal victory for him.

In other feel good news, Phyllis is now head of the Party Planning Committee!! Like speculated, she just happened to be in the right place at the right time. I love seeing Phyllis happy.

Also, Ryan is back. Michael found out that he was back at the temp agency when he called to find a replacement for the older woman named Ronnie that had been filling in for Pam. Michael did not like Ronnie. So, when he heard about Ryan, well he just had to have him. Michael spends the rest of the episode copying Ryan's facial hair, lol.

The episode ends on a really sad note. Dealing with Toby. As usual. On his third day in Costa Rica, he went parasailing and broke his neck. He hasn't even gotten to see the beach yet because he's in the hospital with a halo on. That's how he's spent his summer. :(

All in all, a great episode. I'm so happy that Jim finally proposed! I wonder how long they will stay engaged as they said Pam wanted to avoid a long engagement, hahaha. Will Dwight and Angela end up back together? What about poor Andy? What happens if Pam finds a new job after classes? WHAT ABOUT CREED!? This season looks to be heating up!

P.S. - Did anyone notices Meredith's face being really splotchy? Was she sunburned? Did I miss them mentioning that? It was fine later in the episode, but dang it looked bad.

Woomanizah

Well, I know this is exactly what you wanted in the morning so here it goes. I know this isn't really TV related, but I have a strange and most likely unhealthy obsession with pop music and Britney Spears' new song Womanizer just hit. Enjoy.

She was apparently shooting the video for this over the last few days so hopefully we'll have that sometime soon. I wonder if it will turn out better than this one?

I Hate David Blaine

So, as the three people out there in the world that actually know (and the one of you that cared), David "Lame-ass" Blaine finished up his 60 hour upside down hang with his Dive of Death. Not only did his 60 hours of hanging end up being stupid - as he came down and stood for a few minutes on multiple occasions to get "checked up on" by "medical" people as well as talk to the idiots that actually went to see him "perform" but the dive was also a major let down. He also did not injure himself doing it. Watch above to see how incredibly lame it was.

How does this guy even get airtime? Nothing he's done in the last three years has been remotely interesting. The only time I ever reacted to what he did was when he lived in that damn water bubble for a while and the skin on his fingers was falling off. That stuff made me throw up. I don't ever want to see someone's skin falling off like that again. Ugh... that's gonna give me nightmares.

David Letterman Doesn't Like Liars

Last night, the presidential hopeful John McCain was set to have a nice little chat with David Letterman. Welp, about an hour before he was set to arrive, he called in and canceled because he apparently had to fly to Washington and try to deal with the dead animal that got stuck in the bathroom wall, or more acurately known as the country's economy.

Letterman was not too happy about this, so their were quite a few jokes made at McCain's expense. But, what really set him over the edge was when one of his producers informed him that Sen. McCain was actually conducting a live interview with Katie Couric (that slut!).

Above is the video of what went down after that. The good stuff is right around the 7 minute mark.

In Case You Didn't Know...

NBC's Thursday night comedy block starts back up tonight with a one hour season premieres of both My Name is Earl and The Office. Needless to say, my life is finally returning to normal.

I really enjoy My Name is Earl and I'm looking forward to the show going back to it's roots. Not that it was bad last season in any sense, but it just seemed to have lost some of the magic that made the first and second season so funny.

What I'm actually looking forward to tonight is The Office premiere. I've been missing my favorite Dunder Mifflin employees all summer. I simply need more Phyllis and Meredith in my life. Big news on the Phyllis front, too! According to Zap2It's blog, Phyllis will see a change in status which they believe is head of the Party Planning Committee!!! OMG.

KTV's conclusion? Based on cryptic sources, thorough research and couch potato's intuition, we're thinking that Phyllis has usurped Angela's Party Planning Committee authority. As I'm sure you remember, Phyllis was the lady lucky enough to walk in on Dwangela doing the nasty, not long after Angela publicly accepted Andy Bernard's marriage proposal... and I wouldn't put it past Phyllis to hold that precious information over Angela's head. My guess: Angela and Andy are still engaged, and Phyllis is using Dwangela's dirty secret to her advantage.

Who could be more excited for that!? Stay tuned to NBC tonight at 8 for My name is Earl and 9 for The Office as well as the premiere of the final season of ER. It looks like a doozy!

The Partridge Family is Back...

I don't really know what's going on with all of these trips down memory lane from that the networks are taking, but whatever. But, it looks like one of them will be picking up a new series based on the Partridge Family model that aired back in the early 70's.

Click on "Recraps Away" for more info.




According to Variety,

Jeff Rake ("Cashmere Mafia") is aboard to pen the project, which is being pitched around town this week. Insiders said a network deal was imminent.

Rake would exec produce with Reveille execs as well as Interscope-Geffen-A&M chairman Jimmy Iovine and Geffen Records chairman Ron Fair.

Details surrounding the scripted remake are thin, but insiders said the show will take a tongue-in-cheek, modern-day approach to the original series.

Head over to Variety for the rest of the story.

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I'm not really all that sure how well this idea was thought out. I know a lot of people loved David Cassidy and his family of traveling musicians, but that was the early 70's.

The only thing I think this show might have going for it, is that they are staying away from the nostalgia factor. Too many "reimagining" if shows and movies these days play off of things from the original. That's cute and all - for about 10 minutes. You can't carry a show on that alone. Maybe really giving it a true update and using the popularity of wholesome family music acts (Miley and Billy Ray Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers, etc.) they could spin this off into something that people might enjoy. As usual, only time will tell.

Lipstick Jungle: Pandora's Box

Alright, I'm gonna make this one quick. This show is my guilty pleasure. I just find Kim Raver who plays Nico Rielly. There's just something about her that I can't not want to watch her.

Anywho, the season premiere of Lipstick Jungle was tonight as well. I'm not really gonna recap this one, but I will say this - that fatty that's pregnant with Nico's dead husband's baby is fug. Like real fug. She's got an imbred pig face.

Other than that, you can catch the full episode after the jump for a limite time.

P.S. - WHY IS HULU DOING THIS LIMITED TIME THING?! WTF?




Only available for a bit longer.



Check out NBC's page on Lipstick Jungle to watch it if the above one is deadso.

Knight Rider: A Knight in Shining Armor Recap

So I just got done watching the season premiere of NBC's new take on a hokey classic, Knight Rider. I watched the movie that they had last February and really enjoyed it. Nastalgia throw back, touch of nerdy gadgetry, and a handful of chase scenes and action equals perfect entertainment for me.

Well, because the ratings for the movie were decent enough, NBC chose to make it into a reboot of the series. And of course, I was looking forward to watching. Well I did. And as I sit here typing this, I can hear David Hasselhoff yelling about something on TV for America's Got Talent and it just equates to some awkward, ironic moment.

So, to see the first episode of the show and a little recap and opinions, hit "Recraps Away" down below.




NOTE** This video is only available for the next 8 hours (so sometime around 5 AM)



Welp, lets get some things out of the way first. The show seems to assume that you watched movie earlier this year (or sometime on Hulu) and that you know some background info. Like Mike Traceur is the son of the original's Michael Knight (The Hoff). That Mike's one time lover, Sarah Graiman, is the daughter of Charles Graiman, the dude that invented KITT and his subsequent model that Mike currently drives. They all work for Carrie Rivai, an FBI agent played by Sydney Tamiia Poitier. So there you go.

Anyway, this episode opens with Mike and Sarah mingling at a party while trying to intercept a package and some sort of data device. Well, Sarah gets the device but gets captured by some creepers that know Mike by name (which is apparently odd) and are actually after him. Mike abandons obtaining the package to save her. After an incredibly long and drawn out run through the hallways and stairways of whatever building their in, Mike saves Sarah. They exit the building and wait for KITT (voiced by Val Kilmer) to come get them. He had been on the run because whatever group was after Mike figured out KITT is spying on them. Luckily for Mike and Sarah, Sarah uploaded a new program into KITT that allows him to turn into a truck (WTF?) and he does so in order for them to just jump in the truck bed. Then he transforms back into a car and their in their seats (I know, I know).

Then as they're trying to get back to HQ, a missle is launched from a helicopter and no one knows how to avoid it (not even the brains back at HQ) so it hits them. Luckily KITT's way armored and the only problem is he's caught on fire and can't put it out. So, the temp inside the car keeps rising. So, because (again) no one can figure out how to stop the fire (it's some kind of bio-regenerating fire or something), Mike and Sarah have to lose their clothes to keep their body temps down. Finally Charles just tells KITT to get to the base, they'll suck out all the oxygen and put out the fire and hope that Sarah and Mike don't die. It works.

Sarah questions Mike about how those creepers knew him. He doesn't know because he has some weird memory loss from his time in Iraq. Well, this disturbs Carrie (and her partner? boss? whatev?) so she says she'll take care of the situation (secrets secrets are no fun, secrets secrets hurt some one). Mike is sent out to recover the package which happens to be some dude that created an unbreakable code that is hidden within his DNA. Well, when Mike attempts to take him, some hot Latina woman intercepts and takes the dude instead. She knows exactly who Mike is and even bares the same military tatoo that he has.

Chase scene. (The only thing that happens during this is that Mike finds out that he proposed to Sarah over the phone the day before he went missing in Iraq for three years)

She cuts off the dude's thumb and throws him out of the car. Mike picks him up and KITT loses the chicks signal. Mike assumes she's in the subway, so KITT goes truck mode and they head in. Mike somehow gets in the truck bed and jumps out when they make it underground and chases after the chick. He grabs the thumb and just as she realizes that Mike really doesn't remember who she is, Carrie appears and yells "FBI" and then shoots Mike (WTF!?) Poor Sarah.

Well, turns out, she just shot him with a bunch of tranquilizers. She did that just to make everyone think Mike Traceur is deadso. Clever! So, now Mike's dead and him and Sarah make up and decide to start over. He also gets to pick a new name because his old him is dead. So he goes by the name of his father. Michael Knight. How original.

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Hmmm. How was this episode as compared to the made-for-TV-movie? A bit rough. My biggest gripe is that whenever Mike is in KITT, he never does anything except stare at the windshield that's covered in pop-up moniters from various people talking to him back at HQ. Also, the story's pretty thin but what do you expect from Knight Rider?

I'm a bit confused over it, but hopefully it will get over it's rocky start and pick up more as the season progresses.

UNSOLVED MYSTERIES IS COMING BACK!

Okay, okay, I'm a little bit over-stimulated right now because I was flipping through the channels and I happened across Spike TV while they were playing a commercial for one of the greatest shows in the entire history of television. Unsolved Mysteries is being brought back on Spike TV!!!

According to the commercial, the show will be relaunched on Monday, October 13 at 5 PM and 6 PM. According to Wikipedia (I know, I know) the new host is Dennis Farina thought it doesn't say anything about it on his IMDB page. I wish they could somehow bring Robert Stack back from the dead to host it. His voice still haunts my dreams.

After seeing that, the only thing I care about is if they use the same music from the original opening (which can be seen above, the good stuff starts at the 2 minute mark). Again, according to Wikipedia they are, but who knows if that will turn out to be true or not.

I used to stay up late and watch this show when it was on NBC with my little brother and sister with all the lights off in the house. I ate this stuff up like every word that came out of Robert Stack's mouth was going to change my life. My brother would just end up with nightmares and I would get yelled at for watching it with him.

Please Spike TV, please use the original music. It's terrifying just to think about.

Fringe: The Ghost Network Recrap

Alright, here's the deal. I'm pretty much almost over FRINGE. After last nights episode (which I admist was more of a set-up episode than anything), the show is just becoming too outlandish for me. It's hard to explain but I'll do my best after the recap.

Anyway, get the full episode of The Ghost Network after the jump, as well as a recap and my thoughts on the episode.





So basically, this entire episode revolves around some dude that keeps getting these bizzare visions of people dying in really awful ways that end up coming true. The only way he can get them out of his head is to draw them (so he's basically Isaac Mendez from Heroes, lol)

Well, his most recent vision is of these people that get killed on a public bus. You would think a bomb or something right? WAY OFF. I will admit, this death is pretty cool. Some creeper gets on the bus, sits down, pulls a gas mask out of his bag, puts it on, and then rolls a canister that starts spewing gas down the aisle. As the bus comes to a stop, he gets off and is whisked away in his get away car.

When the police get there, the find that everyone is encased is some type of hardened, translucent substance (much like a mosquito stuck in amber).

So of course, Agent Dunham and her friends Peter and Dr. Bishop are called in to figure the mess out. Dr. Bishop starts breaking down the compound while Dunham and crew start IDing the bodies.

A preist that visions-man went to for help right before the bus incident tips them off so they go and investigate Mr. Visions. He explains what he can, so they decide to run some tests. Standard MRI. Well, in the machine, Mr. Visions starts getting uncomfortable, then his blood vessels appear to be pulling out of his body. So they stop that right away, you know to save his life and all. Dr. Bishop figures he must have some type of metal in his blood.

Surprise surprise, after researching his case through all Dr. Bishops old files, they find out Mr. Visions was a subject of Dr. Bishop and CEO guy of Massive Dynamic way back in the day.

Now simply follow the regular formula for solving a FRINGE case.

Dr. Bishop figures out it was something he worked on way back in the day -> he needs to get some sort of machine (either from Massive Dynamic or something he used in his lab) to fix them -> Agent Dunham and Peter get said machine -> subject is fixed/cured by Dr. Bishop -> Agent Dunham captures/stops bad guy -> Agent Dunham talks to Red Haired Barefoot Contessa from Massive Dynamic about why it seems like they are involved somehow -> RH Barefoot Contessa makes some sly remarks about how she knows more about what's going on and is a bitch.

Agent Dunham then goes and sees RHBC at Massive Dynamic because all the chemicals and compounds found in the "amber stuff" were manufactured at Massive Dynamic. Dunham questions her about it and RHBC basically says, well, it may look like we're involved, but all these cases have happened right under your nose... so you could be involved too.

They discovered these waves that were outside of the frequency currently known and the government asked them to figure out a way for peeps to communicate over it, directly person to person - No device needed. Well, the figured out how to make someone a reciever (Mr. Visions), but couldn't really get someone to be a transmitter. He then hypothesizes that someone has figured this out and is using the so called "Ghost Network" to transmit plans about terrorist attacks and poor old Mr. Visions is just picking up on their convos.

So, they use Mr. Visions to listen in and stop the bad guy (who actually gets away and jumps in front of a subway train to make sure he can't be questioned). Then Mr. Visions is fixed by Dr. Bishop with the machine he had hidden in his old house that Agent Dunham and Peter went and got.

At the end, Agent Dunham's Grouchy Boss meets with RHBC in secret and mentions not wanting to use the signals (OH SNAP!)and hands her some type of canister (the same one used for the amber-attack on the bus). Then he asks her why she's trying to poach his Agents. She makes some snide comment about how she made it to her position because she could see the talent in people right away. Then he says the same thing.

Finally, RHBC is seen in a lab at Massive Dynamic where Agent John Scott (Dunham's dead, traiter boyfriend) is hooked up to a machine and apparently being filtered for info.

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This show is a bit ridiculous now. I understand that it's dealing with things that are techinically not really "real" but their has to be some bases for realism. Shows like Heroes could kind of be argued in the same way, but at least they stick to one crazy attribute (they live in the everyday world, except some people started getting extaordinary powers- the end). This show is like, okay this doctor guy used to do all these crazy things. Now all these other people are doing his crazy things. Too bad doctor doesn't remember any of them until after they find a bunch of dead people. Too bad he can never stop the bad people ahead of time. Oh yeah, and the governemnt and this huge all-knowing company are in cahoots and probably have something to do with all of these bizare things going on.

Then they choose the most outlandish thing imaginable and make that happen, then string together an answer to figuring it out by the formula I used up above.

This show is getting real lame real fast and I'm about done with it. One, possibly two more episodes and then I'm finding something else to watch on Tuesday nights.

90210 Gets a Full Season

The CW must be really feeling generous today because, less than a month of being on air, it's fledgling reboot of 90210 has been granted a full season. On the back of it's big, 2-hour season premiere which drew in the largest amount of viewers for a premiere that the network has ever had - with 4.9 million.

Granted the show's viewership has dropped dramatically in the second week on air by 33%. Yowzers. Hopefully the little show will pick up the pace, but I have a feeling it's not gonna be good considering the big 3 have just started back with their heavy hitters.

The Hills: When Lauren's Away Recap

As much as I hate to say that I enjoy watching this dang show, I do. I really do. I'm caught up in their lives - as fake or overly produced that they may be. I don't care. (Definitely not as good as GG, but still enjoyable)

SOMETHING FINALLY HAPPENS THIS EPISODE!!!! Barely, and it's really just more drama, but at least it felt like I was watching something actually happen.

Click "Recraps Away" to watch the episode and for a brief rundown!





So in this episode, Lauren heads off to Italy for a little vacay, which leaves Lo and Audrina to bond. They surprisingly get along and Lo doesn't seem like the regular mega-bitch that she always is.

Stefanie visits Audrina one day to ask what she thinks if she would go on a date with Doug (Lauren's recent EX). Audrina cautions her to it and Stefanie asks how Lauren would even find out. Audrina says she doesn't know, but then proceeds to tell everyone she talks to afterwards.

Lo and Audrina go out to Goa and run into Heidi and Spencer. Heidi wants to talk to Audrina, so she does (much to Lo's displeasure). Heidi invites her Ceiling Eyes and her psuedo-BF Justin Bobby to some event her job is hosting. She agrees and they hang out.

Stefanie and Doug go out on a date and (unfortunately for them) run into Brody's mother (who has some pretty rotten plastic surgery). Looks like Lauren's finding out now...

When Lauren gets home, Ceiling Eyes and Lo tell her about Stefanie asking about Doug and their run in with Speidi. Lauren seems a bit pissed about all of it.

Out to dinner with Brody, Lauren finds out that Stefanie did go on a date with Doug. She's PISSED. Is Brody right about Stefanie? She is a Pratt afterall.

Dancing With The Oldies

Last night was also the season premiere of Dancing with the Stars. I don't really watch the show, but my parents sure like to see who can shake a leg. Well, I'm actually a little interested in it this year because Cloris Leachman is on it. You may remember her as the 82-year-old woman that plays the grandma in Beer Fest among many other things.

Well, she got a little pissy last night when the judges gave her a crappy score of 16. I'd be swearing up a storm to if I was that old and did all those moves and only got a 16. When you're that old, you can be as crotchity as you want and no one can tell you not too. Video below.

Heroes!!! AHHHHHHHHH

Okay, so last night was the season three premiere of Heroes. If you couldn't tell, I was pretty excited. The first episode of Volume Three: Villains was The Second Coming. I would tell you all about it, but you can just watch it above. I think more happens in the first two episodes of this season than happened in the first half of last season.

Click on "Recraps Away" for my thoughts on who will be a hero and who will be a villain and also for the second episode of the night!!!!




Here's the second episode The Butterfly Effect



So, we've seen Future Peter come back to the past (or present time rather) to try to fix the bad stuff that happens in his time (ie: the special people being hunted and used). Because of this, Nathan is shot (by Future Peter) and seems to have gone a little loco - God gave him another chance and for some reason he can see Linderman but no one else can. Future Peter also banished Present Peter to the body of a man imprisoned in Level 5 of The Company. He also told Claire not to leave Odessa, which just so happened to be where Sylar was heading to find her. Of course, now Sylar has her healing ability, but Claire didn't die. And now she can't feel anything! Cripes!

Angela FINALLY revealed her power. Seeing into the future through her dreams - but it might only be the future set in motion by her sons (or more specifically only Peter). She's pissed because he keeps screwing stuff up and making it worse. Niki (?????) isn't Niki anymore, she's Tracy Strauss who works for a big politician in D.C. who wants Nathan as a junior senator. Tracy (???) has a new power - cryokenisis which is displayed when she accidentally freezes (and shatters) a nosy reporter (who thinks she's Niki!).

Matt Parkman gets sent to Africa after he finds out Future Peter shot Nathan. And by "sent" I mean FP some how teleports just Parkman. He wakes up to a man that can paint the future and knows that his name is Parkman.

Mohinder (after some convincing on Maya's part) isolates the source of everyones powers (their adrenal glands! duh!) and develops a serum that can grant people abilities. Maya finds that appalling because the powers could end up bad like hers. Mohinder is a jerk and only sees his own vision. So of course, he injects himself with it. Bad news bears. Sure he can move around like Spiderman, and is really sexual, but he also starts getting nasty lesions on his back. It's SICK.

Hiro, who's complaining about not having any adventures to go on, gets a DVD message from his dad that says he must protect the secret that's in the safe in his office. Hiro obviously doesn't listen, so he opens it and finds out that he must guard half of a formula that if placed in the wrong hands could "destroy the world." Of course it's stolen by Daphne, a chick that can run incredibly fast - a self proclaimer Speedster. Hiro and Ando set out to get her after Hiro ventures into the future and sees Future Ando kill Future Hiro with some sort of electrical manipulation power. Then Tokyo is destroyed. They travel to Paris where Daphne lives and set a trap, but Hiro uses Ando in a way that puts him in danger. They don't get the formula back, but they know exactly where to find Daphne (tracking device).

And finally, Sylar attacks The Company after finding a laundry list of Level 5 prisoners who's powers he can take. Elle goes in to tell her dad Bob that she can handle the situation (they had a little argument over her inability to catch Sylar earlier), but Bob-o is dead. Sylar's already there. She finds HRG in one of the cells, throws him a gun and tells him Sylars here. Sylar sees Elle, throws her with his mind, then is shot by HRG. Too bad he can heal now. Yikes. He then goes to take Elle's power, but she releases a HUGE burst of electrical energy, somewhere along the lines of an EMP and knocks him out. When she wakes up, Sylar is captured, but the rest of the baddies are loose. UH OH!!!

HRG returns home and Claire is super happy. Sadly, he's leaving to catch the baddies. She's sad bears. Well, he brought in someone to cheer her up and keep the fambo safe. Claire's real mom Meredith, a pyrokenetic!

And finally, we find Angela Petrelli talking to Sylar while he's restrained in his prison cell. She tells him that she's his real mother. BAM BAM!

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This opener was awesome. They just keep hinting that anyone can go any way - bad or good. Though I have no idea whatsoever on who will be a Hero and who will be a Villian, this is kind of how I see it and why.

Heroes

Claire: Only because they keep making her look like she's gonna be a Villian. Future Peter saw her evil (and with sexy dark hair) and she keeps whining about not being human anymore because she can't feel anything (which would ENTIRELY suck balls so I can't really fault her for being a whiner). I think she might be a bit of a Debbie Downer for a while, but will ultimately be a goodie.

Elle: She's all alone now. Her dad's deadzo and Angela kicked her out of The Company now that the chain of command has fallen to her. Perfect time to be angry at the world right? Wrong. She's now on a mission to prove to herself that she can stop the bad guys she let go. I really want her to team up with Claire.

Nathan: Only because he's been made out to be a bad guy (kind of) for most of the last 2 seasons. He knows now that taking the position of power will be different and he will be making the decisions, not Linderman (who only he can see?)

Parkman: I'm just hoping he does something right this season.

Ando: Will be explained later during Hiro's explanation.

Sylar: Okay, this one is a "kind of." I believe that Angela will get him (somehow) to fight the bad dudes (and is apparently partnered with HRG if the previews of next week are to be believed). I think he'll always be bad, but something will more important for him to stop the baddies than kill and take their power.

Maya: Her power is too treacherous for her to be bad. She could kill millions over a glass of spilled milk.

Villains

Future Peter: He's like a bad version of Hiro from season one. Hiro kept trying to save Charlie, but somethings are just set in motion. FP can't grasp that yet, so he's hell bent on changing as many things as possible until the outcome is the way he wants it, regardless of who he hurts.

Angela Petrelli: Another kind of. I think she's looking for the greater good, but just goes about it in all the wrong reasons. But, I like her like that. (possibly my favorite character).

Mohinder: He's like Parkman from season one. Just keeps effing everything up. He's going to keep getting gross and buggy until he figures out how to make things right. But only after he gets a taste of the dark side.

Hiro: I know, I know, he keeps trying to do the right thing, but I think he's letting what he saw with Ando in the future dictate a bit too much. He's pushing him away now and that will eventually lead to the event he witnessed. Hiro is getting a little cocky and Ando will be there to try to stop him.

The Bad Guys: Those creepers from Level 5. Bad news. Can't wait!

Undecided

Daphne: No idea. I can see her going either way.

Tracy: I'm kind of hoping she's good because Niki/Jessica spent so much time being bad news bears, but I'm kind of leaning towards Villain.

ALSO! Where the heck was Micah's cousin Monica? I don't care about Micah that much, but Monica was a sweet character! I loved her power.

And lastly, I leave you with a little video of my favorite Heroes character who made a triumphant return this season: MR. MUGGLES!