The Vampire Diaries -4×5- The Killer

Damn, just after I just finish saying that Klaus' "keep him alive for the cure" would give the writers leeway to make Connor's stay long, they up and kill him. He was a serious bad ass and I'm gonna miss him. But I have to give the show credit, they know how to do their twists/shocks.


The Stefan and Damon scenes were by far the highlight. They are just great together. I'm curious to see how things play out when Klaus returns. Will they pretend that Damon doesn't know about the cure?

I'm really liking April. A genuine innocent. Not a Special Snowflake, just a sweet, nice girl who I actually want to root for.

How would April and her father have known Connor from some long ago time? That was odd. Was Connor once in Mystic Falls? Was he a relative of Bonnie's? It's hard to figure since they really have not connected April or her father to anyone. April's father said a bigger evil was coming, and the death of the council was the beginning. I thought Connor blew up the house, but apparently he may have been taking marching orders from the Professor. I wonder if Connor thought he was blowing up a house full of vamps? Or did Connor just kill the Council to prevent them from killing the vampires that he needed to kill to make his tattoo grow?

The hybrid dying in the grill was one of the few times I've had to look away from the screen on this show, so bravo effects team.

Relieved the Tyler/Hayley/Caroline drama was cleared up and it was clear there was no cheating. The whole "freeing the hybrids" thing could be interesting especially since Klaus thinks he has a hold over Tyler when he really doesn't.

I love Professor Shane helping Bonnie to regain her magic, but I can't help but think he has a bigger agenda.

Jeremy now has the mark of the hunter is now compulsion proof, faster and stronger. Also, the ring may not work anymore. Certainly, I would not be inclined to test it if I was him. And he actually did the right thing when he realized April was being compelled. Go Jeremy!

Modern Family -4×7- Arrested

The first five minutes had me rolling. Episodes like these are what made me fall in love with this show. So many funny quotes I can't think of at the moment (the fookin gross, everything Luke, Lily was funny, Phil & Haley, Gloria and her money quote, etc.)

I also liked that, for a change, a sitcom character's indiscretions had lasting consequences. Great "dad" speech from Phil, and it was nice to see Claire totally backing him up.

American Horror Story: Asylum -2×4- I Am Anne Frank (1)

Oooh I loved this episode.

First, Lana and ZQ: I said last week that I got the feeling he was digging her, and now that's pretty much settled. Still not sure what the connection might be with him and the murders, but he has to be connected, considering he all but admitted to Lana that he felt someone else was responsible for the crimes and then did such a mindfuck on Kit this week. Either way, it keeps going back and forth between being very creepy (that horrible aversion/conversion scene) and genuinely as though he sees himself as her savior. I was really glad the 'conversion' didn't involve him getting all rapey with her, which in some twisted way for me makes his interest in her more genuine or fleshed out.
**And then we have the hint that the cops are starting to realize it would take a skilled doctor to filet a body that well, and it's a given that Dr. Arden is way too busy with a billion other horrific crimes to be Bloody Face.

I actually LOVED the Anne Frank take. There's a lot of controversy at this point regarding the authenticity of the diary. I liked the idea that she survived but saw herself as a figure, and I feel like I'm probably going to very, very slowly realize it's connected/a tribute to a whole bunch of plots and ideas. Poor Franke. She never fares well in an institution and I don't see her making it very long, given the previews for next week imply the doctor is walking off his bullet wound. Also like the smooth redemption it offered Sister Jude...

Which leads me to my favorite scene, and that was her with Kit. First of all, they're the two best actors/fleshed out characters on the show (I think Evan Peters could have sexual tension with a chair) so watching them interact was a delight that we've been deprived of otherwise this season. And seeing how empathetic she actually was towards him, and how she was second guessing herself and realizing she might actually be more of a monster than he is, that was awesome.

I don't believe Grace at all. I think she tells whatever story she needs at the moment. And I think that like Sister Jude, she needs to be absolved, so she's latching on to Kit as the one innocent in the institution.

Revenge -2×6- Illusion

I suspect Amanda has put Mason in the gun sights of the initiative, exposing Gordon Murphy, Victoria and Conrad will just put him on a collision course with the Initiative.

If the series is going to last for any length of time they have to enhance the multiple cats, multiple mice scenarios. Setting Conrad up to either finance another mass murder or prop up an evil dictator by financing the weapons deal.

So will Kara snap when she realizes she married the man who murdered David? I have a feeling Kara will give us a few more, has she snapped or is she about to, like her moment on the balcony with Victoria before she finally does snap. It was eerie for a brief minute, JJL looked like Kyra Sedgwick.

I wonder how Nolan is going to test Padma's loyalty, hopefully some exploratory accounting that uncovers what Conrad is about to be funding.

So, who dies in the next episode? Bets?

The Walking Dead -3×4- Killer Within

That was some genuinely fantastic television. I've never seen the show maintain that high a level of quality for a whole episode before. It's been a long time since I've been so completed gutted by a show. And that they managed that with the death of a character they've mishandled from the beginning, whose death so many were rooting for, just makes the execution of the last half of this episode that much more impressive to me. Lori saying goodbye to Carl started me crying, and I didn't stop for the rest of the episode. And that it all connects back to Rick leaving that kid to be eaten makes it that much more devastating.

I am annoyed that they killed of T-Dog, though. Like, you can have multiple black people on the show, guys. It's okay.

I liked Michonne's scene with the Governor, which did a lot to make her suspicions seem like an outgrowth of intelligence instead of just anti-social sullenness, as it mostly came across last week. And I'm cutting Andrea some slack, because the Governor has been damn charming in his scenes with her.

Merle might actually become an interesting character instead of just an interesting plot thread. He was really enjoyable this week.

Once Upon a Time - Season 2 Episode 6 - Tallahassee

I'd been looking forward to this episode ever since I found out it was happening, and man, it did not disappoint!

August, you know I love you (seriously, I squealed like a tween at a Justin Bieber concert when you showed up), but dude. There had to be an easier way than, you know, killing Wee Emma's hope and faith in humanity. Poor girl.

Loved Snow mothering Aurora and loved the tie-in with Henry's nightmare at the end. I also loved that moment when Snow told Emma that the only way they're going back is together. The two of them just make me so happy when they have scenes together like that.

Also, Hook and Emma bantering made me snerk, and I want to know what the hell was in August's box.

The Vampire Diaries -4×4- The Five

Elijah! Come back, Elijah!

Very proud of myself for guessing what the "ultimate weapon" will turn out to be.I think this cure will turn out to be as big a fake out as the Sun and Moon curse, and, at best, we'll see Klaus or a Salvatore turn human. The worst possible scenario is, of course, Elena going back to being human. I don't know how this would work, but I would like to see the cure somehow bring Tatia back to life as I want to meet her.


Poor Rebekah! I know she has her share of misdeeds, but it seems like everyone shits on her. I hated the way Klaus treated her, tried to regain her trust and then (literally) stabbed her in the back again, and it annoys me that Stefan went along with this. Whatever Rebekah may have done, she is certainly sincere in her desire to be loved or even befriended.

I don't think I can love Connor any more than I already do.

Professor Shane seems like an interesting character. I'm curious to know what his angle is. Kinda liking him and Bonnie as well. I'm sure he can mentor Bonnie in a lot of ways.

I feel like Damon was pleased as hell when he got his Kathryn- lite at the frat party. Elena was feeding, enjoying it, but not being overly cruel with him. Everything fun and sexy about Kathryn, but without the cruelty.

Arrow -1×4- An Innocent Man

This episode wasn't all that, but they can't all be winners.

LOVE that Dig is in the know. Oliver needs a good guy warrior mentor to help him navigate a little away from being absolutely ruthless in his execution and more measured. Also the boy just needs someone he can trust to talk to. Although wouldn't it be something if Dig is actually working for the bad guys? He was hired by Oliver's mom afterall and his brother was killed Deadpool...although I'd prefer Diggle to be the Earth 1 Alfred to Oliver's Batman.

Line that made me laugh from Dig to the new bodyguard: 'Oh, that boy is long gone by now.'

Laurel continues to be flat for me unless she's with Tommy. She also treats he dad like crap and while Det. Lance can be a bit of a bear, he's got good reason to be and she's got no reason to be that snooty with him. She's okay with the Green Hood doing the work of the cops, but I bet if he started executing on the spot and just leaving the body's all over the place and infringing on her neck of the woods she'd be pissed. If she wasn't, she has no business being a lawyer if she's not supportive of the system.

I still vote for Joanna the lawyer or IT tech girl to romance Ollie. Dude needs some fun in his life.

And I can't believe I didn't realize it until now but that's Agent Curtis from 24 as Det. Lance's partner! All these great actors in bit roles. Any way he can be related to Victor' Cyborg' Stone?

American Horror Story: Asylum -2×3- Nor’easter

Demon possession? Check.
Aliens? Check.
Serial killers? Check.
Crazy scientists? Check.
Mutant monsters? Check.

And all in one episode. Jessica Lange was wonderful as she was unraveling and I am just absolutely loving Lily Rabe! She does possessed very well, IMO.


Poor Shelly. She's as much a heroine as Lana and she got it so much worse. And the worst apparently is yet to come!

Dr. Arden's character has gone so over the top I really don't know where they can go from here. He's got huge mommy issues (I bet his mom mutilated him!) and huge purity issues and huge brain issues and he's just seven feet of ISSUES. James Cromwell's doing a great job with some really offputting material but I'm getting a lot more Show's Creator Has Some Big Time Problems With Women more then Dr. Arden Is Evil with his scenes.

I'm still wondering about the alien Sister Jude saw. I wonder if it implanted something in her?

The alien looked fucking weird by the way, not scary. It looked like a balloon.

Modern Family -4×6- Yard Sale

"Why didn't I wear my shants!!!" had me cracking up.

Luke's total manipulation of Gloria because "dammit, he wanted a puppet show and he'd get one" was kind of adorable.

Lines like

"It's not nerdy! Back me up, Luke."
"I hope you mean into the garage, because I have friends on this street."

and

"You could be taking those jeans out of the hands of some needy, giant children."

convince me that the writers must love to write for Nolan Gould.

I assume this isn't the last we're going to see of Alex's boyfriend because I thought his reaction to her asking and his agitation and emotion when Jay walked in on him, kind of proved that he is gay but just not ready to admit it to himself which is why Mitchell was right about Claire staying out of it.