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Ed installed a speed bump for her. How romantic is that.
This episode picks up where the last one left off, with the KISS still fresh on everyone's mind. Or according to Ed, the kiss Rosemary (Jean Smart) gave him.
Ed has his first Homeowner's Association meeting. Rosemary wants a speed bump and Ed doesn't. After the meeting he and secretary Marvin Dingle (Don Lake) both admit to carrying a torch for Rosemary.
Later when Ed and Rosemary are alone together, they start to bond a little. Rosemary asked him what he thought of the Cohens, Irving and Ting-Ting. To Ed's response, "Quite a pair." Rosemary makes a quip, "Yes, I think he got them for her." They both laugh at the joke.
When they seemed to be hitting it off, Ed offered to take Rosemary upstairs. He's going too fast for her. Maybe she should put a speed bump on him instead. She tells him that she believes in romance; she needs to be courted.
Needing a woman's point of view, Ed seeks Bonnie's advice. "Who courts at my age?"
Bonnie guesses the real reason why he might not want to romance Rosemary. "I think you are afraid to put your heart on the line, because you really like this woman, ... You've been burned. And I think you are afraid to let that happen again."
Ed makes his move at the Gloucester House Restoration party. He confronts Rosemary in his Navy whites, looking every bit like the captain of the Love Boat. (Just in case you didn't know who Captain Stubbing was.)
"If you're willing to give it a shot, I'm willing to take it slow."
Ed even had a surprise in store for her on the drive home, one which Marvin made Rosemary think had something to do with luring her to his bedroom. This upsets her and leaves Ed even more confused.
When she found out the surprise was the speed bump, he had installed on their street, she rushed into his arms drenched in milkshake, to let him know who her hero is, with a big kiss.
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Courting to be continued.
Meanwhile, when Vince starts growing a moustache, Henry bet he can grow a better one, in a week. In the end, Ed still thinks Vince looked like his mother and Henry got a burn when Ed peeled off his fake one.
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Tila Tequila's appearance had some people worried about the future of $#*! My Dad Says. Her Ting-Ting got the most jokes for any single episodes. I think they said Ting-Ting more than ten times in the whole thing. Including Ed's best line, "I just need someone to be an Irving to my Ting-Ting." It's certainly a lot funnier than seeing Marvin dressed up in ridiculous clothes that no self-respecting man over the age of twenty would be caught dead in.
What do you think?
As you've probably noticed if you've been watching FOX for more than 5 minutes, next Monday is the premiere of The Chicago Code. Take an early look at the pilot for Shawn Ryan's new drama series here. Are you excited to see a new series from the creator of The Shield, The Unit and Terriers?
The nightmare is over SpoilerTV, Parks and Recreation is finally back on the air. After being sidelined for Outsourced, our favorite government employees from Pawnee Indiana have made a triumphant return to both TV and their jobs, as we find out in the premiere episode “Go Big or Go Home”. My name is Karina, and I plan on reviewing the third season of Parks and Rec for you here on SpoilerTV. Note that I said ‘review’ and not ‘recap’. I’m not a big fan of recaps, and this show isn’t especially long at a 22min. runtime, and is also readily available online to view. Also I apologize that I’m currently a few episodes behind, I hope to be caught up before the next episode airs on Thursday!
So what was everyone up to during the Pawnee Government shut down hiatus? Ron Fucking Swanson was doing what all manly men do, chop wood. It looks like Tom’s friend and the most amazing bit character ever Jean-Ralphio helped him get a job at Lady Footlocker, where he does nothing but hit on the ladies all day, oh and buy ladies shoes for himself with his discount. Donna is telemarketing bulk orders of rubber nipples. No joke there, that’s funny enough as it is. And our lovable loser Jerry is living in a nightmarish hellscape of outdoor landscape oil painting.
After everyone is gathered back in City Hall we set up the conflict; despite the return of the employees there is still not enough money in the budget to do anything but maintenance and basketball. We later learn that there is some money available, but that Ben thinks giving it to the Parks department would be a waste. In comes Leslie with a plan to have Ann seduce Chris Traeger, played amazingly by Rob Lowe.
As much as I loved the performance of Rob Lowe last season, and the character in general, I was very worried about where they were going to take the character of Chris this season. Because was that, just a character. Like Superman on cocaine. Mixed with an unending supply of positivity and happiness. Hilarious, yes, but not very three-dimensional or believable for that matter. Well this episode was a game changer for Chris Treager, elevating him to not only an appealing character but an almost believable one. When Ann asked him why he is so positive all the time, he explains that he was born with a blood disorder and had three weeks to live, yet he’s still here and enjoying every week that he gets. I swear I teared up when I heard that, and for me at least it explains so much of the zany exuberance of the character. The likeability factory kept on rising when he is hit on at The Bulge, gently turns the man down, and then buys the men a round of drinks. And then the sadness when he finds out the date was a setup by Leslie. I’m completely sold at this point, and I hope Rob Lowe decides to stick around as long as he can, and the writers can make room for him.
Ben Wyatt on the other hand has yet to win me over. As the straight man opposite to Leslie, Adam Scott is given a more limited role than the other cast members, and the character has a backstory that’s been talked about but not much else. I’m hoping he’ll be more developed later in the season, as it’s clear they are trying to set him up as a love interest for Leslie.
The B-Story in this episode involves the growing conflict between Tom and Ron, thanks to the fact that Ron is now dating Wendy. Centering on the coaching of the youth basketball league, this sub plot isn’t as strong as the main plot but still delivers some of the funniest moments in the episode. I give to you the Ron Swanson Pyramid of Greatness. The amazing awesomeness that is this chart cannot be contained. I sent it to all my friends, printed it out and put it on my wall at work, and made it my Facebook profile picture. I suggest you do the same. My favorite is “Crying: Acceptable only at funerals and the Grand Canyon”. Post your favorite in the comments below!
Back to the game. Ron Fucking Swanson is coaching his kids to be mini-effing-Swansons, while our lovable puppy Andy is just playing around and having fun with the kids. And of course Tom is the Ref because he has his uniform from Lady Foot Locker. Tom sees Wendy with Ron and uses his position to foul Ron’s team in punishment, causing Ron and his team to storm off. The whole time I was feeling bad for Lucy, just sitting there, watching her boyfriend freak out over his ex-wife. I guess she’s used to putting up with a lot from Tom in general, what a trooper. Not sure how much longer the Wendi debacle will last, and we know that Megan Mullally will be back as Tammy II later in the season.
Our favorite sardonic assistant April returns from vacation in Venezuela, bringing with her a new boyfriend and a semi-upbeat attitude. And no it’s not Jhonny the intern, but a new man named Eduardo. He has clearly made an impact on her, as April was smiling several times throughout the episode! Not enthusiastically of course, but take what you can get. Andy is crushed, and Leslie tells him to “Go big or go home” in his quest to pursue April. And of course a distraught Leslie then takes her own advice, which leads us to…
The Harvest Festival! I am very excited about this; it seems like a great plot device to bring the gang together and to hopefully save the Parks department. Other more well-known reviewers have watched advanced screener copies, and have said that the planning for the Festival ends up being a great way to see other departments and businesses around Pawnee. I can’t wait to see more of the sewage department, and to find out how they end up with all the interns that look like hookers. And hopefully we’ll get to see more of those bastards at the Library.
This episode was a great start to the season, and promises much more fun and laughter ahead. The second season of Parks and Recreation was brilliant, and it looks like the third is going to be even better. I don’t think I’m overstating at all when I say that it is the funniest show on TV right now, so enjoy! I’ll see you again in couple of days for my review of the second episode, please let me know in the comments if you have any suggestions or ideas. Any constructive criticism is appreciated, really!
Bonus Super Fun Link: Parks and Recreation Intro – Jabba the Hut
A reminder for Human Target fans: catch an all-new episode on a special night, TONIGHT at 8 PM ET/PT.
Also a DVR warning, if you didn't already update: due to American Idol, the show has been pushed back an hour for its two remaining airings. Both this Wednesday's new episode and next Wednesday's season two finale will now air at 9 PM ET/PT.
To recap: that's two new episodes this week (Monday at 8 PM and Wednesday at 9 PM) and a late start time next Wednesday (9 PM). Enjoy the remainder of season two, and stay tuned for recaps and reviews!
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Hi, you all! I've seen a lot of people talking about NCIS on Facebook. Their thoughts were divided. Some people can't live without a Tiva Moment in every single episode; others can't stand hearing that name, and some used to be fans but don't support the couple anymore.
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WHAT'S HAPPENING?!
Well, life's happening. It's good to have those different opinions. Diplomacy sucks when everybody agrees, says Tom Clancy. Anyway, I'd like to bring that discussion to SpoilerTV. So, do the audience want Tiva or not?
I don't know if TPTB care about the opinions expressed in this or any blog but theirs, but we the blog (or just me) do and would like to know what you, loyal readers (or not so loyal) think of Tony and Ziva's relationship.
I myself love the idea, but would only enjoy the scene in which they finally give up the act and admit to each other their true feelings for each other on the final episode of the series. Yeah, it sounds kind of cliché to anyone who has seen JAG's series finale, but I guess it's a good way to bend Gibbs' rule without turning the show into a soup opera (or CSI:NY). Let me know down in the comments if you agree or not! ;)
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For all the negative headlines celebrities make, there are plenty of them out there who do some great things. I've introduced a new column for 2011 which will spotlight some faces in entertainment that deserve some special recognition. It's called simply: People Who Are Awesome.
January's honoree is the man at the top of my personal list: Burn Notice and The Game star Coby Bell. Check out what makes him awesome - whether it's blowing up houses or blowing up football plays - in the inaugural feature here.
Don't forget to see Coby Tuesday nights at 10 PM ET/PT on BET with new episodes of The Game, and in the summer when Burn Notice returns to USA for season five!
Criminal Minds - Behind the Music 6#12 (Corazon)
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Check out my review of tonight's Law & Order: UK, entitled "Defence," here. And please, avoid sharp objects.
TV Guide and various other sources are reporting that Alana De La Garza will be joining the regular cast of Law & Order: Los Angeles, reprising the role of ADA Connie Rubirosa that she played for the final years of the original series.
My take: while De La Garza was great as Rubirosa, I don't think even she can save the mess that is LOLA. Beyond that, I'd be worried about the show's poor writing messing with her character - for example, having her transfer from New York to Los Angeles begs the question of if her perfectly good working relationship with EADA Michael Cutter (Linus Roache) somehow went south, and/or if she ever figured out he carried a torch for her. I admit that I was always hoping for them to get together, and I'd hate to have them write her in by destroying that.
But what do you think? Is De La Garza a good addition to the cast? Can she save this floundering show?
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Last night was the return of The Vampire Diaries, and it was back with a bang. Admittedly it was not the best episode of the season, but it was great for character development, specifically Damon.
The episode opens with Stefan informing Elena that he is going to be contacting her mother Isabel to find out more about Clause. This is interesting, and hopefully Mia Kirshner will be back because she really is the best at evil bitch.
Rose is slowly and painfully dying as the Werewolf legend becomes reality. This story line was very well done, especially for Rose. There was more insight into her life before she became a vampire. There was an interesting parallel between Rose and Damon in these scenes and as the audience later finds out the one thing Damon misses the most is being human.
A great moment between Elena and Damon has her begging him to feel what he feels, to embrace these 'human feelings'. And in the last scene, which in my opinion is the darkest of the season so far, has Damon confessing to his victim that the hardest part about living is knowing how much he misses being human. All this before he lets her go, then sucks her blood.
Damon's struggle with his humanity as well as his love for Elena are going to be his downfall and his saving grace, this season and seasons to come.
The love triangle between Matt, Caroline and Tyler just got a lot more complicated and not because she kissed both of them. Because Jules informed Tyler that Caroline is not the only Vampire in Mystic Falls and she's been lying to him,
I have to say i am actually rooting for Caroline and Tyler, although i find him unbearable, she makes him better and they are actually cute.
What was missing in last nights episode? Bonnie and Jeremy i cannot wait for that to happen because it is going to be great.
Best Moment: Damon's gut wrenching confession and killing of the innocent girl.
Best Acting: Rose, her death and struggle was so well down that you actually felt sorry and sad for her.
Question: Do you guys agree was last nights episode final scene with Damon the darkest this season?
Introduction : Premiere & Auditions
The first series of a polish version of the show is set to premiere on air on Sunday, March 6th at 8pm (local time) on TVN.
The first stage of open auditions took place in Zabrze (Jan 8), Wrocław (Jan 9), Warsaw (Jan 14) and Gdańsk (Jan 16).
The second (and closed) stage of the auditions took place in Zabrze (Jan 22-24) and Warsaw (Jan 29-31) filmed in front of an audience & all judges present.
The final stage of the auditions, where jury will pick the contestants will take place in Warsaw (Feb 4-5 & 14) and Zabrze (Feb 8-9).
Meet The Bad Guys : Judges
Judges : Czesław Mozil, Maja Sablewska & Kuba Wojewódzki BTS of the auditions.
Mozil is a Polish singer, composer, and musician (mostly using the accordion), and graduate of the Royal Danish Academy of Music. He moved to Denmark when he was 5, returned to Poland at the age of 28. He makes hard-to-classify music, with pieces of cabaret, rock, and even punk rock.
Maja is a famous music industry manager who's looking after small amount of artists, who are pretty specific. She previously was a manager of controversial polish singer Doda...and probably the most known polish pop diva, Edyta Górniak...until she accepted the judge position and was fired a few days ago. Last but not least, she's the manager of the rising pop star, Marina.
Kuba is a Polish journalist, TV personality and comedian. He started his career out as a drummer in the band and then became a musical critic. He was formerly one of the judges of the polish version of Idol. Now he's hosting his own TV show, which is continuously on air since 2002. He also has his own column in the polish weekly magazine Politics. He's one of the judges in the polish version of Got Talent.
I hope that the judges will receive a good welcome and that the'll earn the love of the viewers. We have a point in this jury that has been already verified, I'm referring to Kuba. But maybe this time he will serve other purpose, because this time he'll rather judge our contestants as a musical critic and a musician, because he started out as a musician. Then there is Czesław, he's the person who'll serve a purpose of the substantial judge, because he knows the stage like no one other. And Maja Sablewska, who I think will take care of the image of our contestants and I think she'll have a lot to say about that. -- Wojciech Iwański, producer
Meet The Good Guy : Host
Jarosław Kuźniar
Jarosław is a polish TV and radio journalist. He started his career as the radio journalist in Polish Radio Program 3. Since 2007 he's working for Poland's first 24-hour news channel, TVN 24 and established his status as one of the best well-known polish TV journalists. On January 15th it was announced that he's gonna be the host of polish version of X Factor.
Shoutout : Expectations of Our Judges
My role is very difficult, because I kinda feel intense pressure, because I was chosen to be part of this show as a manager, not a person who's a celebrity, an artist or a journalist. I have to be very professional and I have to strictly eveluate the potential and the talent that those people have. -- Maja
I'm looking for some emotional experience, some sensation. Something or someone special, maybe some group of people who'll enchant me to the point where I'll be sitting tonight in my hotel room wondering : "What was that?! Who are these people?!" And that I'll be happy to see them again and I'll be wondering what they'll pull off the next time. You have to remember that besides the artists, the talent or the talent that is being developed right now, there are personalities and stories that these people have to tell...it's hand in glove. -- Czesław
I persuaded a lot of people to come to the auditions. I'm a manager of a very few people, 'cause I prefer quality over quantity. -- Maja
We don't categorize these people by their corpulence, height or age. We are here to judge their potential and look at them as a clay that we have to form something out of. I don't like changing someone, I don't believe in products. I like to extract something out of the character. -- Maja
Final Bonus : IAAM (It's Always About the Money)
As Gossip Girl would've said : Enough with the adulation, time for the interesting BTS scoop...Rumour has it that the judge that will earn the most is Kuba Wojewódzki, who negotiated 20.000 $ per one day on set, then there's Czesław with 10.000 $ and Maja, who'll earn 5.000 $ this year. I hear with my many ears that the production of the first episode of the show will amount to 5.000.000 $, well, that is certainly one big amount of money.
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My "Countdown to Justified" continues with a little gift for your weekend: an interview with Elmore Leonard, the legendary novelist who created Raylan Givens. Check out what Elmore had to say about the show and Raylan's future plans here.
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Callum Blue is returning to Smallville, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. Blue, 33, will reprise his role as Zod, Clark's sworn enemy who tried to take over the world in Season 9. He was last seen being sucked into a one-sided portal that leads to New Krypton. He'll appear in one of the final five episodes of the series. Blue is best known for his roles on The Tudors and Dead Like Me. Source- TVGuide
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Okay, I'll get to everything else in a second, but first I want to raise one point.
THAT is the way to make Erin/Andy interesting. THAT is how you do it - when Andy kept messing things up, it became a one-note trick, and this is something they should have implemented earlier. Andy just noticing that Erin was talking about family movies like that and doing something nice for her is the sort of subtle nod to Jim and Pam that this relationship seemed to be all about. And yeah, it does come at the expense of Gabe, but I've never really liked Gabe, so it doesn't really worry me what happens to him. But damn if that didn't set off the way I used to feel about them as a couple.
Though it was only for a fleeting moment, I loved seeing Ricky Gervais guest appearing as David Brent. It wasn't the David Brent from the original series, not at all - though I don't blame Gervais for that. When you don't play a character for 7 years it must be hard to remember exactly how you played them. But still, it was a nod to how far Steve Carell had brought Michael Scott as a character, from the carbon copy asshole in the Pilot to the well meaning but hazardous man we know today.
Outside of those two moments, I felt like the episode was treading water. What's up with John Krasinski? That's two episodes in a row where he's only had a minor role. Though he got more time here, his D-storyline accomplished nothing, setting up a joke that wasn't really all that funny and playing out exactly the way Jim had expected. I just.. didn't get it. Pam's not-really-sly jog over to Jim when he called her over though was a lovely reminder of how one of Jenna Fischer's most unique comedic qualities is that she's funny when she's being cute. I don't know many actresses who can do that.
Andy's seminar was okay, but it was just another really good example of why Andy becoming manager would be an awful idea. Andy doesn't work well under pressure, he is easily compromised (if Darryl hadn't explained to him that he was being played, he wouldn't have realised it on his own) and he's really socially awkward. That just sounds a little bit too much like the current boss, no?
Having said that, I loved all of Kevin's presentation, from picking up food as he went for his third run around, to vomiting in the bin while collapsed on the floor after telling people the key to success was 'picturing a winner'. Love it. And I quite liked the Greek couple once Holly got on board - but I knew Michael would make a pass and of course she would reject it. Heads up - I think we've got a few more of these to come.
The Scrabble game? Meh, just meh. Oscar as a know-it-all is usually a good well to go to, but it was done better than this not that long ago and I kept comparing it to that. But I guess if it was all for that lovely scene at the end then it was worth it.
It's not a complete bounce back, but a couple of strong episodes before Christmas has given me a little more momentum before I jump ship again.
What did everyone else think?
FX's Archer is back for its second season, and it gives me both great joy and a certain degree of mortification to say that it is even more delightfully twisted than it was the first time. "Swiss Miss" is a perfect example of what makes this show so great: it's a cocktail of humor that's so funny it physically hurts, mixed with a blatant inappropriateness that inspires just a dash of self-loathing.
Malory pulls the ISIS team into a meeting, telling them that not only do they have to bring their own paper towels, but they're also having to take pay cuts because the agency is short on funds. (When she tells them to "put a lid on it," her son responds, "Do we have to bring our own lids?") Malory has a plan to fix their money woes: go to the Swiss resort of Gstaad and get a rich German tech magnate to invest in the company, by protecting his party-girl daughter from a kidnap attempt.
Archer is intent on sleeping with Anka until he's told that she's underage. For once, he's trying not to be a man-whore, which makes it completely unsurprising that she happens to be a teenaged nymphomaniac determined to bed him. The one time Archer tries to actually behave, no one believes him. The episode milks this irony for all it's worth, and that results in the majority of the episode's highly inappropriate laughs. There's an early scene where Anka lets herself into Archer's room as he's just out of the shower and tries to come on to him, leading to this classic line:
Anka: The age of consent is 14.
Archer: What is it, the Alabama of Europe?
As if that wasn't enough, moments later a would-be kidnapper busts into the room and Archer sets him on fire. Once he's been reamed by both Anka's father and his own mother, Archer makes the mistake of trying to conceal his exposed anatomy with his shaving kit, and injures a very tender region with his razor in the process. This all happens in the space of four minutes, and honestly caused me to laugh all the way through the ensuing commercial break. It's one of the most hilarious sequences of jokes I've ever seen in any comedy, animated or not.
Anka continues to chase after Archer despite his best efforts (and after he's had to have a few stitches in the worst possible place), always saying something horribly inappropriate right as someone else appears to take it the wrong way. He decides he's had enough of everyone not believing him, and steals one of Lana's guns to deal with the kidnappers - except for that the gun has no bullets. With an icepack in one hand and an empty gun in the other, he's left to protect Anka from a whole army of would-be kidnappers. This involves some very creative high-speed snowmobile driving (and I have no idea what the "Lars Larsson Snowmobiling Experience" is, but it sounds like fun).
Anka: Are you insane?
Archer: No, just incredibly pissed off. You can't believe what this is doing to my stitches.
While trying to escape from their pursuers, Archer finally calls Anka out on her bad behavior and the two have an argument that leads to them bonding over their similarly miserable upbringings. They're both unwanted children shipped off by their parents who act out to get attention. Just as you think this new understanding might mean she'll relax and Archer might actually escape unscathed, she convinces Archer to protect her breasts with his hands. There's nobody for miles, so he agrees (as long as she doesn't enjoy it), so of course, he pulls his stitches and Lana appears just in time to mock him.
Meanwhile, Malory ends up naked in bed with Anka's father and Pam. Heaven only knows what they did, but I don't think any of us want to know.
"Swiss Miss" works so well because it makes fun of everything that the character of Sterling Archer is, at the same time showing us why he could never be any other way. Yes, Archer is an oversexed, egocentric, sometimes purely insane guy, but can you blame him when the one time he tries not to be that, no one takes him seriously? Yes, spies get cool weapons, so let's take them out of the equation. It's as if Adam Reed and company are having fun laughing at themselves, and they've let us all in on the joke. Frankly, I'm glad to be in the know, because I haven't enjoyed any animated series the way I love Archer. This is one of those shows you have to see to believe. All I can say is that this is the only show that's ever made me hurt myself laughing, and it was so worth it.
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An Episodic Examination Of Huddy In Love
“Carrot Or Stick” 7x10
In this week’s episode we take on the subject of discipline and actions and the consequences of those two as Chase gets his comeuppance for his philandering ways; a drill sergeant at a juvenile detention facility tries to bond with his secret son by running him into the ground and cracking open his skull; and House has unexpected success as he goes all “Toddler Whisperer” on Rachel to help her get into a snooty preschool.
We Huddy fans didn’t get much Huddy action, but the developments in this episode could bode well for our couple…or could send them spiraling into destruction. Let’s discuss.
The Huddy interaction in “Carrot or Stick” centers around the fact that Cuddy is trying to get Rachel into Waldenwood Preschool, a snooty school where the block are made of gold and an official nosepicker is kept on staff. House is funny. Cuddy feels that it’s the best school for Rachel because of its gifted program. This reasoning makes House roll his eyes while Cuddy isn’t looking. See, our boy has changed, the list of insults about Rachel’s lack of intellect and Cuddy’s lack of realistic expectations he had instantly thought of stayed in his brain, caught by his filter of love. Yes, that was too cheezy. My apologies. Instead, House decides to take on this challenge: to help Rachel cheat her way into Waldenwood.
House’s reasoning is simple: if Rachel doesn’t make it into Cuddy’s first choice of school she’ll be upset and House will have to play the sympathetic boyfriend, which he doesn’t do well. Ever. He approaches Wilson for advice. Wilson refuses to help him, but does so just by talking to him. Will Wilson never learn just to keep his mouth shut? Hopefully not for our sake.
House goes to the school under the guise of checking out the preschool testing room because of a horribly sick patient of his and proceeds to take pictures of all the toys Rachel will need to perform with. Then he buys all the toys. Then we have the theme of the episode.
See, the patient of the week, who is trying to “fix broken kids” feels that unrelenting discipline and a tough attitude are the best way to turn kids into quality people. His theory is that not letting the kid make his own decisions and just beating the information into him creates success. Masters, in her best Cameron impression to date, disagrees. She feels that the relationship must be interactive and caring in order for people to learn new behavior. Being a bully is never effective, she insists. Masters tries to berate House on this during a DDX and is met with unrelenting discipline and a tough attitude. House agrees with the patient, obviously.
Chase, in the other story arc of this episode, has women problems; specifically one woman, who has hacked into his Facebook account (well, is it considered hacking when your password is “password?”) This lady posted a nudie shot of a very minimally endowed, obviously photo-shopped insists Chase, photo of Chase in a hotel room where the wedding took place in episode 8. He can’t solve the puzzle because he doesn’t even remember the name of the three (3!) women he slept with that day. Oh, man, it’s a good thing that boy has access to an unlimited supply of antibiotics…. He thinks one of those women is seeking revenge for his randy ways. Highjinks ensue as the mystery woman, who is actually the girl Chase spurned at the wedding because she wouldn’t sleep with him, makes Chase miserable. We instantly see the theme of discipline (or lack thereof), actions and consequences.
House begins his own story of discipline, actions and consequences when he sneaks the first toy into Cuddy’s house and offers to play with Rachel in her bedroom. Cuddy is surprised and I think not exactly sure of what to make of it. House makes it known plainly to us and Wilson and the random clinic patient that he thinks Rachel is about as smart as a paste sandwich, but he doesn’t ever insult her openly to her face like he normally does with everyone else. Yes, he mutters the word ‘moron’ under his breath during their first training session and he tells Wilson she has the fine motor skills of the Hulk with oven mitts on with Rachel in hearing range, but he never directly insults Rachel. Yes, he knocks down her blocks at first in order to bring in the new toy, but the Lesser Cuddy gives him the evil eye with as equal skill as her mother and evens the playing field. And here we have another amazing discovery with House. Last week we discovered that in his own Houseian way, House makes a pretty good boyfriend. This week we discover that in his own Houseian way, House makes a pretty good dad.
House’s own experiences with his over-controlling dad probably have something to do with the way he interacts with Rachel. The bullying and shouting and punishment we know House experienced as a child might have carried over into House’s way of interacting with other adults, but it doesn’t manifest itself in his interactions with Rachel. The name of the episode is “Carrot OR Stick” not “Carrot AND Stick,” which is what the phrase usually is. Those House writers don’t make mistakes like that. The very title of the episode explains the theme. The choice of the main person in each of the three stories: the patient and his son; Chase and his mystery tormentor; and House and his Rachel training could either be to change behavior by gently leading with a carrot OR by whacking them with a stick.
The patient of the week tries to beat his son into a better person by drilling him for hours a day without any compassion. Chase’s tormenter tries to beat him into a better person by hitting him where it really hurts: his ego, his reputation and his pocketbook.
But House chooses the carrot to create the change. Understandably, he is smart enough to realize that tormenting the young daughter of his girlfriend is not a smart idea, but I think that House also realizes that the carrot is the way to go. He puts in the time and patience…and bags of Cheeze Doodles, to try to get Rachel ready for the big test. His scene with the clicker, the Cheeze Doodles and the “who’s a good girl?” had me crying with laughter. It looked like Mr. Laurie and the young actress playing Rachel enjoyed it, too.
But as Wilson states, turning Rachel into a schnauzer actually seems to work. House is ready for the big day and even accompanies Cuddy to the test. He scores extra points by saying he’s trying to be a supportive boyfriend, but we all know he’s checking on his protégé. Has House molded his “little lump of clay” into the perfect Waldenwood candidate? As the teacher brings Rachel out she praises her amazing abilities on their tests and after an awkward pause asks if Rachel had any coaching. Cuddy is oblivious thus far to why House was spending time with Rachel and answers honestly that she didn’t coach Rachel at all, but to prove it she asks Rachel, “Honey, have you ever played Feed The Monkey before?” A look of panic flashed across House’s face. He didn't plan for this contingency. But his look soon turns to awe and pride as Rachel looks up at Cuddy and out-and-out lies, “No, mama.” I think I almost saw House tear up with the bold-faced lie. His barely contained his smile.
At this point of the episode each of the story arcs deal with the ultimate consequences of their actions. Chase discovers who the actual trickster is and is drawn to her. She’s a beautiful woman who can hold her own with him and he asks her out. However, she wants nothing to do with someone like Chase. She’s seen what he’s about and she’s not interested.
The patient reveals his relation to his son, patient #2, but he wants nothing to do with his new-found dad. The man calling himself Dad has tormented this youth for a while now and it’s going to take a lot more work to build the relationship up, if it ever can be built at all.
In House’s story we see how well the carrot approach worked. And House never expected these kind of results. House is incredibly impressed with Rachel’s lying abilities, even boasting to a clinic patient that it took years for him to learn how to lie that well. “You’re pumped that your kid lied?” the clinic patient asks, confused. House sets it straight that Rachel is not his kid, but he continues with his praise of her natural talent. He is not even aware that his attitude on her usefulness has indeed shifted.
That night he comes over to Cuddy’s house to find Rachel and Cuddy in Rachel’s bedroom playing blocks. Cuddy tells House that Waldenwood called and said that although they loved Rachel they don’t have room for her. House actually seems to take the news harder than Cuddy does. Of course, House put a lot of time and effort to get his “lump of clay” in there and he’s bound to feel disappointed that he didn’t succeed, but I think House is bummed Rachel, the little girl he admires for her lying abilities, didn’t get in. House assures Cuddy, though it sounds like he’s telling himself too, that Rachel’s smart, she’ll get in next time. Cuddy is surprised to hear this as House is not one to give empty opinions. Then we get one of the sweetest scenes EVER as Rachel simply stops playing with her blocks and crawls up into House’s lap. Cuddy is astonished, but says nothing. House looks uncomfortable for a moment, but he does nothing to keep Rachel from crawling or cuddling onto his lap. In fact, after barely making eye contact with Cuddy to gage her reaction, he eventually places his hand on Rachel’s back to hold her steady and give her comfort. Wow. And ahhhhh.
This consequence is completely unexpected by House. He was only helping Rachel for selfish reasons: to keep Cuddy happy, which keeps him happy. House is still ultimately thinking of himself, but in this instance his methods created a bond between him and Rachel. House admires the little girl, probably as much for her hard work, as her ability to lie. Rachel has spent fun, quality time with House and trusts him now enough to seek him out for comfort.
I mentioned earlier how this could be good and/or bad for our Huddy relationship. It’s fairly obvious that House was not expecting that to happen and felt somewhat uncomfortable. He didn’t want that connection to the kid. He just wanted her mother and now it’s getting all sorts of complicated. I hope that House has had enough counseling sessions with Nolan to stand still and analyze rather than run away at this new intimacy. Having this connection with Rachel takes their relationship to a whole different level IF House continues on the path. This could be the straw in the camel’s back. This may be too much for our hero. I really hope not. I have the feeling that David Shore and Katie Jacobs are beginning to lay out one of those Chutes & Ladders board games, where you struggle to climb up to the win, but one wrong roll of the dice sends you sliding back down. We know that as soon as House finds happiness the show is over and we’re all but assured of an eight season (Mr. Laurie has already signed on to do season 8 and the others should follow suit once FOX decides who’s going to pay for the season). That leaves us a lot more of that stupid board of Chutes & Ladders left to play and right now we have to wait til February 7 before it’s time to roll the dice again. Dang.
Thanks for reading. I’ll be posting the interview with Lisa Edelstein I had the great honor of sitting in on. Yes, I just sat and listened. There were MANY of us reporters and only 30 minutes of time. The Queue Gods did not smile on me and the interview was over before my turn came, BUT I did get some interesting details into House and Cuddy’s relationship from Ms. Edelstein’s point of view. I will get that posted this weekend.
Want more on tonight's Fairly Legal? Check out my review of "Priceless" here, in which I discuss the joys of random property damage.
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To prepare you for tonight's new Archer, I sat down with creator Adam Reed, as well as series stars Aisha Tyler (who plays Lana Kane) and Jessica Walter (Malory Archer). Read what they had to say about making TV's most warped series here.
And if you missed it, check out my advance review of tonight's season premiere, which airs at 10 PM ET/PT on FX.
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Ready for tonight's all-new Nikita? Check out an interview with Thad Luckinbill, who joins the show tonight as Alex's new neighbor (and potential new love interest) Nathan. The interview is spoiler-free.
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Last week, Annie Frost finally had a falliable moment - she was kidnapped. Yet we've seen Chase waste this opportunity before, when she was in the hospital following a bomb explosion in "Havoc."
Annie's kidnapping means that Jimmy and Marco are on a rampage, including confronting Pablo Cordova (Yancey Arias) at his wife's funeral. They move from that to tracking one of her kidnappers to a Houston nightclub and introducing his face to the hood of their SUV. Jimmy has a plan to turn the man over to a rival drug cartel (led by 24's Nestor Serrano) and play them against Cordova and his team. This part of the episode largely consists of Cole Hauser and Amaury Nolasco getting to glare, threaten and throw their weight around. Hauser, in particular, makes me wonder why he's not headlining a series himself. He conveys Jimmy's rage and turmoil in a very controlled performance. As a fan of his, I'm biased, but this is the first time that I've felt the writing has allowed him to perform at the level he's capable of.
While she's in captivity, Annie befriends the son of the U.S. Attorney who was arrested last week, and tries to free them both. This is one time I actually don't mind her being Superwoman, because she's in a desperate situation where she's supposed to be doing anything and everything to get out alive. If she wasn't able to do something to help herself, she wouldn't be very competent. In the end, though, she doesn't have to do too much to save her life - safe passage and all the evidence she needs are literally handed to her by the rival cartel boss that Jimmy struck a deal with. It's a bit of a letdown that after forty-five minutes of tension, the solution appears in two minutes. That said, at least it shows that for once, someone other than Annie can be the hero.
It's almost an afterthought, but we also learn this week that Jimmy and Natalie are officially engaged - yet aside from this giving me another opportunity for Cole Hauser to be eye candy, the subplot's still not interesting enough for me to care. There's one great moment where Cordova notices Jimmy's new engagement band and uses that to subtly threaten him, but it goes nowhere. It's another example of untapped potential on this show.
The full "Narco" storyline - this week and last week - adds up to one of the better plots of Chase's season. It's a vast improvement over listless episodes like "Crazy Love," with one outstanding individual performance in a better than usual episode. It's episodes like this that make me keep holding out hope for this series, even when I know I'm setting myself up for heartbreak.
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So I have finished watching the second episode of Being Human (the US version) for what is now the third time. I would say that for me it is a little early still to give a proper assessment of how I feel about the show. This episode is the second part of the pilot, so really the first full cohesive story of the show. It went into more depth about how each of the three wound up the monsters that they are, and how the three are dealing, or not dealing with it.
This episode was directed and written by the same people as the first part, which is nice for continuity’s sake. I wrote about Jeremy Carver in my last review, so it seems fitting that I write a little about the other listed writer, Anna Frick. Her biggest credits appear to be as producer on Everwood and Men in Trees. She also wrote many episodes for those two shows. The director, Adam Kane did a lot of work in the past as Director of Photography on various movies. Thank you IMDB for the intell!
The last episode ended with Josh in the horrible position of turning into a werewolf while locked in a room with his sister...and Aidan was getting a blood high in Bishop’s fancy nest! But…we don’t start there in this episode. We start with Sally, in a pool of her own blood on the landing between the first and second floor of the house. We then go back to the after funeral reception for Sally where Dan is mourning her death. Sally, in voiceover, is acknowledging that some people just move on after death, but for others there is a bigger question. Along with seeing Sally’s reception, we get a glimpse of Aidan in Revolutionary War wear, freshly turned by Bishop. We also see Josh waking up around mangled bodies, himself torn up. So now we know how each woke up to their new lives—their lives as monsters.
And then we are back to the current time, seeing Josh stuck in the room with Emily and Aidan getting there just in time to save her…but this is quickly becoming a summarization, so now that I have given the set up for the episode, some observations…
The episode really seems to be about accepting, or refusing to accept, this new life. The whole idea that Sally still exists in some capacity shows her refusal to accept her death. She seems to want to talk to Danny another time, but she doesn’t really say what about. What is unfinished in her life in which she needs to let go? She talks of needing to see him, that she has been dead six months, and that if he rejects her again, then it won’t change her status. But what exactly does she expect to gain from this hopeful meeting with Danny? He has admitted she was the best thing that ever happened to him. Is she afraid he needs to see her one last time to move on? Does she want him to stay in love with her and in mourning? She doesn’t really seem that selfish. Especially with what Danny said about her. She seemed from what was said in the kitchen to be afraid that maybe Danny was staying around, attempting to fix things, because he couldn’t let her go. She asked if maybe he was looking for her. I guess I need to see a little more about what she is about before I can make a determination if her motivation is selfish. I liked the moment where she was trying to blow a page of the magazine. A cute little thing that shows her inability to direct energy…my guess is an inability to direct energy YET. She seemed to have been the cause for the lights popping, as well as the sink going totally crazy. So high emotion times she seems to have some ability to “Swayze” things. Sorry, I tried not to, but I had to make one Supernatural reference!
Josh seems to have come to the conclusion that he is a monster, and that his old life is gone. We find out that he was engaged, and planning on going to medical school. By the way—Josh is an orderly, so a nursing assistant at the hospital. Not a nurse. Glad we straightened that out. Now back to my point…When Josh found out what he was, he just up and left everything. He didn’t tell anyone about his new lycanthropic nature, he just took off. Didn’t tell his fiancée Julia where he was going, or his parents or his sister. He didn’t go to medical school. He just dropped everything. So apparently, according to Emily, everyone thinks he had some kind of a breakdown and decided he didn’t want to go to medical school and get married. He didn’t even try to explain things to Julia or his family, he assumed no one would understand. So of course he is clearly baffled as to why Sally is so hell bent on talking to Danny and letting him know what happened to her. Josh indicates to Sally that she is a monster now. So that is what he sees himself as. At the end of the episode, he tells Emily that he isn’t the same person, she can’t help him, and he wants her to go away. This trip down memory lane has told him that he was right in leaving that life behind. He is something else now and he needs to accept that. Interesting that Sally’s struggle is entirely the opposite, her inability to accept death has left her in this limbo of sorts, but they are both in the same place…
And I haven’t mentioned Aidan, other than to say he fought in the Revolutionary War! I do have to admit that after seeing this episode, of the three of them I like Aidan best. He really has this tortured bad boy trying to be good thing down. I like the lighting change to show how he sees fresh blood. In this episode we see a lot of Aidan’s struggle with being a monster. It reminds me of the episode of Angel where he mentions that he had a demon inside that had been itching for a fight for a long time. In the end of the episode Josh comments that they take for granted Aidan is the way he is, that they don’t understand the struggle that he has every day against his “nature”. I loved in the Angel episode when Angel alluded to the internal demon. Because Angel’s struggle was so internal, it was easy to forget that it was a constant fight for him. I felt that sometimes Angel’s struggle wasn’t shown enough. Here, I like that Aidan’s struggle is identified and respected by those closest to him. And how about when he stood up to Bishop! So proud of him!(SIDE NOTE: Did Mark Pellegrino get a better haircut between the filming of the pilot and the second episode? He looked better this week!)Aidan’s struggle was seen very much in this episode through the reintroduction of Rebecca. She wasn’t dead like we thought in the first episode. When Aidan called for a “clean up” Bishop turned her into a vampire. Rebecca admits that half the time her skin crawls with what she is, but the other half of the time she realizes how powerful she is now…and we all know what they say about power…Aidan sees his vampirism as a curse and will not “save” Cara by turning her. I do have to admit that I question this newfound way of vampirism…In the past, vampirism really seemed to represent that whole idea of what were you willing to do to be young and beautiful forever. Were you willing to kill? Were you willing to give up your soul? Say goodbye to daylight forever? But we have these “Twilight” style vampires now, that don’t feed on living humans, and they can go out during the day, and it makes me wonder…so I don’t have to give up my soul, I just have to learn to feed off cattle, or off blood bank blood, but I will still be young and beautiful forever, where is the bad? Hell, sign me up! So I like this idea of showing his struggle, his inability to “stay on the wagon”. It furthers that “monster” image that was talked about all episode long. He is more animal than human now. He cannot control his urges.
We also learn a little more about the vampire “networks”. It would seem that vampirism is a bigger problem than we thought, although this is not really a surprising revelation…
My personal thoughts on the show thus far--it is well written, and I like the parallels brought out for each of the three characters. I hear that these three were casted because of their chemistry, and that shows with how they play off each other. I am hoping that future episodes, now that the groundwork is down, will have a bit more humor to contrast the dark drama this is definitely cooking itself up to be. I still haven’t seen the UK version. I really wanted to be able to view this without any preconceived notions! Let me know what you think about the direction of the show, and what you saw yourselves!
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Now that he's been revealed on last night's White Collar, check out what Andrew McCarthy had to say about playing Neal Caffrey's mentor, and what else he's been up to in his long career! You can read my interview with him here.
If you missed the episode, you can catch up with my recap and review here.
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Good news from tonight's Archer event at the Paley Center for Media: I spoke to creator Adam Reed, who tipped me off about the return of a former guest character.
He says that double agent Conway Stern (voiced by Coby Bell), last seen escaping via helicopter - and minus an arm - at the end of "Diversity Hire" (episode two), "will be back" at some point in the series' future. With a robot hand. I can't wait. How about you?
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Check out my recap and review for tonight's episode of The Game, entitled "The Wing King," here. My apologies that it's late - but that's because I have a little surprise for you regarding a cast member's other projects. Details inside!
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Check out my recap and review of tonight's White Collar, entitled "Forging Bonds," here.
And if you missed it, Willie Garson (Mozzie) recently sat down with us - you can check out his interview here.
Enjoy!
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Just in time for tonight's new episode of White Collar, Willie Garson dishes on tonight's major guest star...and why he really doesn't mind being shot. Check out what he had to say here.
If you missed it, you can check out my advance review of tonight's episode here, and stay tuned tonight for a full recap and review.
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Just one new TV on DVD title is featured this week, but it's a great one: BBC Home Entertainment has finally released MI-5: Volume 8. Check out all the details on the spy drama's latest chapter here.
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Check out my review of tonight's Lie To Me, entitled "Gone," here. Remember that next week is the season finale, guest-starring Nikita's Ashton Holmes!
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Check out my review of tonight's Chuck, entitled "Chuck Versus The Gobbler," here. No, I wouldn't be eating during this review if I were you.
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Fresh from her win at the People’s Choice awards, the beautiful voice of reason on House, Lisa Edelstein, took some time today to talk to the press about what fans can expect in the second half House’s seventh season.
Now that Candice Bergen has joined the series as Cuddy’s mothers, viewers will be provided with a more in-depth look at what makes the character of Cuddy tick. As the Cuddy matriarch sets to make her return to the series, she’ll be bringing along Cuddy’s sister. As Edelstein says, “it’ll be very, very messy.”
On top of that, Edelstein took time to discuss the intricacies of filming the fan-favorite House season 7 premiere, what the future holds for House and Cuddy’s relationship, working with Candice Bergin, the character of Cuddy and so much more. [...]
Check out the source to read the full transcript of the interview.
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Excited for tomorrow night's flashback episode of White Collar? I have an early look at "Forging Bonds" available for you here. (There are spoilers only if you don't want to know which characters return.)
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Have you ever wondered what makes a Cylon tick? Or even what Galactica would be like made out of sawdust or powdered milk? (I kid you not.) All of that is in the recent book The Science of Battlestar Galactica, and I've reviewed it for you here in this month's installment of TV Book Club.
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