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90210
i've heard so much criticism about the finale being boring but i actually really enjoyed it. one of the ways in which 90210 is succeeding at the moment where gossip girl is falling down is that there is definitive character growth in ways that aren't juvenile or regressive. the break down of blair's character from a strong and passionate albeit manipulative girl to a weak-willed and petty young woman has really ruined the show for me, and honestly, 90210 is doing it better by playing this out the other way around. naomi in particular has made the shift from an entirely self-centred, dim and petty child to a strong young woman who makes mistakes but is willing to own up to them when she does. liam has gone from hurt-angry-bad-boy to hurt-confused-but-trying-to-do-the-right-thing-boy and even annie has made the transition from goodie-two-shoes to goodie-but-realises-that-she-sometimes-fucks-up-shoes. i don't like all of the character developments, but i can realise their value and hey! can recognise them as developments, even when they're kind of bizzare like mr matthews.
ANYWAY, the dixon/ivy storyline felt forced, but i must admit that the OH-STRAHL-YA trip made me lol forever. i've grown to quite enjoy the teddy/silver part of the show weirdly, because i wasn't super into him at the start, but i do think they're sweet. i'm impossibly happy that navid and adrianna are back together (who knows how long it will last) and i'm actually glad she's singing again. i heard in an interview that the songs she sang in ep 2x21 were ones that the actress had written herself? if so, that is awesome and people shoud send me links if they can find them. i really enjoy her voice.
jen's storyline was predictable but i actually really, really liked the scene with naomi and her trading insults over the ultrasound. it was a really nice touch and i feel like it does sum up their relationship very well. they're never going to truly like each other again after the shitfest that was liam!gate but they really do love each other at the end of all this and tbh, i find annalynne surprisingly emotive in most of her scenes. i'm not sure if it's due to some of the other actors, err, questionable talent, but i really do hope she has a flourishing career after the end of the show. plus! hey! she is seemingly going to have a meaty storyline next season~
i hate to say it, but i'm actually excited for the fallout of the rape. i think it was an incredibly brave move on the parts of the producers and writers and it will certainly give the show more levels and depth which i feel like it's been really needing. also? for a teen soap? the performances in that last scene were very, very good. annalynne was really expressive and i really believed her as she went through such a wide-range of emotions. i'm actually pretty excited for season 3!
glee
someone on ontd commented that she always enjoys glee, but this was one of the few episodes that she really liked and i am really inclined to agree. i find myself growing more and more in love with the idea of glee over the episodes themselves, but 'dream on' truly was the best episode the show has had since the hiatus. the epic sexual tension between will and nph was awesome and amazing and i am expecting ridic amounts of fic, rachel was, for a change, not only tolerable and amusing, but incredibly easy to relate to and emotive in a way that reminds me of the first few episodes. i loved that about her character initially, this balance of crazy talent and that obnoxious knowledge that she has it, but also that intense vulnerability. i feel like the show has only been focusing on the former recently and it was really nice to see rachel in a position of emotional rawness and vulnerability. and artie! omg! from the safety dance to him and tina to dream a little dream, he is seriously my favourite. also, i feel the need to add that emma has never entirely endeared herself to me like she has the rest of the fandom, but i loved her in her scene with artie. her timidity has always irked me, but she wasn't timid here, instead she was worried and gentle and i seriously teared up when she said that maybe he should start seeing her once a week. it had the potential to be such a false or over the top scene, but both actors played it with such a sense of fragility and mutual sadness that instead it came off as this wonderful little moment of realisation and pain. it was awesome.
plus, i must say that of the male vocalists, i really think kevin mchale is my favourite.
gossip girl
this really was a bit of a shit-fest. the show's gotten to be such a repetitive hot mess and it bugs me that a couple can't be together for more than half an episode. i totally loled at the end of the episode with chuck being shot and the best bit was honestly jenny leaving. i'm so sick of that hobag. on a positive note, blair and serena running away to paris together was wonderful and what i wanted to see given they've barely had two scenes together this season.
i am yet to decide if i'll be tuning in next season, but i will at least be waiting for it to come to australian tv. there's only like, two weeks difference in air-date now and honestly i can wait that for this show now. hell, i could probably let myself slip a few months behind. =/
house
EPIC. omg, it's like the writers looked inside my head and figured out exactly what i wanted to happen and then filmed it. the episode was tragic, from the girl trapped beneath the building to cuddy yelling at house to thirteen, but that last scene is possibly my favourite ever. the emotional intensity and chemistry between house and cuddy has always made for wonderful television and this was no exception. seriously, just a++. i'm even more excited for the next season since it has been confirmed that there will be a relationship, not just a one night stand.
also, asking her whether or not it was a hallucination was a really nice touch.
modern family and cougar town had really great finales too. cougar town in particular - i really think it was one of, if not the best episode of the season.