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WELL it's been a long few days. Last you heard from me I was... wow, okay, roseanna was still with me in Long Island. I sent her home and then the following week I came home myself. Thursday I started driving home, I stayed overnight in Ohio, and made it back on Friday afternoon. Saturday was William's first birthday so my mom, Gretchen, and I went to see Cat and William. He's such a corker. She and the father's family are still having custody issues, and I think she's supposed to be back in court today. The less I say about that, the better, I think.
Otherwise, my sister is living in an apartment in Cedar Rapids with Abby for the summer and she's going to Japan in the fall, and my brother is still doing nothing with his life. I swear, I am this close to 911ing Dr. Phil on his ass, mostly because I think if I 911'd on Cat and Chris, I think it would be sticking my nose in. Oh, I'd forgotten how nice it was to not be the center of all this drama. (Although at least this drama involves things that I actually care about, unlike Who Gets The Desks In The Office With A Window.)
But that's neither here nor there.
Phew. That was long. But I think I said my piece.
Otherwise, my sister is living in an apartment in Cedar Rapids with Abby for the summer and she's going to Japan in the fall, and my brother is still doing nothing with his life. I swear, I am this close to 911ing Dr. Phil on his ass, mostly because I think if I 911'd on Cat and Chris, I think it would be sticking my nose in. Oh, I'd forgotten how nice it was to not be the center of all this drama. (Although at least this drama involves things that I actually care about, unlike Who Gets The Desks In The Office With A Window.)
But that's neither here nor there.
- Okay, Mentalist was amazing, full stop. I love any time that Simon Baker gets to bring out the crazy and NOTHING brings out the crazy like Red John. I love how they've built up Jane and Lisbon's relationship even though I don't think it's heading towards a happy place -- because let's face it, Jane should not be in a relationship of that kind with anyone. BUT THAT FINALE. Maybe it's because I was exhausted for the entire thing (driving eleven hours, hello) but it was phenomenal. My readers (guys I have readers, apparently! ♥) at thetwocents.com and I have been having some good discussion about it, and that excites me.
- Supernatural was... full stop amazing as well, although I was hoping for drive by Jeffrey Dean Morgan as God. I guess you can't have everything. Jared Padalecki was chewing that scenery up, and his Lucifer gives me chills. Mark Pellegrino was great for the whole season, but Jared... damn. I think it was a great close to the story line and I can't wait to see what they do next year. These writers have earned by trust because they know their characters and know how to keep it tight, so I trust them to do season six justice.
- Private Practice left me dead. :( Um. Yeah. When the adverts were like "unexpected death omg!" I was like, "Fuck, it's going to be Dell," because let's face it, they've wasted his character. And then they had to give him one last scene with Betsy, which made it worse. I sobbed. The last time I'd sobbed that hard at TV was when Harvelles got blown up.
- Grey's... okay. Well. Grey's was the best season finale that they have had probably since season two. I was worried because I thought they might waste Alex and since I am like one of five people on the entire internet who actually LOVES Alex Karev... yeah. I was worried. Since Izzie and Katie are gone (finally, Jesus tap dancing Christ) maybe they'll be forced to give him an actual plotline, or maybe he'll just lurk in the background and make occasional snide remarks. Again. Anyway the best part of the entire show was the badassery. EVERYONE WAS SO BADASS. Cristina "I'm Going To Perform Surgery On the BFF's Hubby With A Patchwork Staff And A Gun At My Head" Yang and Meredith "I'm Having A Miscarriage, Give Me The Lidacaine, Bitch" Grey are CLEARLY the true OTP of the show. That was the saddest part -- the major death in the finale being that dream of the child with fabulous hair that will now not be. :( It was intense and there was real danger, but it wasn't going to be about deaths -- which is good. I am all for a good, dramatic death, but I also think the aftermath of this event will be way more interesting than opening next season with another funeral. Characters are much more fun to torture when they're going to live... I mean, did I say that out loud?
- GLEE I am so in love with this show -- given that SPN is my favorite drama and with that finale Grey's jumped into a close second, it's nice to have a comedy where I'm not worrying if my favorites are going to die this week. Again. Kurt has been totally fierce, and I love Jesse and Rachel. They are PERFECT together and I know that JGroff isn't going to be on early next season at least -- he's going to ~*London to be on the West End in the fall, but it excites me that Ryan Murphy says they could possibly see him again. What I like best is that the most recent episode showed Jesse and Shelby plotting*~ but we know that Jesse is genuinely feeling something for Rachel, and this isn't just a Sabotage New Directions plot. And tonight is Lady Gaga. \o/
- I am up to 5x07, "Amy's Choice" which I loved. The Doctor has ISSUES, man. I love Matt Smith as Eleven -- he's just this perfect amalgam of Ten and Nine, and he has moments that are clearly one or the other, but he is also very much himself. And as always, he has a wonderful, affectionate relationship with Amy, but I don't see where people are getting this Doctor/Amy/Rory love triangle business -- it's not a love triangle at all. It's clearly an OT3. Like I told thinkatory last night, it's more of a Peter Pan thing -- is Amy going to go to Neverland with the Doctor, or is she going to stay with Rory and grow up? I think that's what it is. The Doctor left Amy as a young child, promising to return, and then he didn't -- at least not when he thought he would -- so of course there's abandonment issues there. All I'm saying. And WHY DOES AMY NOT REMEMBER THE DALEKS aghh. I just can't wait to see how this all pans out.
- Okay. Heroes cancellation. I know that the last couple seasons have been close calls on getting renewed, so I couldn't really say I was surprised. I still loved the show as it changed, and thought it was quite brilliant at times, less so in others -- but every show has that. It had its problems, and I'll miss it, but I think it's okay where they left it, with Claire taking a swan dive to the ground in front of all those cameras. In its way, it's an appropriate ending -- it's an end to the secrecy of having powers. So I'm satisfied with where they left it.
Phew. That was long. But I think I said my piece.