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yendiGIlmore Girls: Hey, you know what I'd like to see next week?
Lorelai: Hey, TJ. Could you drive Paul Anka to the Obedience School for Pets with TV-specific Neuroses?
TJ: Sure!
*truck explodes*
Man, that would be the best episode ever. Seriously, less fucking TJ and the Dog! Adding a dog to a show (especially an overly neurotic one) is only one step short of adding a cute ragamuffin. Someone bring out a Seaquest reunion special just to get Deluise off this show, please!
On the plus side, we finally get Lane, although "setting aside" $9000 while the band is starving is fucking embezzlement. And how the fuck did they make $9000 touring? Did I miss the subplot in which Brian is also pimping Lane out after the shows?
And why, exactly, is Paris able to drive to meet up with Lorelai, but not drive to meet with Rory? Is there something I missed there? Mind you, I like the Paris/Lorelai interaction (each of them has perfect banter with Rory, but here we have almost the anti-transitive property of banter, with things being off in a good way), but it's contrived (contrived plotlines? On Gilmore Girls? Perish the thought!).
I do like Rory's regret over the college decision. It's hitting her in just the right way.
(Oh, and quick gossip note -- the latest Watch With Kristen (which I read for the plotline gossip, not this stuff) reveals that Lauren Graham is dating Marc "Riley" Blucas, which goes to show that even failed Buffy stars can go on to something good)
Extras: Holy shit, was this thing funny. Anyone who has HBO needs to be recording this one. Imagine if you took the concept of the woefully overrated Entourage and mixed it with The Office. The plot focuses on Ricky Gervais as an extra in various productions, and has all the uncomfortable silences and awkward moments you'd expect. Combined with Kate Winslet in a scene-stealing cameo (c'mon, who wouldn't want to put their Willy Wonka between her Oompa Loompas?). Just unbelievably funny.
Prison Break: The cat woke up! Who knew he could actually move? Cheese or not, this was a fun episode, and a damned nice cliffhanger (and I'm sure I'm not the only one who's glad that at least this show will get one more airing before the Fox Baseball Hiatus). Other stuff behind the cut.
Okay, so what happens to the CO who's been captured? There are really only two possibilities, as far as I'm concerned: 1. He's killed by either T-Bag or Abruzzi, or (and this is my theory for now), he's actually in on the plan. Why? Michael can only do so much with the plans and other info. Having someone on the inside would be a huge help. And this guard is new, and has been shown to be protective of Michael's brother (and vice-versa). That said, if the CO lives, I see T-Bag dying. Other than Michael, there's no character on this show who can't die (even Lincoln -- if he dies, Michael still needs to escape, and the conspiracy is still in effect), and the very lack of traditional credits would seem to encourage the possibility.
The big question, of course, is what happens next week, when Sara finds out that Michael has access to the infirmary? She and her dad may not see eye to eye on capital punishment, but I can't imagine her actually helping with an escape. Then again, having her life saved might change all that.
Finally, Reunion: This show definitely keeps improving with each episode. What's really impressive is that, in spite of the fact that Will Estes may be the worst actor on TV right now, they took an episode that focused on him and still made it work. The rest of the cast is good enough to pull him up (particularly the three ladies and Dave Annable. I'm amazed at how much better Amanda Righetti is now than she was two weeks ago, although Alexa Davalos and Chyler Leigh remain my long-time crushes).
Actual plot stuff:
Okay, so I spent the first half of the episode wondering why, exactly, St. Patrick was so obsessed with nailing Will (um, not in that way -- this ain't Smallville, folks). And now we have a reason. And since Will's file has been expunged, Will can't exactly prove that St. Patrick's got a conflict of interest, can he?
The problem with the blood thing is that there are plenty of innocent ways that Will (or any of the six) could have had their DNA at the scene of the crime. They've all been placed there, after all.
Now that we've seen future Aaron, the odds of Jenna being the victim keep going up (her comment last week that she could be dead in twenty years with either foreshadowing or an anvil, but no one else has made comments along those lines). And Aaron is easily the worst-aged actor on the show so far.
Tonight, don't forget to watch Threshold! Yeah, I know it's on against the Sci-Fi slate, but those shows get rerun four times a week. Threshold doesn't, and according to the aforementioned Watch With Kristen column, it's one of the shows in early trouble, ratings wise.
Lorelai: Hey, TJ. Could you drive Paul Anka to the Obedience School for Pets with TV-specific Neuroses?
TJ: Sure!
*truck explodes*
Man, that would be the best episode ever. Seriously, less fucking TJ and the Dog! Adding a dog to a show (especially an overly neurotic one) is only one step short of adding a cute ragamuffin. Someone bring out a Seaquest reunion special just to get Deluise off this show, please!
On the plus side, we finally get Lane, although "setting aside" $9000 while the band is starving is fucking embezzlement. And how the fuck did they make $9000 touring? Did I miss the subplot in which Brian is also pimping Lane out after the shows?
And why, exactly, is Paris able to drive to meet up with Lorelai, but not drive to meet with Rory? Is there something I missed there? Mind you, I like the Paris/Lorelai interaction (each of them has perfect banter with Rory, but here we have almost the anti-transitive property of banter, with things being off in a good way), but it's contrived (contrived plotlines? On Gilmore Girls? Perish the thought!).
I do like Rory's regret over the college decision. It's hitting her in just the right way.
(Oh, and quick gossip note -- the latest Watch With Kristen (which I read for the plotline gossip, not this stuff) reveals that Lauren Graham is dating Marc "Riley" Blucas, which goes to show that even failed Buffy stars can go on to something good)
Extras: Holy shit, was this thing funny. Anyone who has HBO needs to be recording this one. Imagine if you took the concept of the woefully overrated Entourage and mixed it with The Office. The plot focuses on Ricky Gervais as an extra in various productions, and has all the uncomfortable silences and awkward moments you'd expect. Combined with Kate Winslet in a scene-stealing cameo (c'mon, who wouldn't want to put their Willy Wonka between her Oompa Loompas?). Just unbelievably funny.
Prison Break: The cat woke up! Who knew he could actually move? Cheese or not, this was a fun episode, and a damned nice cliffhanger (and I'm sure I'm not the only one who's glad that at least this show will get one more airing before the Fox Baseball Hiatus). Other stuff behind the cut.
Okay, so what happens to the CO who's been captured? There are really only two possibilities, as far as I'm concerned: 1. He's killed by either T-Bag or Abruzzi, or (and this is my theory for now), he's actually in on the plan. Why? Michael can only do so much with the plans and other info. Having someone on the inside would be a huge help. And this guard is new, and has been shown to be protective of Michael's brother (and vice-versa). That said, if the CO lives, I see T-Bag dying. Other than Michael, there's no character on this show who can't die (even Lincoln -- if he dies, Michael still needs to escape, and the conspiracy is still in effect), and the very lack of traditional credits would seem to encourage the possibility.
The big question, of course, is what happens next week, when Sara finds out that Michael has access to the infirmary? She and her dad may not see eye to eye on capital punishment, but I can't imagine her actually helping with an escape. Then again, having her life saved might change all that.
Finally, Reunion: This show definitely keeps improving with each episode. What's really impressive is that, in spite of the fact that Will Estes may be the worst actor on TV right now, they took an episode that focused on him and still made it work. The rest of the cast is good enough to pull him up (particularly the three ladies and Dave Annable. I'm amazed at how much better Amanda Righetti is now than she was two weeks ago, although Alexa Davalos and Chyler Leigh remain my long-time crushes).
Actual plot stuff:
Okay, so I spent the first half of the episode wondering why, exactly, St. Patrick was so obsessed with nailing Will (um, not in that way -- this ain't Smallville, folks). And now we have a reason. And since Will's file has been expunged, Will can't exactly prove that St. Patrick's got a conflict of interest, can he?
The problem with the blood thing is that there are plenty of innocent ways that Will (or any of the six) could have had their DNA at the scene of the crime. They've all been placed there, after all.
Now that we've seen future Aaron, the odds of Jenna being the victim keep going up (her comment last week that she could be dead in twenty years with either foreshadowing or an anvil, but no one else has made comments along those lines). And Aaron is easily the worst-aged actor on the show so far.
Tonight, don't forget to watch Threshold! Yeah, I know it's on against the Sci-Fi slate, but those shows get rerun four times a week. Threshold doesn't, and according to the aforementioned Watch With Kristen column, it's one of the shows in early trouble, ratings wise.
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Date: 2005-09-30 01:26 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-30 01:28 pm (UTC)Wow. He aged even more poorly, then.
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Date: 2005-09-30 01:32 pm (UTC)Yes. They prominently displayed the funky "A" logo in the lobby that he'd been designing in the coffeehouse.
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Date: 2005-09-30 01:28 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-30 01:29 pm (UTC)The three "suspects" for victim all have lots going for them, then (whereas Aaron and Carla don't, at this juncture).
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Date: 2005-09-30 01:43 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-30 02:20 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-30 01:48 pm (UTC)Seriously, that's some genius right there.
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Date: 2005-09-30 02:21 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-30 02:07 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-30 02:20 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-30 02:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-30 02:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-09-30 05:15 pm (UTC)I'm thinking they played some REALLY rich Christian schools to make that kind of money.
As far as Lauren Graham and Marc Blucus, this fits my fantasies much better than Lauren Graham and Marcia Cross.
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Date: 2005-09-30 08:05 pm (UTC)Yeah, talk about taking Gabrielle Carteris syndrome to the extreme!
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Date: 2005-10-05 02:56 am (UTC)Paris/Lorelai? Also weird.
Definitely less dog and way less TJ.
Me? Glad to have finally caught up again except that tomorrow I'll be behind again. :D