Renee's TV Review

Sexiest thing of the week

2008-07-07T11:53:00.000-07:00

I don't know how to add youtube videos because I'm lame. But go to youtube and look up "Gev Manoukian - Top 14 solo" and your life will be changed. If I ever figure out how to put it on here, I'll delete this and put up the clip. I think I did it once before but I don't remember how.

Best thing ever. Gev is such a hottie. So You Think You Can Dance is pretty much my only summer show (not including Psych) so I'll be reviewing after Wednesday night. I also got Scrubs seaosn 5 on DVD, so a favourite moments of that write up is coming asapularly.

Ugly Betty cont.

2008-07-01T23:52:00.000-07:00

Well, now it's official. I have to add Betty and Gio to my couples list. I wonder who I should bump (NOT David Cook and myself, because we are hardly fictional.)

I've been watching the videos all morning, and they're exactly the kind of couple I love to obsess over. The banter and the playfulness but the LOVE. So hot.

My favourite episode is the second to last one, where they go to the dance and he tells her he doesn't want to be the rebound guy, but I also like the one where he takes her for a carriage ride on her birthday. The one where he competes with Henry for phone numbers is funny too. Stupid fatty Henry.

My theory for season 3 is that Betty's moving out. I think it would be too cliche if she went to Rome, unfortunately, and people are against the Betty/Henry thing enough that the writer's must have clued in not to take it further.

So this is yet another show I'll be hooked on in the coming tv season. It's a good thing I don't have much of a social life! Haha...so sad.

Ugly Betty, Season 1

2008-06-30T13:10:00.000-07:00

I spent the last five days watching the entire season and I am officially up to date and am allowed to form opinions, such as "what a great show!" and "justin, be my wife!"

The premise is great, I guess because it was hijacked from somewhere down south (I want to say Mexico, but I won't). The characters are all pretty likable, with the exception of maybe Alexis. Marc is most definitely my favourite, and his friendship with Amanda is the best thing since....(insert funny fashion comparison here.) Betty's family is nice and warm and fuzzy (minus the traumatic events at the end) and Daniel is sort of likable when he's not boring me out of my skull. Christina and Wilhemina are Funny. Bradford's kind of a douche, but the mother is also funny. Great ensemble, great writing, and I freaking love this show!

My favourite episode was definitely the last one, which was brilliantly done, especially the montage at the end where Justin fake dies at the same time his dad actually dies.

I've watched a couple of season 2 episodes out of order, including the finale, and I must say I am totally a Gio girl. Henry's cute and everything (more so in the first season) but he's old news now, and he comes with way to much baggage (mainly a kid and being all the way across the country.)

My take on what's going to happen when she leaves home with a suitcase is that she's going to move out and live on her own. The "high dive". She wasn't wearing a wedding ring, and Rome with Gio is too predictable, even if it's what I want. We'll see, because this is most surely a show I'll be watching in the fall.

Oh great, like I really needed yet another show to remove me further from reality still.

*Betty and Gio may or may not bump off one of the bottom couples on my list, I haven't decided yet. I need to watch all their scenes on youtube and then decide, so stay tuned!

P.S. I LOVE CRISTIAN DE LA FUENTE

Camp Rock

2008-06-20T22:12:00.000-07:00

I was going to pretend I didn't watch it, I really was. But it just ended five minutes ago and I can't contain myself!

gah! It was so not good yet so good at the same time. The first enjoyable Disney channel movie ever (I'll go on the record saying I didn't much like High School Musical. Being forced to wacth it every day in the summer while babysitting eight year olds will do that to you.)

But Camp Rock was good. Lame, but it's audience will like that. I went into it expecting that, so I liked it. The characters were less annoying than in HSM, and the lead girl could actually sing. I really can't stand Vanessa whatserface, but Demi whatserface carries the name whatserface much better!

I like all the parts with Joe Jonas with no shirt and with Nick Jonas revealing his legs. I'll admit that much of the appeal for me were the super attractive main male leads. Call me shallow; it's probably true.

The songs were all decent. The ending was nice and conclusiony (although I really wish the characters would have made out. It would have given me so much more satisfaction.)

All in all, nothing fabulous, and tomorrow I'll probably go "what was I thinking?" but for now I'm riding the high.

America's Got Talent...except it apparently doesn't

2008-06-19T14:22:00.000-07:00

Don't worry, I'm not going to start reviewing this show. You know why? Because it SUCKS.

I hate it. Nobody in their right mind should like this show, and I'm not even going to say no offence if you do. So there. The judges are retards (Sharon Osbourne is okay) and the crowd is a COLLECTIVE ASSHOLE. Why they feel the need to boo all those poor people I don't know. You don't see the Britain's Got Talent audience doing that. Just goes to show that Canada is the best.

I just want to go on the record saying that I LOVED that 80 year old tap dancer, Mary Something (Blythe?). She was so adorable and she should have been put through to the next round, or at least not been buzzed by the male judges. Yay for Sharon Osbourne for being nice, she's the only one that is remotely tolerable. I mean, what the hell does DAVID HASSELHOF know about talent? The last role I remember him having was in the Spongebob Squarepants movie. I mean, come on!

The four year old girl was a cutie, but she was no Connie Talbot. The opera guy at the end was good and everything, but Paul Potts already did that shtick. No one else stood out for me at all. Except those rapper violinist guys were kind of cool. I'm going to call them for winning.

Maybe it's just me, but this show really really sucks. Even more so than "How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?" Haha. Reality tv needs to pick up the slack (AI and Jon and Kate Plus 8 aside). Remind me never to watch AGT ever again, okay?

Booth + Bones = BBest Couple (haha, I'm clever)

2008-06-18T11:27:00.000-07:00

I maybe should have saved my favourite couple until the end of my couple write-ups, but I couldn't wait. Because I really love Booth and Bones! Like, a lot. Too much probably. But I don't even care. I rarely do.

I love them because:

a) They are both super attractive....especially him:)
b) They're funny and feed well off each other
c) Their chemistry is maximum
d) They love each other a lot. You can tell.

Again, I know they're fictional. I'm actually NOT one of those people who are convinced that fictional characters are real, hard as it may be to believe.

Top 10 Booth and Brennan moments:

When they were outside the diner and he put his finger under her chin (hotter than it sounds!)
When she was wearing that black dress in Vegas and he was all "DROOL"
When he pulled her out of the ground after she was buried in the car
When she was singing and then he got shot
When he gave her a "guy hug" but duh, he's in love with her
When she was crying in a barn and he gave her a hug
When he was drunk and he put his head on her shoulder
When he gave her a pig called Jasper
When he was sad about his sniper days and they held hands (pretty much)
When she went to visit him when he was in the bathtub and...he had no shirt on

These might not be totally in order, but I didn't put nearly as much time into the list as I did with Sawyer and Kate. I'm probably more dedicated to Sawyer and Kate, and I've loved them for longer, but RIGHT NOW, and OVERALL, with all the DIRECTIONS and WHATNOT, B and B are topping my list. Stoked for next September!

Sawyer and Kate = FATE

2008-06-12T23:32:00.000-07:00

Except they probably aren't going to end up together, damn writers. Jack is such a fatty*

Sawyer and Kate should be together becaause they're both equally attractive....but the reason I really love them is because he loves her so much, which you can see on screen (but yes, I know they're fake and just good actors, but let me have my fun.) He loves her more than anything, and I like to tell myself she loves him the most too because again, Jack is a fatty.

I used to be okay with the idea that Jate wuld be the eventual couple, because I don't mind Jack and they're well suited, but then he turned into a fatty and now I can't stand them. My biggest hope is that she returns to the island and they are forever in love. Don't know what should happen with Aaron...Sawyer can become his temporary Daddy, or he can go back with Claire, maybe. Whatever, the kid's disposable. Haha.

I'm in the process of writing a FANFICTIOn (I'll admit I'm a loser, everybody laugh it up) where Kate jumped off the helicopter after Sawyer. http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4315318/1/New_Beginnings
It's really rather fabulous. The arc between episodes 1-6 of Season 3 was my favorutie Skate junction, but I still have hope for them. Especially since the other night I had this killer dream where they were on a sailboat with Reba McEntire and all these tribespeople, and the sky was different colours and they were in an airtight chamber. And Fatty was having all these weird visions of fountains. It was the universe speaking to me!

The song that makes me think the most of Skate is Slide by the Goo Goo Dolls. Especially the line that says "what you see is what you are, and what you are is beautiful."

Also Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls, when it's all "I don't want the world to see m,e, cause I don't think that they'd understand, when everything's meant to be broken, I just want you to know who I am". These are both songs that Sawyer would direct at Kate with his incredibly sexy voice, and if she would pick Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen. "Tramps like us, baby we were born to run." As you can see, I've thought a lot about this. Did I mention I'm a loser?

My Top 10 Skate Moments

Sex in a cage!! ( and the "I love you" that follows) (3x06)

Making out while tied to a tree (1x08)

Her getting him to swallow the pill when he was sick (2x08)
Pickett beating him up so she'll say she loves him (3x04)

I Never (1x16)

When she comes back from rescuing Jack and they hug (3x16)

Him comforting her after Ana Lucia and Libby die (2x21)

Swimming in the waterfall (1x12)

Looking for each other before the raft leaves (1x23)

When she's pushed into his arms after being released from the Others (2x11)

The saddest thing was that I didn't even need to look up the episode numbers; I just knew. I really need a life. I really should have studied for my exams instead of rewatching Lost but WHATEVER.

Couple ranking on my top 10 list: #2

*what I call people I dislike; does not neccessarily mean they're overweight

Blog Plans for the Summer

2008-06-10T13:12:00.001-07:00

OBVIOUSLY I couldn't just stop writing when the TV season ended! I couldn't diappoint my >1 readers!

So my plan for the summer is to write something every day. Initially, I will writing summaries/opinions about specific characters, relationships, plotlines and episodes of different shows. Up first: A very long and detailed essay about why Sawyer and Kate are meant to be together.

I'll also write a review in mid-July after I go and see the American Idols tour.

I may also rent the first season of a show I don't watch and review it as the summer goeas along. I'm torn about what to rent, though, so if you have any ideas lemme know in the shiny POLL section that I made myself, yes I did.

If you're lucky, cyberworld, I might even publish a few of my original, never before seen scripts to pre-existing tv shows (I really hate to call it fanfiction, it's so much cooler than that.) And only about a third of them involve Sawyer and Kate making out!

Lost: Season 4 Finale

2008-06-09T19:21:00.000-07:00

Wow. Talk about depressing. I think there was one happy part in the whole two hour extravaganza. And by that point I was already so suicidal I didn't even care.

The main point of the finale was to get us caught up to the place where we left off last season, with the oceanic 6 being off island. It started off with a continuation of the final scene of last season's finale, which I thought was kind of cool. Kate backs her car up and slaps Jack and that part's kind of hot.

It's taken me ahile to review because of exams (meh) so I don't remember all the details, but I'll give the best possible compendium considering I'm going on no sleep and have guitar hero permanently fused to my corneas.

So Sawyer and Jack go and get Hurley from Ben and Crazy. Locke tries to tell Jack stuff about how he shouldn't leave but when he does he needs to lie about the location of the island. Jack's like "PSSH you ain't in my head!" and he heads back to the chopper with his homies.

Ben and Locke go into this underground Dharma Station where an instructional video tells Locke basically nothing about time travel and how it's not so good to mix it with metal. Then Ben puts all this metal stuff in this chamber. Keamy, who totally pwned Sayid in a fight, comes down and taunts Ben about Alex so Ben stabs him multiple times in the throat. It would have been a very satisfying scene except that Keamy's heart beat was regulating a bomb on the freighter and when he dies it goes. Uh-oh...

So Sawyer and Kate and Jack and all them get on the chopper and go to the helicopter. There's a fuel leak and weight needs to go. Lardass totally should have thrown himself out, but he probably couldn't fit out the door and he might've exploded when he hit the water. I'm very bitter about him because then SAWYER JUMPED OUT AND IT SUCKED. He made out with Kate and said "I have a daughter in Alabama, find her and tell her I'm sorry. Just do it Freckles." At least now we know what she was doing for him, and it made the Fatty (Jack, that is) jealous which was nice, but COME ON. If that was the last time they'll see each other I'll be crushed.

So yes, the chopper gets to the boat, Desmond and Sun get on and they start to go back for Jin, but Jack says there's no time and they leave. Then the boat blows up and it's really sad because I loved Jin. Yunjin Kim really needs an Emmy nod for her performance in her last few episodes.

The chopper starts to go back to the island but then Ben moves it by turning a big wheel undreneath the chamber that's not supposed to have metal in it but he filled with metal because he's a REBEL. So yeah, the island disappears and they're all like "WTF?" Then the helicopter crashes but Mr. Resourceful Jarrah throws out a lifeboat so they're all JUST FINE. Desmond's not breathing and this was the point when I just went "ARE YOU SERIOUSLY DOING THIS WRITERS?" But he was okay so I semi-forgave them. A boat comes and picks them up. It's Penny's boat! Her and Wild-Eyes are reunited and it really was the best scene for me. So cute. Then jack says they all need to lie about everything they've been through and kills the moment. Fatty.

Now Locke is the new leader of the Others.

Sawyer swims up onto the beach and Juliet's getting drunk because the boat blew up. It would be a cool character thing if he thought that Kate was dead and had to go through that grieving process, but if he's just going to get over it in a day then don't bother. AND I'LL JUST GO ON RECORD SAYING THAT IF SAWYER AND JULIET GET TOGETHER I'LL NEVER WATCH THIS SHOW AGAIN.

And Locke was in the coffin. Whatever. Ben can never go back to the island but he says he can get the others back if they ALL go including Locke DADADUH...

So that's about it, I think. I may be missing something, but I'm too tired to care, so I'll just come back later if I remember something.

A decent episode, I suppose, but the Sawyer and Kate shiz was disappointing, and that's my main attachment to this show, so it was only okay for me. Oh God, I'm quoting Randy Jackson. WHAT NEXT??

Grey's Anatomy: Season 4 Finale

2008-05-23T17:26:00.000-07:00

Plotline 1: Derek and Meredith. Yawn. Been there, done that (that's what Meredith said!) It's the last chance for their clinical trial to work. They treat two teenage patients in love. The immensely attractive boy dies and the girl survives. The trial is now successful because OF COURSE Meredith could never fail. Rose is...well, she doesn't do much, just titters around going "Why doesn't Derek love me?" Through therapy, Meredith decides she's mad at the Chief for her mother's not-really-attemtped suicide, so she craps on him, but off course doesn't get in trouble because did I mention MEREDITH NEVER GETS IN TROUBLE? Then she makes Derek a house of candles and they get back together, hopefully for the last time.

Plotline 2: Cristina gets sparkle pager, therefore gets her groove back and sticks it to Hahn. Yeah-yeah.

Plotline 3: Hahn's cool with this, though, because she's got some hot lesbian love going on. The patient that parallels the situation and initiates this new romance, as one always does, is a guy stuck in cement. Unfortuantely, his bladder doesn't explode, which would have been cool. And why do these trauma patients never have parents around? In the end he gets the girl...and so does Callie. Mark watches creepily on and all is well.

Plotline 4: Bailey apparently likes Star Wars.

Plotline 5: George and Lexie find out that george only failed his test by one point, and after lots of tantrums and self discovery, George confronts the Chief and now he apparently gets to take the test again. It would be funny if he failed, but of course he won't. Then at the end he kisses her in excitement and she's all "Oh my!" but he doesn't notice because he's gay (or maybe that's just in real life). Wow, so I didn't see THIS relationship coming! Two single people LIVING TOGETHER and ALWAYS HANGING AROUND EACH OTHER getting together? Absurd!

Plotline 6: The Chief gets back together with his wife. Big whoop. Whatever. Get those senior citizens off the screen, nobody wants to see that!

Plotline 7: My favourite plotline, which really made the episode for me, because I love these two characters together,was the Alex/Izzie/Ava storyline. Sad but very well crafted. Alex has to take care of Ava, because she's looony, and Izzie can see that but doesn't have the balls to do anything about it until the very end, when she gets Ava a psych consult. So she's leaving the show, I'm to presume. Apparently the same thing happened with Alex's mom, and their scene ends with him crying in Izzie's arms begging for sex. She seems ready to comply, even though only hours before he called her a stupid bitch.

Final verdict: Much better than last season's finale. Still not as good as season two, but I will definately be tuning in next season. For once this show had an uplifting finale.

American Idol: Season 7 Finale

2008-05-23T17:14:00.000-07:00

It took me a long time to post this because I couldn't remember my password OR the email address I used for this account. That's how smart I am.

SO. David Cook. Hurrah! Excitement is I. Well, excitement was I two days ago, when it actually happened. A little of the magic has worn away since then.

As always, the final results show was LAAME. It's just one huge promotion. They brought back all the top twelve contestants, and had a lot of boring performers.

Highlights:
- David Cook's guitar hero commercial. Sexiest. Thing. Ever.
- The Love Guru or whatever the hell he's called putting shaving cream on DC and Archuleta catching it in his hand. (Mildly) funny stuff
- Amanda's insanely awkward dance moves. She sooo did not want to be there. STOMP STOMP
- The return of Michael Johns. What happenned with him? He was so good.
- David Cook and ZZ TOP!
- David Cook winning

Not so highlights:
- The most annoying human beings ever, broadcasting from the contestants hometowns and harassing their relatives. I wanted to punch that girl in the face. And seriously, are there ONLY blondes in Murray, Utah? Or did that perv just make them all surround him?
- The return of David Hernandez, who is immensely creepy when he performs.
- George Michaels. Was that supposed to be some sort of exciting finale? Good way to ensure the show never wins back any of it's 18-24 year old viewers.

The conclusion, however, was immensely satisfying, and the last ten minutes were totally worth the excruciating wait. And I just want to go on record here and say I do not hate David Archuleta. He's actually very cute and charming, and now that he's no longer a threat to David Cook, I can appreciate his talent a lot more. So all those things I said earlier - I only half meant them.

DAVID = VICTORY

P.S. You know you're obsessed when five of your friends call you after the show to congratulate you on David's victory.

American Idol: Top 2, Season 7

2008-05-20T20:23:00.000-07:00

(PSSST. Ryan. Eyeliner on guys isn't cool)

So the showdown has arrived. David vs. David. I would compare it to a boxing match but the producers killed that one within five minutes.

Let me ask just one question. WHAT THE HELL DOES EVERYONE SEE IN DAVID ARCHULETA? Sure he's a good singer, and he's cute and charming in a slightly annoying way, but he is noooowhere near as good or sexy or versatile or sexy or funny as David Cook. Or as sexy. Yet he seems to be a shoein to win! Every freaking round it's like "Ohhh, David, you're soooo good, have my babies."

I thought Simon was on our side! I thought he at least had some sense, but apparently he too has hitched a ride on the David train and has been brainwashed just like everyone else.

First they sang a song chosen by Clive Davis, music producer extraordinaire. David Fine drawled out a beautiful rendition of "Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by U2, and then David Stupid came along and choked out "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" of SirEltonJohn. It was fine. It was, it was fine. There was nothing I could find wrong with it, but that only makes me hate him more (for the record, I don't actually hate him, I'm just so g-darn T.O'd right now)

Next they sang songs that I presume were written by randos, though they never actually specified. I'll admit, David Archuleta's may have screamed "Idol" more than Sexy's, but Cook's was much catchier, although neither of them were all that great.

For the third song, David Cook was smart (or so I thought) and went for a song the audience had neevr heard before, "The World I Know" by Collective Soul. He nailed it, naturally, and gave them something fresh, but APPARENTLY David Sniflly singing Imagine for the eleven billionth time was muuuch more impressive. GAJAFHJHGSDSLCJUSCVHJ. WHATEVER.

So I guess we'll see what happens. Either way, David Hottie is going to be a star, and that's really all I care about. David Archuleta can win if he must. We all know who the more talented one is (hint: David Cook)

Bones: The Pain in the Heart, Season 3 Finale

2008-05-20T15:47:00.001-07:00

Ohwow, Zach was Gormagon's apprentice. Big shocker there (although apparently Im the only one who wasn't surprised. Everyone else I've taked to about it is all "Ohmygod, I had no idea!")

How did people not see this coming? He's so suspicous and sketchy and ANNOYING. Plus, I read that he wasn't comeing back next season and a script that said he was in jail (I'm a bit of a cheater).

I didn't really like the whole faking Booth death thing. I hate how Bones spent two weeks thinking he was dead and we didnt get to see it. And I know she can "compartmentalize" well or whatever, but come on. She should have been more upset.

So obviously I knew he wasn't dead (damn spoilers!) Some highlights for me were her punching him in the face and the bathtub beer scene, and of course the stairs snuggle at the end. However, although than those few rare moments, I found the episode kind of dark and out of character. Not exactly a letdown but - weird. Maybe it'll grow on me.

The thing with Zach was kind of sad. He was so innocent, and much as I disliked him, the last few scenes did tug on my heartstrings a little. He was the most obvious person to do it, but I loved Hodgins protecting him (at least I assume that's what he was doing when he drugged him. He must've figured it out by then, because Zach was staying with him and the lead came from his neighbourhood.)

Stupid Cam for thinking it was my boy Sweets (although her reaction at the end when Booth and Bones came and she figured out it was Zach was really well done.)

In the end, I think Sweets will be a much better additon to the cast than Zach, but I was (slightly) sad to see him go. It almost would have been better if he'd just died.

IMPORTANT NOTICE!

2008-05-19T18:55:00.001-07:00

Attention! Because of anunfortunate event (aka me being forced to volunteer at the school dance) I missed Lost, Grey's Anatomy and the Office on Thursday. LE GASP!

I have tivoed them, and I shalt review as soon as I've had an opportunity to watch them, but so far I've only had time to read the recaps because I went away to the land of no computers and I had to make my election posters.

But soon, my dears!

American Idol: Top 3 Results

2008-05-14T21:05:00.000-07:00

"AHHHHHH!! I LOVE YOU DAVID!!! SHRIEK!!! OH MY GOD, SOB, DAAAAAVID!!!!"

Ugh. I never want to hear the fan of screaming fans ever again (unless they're mine.)

So Syeesha is out. Big shocker there. David vs. David finale. Should be interesting. I'm feeling choppy tonight.

Nice montages. Syeesha's reception looked pretty lame next to the Davids. David A says "gosh" too much, the little loser. That one girl crying her face off when David C. signed her sign was so funnnny, oh my gosh! The music video was LAME they were better last year, and in the beginning of this season. GOSH.

Next week should be very interesting. If David Cook doesn't win I swear to Gosh I will shut that show down!

American Idol: Top 3

2008-05-14T16:07:00.000-07:00

Hmmm. Not the best night.

David Archuleta basically sucked the joint up. (He's actually not that bad, I'm just against him for taking away any popularity that should rightly belong to my boyfriend David Cook.) Archie's first song was a Billy Joel one. "And So it Goes", I think. I haven't done my research for this one. It was dull. Nice one, Paula. Then he sang "With You" by Chris Brown. I commend him choosing a song that was not a sappy love ballod, but it was pretty horrific to watch, especially at the beginning, with all the "boos". David. You're white. He closed it off with the most boring song ever that I'd never heard and can't even remember the name of. I'm really tired of this kid.

Syesha sang "If I Ain't Got You" by Alicia Keys, and did a decent job. It was her kind of song. The second one, "Fever" was slightly awkward to watch. Not that she can't pull off the sexy thing, but she just sort of overdid it, and the song was pretty lame. Finally she did "Hit Me Up" (from Happy Feet, apparently), which was actually pretty good. I liked it more the second time round.

Then we had David Cook. Sigh. Beautiful man. His first song, "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" was amazing. He did such a good job, which Simon somehow knew he would, therefore picking the most unlikely song ever for him to sing and then watching him excel. It really was a beautiful performance, and I'm NOT just saying this because I'm biased (although I am very biased.) Then he sang "I Dare You to Move" by Switchfoot. Pretty good, pretty standard. he closed the night with "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith. Not the best song, but he did a great job, although I think he needs to get a better ending, as he always does the same thing, which is yell out a note, and make it higher at the end. Still, he was the best by farrrr.

If he doesn't win, then there is something seriously wrong with the world. Or at least, America (take that, Yankees!)

Beauty and the Geek: Season 5 Finale

2008-05-14T15:55:00.000-07:00

Aww. Poor Matt and Leticia. Oh well, Tommy deserved to win I guess, because he was freakishly good at everything. He was a pseudo geek. His partner was stupid, though. "Who's Dane Cook?" WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU, LADY?

I always love the challenges, it's one of the things that sucks me into this show that does absolutely nothing to imporve my intellect and that I have no excuse for watching other than that I love it. The first one, a who knows who best quiz, was entertaining, but Matt and Leticia are still, in my eyes, the strongest team. They deserved it really, but Tommy the powerhouse was unstoppable, I guess.

Then the two remaining teams (Tommy and Amanda, Chris and Cara) had to be limoed around (poor things) and try and find where all the past beauties and geeks from that season were hidden. Thank God they didn't show Joe talking, I would have thrown something at the tv. Open your eyes already, man.

Hooray for the return of Greggy! Love him. He's so funny. He's so cute. He's so funny. Did I mention he's so funny?

So yes, they had to "drive" around and find people at these lame locations and the only highlight was Matt not wanting to go when they found him because he was reading. Did I mention he's adorable? Another thing I can give this show credit for is that they can really drag out the suspense of it all, but in the end it was revealed that Tommy and Amanda had one more person, therefore making them the winners. They get $250,000 (split between them I presume) and the nameless host tells them they "are no longer a beauty and a geek" like it's some sort of big payout. That would offend me if I were her.

Tommy is victorious. Amanda is stupid. Greggy is so funny. Matt is adorable.

So that's another show over. I don't know what I'm going to do once my tv is over. I'll actually have to...do my homework. Oh Lord.

Bones: The Wannabe in the Weeds, Season 3

2008-05-14T15:47:00.000-07:00

GAHHHH. LASKKFJHLKSCJJKBVUHEDFKCJHVJH.

OH WOW. THIS WAS THE BEST EPISODE EVER! SO GOOD, IN FACT, THAT I WILL WRITE THIS ENTIRE ENTRY IN CAPS LOCK. DEAL WITH IT.

BOOTH. GOT. SHOT. OMG!! (THAT'S RIGHT, I SAID IT. IF ANYONE CAN MAKE ME ACT LIKE THE TEENAGE GIRL I HATE TO ADMIT THAT I AM, ITS DAVID BOREANAZ. HOTTIE). OR SHOULD I SAY..."SHOTTIE". MWAHAHA.

TO RECAP BRIEFLY, TOMMY SOUR (ACE YOUNG, AI) WAS AN UP AND COMING SINGER. HE WAS MURDERED AND HIS EYE POPPED OUT AND IT WAS GROSS. HE ALSO HAD ECOLI, APPARENTLY. THERE WAS A FAKE AGENT BUST, AND IT TURNED OUT THAT IT WAS HIS PSYCHO NEIGHBOUR THAT KILLED HIM. TOMMY ALSO HAD A STALKER, BUT THEN SHE TRANSFERRED HER CREEPINESS TO BOOTH. ZACH SINGS, AND HE'S GOOD EVEN THOUGH I HATE HIM. SWEETS IS A CUTIE. BRENNAN SINGS AND SHE IS REALLY GOOD BUT THEN WHILE BOOTH IS DANCING VERY ATTRACTIVELY HIS STALKER COMES IN AND TRIES TO SHOOT BRENNAN. BOOTH GETS IN HER WAY AND SHE SHOOTS HIM AND THEN BONES SHOOTS HER AND THEN BOOTH IS UNCONCIOUS AND GAH THATS HOW IT ENDS.

This caps lock thing is actually really annoying now. So obviously Booth isn't going to die, because the writers would have to be literally insane to kill off such a great character. It actually wasn't the most fabulous episode ever (last week was better), it just had a really amazing ending.

Very excited for next week. Best case scenario, Bones is sitting by his bedside and confesses her love, and then OH LOOK he's awake and they make out and have lots of babies. (Maybe it's a good thing I don't write this show.)

Lost: Cabin Fever, Season 4

2008-05-10T17:06:00.000-07:00

BORING. But I knew it would be, so I wasn't too upset.

When you think of it, the episode really shouldn't have been boring. There was a fair bit of intensity, lots of shooting and a few big reveals. I guess because only one of my six favourite characters was in it, and even he had only two lines or something.

I can't jump around, or I get detatched. I hate when they show us a freighter episode, and leave me all pumped up, and then they don't go back to it for ages, so I lose interest. I guess the writers aren't taking people with a short attention span into consideration.

Last week was a pretty kickass episode, because as much as I hate to admit it, my love for the show is at least 50 percent fuelled by the Jack/Kate/Sawyer love plotlines, and any episode involving anything to do with it is a good one to me. I also love the really awesome ass kicking episodes, like the ones with the freighties (loving miles and Faraday, and now Frank is starting to grow on me too). and I LOVED the Constant, the one where Desmond keeps going back in time. Best episode of the season, hands down.

I'm just not that involved with Locke anymore, and Ben didn'd have as prominent a role as I would have liked. The flashbacks were boring, and they basically accomplished nothing until the very end. Christian in the cabin wasn't even a shocker, although Claire was. That was the only thing that was able to startle me this episode. I totally called the Doctor and Captain death's ten minutes before they happened. I was starting to like the captain.

The finale has potential to be great, or to bore my face off. We'll see.

Episode highlight: "Destiny is a fickle bitch."

Grey's Anatomy: The Becoming, Season 4

2008-05-10T15:44:00.000-07:00

Finally, a solid show tonight. Much better than we've seen in weeks for Grey's.

My favourite plotline was probably the Mark one. He's possibly my favourite character, since all my old favourites have been destroyed. He's funny, and the nurses thing was just kind of light and had a happy ending. "Tonight the most [some compliments I can't remember] in the hospital came to my defence, and all she could think of was 'He's a whore'." Loved that.

The whole George/chief intern thing was pretty good too, I like having the light plotlines. A couple funny parts with him handing out the "who did you do" forms to Izzie and Rose, and then Alex forgetting he slept with Lexie.

The Alex/Ava/Izzie thing is kind of intriguing. I think it could result in something cool in the finale (I still hold out hope for Alex and Izzie.) He's being a real ass to Izzie, but once he finds out that it's because she knows Ava's not pregnant and can't tell him he should feel adequately guilty.

The Meredith therapist thing is something I could do without. It's just another excuse for us to listen to meredtih whine about how crap her life is, when most of the other characters have actually gone through way more than she has. I feel absolutely no sympathy towards Meredith grey, and she is possibly my least favourite character. That's probably why this show has never topped my list, even back in it's prime at the end of season 2. Because I can't stand the main character.

The gay soldiers thing was sad, but nicely done, although it was only put in there as some sort of metaphor for the MerDer relationship, as they always are. Who friggin gives a crap anymore? Their clinical trial will obviously be a success and then everyone will be like "Oh my God, Meredith, you are the greatest ever" but she won't care because the writers want to keep her modest when they give her everything.

Liked Bailey standing up for herself, and I really liked the Cristina freaking out about Burke thing. I love it whenever we get to see a more human side to her, and the whole "Like a Virgin" scene in the morgue was Funny.

As for the Callie/Hahn thing, it's shaping up to be interesting, so hopefully they don't blow out, because that kind of way out there plotline could be a success, but it could also very easily be destroyed.

I think that's all the plotlines. All my brain had time to register, anyways. I'm looking forward to the finale (it's not like the last one left us with any high expectations.)

Oh yeah and the Chief got back together with his wife. Big whoop.

The Office: Season 4, "Job Fair"

2008-05-08T20:39:00.000-07:00

Tonight was not a very strong tv night for me, comedies wise. The Office kind of fell flat. There were a few funny moments, most of them Dwight initiated, as per usual for the last few episodes.

Michael Scott, for me, has two sides: annoying yet funny and almost likeable, and just plain annoying. The last couple of weeks he's just been getting under my skin and not doing anything worthy of my precious laughter.

The job fair was difficult to watch. Michael insulted everybody around him and then in no way redeemed himself by going up on stage and saying basically nothing. He was pretty much just a caricature in this episode. Poor Justin. The golf game was relatively mundane (minus Andy flipping over the golf cart) although it had a nice payout in the end. Jim and Pam can always get me squealing a little bit. But just a little bit, I still have some dignity left. The beginning of the Office scene showed potential, but then the awkward minute long scenes of silence and Dwight sneexing got us nowhere.

Overall, a fairly standard, somewhat disappointing episode, although better than last week. I hate to give the Office the kiss of death by saying they too may have passed their prime. Hopefully they're just in a bit of a rough spot. I just want to see a few basic, staying in the office episodes. They don't need to take the characters into the outside world everytime, just keep it simple. That's why the show got so popular in the first place.

And I hate to say it, but Jim and Pam really have lost their magic since they got together, just like everyone said they would. Them making out for five minutes wasn't nearly as exciting as them exchanging shy glances two years ago.

Scrubs: Season 7 Finale

2008-05-08T20:33:00.000-07:00

Hmmm. Not the most exciting of finales. I'm glad that I'm not that into Scrubs anymore or I would have been seriously disappointed. It was less funny than usual. What happened to this show, anyways? I'm just so...over it. Especially the whole JD/Elliot debacle. Who friggin gives a crap anymore?

There weren't even any funny Janitor moments, which are usually the highlight for me. There was a funny part with Ted talking about a courtroom, but only minorly. Nothing roll on the floor funny like some of the earlier season. Sigh. See American Idol, this is what happens when you keep going past your prime. Take a page out of FRIENDS's book. Or benjamin Lionus's.

The fairy tale thing was just kind of stupid, although I do like Cox and his kid, yet it always creeps me out slightly when parents kiss their kids right on the lips.

Scrubs has been picked up for another season by ABC, has it not? Hopefully they can scrape together a decent last season. They really do deserve it after everything they've been through.

American Idol: Top Four Results, Season 7

2008-05-08T16:26:00.001-07:00

Farewell, Jason. It's been a good...eh...interesting ride. I liked your originality and your semi-in tune singing, but it was time for you to go. Everyone knew, even you.

Other highlights of the results show:

-Randy bashing for making little girls cry. Come on now!
- David Cook in a tight matador suit. Oh Yes.
- Maroon 5. Adam Levine = HOTTIE.
-some chick randomly asking David C. out over the phone on "live" tv. Awkwarrrd.

I like the idea of people phoning in, but I wish that Ryan Seacrest would pick less questions for the judges and more for David Cook...I mean... the contestants. I, for one, cringe everytime I'm forced to witness Paula and Simon akwardly fake flirting in a pathetic attempt to raise ratings.

Bravo, my friend. Bravo. Teensy bit stoned? Or just elated to be voted off, finally?

Beauty and the Geek: Top 4, Season 5

2008-05-07T21:03:00.000-07:00

So I'm slightly ashamed that I watch this show, and even worse, enjoy it, but I've given up pretending that I heard the recap on the radio. I am the ripe old age of sixteen and I'll watch what I want to, damnit!

Four teams left. Oh the suspense. There's Joe and Tara, Matt and Leticia, Tommy and Amanda and Chris and Cara. As always, I have a favourite beauty, a favourite geek and a favourite team, none of them overlapping. I am loving Tommy this season, but his partner Amanda is kind of blah. Cara is the best of the girls, but her weirdly proportioned partner Chris just gives me the heeby-jeebies. My team to win is Matt and Leticia, because they work well together and are equally tolerable.

Joe and Tara really needed to go. I could not stand either of them. Joe with his closing his eyes every time he talked and thinking he's some kind of weird cowboy militia man, and Tara with her hardcore stupidity and always hitting my boy. They deserve each other, and they needed to go.

First challenge was the Geeks giving geeky girls geeky makeovers. Always good for some entertainment. Joe dolled his up in a horrific pink shoulder padded pea coat and burgundy shirt, and then made her excessively uncomfrtable by hitting on her and going on about her curves. Hmm. Chris did the best job, Tommy was second best. Matt is adorable.

Then the beauties had to work on a bathroom full of plumbing problems. These challengesa re never as interesting. Leticia was so obviously the best candiate that the producers couldn;t even work any suspense into the results. They didn't even bother waiting until after the ads to declare a winner. Leticia won by a long shot. Matt is adorable.

The other two teams, Tommy and Amanda and Joe and Tara head into the elimation room. After a gruelling (I have my sarcastic voice on) round of plumbing and fashion questions, Joe and Tara are eliminated. Thank God. Matt = adorable.

Although they could be very nice people. It's obvious how heavily this show is edited, and if it wasn't so addicted I would call it out on it's stupidity.

American Idol: Top Four, Season 7

2008-05-07T20:35:00.001-07:00

Those fangirls are really starting to get annoying. Why are they even alive? Why must we listen to the incessant shrieking night after night, with the unimaginative catcalls and the cutting off of contestants. If one more person yells out "I LOVE YOU DAVID!" while he's are being interviewed I'm going to punch someone in the face. The one who did it, preferably, but I'll settle for any overexcited teenybopper really.

This week was pretty lame. You'd think Rock and Roll hall of fame would be the most memorable night ever, but it really wasn't. No one performance stands out in my mind after tonight. Well, not for greatness anyways. There are ones that will certainly be remembered tomorrow, but I'll get to them in a minute.

I think the show is losing it's steam. It's not at risk of being cancelled, what with it's 30 million viewers, but I think that it has reached it's peak and will all go downhill from here. I'm sure they'll drag it out for as long as they can, however.

So onto the performances. First up was David Cook (swoon). He gave a pretty standard first performance of Hungry Like the Wolf by Duran Duran. Nothing technically wrong with it, but there was certainly nothing exciting about it either. It also doesn't help that I hate Duran Duran with a fiery burning passion (they're right up there with fangirls.) His voice felt a little forced in some of the notes, and he didn't really change anything up, which has come to be expected of him. And did I mention I hate Duran Duran?

Second song was much more impressive and up to his usual standards. He crooned then rocked out Baba O'Riley by the Who, one of my all time favourite songs. I tend to have my opinion of performances affected by how much I like the song (with the exception of Hello by Lionel Richie.) He gave a stellar performance, or at least an 8.5 on the David scale. I just wish he'd hand more time to really do that song justice.

Next up was Syesha Mercado. This girl just grows on me more and more every week. She's gone from having no personality to being the most animated, fun contestant to watch (that isn't being laughed at.) Her first song, Proud Mary, was basically just a Tina Turner impression. Nothing spectacular, but you have to admit no one has ever dared do that on American Idol before. I like that she's mixing it up.

Her second song, A Change Gonna Come by Sam Cooke was well sung, although a little louder than neccessary in parts. She's yet to perform a flawless song, but this one came pretty close to her best yet. Don't know what Randy was on tonight, maybe he found Jason's stash of weed. Her breaking down and crying was moving for a minute until she randomly stopped crying to go on about the meaning behind the song. Then it was just kind of fake. Still, loving her this week.

Thirdly we had Jason Castro. Oh boy. You'd think someone always being compared to Bob Marley would be able to deliver something good on a Bob Marley, but no. No no no no no. It was one of the worst performances this season. I didn't even finish watching it. I think jacson is just begging to be voted off.

His second song, Mr. Tambourine Man by Bob Dylan was a little better, little being the key word. After a lyrics flub near the start, he went on to deliver an at least watchable performance. (Him forgetting the lyrics was absolutely hilarious, I don't know how many times I've rewatched it. Just his lame little "da da doo da da doo" and his nonchalentness about the whole thing.) Charming as I find him, this kid's got to go. And this week he was actually borderline annoying with all his stupid pre song comments.

Finally we had David Overrated Archuleta. Not that I don't like the kid. I just don't like how much everyone else likes him. He's talented and everything, but people are acting like the sun shines out of his..ears. He's very predicatable and unoriginal, although this was a relatively solid week for him. His first song, Stand By Me by Ben E. King, was sung pretty stongly (loving the falsetto note at the end.) But of course, that happens to be one of my favourite songs, once again swaying my opinion (I'm much more objective during weeks full of songs I've never heard, like Andrew Lloyd Webber's week.) His second song, Love Me Tender by Elvis Presley, was fine and everything but really just bored me out of my skull. Mix it up a little, little guy. I'm getting tired of you. Now if only other people would too.

So that's it for this week. It's gotta be Jason, there's no other possible candidate (I make a point to plug my ears every time people bring up that this time two years ago Daughtry got the boot. David will be victorious!)

Hopefully next week will be top 100 or something. I want to hear them singing a song by someone under seventy.