Topic: [Spoiler] TV Season 2009/2010 Diary

[Dragonfire]

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I don't like Angela and Wendell either.  It isn't that he's a jerk or anything...they just shouldn't be together.  I've been irked ever since Angela and Hodgins broke up.  They went from being ready to get married to breaking up in no time.  The story lines with Angela have been annoying me since then.  I didn't think Hodgins seemed desperate with the offer.  I think he came to terms with the fact that he still loves her - remember he sort of freaked out when he found out that Angela and Wendell were dating and he even went to Sweets for advice - and decided that he wanted to be a part of her life.  I think the fact that he said what he did is getting Angela thinking.  I do think she needs to change a bit..all her chasing after just about every man - and some women - got old long ago.

[addicted2dvd]

With all this Bones talk... I am tempted to do a Bones marathon!

[DJ Doena]

Chuck 3x05 Chuck vs First Class
Both stories were really great. It was really cool that put the Buy More (without Chuck) in the focus and Morgan and Casey are awesome together. But Chuck's mission was also really cool. And I have to admit it: I really like Kristin Kreuk. I liked her on Smallville and I like her here. She's probably one of very few persons that I wouldn't mind as "love interest" replacement for Sarah. And Shaw seems to be a good character, too.

Castle 2x14 The Third Man
Another nice scavenger hunt I enjoyed very much. The "double date" dinner was really cool and the case itself was fascinating. It was so funny how Castle tried to hide the newspaper(s) from Beckett and how the "Gossip Girl" had to explain to him why she wrote it that way.

House M.D. 6x11 Remorse
The schizophrenic was a nice proxy to get a glimpse into House himself. This episode was very well written and I really liked the side-story about his former fellow student and (however short) Cuddy. I wish they'd make a full-blown House/Cuddy episode anytime soon.

Life Unexpected 1x02 Home Inspected
Things were a bit rushed in this second episode because of the custody inspection (which they had to pass in order to get the show running) and this caused this back-and-forth in just one episode. But I liked the part about her orphan friends and I still think this is going to be an interesting show.

[DJ Doena]

White Collar 1x09 Bad Judgment
"What does the fridge magnet represent?" - "A fridge magnet." I really liked this episode, the way they played the OPR agent and made him lose his judge-in-the-pocket. But Mozzie was once again the funniest part of the episode.

Heroes 4x17 Chapter Sixteen 'The Art of Deception'
Tracy! Long time no see! Finally I get the feeling this season is going somewhere. Though this somewhere looks suspiciously like X-Men: The Last Stand. But as long as they can deliver, I don't mind.

[goodguy]

White Collar 1x09 Bad Judgment
"What does the fridge magnet represent?" - "A fridge magnet."

*snicker* That reminds me of the great and all too soon forgotten miniseries The Lost Room (on Sci-Fi), where seemingly mundane objects had strange powers and were collected by certain people in the know. One of those collectors having a gun pointed at him curiously asks "What does the gun do?" - "It shoots bullets really fast."

[DJ Doena]

White Collar 1x09 Bad Judgment
"What does the fridge magnet represent?" - "A fridge magnet."

*snicker* That reminds me of the great and all too soon forgotten miniseries The Lost Room (on Sci-Fi), where seemingly mundane objects had strange powers and were collected by certain people in the know. One of those collectors having a gun pointed at him curiously asks "What does the gun do?" - "It shoots bullets really fast."

And there was the scene in Iron Eagle where they had a strategical map of Evil Country where all kinds of things represented air fields and oil fields and only the lunch box was the lunch box...

[DJ Doena]

Somehow I wasn't really into it today, so kinda let it flow over me like water from a waterfall. Thus I might be untalkative about the following episodes...

Bones 5x13 The Dentist in the Ditch
OK case, OK side-story. Nothing that will stay in mind.

Burn Notice 3x11 Friendly Fire
Nice to see Danny Trejo again. Also Mike was a really cool ominous man; I bet the gangbanger will one day become a proper client of his.

Leverage 2x12 The Zanzibar Marketplace Job
Nice to see Mark A. Sheppard again. Also "interesting" that everyone in Kiev seems to speak a decent English.

Smallville 9x10 Disciple
Archer story boring. Zod story mildly interesting but predictable since Zod is no question mark in the Superman universe.

The Vampire Diaries 1x12 Unpleasantville
I always have one problem with big casts: I can't memorize the faces of the minor characters and can't remember if they appeared before and what their role was. But at least the episode ended with a bang (IMHO).

Supernatural 5x12 Swap Meat
I've recently talked with friends about this and since this episode is the first encounter with it since then, it gets the load: I'm starting to hate this "48 Hours Earlier" crap. It's worn out. It doesn't surprise anymore. When an episode starts and the character behaves totally uncharacteristically or is in a shitload of shit then you'll know by now that after the opening credits they will through you back a couple of hours or days to show the viewer how he came to be in that unfortunate situation. The WTF? moment is totally gone for me.
What me also bothered in this episode was that at the end their dead school buddy wasn't even worth a mention. I get that with adults (but even then it's questionable) but the teens should be totally freaked out.

[goodguy]

The Vampire Diaries 1x12 Unpleasantville
I always have one problem with big casts: I can't memorize the faces of the minor characters and can't remember if they appeared before and what their role was.

That isn't really surprising considering how much stuff you watch parallel. I seriously could never do that.

[DJ Doena]

The Vampire Diaries 1x12 Unpleasantville
I always have one problem with big casts: I can't memorize the faces of the minor characters and can't remember if they appeared before and what their role was.

That isn't really surprising considering how much stuff you watch parallel. I seriously could never do that.

It must have something to do with "teenager" series. For example, Heroes has a huge cast with a lot of recurring guest characters but there I don't have that problem. All characters look discernable different.

I had the same problem with Veronica Mars which I watched en bloc. But in the second season some girls appeared that I (the viewer) was supposed to know but couldn't remember at all.

[Achim]

It must have something to do with "teenager" series. For example, Heroes has a huge cast with a lot of recurring guest characters but there I don't have that problem. All characters look discernable different.

It has something to do with age, too

[DJ Doena]

It has something to do with age, too

My disability to distignuish unfamiliar faces makes me like this trope.

[Tom]

I had the same problem with Veronica Mars which I watched en bloc. But in the second season some girls appeared that I (the viewer) was supposed to know but couldn't remember at all.

In the second season of Veronica Mars, Logan got another girlfriend, who looked very similar to Veronica. With her I got a little confused at first.

[DJ Doena]

Chuck 3x06 Chuck vs Nacho Sampler
Interesting choice of conspiracy partners. I don't think both will found out but just one of them and he/she will help Chuck cover it up for the other one. On the one hand if it would be his sister, Awesome could finally relax before he breaks. If it would be Morgan it would certainly be fun because he would be a sure candidate for interfering in the wrong moments.
It was also an interesting use of flashbacks to show how much Chuck and Chuck has changed over the past few years. On some level I'm sad that the show has lost its more lighter tone on the other hand I do like it.

Heroes 4x18 Chapter Seventeen 'The Wall'
So I was right, it will go out in a fight of Specials vs Specials vs. Normals. I liked this episode because this "compressed time" gave Sylar and Peter the chance to deal with their issues. But it'll only work if the writers don't come up with yet another Face Heel Turn for Sylar - it's already hardly believable how often Sylar switched sides...
Now I am keen to see the fight between Samuel's ma/en and Sylar/Peter. I don't see him having the slightest chance against them, especially if Peter copies Sylars abilities.

How I Met Your Mother 5x14 Perfect Week
It was OK, but since I knew neither the moderator nor the Yankees baseballer I assume some of the    punchlines got lost on me.

House M.D. 6x12 Moving the Chains
House is doing nice things and still remains a scheming mastermind. I liked both side-stories about Foreman's brother and the condo pranks. The case was also mildly interesting but pretty routine...

Life Unexpected 1x03 Rent Uncollected
Huh. They pretend to have problems, but they actually don't. This time Baze had a big row with his parents but in the end his daughter who has known him for merely a week fixes things and the episode ends with a roof-top party.
I had hoped for a more realistic portrayal but this episode was too much 7th Heaven for my taste. If this continues, I'll drop it again.

The Big Bang Theory 3x14 The Einstein Approximation
We've seen a "normal" Sheldon, a drunken Sheldon and now a sleep-deprived Sheldon. He just went up to eleven. I don't dare to imagine a drunken, sleep-deprived Sheldon.
It was a really funny episode, especially with the gag reel at the end. Bazinga!  

[Dragonfire]

I haven't seen Big Bang for this week yet..but it is on my DVR...along with all sorts of other shows..lol

Oh..I may have forgotten to mention that I have a DVR now.  I don't know how I survived so long without one.   

[DJ Doena]

Two and a Half Men 7x14 Crude and Uncalled For
I will hold judgement until I've seen the second part.

White Collar 1x10 Vital Signs
I love it when they use Neal's abilities properly: To con a man into giving a confession. That's why he's here for after all.
The talk between Peter and his wife when she found the business card was also great, it was absolutely in the mood of the show.
BTW: Is it just me or does Tiffani Thiessen (Elizabeth Burke in White Collar) a lot like Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski-Woodcomb in Chuck)?

Human Target 1x03 / 1x04 Embassy Row / Sanctuary
It's simply a cool action series where one can enjoy a badass hero, badass support and cool one liners without having too much to think about it (in fact, thinking about it may reduce the enjoyment ).

LOST 6x01 / 6x02 LA X
LOST is back and confusing as always. I love it. One has to wonder how many different groups there are on this island and how they managed not to run into each other for so long. I'm also keen to learn how these two different realities (if they are distinct!) will play out.
Once again I'm in full LOST addiction mode!!!
"You're the monster!" - "Please don't resort to name-calling."