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Prison Break 4.19: “S.O.B.”

May 2, 2009 /

I’ve been starting the last few blog entries by examining the name of the episode and how it relates to what went on. This week we have “S.O.B.,” which I believe is aimed at the fact that Mama Scofield is a stone cold bitch.

She was pretty evil this episode, setting up her (adopted?) son Lincoln for the assassination of what’s-his-name. It seems like an awfully elaborate and risky plan when it appears that her goal was to simply get out of the city with Scylla. Why go to all this trouble to frame Lincoln and his cohorts for what’s-his-name’s assassination? She has the secret to unlimited, renewable energy in her pocket and she’s worried about these schmucks?

Midway through Mama’s conversation with Michael, after she dropped the adoption bomb, his focus went from finding Scylla to finding Linc, and I have no Earthly idea why. What’s he going to do, give him one of those Robin Williams/Will Hunting hugs and tell him — “it’s not your fault” — over and over?

“Please, just scratch out my eyes so I don’t have to watch this show anymore.”

It’s nice to have T-Bag back on the opposing team again. He’s just too dastardly to ever be a “good guy,” so this whole audition-to-be-a-Company-liason bit should keep him busy for the rest of the series run. I’m guessing that, at some point, he’ll have an opportunity to redeem himself and will have to make a choice — help himself, or do something positive in this world.

Sara needs to go ahead and tell Michael she’s pregnant. I doubt anyone really thought that Mama was going to shoot her in the back of the head after she went to the trouble of duct taping her hands together. I mean, if you’re going to execute someone, does it really matter if their hands are free?

Anyway, I almost fell asleep during the 15-minute chase scene where Lincoln, Mahone and Don were driving (then jogging) after Mama’s right hand man. It’s amazing that they weren’t able to catch up to him that entire time. After all, the guy was carrying a giant metal briefcase. I stayed awake long enough to see that Mahone called it as a setup, so I’m guessing the next episode or two will be about getting Lincoln out of this jam. We were treated to a few long shots of the bullet casing, so I’m sure that will be the key. (By the way, Linc was right there when the guy placed the casing next to the gun, wouldn’t it occur to him that maybe the sniper was setting him up? Forget about the fact that neither Don nor Mahone elected to call Linc after they figured out the whole thing was a set up. That would be too simple.)

Anything else to cover? I don’t think so. See you next week.

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TV Roundup: Chuck/Heroes finale ratings, more on Scrubs and Privileged

April 28, 2009 /

– Ratings for the season finales of “Chuck” and “Heroes” failed to impress. This is especially bad news for “Chuck,” which is definitely on the bubble to get a pickup.

– TV.COM reports that talks between ABC and the producers of “Scrubs” are heating up. The ratings haven’t been great, but ad sales have been solid due to the upscale nature of the show’s audience. This season has been up and down, and has suffered some with portions of the cast missing significant time (as a planned, cost-cutting measure). But when everyone’s accounted for, the show still has its moments.

– EW.COM is reporting that the CW is planning to run repeats of “Privileged” this summer, which could be taken as a good sign as far as the show’s future is concerned.

– VARIETY discusses the still-a-ways-off-series-finale of “Lost,” and how the producers are approaching it.

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24 7.20: Synchronize your watches, there’s still time to kill

April 27, 2009 /

Hi everyone, I’m back. So, what did I miss? (*thinks about using emoticon, decides to move on*)

Thanks to the many people that sent in quotes for the captions. They were all quite entertaining, though the one of Jack and Senator Dumbass supposedly looking at a woman with a horse was easily my favorite. It was crude, yes, but smartly written. Nicely done, Jay. And now, back to the blog…

The people that write Entertainment Weekly’s “In the Bullseye” section love Sprague Grayden and her Hillary Clinton character. I want whatever drugs they’re taking, because she makes me craaaaaaaaaaazy. When is someone going to finally grab her by the scruff of her neck and say, “This isn’t about you, Olivia”? Nothing about her character rings true to me. She’s a clock killer, a device the writers have installed when they need to manufacture a little conflict. Jonas Brother may be a sociopath, but he’s a hell of a lot more fun to watch. She’s both a pain and a bore. Kill her now, please.

On the plus side, we get Chloe back, and not a moment too soon. Not even Janis’ own people seem thrilled to have her on staff at this point, as she took verbal dress-downs from both Bauers Jack and Jacqueline (Chloe resorted to her usual passive-aggressive snide remark). I pictured GiantGary waving his arms in the air like he was at a Sunday revival in the deep south when Jack laid into Janis. Even though he said David Palmer instead of Allison Taylor, he still PWND her. I guess I don’t understand Janis’ reluctance to use CTU’s server. It’s a government database, and they need to find a bioweapon. What’s the problem?

“Can I count on you to do the right thing?” “If by that you mean completely fuck up everything you put in motion for my own selfish interests, then I’m your girl, Mom.”

Lastly, we must discuss Tony Almeida’s sudden transformation into Woody Harrelson from “Natural Born Killers.” Dude popped three people this week alone, which has to be a record for him. With his official Dead Feds count at three (*pours out a 40 for Dudley Do-Right*), I think it’s safe to say that there is no way that Tony is still undercover as the dude playing the dude disguised as a bad dude, if that makes any sense. He has to be bad and nothing but bad. Otherwise, he would have wounded those agents tonight and only knocked Larry out. The only question is just how far Jack shoves his foot up Tony’s ass in the final minutes. After Kim saves Jack from the Howard Hughes bioweapon, of course. “It’s the way of the future, the way of the future…”

All right, one more thought. I found it very curious that that shots were fired in Tony’s Sleaz-E Motel room, and yet that did not arouse the suspicion of management. You have to think that at least one guest at that hotel is not a wanted fugitive and would be spooked, right? Maybe they’re all sound sleepers. It is three in the morning, after all.

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Heroes 3.25 – Lives Come Together, They Fade Apart

April 27, 2009 /

Here are now, at the finale of another season of “Heroes.” Entertain us…or, at the very least, leave us happy ’til the beginning of the next season, right? With the return of Bryan Fuller to the fold, the show has been working its way slowly but surely out of the creative doledrums in which it had found itself, but does anyone even care anymore?

It’s a fair question, particularly when you look back at how few people are commenting on this blog nowadays. Once upon a time, we actually used to get a discussion going about the episode of the week, but if you look back over the course of the past several weeks, we’ve been averaging no more than 2 or 3 comments per ep, with one week receiving absolutely no comments! I figured Fuller’s return would kickstart the blog, but has it really reached a point where even the return of one of the show’s seminal writers (if, indeed, a show only in its third season can be said to have such a thing) can’t stir much in the way of conversation? I’m not even taking it personally anymore. I’m really just surprised.

Frankly, I feel like the show’s been relatively strong in recent weeks. Are there really so few people who feel the same way?

Last week ended with Zeljko looking darned surprised about Sylar surviving a knife blade to the back of the skull, but given the amount of shapeshifting Sylar had been doing, I wasn’t terribly shocked. Since he’s now able to move his size and shape around in a rather dramatic fashion, I figured his Achilles’ heel might not be where we last left it. I was, however, wondering whether we’d see Sylar slaughter Zeljko immediately or if he’d toy with him for awhile first. Nice touch, taking on his form to discredit him, ruin his reputation, and get him thrown into prison with…HRG?

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Prison Break 4.18: “Vs.”

April 25, 2009 /

The “Prison Break” writers are blowing my mind with these episode titles. Last week, the episode was called “The Mother Lode” and focused on Mama Scofield, and this week “Vs.” implies how Lincoln and Michael are pitted against each other with regard to Scylla and taking down the Company. However, the episode title has a double meaning, since the last fifteen minutes were about heading off Victor Sandusky (V.S., get it?) at the airport. Consider your mind blown.

The “B” story this week revolved around Dr. Sara Tancredi’s reaction when she discovers that she’s pregnant. Seriously, this woman is a doctor and she’s surprised that she’s preggers after knocking boots with Michael? The only way that I’d buy her shock would be if we somehow knew that the couple was using birth control, but how do you shoehorn that into an episode of “Prison Break”?

“You’re still on the pill, right?”

Obviously, Sara is going to be reluctant to tell Michael about the pregnancy because he might snap into father mode and try to protect her from everything (and not let her help him). But the truth is that she has someone else to think about now, so she should really be avoiding any situations where a gun is pointed at her or bullets are whizzing around her head. And that means she should abandon her quest to take down the Company.

But back to the Brothers. I find this whole rivalry pretty silly. Lincoln claims that he “just wants his life back,” so he’s willing to turn over Scylla (and all of the incredible world-changing information it contains) over to the General. In effect, he’s throwing away the solution to unlimited, renewable energy (and the climate crisis) so that he, Sofia and LJ can go bowling in peace. (And this assumes that the General would even let Linc go once he has Scylla.) He’s literally putting his own needs ahead of those of the 6.7 billion people that inhabit the planet. That, my friends, is some seriously manufactured conflict.

The writers needed some hook for the last few episodes, and that’s what they decided to go with. No wonder the show’s ratings have fallen off a cliff this season. (Hey, it’s the third most pirated show, so there’s that.)

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