Ryan, Kelly, Brenda and Harry are gathered in Harry's office with Adrianna and her mother, and they express concern over Adrianna's behaviour, but her overbearing stage mother is in denial and insists that Adrianna is fine.
While Ryan is trying to get Kelly to have dinner with him that night, Brenda gets a phone call - and it's from Dylan, who then apparently asks to speak to Kelly. I was wondering why Dylan was calling Brenda if he wanted to talk to Kelly? Well, lo and behold, they actually addressed that issue later when Ryan asks Kelly the same thing, a question which unnerves Kelly. Kelly asks Brenda if anything is happening with her and Dylan, and Brenda says no, that she just doesn't want to see Kelly hurt. Later, alone in her car, Brenda deletes Dylan's number from her phone. I'm not quite sure what that means, whether anything was actually going on with them, or whether Brenda was hoping so or what the deal was. Oh, and when she was scrolling through her phone book for Dylan, I stopped the frame to see if I recognized any of the other names on her list. Nope.
Debbie has apparently been working as a photographer's assistant, but she gets a shot at being an actual photographer and is good enough at a photo shoot to actually shoot a fashion show. Annie and Dixon are going to help her out, but Ryan gets Annie to reluctantly agree to let Adrianna help as well. There ends up being someone there who saw Annie's performance in "Spring Awakenings" who is producing a slasher-type movie, and she wants Annie to go in and read for it. Annie manages to wrangle an invite to read for Adrianna as well. In appreciation, Adrianna tells Annie the truth that nothing happened with Ty and that Ty wasn't even there that night in the hotel room when Annie arrived. Annie is furious because she had earlier told Ty that she never wanted to speak to him again. Later that night, she is surprised at Ty's arrival, who says that he got a text from Adrianna, explaining about the other night. The two decide to remain friends.
Naomi arranges to have dinner with her father and Gail and lets it slip that her father and mother had sex recently, which upsets Gail. Naomi then tries to get her mother and father together at the fashion show by letting her father see how hot her mother looks and how other men are interested, but the move backfires when her father is adamant that the marriage is over and that he's with Gail now. Later, Naomi laments to Ethan that she wishes things could go back to the way things were before, but she realizes they can't, and she also realizes that goes for her and Ethan as well, and both of them decide that it's really over between them. I'm a little tired of Naomi mooning over her parents, so I hope she goes back to being the bitch at school - she's a lot more fun and interesting that way.
Silver had been reluctant to go to the fashion show because she's against that sort of thing, but she ended up agreeing to go with Dixon. She's hit on by one of the clients of the photographer that Debbie works for, who tells Silver that she should be a model, and that they should go back to his place and discuss her career in the jacuzzi. Her protestations and disgust that she's underage don't seem to phase him, but when Dixon intervenes, he bristles. Debbie steps in as well, but then the guy makes some reference to Dixon as the Compton boy, at which point you know Dixon has to deck him, which he promptly does, and the guy tells Debbie's boss that he's just lost a client. Debbie is fearful that her boss will fire her, but he says he understands and that they don't need to work for a jerk like that, and he doesn't want to lose someone as talented as Debbie.
When Silver returns home, she finds bags packed, and Kelly tells her that she and Sam are going to see Dylan for a couple of weeks, and hopefully, she'll be able to figure out if things will work out or if she'll finally get Dylan out of her system. (I'm thinking she's better off without him - I mean, Dylan was already recently a bad guy on "Law and Order: SVU" and it looks like he's also going to be a bad guy on "Criminal Minds". He has no business being around an innocent little four-year-old.) Silver is reluctant to stay with her father for the time that Kelly is gone, and Kelly doesn't want her to go back to her mother, so Kelly agrees to let Silver stay at her house. You know shenanigans are going to happen, and they will probably involve at least Dixon, since she and he are getting hotter and heavier.
Meanwhile, Brenda and Ryan were working the fashion show and end up leaving together. Are Brenda and Kelly going to end up sharing yet another man?
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Saturday, October 4, 2008
"Heroes" - September 29, 2008 episode
Angela tells Sylar aka Gabriel that she shouldn't have put him up for adoption. She introduces Bridget, who can touch any object and see its entire history and everyone who has touched it, and Angela makes a comment about "feeding" him. From the screams that came after, I'm presuming that means she was sacrificed to him. She seemed awfully calm about the whole thing - did she know what was going to happen to her? And Angela makes a comment about her two boys, and she is apparently putting all her hopes into Gabriel now. Yeah, totally deluded, the evil isn't his fault.
Peter/Jesse and his fellow escapees decide to rob a bank in broad daylight. However, it turns out that one of the inmates has an ulterior motive, and he is just using this as an opportunity to draw out Noah. Peter/Jesse gets busted for not actually being Jesse, but they don't really believe that he has stayed with them to stop them from doing harm to others.
Claire doesn't want to go to school because she's tired of pretending that she's normal, but Sandra Bennett and Meredith clash on what Claire should do. Ultimately Sandra takes charge and orders Claire to school. Claire ends up being intercepted by Meredith, and when Claire says she wants to be taught how to fight, Meredith agrees. They drive to some kind of abandoned metal shack, where Meredith ends up using her powers to get the truth from Claire. Claire has been saying that she wants to go with Noah to help people, but under pressure, she admits that she wants revenge for what Sylar has done to her. Meredith tells Claire that being a regular 17 year old for a while isn't a bad thing. Claire later tells her mothers that she's going to a cheerleading camp, but in truth, she has taken some of Noah's files and is in pursuit.
Noah returns to level 5 and is told by Angela that he has a new partner - who turns out to be Gabriel. Noah at first resists, but when Angela says that she's using Gabriel whether he supervises or not, Noah relents. Noah and Gabriel arrive at the site of the bank robbery, and Noah goes in. He is about to be killed by one of the escaped inmates when Peter/Jesse discovers Jesse's power - he apparently has a voice that can create enough force/wind to knock things over - he reminded me of Vavoom. (Here's a clip of Vavoom with Felix the Cat.) Just as he's scattered people and things, future-Peter stops time and releases present-Peter from Jesse's body and then takes present-Peter away. Time restarts, and Noah is thanking "Peter" for helping him, but Jesse informs him that Peter is gone. But this time, Noah is saved by Gabriel, who keeps two of the escapees at bay while Noah shoots the third. Noah had repeatedly told Gabriel to not go into the bank, apparently as a way to use reverse psychology on him to make sure that he *would* go into the bank. As Noah takes fireball-dude outside, the inmate who wanted revenge on Noah takes off, and Gabriel locks himself in with Jesse, presumably taking Jesse's powers. Fireball-dude is later shown being put back in a cell. Noah says that he will continue to work with Gabriel for now - and then when he's done using him, he will kill him.
Matt is still on his spiritual walk thing with the guy in Africa, who is apparently the new Isaac since he gets this weird eyes-roll-in-the-back-of-your-head-and-then-he-paints-the-future thing. The husband noticed that in a later scene, a turtle is seen pushing along a magazine, which turns out to be a comic book with Hiro on it. I have no idea what's going on in this entire segment or why it's happening, but I just keep thinking that last season, it was Hiro who was banished to a land far, far away in a world where we don't know anyone, and this season, it's apparently Matt who's banished to Siberia. And I keep thinking that Africa dude is calling him "Pacman".
Hiro and Ando are trying to trace Daphne, who is in pursuit of the second half of the formula for her employer. Hiro sees the Haitiian and recognizes him, remembering that his presence negates special powers. They see him getting the second half of the formula (on orders from Angela) from someone else, and they manage to steal it from him - only to have Daphne steal it from them and take off with it. Ando had changed the plan and had bristled at Daphne's comment that he was like Robin to Hiro's Batman. This seems to be the first time that we see Ando acting on his own, rebelling against what Hiro wants.
Tracy is still a little weirded out by her ability to freeze things, and she manages to track down information on Niki. But she arrives at a funeral home - to find Niki in a coffin. She then encounters Micah, who at first mistakes her for his dead mother, but he soon realizes it's not her. (For some reason, when Micah asked if she was his mother, and earlier when Sylar asked Angela a similiar question, I just flashed back to this book. Yeah, I know, my brain makes the weirdest connections.) Micah does a cross-reference between Tracy and Niki and discovers that they were born on the same day, at the same hospital, attended by the same doctor. Tracy then tracks down the doctor, who makes some comment about how he made her. Hmmm, guess we'll find out what that means.
I'm growing a little impatient with the show, a little bored, a little tired of all the weird stuff that doesn't make sense and multiple fragmentations. I'm still sticking with it for now, but it's a struggle.
Peter/Jesse and his fellow escapees decide to rob a bank in broad daylight. However, it turns out that one of the inmates has an ulterior motive, and he is just using this as an opportunity to draw out Noah. Peter/Jesse gets busted for not actually being Jesse, but they don't really believe that he has stayed with them to stop them from doing harm to others.
Claire doesn't want to go to school because she's tired of pretending that she's normal, but Sandra Bennett and Meredith clash on what Claire should do. Ultimately Sandra takes charge and orders Claire to school. Claire ends up being intercepted by Meredith, and when Claire says she wants to be taught how to fight, Meredith agrees. They drive to some kind of abandoned metal shack, where Meredith ends up using her powers to get the truth from Claire. Claire has been saying that she wants to go with Noah to help people, but under pressure, she admits that she wants revenge for what Sylar has done to her. Meredith tells Claire that being a regular 17 year old for a while isn't a bad thing. Claire later tells her mothers that she's going to a cheerleading camp, but in truth, she has taken some of Noah's files and is in pursuit.
Noah returns to level 5 and is told by Angela that he has a new partner - who turns out to be Gabriel. Noah at first resists, but when Angela says that she's using Gabriel whether he supervises or not, Noah relents. Noah and Gabriel arrive at the site of the bank robbery, and Noah goes in. He is about to be killed by one of the escaped inmates when Peter/Jesse discovers Jesse's power - he apparently has a voice that can create enough force/wind to knock things over - he reminded me of Vavoom. (Here's a clip of Vavoom with Felix the Cat.) Just as he's scattered people and things, future-Peter stops time and releases present-Peter from Jesse's body and then takes present-Peter away. Time restarts, and Noah is thanking "Peter" for helping him, but Jesse informs him that Peter is gone. But this time, Noah is saved by Gabriel, who keeps two of the escapees at bay while Noah shoots the third. Noah had repeatedly told Gabriel to not go into the bank, apparently as a way to use reverse psychology on him to make sure that he *would* go into the bank. As Noah takes fireball-dude outside, the inmate who wanted revenge on Noah takes off, and Gabriel locks himself in with Jesse, presumably taking Jesse's powers. Fireball-dude is later shown being put back in a cell. Noah says that he will continue to work with Gabriel for now - and then when he's done using him, he will kill him.
Matt is still on his spiritual walk thing with the guy in Africa, who is apparently the new Isaac since he gets this weird eyes-roll-in-the-back-of-your-head-and-then-he-paints-the-future thing. The husband noticed that in a later scene, a turtle is seen pushing along a magazine, which turns out to be a comic book with Hiro on it. I have no idea what's going on in this entire segment or why it's happening, but I just keep thinking that last season, it was Hiro who was banished to a land far, far away in a world where we don't know anyone, and this season, it's apparently Matt who's banished to Siberia. And I keep thinking that Africa dude is calling him "Pacman".
Hiro and Ando are trying to trace Daphne, who is in pursuit of the second half of the formula for her employer. Hiro sees the Haitiian and recognizes him, remembering that his presence negates special powers. They see him getting the second half of the formula (on orders from Angela) from someone else, and they manage to steal it from him - only to have Daphne steal it from them and take off with it. Ando had changed the plan and had bristled at Daphne's comment that he was like Robin to Hiro's Batman. This seems to be the first time that we see Ando acting on his own, rebelling against what Hiro wants.
Tracy is still a little weirded out by her ability to freeze things, and she manages to track down information on Niki. But she arrives at a funeral home - to find Niki in a coffin. She then encounters Micah, who at first mistakes her for his dead mother, but he soon realizes it's not her. (For some reason, when Micah asked if she was his mother, and earlier when Sylar asked Angela a similiar question, I just flashed back to this book. Yeah, I know, my brain makes the weirdest connections.) Micah does a cross-reference between Tracy and Niki and discovers that they were born on the same day, at the same hospital, attended by the same doctor. Tracy then tracks down the doctor, who makes some comment about how he made her. Hmmm, guess we'll find out what that means.
I'm growing a little impatient with the show, a little bored, a little tired of all the weird stuff that doesn't make sense and multiple fragmentations. I'm still sticking with it for now, but it's a struggle.
"Survivor: Gabon" - October 2, 2008 episode
Things are not going well at Fang, where they're running out of rice because they've been having three meals a day. Ummm, do none of them know that there's not a grocery store around the corner and that they have to ration their food? Randy suggests that they change to only having two meals a day, which most of the tribemates agree to, except GC, who then challenges Randy about being the new leader of the group. Seriously, GC just has too much attitude and is generally an ass.
At Kota, things are going better, but Paloma is not liking Ace and the fact that most people seem to follow what he's saying, even though he generally says perfectly reasonable things that make sense.
The reward challenge is for comfort - blankets, hammock, pillows and mat. One member wraps themselves around a pole while two members of the opposing team try to strip them off and drag them across a line. Ace does really well gluing himself to a pole on the first round for Kota, but Paloma is picked up like a rag doll. In the final round, Fang manages to unhook Ace and score a win for the first time. They elect Sugar to go to Exile.
Sugar knows that Fang sent her to Exile because they think she's stupid and won't have a shot at finding the idol. She foregoes comfort and elects to get the clue. Unlike Dan, she actually does manage to find the sandy crater and find the subsequent clues, culminating in finding the hidden individual immunity idol.
Meanwhile, back at Kota, the tribe is targeting Paloma as their weakest member, and Corinne pulls Bob into her alliance of four, at least for the time being.
At the immunity challenge, team members have to go down a slide to retrieve a tile, and then the final member has to use the tiles to solve a math puzzle. Bob the physics teacher is pitted against Ken the professional gamer, and Ken comes out ahead, giving Fang their second win in a row and their first immunity win.
When Sugar gets back to camp, she leads everyone to believe that she didn't find the idol, but she privately tells Ace that she does have the idol. He immediately claims co-ownership of the idol, which Sugar doesn't object to. Paloma knows she's being targeted, and she puts up her own fight, trying to spread suspicion and distrust to Corinne about Ace. The other tribe members are worried about what Ace, with Sugar in tow, will do come time for the merge, but it's entirely too early to be worrying about the merge now.
In the end, Paloma's efforts fail, and she is voted out.
At Kota, things are going better, but Paloma is not liking Ace and the fact that most people seem to follow what he's saying, even though he generally says perfectly reasonable things that make sense.
The reward challenge is for comfort - blankets, hammock, pillows and mat. One member wraps themselves around a pole while two members of the opposing team try to strip them off and drag them across a line. Ace does really well gluing himself to a pole on the first round for Kota, but Paloma is picked up like a rag doll. In the final round, Fang manages to unhook Ace and score a win for the first time. They elect Sugar to go to Exile.
Sugar knows that Fang sent her to Exile because they think she's stupid and won't have a shot at finding the idol. She foregoes comfort and elects to get the clue. Unlike Dan, she actually does manage to find the sandy crater and find the subsequent clues, culminating in finding the hidden individual immunity idol.
Meanwhile, back at Kota, the tribe is targeting Paloma as their weakest member, and Corinne pulls Bob into her alliance of four, at least for the time being.
At the immunity challenge, team members have to go down a slide to retrieve a tile, and then the final member has to use the tiles to solve a math puzzle. Bob the physics teacher is pitted against Ken the professional gamer, and Ken comes out ahead, giving Fang their second win in a row and their first immunity win.
When Sugar gets back to camp, she leads everyone to believe that she didn't find the idol, but she privately tells Ace that she does have the idol. He immediately claims co-ownership of the idol, which Sugar doesn't object to. Paloma knows she's being targeted, and she puts up her own fight, trying to spread suspicion and distrust to Corinne about Ace. The other tribe members are worried about what Ace, with Sugar in tow, will do come time for the merge, but it's entirely too early to be worrying about the merge now.
In the end, Paloma's efforts fail, and she is voted out.
Only Justice
We were out with friends having a great time last night when a friend passed along the info that the verdict in the Simpson Las Vegas trial came down - guilty on all counts. I was stunned. I really didn't expect it to come out that way.
And here's a "feel sorry for me" quote from Simpson:
Those kids are managing to get through college without their mother, and they will have to manage to get married and have their own kids and live out the rest of their lives without the love, support and guidance of their mother. Nicole will have no ability to influence her children except through their memories of her.
A friend mentioned that hopefully, a life sentence will be handed down, and we'll never have to hear of Simpson again. As wonderful as that sounds, I have my doubts. Like a cockaroach, he seems to manage to creep back into the limelight no matter what.
Rot in jail and then hell, I say.
And here's a "feel sorry for me" quote from Simpson:
"I'm afraid that I won't get to go to my kids' college graduations after I managed to get them through college."
Those kids are managing to get through college without their mother, and they will have to manage to get married and have their own kids and live out the rest of their lives without the love, support and guidance of their mother. Nicole will have no ability to influence her children except through their memories of her.
A friend mentioned that hopefully, a life sentence will be handed down, and we'll never have to hear of Simpson again. As wonderful as that sounds, I have my doubts. Like a cockaroach, he seems to manage to creep back into the limelight no matter what.
Rot in jail and then hell, I say.
Friday, October 3, 2008
a multitude of movies
I was going to do an update to this post from April to detail the movies that I'm interested in seeing for the rest of the year, but I haven't gotten around to doing that yet. However, since this weekend alone, there are five movies coming out that I want to see, I figured I'd start there.
"Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" - It looks like a really quirky movie, probably not quite as weird as "After Hours", but it reminds me of a less weird version of that movie. I've liked Kat Dennings in the movies I've seen her in so far, and I thought Michael Cera was good in "Juno".
"How to Lose Friends & Alienate People" - I'd seen the standee on this, and it didn't really do anything for me, but I loved the trailer. And there's a boatload of people in it that I like - Kirsten Dunst, Jeff Bridges and Megan Fox.
"The Express" - This is the sort-of real-life "feel good" movie that was very popular to release some time ago, but that genre seems to have died down a bit. This trailer looked really good, though, so I want to see it. Also, I found out recently how the real story actually ended, so I'm curious about how much they're going to tell in the movie.
"Rachel Getting Married" - This movie has gotten a lot of buzz from the film festivals, and Anne Hathaway is supposed to be amazing in this, and the story sounds good, so I want to see it. It looks like this movie is only opening in New York this week, so I might have a reprieve anyway.
"Flash of Genius" - When I first saw the trailer, I thought it was interesting, but I wasn't sure I was interested enough to actually see it. The more I've seen the trailer, the more interested I've become, but the only problem I see is that with too many other movies I want to see, this one isn't high on the list, so it may drop out of theatres before I have a chance to go.
And that's not even counting movies that are already out that I haven't had a chance to see yet, like "Lakeview Terrace" and "Igor".
On any random weekend, this many movies to see would be bad enough, but this also happens to be a very busy weekend, so I expect we'll get one movie in, but we'll be lucky if we can squeeze in two.
"Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" - It looks like a really quirky movie, probably not quite as weird as "After Hours", but it reminds me of a less weird version of that movie. I've liked Kat Dennings in the movies I've seen her in so far, and I thought Michael Cera was good in "Juno".
"How to Lose Friends & Alienate People" - I'd seen the standee on this, and it didn't really do anything for me, but I loved the trailer. And there's a boatload of people in it that I like - Kirsten Dunst, Jeff Bridges and Megan Fox.
"The Express" - This is the sort-of real-life "feel good" movie that was very popular to release some time ago, but that genre seems to have died down a bit. This trailer looked really good, though, so I want to see it. Also, I found out recently how the real story actually ended, so I'm curious about how much they're going to tell in the movie.
"Rachel Getting Married" - This movie has gotten a lot of buzz from the film festivals, and Anne Hathaway is supposed to be amazing in this, and the story sounds good, so I want to see it. It looks like this movie is only opening in New York this week, so I might have a reprieve anyway.
"Flash of Genius" - When I first saw the trailer, I thought it was interesting, but I wasn't sure I was interested enough to actually see it. The more I've seen the trailer, the more interested I've become, but the only problem I see is that with too many other movies I want to see, this one isn't high on the list, so it may drop out of theatres before I have a chance to go.
And that's not even counting movies that are already out that I haven't had a chance to see yet, like "Lakeview Terrace" and "Igor".
On any random weekend, this many movies to see would be bad enough, but this also happens to be a very busy weekend, so I expect we'll get one movie in, but we'll be lucky if we can squeeze in two.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
"The Big Bang Theory" - September 29, 2008 episode
The four boys have just returned from RenFaire, but Sheldon is complaining about the many historical inaccuracies. Penny is dating again, much to Leonard's shagrin.
There's a hilarious reference to Raj having made out with an Orion slave girl at ComicCon who turned out to be a guy. I've seen a guy dressed as slave Leia, so that doesn't surprise me in the least. And Raj must have really been drunk to have been able to make out with who he thought was a girl.
Leonard tries to get back into the dating scene again, and Leslie proposes that they hook up again. She's apparently no longer into meaningless sex, so they arrange a date. She starts off conversation with asking how many children they should have, but Leonard thinks that's moving too fast. So then she asks what genetic defects he has.
At the end of the date, Leonard is seeing Leslie out of his apartment just as Penny is returning from her date with her guy, and both Leonard and Penny try to outdo the other in kissing their dates goodnight.
It was funny for them to reference a joke from last season where Sheldon explained Schrodinger's cat to Penny, and as Penny and her date were coming up the stairs, she was apparently at the tail end of explaining it to him. It was even funnier when he thought she was talking about a character from Peanuts.
Because Leonard wants privacy on his dates with Leslie, Sheldon is relegated to playing Mario Bros. on a simulator on his keyboard while sitting on the stairs since he apparently can't go to the movies or dinner by himself. Sheldon also doesn't like Leslie because he doesn't respect her work but also because she says mean things to him, like calling him "dumbass".
Sheldon finally gives in and gives his blessing on their relationship but inadvertently ends up highlighting a major difference of opinion between Leslie and Leonard on a physics point, and Leslie doesn't see how they can have a relationship that way. (It's kind of like the parents being from two different religions.)
The boys talk Sheldon into going back to RenFaire so they can see scantily-clad women, and Sheldon is dressed as Spock observing a time anomalous planet/culture.
There's a hilarious reference to Raj having made out with an Orion slave girl at ComicCon who turned out to be a guy. I've seen a guy dressed as slave Leia, so that doesn't surprise me in the least. And Raj must have really been drunk to have been able to make out with who he thought was a girl.
Leonard tries to get back into the dating scene again, and Leslie proposes that they hook up again. She's apparently no longer into meaningless sex, so they arrange a date. She starts off conversation with asking how many children they should have, but Leonard thinks that's moving too fast. So then she asks what genetic defects he has.
At the end of the date, Leonard is seeing Leslie out of his apartment just as Penny is returning from her date with her guy, and both Leonard and Penny try to outdo the other in kissing their dates goodnight.
It was funny for them to reference a joke from last season where Sheldon explained Schrodinger's cat to Penny, and as Penny and her date were coming up the stairs, she was apparently at the tail end of explaining it to him. It was even funnier when he thought she was talking about a character from Peanuts.
Because Leonard wants privacy on his dates with Leslie, Sheldon is relegated to playing Mario Bros. on a simulator on his keyboard while sitting on the stairs since he apparently can't go to the movies or dinner by himself. Sheldon also doesn't like Leslie because he doesn't respect her work but also because she says mean things to him, like calling him "dumbass".
Sheldon finally gives in and gives his blessing on their relationship but inadvertently ends up highlighting a major difference of opinion between Leslie and Leonard on a physics point, and Leslie doesn't see how they can have a relationship that way. (It's kind of like the parents being from two different religions.)
The boys talk Sheldon into going back to RenFaire so they can see scantily-clad women, and Sheldon is dressed as Spock observing a time anomalous planet/culture.
"Desperate Housewives" - September 28, 2008 episode - season premiere
The new season starts off where the last season left off - after having made a five-year jump into the future.
Susan
She had given birth to her and Mike's baby boy, and she and Mike were on their way to an anniversary dinner when they ended up in a really bad car accident. In the present, she has a boy-toy that she sleeps with who's actually her painter, but she has kept him a secret and has not allowed him to meet her friends or her son. He wants more of a relationship with her, but she refuses. Eventually, she tells him about the car accident. We then learn that Mike didn't die in the accident, but rather, the mother and daughter (the same age as Susan's and Mike's son) in the other car were killed. Susan's guilt caused such a rift in the marriage that she and Mike divorced. When he comes to take their son for his visit, she finally admits that she's seeing someone else.
Gabrielle
Glamor-queen is gone, and she's now the mother of two kids, the oldest of which is fairly heavy for a four-year-old. Carlos apparently indulges her (he's still blind) and doesn't want Gabrielle to make her self-conscious about her weight. Gabrielle tries to get her daughter Juanita to get some exercise by having her run after the car (that seems like a bad idea, doesn't it?), and when Juanita is finally tired of it, she just gets on a bus. And the bus driver doesn't make her pay? She certainly didn't have any money on her. Gabrielle's life and looks are certainly very different now than before. It was cool to see them do almost no make-up and no hairdo on Eva, and they still toned it down even when Gabrielle was supposed to be dressed up.
Bree
Bree has a catering business with Katherine, but she's also about to publish her first cookbook. Katherine is touched that Bree has dedicated the cookbook to her, but she's angry after she's had a look at the recipes and finds that some of the recipes were either jointly created by both of them or are outright Katherine's creations, yet Katherine is mentioned nowhere in the book as a collaborator. When a local cooking show wants to tape Bree, Katherine manages to show that Bree doesn't know how to make one of their famous creations, one that's contained in the cookbook. Bree kind of treats Katherine like the hired help, which Katherine doesn't like. Bree is apparently back with Orson, but it's revealed that Danielle came back to claim her son since she is now married and could provide for him, and she only gave him up because Bree talked her into it. It appears that Bree has no access to Danielle or her baby, so Bree is trying to fill the hole left by their departure, though Andrew is still around.
Lynette
Lynette's and Tom's twin boys haven't calmed down any in the five years that have gone by. She catches them having taken over the family restaurant for an alcohol-filled poker night with friends, which has apparently been going on for some time. She grounds them from Homecoming, but she and Tom argue about what they've done. Rather than being a dad to them and teaching them what was wrong with what they did, Tom is more like a friend who shares in the "cool" things they do. Tom even overturns Lynette's decision to not let them go to Homecoming. But Lynette turns the tables on him by telling the boys that they can go AND they can use Tom's treasured convertible. When they're late returning, Lynette finally gets through to Tom that they have to be parents to their kids, and when the boys finally show up, Tom finally puts his foot down, being dad for what looks like the first time. I used to really like Lynette and Tom as a couple, but Tom's actions over the past season, especially with his daughter from the other woman and even with his own kids, shows him to be a total baby and wuss who can't seem to take responsibility for anything. OK, so NOW he decides to be dad? Ummm, yeah, dude, the twins are 16. Where ya been this whole time?
Edie
The big surprise (to me, anyway, since I thought she was gone from the show) is that Edie returns to town, and she's got a new rich husband - Dave Williams. They move back into her house, much to the neighbors' surprise. The women of Wisteria Lane are surprised that after Edie makes a rude remark about Gabrielle's appearance, her husband has some words for her, and then Edie apologizes, and she even says she baked them some muffins. At a party thrown by the women to welcome back Edie, there's a disagreement about who was at fault when Edie left, but her husband calms things down. It turns out that he convinced Edie to return to Wisteria Lane. Late at night, he receives a phone call, from someone to whom he is required to check in once a month. It must be some kind of doctor or something, because Dave is shown on video as having been in some kind of treatment for anger management issues, though the anger is apparently directed at one person, someone who lives on Wisteria Lane.
Susan
She had given birth to her and Mike's baby boy, and she and Mike were on their way to an anniversary dinner when they ended up in a really bad car accident. In the present, she has a boy-toy that she sleeps with who's actually her painter, but she has kept him a secret and has not allowed him to meet her friends or her son. He wants more of a relationship with her, but she refuses. Eventually, she tells him about the car accident. We then learn that Mike didn't die in the accident, but rather, the mother and daughter (the same age as Susan's and Mike's son) in the other car were killed. Susan's guilt caused such a rift in the marriage that she and Mike divorced. When he comes to take their son for his visit, she finally admits that she's seeing someone else.
Gabrielle
Glamor-queen is gone, and she's now the mother of two kids, the oldest of which is fairly heavy for a four-year-old. Carlos apparently indulges her (he's still blind) and doesn't want Gabrielle to make her self-conscious about her weight. Gabrielle tries to get her daughter Juanita to get some exercise by having her run after the car (that seems like a bad idea, doesn't it?), and when Juanita is finally tired of it, she just gets on a bus. And the bus driver doesn't make her pay? She certainly didn't have any money on her. Gabrielle's life and looks are certainly very different now than before. It was cool to see them do almost no make-up and no hairdo on Eva, and they still toned it down even when Gabrielle was supposed to be dressed up.
Bree
Bree has a catering business with Katherine, but she's also about to publish her first cookbook. Katherine is touched that Bree has dedicated the cookbook to her, but she's angry after she's had a look at the recipes and finds that some of the recipes were either jointly created by both of them or are outright Katherine's creations, yet Katherine is mentioned nowhere in the book as a collaborator. When a local cooking show wants to tape Bree, Katherine manages to show that Bree doesn't know how to make one of their famous creations, one that's contained in the cookbook. Bree kind of treats Katherine like the hired help, which Katherine doesn't like. Bree is apparently back with Orson, but it's revealed that Danielle came back to claim her son since she is now married and could provide for him, and she only gave him up because Bree talked her into it. It appears that Bree has no access to Danielle or her baby, so Bree is trying to fill the hole left by their departure, though Andrew is still around.
Lynette
Lynette's and Tom's twin boys haven't calmed down any in the five years that have gone by. She catches them having taken over the family restaurant for an alcohol-filled poker night with friends, which has apparently been going on for some time. She grounds them from Homecoming, but she and Tom argue about what they've done. Rather than being a dad to them and teaching them what was wrong with what they did, Tom is more like a friend who shares in the "cool" things they do. Tom even overturns Lynette's decision to not let them go to Homecoming. But Lynette turns the tables on him by telling the boys that they can go AND they can use Tom's treasured convertible. When they're late returning, Lynette finally gets through to Tom that they have to be parents to their kids, and when the boys finally show up, Tom finally puts his foot down, being dad for what looks like the first time. I used to really like Lynette and Tom as a couple, but Tom's actions over the past season, especially with his daughter from the other woman and even with his own kids, shows him to be a total baby and wuss who can't seem to take responsibility for anything. OK, so NOW he decides to be dad? Ummm, yeah, dude, the twins are 16. Where ya been this whole time?
Edie
The big surprise (to me, anyway, since I thought she was gone from the show) is that Edie returns to town, and she's got a new rich husband - Dave Williams. They move back into her house, much to the neighbors' surprise. The women of Wisteria Lane are surprised that after Edie makes a rude remark about Gabrielle's appearance, her husband has some words for her, and then Edie apologizes, and she even says she baked them some muffins. At a party thrown by the women to welcome back Edie, there's a disagreement about who was at fault when Edie left, but her husband calms things down. It turns out that he convinced Edie to return to Wisteria Lane. Late at night, he receives a phone call, from someone to whom he is required to check in once a month. It must be some kind of doctor or something, because Dave is shown on video as having been in some kind of treatment for anger management issues, though the anger is apparently directed at one person, someone who lives on Wisteria Lane.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
"America's Toughest Jobs" - September 26, 2008 episode
The task this week is at a rodeo bowl, otherwise known as American bullfighting, in San Angelo, Texas. Their job is to distract the bull so that the rider can get to safety.
Their first training is with a wheelbarrow with horns, and they are taught to not run in a straight line because they can't outrun the bull but rather, to make quick cuts. Both Ben and Chris get hit because they're not running right (and Chris is an ass again - he manhandles the wheelbarrow and says he can do the same with the bull but doesn't get that the bull is a lot bigger, heavier, stronger and has a mind of its own). Rie falls during her training and ends up hurting her knee severely.
After training, Chris shows himself to be an ass again and apparently can't deal with the fact that Sandy is a lesbian and he says something to her about being a real woman, which apparently means being a slave and a cook to a man. Whatever, asshole.
The next training is with an actual bull in an empty arena. Sandy ends up getting hit, but she pops right back up and wants to try it again. Unfortunately, the injury is more than she thought, as the bull actually stepped on her. After a trip to the hospital, she discovers that her ankle isn't broken, but she has a brace on and is on crutches. She cannot do the final show, but the judges decide that she's done enough to move on in the competition.
The last thing the contestants have to do is during the actual show/event. But right before, they get a nice reward in the form of family member visits, and the family get to sit in the stands and watch them.
Michaela does really well on her turn, but Rommel ends up going in too early, and when he grabs the bull's horn while the rider is still on, the bull bucks and dislocates his shoulder, which they have to pop back in. Owwww. He's later shown in a sling.
Rie hadn't done the training with the other bull so she could rest her knee, but she ultimately decides to do the final step.
Ben engages the bull the most and is declared the best of the bunch.
Because there are fewer contestants, they're only doing the bottom two, who end up being Rie and Steven, because both were bad at protecting their riders.
The final competition is bull hockey, where two goals are set up on either side with a line in between stacks of hay, and the object is to defend your own goal while trying to score by getting the bull to run through the other person's goal. Rie almost manages to score, but the bull crosses Steven's goal sideways, and then Steven gets its attention and gets it to chase him straight through Rie's goal, scoring his win and eliminating Rie.
Their first training is with a wheelbarrow with horns, and they are taught to not run in a straight line because they can't outrun the bull but rather, to make quick cuts. Both Ben and Chris get hit because they're not running right (and Chris is an ass again - he manhandles the wheelbarrow and says he can do the same with the bull but doesn't get that the bull is a lot bigger, heavier, stronger and has a mind of its own). Rie falls during her training and ends up hurting her knee severely.
After training, Chris shows himself to be an ass again and apparently can't deal with the fact that Sandy is a lesbian and he says something to her about being a real woman, which apparently means being a slave and a cook to a man. Whatever, asshole.
The next training is with an actual bull in an empty arena. Sandy ends up getting hit, but she pops right back up and wants to try it again. Unfortunately, the injury is more than she thought, as the bull actually stepped on her. After a trip to the hospital, she discovers that her ankle isn't broken, but she has a brace on and is on crutches. She cannot do the final show, but the judges decide that she's done enough to move on in the competition.
The last thing the contestants have to do is during the actual show/event. But right before, they get a nice reward in the form of family member visits, and the family get to sit in the stands and watch them.
Michaela does really well on her turn, but Rommel ends up going in too early, and when he grabs the bull's horn while the rider is still on, the bull bucks and dislocates his shoulder, which they have to pop back in. Owwww. He's later shown in a sling.
Rie hadn't done the training with the other bull so she could rest her knee, but she ultimately decides to do the final step.
Ben engages the bull the most and is declared the best of the bunch.
Because there are fewer contestants, they're only doing the bottom two, who end up being Rie and Steven, because both were bad at protecting their riders.
The final competition is bull hockey, where two goals are set up on either side with a line in between stacks of hay, and the object is to defend your own goal while trying to score by getting the bull to run through the other person's goal. Rie almost manages to score, but the bull crosses Steven's goal sideways, and then Steven gets its attention and gets it to chase him straight through Rie's goal, scoring his win and eliminating Rie.
"Survivor: Gabon" - September 25, 2008 episode - season premiere
This season of "Survivor" is set in Gabon, Africa. The two oldest members of the tribe, Bob and Gillian are chosen as tribe leaders. They each choose a team member, who each in turn choose another team member until everyone is picked. Michelle has the distinction of being the last one picked.
Bob's team is named Kota and has the yellow buffs. Gillian's team is named Fang and has the red buffs.
The first challenge is for individual immunity, which is at the top of a hill. The first one from each tribe to get there gets an individual immunity that can only be used at their first tribal council. But the twist is that while both teams will get some ration of food, the first team to get all their members up the hill will win additional food. Marcus from Kota and GC (whose real name is Danny) from Fang get individual immunity, but Gillian is lagging behind and as much as her teammates try to help her, Kota gets all of their team up first and gets the extra food.
Both teams find at their respective camps that they had pre-made structures which just needed some shoring up, which was definitely an advantage over some other locations. At Kota, I thought Jessica, otherwise known as "Sugar", was being a little annoying, but the tribe members thought Ace was being too bossy. Bob, however, is able to contribute a lot to getting camp working better. Meanwhile at Fang, Gillian is being a bit overbearing while Randy puts a big gash in his head from walking around in the dark and not seeing a branch. And Michelle is just complaining about how cold she is and how uncomfortable it was to try to sleep since she's thin and has no padding.
At the immunity challenge, six team members are tied together, and they have to make their way through an obstacle course, at the end of which they have to dig up three bags of puzzle pieces, and then the three remaining team members have to solve the puzzle. Kota kicked ass on this challenge, with Bob helping to breeze through the puzzle, as they solved one bag at a time. They won the immunity idol as well as flint to start fire with. Fang failed at the challenge mostly in digging for the puzzle pieces. They were digging in a small section and just going deeper rather than looking in a wider circle, and some of their members got tired and would take breaks.
At Fang, they have to decide who to vote out that night. Geek Ken has been the only person that Michelle talks to, and he is flattered by her attention, so he wants to keep her, but pretty much everyone else doesn't like her. She says that she hates her tribe and that they're all stupid. Yeah, nice way to fit in.
At tribal council, the chaos on the team is evident, and GC is nominated as team leader, which he accepts. As expected, Michelle is voted off, but the tribe gets fire to take back to camp with them. It was kind of weird to not see Michelle's final comments, but the husband says they usually show it over the end credits, so since this was a two-hour episode, they didn't show it. There was a note that her final comments could be seen online. The video of her final words can be seen here. Yep, she's still a clueless, bitter, delusional bitch.
At Kota, a love relationship is definitely forming. Well, a one-sided one at least. Charlie is completely in love with Marcus and hangs on his every word. Too bad for him that Marcus doesn't swing that way.
At Fang, GC is taking his leader role to heart and is giving instructions and advice about what people should do. Randy is not happy with that particular development. A four-person alliance is struck among Charlie, Marcus, Corinne and Jacquie. (Corinne just kept reminding me of a young Karen Allen.) GC is up early the next morning, making noise, and more people get up and talk, and Gillian complains about the noise so early in the morning when others are still trying to sleep, but GC complains that a number of people were snoring so he wasn't getting any sleep anyway. GC is frustrated and decides to resign his position as team leader. GC's attitude is seriously getting on my nerves. The team then decides to bond by painting their faces using the charcoal from the fire, to give them a boost at the next challenge.
The next immunity challenge includes a reward - a full set of fishing gear. The team has to push a huge boulder through a series of gates and obstacles, get sets of keys, undo locks and then put the boulder on a stand. Again, Kota wins, and they also get to pick one person from Fang to send to Exile Island, and they choose Dan. Maybe Fang needs to pay more attention to actually working together to win challenges rather than just painting their faces and looking tough.
Kota makes good use of their fishing equipment, and soon, they're feasting and partying and basically having a great time.
Not having such a great time is Dan, who's sent more to Exile Area-of-land-away-from-camps since it's not an island. He gets the choice of either comfort (apple and shelter) or a clue to the hidden individual immunity idol. He picks the clue, thinking it'll be easy, but he doesn't pay careful enough attention to the instructions and ends up looking completely in the wrong place. There's no indication that he got the idol.
Things are going a little better at Fang, where the members are actually working together a bit more. Randy fashions a make-shift fish hook from his glasses, and people are out digging for worms as bait, and they actually manage to catch a couple of fish that way. When Dan returns, though, they are suspicious of whether he found the immunity idol.
At tribal council that night, Gillian is voted out.
Bob's team is named Kota and has the yellow buffs. Gillian's team is named Fang and has the red buffs.
The first challenge is for individual immunity, which is at the top of a hill. The first one from each tribe to get there gets an individual immunity that can only be used at their first tribal council. But the twist is that while both teams will get some ration of food, the first team to get all their members up the hill will win additional food. Marcus from Kota and GC (whose real name is Danny) from Fang get individual immunity, but Gillian is lagging behind and as much as her teammates try to help her, Kota gets all of their team up first and gets the extra food.
Both teams find at their respective camps that they had pre-made structures which just needed some shoring up, which was definitely an advantage over some other locations. At Kota, I thought Jessica, otherwise known as "Sugar", was being a little annoying, but the tribe members thought Ace was being too bossy. Bob, however, is able to contribute a lot to getting camp working better. Meanwhile at Fang, Gillian is being a bit overbearing while Randy puts a big gash in his head from walking around in the dark and not seeing a branch. And Michelle is just complaining about how cold she is and how uncomfortable it was to try to sleep since she's thin and has no padding.
At the immunity challenge, six team members are tied together, and they have to make their way through an obstacle course, at the end of which they have to dig up three bags of puzzle pieces, and then the three remaining team members have to solve the puzzle. Kota kicked ass on this challenge, with Bob helping to breeze through the puzzle, as they solved one bag at a time. They won the immunity idol as well as flint to start fire with. Fang failed at the challenge mostly in digging for the puzzle pieces. They were digging in a small section and just going deeper rather than looking in a wider circle, and some of their members got tired and would take breaks.
At Fang, they have to decide who to vote out that night. Geek Ken has been the only person that Michelle talks to, and he is flattered by her attention, so he wants to keep her, but pretty much everyone else doesn't like her. She says that she hates her tribe and that they're all stupid. Yeah, nice way to fit in.
At tribal council, the chaos on the team is evident, and GC is nominated as team leader, which he accepts. As expected, Michelle is voted off, but the tribe gets fire to take back to camp with them. It was kind of weird to not see Michelle's final comments, but the husband says they usually show it over the end credits, so since this was a two-hour episode, they didn't show it. There was a note that her final comments could be seen online. The video of her final words can be seen here. Yep, she's still a clueless, bitter, delusional bitch.
At Kota, a love relationship is definitely forming. Well, a one-sided one at least. Charlie is completely in love with Marcus and hangs on his every word. Too bad for him that Marcus doesn't swing that way.
At Fang, GC is taking his leader role to heart and is giving instructions and advice about what people should do. Randy is not happy with that particular development. A four-person alliance is struck among Charlie, Marcus, Corinne and Jacquie. (Corinne just kept reminding me of a young Karen Allen.) GC is up early the next morning, making noise, and more people get up and talk, and Gillian complains about the noise so early in the morning when others are still trying to sleep, but GC complains that a number of people were snoring so he wasn't getting any sleep anyway. GC is frustrated and decides to resign his position as team leader. GC's attitude is seriously getting on my nerves. The team then decides to bond by painting their faces using the charcoal from the fire, to give them a boost at the next challenge.
The next immunity challenge includes a reward - a full set of fishing gear. The team has to push a huge boulder through a series of gates and obstacles, get sets of keys, undo locks and then put the boulder on a stand. Again, Kota wins, and they also get to pick one person from Fang to send to Exile Island, and they choose Dan. Maybe Fang needs to pay more attention to actually working together to win challenges rather than just painting their faces and looking tough.
Kota makes good use of their fishing equipment, and soon, they're feasting and partying and basically having a great time.
Not having such a great time is Dan, who's sent more to Exile Area-of-land-away-from-camps since it's not an island. He gets the choice of either comfort (apple and shelter) or a clue to the hidden individual immunity idol. He picks the clue, thinking it'll be easy, but he doesn't pay careful enough attention to the instructions and ends up looking completely in the wrong place. There's no indication that he got the idol.
Things are going a little better at Fang, where the members are actually working together a bit more. Randy fashions a make-shift fish hook from his glasses, and people are out digging for worms as bait, and they actually manage to catch a couple of fish that way. When Dan returns, though, they are suspicious of whether he found the immunity idol.
At tribal council that night, Gillian is voted out.
Oprah's mom and "The Partridge Family" redux
No, Oprah's mom is not joining the Partridge family - those are two different stories, silly!
Free Shopping for the Stupid
This story says that Oprah Winfrey's mother doesn't think she should have to pay a $150,000 credit bill at a high-end fashion store because they shouldn't have extended the credit to her.
The only way I'm going to buy that is if she has some sort of mental disability. If she's just ignorant that if you run a credit line up, it means you actually have to pay it, then no, that's a frickin' idiotic reason for not having to pay the bill.
This paragraph confuses me:
I can't tell if this bill is related to that bill or if she was indeed given more credit even though they weren't supposed to. But then, if they weren't supposed to, I don't see how they could be filing to make her pay the bill.
But ok, let's say that technically, they shouldn't have extended her the credit, so legally, maybe she's not liable. Then the store is completely stupid. But she gets to get away with "oh, I didn't know any better, so I shouldn't have to pay up this massive debt I racked up on a total luxury item"? Should I launch into my rant on people who are completely irresponsible with money and feel entitled to everything and don't owe anyone anything whereas everyone else owes them? No, I won't do it right now because I don't have the time. But I'm tired of people like that. If you can't afford it, don't buy it, especially when it's frivolous stuff.
And no, I don't think Oprah should pay the bill for her mother. It doesn't matter how much money Oprah has - it's her money. Her mother racked up the bill - it's her responsibility.
Come On, Get Happy
NBC apparently thinks that the world is clamouring for more of "The Partridge Family".
I can't be the only person who thinks this is a bad idea. I wonder what Danny Bonaduce thinks about this.
Free Shopping for the Stupid
This story says that Oprah Winfrey's mother doesn't think she should have to pay a $150,000 credit bill at a high-end fashion store because they shouldn't have extended the credit to her.
Lee filed a counterclaim Friday contending that Valentina took advantage of her "lack of knowledge, ability, and-or capacity" when creating her credit account.
The only way I'm going to buy that is if she has some sort of mental disability. If she's just ignorant that if you run a credit line up, it means you actually have to pay it, then no, that's a frickin' idiotic reason for not having to pay the bill.
This paragraph confuses me:
Court papers say Lee resolved a 2002 case with the company over a $175,000 bill. The resolution prohibited Valentina from extending further credit to her.
I can't tell if this bill is related to that bill or if she was indeed given more credit even though they weren't supposed to. But then, if they weren't supposed to, I don't see how they could be filing to make her pay the bill.
But ok, let's say that technically, they shouldn't have extended her the credit, so legally, maybe she's not liable. Then the store is completely stupid. But she gets to get away with "oh, I didn't know any better, so I shouldn't have to pay up this massive debt I racked up on a total luxury item"? Should I launch into my rant on people who are completely irresponsible with money and feel entitled to everything and don't owe anyone anything whereas everyone else owes them? No, I won't do it right now because I don't have the time. But I'm tired of people like that. If you can't afford it, don't buy it, especially when it's frivolous stuff.
And no, I don't think Oprah should pay the bill for her mother. It doesn't matter how much money Oprah has - it's her money. Her mother racked up the bill - it's her responsibility.
Come On, Get Happy
NBC apparently thinks that the world is clamouring for more of "The Partridge Family".
"The new version will reflect what seems to me to be the more realistic family band scenario these days: a struggling, sort of well-meaning mom pimping her kids in order to create a wholesome-slash-sexy cash cow."
I can't be the only person who thinks this is a bad idea. I wonder what Danny Bonaduce thinks about this.
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