18 posts tagged “veronica mars”

Well the year is almost out, which means a list! Not just any list, but a list of bests! So without further ado...

24 "9:00 AM - 10:00 AM"
This season was so bleh I didn't even finish up the season, but it started off so strong. This episode, where the 24 producers decided to nuke Valencia, CA, was a particularly strong one. I remember being on the edge of my seat for the entire 4 hour premiere.

30 Rock "Somebody to Love"
With so many top rate episodes, picking one standout was hard. But I felt this one stood out as a best of 2007. I mean, the one liners alone ranked this episode. If I were to introduce someone to 30 Rock, I'd do it with this episode.

Battlestar Galactica "Maelstrom"
While I was watching this episode, I remember thinking this was probably my favorite of the season. Then Kara "died". So it no longer held that title. But knowing Kara isn't dead changes everything. This episode regains it's spot as my fave of 2007. I mean, it was such a moving episode, especially for Kara. It really built on stuff established from the beginning about her past. I swore at the time I'd never watch this again, but clearly that's going to change.

Dexter "Resistance is Futile"
This was a hard choice for me, since every episode this season has been spot-on excellent. I almost put "Left Turn Ahead" as my favorite (with a resigned Dexter planning to turn himself in), but I looked over the episodes, and went with this one. What better moment is there, Doakes surprising Dexter at the cabin? I love how, even though Doakes knew Dex was weird and odd, he was still shocked by the revelation. Brilliant.

Doctor Who "Utopia"
A serious no brainer here. How many times did I watch this the week it aired? 8? 9? Yeah. I think so. So good I wrote about it twice. After what I considered a pretty mediocre season, Davies comes and blows me away with this little gem and breathed new life into the show. Turns out that lasted only one other episode before crapping on the finale. But I still adore "Utopia" to death.

Grey's Anatomy "Some Kind of Miracle"
From the reactions I heard from this episode, it was either love it or hate it. I loved it. This was an emotional slam dunk incorporating all the greatest characters into one surreal, out of body episode. Ep damn near broke my heart, too. Gotta love the closure, with Mere and her mom. I have to give a mention to an episode I completely forgot when creating this list, "Wishin' and Hopin'". I forgot how moved I was by Meredith and her really cold mom. That's probably why I loved "Some Kind of Miracle", it closed the wounds opened by the earlier episode.

Heroes "Distractions"
I almost went with "Company Man" or "Five Years Gone", but I felt that I couldn't ignore the awesomeness that was Claude. For a character that appeared in so few episodes, he left a big mark. A number of casual fans (not freaks like me) cited him as a fave. So I went with distractions, the episode that sent my already Hell-bound ship (Peter/Claire) further into Hell. To a special Hell. Yup, my favorite Heroes episode of 2007 involved that revelation. But really, Claude tormenting Peter by stealing a purse and leaving, has to be a top moment. And you know what, Peter still had a serious Claire/love moment after Claude pushed him off that roof and he healed. Ah, yet another reason to adore him. Oh Chris, please come back, Heroes needs you.

House "Insensitive"
This was a fairly easy choice for me. The episode where Cameron wants to have casual sex with Chase. Duh. But other stuff happened, like House getting all obsessive over a girl who doesn't feel pain, and stalking down Cuddy during dates and to her home. Yeah. Awesome.

LOST  "One of Us"
I'm thrilled that there were so many contenders to choose from for this title. I mean, you have "Flashes Before Your Eyes" the Desmond, parallel world flash(back?). Then you've got the brilliant finale, and there was a great Claire episode and an interesting Ben ep too. Basically, almost every episode, except 1 in 2007 was great, if not amazing. But I went with the heartbreaking Juliet on-island flashback instead of the heartbreaking Desmond one. I'm making a stand and saying Juliet's my favorite other. How can your heart not break for her as she believes her sister to be dead? Elizabeth Mitchell, my metaphorical hat goes off to you.

Pushing Daisies "Pie-Lette"
Psht, like there's even a question. This one episode spawned an unhealthy obsession. I posted about it 7 times before it even aired. I definitely watched this episode over and over like a dozen times. As I said before, my favorite episode of the series.

Scrubs "My Musical"
Oh this ranks probably because, as a fan of the show, I've been waiting for this for years. And it delivered. Enormously. Brilliantly. I'm really happy it aired in 2007, just so I can talk about it some more.

The Office (US) "Back From Vacation"
This was a tough one, since I already made a stand on "Gay Witch Hunt" as my all time favorite from that season. So a second favorite was tough. I mean I almost went with "The Job", the lol-able season finale. But really, Michael sending a scandalous picture of Jan to the co-workers? Brilliance. I watched this episode recently, and yes, it was hysterical.

Veronica Mars "Weevils Wobble But They Don't Go Down"
Wow, I didn't even write about this episode. I remember watching this episode, the one before the finale, and thinking it was very old school. Weevil was badass and in trouble, Veronica was helping him and being slick. Then the finale aired, and it was kinda underwhelming, especially since it was a series finale.

So I figured, while I'm calling this the best VM ep of 2007, I'd give a shout out to what me at the time probably thought was the best. "Debasement Tapes", which unfortunately I remember very little of, other than Paul Fucking Rudd being fucking awesome. But according to me-at-the-time, everyone was pretty in character and all the wacky shipping worked out.

And then, another part of me was going to be slick and say the best episode of 2007 was that 15 minute Veronica-goes-CIA pilot, but that wasn't really the best, and it would be more of a philosophical statement about the state of the show.

 
In other news, I totally saw Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, and yeah, it rocked. It rocked on so many different levels of rocking.

I spent way too much time trying to think up a title. I couldn't even pick out a song lyric or anything.

Heroes 2.08
We really needed this episode five weeks ago. When the season began, I was really disheartened that we weren't getting a flashback for so long. This was before the season of blah. I don't think we really learned a heck of a lot about what's going on during those four months. This episode should just be "How Nathan and Peter survived". Really, that's what I've been waiting for.

So Peter. Prisoner of the company, his powers suppressed. Oh and Elle with her kinky spark thing. Not going to lie, Elle is kind of awesome. My first impression was "Oh Veronica!" but this episode set the two apart. Elle has this playful insanity, like she enjoys her powers like a child enjoys a new toy. I like.

Nathan was pretty interesting here, too. Well, he was burned-to-a-crisp guy. Not so interesting. Actually, he didn't do anything. But how he got better was interesting. Claire asked her dad earlier in the season about healing people. Adam answered that question: Yes. Being a nerd, I started questioning blood types and random stuff, but I figure if your blood heals, then it would heal any sort of negative reaction it would cause. Crisis of the mental kind avoided.

I kind of love Angela Petrelli, she's so devious, it's awesome! Driving Nathan's wife and family away: awesome, in an evil diabolical way. I assume she did this to keep the abilities under wraps.

The twins: boring, even in the past.

I don't think this episode was as good as last week's, but it definately kept things moving along. I'm glad Tim Kring realized how much of a frak up the beginning of the season was. Now we can move forward and rectify those mistakes.

House 4.07
This episode was decent for a self-referential gimmick episode. I never really like these "show within a show" episodes. House made one comment about how if they were making a TV show, the kid vomiting blood would have made a good act break. Which, in the TV show, it was. Then he commented about how walking gives the appearance of moving the plot forward. Again, I think the writers just wrote about things they think about with the show.

The big thing that sticks out to me, 24 hours after the episode, was Cameron's "I love House". Smooth. Don't think that won't come back to bite her in the ass, even if it didn't end up in the final cut. Good for Chase finding it amusing rather than threatening. Props to Cameron for trusting Chase enough to come to him about this. Did I mention I sort of love those two? Together? IRL? Sigh.

House hired an idiot. I love how he was completely blind to her incompetence. I mean, even I knew the woman had no clue what she was talking about.

Pushing Daisies 1.06
I'm OK with how sweet, adorable, romantic, charming, etc, etc. this show is. I'm more than OK with it, I adore it. I guess I'm a mushy person.
The thing that Daisies continues to prove is that it tackles pretty serious/dark topics, but masks them in this colorful, happy world. Sometimes you forget that the show deals with death, murder, and intrigue. Personally, that's the brilliance of the show. I love how different it is.

Take polygamy: I've never seen the topic done quite like this. It always comes down to the bizarre, this case, dogs. Specifically a dog, Bubblegum, a... I don't exactly remember the cutesy name of the hybrid, or "man's best best friend". I love how surreal this show gets, showing the individualized worlds of four different women. This is becoming part of what the show does, and I completely approve.

Oh Ned and Chuck and their truly tragic love. I just about died when Olive brought that up. The writers took it a step further with a verbal quickstep explaining how, while it was not up to par with tragic famines, diseases, poverty... but still tragic. God I adore writers.

Now the mushy: The end. I knew what Ned was going to say. Chuck asked about what makes Ned happy, and I sat there and waiting. I hugged my pillow and said "Just say it Ned, Just say IT!" Then he did, and I let out the loudest squee possible. I guess with this show, I have no problem with predictable. Nope, none at all.

My favorite scene probably was Ned and Digby (Ned the dog and Digby the person) seeing the animal therapist. I was giggling so much during that scene, especially since Digby (the dog) is given a role like another character, not just a dog. Ned and Digby are meant for each other. The beginning, with Digby poking his head out of young Ned's trunk was so cute.

When Olive was under cover, can I just say that using the fake name "Pimento" made my day.

 
I'm so disappointed that this writer's strike is still going on. This is causing problems for everyone, not just writers. I read some articles about writers enjoying the strike and talking about all the free food and public support. This enraged me, as this strike has a purpose, and if you're treating it like a vacation, then what is achieved? In addition, the people who are fired during the strike won't think it's so funny. They won't have free food delivered to their homes, they won't be paid by the actors on the show, they won't even benefit from the strike's causes. I know most people take this seriously, but I'm disappointed so many are taking this lightly. I don't think the members of Stagehand's Union is enjoying their time off nearly as much.

Pushing Daisies 1.02 + Previews

I don't know if I've made my obsession with the pilot clear enough. It is perfect. Every second of that episode just hits the right notes. So going into the second episode, I was a little worried. Would it be bright and colorful? Would the narrator be relevant? Would the episode come close to the pilot?

The answer to the last one is simply no. I've kinda put that "Pie Lette" up on an unreachable pedestal. I don't know if there will ever be another episode as fantastic as the first. That being said...

The show works. Period. The colors were just as bright and plentiful. Nothing muted here. The dialog was just as fast paced and funny. Ned and Chuck continue to make me swoon with cuteness. As long as these remain, I'm fine.

This was the first episode that showed us the standard formula. Remember, Daisies is actually a procedural. It works well enough. Listen, I won't be watching the show for the weekly mysteries. I think the show needs a MotW thing, kinda like with Veronica Mars, to keep it on task. This week's mystery was pretty predictable and not so special. It did have lots of white and adorable and awesome dandelions, and an eating disorder! Leave it to this show to make me giggle at the girl with the eating disorder. A flaming box of laxatives? Try not cracking a smile. Then at the end when the narrator talked about the around the clock supervision and a nutritionist, I giggled. You have this super-stylized world, and here's this guy telling us how this chick's eating disorder's going to get helped.

I'm going to like the invetive uses of covering for Ned and Chuck. I know that they're not going to touch, but still, their closeness worries me. I mean, GAH. Can one of them at least wear long sleeves and gloves? Chuck, I'm talking to you. Girl's getting reckless. Lucky Ned's got his head on straight. Love the car set up, one of those cutesy moments that made me actually squee.

The episode started off a little rocky. When Olive began singing, I actually did an eyeroll. Didn't work, doesn't fit, don't do it again. We get it, Kristin Chenoweth's got pipes. Also? I'm not wild about her haircut. That's a minor thing, but kinda bugged me. She looked better blond blond, not caramel. The short hair also ages her. I recommend extensions. As for Olive... I wish I felt more for her. The writers made Chuck so damn lovable, none of us really want Olive to hook up with Ned. She was kinda passive this week, too. I wish she was more aggressive, that was funny in the pilot. Ned's reactions were the funniest.

So now longterm worries. Firstly, the show is expensive. Honestly, the first episode looked like a movie. I kept saying how nothing on television looked like it, and now I'm learning why. Networks don't want to pay for all those special effects and post production things. The sets look expensive too. This week there were working cars and super pretty sets, that are probably only going to be used for this episode. The costumes looked elaborate, too. Apparently the show is already having some budget concerns...

But you know what, this show makes me love the now. I don't sit and think about whether the cuteness will wear off or whether the show will begin to look less spectacular. I think about how I wish real life looked like that. How I wish the carpets were bright and the lights not fluorescent. I think about how I want a narrator and love and someone like Ned. It makes me think about now, and not what's going to happen 7 or 8 episodes down the road.

Anyways, next week looks like we'll be getting some character stuff going with Ned and Chuck. Looks like Chuck's going to learn that someone died so she could live. That sounds like it's going to be good.

So I watched Private Practice, because Bionic Woman was unwatchable, even for short periods of time. PP was better, meaning I didn't have any major problems with it. Still wish Addison would go back to Grey's.

Heroes 2.01

You know, I really, really enjoyed this episode. I was talking to my friend about how, even after 1 season, I'm still surprised that I like Claire. Well, tonight I pretty much love Claire. It takes a lot of talent to write a likable, pretty, blond cheerleader. As for her future flying boy love, the jury's still out. He was kind of an asshole for judging her. Like, appearance wise, he's totally fine in my book, but once he opened his mouth, everything he said just turned me off. There are some guys like that here at college, heh. Why do you think they decided to have him fly? It's no coincidence that Claire's Dad can fly, is there some implied incest undertones?

For the record, totally Peter/Claire still. I had a minor fangirl freakout about the end bit with her crying about him to Nathan. And yes, I did sorta freak when I read that they were dating in real life. So does that make my incest ship less creepy? No? Maybe? Still going to Hell?

Mohinder was likable. That's saying a lot, normally he just drives me crazy. I cringed a little at his voice over. Still don't like them. I like that he's going into the company and doing HRG's bidding. Should I go with Noah? Or Mr. Bennett? Or Mr. Butler? I'm sticking with HRG, because he is still such a rocking badass (way to pwn that asshole manager at the Paper Company). Anybody else expecting a subtle reference to Dunder Mifflin or Wernham Hogg?

I squeed so hard about David Anders. I'm so glad my roommates weren't in the room, because they would have thought i was insane. Well, they would have found out I was insane. God he's so hot. His accent, not so much. When I was younger, I didn't know he was American, but watching older Alias episodes, it was a pretty mediocre accent. Tonight's was better, he slipped out of it somewhat, I couldn't tell if he was trying to do a more proper accent or a more colloquial, common one. His was sorta a mixture of both, possibly a tad anachronistic (random note: I think that's my favorite word). But hot! Did I mention that?

Hiro, Hiro, Hiro. Tonight was not such a great episode for our Japanese boy. First, his Dad dies in modern times while H. is stuck in past Japan. He's not going to be OK when he jumps back. Then his childhood hero turns out to be a drunk dud (albeit a really hot one, see above). Now he's got to correct history/make sure it lines up with his knowledge of history. Who wants to bet that Hiro is the legendary Takezo Kensei?

Poor Nathan, these four months have not been good for him. It's never fun to see bad facial hair on good looking men. I'm looking forward to learning more about how he lost his family. I mean, he did screw Jessica, and he was a deceptive asshole. Then I guess he turned into a drunk, deceptive asshole.

Good to see Matt's doing alright for himself. But what's up with his divorce? His wife was pregnant and it seemed they were going to reconcile, but I guess not. But he's got Molly (btw that actress improved a lot from last season) and Mohinder. Two men and a baby? Anyone? Molly's got some scary stuff going on. That guy who can see her, it actually would be terrifying, especially for a little kid.
Now for the elders. So are we clear that those are the original founders of the Company? That's what I'm going with. I'm really intrigued by the older generations on this show. I'm glad it appears they're going to be more of a focus this season, or at least for a storyline.

Peter!! I actually forgot to mention him until now. So our boy's locked in some container in a bizarro world where people speak with horrible Irish accents! I know I said I loved Milo with the longer hair, but ZOMG I'm totally fine with that new cut. He might actually be hotter. After you and Hayden are done, can I have you, please? Plz?

For a first episode, this gave a great look into what we're to expect this season. It put all the cards out and we're going to get to see how they play out. Hopefully they can keep up the excitement, the fun, the humor, and the squee factor. Oh and please make Kristen Bell's character (Elle) awesome. 13 episodes are a lot, and if she sucks, well I'd be upset. So what if I'm feeling season 1 Veronica Mars nostalgia? What're you going to do about it? Huh??

OK, now off to do some homework. I was working on my Comp Sci lab during Prison Break (not much to say about that show...), so that's something. Random Pushing Daisies note: So Elyssa is pretty convinced it's going to be canceled, but I've got some hope. Fuller isn't a complete failure with longevity, Dead Like Me did last two seasons and now has a made-for-DVD movie in production. He also worked on Heroes. I read an article that characterized his departure from the show as a big deal. Well we all know how Heroes worked out. Plus, Daisies is on ABC, which keeps shows on the air even with low ratings. I am worried that I haven't seen many advertisements for the show. NBC's been promoting their fall line up every chance they get. I haven't watched much ABC, but I've only seen Private Practice and Ugly Betty promos. I wish they put more ad money behind this special show. PS: You must watch it. MUST.

Is it weird that I'm not feeling a lot of the "big" fall shows this season? I didn't like Gossip Girl (though I liked the VMVO's, heh) and I found myself hating Chuck. When I first saw it, I strongly disliked the entire premise, but now I'm curious as to why so many people like it? Is it the cute guy? Is it the pretty well written dialog? Is it the Adam Baldwin? Hell if I know.

I got a new pair of black Converses!! That brings my hipster shoe total to 3.

I realized my posts are more and more random, like my next thought after the shoes: I'm a little sore.

Thinking about it, it's probably due to the lack of television. This leads me to a logical point: "Human Nature" airs tonight. w00t! This was the first episode of Doctor Who this season that made me excited for the following week's. Granted I wasn't a big fan of the conclusion, but WHEE!! I might even post more reactions to the episode. First ep of Doctor Who I'll watch this season on Sci Fi!!

In other news, I've been thinking a lot about why I wouldn't have sex with Dexter. I often find myself drifting off into Michael C. Hall thoughts, when I'll almost blurt out: "I would totally fuck Dex-" Then I stop and realize, no I wouldn't want to have sex with him at all. First, the guy's a sociopath, which is a total turn off. He wouldn't be remotely interested in me, he'd probably be thinking about killing someone or pretending to enjoy the amazing sex we'd be having. There wouldn't be an emotional connection at all. Worst of all, I get all freaked out and see him for the monster he is. Sure I know that he's a serial killer already, but I still think he's lovable in a somewhat morbid, creepy way. So the moral is: I wouldn't fuck Dexter, but I'd hit Michael C. Hall in a second.

I started packing clothing, and I realized I have a lot of old gross stuff I'm never going to wear again. I've retired my TwoP "Go Pirates" Veronica Mars shirt. Mustard Yellow just isn't my color, plus it's a little misshapen.

Tomorrow I'm seeing Avenue Q! It's about time, I don't know how I hadn't seen it already.

Heroes 1.21

If I had one word to describe this episode, it would be "confusion." But it's not the same confusion that I get from Lost, which is "they're not telling us everything, why is there a monster?" This confusion is "let's just reveal major things in normal conversation so viewers feel like they're missing the story... wait wha?" Confused? So am I. Who's the exploding man? Peter? Sylar? Ted? All 3? Sure we saw the future, but I'm not even so sure what parts of that will actually happen. So Nathan's Mom is in with Linderman? She's OK with all of NY going up? So is she going to get the hell out of dodge? Will Sylar become Nathan by the end of the season? Everyone's in NY, so I guess they're all fair game. He could easily off Candice then hit up Nathan. Why is Micah there? I read that he was there to rig the election for Nathan, which sorta makes sense. Wait, if Mother Petrelli is working with Linderman, then was she rogue when she was hiding Claire? Or is that part of Linderman's big plot as well. Wait, now I'm back to being confused about time travel. Actually, now I'm confused about what I'm confused about. I think I need to watch this episode again.

Veronica Mars 3.17

I read this news a few hours before I watched tonights episode, and my thought at the time was: So what. I have actually been waiting for the news that VM had been axed. I thought it was a given. But apparently it isn't. The chances of a return next season are "pretty good"?! The ratings have been horribly low and the quality hasn't been what it used to be, IMO. All signs pointed to cancel. This was before I saw tonight's episode.

After watching it: FUCK YES! IT MIGHT RETURN! Yup, I am re-emotionally invested in this show. Where to begin... PAUL RUDD. PAUL FUCKING RUDD. He is just amazing anyway you slice it. He was funny, sad, drunk, obnoxious, and likable all at the same time. Quality. I totally dugg Desmond, I actually felt really sorry for him. I wanted him to be OK and go to rehab and recover and make albums and make a comeback. I guess I got too invested in him. But yeah, PAUL FUCKING RUDD. It was funny seeing him as such a massive douche, because Paul Rudd is the nicest guy on Earth. I saw him in Three Days of Rain on Broadway, and he stayed behind and signed autographs for everyone. He was the last to leave.

I think what worked was that everyone fit together. For the first time, I was so hardcore Veronica/Piz. I saw them, I wanted them to go out, I wanted them to just be happy, because I think Piz really could do it. Logan is the hot love guy, but you know he'll end up smashing someone's headlights in sooner or later. Piz is just so perfect, hell I want to date him. If Veronica decides to dump Piz, can I have him? Plz? That's probably the only reason why I want Private Practice to get picked up. That shot of Chris Lowell and the surf board on Grey's Anatomy last week... Let's just say I never thought of him like that until then. Right, back to Piz. The handholding at the end just killed me. Soooo cute. Let Logan have Parker.

MAC! MAC! I remember when she hooked up with the Nature boy (I haven't gotten the boys names yet, so bear with me), I remember being really angry. I was still reeling from what Beaver did to Mac, and I wasn't ready for her to move on. But when I saw her with Nerd boy, I got that ZOMG feeling that has been missing from everything this season. They are just so cute. I was happy when she kicked Nature boy to the curb. Who was she kidding? I would never jog, or hike, or do anything outdoorsey for anybody, even a really hot guy.

Dick was DICK! No more relatively meaningful insight or other characters confiding in him. He is back to being this major league ass hole. I like my Dick two ways, tormented over Beaver's death... and absolutely douchey. Tonight we got the old, carefree, D.

I have one final topic to address: VERONICA WAS VERONICA! SHE WASN'T ANNOYING! Completely and totally tolerable. She wasn't obnoxiously clever or witty like she has been this season. She wasn't whiney or pissy or annoying or anything negative. She was just regular old V. Plus she and Wallace had a heart to heart. It reminded me of days of old when they were BFF's. I don't think we've seen a lot of that lately.

So this bring on this mysterious FBI-centric, castless, yet unnamed season 4 of Veronica Mars.

Figured I should update my LJ, just for kicks. I was feeling kinda pink, so voila! Now I just need to finish school (kill me).

House 3.20

Sigh. Not every episode of House can be great. This just bored me to tears. Talk about completely unrealistic. Plus, everyone lived? Oh, and House trying to kill the dog? He seemed more of an asshat than usual. I mean, killing animals? He was OK with Steve McQueen. Then the cane? Flames? Random slow-mo walk in to rock song? I just felt like this was an episode the writers needed to have fun with. I bet it was funny for the writers to write and the cast and crew to film, what with the Sherlock Holmes pipe-in-the-mouth shot of House. This was just a weak episode, maybe next week's will be better.

Veronica Mars 3.16

So before the party scene, my original post would have looked something like this: "Eh. I figured." Then Logan had his party, and Rob Thomas and Co. went all in. My jaw dropped when Piz kissed Veronica. I mean, it dropped. Then when Veronica went after him, I figured it would lead to some making out. I was a little annoyed at how she said her line before going in. It was a little too flirty and excited. I mean, I love V and Piz, they're the shit, but Veronica just didn't seem that into it minutes before. But they made out, and my jaw dropped further. THEN THE ELEVATOR OPENED AND I GASPED. I actually gasped. I didn't think I would ever have that reaction towards this show again. I mean, there would be no mystery arc, so no shocking revelations. Clearly I was wrong. Clearly.

Maybe I'll rewatch the episode with a more positive attitude and I'll like it better.

Speaking of watching things with a positive attitude,
Heroes 1.20

I thought about this episode all day, go figure. It just stuck with me. So when I got home, I went to watch the episode with cast commentaries. Best thing ever. Basically Greg Grunberg, Jack Coleman, and Sendhil Ramamurthy laughed their asses off. I've seen most of the Heroes cast commentaries, and those three are the funniest. They just sit and joke and watch the show with excitement and emotion. It let me take this episode much less seriously, which let me enjoy it a lot. Plus I didn't try to understand time travel.

On a side note, the Heroes graphic novels are proving to be very interesting. This weeks chronicles future Peter and Hiro as they storm a facility that is housing people like them. It's pretty cool, and something that won't be mentioned on the show. I've actually been looking forward to these since a few weeks back when it revealed Linderman's ability and when it connected Linderman and the elder Petrelli. Last week it revealed Sylar as the original bomb, which was a freaking awesome revelation. So if you're bored... read them.

Hee, Spider-man 3 is almost out. I'm going with a friend to a midnight showing Thursday. Fucking awesome.

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.

I'm still here. I feel like I'm not using this as well as I could. I'll try to post more often.

BSG 3.15

Season 3's "Black Market". Enough said.

Heroes 1.16

Two words: EVIL PETER. OMG OMG OMG OMG! HE WAS SO HOT!!! I got chills, and I love how some of Sylar's evilness has rubbed off. You know, if Sylar would just kill Peter, think of all the lives that would be saved! Actually, never mind. I <33 Peter so much! I just want to marry him :-)

Oh Claude, you really must have a problem with HRG's men. A big enough problem for him to skip town on his little pet. That's right, I just called Peter Claude's pet. It's true, Peter's just getting trained. Yes I did get pleasure seeing Claude attack Peter with a broom stick repeatedly. It was so funny, like "PUPPY DO SOMETHING!!" Did I mention I miss Nine? I hope to God Chris Eccleston does so much more in the US arena. I don't know what I would do without him.

So Simone died. You know, I saw this coming. I mean, I actually knew she was the chick who would kick it. Who else would die? She was about to expose this whole thing, and logically, she needed to die. Eh, she had pretty eyes, I'll miss them.

OK, so I am really convinced that Simone's father had the dreaming ability. Now we know that Pete can pick out the abilities, and looks like our boy's got a good grip on them. Maybe we'll see him become more aware of his dreams. I just had a thought: In "Six Months Ago," Peter has a dream, but at that point he hadn't met Simone's padre. Whoops. I still contend that Peter absorbed this from someone, he had to have. Maybe his mother or his father. Someone. I think there's an unwritten rule: one ability per person. Peter can't absorb powers AND dream the future. That would just be wrong.

ps. Anybody catch this Lost egg on Heroes last night?

Nathan Petrelli of HEROES describes LOST?

Veronica Mars 3.14

I'm so sorry that I'm no longer in love with this show. Compared to other episodes of late, this wasn't half bad. Compared to what the show used to be... It's not even on the same level. I just can't stand how Veronica is acting. She's a good girl, I can't imagine someone behaving that snarkily in prison. I mean, that's a serious thing, she has an arrest on her record, and she's busy drawing fake tats and making pop culture references. NEWSFLASH: Veronica can be both clever and human.

I was staring off into space, when I thought of this VM quote from S1. "They say if you're caught in a stare it means your mind needs a break." Veronica said that. It was genuine and sincere and not at all obnoxious and snide. I want THAT Veronica. I just want her back. Moreover, I want everyone else to want her back. I want Keith to slap her for being so obnoxious. He sorta did that this week, but I think it has to be done. I think as long as I'm dissatisfied with Veronica, I'll be dissatisfied with the show. I cannot separate the two.

Logan/Parker. My reaction was... hm. I loved when Veronica saw them and just stared. DAMN RIGHT BITCH. You need to see how you aren't all that and how Logan has tons of choices. She was a horrible girlfriend, and I think Logan needs a change. Veronica needs to see him sorta move on. I hope she can see how she could make things right. I dunno, I'm sorta curious to see where this goes.

Mac/That Guy. I'm sorry, I'm not ready to see her move on from Beaver. That's all, I was happy when she kissed him, but I thought she needed to have a longer transition to the sexual relationship. I think that would have been a very interesting character arc for her. It just felt like we missed all these changes and we just cut to the nerd!sex. :-(

LAMB! You know, Lamb was a bastard! I mean, originally that's who he was. Remember what he did to Veronica after she was raped? He thought she was making it up and chuckled when she cried. HE WAS AN AWFUL MAN. But they changed who he was. He turned into incompetent instead of insensitive. He became less of an asshole and more of a goof. So I ended up liking Lamb. I was actually really, really upset. I saw this coming, too. Moments before Lamb entered that house, I thought, "There was no 'someone will die promo', so Lamb can't possibly die, though I have this feeling..." Dammit. Damn my foresight into story lines.

I got into another school over the weekend. This one was RPI up in Troy NY. It's really good, but not really my top school. Still, it's nice that I have several options open.

Lost is on tomorrow, and I have hopes. This really looks like it could have some potential. Hope they give us some answers. Though they've been doing a lot of that, haven't they?

I saw Marie Antoinette over the weekend, and I was completely surprised that I ended up really liking it. I just thought it was very well done and well acted. Screw the critics, this was a damn good film.

Babel? Sorta overrated. Good, but not amazing.

24 6.08, 6.09

So, I pretty much loved these episodes. I have trouble with 24, I find it hard to relate to the characters and story-lines and keep track of the hour to hour dealings. But this weeks ep had really brilliant moments. I loved when CTU electronically pulled the fire alarm, they showed the residents gathered outside of the building, and one of them was holding a big birdcage in her hands, which I thought was hysterical. This women, when believing there was a fire, slows herself down to grab a big ass bird cage, and risks her life. I thought that was so clever, only 24 would be that meticulous with their extras and props. Another moment, when Morris reveals he wrote a working program, and Jack flips out. Morris's reaction was so human, like "WHAT ELSE WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO." Not every computer geek is like Marshall on Alias, who when captured wrote a dummy program. In the real world, untrained geeks do what they're told, especially when they're getting holes drilled in their bodies. AAH. How painful. Chloe! My hero! When Jack is dismantling the atomic bomb, he is freaking out. I really haven't seen Jack freak out like that. I loved how his initial reaction was "Uh-oh." I mean, you see a nuke, and I think your first reaction is shock and you would say "we have a problem." I chuckled, we really don't have many of those overly simplified lines. Everyone on 24 is so complex and convoluted, a short response like that was perfect. Back to Chloe, when Jack is asking for help, and the first suggestion doesn't help, Jack flips out on Chloe, and she deals it right back. She shuts Bauer down. She's like "We have a bomb, you really want to be arguing? Let me save this fucking city." Ah, our gal has balls. So Morris is lying in bed, feeling like shit because he gave terrorists a working program to activate nukes, and Chloe smacks him. She doesn't have time for his bullshit. If he wants to make things right, then he gets to help CTU instead of being whiny asshole in bed. I found this episode quite refreshing and real, the type of episode to bring me back in the 24 mentality.

Veronica Mars  3.13

I guess people are pretty pleased with the show still. I'm just unable to care. Veronica was such a brilliant and complex and pained character. Now I just see her as smug and obnoxious. Her clever quips are used instead of useful dialog. The promo for next week shows her laughing and goofing off in jail... Veronica has made light of certain things in the past, but jail wasn't one of those things. I honestly believe the writers think that Veronica is just good for clever remarks. She is so much more than that, but all we've seen if this obnoxious, overbearing girlfriend. This whole LoVe story line has bored me to tears. Last week the pillow talk consisted of Veronica asking Logan if he'd gotten hookers. The fact of the matter is, Veronica doesn't have the deep pain that caused this sarcastic layer in the first place. She seems pretty happy, you know except for relationship problems. It's not like she was raped and socially ostracized! Oh wait, not only was she raped (that whole Beaver revelation really impacted Veronica), but she was almost raped again, and drugged before that. You would think that she would have a more bitter reaction to society, like she did way back when. I'm not saying she should be the same Veronica as S1 Veronica, but S2 Veronica was different, but she wasn't annoying. It was weird seeing her not be this outsider, but in S2, she was able to keep this perspective and you could still tell, even though she was happy, that there was dark stuff in her past. This season you would never know what she's been through. People change, but the amount of trauma Veronica's experienced (almost killed by best friend's dad, mom ran away and took her college money) I'd think she'd be angry. But she's not. She still makes these snide comments, but they no longer fit into her demeanor. It's not that Veronica anymore. Last week, Veronica apologize to the boy for making the wrong judgment. Um? No? Veronica doesn't apologize, she is stubborn and proud and she's been wrong in the past. She never says she's wrong. Then, Veronica wimps out on crushing Madison's car. Grr. Weevil said it best "You've gone soft." It's so true. Veronica really has lost her bite, which makes these one liners the more annoying. Imagine the most popular girl you know, imagine their conversations consisted solely on Veronica-esque lines. See my problem? It's like the words make sense, but they're coming out of the wrong mouth.

Pretty much, this show has lost me. Logan's become this sappy fool, which is a topic for another rant. Dick has lost a lot of his selfishness (since when did Dick care about anybody but himself? Though there was that great arc where he partied in mourning of his brother, but for the most part, it was Dick. Not Dick caring about Logan...just Dick.) Veronica... Well, I don't know who she is anymore. All I know is that she's lost what made her so real and so special. She's lost her pain, hence my desire for Veronica to get raped. But if an attempted rape doesn't change her view on the world, I don't know what will.

*END SPOILERS*

It's snowing/sleeting right now. I'm hoping school gets canceled, I think the weather's going to be super fucked up tomorrow morning, and I really need a day off. I think everyone does.