Sunday, November 11, 2007

TV from 11/4 - 11/10

Sunday (11/4)

Dexter


This show delivers like nobodies business. The previous Doakes storylines come to the forefront now because LaGuerta assumes Doakes is stalking Dexter because Doakes is crazy not because Dexter is actually the Bay Harbor Butcher. That was a nice plot point. Dexter, Rita, and Lila blow up in a spectacular fashion. This is fun because the only reason Dexter went to NA was to please Rita but now through working with Lila he has made some realizations about himself that have pushed him away from Rita. That and he got back to killing for the first time in a few weeks. And he no longer fully believes in Harry’s code so this kill was the first he chose to do instead of fulfilling some kind of need. Plus his conversation with his copycat was more topnotch work by Michael C. Hall. Dex also sleeps with Lila and breaks up with Rita which has been building for weeks. And there was a nice storyline with Deb and Lundy where Deb mistook Lundy working with Dex as replacing her instead of him just hating Masuka because he is an ass. Now that Damages is gone, Dexter has slid right into the best show airing right now.

9 out of 10

Monday (11/5)

Prison Break


Aw man, 2 hours? Alright lets get this over with. First things first, after all the advertising and 2 hours of the show, there was no prison break. There was an attempted break but in the end Michael is still behind bars and Lincoln is still without his son. The only changers were Michael now has to work with his new partner Lechero while finding a way to deal with the two-faced Whistler plus Linc has to deal with lying to his brother. It does look like they found a way to free the entire cast next week with what looks like a military strike on Sona. And Sarah looks to really be dead with continues to be just an awful decision no matter what type of friction it causes between Michael and Linc. I can’t wait for the writer’s strike to stop new episodes of this.

5 out of 10

Chuck


Um, what happened here? Chuck had to go back to Stanford and it was really painful for him. We learned that Bryce may have actually been a good friend to Chuck and that there are many heavily armed Stanford students who actually work for the CIA. That’s good to know. I’m still bored.

5 out of 10

Heroes


Now that was what I was waiting for. The show may be spinning its wheels this season, but at least David Anders gets to be Sark again as the newly revealed big evil Adam Monroe. Does it make up for the interminably long Hiro in ancient Japan storyline? Hells no but at least its over. The other highlight this week was more Professor X style telepathy between Parkman and his dad. I love the idea of locking someone inside their worse memory. That is such a badass power. And so ends the good stuff this week. The rest included Claire turning into every annoying teenage television stereotype, Mohinder becoming spineless, and Peter finds out that he has to stop the end of the world again. And he compounds that by ditching his girlfriend in the apocalyptic future, you suck dude.

6 out of 10

Weeds

Weeds has definitely reestablished itself as the show that I loved during the first 2 seasons. As is the norm for Nancy, every thing goes to shit this week. She runs out of the good weed, the new supplier’s weed sucks, the new supplier then beats the shit out Silas to warn Nancy, and Shane has gone insane. So we now get to switch back to the other great part of Weeds, Nancy scrambling to keep everything afloat. I am pissed that they made Celia enjoyable this week but that was bound to happen when she gets to play scenes against Heylia. I hope the rest of the season continues to have multiple Heylia scenes because she delivers every single time. Nancy’s U-Turn tattoo makes my mourn his passing all over again.

8 out of 10

Tuesday (11/6)

Bones


A George Mason sighting automatically makes this a worthwhile episode. And playing completely against type, he is a jackass in a suit. Please bring him back throughout the season. The other highlights were Angela’s magical abilities kicking in allowing her to see the murder victim immediately after looking at a skull, Booth going on about his gift of a universal remote, and all the Gormagon jokes. Good episode.

7 out of 10

House


Well that was interesting. Definitely one of the lesser episodes this season mainly because when you remove House from the hospital you also remove all of the great scenes he can be having with the rest of the cast. We still got another great House/Wilson conversation with House letting the government know about Wilson smuggling heroin in from Afghanistan. House working with the CIA was fun but it concentrated more on him hitting on Michael Michele than him pissing off G-Men. The Foreman story was weak but had a great ending with House actually supporting him and the random minion without a personality was revealed to be crazy about polio before departing the show. Michelle showing up for a job at the end was weird and I wonder where that will lead. Meaning the cast is already bursting at the seams.

7 out of 10

The Unit


What the hell? After 2 plus seasons without killing any significant cast members, now they start killing folk? If it is followed up on it can improve the show by adding that level of danger to their missions but I highly doubt Jonas, Bob, or Mack will ever be on the chopping block. Goodbye secondary black guy, I never knew anything about you. I fast forwarded through all the stuff back at the base so I have no idea what the wives were doing.

6 out of 10

Reaper


What the hell? Is Andi MacGyver’s daughter? Of all the characters to build a hidden lounge inside all of the television boxes in storage, I would never have guessed Andi or guessed at all because it was just stupid. At least this week’s episode was funnier than last weeks with all the 70s jokes. Still, I don’t really have a lot to say about Reaper.

5 out of 10

Wednesday (11/7)

Bionic Woman

Ah well, I knew this was where the show was going but it still disappointed me. I miss Sarah Corvus and replacing her with Jaime whining about her new boyfriend is not an equal trade. The Paris plotline just grinded to a halt with all of her annoying actions but once again she whips out a version of a hurricarana and I can’t stay all that mad. Jonas signing out her sister after she was caught drunk driving was fun because Jonas rules. Please get back on track.

5 out of 10

Life


Nina Myers! I love you Nina, come back to 24. So it was great to see Nina pop up but an extended scene where people play Prince of Persia? Really? That was just odd. And once again the overarching investigation by Charlie is sidelined and it hurts the quality of the episode. The little that is revealed is interesting because it implicates his partner’s father. That could be fun down the line. Plus next week looks to be heavy into that story instead of the crime of the week.

5 out of 10

Thursday (11/8)

Smallville

God, I knew this was coming but evil Lana is just awful. The whole episode collapsed once she started wearing dark clothes and stalking Lex with her new powers. There was some fun stuff around the edges. Clark and Lex having a nice moment talking about who Lana has become. Plus there was more Lionel out-acting the entire cast. And Chloe gets to have a nice moment where she threatens Lana if her actions hurt Clark. The Lois subplot is just a waste of Erica Durance even if it does lead to her walking out of a hospital with her gown open in the back. Hey, but at least Brainiac will be returning soon.


4 out of 10

Well that was the first bad week. Only Dexter and Weeds deliver quality episodes while everyone else range from bad to okay. Man, Showtime has become a really good channel for original programming. Once this season of The Wire airs, HBO will lose its place as the best pay channel.

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