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Prison Break: “Interference”

October 23, 2007 /

The longer that Linc goes without telling Micheal about Sara’s death, the more trouble it’s going to cause down the line. Linc’s probably smart not to break the news, as it would probably cause Michael to flip out and that would jeopardize L.J., but Michael is going to see the omission as a betrayal.

The creators took another shot at Sarah Wayne Callies by having Susan make a reference to Linc losing his head and then saying there’s “a bad joke about Sara in there somewhere.” I think this a cheap attempt at humor and I don’t find it realistic that Susan would make this comment let alone kill Sara in the first place. It’s too big of a risk that Michael will find out about her death and refuse to help the Company. The bottom line is that the creators wanted to kill off Sara and this is the best they could come up with. Regardless, expect some serious vengeance when Michael discovers the truth.

The escape plan is coming together…sort of. Michael wants to break out during the day (nice twist!), only his plan runs into a snag when one of the guards spots Michael watching him through a binocular lens. With his cell locked up, Michael must now figure out how to break the chains (or come up with Plan B) within 24 hours.

I’m not sure what the point was of Sucre taking on the role of drug smuggler nor is it clear how the drug kingpin makes any money off the prisoners. Isn’t there a fixed amount of money flowing around Sona? So when drugs go in, where is the new money coming from? And where is it going? Luchero has a bundle, but I just don’t know how these customers are coming up with the cash. And how can the kingpin afford to give Sucre $5 K for that little bundle? I’m confused.

Linc’s expression when Sofia took off her shirt on the beach was pretty funny. Is this a sign of a new romance? She seems to be fully in love with Whistler (and is willing to go to great lengths to break him out), but if he betrays her somehow, it will be easy for her to run into Linc’s big arms.

T-Bag’s story progressed a little when he stole the heart of Luchero’s whore. He may have overstepped his bounds, but I think she’ll help him at some crucial point in the future. He also has Mahone running a tab for his drugs, so expect him to leverage that debt sometime soon.

Finally, there’s a new prisoner and Star Trek fans will recognize Dominic Keating from his role as Malcom Reed on “Enterprise.” He’s English, and I’m not sure what accent his character is supposed to have, but he shed some light on Whistler’s past when he said that he met Whistler when he was “with the ambassador.”

It looks like the gang will have to try to use the guard’s coffee cup against him. I’m not sure how Michael plans to do it, but something tells me he’ll find a way.

External Entertainment, External TV, Prison Break, TV, TV Action, TV Dramas

Friday Night Lights: “Are You Ready for Friday Night?”

October 23, 2007 /

My apologizes to those readers expecting this post earlier, but I was out of town this weekend and was unable to watch FNL until last night.

Anyway, I thought this episode felt more like the ol’ “Friday Night Lights,” and a lot of that had to do with the return of Riggins. He made cameo appearances in the first two episodes, but this week the show focused more on Riggins and his personal struggles with alcohol. That sounds dark and all, but Riggins is funny as hell when he’s drinking.

I wondered in last week’s blog whether or not Riggins would pull Lyla to the dark side or if she’d bring him to the light, and I thought the writers did a nice job of handling the first battle fairly quickly. He has an apparent religious experience at her church and then, after being let in by “Little Garrity,” he tries to make a move on Lyla because he says that when he’s with her, he feels “closer to God.” By the end of the episode he’s sipping a roadie as he and Jason drive to Mexico for some experimental spine surgery. Awesome!

It looks like Coach Taylor is on the verge of returning to Dillon. The Panthers won their opener, but based on Matt’s outburst after the game, it’s clear the team is pretty fractured. I’m not sure how Buddy intends to expel the current coach, but after his “I don’t have time to take advice from the team mascot” comment he had for Jason, I’ll be glad to see him go. I thought it was really cool the way they shot the scene with Coach Taylor seeing the stadium’s lights and deciding to stop to watch the end of the game.

Anyway, it’s good to see Buddy get a purpose in his life again, and he had a great line when Riggins said that he passed out at practice because he was hungover:

“Son, don’t you ever say that again. I’ve seen you play many times hungover and you always played like a champ.”

That’s classic Buddy for ya.

Once Eric heard that Tami slapped Julie after pulling her out of a boy’s car, his decision to return to Dillon was pretty easy. He obviously isn’t very happy with his role at TMU and it’s clear that his family is falling apart without him around. I thought it was a smart (yet sly) move for Buddy to play the family card with Eric, but it definitely worked.

The Matt vs. Smash conflict feels a little forced to me. Smash’s problem is his big mouth. I don’t think Matt cares (that much) that the team is going to a more run-oriented attack, but Smash was able to paint Matt’s concerns as jealousy, diverting the conversation from the real problem: his ego. I think Matt’s outburst after the game has more to do with his anxiety over losing both his mentor and his girlfriend back-to-back and less to do with Smash’s increasing celebrity.

The Matt and Carlota romance is heating up a little bit, though I’m not sure that she knows it. The conversation about Matt’s laundry was hilarious.

Lastly, the show’s darkest storyline continues to move forward, albeit quite slowly. The episode began with Tyra and Landry waking up after their first night together and Landry’s dad (Old Yeller from our “24” blog) seemed to be pleased to see her exiting his bedroom window. I thought it was a really sweet moment in the restaurant when Tyra explained to Old Yeller why she liked Landry, and I think that by having to defend him, she realized why she likes him so much.

The missing watch is still an issue, but I have a tough time believing that it’s on the body. Landry would have had to put the watch in the body’s pants pocket and even then I don’t know that it would survive a trip down the river. If it does turn up on or near the body, it will be interesting to see if Old Yeller is the type to protect his son (by covering the killing up) or hang him out to dry.

In the end, I just don’t see Landry going down for this.

External Entertainment, External TV, Friday Night Lights, TV, TV Action, TV Dramas

Journeyman 1.5: “The Legend of Dylan McCleen”

October 23, 2007 /

Last week’s “Journeyman” preview made this week look like it was going to be a heavy drama piece about Dan and his son, Zack. Turns out what was shown in that preview was mostly this week’s pre-credits sequence. Gotta love those marketing guys. Zack did play a bigger part than usual, but I’ll get to that later.

This was the first episode to really begin complicating things (well, not counting the pilot anyway) and at least a half a dozen noteworthy developments occurred throughout the hour. All of a sudden Dan’s actions from last week — running around a city street in a tux and brandishing a handgun — come back to haunt him when a police officer shows up at their door asking questions related to a robbery that night. Of course Dan isn’t home – he’s busy trippin’, so Katie’s forced to deal with the law.

Dan’s mission this time centers around a Vietnam soldier, a Cambodian refugee and his attempts to bring the two back together. It was a moving story and one of “Journeyman’s” more complex outings as far as this aspect of the series goes. So far, Dan has yet to fail, but I’m wondering, how long can this last? Surely he’ll sooner or later somehow botch a mission? Livia told him a few episodes back that he needed to get hold of some older currency for spending in the past. Thanks to this mission, Dan acquired a huge stash of ‘70s-era dough, so he oughtta be set for at least the rest of the season, if not the series itself. Speaking of the ‘70s, so far Dan’s journeys have been restricted to points in his lifetime (much like “Quantum Leap”) although I’m not sure it’s been qualified that these eras are the only times to which he can travel. Also, Dan first trip this time dropped into a foreign country, right? That’s a first. (Please feel free to correct me on any of this.)

And what is the deal with Livia, anyway? This dame always manages to show up at just the right time when he’s traveling about, and yet her function remains mostly a mystery. Perhaps Dan is so caught up in this new life that he doesn’t yet want to ask too many questions, or rather press her too hard for info. In 1976, Dan also met up with his father (the ‘70s-era newsroom was a scream!), who ran out him when he was Zack’s age, which mirrored Dan’s relationship with Zack in this installment. But now Zack knows of his daddy’s “magic”, which was a nice touch for the ending. Speaking of the ‘70s, I noticed ads for both “Jaws” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” on the sides of buses, which was a nice diversion from the show’s usual marking of eras through music and fashion sense. (The “Rocky Horror” one went by so fast I almost thought I imagined it.)

But for my viewing pleasure, the episode’s greatest scene was when Elliot Langley (Tom Everett) showed up at the paper. This is the professor Dan contacted last week to find out more about tachyons – the guy who knew his father. The scene was as nebulous as it was tense, and said a lot while saying nothing at all. Is this guy good or evil or somewhere in between? Is it possible he’s even got something to do with Dan’s trips? Dan did talk to him on the phone in the ‘80s in last week’s episode, which is referenced here and then the two move on. I wish I had a transcript of their conversation because it was fascinating, and really amped up the sci-fi aspects of the show. This guy’s gonna be a big factor in the coming weeks.

That’s assuming we get to. “Journeyman’s” ratings haven’t been stellar and I’m not sure it’s building an audience (but I don’t think it’s steadily losing viewers either). Luckily it’s on NBC, the network which has been giving good shows more of a chance to build in recent years. If the show can just make it through season one and then get that season out on DVD, it should be flyin’ high. This isn’t a show about huge developments like its lead-in, “Heroes”. “Journeyman” is a quiet little series that is proving to require patience for payoff.

Finally, last week I called the ubiquitous cafe “SoLuna”. It’s just plain “Cafe Luna”…but there is a Mexican eatery a few blocks from my house called SoLuna, just so you know where I was coming from.

Journeyman, TV, TV Dramas, TV Sci-Fi

Laugh of the Day: “How To Survive A Horror Movie”

October 23, 2007 /

If you aren’t familiar with Seth Grahame-Smith, there’s no better time than Halloween to discover the work of the man responsible for DodgeTheKills.com. Not long ago, Grahame-Smith published his book, HOW TO SURVIVE A HORROR MOVIE: ALL THE SKILLS TO DODGE THE KILLS; now, he’s taken portions of the text and made instructional films.

Here’s one of my favorite lessons: “Seven Things To Never, Ever, Ever Put In A Child’s Room.”

Man, I hate cymbal monkeys.

Anyway, go check out this flick and others over at DodgeTheKills.com and have several good laughs on me.

External Entertainment, External Movies, Horror Movies, Movie Comedies, Movies, New Media, TV, TV Comedies

Heroes 2.5 – Enter Kristen Bell!

October 22, 2007 /

My Two Dads go their separate ways as Matt teams up with a new partner: Nathan. Still, Suresh made sure to give Matt what for before he hit the road. Matt’s dad seemed like he was gonna be a bit of a wuss, based on how he was acting once his son got the shotgun away from him, but he certainly proved to be a Nightmare Man before long, picking the worst fears out of the minds of both Matt and Nathan and forcing them to believe that they were living it. It took me a second to realize that, in addition, he was also forcing them to battle each other; that was pretty damned cool…and very comic-book-y. (I love it when they do stuff like that.)

Peter’s being stalked by Kristen Bell? Wowzers! And she’s clearly a bad-ass, what with her indifference to killing. Loved the shrug-off, “What’s the big deal?” So do you think her “sorry, Daddy” comment was being sarcastic, or will we really discover that she’s the daughter of another character…and, if so, who will it be?!? Dunno when she’ll finally find her target but…oh, geez, I guess I’ll restrain myself from making a joke about how there’s sure to be real electricity between them. I was glad to see that the opening of Peter’s so-called “memory box” didn’t result in a sudden influx of recollection, but I loved the way he channeled Isaac’s power. We just haven’t seen nearly enough eye-whites this season, dammit.

Monica’s dialogue with her co-worker couldn’t have been much more clichéd, but the horror on her face when she found that she couldn’t stop herself from playing piano, watching her fingers move faster and faster across the keys, was palpable, as was the excitement once she got the hang of her powers and did up the Double Dutch. I didn’t expect to see Mohinder pop up on her doorstep, though. I’m still disappointed that Nichelle Nichols is getting such a light load as Nana, though…but I’m led to understand – from Tim Kring himself, no less – that her character will come into her own eventually. Sooner than later would be preferable, however. (The fact that Nichols is scheduled to do a conference call on Thursday bodes well for the immediate future, methinks.)

The whole Hiro-in-feudal-Japan story has descended into boredom for me, and I don’t think it’s just because I didn’t find the whole leaving-scrolls-in-the-sword-for-Ando thing plausible. They really need to hurry up and bring him back to the present.

Says Stephen Tobolowsky, “It’s easier to ask forgiveness than permission.” Boy, if that’s not the official slogan for The Company, it damned well should be. Nikki sure as hell made a dramatic entrance, didn’t she? I’m understandably skeptical that they can really sure her of her Jessica side, but time will tell, I reckon.

Actors, Actresses, External Entertainment, External TV, Heroes, Reviews, TV, TV Action, TV Dramas, TV Sci-Fi

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