5 posts tagged “jack shephard”

January 2009 can't come soon enough.

Lost 4.12
I rewatched the episode from last week tonight because I heard there would be more footage of the press conference. The only intereesting thing I recalled was that in the cover story, Boone, Charlie, and Libby survived, but all died on the island, Charlie dying a few days before the rescue. :(

Lost 4.13/14
Wow. I can say I really enjoyed the first hour more than the second. I'm not sure why, I guess there was tons of shit happening, and I kept looking at the clock, and I was like "WOAH WE'RE NOT EVEN HALF WAY THROUGH THE FIRST HALF!" in a good way. Not in an exasperated way. To be clear, I'll try to refer to the first hour as "Part Two" and the second hour as "Part Three", because two weeks ago was "Part One". So I enjoyed "Part Two" more than "Parts One and Three", not to say those other episodes didn't have their moments.

I guess I'll just do a huge review, lumping in things from both episodes. They're starting to blend together, so I can't just break it up.

-- I really enjoyed seeing the continuation of the scene we saw one year ago. It was a really nice touch, even if it only revealed Jeremy Bentham, something that meant nothing to us viewers. I liked seeing it tie in with the context of what we've learned about Jack through the flash forwards.

-- How to move an island, in one easy step: push the frozen wheel. I don't know, but the entire thing felt a little anti-climactic. I mean, there's this huge build up to the Orchid, and then Ben just trashes the time travel machine and pushes a frozen wheel and JUMPS A YEAR INTO THE FUTURE. Oh, and it moves the fucking island. Intense. Well, now we know how Ben ended up in the jungle. Nice touch with the arm wound, clarifies that Ben did jump about a year into the future and it wasn't some other occasion he tried to move the island.

-- Ben kind of rocked though. I mean, he basically made me realize something very important: TIME TRAVELING BUNNIES FTW!

He also had my favorite exchange of the evening:
Locke: "You just killed everybody on that boat!"
Ben: "So?"

That was the quintessential Ben Linus moment, I mean he was just so cold and distant, it rocked. But then, when Ben got his parka and said goodbye, it was such a sad moment, like we really saw what the island meant to him. To never go back, he developed his identity around the island, Ben Linus ruled a whole civilization there, and he didn't know what would happen after. Also? His little snide "I hope you're happy Jacob" bit reaffirmed my theory that Ben was responsible for Jacob asking Locke for help. Jacob needing someone who wasn't Ben leading, hence giving him cancer. That Jacob fellow is slick.

-- So Locke is the new head Other. I think we all saw this coming, but it was still creepy watching Richard basically bow down to his new overlord. But it looks like the island might be moved in the future, as Locke does end up off of it. Or maybe he found that magic box (does the dude get that there MIGHT not be a physical box, but actually a metaphor?) and wished himself off. But you have to wonder, why do all of the Oceanic six (plus Desmond?) need to go back? Surely the Others have enough guns and things that go boom to handle the freighter people. Or maybe there's another threat coming. Perhaps John is trying to help them, because the Six are getting creepy undead messengers.

Back to Locke, so Jeremy Bentham, hmm. The dude must've done something really bad to force the Oceanic Six to never use his name. Who is he, Voldemort? But nonetheless, me, one year ago, was right. I did a little shriek and happy dance when I saw Locke in that coffin. I wonder why the corpse needs to go back? I totally didn't think it would be Locke tonight. I was thinking it was Ben, but I couldn't reason why the Oceanic Six wouldn't use his name. Ben's done such horrible shit, you'd think they'd have already reached the point when his name would be forbidden. So I was thinking it was Christian Shephard in the casket, but that would have been a really confusing mindfuck. Then at the last minute I was wavering between Christian and Desmond. I kept thinking who else left the island with wasn't one of the Oceanic Six, and I could only think of Des. But thankfully he's still alive and kicking. I hope.

-- Claire!!!!!!! OK, she's so dead. You can't be a dead island messenger without being dead (OK she was in a dream, but I'm calling Island) Claire was always this quiet, calm character, I was so pumped to see her flip a shit in that dream about Aaron. Sure it was tame, but there was power, I liked it!

-- DESMOND! I worried for like 5 seconds that he died in the helicopter crash. Like yelling "NONONONONO!" at the TV. But after going to first base with Jack, everything worked out, and he got to go to first with Penny! Imagine how horrible it would be if Des died and Penny received his dead body :( I shudder to think about that. But yeah, we had this incredibly sweet payoff with Desmond and Penny, I teared up. I loved how Des, like a little kid, showed off Penny to everyone. Heh.

-- So what do you think happened to Faraday? I mean, he was sort of away from the island, but I didn't see the little boat left behind... I think he got teleported, right? I hope he's not in some weird ass limbo, or in the void (don't get me started on voids) He's probably with the island, with Charlotte. Charlotte's got something interesting. Miles did his eerie "I'm a ghost whisperer and kind of psychic" thing, and basically we know that Charlotte was on the island before. She told Daniel something about searching for the place she was born... I'm going with the Island as the place of birth. I wonder how you put that down on a college application "City: Deserted island that bends the properties of time and space."

-- Hurley is a wackjob. I mean, we knew he was... Well things could get dicey in the brain sometimes. But playing chess with Eko... Yikes. I mean, sure Jack's been seeing his dead father, but I don't see why Hurley would get overwhelmed with ghost messengers. I buy the Island sending Charlie, but Eko? Yeah, doubt it. Unless Hurley's got a bizarrely strong connection to the Island... Or not... Watch Hurley end up being the only Oceanic Six sane enough to do anything. Heh.

-- Jin. Is he, or isn't he? Sun thinks he's dead, or does she? Why on earth would she team up with Widmore unless he has something... or someone. Maybe Sun doesn't know about Ben and Locke running around trying to get people back to the island, so she's left to team up with Widmore to go back and hope Jin is there. Because he wasn't in the explosion, he was on deck, and after the first boom, he could easily have jumped off and swam to shore. I don't see that being so farfetched, I mean Sawyer did it! Dunno, watch tomorrow the executive producers tell us Jin is dead, and all this spec is useless. SEE WHAT YOU DID TO ME BATTLESTAR GALACTICA!

-- So everyone's got to go back. Jack's going to have a tough time working that out, I mean, Kate's not going to take Aaron at all, so that seems to ruin the plans right off the bat. Everything pretty much came full cirle with the flash forwards. They served their purpose of showing the off island life and needing to go back. Now that we've seen them leave, it was a nice way to round out the whole story telling device.

I'm starting to see how next season's going to be confusing with present/future/past. This season we could rely on the island as a standard point of reference, December 2004. Present. But now it appears the action with the Oceanic Six will occur three years(?!) after that time. My mother, with the established period as present, couldn't keep track of the time shifting and was left confused. It also didn't help that she didn't regularly watch. But nonetheless, without the fixed reference point, will we just shift from three years future off island, to present (2004/5) on the island? Not done properly, that could be a little wacky.

OH Frak! BSG aired in the UK Wednesday Night! WTF! How did I not know?! *downloads* Guess I'll have to watch it tomorrow afternoon... I haven't written much about this season, maybe I'll do a roundup post tomorrow, when it's not 3am...

Lost 3.22

Just... wow. This is one of those revelations that hit me after it happened. With the Penny reveal last season, I was blown away that moment. This one took a little bit. I mean, my jaw dropped the moment Kate stepped out of that car, but I was pretty much "That was it?" by the end card. Then I went to change the channel, and it hit me: The future sucks. That's kinda the message shows are sending these days. Anyways, Jack's life sucks hard, someone's dead and no one cares, and Kate is with someone who wouldn't be happy she's meeting with Jack. So my thoughts, both with the future/present and the present/past:

1. Kate is with Sawyer. No this isn't some dumb OTP ship reason, it's logical. The producers are big on character connections, and who else would be miffed with Kate meeting with Jack? Sawyer.



2. Locke died. It would explain why Jack went on this massive "We have to go back" thing. His life blows hard, and he wants to go back, and Locke was the one who tried to keep him there. Also, Locke had no one. His girlfriend left him, his mom was nuts, his dad is dead, and everyone on that island believed Locke was sabotaging their efforts to escape. So why would anyone show up for his funeral?



3. The flash-forward was not Jack's, but rather Locke's or Ben's, as both knew that getting off the island would end badly. I'm leaning towards Locke, because I believe he was dead in the future and because he had that intense connection with pubescent Walt on the island. Seriously, I expected a line acknowledging that or something. That kid aged 3 years in 3 months. Go figure.



4. Naomi lied about Flight 815. That's the only way I can make sense of the flash-forward. I'm guessing they never found the plane, and she made it up. Except I don't know why she would. Maybe to help get the survivors to get her phone back online. An incentive: fix the phone, get rescued, and prove the public wrong. But if the survivors were rescued, and Oceanic was caught lying, wouldn't they be shut down? We clearly saw they were up and running like no big deal. Except for the weird Gold Pass, which I probably would never use if I were a Lostie.



5. Lets talk Naomi for a sec. My theory: she works for... THE HANSO FOUNDATION. Who else would want to find the island that badly? The Others took it, killed everyone, and hid it from the world. I bet the Hanso people were might pissed they lost that island. Ben would know that those people were after them, and I bet the Hanso people would wreak havoc on the island. I wouldn't put it past them from knowing about Desmond and Penny, especially if Penny enlisted some help in finding the island. Those two Portuguese speaking folk? Maybe they were Hansonites moonlighting for Penny.



6. What the Hell happened to Jack? I mean, we saw him depressed and his ex-wife preggers, but nothing to show why Jack is this fucked up. He definitely makes drugs look uncool, unlike a certain Dr. House, who just makes drug use look sexy as Hell. But what could cause him to want to get back on the island. I mean, life sucked hard there. It was a truly shitty place the entire time. What could be so bad that could cause Jack to want to be stuck there? Maybe it was the drugs and booze. Though I saw something in Kate's eyes that said her life wasn't going as planned either. So are these people going to stay on the island forever? Life didn't look so great on the outside for them, so maybe there won't be that rescue pay-off everyone expected. Maybe the monster will just eat everyone.



7. Will next season feature future-flashes instead of the increasingly pointless flashbacks? I hope not, but I hope they open with another glimpse of someone's future, there was a lot left unanswered. See this excruciatingly long post.

OK, I feel better having gotten this off my chest. This was no "Live Together, Die Alone", but I might need to watch it again, because the end changed the entire off-island storyline. Creepy.

ps. So glad I didn't read those spoilers, so worth it.

24 6.13

I had no idea I would miss the Logans this much. I have no clue what I was on last year that made me not like them. Well, I didn't like Pres. Logan, and not in a love-to-hate way. He just annoyed me. But having him in CTU made things super interesting. Chloe said it best "Sorry, I'm feeling ambivalent, I'm gonna go." Best. Line. Ever. She said it in her sour-O'Brian way. Oh how I adore thee, Chloe. Morris also took this hour to share his style habits, which include shirts that don't wrinkle. Take that Rick Schroder, God what a douchey character he was chosen to play.

But lets get to Martha, who keeps getting sent to institutions. I mean, I get she's a not the sanest one of all, but damn, she's not batshit crazy. Wait? What's that? She stabbed who? SHE STABBED HER EX-HUSBAND IN THE NECK? Take that all back, that bitch is crazy. But I do adore her, plus she offed the worst fictional president ever. Or did she? It was pretty ambiguous if Mr. Logan kicked it. (How awesome was it when Aaron Pierce put the emphasis on Mr., when he addressed his ex-boss?

Lost 3.12

One of the saddest things this season is the ratings decline. This episode hit a series low, and it's so tragic. The episodes this part of the season have been top-notch, and no one is watching them. Well, 12 mill isn't exactly no one, but the media certainly sees it as such. Oh well, those of us still with the show know how great this week's Claire episode was, and I have a renewed interest in the show. Sorry if the following comments are random, I'm pasting them from a conversation I had with a friend, much easier than reformulating my opinions.

I didn't hate Charlie at all. Actually, since Des said he was gonna die, I've begun to like him. Now I'm positive he's dead.

I'm so glad I didn't ship Jack/Claire, seeing my track record with related couples, it's a miracle I didn't jump on that boat.

Once again, bravo Evangeline Lilly. She used to be really bad, right?Because there is serious acting going on this season. I'm just astonished by how not annoying Kate is.

I love how the writers are beginning to think like the fans. Notice how Locke blamed Sayid for not telling him about the C4? I was smacking my head last week because no one told Locke. There is such a lack of communication, I'm glad the Losties are figuring this out and making note. Too bad Locke DID know and took the explosives for some reason.

Rousseau... I think it's odd that she went from stealing Claire's baby40-some days ago to get her daughter back to not wanting to know anything about her kid. She seems less crazy lately, so maybe she's gotten some clarity. That or the writers changed their mind. I like to think it's the former.

I underestimate Claire episodes, and I have no idea why. I think all of them have been fairly strong, but for some reason I tend to forget them when I list some of the great episodes.

Part of the reason I think this episode really worked was that the flashback was part of the subplot of the episode and not the main part. Claire had nothing to do with Sayid's crew, which were clearly the focus of what was going on. Claire, Charlie, and the birds were fun but not the point of this episode. It was merely a nice addition to the necessary story arc. See, the old Lost would have had Claire be the focus and we'd see Kate and others maybe twice doing nothing.

This is the perfect example of a good flashback episode that features a secondary character not involved with the major arc. Normally, Charlie,Claire, Hurley, Sun and Jin episodes try to focus primarily on those characters, who normally are pretty out of the Dharma/Others plots,which we all really want to learn more about. Hence, those episodes are stand-alones, which is probably why I forget them so easily. This episode, so obviously not a stand alone, aka AMAZING.

I think it's been so long since we've seen Jack that I was actually glad to see him. And I thought, gee Jack is a hottie. Yeah it's probably because he didn't say anything.

Next week: I hope to God this isn't a case of over-hyping. How horrible would it be if this was a case of "THREE BIG MYSTERIES WILL BE REVEALED. Major Suckage. I'm hesitant to believe we'll learn anything, but you never know, right?

Grey's Anatomy 3.18

So I didn't watch this last night because I chose to see The Lives of Others (so not better than Pan's Labyrinth) and I came home and asked my sister, without revealing anything, if it was good or not. She shrugged and said it was alright. So I had no clue what was about to occur. That was until a friend spoiled me on facebook with the following message:

"Izzie and George? Eeeeeeew."

That still didn't fully prepare me for the look of horror on Izzie's face when she rolls over to discover she just had sex with her married best friend. Holy Crap!

Now, I've expressed my newfound adoration for Meredith, and it keeps growing. Her family storyline really keeps my attention, I mean when Thatcher thought that picture was with his other daughter... OMG. What a horrible thing. Not only did this guy abandon Meredith and end up with a perfect family, but he's forgetting about his first family. Sorta. If this episode proved anything, it proved that Thatcher really WAS a caring father. I mean, we knew he had to be a good father, because look at his other family and his happy children! When Thatch pulled out the screw that he put there to protect Mere, it reminded her that this guy wasn't the devil that she deep down believed him to be. He took care of her, even if Meredith doesn't remember. I find it slightly amusing that Mere bonds more with her stepmother than she does with her own biological father.

WHAT IS UP WITH THE ATTENDINGS? This episode had a big case of the "adults acting like babies." I just wanted to smack all those adult doctors and kindly remind the writers the age of their characters. They are not 13, OK? It's OK to do funny with adult behaviors, really, it's possible.

Oh Cristina. Not mentioning you banged well-known-English-doctor? Not a smart move. She doesn't get it does she? 3 years, and she just ups and leaves? No problem? No wonder Burke's seeing warning signs everywhere. Especially since Cristina doesn't want to get married, or maybe she does, but just said it wrong. Because later she tells Meredith "I'm going to screw up my engagement," which implies she cares. So when she told Burke she didn't really want to get married, she probably meant something like, "I love you enough to get married, but I don't need to be married to feel married." That is what she meant, but it came off as "Well, if you want to be married, fine, I'll do it. Whatever, it's stupid anyways." Bad move Cristina.

Screw you Callie. I really dislike her, especially keeping her wealth from George? Bad. Men have pride, and George paying the "1/2" gave him that pride, like he was helping, but telling him his money is actually going towards tips? That's hurting ego right there. GOD. It's one thing to hide wealth to live normally, it's another to hide it, spend it, and lie about how you're getting nice things. Though Izzie bringing it up to Callie, that wasn't so great. Izzie really should have been more mature about the Callie situation, for George's sake. She owed it to her best friend (now lover) to do it. I doubt the situation will get any better, especially since George and Izzie did the nasty, just like Callie feared. I don't think it's because Izzie and George have feelings for each other, I think it's because they were drunk, George was pissed at his wife, and he brought up Callie's idea, that Izzie had a thing for George.

Am I the only one who is dying to know why Pregnant Ferry Girl is? Jane Doe is the biggest mystery on this show, and I am starting to get a wee bit impatient about this. I think PFG is, too. I mean, it's been... 2 months. I think they established this episode took place 2 months after Mere almost died and Ellis did die. 2 months and no one knows who this woman is? Poor lady.

Rumor had it Veronica Mars is getting the ax. I wish to God I cared about this show the way I used to. I just can't. For me it's not the same, Veronica is just too different for me. She's become a normal girl who comes up with clever remarks. It saddens me that this show could end and I just wouldn't care. I sorta hope it does get canceled, because shows that receive the news often have amazing episodes that lead up to the series finale. Angel and Alias come to mind. I just want my old troubled, pained Veronica back, because her inner demons from S1 and S2 aren't the kind to just *poof*, which is why this season bugs me. She says these sarcastic lines, but she doesn't have those painful memories to back them up. She's not quipping to someone who's betrayed her or quipping about stupid people, she's making these comments to everyone about everything, even in inappropriate situations, like in jail, or to her father. The quips have replaced meaningful conversation. This probably doesn't make sense to anyone, but it does to me. At least think about it, and think about Veronica in season 1 or season 2 acting this way. I understand characters need to change and develop, but they do it in a way that makes sense with circumstances. Her transformation skipped the circumstance part, and we're just seeing the result. Once again, you probably disagree and want to argue with me about it. I just don't have the passion to deal with this.

So this is the time for college decisions. Today I found out that I got waitlisted at a top non-Ivy school, one of the 25 new Ivies. I'm not sure how I feel about this, should I be happy that I wasn't rejected or disappointed that I didn't get accepted? I'm currently just confused. Do a lot of people get put on waitlists? Should I feel special? Do I have a chance at getting admitted from the waitlist? My parents seem thrilled, they thought I would get rejected. This school was a very tough school to get into, the type of school where acceptance is based on more than just intelligence, because so many really smart people apply. This waitlisting also brings up another point: I have 5 schools left to hear from. I have 2 more very good non-Ivy schools, both new Ivies. I have better chance at getting into those schools, but not that much better. They're still tough to get into. Then I have 3 actual Ivy schools, all of whom release their decisions the same day. Now, if I couldn't get into this non-Ivy, I'm sort of resigned to believing I'm not getting into an actual Ivy. Though that logic is probably flawed. This school received more applications and accepted a lesser percentage than some of the actual Ivies, but still.

Now, speaking of a school I did get into, this was also one of the 25 new Ivies. I got in, and I got a 20K scholarship, which I had no idea I would get. So that's a pretty big incentive to go to this place, except they don't have a strong liberal arts base, and while I'm a science/engineer person, the humanities are very important to me. Plus this school is in a dump of a city. I think my mom is pushing for this school more since we found out about the money, but I have no idea what to do. The schools I have yet to find out from I have little to no chance of getting any sorta scholarship, so that means this is the best I'm gonna do. Gah, I totally shouldn't be thinking about this, I'm on break, srsly. I'm gonna try sleeping now, night.

Lost 3.09

ZZzzZZZzzzZZZz... What? Oh sorry, I was busy sleeping through this episode. WHAT A BORING EPISODE. Figures, it's another Jack episode. Don't get me wrong, every now and then, there is a good Jack episode. Mostly they just beat us over the head with the same point. Overachieving boy, bad daddy, doctor, leader... Everything we see week after week in flashback form. First problem: Bai Ling. She's Chinese. Jack's tattoos are in Chinese. He was in Thailand. Um... ?? Anybody have an explanation or was there something I missed?

My one positive thing: Damn Evangeline... When did you learn how to act? I'm seriously blown away by how much better she is than she was in the first and second seasons. Bravo!

The Office 3.17

Hee, how funny that the episode Joss directed last week was about vampires and the episode JJ Abrams directs this week is The Office's 47th episode. Something fishy going on over in Scranton...

This was definitely a funny episode. I was pretty bothered by how Dwight-ey Dwight was acting. He just seemed way stranger than usual.

I loved how sketch Jan got this week, and what was funnier was how weirded out Michael was. Jan is just a loose cannon, she's even adding "That's what she said." BTW her reaction was brilliant.

So... Pam... You and Roy... You do realize why you two broke it off... He's fucking nuts? Killing Jim? Noplz.

I still can't handle Jim/Karen. I mean, I don't hate her, I just hate how Jim is around her. It's sort of... too cute, if that makes sense. It's like, she's adorable, and he acts all adorable around her. And yes I understand I could say the exact same thing about Jim/Pam, but I'm not... Jim/Pam 4eva!

Grey's Anatomy 3.17

I so knew I was going to cry and lose it. I did. I still am crying on the inside. And the outside. I have no clue why I fell for Denny in this episode. I've really not liked Denny. I've not liked Denny and Izzy. Denny just sketched me out and his "romantic" lines came off kinda sketch for me. It's like, your patient is hitting on you. That's creepy. It almost felt like the live Denny was trying to be something for Izzy. The dead Denny was... Denny. It was a side of Denny I had never seen before. He was really sweet and genuine. It broke my heart, and now I want him alive. DAMNIT, I WANT HIM ALIVE. I WANT THAT DENNY WITH IZZY. At the end where you see Izzy, then you see Denny just standing alone. I shouted "NO!" then I cried. He can't move on, and he's forced to know that Izzy's moving on, and he's... stuck.

DYLAN! I never really got to appreciate Kyle Chandler at all. I'm not a fan of Friday Night Lights, so I have no clue how he is there. This week I just loved seeing him. I just adored how cool and on task he was. It was sorta like he was still doing his job even in death. He knew they had to help Meredith, and he knew that nothing was working. He saw everything as black and white, but that's OK. That's who Dylan is. That's Bomb Squad Guy. Black and white.

Derek. Derek is what killed me last week. Him breaking down was the most heart breaking thing I've seen in a while. He's the strong one, he's the one who is supposed to be charming and together. He completely fell apart without Meredith. And to be honest, I really wanted them together. I swear I hated Meredith and Derek. I hated them together and I hated them separately. But now I love them. I love every bit of them. I even appreciate the acting. Ellen Pompeo needs a fucking Emmy. She has really stepped up and I can't begin to describe how moving her performances were these past few weeks. I always said I hated Meredith because she was whiny, but now we're seeing more and more of why she's like that. And I can like this Meredith.

Ellis Grey died. I had this horrible fear that Ellis would be lost, even in the afterlife. I was afraid Meredith would come up to her, and her mother's reaction would be "Who are you?" I am so grateful that Ellis is Ellis again, and that she told Meredith how wonderful she really is. That ordinary line killed me weeks ago, and now it's better, and Meredith knows it's better. I think Meredith will be better knowing that her mother thinks she's special, and I think we'll see major character changes for Meredith, and for Derek! Derek has opened himself up so much, and I think we'll see a more intimate relationship. Meredith said it best to the dead guys. "I have intimacy issues." Then she goes on to say how stupid it all way. It really was so dumb for her to be like that. I think she'll change.

Addison. My dear Addison. I loved her before it was cool to love her. Kate Walsh has been nothing short of amazing with her acting. Addison telling Derek to pull himself together because people need him was the strongest thing she ever did. She has to work with her ex and his girlfriend day in and day out. She can't hate either of them, and may still love Derek. She needs to console her ex, and she's strong enough to do it. I think this experience allowed her to move on from Derek. This season we've seen her start to move away, but now she's acknowledging who Derek loves, and she's beginning to accept that Mark may have actually loved her, and they weren't just a fling. Though we'll have to see if she's through with Alex. I don't think he's done with her.

Christina is the coldest character. She's Ms. Internalizing. That's all she does, and her coping skills were nothing short of terrifying. Binge shopping at dollar stores? REALLY? It makes sense, she shops, drinks, and then slowly mourns. I'm glad Burke was there to verbally bitch slap her into shape. When Mere started waking up, I loved how Christina just broke down. I think Christina realized how much she really needs a close friend. It's great to see how far she's come and how she's seeing these people as more than competition. It really was important for her to reveal her engagement. I think it was more important for her to let Meredith know she waited for her. I noticed this one tear roll down Meredith's face as Christina told her the news.

Izzy. Izzy. Izzy. Girl you don't know when to keep it quiet do you? I'm no fan of Callie. I wanted to kill her when she basically said all of Izzy's friends die. Bitch. But before that Izzy really needed to internalize and stop being selfish. George is her best friend, and she owes it to him to be happy, or at least be supportive. George said it best, if he's made a mistake with this, he's going to need Izzy there. If he hasn't, he needs her to be OK. That's friendship, Izz. I hope they don't spend too much time on this story. I really need to see more Mere/Der. Yes I said it. Hell may have just frozen over. SHOCK.

The Black Donnellys 1.01

I downloaded the pilot. I'm very underwhelmed. Very. The pilot didn't really establish where this show was going. Then entire episode took place in a flashback, so... I'm clueless as to what the situation is now. Well, I sorta know. My main problem: It's too young. It just feels like it wants to be on the WB after Smallville. When you're dealing with the mafia in Hell's Kitchen, you do not play Arcade Fire. Nothing is soft, everything is very rough and tumble, and the music and mood did not match the setting and plot. I get complicated characters and shit, but everything just felt like they were toned down way too much. The bad brothers just felt like... eh brothers. The mood just felt really, really off. It's possible to do shows with a young cast and still skew it to everyone. See Grey's Anatomy. You have a pretty young, hip cast with young, hip music. Still, the writing and acting overcomes all of that to bring it to a level where everyone of every age can relate. So far the pilot has delivered CW stuff on NBC, where it won't fly. I'll rewatch the pilot next week, and I'll see the episode after that, but I'm not so sure I'll change my mind.

PLZ MAKE ME DO HOMEWORK. I'm just hurting myself... BLEH!

Case in point: when I saw that Milo Ventimiglia and Zachary Quinto were doing the Heroes cast commentary,
I was uber pumped. It made me watch this weeks episode, even though it made me sad. Peter is Claire's uncle, uber bummer. The sad thing is, I still watch the older episodes, and I can't help but to ship them. UGH. Even rewatching this week's ep, that moment Peter remembered Claire, I got that OMGOTP feeling.

Hayden and Milo