this week in tv
So. No Monday night shows, I'm meh about this week's White Collar and Top Chef, and then blown away by Community. Next week, though, sweeps! Everything is new and Justified is back!
White Collar, "What Happens in Burma." White Collar never does well when it strays into international politics, so that was a bit clunky, as was the whole "he's my son" aspect. Diana working her diplomatic connections was a nice call back, and Mozzie making a ruby was fun, but Neal's dirty-cop dad felt a little on-the-nose. I didn't mind having just a straight-forward case this week, but usually there would be at least one call back to the ongoing storyline, however small, and I missed that this week.
Top Chef, "An Offer They Can't Refuse." So the quickfire was lame, and the chefs were less than enthused by Antonia's win. The way the ep was cut didn't really make me care that much, though I think that's just going to be true until the really dead end, as we burn through a few chefs that are very, very good but probably aren't going to get to the end. Also, they didn't really make the whole Italian American food experience come alive, perhaps because they were too busy with all the jokey mob film references.
Community, "Advanced Dungeons and Dragons." So how brilliant was that? So brilliant that I can't even capture it in words. From the cleaning-lady narrator to the changed opening sequence and theme song to the characters and everything that was done in montage and Neil being heartbroken and then being awesome and omg of course it was Jeff, didn't we know that from last week and also, is this the influence of Rich? I'm on the fence about villainous Pierce, though.
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White Collar, "What Happens in Burma." White Collar never does well when it strays into international politics, so that was a bit clunky, as was the whole "he's my son" aspect. Diana working her diplomatic connections was a nice call back, and Mozzie making a ruby was fun, but Neal's dirty-cop dad felt a little on-the-nose. I didn't mind having just a straight-forward case this week, but usually there would be at least one call back to the ongoing storyline, however small, and I missed that this week.
Top Chef, "An Offer They Can't Refuse." So the quickfire was lame, and the chefs were less than enthused by Antonia's win. The way the ep was cut didn't really make me care that much, though I think that's just going to be true until the really dead end, as we burn through a few chefs that are very, very good but probably aren't going to get to the end. Also, they didn't really make the whole Italian American food experience come alive, perhaps because they were too busy with all the jokey mob film references.
Community, "Advanced Dungeons and Dragons." So how brilliant was that? So brilliant that I can't even capture it in words. From the cleaning-lady narrator to the changed opening sequence and theme song to the characters and everything that was done in montage and Neil being heartbroken and then being awesome and omg of course it was Jeff, didn't we know that from last week and also, is this the influence of Rich? I'm on the fence about villainous Pierce, though.
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