TV from 11/18 - 11/24

Sunday (11/18)

Dexter

I keep trying to figure out how Dexter is going to stay one step ahead of the Bay Harbor Butcher investigation, but this episode seemed to guarantee that he would at least become a legitimate suspect. I can see him turning it on Doakes since he wasn’t apart of the force and anything he removes from Dexter house can’t be proved. Still, the end of this episode wasn’t cheery for Mr. Morgan. I am trying to conveniently forget about Deb and Lundy because it is impossible to think about without having my skin crawl. The Lila disaster didn’t take long and this is only a problem for Dexter because he can’t kill her because it can be easily traced back to him. This wasn’t my favorite episode because the first half of the episode was downright boring but I am completely intrigued with where they are going next week and beyond. I just don’t understand how they can possibly catch Dexter and still have a show but I’ll wait and see.

7 out of 10

Monday (11/19)

Chuck

I officially don’t care anymore.

Heroes

And that is why I follow this show even when it bores me to tears. This was the second best episode in the shows history; I don’t know if any episode will ever beat Company Man with the explanation of Bennet’s back-story and the ridiculously badass scene where Claire walks out of the burning house with no skin. And shockingly, Bennet is the main player in this great hour. I cannot tell you how much I wish Heroes was just about him and him alone. From turning West into his running buddy in about 5 minutes, to beating the hell out of Mohinder because he deserves it, to his scene with a trapped Elle, to the prisoner exchange where he shoots Elle and was about to shoot Bob before Mohinder finally makes a decision and it is the wrong one, to Claire finally realizing that her dad rules, to me contemplating never watching the show again for 10 minutes before he pops up in the final scene, Bennet elevates this show. Of course there were 2 other arcs going on but thankfully 1 of them was really good and the other was short enough not to hinder the whole episode. Hiro trying to stop Sulu’s death was nice because it was another step in Hiro’s journey plus he finds out that Adam killed his father. Parkman becoming an asshole that bends people’s will to his own was boring as usual but it is fun that he practices his mind control on Molly who he supposedly loves. His scene with Mama Petrelli was good because her character is a helluvalot more fun than his. If only all Heroes episodes were this good. Plus Elle needs to be a main character because Kristen Bell is unbelievable in every one of her scenes.

10 out of 10

Weeds

That was a disappointing finale. It wasn’t a bad episode by any means but the show was building and building for the last month and this was a letdown. There is a very obvious method to every Weeds season, it starts with Nancy’s life in turmoil, she gets her shit together, only to have the season end with her back into another pile of shit. The 3rd season ends with her losing all her product, burning down her house, packing the family up, and Celia giving her up to the DEA. Celia sucks and I'm glad that we got back to that because not hating her over the last episode and a half was making me nauseous. There was a cool conversation between Nancy and Guillermo that was the highlight of the episode but that is all that is worth mentioning. I’m sure the 4th season will come back strong, see ya next summer.

6 out of 10

Tuesday (11/20)

Bones

It was nice for them to actually move on the cannibal storyline that they began the season with. And because of that connection, this episode felt more important than most. There were a bunch of revelations about the cannibal or cannibals as the story went on. Plus having Sweets running around the lab was a nice change. More nonsense with Bones and her family is always fun and this had a nice conclusion with Booth helping them out. Weird ending since it felt like a cliffhanger but I doubt that next week will be a true continuation of the cannibal plot. There will be another skeleton of the week.

7 out of 10

House

This was another great episode that completely ignores Chase and Cameron. On top of that, Wilson gets about 2 scenes and Foreman just hangs around in the background and worse of all Cuddy is a major part of the story but she barely gets any screen-time. This is going to get old but at the same time they are eliminating all the new faces so hopefully everyone can get back onscreen soon enough. Since there are only 5 hopefuls left, all of them get their time to shine. Kumar repeatedly defies House but is proven right and keeps his job, the dog killer may have a terminal disease but she drugs House and gets to keep her job, and the Mormon works a backroom deal with Cuddy and gets fired for it. House asking for Cuddy’s panties in order to gain immunity was good enough but it was made even better by Foreman telling them that that is how he got hired and House’s way of finding out if the Mormon actually got the real deal. And the answer to everything was lupus, which has been 4 years coming. It was nice to see House makes a big deal about it.

8 out of 10

The Unit

Williams is dead lets move on and not even bring it up. And with that, I can slip back to barely paying attention to the hour. There was some decent gang stuff with Grey but the highlight of the main story was Bob and Jonas working the investigator already on the case. The scene where Bob acts like Jonas’ superior was cool. The other side of the episode was Tiffy getting beat up and Mack seeking revenge with the Colonel at his side. Yawn but at least it seems like it will be bring that triangle to a conclusion. Oh well, I can’t love every show I watch.

6 out of 10

Now that is a manageable week. Heroes is a clear number 1 with their best episode of the season. House takes second again because I love the new season even if I am the only one. Television armageddon is quickly approaching so soon there will be no reviews a week.