Topic: [Spoiler] TV Season 2009/2010 Diary

[DJ Doena]

Doctor Who 5x04 The Time of Angels
I wonder how the Angels ever got in that cave. Did someone put them there while being well lit? Because there are so many of them they are bound to look at each other and with the tiniest bit of light they would be quantum-locked for all eternity. Or maybe it's the nursery and that's why they haven't got their wings yet?
But I digress. I find it fascinating that this is a point in time where both the Doctor and Doctor Corday River-Song have met each other but both not for the first time and yet they both have different times when they first met. Wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey. Love it.

The Good Wife 1x18 Doubt
10 years for nothing. 10 years for murder. I liked this episode and how they showed most of it from the jury's point of view. If you take away what you (as the viewer) additionally saw it's no wonder the jury had trouble to decide. Even with that additional information it never became clear whether she did it. It's a heavy burden such a group has to bear.

Two and a Half Men 7x18 Keith Moon Is Vomiting in his Grave
Maybe I'm already preparing for this show to end but I didn't find it as funny as other episodes. Charlie not really caring is one thing, but actually forgetting what just happened is something else.

[DJ Doena]

Supernatural 5x16 / 5x17 / 5x18 / 5x19 Dark Side of the Moon / 99 Problems / Point of No Return / Hammer of the Gods
The finish line is getting closer. Considering the casualties in these episodes they are certainly cleaning up the field to make room for big end fight.
I somehow still wish that Gabriel tricked himself out of this once again but I fear that's it for him. He had a good run there.
Logic dictates that if the other Gods like Odin can be killed, then the God must also be killable, since they made it clear in this episode that he's no better than them. Unless of course the power of a God dependent upon the number of his worshippers.
And even if they trap Lucifer again, what's with Michael? Would he actually stop the war or will God intervene after all?

This is certainly a show I will put in a marathon once I've got all five seasons on DVD.

Screw Destiny!

[DJ Doena]

Chuck 3x14 Chuck vs the Honeymooners
I've enjoyed this episode very much. It had the typical Chuck mixture of fun and action the early seasons had. Sarah's Texan impersonation was also very funny and I don't think I have to say anything about her habit of walking around in lingerie all the time.
But I also really enjoyed Jeffster's (IMHO good) interpretation of Leaving on a Jet Plane.

Romantically Challenged 1x02 The Charade
Nope, nothing special about this show. Just your average multi-camera sitcom with laugh-track.

Happy Town 1x01 In This Home on Ice
I'm a bit confused. Is this pure mystery? Is there a supernatural element in the story? What's up with Chloe?
The pilot felt a bit rushed because so many different characters had to be introduced (however briefly) but it certainly looks intriguing and I'll continue to watch.

[Rogmeister]

I missed the first episode of Romantically Challenged but I caught the second episode.  I understand they have filmed 6 episodes though only the first 4 episodes are scheduled.  I call it "Friends Lite" because it's similar to Friends except there are merely 4 friends instead of 6.  It has two people on it I have seen before...Alyssa Milano, of course, and one of the male regulars was on another CBS sitcom called Worst Week though I only san an episode or two of that.  I will watch it again if The Big Bang Theory (which it is opposite here in the U.S.) is not airing a new episode that week.

[DJ Doena]

10 Things I Hate About You 1x15 The Winner Takes It All
If there's one thing in TV Land that gives me the creeps, it's public embarrassments in front of a big audience, especially if one sees it coming. I always cringe and even try to stall the inevitable moment by pausing(!) the video. And yet I will not skip over it.
In contrast, I have no problem with putting myself into a spotlight and do things I'm not talented enough to do - just for the fun of it.

Unfortunately, 10 Things won't get a second season. While it's not the best show out there, I certainly enjoyed it.

Bones 5x19 The Rocker in the Rinse Cycle
This is one of the episodes I have my problems with. Bones always dealt with magic when it came to solve their murders but the way they found the cause of death this time was once again too over the top. It was like the episode where the bones turned into foam and they still could determine the way the blade (bullet?) went through the rips. Wall Banger.
But I enjoyed the other parts: Booth getting loose, B&B singing, Hodgins & muslim guy talking Baseball, Angela invoking her father, ...

Cougar Town 1x21 Letting You Go
I know I become repetitive with this but the guys rule! And that to the music of Enya!

Gossip Girl 3x19 Dr. Estrangeloved
Yes! Jenny's plan failed. Now I need a real comeuppance for her and I'm happy.
In the case Dan vs. Vanessa I have to say I'm on his side. She simply could have told him and none of this would have happened. If she really expected to have no chance at all, why did she send it in the first place?
As for Blair & Chuck it's surprising how the roles have switched; earlier in the season it was he who was the adult, responsible guy and suddenly she seems to be more mature than him.
And of course Dr. van der Woodsen is up to no good, I did expect no less...

[DJ Doena]

Smallville 9x19 Sacrifice
Too bad this is Smallville. Otherwise I'd expect a huge battle at the end of this season, like the battle in X-Men 3 where everyone has to choose sides.
But since it is Smallville, I expect that the Kandorians will be dealt with without a big bloodshed. I imagine they get bottled up again. And Zod will die by his own hand or stupidity or whatever. I don't see him being killed by any Human (because that would be cheap) and Clark can't do it (you know that divine character clause that prohibits him from doing such things...).

House M.D. 6x18 Open and Shut
House simply can't resist and I'm still not sure whether he really does it for Wilson's sake or for his own. But at least his meddling takes place on a rather civilized level compared to what he did over the last years.
And Taub ... well, he's Taub. Let's see when this comes crashing down.
This was also the first time in quite a while that I remembered that Thirteen has an actual name (Dr. Hadley) though I still can't remember her first name...

Justified 1x07 Blind Spot
And M.C. Gainey's back...
This was yet another interesting episode; I'm getting quite fond of that show, even though I have my usual problem of not being able to place all the faces and their role in the story.

Supernatural 5x20 The Devil You Know
So, dead ex-boyfriend of Lana Lang's (Jason Teague) meets another dead ex-boyfriend of Lana Lang's (Whitney Fordman). The universe is a small place, even when it's an alternate one.
And yet another familiar face: Mark A. Sheppard, who first got on my radar Badger in Firefly. This season alone I've seen him in White Collar, Leverage, Chuck & Supernatural. This guy deserves his own show!
I just hope he doesn't screw Bobby over because anything is possible with two Horsemen, one fallen Angel and only two episodes left...

[goodguy]

Party Down 1x01 / 1x02 Jackal Onassis Backstage Party / Precious Lights Pre-School Auction

Smallville 1x19 Sacrifice

Your episode numbers are confusing for someone who isn't totally on the up-and-up regarding actual airings.

[DJ Doena]

Party Down 1x01 / 1x02 Jackal Onassis Backstage Party / Precious Lights Pre-School Auction

Smallville 1x19 Sacrifice

Your episode numbers are confusing for someone who isn't totally on the up-and-up regarding actual airings.

 

Thanx, copy&paste mistakes....

[DJ Doena]

Doctor Who 5x05 Flesh and Stone
Seems that River-Song doesn't seem to know the Doctor as well as she thinks. At least I couldn't notice any difference in his behaviour just because he found out that she was in prison and why.
I especially enjoyed how Amy tried to snog the Doctor without the hesitation her predecessors had.

One thing my mother(!) noticed: When the Doctor leaves Amy and then comes back to tell her that she must remember, one only sees his face and hands - most of the time. But when you see his neck you can clearly see a tweed jacket.
First of all: He shouldn't wear that jacket in that moment because the Angels took it from him.
Second of all: Does it look slightly different (darker)?
If it is a different jacket then this was certainly not the Doctor from this episode (and since time is re-writing itself, it's not impossible that he was actually twice there).
If it's the same jacket it still poses the question if this was a simple production error (different order of scene shooting) or on purpose which leads to the same conclusion above.

The Good Wife 1x19 Boom
Maybe I wasn't really paying attention but I was surprised how the trial (not) ended because of that last testimony. Maybe I have to watch it again.
Nonetheless I liked the other two stories of that episode, the one with the lawyer castling and the personal story of Alicia and her husband.

Stargate Universe 1x11 / 1x12 / 1x13 Space / Divided / Faith
It's getting better (but since it's rising from the basement that doesn't mean much) but I'm still not really interested. I just watched it because I was tired anyway and I didn't want to miss out on a show that I really care about.
The "rebellion" in the 12th episode made no sense whatsoever. If it had succeeded, what was their plan for afterwards? What would have changed? Soldiers without guns. And then? Their argument was that in a democracy the military obeys a civilian government. Okay, but how was that ever supposed to work here? Even if Young agreed: At one point (next battle) they would have gotten back their weapons and if he decided "Screw this!" then there would be nothing the civilians could do about it...

[Najemikon]

Doctor Who 5x05 Flesh and Stone
Seems that River-Song doesn't seem to know the Doctor as well as she thinks. At least I couldn't notice any difference in his behaviour just because he found out that she was in prison and why.

You think that was the big reveal? I don't. I think there is much more to come about 'who' River is. Remember this adventure has come after she killed the "good man", but has yet to be revealed to us.

By the way, really impressed with this two-parter. I felt it was very much Smith's Doctor and in ways, not the way Tennant would have done it at all. Whereas the episode on the floating city was generic nonsense.

[DJ Doena]

You think that was the big reveal? I don't. I think there is much more to come about 'who' River is. Remember this adventure has come after she killed the "good man", but has yet to be revealed to us.

My understanding from the first episode was that she feared the Doctor wouldn't help them once he found out she's a murderer. It didn't sound like as if it was important who she had killed.

[Dragonfire]

Karsten,

I just wanted to let you know..in the last few days I've started to see commercials for the new season of Leverage.  It will be starting here on June 20th.

[DJ Doena]

Karsten,

I just wanted to let you know..in the last few days I've started to see commercials for the new season of Leverage.  It will be starting here on June 20th.

 

[DJ Doena]

Chuck 3x15 Chuck versus the Role Models
Again, I've enjoyed this episode very much. Loved the tiger even without Mike Tyson.
I also liked the hint to an oncoming arc in the end. I strongly suspect that the Chuck gang and the Awesome family will soon cross paths again.

And I loved this little spoof of Hart to Hart (not to mention the blink towards LOST at the end) (warning: contains spoilers if you're not up2date):



And here's the original:



LOST 6x14 The Candidate
Just like with Supernatural they seem to be cleaning up the game board for the Grand Finale.
What disturbed me most about the Kwon's death was not that it happened after they reunited after being apart for three years (bad things happen...) but that neither Jin nor Sun thought about their daughter at that moment, a child that will now be raised without parents. I understand that a little more from Jin's perspective since he never saw his child and it was three years since Sun had been pregnant but Sun should have said something!

The Big Bang Theory 3x20 The Spaghetti Catalyst
I loved it how Leonard and Penny behaved like divorced parents (IMHO with switched gender roles - she takes him to Disneyworld and he has to deal with his nightmares afterwards) and how Sheldon - who loves them both - has a hard time deciding of whom to hang with.

How I Met Your Mother 5x21 Twin Beds
This story was not well constructed. I get that Barney and Ted might have regrets but how it played out was not well executed IMHO - especially since Don is basically an unknown to me. How often have we seen this guy? Three, four times? And now I should care about him?
I also didn't like the twin bed story, it felt contrived.

Community 1x23 Modern Warfare
I can't even count how many references this episode alone had - and still was able to tell a fully fledged story: First there were the named references to Friends and Cheers then it seemed like a post-apocalyptic movie, then Abed quoted The Terminator and fought like in The Matrix (including bullet-time at a later point), then there was this doomsday movie scene where people are warming their hands over a burning barrel in the midst of destruction (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow), the mention of the Neutral Zone (Star Trek), The Prize (Highlander), the gun taped on the back (Die Hard) and I'm pretty sure Señor Chang's golden guns were from some movie, too.
I'm also sure I did not mention every reference here nor do I think that I caught all of them. Two words: Absolutely hilarious.

[DJ Doena]

Bones 5x20 The Witch in the Wardrobe
Finally! Took them long enough. And since they aren't the primary couple I'm just hoping that Hodgins and Angela can now live happily ever after.
The actual case wasn't that interesting IMHO especially in the way it turned out.

Smallville 9x20 Hostage
When it was announced that Martha would return to Smallville it became clear to me that she was Red Queen.
In general I had no problem with how the story was developing. Except for the split of Clark and Lois because that's just convenient drama for its own sake right before the season ends.
I also don't think that the "unmasking The Blur" message was from Clark. He'd probably tell her who he was and then show her that he actually is the Blur and not vice versa. Which leaves Zod and since the finale is coming up, Lois gets right in the middle of it.

PS: I hate Youtube (i.e. the music industry) for disabling all the videos for different countries. I really liked this one which I now can't access anymore without jumping through hoops.

Doctor Who 5x06 Vampires of Venice
This episode was a bit underwhelming. On a rational level I can understand why the Doctor took Rory along for the ride but for me it worked better when Mickey was the companion to the companion.
The story also didn't hold much interest for me. The best part was when the Vampire Queen and the Doctor played twenty questions.