Despite what his publicist said a couple days ago regarding the issue, Neil Patrick Harris himself confirmed that he is gay. All right, it’s a slow news weekend, and who cares, right? But apparently People magazine is the place to come out as Lance Bass, T.R. Knight, and now Harris have all used the periodical to break the news. I wonder if Rick Santorum was a “Doogie Howser M.D.” fan.
Year: 2006 (Page 28 of 228)
So the Cylons have decided that they want to make Earth their new home. Caprica wasn’t good enough? I’m still not clear what their endgame is. Do they want to annihilate the human race? Do they want to make a new race of human/Cylon hybrids? I’m sure that their goals have religious origins, which could mean just about anything. Luckily they have Baltar to lead the way to Earth…that’s just great. Way to sell out your own race (again), Doctor. At least the search for Earth is on. I was wondering when they’d get to that.
Baltar goes to inspect the infected ship and ends up strangling a Cylon just to shut her up. Then he lies to the seven Cylons about the presence of the human artifact, but Number Six is onto him. I’m not sure how this is going to play out, but like Gaeta said, Baltar’s instincts for survival are unparalleled, so he’s not in any real danger.
What’s the deal with the other five models of Cylons? They can’t even talk about them? Consider my interest appropriately piqued.
Back on Galactica, Starbuck’s line to Lee on the deck was great: “The bird is on the deck! I’m on the deck! I don’t know what you’re bitchin’ about!” I didn’t really understand why she and Tigh took a bunch of shots at those that weren’t involved in the ground war. That storyline seemed a little contrived, but Adama’s speech and actions in the lounge made up for it. First, he kicks over Starbuck’s chair, causing her to run out the room with her tail between her legs. Then he confronts Tigh, who looks like he’s about to spiral downward into oblivion. I still think all he needs is a patch over that eye.
One surprising thing is how much trust Adama puts in Sharon (Athena). I like her character, so I hope this doesn’t backfire on him. Clear something up for me…this is the Sharon that had the baby – is it the same one that shot Adama? I’m pretty sure that one – Boomer, the one who loved Chief – is back with the Cylons.
And then there’s Starbuck, knife in hand, ready to cut that hair of hers. Inside, I was screaming, “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” (She looks much better with long hair.)
This episode didn’t move the Pam/Jim storyline forward, but there were several funny lines leading up to and at the Diwali.
Michael: “You know, Stanley, come Kwanzaa time, I’ve got you covered.”
Stanley: “I don’t celebrate Kwanzaa.”
Michael: “Well, you should. It’s really fun.”
Kevin: (about the Indian godess) “She looks like Pam from the neck down.”
Michael: “Pam wishes.”
Michael is the king of awkward, and I had to cover my eyes when he asked his girlfriend to marry him. His proposal became even more absurd when we discovered it was the couple’s ninth date.
I think my favorite line was when Michael and Pam were sitting on the steps and Michael leaned in to kiss her.
Pam: “What are you doing?”
Michael: “What are you doing?”
Pam: “I’m rejecting your kiss.”
To say that this week’s episode is better than last week’s is to damn it with faint praise, since – as you may recall – the ending of last week’s episode was officially the WORST. ENDING. EVER. But in all seriousness, this really is a far better episode, providing some much needed fleshing out of the townsfolk and their characters.
So this week, we get to know Jonah, the leader of the band of hooligans outside of town who tried to swipe some horses last week and, in the process, got Jake’s mom pretty roughed up when the horses literally ran roughshod over her. “There’s a lot of things about Jake you don’t know,” Emily tells Heather, when the latter concedes that she’s harboring a crush on Jake. Yeah, turns out there were a few things we viewers didn’t know about Emily…like, say, that Jonah’s her dad. Jake and Jonah clearly have a history…at the very least, Jake’s sweet ride used to belong to Jonah…and it’s equally clear that Jake knows enough about Jonah to not underestimate him. As the episode progresses, we find out that it was Emily’s brother…Jonah’s son…who was killed in the incident from Jake’s past that’s been referenced.
As we predicted, Stanley and Mimi (a.k.a. the accountant from Washington) continue their flirtation, although they’re at least taking the time to give Mimi more of a personality than just the hard-ass government employee she’s been to date. There’s a nice scene which clarifies that her anal tendencies extend before the workplace, as she explains to Stanley how, in a fit of boredom, she reorganized his kitchen. And, for once, the growing relationship between Dale and rich bitch Skylar isn’t mired in predictable teen angst; the situation that erupts when Skylar trades away a family heirloom for a case of diet soda then discovers that her parents might not be dead after all is good viewing, if a bit melodramatic; same with the scenes between Richard and his wife, where – FINALLY! – he’s painted without paranoia.
Gray Anderson finally returns to town after having been all but presumed dead (he’s been MIA for a few episodes), and he’s got a LOT of new information for the townsfolk and for us viewers.
*Topeka’s a mess.
*Lawrence was bombed.
*The governor of Kansas is missing.
*New York escaped being bombed, thanks to all of its post-9/11 security measures. (It’s notable that even know-it-all Robert loses his game face at this news.)
*Washington is gone.
Gray’s return also results in an authority struggle between he and Jake…but, then, Gray’s made a point of always wanting to be right since the first episode. I was indifferent to the jailbreak scene right up until the moment when Jake snatched Gray’s gun, at which point I believe I actually yelled, “Oh, shit!” Sorry, I just think Gray’s an asshole, and that opinion was backed up when he started going all Senator McCarthy on Eric. And speaking of Eric, maybe it’s just me, but the interaction between Jake and Eric – like the scene in the bar toward the end of this episode – always seems kind of forced; Skeet Ulrich and Kenneth Mitchell just do not have the chemistry that brothers should have.
I wasn’t sure if Gerald McRaney’s contract was up this episode, but he’s apparently got at least one more show in him. Nice cliffhanger ending…and the first time in a few weeks that I’m legitimately looking forward to next week’s episode.
Can you believe “America’s Most Wanted” has been on the air for nineteen years now? It’s one of the longest-running programs in television history, and – unfortunately – it will probably never be lacking for material. To promote a few significant episodes of the show that will be airing in November and will include appeararances by Bernie Kosar, Daryl Hannah, and Rev. Al Sharpton, the Fox Network set up a teleconference with the show’s host, John Walsh…and we were able to get in a pair of questions.
Bullz-Eye: Hi, John, how are you?
John Walsh: Good, William, how are you?
BE: Not bad. I know you mentioned the various celebrities you’re having on the show this month. Are you regularly contacted by celebrities who want to assist with the show?
JW: Over the years, we’ve been contacted by lots of celebrities. For example, we did a case in Nashville, Tennessee, of a wonderful guy by the name of Skull Schulman who ran a bar that was the kick-off point for many country and western stars…and many of them – in that example, Willie Nelson, Tanya Tucker, and about ten other stars – asked us to profile the senseless murder of Skull Schulman. He was beaten to death for, I think, about sixty dollars at the closing of this bar, and we caught two guys. One was in prison, the other guy was in a homeless shelter; I don’t think they ever would’ve been caught if the celebrities hadn’t brought the case to “America’s Most Wanted.” So we’ve done lots of cases over the years where different celebrities or sports figures have reached out to us and said, look, this is a friend or relative or mentor, someone who has helped me in my life, could you maybe put this on “America’s Most Wanted”? So it’s not unusual. We’ve done a lot of them over the years.
BE: And one other question. Not too long ago, you were immortalized in comic book form in the DC series, “Outsiders.” How bizarre was that for you, and how did that come about?
JW: Well, I’ll tell you, I considered it an honor. I had been the only guy ever written into the “Dick Tracy” comic strip, I’ve been characterized on “South Park” and all those things my kids think are very cool. I have a 12-year-old and a 21-year-old son, and they think that’s cool. But the “Outsiders” actually reached out to me, the guys who write and draw that very successful comic book wanted to team up with me and have some of the Outsiders who were, in the fictionalized world, victims of sexual abuse. One of the girl characters had been a sex slave to a pimp, and they wanted to create a comic book with awareness about exploitation for children and to track these guys down. And I looked at it as a real honor, actually. I mean, the storyline was very, very serious. They approached it in a very serious way; it was kind of an educational way. And I thought…it really was an honor. They’re very, very talented people; it’s a hugely successful comic book. But as my 12-year-old son said to me, “Dad, you gave a pretty good message in that comic book, and it was pretty cool.”
BE: Great, thanks very much.
JW: Thank you.
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