TV thoughts: Arrested, Kitchen, Prison, Medium, Malcolm

[yendi]

When the hell did Monday become the one night that Tivo grabs three hours of prime time?

Anyway, that won't be the case for a few weeks, thanks to baseball.

Arrested Development: One word: Analrapist. It's not the pronunciation that bothers me.

Kitchen Confidential: Gave it another chance. Still not great -- the plot, unlike AD's, was completely predictable -- but it has some cute performances, at least. It's leagues better than How I Met Your Mother, though, and had enough laughs to make me not regret taping it.

ETA: According to Watch With Kristen, Michael Varten (formerly on Alias) is joining this show for a run.

Prison Break: Nicely intense. I was clearly wrong in my prediction from last week. *shrug*. Still fun to think about. They managed to keep things pretty grim throughout, which was nice -- the constant state of fear for the doctor was quite well done. And we still got clips of Robin Tunney, always a bonus.l

ETA 2: According to WWC, this has gotten a full-season pick-up.

Medium: Fun episode, if nothing too special. The "twist" was kind of predictable, but I still enjoyed the trip. And hey, Natasha Gregson Wagner! Remember when she was the next big thing?

Malcolm in the Middle: Forget to mention this earlier, but somehow, after two or three seasons of stagnation, they managed to put together an amazingly funny episode. I do hope that this is a sign that the show's found it's center again, and not just a fluke.

Comments

you're kidding me, Buster

[mgrasso.livejournal.com]

Last night AD REALLY got back on track. I didn't stop laughing the entire episode. Good, old-school laughs.

[terracinque.livejournal.com]

I'm glad we got as far as the Charlize Theron episodes before they canceled AD.

I've only seen the first half of KC so far. The "junior chef pisses off the dishwasher" gags seemed lifted right from the J.D./Janitor parts of Scrubs. And I've never liked John Laroquette.

I don't think I'll ever watch Prison Break. I find the very premise laughably implausible.

I've nothing to say about your other shows, so I'll repeat: Charlize good.

[yendi]

Ludicrous as PB is, it's still surpisingly fun to watch the conspiracy unwind.

I do like John Larroquette (although I despised his self-titled show), although I agree about the dishwasher gag blowing.

[terracinque.livejournal.com]

And, Charlize Theron.

[alladinsane.livejournal.com]

AD was quite good last night...thought about using Analrapist as word of the week, but obviosuly decided prob not a good idea...

not sure on the other show...havent watched Malcolm in a while, and since Fox has shipped it to Friday looks like they're ready and expecting it to go die...

[yendi]

I'm not sure Fridays are worse than 7PM Sundays. I missed the first half of last season thanks to football.

[aussie-nyc.livejournal.com]

That episode totally put me off forget-me-now pills.

[alison-says.livejournal.com]

Hey, what did he do that made his job title Analrapist again? Analyst + therapist?? I can't remember and it is bugging the hell out of me.

That is such a very wrong show. I love it.

[yendi]

Yup, it was analyst and therapist. I was in stiches over that one.

[alison-says.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much. That killed me too. I think I'm going to start calling my mom that.

Prison Break

[gladstone.livejournal.com]

I hope Westmoreland finds his cat. I'm really worried.

Re: Prison Break

[yendi]

They completely dropped that plotline on this episode! I wonder if the cat made it over the walls and is running toward freedom.