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Joe Diliberto, senior writer/editor
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July 10, 2009
I know what you're asking: "Joe, is there an unscripted show you hate even more than AMERICAN IDOL?" The answer is, "Why, yes, of course — lots of them!" Most alleged "reality shows," like JON & KATE PLUS 8, are beneath contempt and I refuse to sully my TV screen with them. However, of the shows I can force myself to watch, BIG BROTHER is certainly at the bottom of the barrel. Perhaps it's the premise: 12 strangers living in a house together. On most other unscripted series, the contestants live together and it's just another minor component of the series, not the entire point of the show. Or, perhaps it's the host: Charisma-free Julie Chen imbues even the most mundane statements — from tossing to commercial to announcing a contest — with the same sense of grave portent as reciting the Ten Commandments. And her halting delivery makes William Shatner's stuttering cadence sound normal. No, I know what it is: BIG BROTHER's sense of entitlement gets me. It's not just Chen — the entire show is full of itself. The phoniness started with the opening sequences, in which the contestants supposedly were presented with their keys to the house. They all acted surprised — in front of the cameras. Why did they think they were being filmed? Once they got to the house, everyone lost their mind over the "super-delicious" house. Is indoor plumbing still that rare in 2009? Later, right after saying, "Expect the unexpected," Julie told the houseguests that, as usual, there is a "twist." How is that "unexpected"? It's just the same ol' garbage. And I'm not looking forward to watching it fester on my screen.
On a vastly more interesting and considerably more fun note, BURN NOTICE gave us a rollicking little tale of industrial espionage and spy-hunting spiced up by Michael and Fiona doing a sort of mating dance. She wanted him to commit to her (by taking her to dinner), while he preferred to concentrate on getting his job back. What I like about their complicated relationship is that they openly acknowledge that they care for each other, it's just tough to make a relationship work while dodging bullets and bombs. He doesn't dally with a new girl every week, and Fi gave up trying to make him jealous with that hunky EMT last season. In the end, Michael tossed the relationship in her lap like a live grenade: He wants to get back in the game, and if Fi really cares about him, she will want that, too. Good thing Fi is a whiz with explosives.
ROYAL PAINS featured a number of familiar faces this week: Susan Misner (ex-Alison, GOSSIP GIRL; ex-Grace, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) as a pregnant woman who wanted to induce on a private island; David Alan Basche (ex-Kenny, THE STARTER WIFE; ex-Mike, LIPSTICK JUNGLE) as her tycoon husband; James Rebhorn (ex-Henry Lange, ATWT; ex-Bradley, GUIDING LIGHT) as the island handyman; and Jason Kravits (ex-Dr. Brody, AS THE WORLD TURNS; ex-DA Bey, THE PRACTICE) as a smarmy doctor at Harbor Heritage. Hank got a chance to MacGyver a splint for Will, saline solution and do blood-typing with a mirror. He also drilled into a guy's head with a half-inch bit to relieve a hematoma! (The drilling was fine, but I did not need to see that compound fracture to his leg! Yikes! Still, even that was better than watching the pathetic "wedgie" competition on BIG BROTHER...
July 9, 2009
Holden, Holden, Holden. Dude, we gotta talk. You're supposed to be one of the heroes of AS THE WORLD TURNS. And heroes do not take advantage of lady friends when they are drunk and vulnerable. Hell, forget "heroes," even regular guys have no business taking advantage of smashed friends who are not in control of themselves. There was no way you should have kissed Carly. Don't even bother trying that "she kissed me" line. She may have initiated the smooch, but you hung in there and enjoyed it for a bit before breaking the lip lock. You clearly understood her condition; she showed up potted at your house, stole a bottle of your booze, and asked you to go to the liquor store to fetch her a refill. Hell, she was so wrecked she couldn't even stand! It doesn't count that you eventually broke the kiss and said, "We're not doing this." You did do it. And that makes you a loser. Carly came to you for help. She needed you, and you needed to restrain yourself. Okay, you (eventually) did the right thing by summoning Jack, so you do win back some points. But the next time a gal pal is on the rocks, be a man and deal with her straight up.
July 8, 2009
It would be too easy to create a list of "10 Things I Hate About 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU," but I will limit myself and boil it down to three points:
1. There are no characters on this show, only stereotypes. A beautiful, snotty Head Cheerleader. The Geek who worships with the social-climbing Pretty Girl. The requisite Bad Boy who literally rides a motorcycle. Really?
2. "Empowered" sister Kat immediately sees through Patrick's broody B.S., yet falls for his act anyway. Clichés win out every time — what kind of "empowerment" message is that?
3. The tasteless wheelchair punishment.
To be fair, I will include two things I liked the show:
1. A few good lines of dialogue.
2. It was only about a half-hour long.
Sci Fi .. .um, I mean SyFy's new series, WAREHOUSE 13 fares a little better in the "Can we please shoehorn in one new idea?" sweepstakes (but not all that much better). The idea is that there is a warehouse in South Dakota that holds all the mysterious relics and weird objects collected by the U.S. government over the years. Think of it as the facility where the Ark of the Covenant was sent at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark, or the place you'd store the freaky stuff Mulder and Scully found on THE X-FILES. Two Secret Service agents were assigned to joined eccentric Artie as caretakers of the repository, and retrieve any magical articles that somehow go missing and cause havoc in the outside world. It certainly is derivative of any number of other TV shows (including the old FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE SERIES), but perhaps the-powers-that-be were shooting for "homage." I was bored by the pseudo Mulder/Scully dynamic; honestly, you two, just knock boots next week and get it out of the way. And the "mystery" of the relic was waaaay to slow to unwind in the second hour (yes, the second hour). But eccentric Artie (Saul Rubinek) started to grow on me, and I loved the steampunk aesthetic of the warehouse's technology. Artie's computer keyboard, the bulky two-way video box and Tesla's electric gun were all brilliant strokes. If TPTB can dig more Victorian tech out of "America's Attic," then WAREHOUSE 13 might avoid being shelved.
As usual, there was no shortage of original thinking on RESCUE ME, thankfully. The guys brought the ladder truck and Suburban to the hospital to cheer up the cancer kids. But Tommy ended up getting into a heavy conversation about life, death and the nature of hope with one of the kids, who was convinced he was going to die. The kid appreciated that Tommy didn't try to sugarcoat his grim reality. Leave it to RESCUE ME to handle the specter of death in such an off-kilter manner. Death + kids is not always a crowd-pleaser, but it sure made an impression. But before the scene got too depressing, one of the other kids hijacked the rig and set off a merry chase, with poor Lou clinging to the outside of the cabin as the truck careened madly down city streets. Hmmm, was that a metaphor for life itself?
July 7, 2009
So, the way I saw it, ALL MY CHILDREN's Randi was clearly defending herself from a would-be rapist when she brained DA North. Even if she had killed him, it would have been a case of self-defense, and she would have been cleared of any homicide charges. The fact that she fled without trying to clean up the crime scene would have worked in her favor, demonstrating a panicked reaction. (Okay, it would have been messy to have to explain to Frankie why she was in North's room — but hey, it's better than lethal injection!)
Of course, Randi's hasty exit provided an opening for Madison to swoop in. And who know if anyone else wandered in after the scorned woman appeared to get her licks in? In any event, by the time Randi returned, North was dead. Let's hope the autopsy is thorough enough to reveal there were (at least) two blows, and the coroner bothers to tell the investigating officer that a subsequent impact was fatal (unlike the similar situation on GENERAL HOSPITAL, where amateur sleuth Robin figured out what Brianna's autopsy report only hinted at).
Just because Randi has a shady past does not mean she isn't a good girl now or that the chief of police (husband Frankie's daddy, remember) wouldn't believe her. But then again, I guess she's a (former) hooker with a heart of gold, not a mind like a steel trap.
July 1, 2009
I almost don't know what to write about this week's harrowing episode of RESCUE ME, which left me totally shaken. The tone of the show whipsawed wildly from sweetly zany to gruesome to blackly comic to sad to sentimental. Watching it was like enduring an emotional pummeling.
The episode kicked off with Sean dreaming up a variation on Singin' in the Rain, with himself as Gene Kelly, singing and dancing — while coughing constantly. It turned out that he was choking because Uncle Teddy was holding a pillow over Sean's face, trying to put him out of his misery. (Apparently Teddy learned his lesson well at the VA hospital!) From that comic interlude, viewers went with the Engine 62 crew responding to a traffic accident, where the hardened firemen were horrified and sickened by the sight of the broken and burned corpse of a little girl. Only Tommy was able to approach and gather the tiny body parts in a blanket. The rest of the crew was in awe of his dedication to the job. But was it courage that enabled Tommy to do his duty, or something that was broken inside him when his own son, Connor, was killed by a drunken driver? Is he that disconnected from his basic humanity? The central question of the entire five-season run — what makes Tommy tick? — was finally addressed directly when he settled in with some booze to watch home movies. In short order Tommy was visited by the ghosts of his dead son, dead cousin, dead brother and dead father. It was dad who spelled it out: Tommy is the best firefighter ever because he's completely dead inside — "the original Iron Man" — he has no feelings anymore, and no tears left to cry. Tommy decided to test the theory by burning a hole in his leg with a blowtorch! His skin cracked and blistered, and it hurt like hell, but he did not cry.
Later, the guys were visiting Sean at the hospital when they spied some "cancer kids." A nurse told them not stare at the kids with sad faces, because it upsets the children. While the rest of the group shambled away, Tommy went into the cancer ward and chatted up the kids, smiled and even read to them! For the second time, the guys were thunderstruck by Tommy's interaction with children. But instead of proving how cut off Tommy is, might I suggest that Tommy's compassion for the sick children was exactly the same emotion he demonstrated for the mutilated little girl at the beginning of the episode? And that Tommy is not as alien as he fears he is? Just because Tommy cannot cry does not mean he's no longer human. In his own way, Tommy's disconnect lets him make the world a little bit better place.
June 30, 2009
MAKE IT OR BREAK IT made a big leap forward with its second episode. I'm not prepared to say this ABC Family series is going to...er, make it, but among the things it did right: evoking the late, lamented EVERWOOD with "Rocky Mountain" establishing shots that looked suspiciously similar to the Utah locations used in the earlier series; and focusing on giving the characters some personality beyond their stock types. True, these are just baby steps, but viewers got hints about why hard-driven Payson was so upset with Marty leaving, and why Lauren would expose best pal Kaylie's secret affair with Carter. Note to producers: Spend the time to bulk up Lauren's character, because a good villainess can carry a series. Lauren should sink her hooks into Carter and let the fur fly.
I like the small doses of Peri Gilpin and Brett Cullen as Payson's strangely well-adjusted parents. However, Susan Ward (ex-Meg, SUNSET BEACH) is not well-served by her flighty, silly character, the clueless Chloe. Chloe spotting Ronnie Cruz smooching Marty (Erik Palladino, ex-Malucci, ER), mirrored Emily catching Ronnie's daughter Kaylie kissing Carter the week before. Like mother, like daughter (in both cases), eh?
I must be getting soft, because I also didn't dislike NURSE JACKIE so much this week. The voice-over is still too droning, but Zoey seemed dialed back a lot, Apparently Eddie isn't being replaced with a machine right away. But the whole encounter with the school counselor, nurse and teacher left me shaking my head. Good thing they didn't analyze drawings back when I was in grammar school.
June 29, 2009
We got another double-shot of the imported British series MERLIN this week, and it has made good on its promise and developed into a solidly entertaining series. The writing is strong, but the casting and acting is even better. Colin Morgan makes Merlin awkward without turning him into a buffoon, while Bradley James' Arthur seems to be a snob purely because it's expected. He is already showing hints that he will be a king more concerned with justice and fairness than rules and ceremony.
As strong as the dialogue and characterization have been, the plotlines are a little too concerned with the use of magic. Last night's first episode dealt with Gaius and Merlin trying to cure a magical sickness, and the second dealt with finding a cure for a magical poison. I think the stories could have been spaced out a little more, eh? I did laugh when Gaius told Uther that his "scientific process" pointed to magic as the source of the plague ravaging Camelot. Michelle Ryan — best know to American audiences for her starring role in last year's aborted revamp of The Bionic Woman — made her debut as the series' Big Bad, the witch Nimueh, and she certainly showcases the seductive side of evil.
The best line of the night honors went to King Uther, for insisting that while Merlin's life isn't "worthless," it's "worth less" than Arthur's. Still, Uther is portrayed as an officious jerk, because I guess parents just don't understand, no matter what century they're in.
In the great tradition of British SF/fantasy series (like the pre-2005 version of DOCTOR WHO), the producers of MERLIN had absolutely no money for special effects, so poor James was forced to scowl and wave his sword in the air when Arthur was supposed to be fighting the afanc water beast and the cockatrice in the woods. I guess the costumer could not afford a shield, either, so the-powers-that-be dropped the tradition of the cockatrice's gaze turning people to stone. Petrification isn't free, people!
June 26, 2009
You gotta love today's AS THE WORLD TURNS (well, as long as you didn't see the CBS promo that totally bankrupted the big reveal about Riley, that is!). The shocking ending was very well-done. Margo happened upon Col. Mayer holding a gun on Riley, so she she pulled her weapon on him. Mayer turned around... and simply shot Margo! There was no talk; no gloating about his master plan or revenge or blah, blah, blah. Mayer got the drop in her — and dropped her! That cold-bloodedness made sense for Mayer, who is always depicted as pure evil. So of course he would give no warning. That's the kind of schadenfreude too often missing from GENERAL HOSPITAL and its cartoon violence.
This was a return to form for ROYAL PAINS, with Hank cobbling together a "MacGuyver" contraption of tin foil, hair dryers and assorted kitchen supplies to save the life of a chef who suffered a thrombetic stroke. Callie Thorne seems to be carving a niche for herself and the go-to actress to play randy women. Best-known as RESCUE ME's calculating and predatory Sheila, Thorne showed up in the Hamptons as a chef who wasn't shy about...er, getting things cooking with her lover in the walk-in. Hank and Jill finally got cooking, themselves, and kissed on a romantic beach picnic.
June 25, 2009
While Dominic, GENERAL HOSPITAL's new thug on the block, has a sense of humor, he loses brightness points for seeking shelter from Claudia. Sure, he's working for her, but she hired him to kill Jason, Sonny's right-hand man. That makes Sonny's home a very dangerous place to be. Even putting aside taking shots at Jason — Dom had just moments earlier held Sonny's beloved ex-wife and his two sons at gunpoint! The Corinthos capo will not take to kindly such overt acts against his loved ones. I understand he was bleeding at the time, but it wasn't a head wound; he wasn't leaking brains. He should have grabbed some supplies and gotten to the getaway car. If he had done that, he never would have run into Kristina. So how will he treat Sonny's daughter?
On the plus side, Dominic Zamprogna has very quickly pumped some personality into Dominic, making him a quick-talker, if not exactly a quick-thinker. His quippy sense of humor is sorely needed among the mob masses (Max can't keep getting all the best lines). Sadly, Dom doesn't seem to be a very good shot, which is par for gangsters. But then again, his faulty aim was good for Jason.
June 24, 2009
Last week, I half-seriously lamented the lack of fires on RESCUE ME. This week's episode opened with a harrowing, slow-motion escape from a collapsing, blazing corridor by several of firefighters, including Tommy, Lou and Sean, set to Duffy's bluesy, dreamy song, "Syrup and Honey." That tense drama was followed by comatose Sean (recovering from his kidney operation) dreaming another song-and-dance routine that gave Steven Pasquale a chance to warble a tongue-in-cheek ode to being in a vegetative state.
As twisted as that opening was, it was almost outdone by grim closing tableau: As Sean lay in a coma following his kidney operation, Tommy sneaked into his room to be alone with his booze and watch sad old home movies (including scenes of Tommy's dead son, Connor) on the room’s TV. When Sean's mom came in, she misinterpreted Tommy’s presence as concern for her boy. And when she spotted his liquor, she demanded a belt — straight from the bottle! Then led him in an awkward prayer over her inanimate son. I didn’t know whether to cringe or laugh, so I did both.
June 23, 2009
I'm shocked, shocked to find that shoddy writing is going on in here! I really hate it when a soap falls back on the Casablanca excuse for breaking up couples: "I waited for you that day and you never showed." And they never saw each other again, until now. That is just lazy writing ... and it don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world.
The latest soap to take the easy way out is ALL MY CHILDREN, which explained that Randi stood up DA North years ago. What's more, he was actually left waiting at a train station when she never showed — just like Ilsa stranded Rick. (No word on whether it was also raining on North). She felt that she was just another hooker and he deserved better. But North seemed to disagree; evidently Randi was a happy hooker, since he recalled how she used to "dance out of bed in the morning."
No one was dancing after last night's episode of Showtime's NURSE JACKIE. Not even a shout-out to the New York Rangers' 1994 Stanley Cup win could keep me interested in this mostly dull series. Perhaps I am just sick of medical shows. The writers seem to be really scraping the bottom of the barrel to come up with unusual patients for the docs — one poor fellow was being treated because a cat mauled his scrotum. But that sort of titillation is no substitute for compelling story.
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Hey Joe! I love the new blog! You are right about BG. Do you know when Pushing Dasies is coming back? Have you seen The Riches?
I love the ORIGINAL Battlestar Gallactica MUCH better! Starbuck should never be a GIRL or a coffee shop.
Hey Joe - Wow your own blog spot!!! You know my stance on BG - Best show on TV...blows the original away (hey I love the original, it was great for it's time - I loved it then, but now it is just campy by comparison!). I thought the fourth season is off to a great start, it couldn't go full tilt the whole show. I'm just pissed the the writers are ending the series. They better pick up that Caprica series I've heard about. The flashbacks to the first Cylon War were very cool and that alone could make a great series. Isn't there a movement out there like they did with Jericho?!! Anyway, keep up the good work
Ooops...the first Cylon War flashbacks were in Razor, not the season opener. I watched Razor the other night and got the two confused. My bad.
Hey, BigBri -- Good news and bad news on the PUSHING DAISIES front: It is coming back -- but not until fall. At least it's not...pushing up daisies like so many other shows. I like THE RICHES a lot; never did trust lawyers!
Yo, Saldo -- CAPRICA is a go! Along with my next BATTLESTAR GALACTICA posting I will include some nuggets from from the BSG Sci Fi panel I attended, at which Ronald D. Moore and David Eick talked about the prequel project. That was the "work" portion of the evening before the party at which I chatted up Grace Park. (Alas, I'm not cool enough to hang with Grace for no reason on a random Tuesday night...)
I cried like an itty bitty baby when Tosh and Owen died. I will not lie. I'm totally glad to hear it wrecked you, too, Joe. TORCHWOOD, overall, had a fantasically powerful sophomore season... which is pretty rare. Maybe it got its 2nd year slump over with its freshman year? LOL. In any case, I think Burn Gorman deserves an award nomination, he was so good. I'm a little apprehensive about season three without Tosh and Owen, but I'm hoping Martha will show up to help fill the holes their exits will leave in the team.
Joe - My Name is Earl is one of the best comedies on the air right now (right behind the office). I like the fact that they include EVERYONE in their humor (e.g. one legged humor, midget humor, prison humr, etc.)
What about Moonlight? It is on right after Ghost Whisperer. It is one of the better shows on tv right now. I started watching it because Jason Dohring from V. Mars is in it and I was hooked from the start. It has gotten better and better with each episode. Try it, you might like it.
You're wrong, wrong, WROOOOOONG about David Cook. Did I mention wrong? He doesn't deserve to be in the bottom 2 this week. Also, I disagree with the commenter above, Margie, about MOONLIGHT...mostly because I had to sit through the MOONLIGHT panel at New York Comic Con and it did nothing to convince me that the show has improved. I liked it better when it was called ANGEL!
LOL, Jason was sure confused about something -- not that he would have lasted a day on SURVIVOR: MICRONESIA. Nurse Julie's comment about wanting to root for Jason's "soulful eyes" kinda sums up the feedback I've heard: Nobody was rooting for Jason's singing. The Davids also boast a similar fan base -- except that Mala actually likes Cook's voice. Me? Well, in sports, there's a saying for when you're watching a game without a rooting interest, and I think it applies here: I'm pulling for injuries! (On IDOL, that means brusied egos and crushed self-esteem)
Ok, how could there be no mention of the CSI season finale & the murder of Warrick Brown?!?!?!
Sorry, AJ, but I couldn't fit the CSI finale into my schedule, and I only blog about what I've seen personally.
Here's a pic of Spencer Grammer in a Silver bikini: http://spencer-grammer.com/photos/albums/shoots/ressler02.png
I just read the new issue that I received 7/3 and you have a MISS for Erica's stupid prison NB show and I agree with you 100%. This entire storyline was stupid. That prison show with all the convicts acting like they were at a sorority party rather than paying for their crimes, was a joke. Erica was an embarrassment with her outfit and her speeches but nothing was worse than the "flirting" between she and Wooden. If there is one thing I hate more than anything on daytime, is two people who have no chemistry trying to force it. I was literally cringing and had to shut it off. Lucci and Willey have sizzle..Luccie and Van Pebbles fizzle. MAKE IT STOP!
Hey, thanks Ros -- you're my new favorite commenter!
I'm with you on this one...NS should be on during the day. I have watched since the days of Steven Lars and I have to say that currently, I have no interest in GH. I root for no one. But I have LOVED GH:NS. Only one week was ho hum. As an adoptive mom who then gave birth I totally GOT Kyle & Leo's scenes with their mom. Seeing Anna try to hold it together last week when she first walked in Roberts room had me in tears. As did Robert telling her he loved her last nite. Can we just switch the 2 shows & get a dose of NS every day?
LOL, I wish, AJ, I wish! Perhaps the best we can hope for is that some of the actors will be absorbed into the parent show.
I am LOVING Guiding Light right now. The whole thing is firing on all cylinders. Olivia and Natalia heating up the screen and talking about sex. Blake getting all hot and bothered everywhere. Edmund "dead or not" and Jeffery and Josh having a better relationship than Jeffery and Reva. Give me more GL!
You are spot on, Joe. Guiding Light is fantastic! I'm still holding out hope that some other outlet, be it cable or online, will reap the benefits of the excellent writing and acting going on over at the Grand Dame of Daytime. GL is too good to fade away. Keep the Light Shining!
You are so right about GL right now. I just started watching a couple months ago because of Otalia, but now I'm totally into the whole show. So much fun! The characters are great. I hope it gets picked up and can keep the same writers because they're on a roll.
Thanks for the nod to GL, which is the best thing on t.v., day or night. Astounding writing, acting, music--I have never cared about a show this much. The Otalia storyline is changing lives, bringing people together, and showing the best that the soap opera genre could be.
Loved your kamikaze GL and it is certainly the best show to watch! What's wrong with the networks that don't see this? bah to them. They are missing out on a gem. The convo between Blake and Olivia was real and so was the personal massaging device. way to go GL! and thanks for recognizing it Joe
Just watched todays GL. Wow, they don't care about censorship right now and its great. This show needs to picked up by a cable channel. See what happened when network hunchos stay out of creativity.
GL is pure joy to watch. They know what there doing over there & how to entertain people like a real soap should. Olivia & Blake were having a conversation that happens in real life. I love GL & OTALIA & long live them both.
GL is the best soap on TV right now. Hopefully someone will realize this and find a way to keep this historic soap alive!
I have not watched a soap steadily since Luke and Laura days. GL has me hooked. So agree - best thing on.
Guiding Light had me in stitches this week. Olivia's sexual frustration was so brilliantly handled. It is rare to see female sexuality being discussed with this level of candor and humor. I enjoyed Crystal's performance. I know Jessica is pregnant but what a trooper. She lit up the screen everytime she was on. Blake, Josh and Frank...very funny scenes all week. I am enjoying this show so much that I am desperate to hear news of its revival on another network/cable ... anywhere.
Joe, Y&R is a joke, it should be change to Young and the Clueless. Did Victor go blind as well, not seening through Adam's ploy, I feel the fans should boycott this soap, the writers stink! I have been a fan, use to be a fan,Jack and Victor was never on when Patti aka MaryJane was on the soap...... High-schoolers could write a better story line, and now adam is faking being Gay, oh brother! I guess to be on a soap, you must play a Gay charactor, how original..
Seriously? Billy Campbell?!? It's Campbell Scott!!-not Billy Campbell!!-playing Boris in Royal Pains!!
I hope Olivia and Johnny are allowed to stay together. I am probably one of the few who are not mesmerized by Sonny. The show totally revolves around him and turning women into idiots for love of Sonny. I do like Lulu and Dominic together and I DON'T like her new brother Ethan. So the less of him the better.
Um... the name of the Mad Men episode was "The Arrangements," not "Fathers and Sons."
I think maxie and Damine are the cuties couple...and i would like to see Jessen and Sam stay to togather.
I am still missing GL so much. I loved all the characters and the story-line. Have been watching this since I was a little girl watching with my grandma when the show was 15 min. long. The Bauers were a part of my grandmas family. She loved Bert and Papa Bauer. Her "stories" as she called them gave her something to think about besides her illness. I am sick. All those goodbyes killed me. And in Tx we got an extra time slot of "The Price Is Right" and now I see they are bringing back "Let's make a deal". Give me a break! They have a silly game show channel for those who like to watch strangers win money and cars when you are jobless and broke. I hoped someone would pick it up but I guess it will never happen now. What will the world be without the Bauers, Lewis', and Spauldings. Said my piece for what it's worth.
You're comments about Paul and Emily are in exact correlation with mine. I can't believe that even lying on an adoption application that Paul and Emily would ever be approved as suitable parents for any child. Their rap sheets are part of public record! This storyline has more holes than swiss cheese and is really turning me off at the moment.
I believe this is exactly why soaps are in the position they are in right now they create stories out of thin air that even in reality are so far fetched. It would have been a great story if Emily and Paul were told that their deeds that went mostly unpunished now were going to be punished by rejecting any and all adoptions. Or they could have had Paul, in his desire to make Emily happy and a family with her, blackmailed the Judge or adoption manager into giving consent. Or better yet, Emily's long lost son came back and we had to deal with that child and his neglect. Soaps need to realize that we are willing to suspend belief for a good story but NOT ALL belief. ATWT as was the case with GL, is on a slippery slope to "ONCE WAS ON TV" category of WIKIPEDIA!
Welcome to the Club!!! As far as I'm concerned, "The Good Wife" is this seasons must see tv......for cbs! LOVE IT!
I don't like the fact that they are trying to pretend like the character didn't exist for 10 years.
Joe you are so right about GH making Lucky's character a dupe. His father is Luke Spencer! His parents taught him how to take care of himself. His original debut on GH was spectacular. The kid had serious street smarts. Now he is just street stupid. GH turned him into a weakling. He never would have gotten addicted to drugs and had 100% faith in the law had Jackson kept playing him. Elizabeth turned to Jason because he was more interesting. Nickolas is even more dynamic. I hope they systematically begin transforming his character.
It took me 5 days to finally watch the episode (which meant avoiding this blog), but the wait was worth it. OMG, between learning about Roger’s first love, Annabelle and him being honorable to Jane and their marriage, Joan finally knocking some sort of sense into her husband, Suzanne knowing her place in her affair with Don and the ULTIMATE, Betty confronting him about “the drawer” and Don telling the truth to her, I was just in heaven. Only two more weeks until the season finale and the NYC viewing party with my fellow Basketcases. I’m so excited.
Not happy that ""The Prisoner seems to be indicating that soap operas are used for brain-washing... (and wraps, for some reason)
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