The Vampire Diaries -3×18- The Murder of One

Bravo Brava I thought this was one of the best episodes of the season. Props to Bonnie for completing an amazingly difficult spell. When they revealed the bloodlines twist, everything about this season clicked into place. Now let's just hope it's Elijah who turned the vampire who turned Katherine. Speaking of Katherine, it is high time she showed up again.

I enjoyed Klaus as a villain for the first time tonight. Cold, calculating, and somehow also jovial. I also liked that he made Stefan see that he was just using Klaus as a way to keep from taking responsibility for his actions.

Caroline continues to ride the awesome train. Loved her acknowledgement of the man she killed, her talk with Alaric, and the Damon snark she was def one of the highlights this episode.

Loved the ending with crazy alter-ego Alaric having the stake. Adds a great layer of unpredictability.

And I wonder how many vampires just dropped dead when Sage died.

I'm psyched about the possibility of DarkBonnie. Kat Graham really sold that breakdown scene.I actually think she's been heading gradually in that direction for awhile, so it'll feel like an organic development for me. I also think it'll make the character more interesting and just plain fun.

Side note--as a Damon and Elena fan, (well mostly Damon fan), I loved Damon's hallucination with Elena. Those two have amazing chemistry.

Ringer -1×19- Let’s Kill Bridget

I think Henry should google "toolbelt," and see if his picture pops up.

This episode was certainly fake out heavy, wasn't it? From the "daydream" meeting between Shiv and Bridget to the "let's kill Bridget" line to the whole "Dead Bridget on a mattress" fake out. It was all so goofy, it made me laugh.

Oh..and it turns out that even the FBI has realized that Machado is the worst agent ever! When he was beating on that guy and everybody was standing around taking cell phone movies, I just about died!

How come when I bring a coat to the dry cleaners, it never comes back stuffed with money? I need a new dry cleaner.

The show does seem to be moving along at cancellation pace. Be funny if they got a last minute reprieve, and the writer's were all .."Oh Noooo..we've revealed everything! What do we do next season?' It is a shame though, because this show is soapy goodness.

New Girl -1×18- Fancyman (Part 2)

Wow, this show keeps getting better and better. All three male leads are on fire now, Nick and Schmidt in particular have become comedic quote machines. Winston has developed into a fully-formed character now, with his own set of quirks (ultra-competitiveness and love of Broadway show-tunes) that are both believable and not OTT. I can't wait to see whether or not Winston decides to keep CeeCee and Schmidt's secret, or decides to emotionally blackmail the two of them just for shits and giggles.

Community -3×12- Contemporary Impressionists

This was a weird episode and if they did swap it out I am glad for it in terms of ratings.

Weirdness aside, I really liked this episode for what it's given Troy and Abed in their relationship. Knowing that they aren't real people it's a bummer to not have them be happy Troy-And-Abed, but in their reality it really works, particularly as Troy matures and sees more of the down sides to being Abed's BFF - if this season were allowed to have gone without a break it would have had more of an impact after the Abed-as-Batman debacle. The use of Evil Abed is interesting, but I sort of wonder if he had always existed in some form given that it's rare to see Abed reflecting alone and this was after his BFF basically laid the smackdown on his whimsy.

The rest of the episode was amusing, but can see where it could be funnier. I think I enjoy Joel Mchale/Jeff clothed and scruffy over strippery and clean-shaven. But it made for a good Jeff/Britta friendship moment and really makes me hope that Jeff finds a better shrink, or at least better anti-anxiety meds.

Desperate Housewives -8×18- Any Moment

I will give the writers credit for making MJ behave in a realistic manner. Susan's permissive behavior was getting on my nerves, but I could see where it was coming from...and the jam scene tore me up.

I want to smack Lynette. She "tricks" Tom into coming over and, worse yet, involves Penny in it?! BLEH! If the woman wants to give her marriage another try, she might try actually talking to her husband. I wish she hadn't listened to Renee and had just gone with her original plan of talking to Tom.

I saw the personal shopper thing coming the minute everyone gathered to watch Gaby shop. Totally unrealistic but at least she managed to get a job. I couldn't believe her attitude at the employment office. Gaby isn't stupid and I wish the writers would remember that. Her walking into that office with her demands and completely ridiculous expectations was more unrealistic then her being hired as a personal shopper.

Bree and Andrew have come so far since season 1. I love their scenes together. It took a long time, but she became a good mother and I love seeing her supporting Andrew. However, she is a total idiot for talking about the murder and body disposal on the damn telephone!

Once Upon a Time (2011) -1×17- Hat Trick

Oh god, this episode was SO fantastic. I absolutely loved it. I'm incredibly intrigued by Regina and Jefferson — he can call her by her given name to her face and not even receive a death glare in response? She seemed completely different in that scene, too; my immediate thought upon seeing her was "why is Mayor!Regina dressed up in Queen!Regina's clothes?" I realized about halfway through the episode, after mulling over all of the talk about Jefferson and his daughter, that the Queen of Hearts had kidnapped Daddy!Henry. After seeing that the Queen of Hearts has the same style vault of hearts that Regina has, and considering that we were never shown her face and that she and Regina seem to have an animosity-laden relationship, I have a feeling that the Queen of Hearts will turn out to be none other than Regina's mother, Cora.

I LOVED Regina using magic to get through the maze; she was just so badass throughout that whole scene, and it's been way too long since we last saw her do magic (eight episodes!). I didn't find her choice not to teleport off-putting, though, because there are a handful of reasons why she might not have. For starters, she might not be able to teleport someone along with her, and she didn't want to get separated from Jefferson; or maybe the Queen of Hearts doesn't allow teleportation on her grounds, sort of like Hogwarts.

I felt for Jefferson, but I was kind of annoyed with him at the same time — the kid was perfectly happy with the rabbit that you made for her, dude. Quite often, I feel bad for the people who get caught up in Rumpel and Regina's schemes, because they are very rarely given a choice between two valid options, but tonight I just felt like Jefferson had two perfectly valid choices, and he made his choice out of greed. Still, I feel bad that his one terrible choice resulted in being separated from his daughter for so long. I interpreted that last scene of him sewing hats as taking place before the curse, after the Queen of Hearts ordered him to make a new one, although I could be wrong. I figured that the hat that Emma made started working when he disappeared, too.

Also: Snow's badassery coming out of Mary Margaret was awesome. I thought it was kind of ridiculous, though, that Emma's fluffy, fairytale princess curls were so perfect when she was at the police station in the first scene, but then five minutes later when she was on the road, her hair was all scraggly.

The Secret Circle -1×17- Curse

I was invested in the episode, actually believing all this curse thing then by the end of the episode I felt so cheated. Darn you, Papa Blackwell, just when I sorta think you're hot and caring! At least, my Cadam ship hasn't sunk yet.

The highlights of the episode are probably Faye-Diana-Melissa. Faye's giggle when knowing Adam and Cassie had sex, Diana's guilty cringe when her sexy card failed (The police plays for the other team, I suppose) and Melissa flirting with John Blackwell. Lol. Seriously, I had no idea that Melissa may be John's potential other daughter, I just thought, "Erm, why Melissa started flirting with John?" And I giggled to myself to the thought of them together. Hey, at least Melissa will have decent storyline.

I gave up on this show on winter break but then I got bored and decided to pick it up again. I'm glad I did that because I enjoy it so much these days.

And I keep forgetting that it's Charles that kills Amelia. Looking forward to the day when John and Cassie found out about that. Be safe, Charles!

The Vampire Diaries -3×17- Brean on Through

Yay for a Jeremy cameo! I am still hoping that he's not in Denver and he was lying to Elena on the phone. Doubtful, but I'm holding out that hope until he actually comes back to Mystic Falls. But seriously, his cameo made me extremely happy. During the episode, I found myself thinking about Jeremy in every single Elena/Alaric scene. 'what about Jeremy? Is anyone thinking about Jeremy? Do you even care that Jeremy could be going all psycho-killer in Denver right now?'. And I kept telling myself that I couldn't wait for him to return. So thank you VD writers, for giving me this wonderful surprise. It was very much needed.

Stefan/Damon scenes continue to rock.

Yay, Caroline was back. When she was telling Jamie (which, if they are planning on Jamie/Bonnie, do not put him in multiple scenes with the Chemistry Machine) she knew how it felt I thought she meant about becoming a vampire against her will, though maybe that's still a bit of a touchy subject. I mean, I know Caroline's come to terms with being a vampire. How she became one and going through the transition w/o knowing what was going on? Could be a different matter.

It sucks that Abby is so consistently....sucky. Poor Bonnie.

Alaric was so freaky! That MRI scene was something. And have to kinda love Meredith now. She was fierce, fighting him off. So, that note to Jeremy? This still sounds like a possession to me. And maybe only one person can be possessed at a time?

90210 -4×19- The Heart Will Go On

This was actually a good episode. It actually had a unifying theme to it, like it was written thoroughly and thoughtfully, as opposed to the random happenings that have been the norm.

Poor Raj!

I wonder what the big, scandalous secret is that Jen mentioned to Naomi. Or did she just say that to mess with Naomi's head?

Had to laugh at Dixon saying he knows that telling the truth is the best way to go... if they went with that there would be no show since basically every single storyline revolves around the characters telling a stupid lie when there was really no need to.

Ringer -1×18- That Woman’s Never Been A Victim Her Entire Life

I'm impressed that for every predictable plot (Juliet running away), there is something to surprise me (Juliet confessing to Bridget about the trust fund scheme). When they showed Malcolm's ID, I yelled, "NOOOOOOOOO!" I'm so glad they didn't kill him off (yet). He's only been gone for one episode (he was in last week's episode, right?) but I already miss him. I'd be sad if he was gone forever.

Not surprised that Katherine was a stone cold bitch to Juliet once again. I know Bridget doesn't want to reward Juliet's scam, but I hope they let her stay in New York. Being around Katherine is no good for any of them.

I was so excited that Henry finally figured out Siobhan was lying about all kinds of stuff and threw her ass out. I was also glad that he went to Andrew & Siobhan's place to pick stuff up without any argument or whining. I know he's painted Andrew as the villain in his love story with Siobhan, but I think he finally realized that doesn't mean that he wants Andrew to die (funny how it takes someone almost dying for people to realize that!). And once he saw Bridget, he realized that despite what's going on, she really loves Andrew. It made me think that Henry has the potential not to be a complete douchebag dumbass!