tv week in review (2/5 - 2/9)
I hate basketball. Also, two shows this week make.
But next week? Oh, the joys next week could bring. And the week after! And the week after...
Sunday
Grey's Anatomy - I'm psychic. I was just telling my brother earlier today how the whole "code black" thing from the previews was a bomb threat. I rock. Apparently I can predict made up plot devices! Whee! So this week, Meredith has a feeling. She vents to Cristina about how McDreamy is with Dr. Mrs. Dr. McDreamy, and so is the McDog, and her whole McLife. Oh, and her conditioner isn't working, and something else. Hee hee. At the hospital, some lady screams a lot. Once Alex screams back at her, she regains her composure enough to be able to talk and call her husband and friend idiots. Repeatedly. Because her husband has a bazooka shell inside him and it's yet to explode. Bailey returns, but she's still pregnant. Hilarity ensues in her early scenes, but then it's full of sad because we know that her husband's been in an accident and then he's in the OR under Derek's care. Oh, and he's also Wallace's dad from Veronica Mars. George and Izzie sit in the hallway after the pseudo-evacuation, when Izzie pronounces herself and George "watchers" whereas Meredith and Cristina are "doers." So then Izzie does Alex. Christina Ricci is the new paramedic who finds herself with her hand inside bazooka man's chest cavity. She eventually freaks out enough, knowing she's touching a bomb, that she rips her hand away and by the magic of television, Meredith is able to put her hand inside to prevent any potential explosion... until maybe next week. Because it's a two-parter, baby!
Grade: A
Wednesday
Veronica Mars - Perhaps it's because I had to wait until 12:30 in the morning to see this episode that I'm a little biased in random directions as far as this episode goes. Of course, the first scenes of this week's ep made me miss the fact that I'm not at Tech right now--that's right, it's Winter Carnival time at Neptune High. Sigh. Also, Dick calls Mac "that chick from Ghost World" which just makes me think of my friends from Tech some more. Specifically Kerstin, 'cause she rocks. Anyway. This episode didn't make much sense to me. At the end, Veronica asks Weevil which version of The Thomas Crown Affair he'd seen, so I'm guessing some plot elements were yoinked from there? I don't know. It's all pretty lame. In Mystery of the Season Land, Keith has a few beers with Terrence Cook and we learn that Mr. Cook here had been seeing Miss Dumbass, the teacher who died in the bus crash, before they both moved to Neptune. For the majority of the episode, Cook doesn't give us much of a reason for us to believe he didn't have anything to do with the bus crash. But at the end of the episode, after Keith makes Terrence discuss his gambling problem--he threw a game; could that really be all?--he accepts an offer to officially investigate the bus crash. Yay! Meanwhile, everyone else is at Winter Carnival. Getting drunk, making snow statues, having fun without me. Oh, wait. That's at Tech. Here in Neptune, Veronica is given a cash box to hold onto for two minutes and she puts it down and then it's gone! Of course, everyone thinks it's Jackie who took it. They're doing this whole parallel "look Jackie and Veronica aren't all that different thing, which, eh. I'll buy it. Meanwhile, Madison Sinclair is in this episode, and no one has the good sense to punch that beeyotch in the face. Lots of running around, random accusations, and whatever. Weevil tries to implicate Thumper in the theft, planting "some" of the money in his auto shop locker along with a healthy dose of ephedrine. Then he hides more of the money in Ms. Annoying Sex Ed Teacher's classroom and V helps complete the frame, I think. We get a few old plot elements thrown back into the mix--apparently Veronica's in the lead as far as the competition for the Kane scholarship goes, and one of the people on her heels is a Triton. Those tidbits come vaguely into play as the Mystery of the Week unravels. Everyone else has a pointless little plot of their own this week, which I can only hope will one day not be pointless! Logan picks up some girl named Hannah at carnival by being an overconfident, overbearing jackass, which Hannah digs. But, DUN DUN DUN, Hannah's dad's the guy who made the anonymous phone call saying Logan stabbed Felix. Beav and Mac wander around holding hands. Dick confronts them and insults poor Beaver, causing him and Mac to bust out the laptop and hire a transsexual escort, who seduces Dick (who's always looking for a quickie, apparently). Then we see Dick jumping out of a car and spitting and freaking out and he's about to pummel Beav, when the little brother alludes to something else he can do to get one step ahead of Dick. (Not that this would take much, but) Dun dun dun (anyway). And Wallace? Yeah, he's there. We see about 30 seconds of him.
I'd just like to add that basketball is the most pointless sport ever. Thank you Bulls game. I lost nearly four hours of sleep because of you.
Grade: B+
The Week Ahead
The date for the return of The Amazing Race is public knowledge now: there will be a two-hour season premiere on February 28! CBS is calling it the return of "your favorite show", with the fact that they're visiting 48(!) countries being claimed. Wheeeee!
Also, apparently last week's Supernatural takes place partly in Saginaw, Michigan, which I must see for myself when it reruns on the WB this Sunday. If it reruns this Sunday.
And don't forget the thrilling conclusion of the GA two-parter (even if the first episode was full of contrived moments)!
Finally, the WB's One Tree Hill features Jack's Mannequin this coming Wednesday. I must admit, I'm tempted to watch! I had the TV on for background noise and suddenly I hear "The Mixed Tape" playing. If I were the kind of person who squees, I would have certainly squeed at that moment.
But next week? Oh, the joys next week could bring. And the week after! And the week after...
Sunday
Grey's Anatomy - I'm psychic. I was just telling my brother earlier today how the whole "code black" thing from the previews was a bomb threat. I rock. Apparently I can predict made up plot devices! Whee! So this week, Meredith has a feeling. She vents to Cristina about how McDreamy is with Dr. Mrs. Dr. McDreamy, and so is the McDog, and her whole McLife. Oh, and her conditioner isn't working, and something else. Hee hee. At the hospital, some lady screams a lot. Once Alex screams back at her, she regains her composure enough to be able to talk and call her husband and friend idiots. Repeatedly. Because her husband has a bazooka shell inside him and it's yet to explode. Bailey returns, but she's still pregnant. Hilarity ensues in her early scenes, but then it's full of sad because we know that her husband's been in an accident and then he's in the OR under Derek's care. Oh, and he's also Wallace's dad from Veronica Mars. George and Izzie sit in the hallway after the pseudo-evacuation, when Izzie pronounces herself and George "watchers" whereas Meredith and Cristina are "doers." So then Izzie does Alex. Christina Ricci is the new paramedic who finds herself with her hand inside bazooka man's chest cavity. She eventually freaks out enough, knowing she's touching a bomb, that she rips her hand away and by the magic of television, Meredith is able to put her hand inside to prevent any potential explosion... until maybe next week. Because it's a two-parter, baby!
Grade: A
Wednesday
Veronica Mars - Perhaps it's because I had to wait until 12:30 in the morning to see this episode that I'm a little biased in random directions as far as this episode goes. Of course, the first scenes of this week's ep made me miss the fact that I'm not at Tech right now--that's right, it's Winter Carnival time at Neptune High. Sigh. Also, Dick calls Mac "that chick from Ghost World" which just makes me think of my friends from Tech some more. Specifically Kerstin, 'cause she rocks. Anyway. This episode didn't make much sense to me. At the end, Veronica asks Weevil which version of The Thomas Crown Affair he'd seen, so I'm guessing some plot elements were yoinked from there? I don't know. It's all pretty lame. In Mystery of the Season Land, Keith has a few beers with Terrence Cook and we learn that Mr. Cook here had been seeing Miss Dumbass, the teacher who died in the bus crash, before they both moved to Neptune. For the majority of the episode, Cook doesn't give us much of a reason for us to believe he didn't have anything to do with the bus crash. But at the end of the episode, after Keith makes Terrence discuss his gambling problem--he threw a game; could that really be all?--he accepts an offer to officially investigate the bus crash. Yay! Meanwhile, everyone else is at Winter Carnival. Getting drunk, making snow statues, having fun without me. Oh, wait. That's at Tech. Here in Neptune, Veronica is given a cash box to hold onto for two minutes and she puts it down and then it's gone! Of course, everyone thinks it's Jackie who took it. They're doing this whole parallel "look Jackie and Veronica aren't all that different thing, which, eh. I'll buy it. Meanwhile, Madison Sinclair is in this episode, and no one has the good sense to punch that beeyotch in the face. Lots of running around, random accusations, and whatever. Weevil tries to implicate Thumper in the theft, planting "some" of the money in his auto shop locker along with a healthy dose of ephedrine. Then he hides more of the money in Ms. Annoying Sex Ed Teacher's classroom and V helps complete the frame, I think. We get a few old plot elements thrown back into the mix--apparently Veronica's in the lead as far as the competition for the Kane scholarship goes, and one of the people on her heels is a Triton. Those tidbits come vaguely into play as the Mystery of the Week unravels. Everyone else has a pointless little plot of their own this week, which I can only hope will one day not be pointless! Logan picks up some girl named Hannah at carnival by being an overconfident, overbearing jackass, which Hannah digs. But, DUN DUN DUN, Hannah's dad's the guy who made the anonymous phone call saying Logan stabbed Felix. Beav and Mac wander around holding hands. Dick confronts them and insults poor Beaver, causing him and Mac to bust out the laptop and hire a transsexual escort, who seduces Dick (who's always looking for a quickie, apparently). Then we see Dick jumping out of a car and spitting and freaking out and he's about to pummel Beav, when the little brother alludes to something else he can do to get one step ahead of Dick. (Not that this would take much, but) Dun dun dun (anyway). And Wallace? Yeah, he's there. We see about 30 seconds of him.
I'd just like to add that basketball is the most pointless sport ever. Thank you Bulls game. I lost nearly four hours of sleep because of you.
Grade: B+
The Week Ahead
The date for the return of The Amazing Race is public knowledge now: there will be a two-hour season premiere on February 28! CBS is calling it the return of "your favorite show", with the fact that they're visiting 48(!) countries being claimed. Wheeeee!
Also, apparently last week's Supernatural takes place partly in Saginaw, Michigan, which I must see for myself when it reruns on the WB this Sunday. If it reruns this Sunday.
And don't forget the thrilling conclusion of the GA two-parter (even if the first episode was full of contrived moments)!
Finally, the WB's One Tree Hill features Jack's Mannequin this coming Wednesday. I must admit, I'm tempted to watch! I had the TV on for background noise and suddenly I hear "The Mixed Tape" playing. If I were the kind of person who squees, I would have certainly squeed at that moment.