Desperate Housewives -8×17- Women and Death

Overall, a pretty good but predictable episode. One good thing about the show ending is we won't have to have these flashback episodes whenever someone dies where one at a time the housewives reflect on how their lives were enriched by the deceased and the advice of the deceased applies perfectly to their current situation. Gag. This is what, the 4th episode that followed that pattern?

Tom, don't fall for Lynette's ploy to get you back. You can do so much better.

Once Upon a Time (2011) -1×16- Heart of Darkness

I have to say I really loved this episode (both the Enchanted Forest and Storybrooke parts)....it had a little bit of everything.

I feel SO bad for David, as a character. It seems like he's always the 'bad' guy or the 'flaky' guy or the 'stupid' guy so I hope that changes soon. And he seriously needs a real friend in Storybrooke because Regina AIN'T IT. But I am glad he's starting to remember.

Love, love, love Charming. He continues to be the best. And Red was so bad ass attacking the soldiers so Charming could get away.

And once again, no one is watching Henry. Did he actually skip school today or what? Regina needs to get a nanny for him if she can't be bothered to watch him. Especially with his proclivity to run off and not listen to her.

When I saw Rumple combining Snow's and Charming's hairs I honestly thought he was creating some type of test tube baby Emma. I wonder when the LOVE potion will come back into play.

All in all, an A+ episode.

Community -3×11- Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts

This was the kind of episode that improves on re-watch. I liked it. Nowhere near the quality of "Remedial Chaos Theory", but it was sweet, funny, and full of gems. Britta, in particular, was awesome last night. Plus, Shirley-centric ! Go Shirley !

And of course, you have to hand it to Community to have the proposal, the planning and the wedding in the same episode. Most shows drag it out for at least half a season.

The Abed and Troy story, while cute, felt a little ... off to me. There was something about the ending.

Still, I enjoyed it a lot. Welcome back, show !

The Secret Circle -1×16- Lucky

Ugh so Lee is dead. I saw it coming the minute they spoiled that a character would die. He was the only male character (bar Blackwell) who I legitimately liked and found mysterious. Also, I thought he conveyed more subtlety and emotion in his scenes with both Faye and Eva then either male lead has done with any of the main girls. So disappointed he was killed off. It's just like Nick's death where there's no payoff or even real point to it other then "shock" factor. The only one who would even be affected by this would be Faye.

I do think Eva could be an awesome bad girl though, it's just a shame we had to lose Lee to illustrate this.

I didn't really get the Diana and Grant storyline. I mean what's his angle? If this were TVD his evilness would have been revealed straight after he macked on Diana. The way it was left was just... dull.

Does Jake just skulk around Cassie watching her from a distance? When the camera panned out of Cassie's window I was nearly expecting a shot of shot of him perving angstily through.

Melissa was basically a prop but I liked her interaction with everyone. It would be fun if they kept her peppy instead of throwing her in between depressed and bitchy all the time. I especially liked her small scene with Jake (though I didn't get the point of it). I'd love a scene where they talk about Nick.

I like Blackwell and when I watch him and Ethan bitch, I see a future version of Adam and Jake. I'm over Ethan, I think he's a pathetic and bitter mess and I see a lot of that mirrored in Adam when he's being catty with Jake.

I do however find Amelia's involvement in the Blackwell takedown fabulous.

The Vampire Diaries -3×16- 1912

Even though I knew Alaric was the killer I loved the way it was handled in the episode. They made a smart choice by aligning it to a previous mystery, rather than having it all unfold present day. Obviously there is some magical component to the murders because they focus on founding families but I like how it's balanced with real life consequences - all of that dying is bound to cause some serious brain damage.

Loved Sage as a character and the actress is perfect for the role. I love how Cassidy played her. Please, oh please don't kill her.


Wow, Elena's revelation that one of the things that draws her to Stefan is because he'll never die was something I hadn't thought of. I love how this show creeps things like that up on you even after 3 seasons.

Liz & Carol snipping at each other was perfection. We need to get Tyler & Caroline back in Mystic Falls and back together so we can get more Liz & Carol by proxy and stuck dealing with one another.

Best line of the night, "Because you are all I've got." Team Salvatore all the way. Ian and Paul are always gold whenever they're together on screen and long may that continue.

New Girl -1×16- Control

Second really strong episode in a row. The writers are building relationships between the core four; we're really starting to see why the guys are more than room-mates, but real "bros," and how Jess fits into the picture. Loved that throw-away line at the end when they're talking about keeping the apartment clean, was it Nick or Schmidt who asked: "seriously guys, we have a urinal, how can you still be missing?"

Modern Family -3×18- Send Out the Clowns

Once again, the star for me was Luke.

"Quick! What's the trick to those fake tears?"

"The Three Stooges are all dead."


I thought Ellen Barkin was a great addition ("A real man would have just poisoned the soup."), Bobby Cannavale's always fun, and I loved Manny's "The kid's a doorknob."

"Please, Dad! I could fake-cry before I could walk. How do you think I got out of eating all those salads?"

90210.S04E18 Blood Is Thicker Than Mud

How are Naomi and Jen competing for the same guy? Naomi is what, 18-19? year old freshman college student. Jen is in her late 20s and with a young child?

Why was Ade the only one questioned by security? Shouldn't they have also brought Vanessa in for questioning since she actually made those claims of violence? And if Ade did successfully convince them that Vanessa brought it upon herself, wouldn't Vanessa have gotten in trouble for destroying property?

Why did Ade even need to steal her phone? If Vanessa used her own cell phone to call Ade, it would show up in Ade's call log. Last episode, Ade even referenced that log to redial the number, and it could not be completed indicating that Vanessa must have used some kind of disposable phone.

Liam has a moment of clarity when he remembers the Annie situation but quickly forgets everything. The plot is just stupid. There's no other way to describe it. I mean, why is Vanessa even wasting her time on Liam? He's clearly never going to make it big.

Ringer -1×17- What We Have Is Worth The Pain

Ridiculously awesome. I liked all parts of the episode this week! I mean, these past couple of weeks the show's gotten pretty dark... as angry as he appeared to be when confronted in the flashback, I do think Andrew at least said that he wanted Siobahn dead, then again, this is Siobahn's flashback and the fact that she was wearing a wire or whatever does suggest that she provoked him... Andrew tends to run hot and cold from what I've seen, so I don't think he would have plotted out her murder like Siobahn suggests... I'm glad he took the bullet for Bridgette. I don't think he's killed Malcolm. I did think that his draconic partner did in Tyler, but since the drive was a fake, I now think it's an unknown third party maybe...

I think its pretty obvious Olivia thinks that Siobahn is a horrible person, at least after tonight's episode (Of course, she's pretty awful herself). I do think that Olivia is smart enough that if she knew that there were 2 "Siobahn"s that she would have figured it out ages ago. I do wonder why none of the characters have ever wondered if Siobahn is suffering from mental illness or something, the difference in personality between the two siblings is pretty pronounced at this point. It doesn't surprise me that the driver figured it out, Bridgette had told him that her sister had committed suicide, and when. The fact that her personality was quite different and her supposed loss of memory twigged his skills (he's clearly been trained in this at some point, given his comment about the shoe-prints and such.) just as it should have done with Machado...

Henry is still a creep...

NICE to see Juliet call out her mom on her bitchiness... Poor Juliet; her Mom is horrible, her dad's been shot, some guy wants to hurt her, and her evil stepmom is suddenly nice. Karma sucks. Ms. Golightly's character has recovered, this will make Foggywood happy.

When she confronted Andrew in the office, how could Andrew and Olivia fail to notice that Siobahn was huge, even with the coat on?

Still on the USS Bandrew for what its worth... I'm sure Andrew will pull through and these crazy kids will make it work... lol.

Poor Machado, he was enjoying his gloating so much, and then to have it turned around with Malcolm being a no-show...

This episode has cemented for me just how hateful Siobahn is. She is truly consumed by it.

Desperate Housewives -8×16- You Take for Granted

I was spoiled so I was just waiting for it to happen. I realized they were making it look like each character we saw at the beginning would have a close call. So even unspoiled it was obvious by the end that it was going to be Mike. I found myself just waiting for Mike & Susan's conversation to end so I could see the big moment.

Alot of this episode was not that great. And I find myself getting tired of Lynette and her carrying on about Tom. I actually thought Tom and his girlfriend were already living together so I was waiting for him to say they were engaged or she was pregnant. The moving in together was kind of anticlimatic for me.