90210-There are some people that I love on this show...

This week 90210 started with Adrianna and Navid's fantasy life, which coincidentally is also exactly like my fantasy of their marriage! I also really liked Navid's description of how is parents would react. The payoff of them reacting like that wasn't even that funny, but Navid's description of them was pretty hysterical. I also loved how touched she was his pawnshop ring. I also kind of loved that his parents were pretty reasonable about the whole thing, telling him he just couldn't marry her but they could still date or whatever. But, Navid has turned his back on them anyway and moved in with Adrianna her sometimes awful/sometimes nice mom. And yes, I will be starting every single 90210 post with a review of what happened to Adrianna and Navid, because I love them. Oh one more thing, the going out coming back in thing Navid was doing after Ade revealed that Ty was the babydaddy? SO DARN CUTE.

Ok, so there are other people on this show. Other people I like even! Such as Naomi (Annalynn McCord) ! Here are things I loved about her in this episode:

She and Liam had sex in Annie's bed. (And then after she mentioned it as she said that 'sex in your bed' was "just an expression!)

She called Harry "Principal Boxer Shorts"

She talks about going to the gynecologist and being sexually responsible even though other people (including parents!) act like this is weird and gross.

She cut up some ugly jeans that Dixon had. (He will probably thank her later)

She had a more mature reaction to Adrianna and Navid's engagement than I did.

She forced Annie to go on a date with someone named 'Brew Dog

She called Liam a 'huge douchebag'.

She knew immediately that the idea that Liam could like Annie better than her for ANY reason (because she is so smart and no nonsense or whatever? Please!) was crazy ridiculous.

So she pretty much rocked it out this ep, as usual.

The whole Silver story is just not thrilling me, though I did like it when she told off that crazy Catholic school girl! Also, when she said to her "That's why I left. Things like the soda stuff" to her. I really don't get why Kelly let her go to this school though.

Sometimes watching this show really makes me miss the OC, which was supposed to be kind of a new 90210, and was actually really really good. I've got to get that on DVD.

One thing I did not like that Naomi did in this episode was introduce her horrible sister Jen. Jen looks like a model, slept with Ethan (ewww) and already has her eye Matthews, whom she BETTER STAY AWAY FROM if she knows what's good for her. Umm, I don't like her. And that is what I have to say about that. Also, Naomi living with the Wilson's was the only thing was the only thing making them at all interesting, and Jen's arrival stopped all that.

Next Week: Eww. Jen. Eww.

Heroes- Not Awesome.

Sigh. That is pretty much what I have to say about the Heroes season finale. I can barely muster up enough interest to even write about it! (By the way, if you are watching Heroes and not it's lead in Chuck, you are crazy. Chuck is about 10 times more awesome than Heroes could ever hope to be at this point. Watch it at NBC.com and read recaps and reviews at www.televisiononthebrain.blogspot.com Do it now!) Anyway, the Heroes finale happened, and it was pretty much not awesome.

heroesfanatic.comSylar. Gone? Nope. No way.

So what went on to end Season 3? Anything good at all? I suppose. Danko got arrested, jailed and then tranqed, and even though I really wanted Sylar to stab him in the neck, I'm pretty much happy with anything bad happening to that guy.

The way Peter morphed into the president to get Sylar was pretty great and even a tiny bit unexpected. A tiny bit.

Um, it looks like no one's getting fired/leaving the show, and since the cast is one of the only things this show has going for it, I am happy about that.

I think that's it.

Annoying things that went on last night:

Hiro and Ando, bickering about whose power to use, again. At least they got Danko in the end. So that was good.

Also, why does using his power make Hiro having a heart attack or something? And why did this never happen before? And will it happen again? So he is back to being completely useless I guess.

Nathan dying, Sylar becoming Nathan yet still being Sylar. I do not think there could have be a more unsatisfying conclusion to this arc. I mean Nathan is an idiot whose horrible horrible plan created most of the problems plaguing everyone on this show in the first place, but I really like Adrian Pasdar, (especially looking at him) so I would be sad if he were off the show forever. I also really like Zachary Quinto, BUT this is a lame way to get the shock of killing a character while still keeping the actor on the show. LAME. For real.

They formed another Company. Angela and HRG formed another Company without telling their respective children, Peter and Claire. So basically the set up for this season is exactly the same set up for seasons 1 & 2. Peter and Claire really need to stop trusting their parents.

It wasn't good. The characters did not grow, the plot did not move forward, and the set up for the next season is not intriguing. Needless to say, I CANNOT EVEN WAIT until September.

The premise has been completely dismantled--Chuck.

So I really really really want Chuck to get renewed. I don't want this season to be it's last! But damn, it could be huh? I mean the Intersect is out of Chuck's head, he and Sarah have openly acknowledged their feelings and almost slept together, and it seems like the general is going to let him live instead of making Casey kill him (which I do not think Colonel Casey would do anyway...) so other than having a world class asshole on their tail (Damn you Chevy Chase!), their problems are pretty much solved! And you can't have a show without problems! What is going to be next? I don't know! But if it is anything like this episode, what's going to be next will be, well, AWESOME.

Great moments of this ep:

Sarah and I have the same t-shirt! Now if only I looked like that in it...

Chuck and Sarah almost doing it! It is weird how much I want two TV characters to sleep together. I don't know what this says about me...

Casey being a total ass, and then completely redeeming himself! I heart John Casey. Also, the fact that he tore that radiator from the wall was pretty great.

Discussion of torque in regards to killing Chuck with said radiator.

Ellie getting reunited with her Dad and Chuck! Totally sweet.

Awesome being awesome for Chuck and Ellie! The scene where he told her everything was going to be okay was so good. And now he knows about Chuck's secret life!!!

Live the dream Morgan!

Could this be the end of the Buy More? I'll miss Tony Hale, but I could be okay with it.

The team got back together and defeated Fulcrum!

So many hysterical quotes, such as:

“You don’t think I could kill you with my thumb or my elbow?”
“From one stalker to another, I am impressed.”
“I hate this whole family.”
“Want to be my Ass-man?”
"Do all your friends give your mother urinary tract infections?"
“Bro, take another step and I will drop you!”
“Can you be awesome?”
“I’m involved in a major conglomerate of bad guys. Few details escape me.”
“Morgan out.”

and of course this exchange:
Awesome: Look, I know what it's like to be stuck in a dead end job without a girl.
Casey: Really?
Awesome: Well no, but...


Anyway, if this were the way Chuck had to end, I would be satisfied. But fingers crossed, we will be getting a third season! How will it play out? I have no idea, but I already can't wait to see! But hold on, we still have the season finale which has: Bryce Larkin!!! Roark, the world class asshole himself!!! A wedding!!!!
I can already tell, it's going to be great.

90210- Not Better Than Last Week.

There is something seriously wrong with me that I want these two to get married.

I am going to be positive here for a second, and tell you about what I like about 90210. I like Navid and Adrianna! They are so cute that I want to puke with joy. Before he proposed marriage to her (Which I am not even sure we are supposed to be totally against. I mean I know in real life I would be totally against two sixteen-year-olds getting married, but here I feel kind of good about it.), this is what I wrote about Navid, "Most men ten years older than him aren't as awesome or mature as he is!" Yes I wrote that. Yes it makes me sad. Deal with it. Anyway, Navid and Adrianna are awesome, I love them, and I support their ridiculous teenage marriage. So there it is.

Ok, so the rest of the episode did not thrill me the way the Adrianna/Navid scenes did. I feel like I can only tell you the stray thoughts I had about it at this point!!!

Ethan + Liam = Love. If only he wasn't leaving! They could be the new Dylan/Brandon! Ostensibly straight, but completely gay for each other!

Why did Kelly skip work to go to Donna's real estate agent meeting?

The woman who played Madame Flanagan is named Tracie Dinwiddie. Awesome name.

I like how the girls who were awful to Silver clinked smoothies or whatever..."Cheers to being mean!!"

Annie gave a mean nostril flare when she learned about Naomi's dad being a sexual harasser.

I kind of loved that Naomi keyed the car of her manicurist. She is so awful I love her.

Oh haha lesbians are so funny 90210! They hit on Kelly and Donna and drink something called a "Dirty Girl Scout". (Eww.) Wow.

Annie can't have REAL friends because she is so damn annoying.

Kelly is truly an idiot if she believes Silver when she says everything is fine.

I can't believe they had a line about Naomi and Annie eating a lot. No one believes they eat.

Man with a six-pack = Ryan with beer!! I love that this made Kelly sleep with him immediately. Not that I wouldn't.... Also, she gave a freakish little yell/scream as she started making out with him. It was scary.

Ethan! Stop being cool if you are going to leave!!!

I love that Kelly's "you are awesome and everything is going to be fine!" speech didn't make Donna feel better at all. Because that speech never makes anyone feel better, not even an idiot like Donna. That scene was actually a little sad though...

Liam + Naomi = still hot

Next week:
The idea that Liam would throw Naomi over for Annie is patently ridiculous. I hope it is just a mean trick he is pulling on her or something.

Heroes: And your name again is?

Oh Heroes. I have been wanting to like you all season! I have been hyping you up to friends and family! I have been saying, "Oh don't worry this is the episode where it is going to get good!" I have been saying, "When they team up it will be AWESOME." And now, with only two episodes left in the season, you give me this. Some ridiculous psychological study of Sylar, reiterating things we already knew about the character and moving exactly ZERO plot points forward. (Maybe one? Hiro has a nosebleed?) Ugh. What could even happen in the series finale to make up for this season?

So Sylar is having an identity crisis. Poor you Sylar, poor you. I mean part of me likes the idea of Sylar actually doing something helpful to al la Micah's suggestion, but at this point, can we really turn a (pretty much) unrepentant serial killer into any kind of, well, hero? Also, he is always killing likable people who are nice to him, like Clint Howard, yet he continues to let that scourge upon the earth Danko live. I can't even believe that he lets Danko talk to him like that. If I were Sylar I would have killed that dude SO LONG AGO. If the next episode does not open with Sylar taking that knife out of his head and stabbing Danko in the throat with it, there is nothing that will convince me that this show will ever be good again.

Hiro and Ando are bickering like an old married couple again. Even though I find Ando startlingly hot, he was annoying the crap out of me here. Is he really back to complaining that Hiro doesn't see him as an equal? These two need therapy. And apparently, Hiro needs a doctor, because his nose is bleeding, and on TV, nose bleeds pretty much always mean a character is on death's door.

How does Sylar get the clothes people are wearing when he shapeshifts? Are clothes part of our DNA now?

Nathan, as usual, is making horrible decisions. Why not let your super-powered family help you out instead of flying off alone to either get killed by Sylar or captured by Danko? Also, why not go unarmed to the place that Sylar is most likely to be? Nathan has the worst problem solving skills I have ever seen. It is unbelievable.

Why did Sylar need to pull a gun on Nathan? Just to show he had it? I mean he has about a million offensive powers and Nathan has one defensive one. A gun seems really unnecessary.

Poor Micah. No one should have to witness Sylar's weird becoming-his-mother-and-having-a -conversation-with-her thing. That was creepy to the max. Micah is definitely the best character on this show BY A MILE though.

Hey Matt Parkman, guess you are totally over that Daphne chick who you were so sure was your true love and just DIED, huh? Guess it wasn't really love like you thought it was, because you are running back to Janice pretty quickly my friend. Also, you are one of the dumbest people on this show, and on a show filled with idiots, that is a tall order.

Oh and in case you forgot, Mohinder is on this show. Getting caught by agents while wildly looking at old film strips or something. Cool.

Next week: Nathan loves Peter. Sylar is creepy to Claire. THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN! Maybe. Probably not.

I WAS RIGHT!!!! Chuck

You guys! I was right! Chuck's Dad is Orion! They threw me off by having him fake his death, but I was right!! I can't believe I just found this out last night! Stupid preemption!!!

So I watched kind of a Chuck Movie last night, since I saw Chuck Vs. the Dream Job and Chuck Vs. The First Kill right in a row, and there was lots of action to be had! There was also lots of awesome to be had, including:

Chuck gets his dream job! Even though it wasn't real, it was great to see Chuck realize that he can go somewhere with his life. And it made him want to get that Intersect out even more!

Sarah in glasses. So cute.

Scott Bakula as Chuck's Dad/Orion! I thought he did a great job seeming crazy, likable , genius and tough. The years have been kind Roark!

Chevy Chase playing a world class asshole. Sounds about right to me!

Captain Awesome. Can he please be real? And call me?

I don't want to be this kind of person, but I thought Chuck looked pretty hot all suited up wielding his tranq guns. Also I liked it when he was yelling. So I am that person then.

I loved seeing Chuck use all the skills and information he has gotten from the CIA/NSA for his own ends.

I kind of liked Jill's return/redemption. It was so sad to see them playing engaged with her family!

"I didn't realize the Morgan was so lethal!"

Chuck's awesome arm-up no cheating move on Casey.

This exchange between Casey and Sarah "Miss me?" "Yeah, immensely." Because she meant it!!

I really liked Chuck vs. The First Kill and I LOVED Chuck Vs. the Dream Job. Dream Job touched on a lot of themes that have been running through the entire show, such as Chuck not believing in himself/selling his life short, Chuck not seeing his job with the CIA as something worthy or worthwhile, Chuck's real life and his spy life bleeding together in ways that he can't control, and Chuck's fear that his spy life will eventually obliterate his old life, which the situation with his Dad really brings home. The First Kill was really all about trust and betrayal, from Morgan betraying Big Mike (and getting betrayed by Emmet! Sneaky bastard!) to Sarah refusing to betray Chuck's trust. At the end, I think I captured the essence when I wrote in my notes, Chuck and Sarah on the run = AWESOME.

Next week:
Chuck and Sarah on the run! Chuck and Sarah making out! Casey saying "I would never betray my team!" I think, and you can quote me on this, I think, that this is going to be AWESOME.

Wow, that was really really boring. 90210

So this is it! Donna Martin returns! It was actually pretty boring, so don't get too excited. After two fairly good episodes, 90210 has returned to mediocre-ness that has made it famous. Basically we had a few balls in the air here, Kelly/Silver/Donna, Annie/Dixon, Habitat for Humanity and a little bit of Harry/Debbie (AKA the parents that no one cares about. Are they even trying with these two?) None of the storylines were completely awful, but none were what I'd really call stellar either. (By the way, had anyone noticed that 90210 is sponsored by Dr. Pepper? No?! It's because they are really subtle about it.)

So what was good? Let's see.

Annie/Dixon were pretty cute. The woman who played Dixon's birth mom was really good, and she made me forget how much I hate Annie for an entire scene. I remembered again though when she kept telling Dixon that she was his "Mango". Something about that just creeped me out.

Matthews looked hot in his Habitat for Humanity tee shirt. What?! That was a good part! Also the cast actually built a house for Habitat for Humanity, which is pretty cool, even a cynical gal like me can admit.

Naomi and Liam have some pretty good chemistry together. I would say they are the hottest couple on the show right now. (Cutest = Navid and Adrianna. No contest.)

Diablo Cody wasn't horrible? I guess? She was kind of cute, so I'll put it in the good column.

Ethan and Liam were pretty alright together. Why is Ethan getting so unlame now that I know he is leaving? Why show? Why?

Another way they tried to make me kind of like Annie was by making her love water parks. I too love water parks, and I have to say I would be completely heartbroken if someone told me that we were going to one of the best in the country and really we were going to spy on/briefly speak to his birth mother. I mean , I would do it, but deep down inside it would hurt me. So I related to Annie there, for a minute.

Naomi's CRAZY walk away from Ethan after he told her he thought Liam was a douche. If you have it recorded, watch this scene again. It is worth it.

Things that were not so good:

No Navid and Adrianna!

OH MY GOD Kelly is such a drag. It is as if Silver is being sentenced to death by monotony. Thanks 90210 for reminding me why I used to hate Kelly so so much. Even after all the mushy stuff I feel like Kelly could drive Silver to suicide still. And me as well.

Tabitha the grandmother was mentioned, reminding me how awesome she was, and how mad I am that she is not on the show anymore.

The fact that Donna had to refer to Silver as her half sister-in-law. Is the half really necessary? Just say sister-in-law!

More Donna: She and David are separated, they gave her a baby just to hide it away in a closet for most of the episode, and she is still LAME AS EVER. Donna Martin had some good classic episodes that were built around her, but the actual character is just the lamest person ever. Ever.

The fact that Harry and Deb were even in this episode at all. Not funny, just boring.

The Liam and Ethan story pretty much added up to "Drugs are bad kids!" Bold position to take 90210. Bold.

Donna and David are separated? I know I mentioned this before, but first Kelly has a kid with Dylan and now this?! Is NOTHING from Beverly Hills, 90210 sacred to these people?!

Next week: Naomi hates Annie again! Yay! Me too Naomi!

Heroes- OMG Just band together already! This is killing me!

Okay, so they actually made us watch some more scenes of digging up dead bodies, which you may or may not remember I specifically asked them not to do, but apparently the producers of Heroes don't really care about what I want. (Obviously.) Because if they did, they probably wouldn't have created yet another backstory for our characters. But they did.

I thought this episode was kind of meh. I mean we got a lot of the same character notes as always, Claire wants to be normal but can't, Nathan wants to do right but doesn't know how, HRG is conflicted, Mohinder is dumb, Peter is cute, Angela is guilt-ridden. And there were just so many things that DO NOT ADD UP that it was driving me insane! Such as:

Chandra Suresh- so he spent all this time researching and trying to prove that people could have these abilities, had a daughter with these abilities, AND he used to run an internment camp for people with abilities. Alright sure. That's why he was so excited when he met Sylar, called him Patient 0 and acted like he had never seen anything like it before. That makes sense.

Angela- She has gone from evil to sympathetic more times than well...HRG!! And if she had previously lived in a darn internment camp for people with powers WHY WOULD SHE SUPPORT NATHAN when he wanted to create one. Why not say, "hey, actually they tried this and it did not go well."

Peter-Why do people keep telling him that he needs to forgive them and THEY NEED TO FORGIVE HIM? What has Peter done to anyone? I mean his mother plotted to destroy New York, his brother tried to imprison him and kill him, and he's done what, like, forget a birthday or something? (Future him did shoot Nathan, but I don't think present him can really be held responsible for that! Besides, who among us has not wanted to shoot Nathan at some point?) I would smack these people if I were him. My only consolation is that he really looked like he wanted to.

Mohinder- Just gonna chill with Storm over at Coyote Sands. Forget banding together with other Heroes and HRG, he's just going to feel sorry for himself and beat himself up for cocooning people and all that other screwed up stuff he's done. Okay, good plan dude. Ugh I hate Mohinder.

Alice/Storm- Controlling the weather? Really? I always had a hard time with this power in X-Men too. I mean I get that it is no less related to genetics than being able to stop time or teleport, but I don't know, I just don't like it. Also, Alice in 1961 seemed to be a fairly savvy little girl (though Angela treated her like she was a total moron) so I have a hard time believing she just stayed there and grew up into this weird child-woman. And I love how Angela actually says the words, "I'm never going to see her again." Well thanks for wasting our time with that story then.

The only actually cool thing that happened was Sylar pretending to be Nathan (I love how the entirety of Nathan's plan is "Go to Washington, and um, fix stuff, I guess." Great. I think Angela's blackmail, kill, and erase memories plan is WAY WAY BETTER) There are only two episodes left, we still haven't seen all of our characters in one place, (which was the promise of the entire season) and I am just getting annoyed. These next two episodes better be awesome.

So do I feel embarrassed when the 90210 theme comes blasting from my apartment? Not anymore.

Previously on 90210--Silver is CRAZYPANTS. She got a tattoo with Dixon's name on it, is always trying to force him to have sex in weird places, filmed them having sex, broke into Matthews' apartment and accused him of manipulating her life, and set some crap on fire in Dixon's backyard. (At least she set in a grill. That's something.) So. There you go. She is not okay.

Even though this episode was pretty much all about Dixon and Silver, the CW does not have any pictures of either of them from this episode on their website. Weird. I guess I'll just have to give the top spot to a picture of Annie just about to make one of her signature ugly "acting" faces. Cause I love those faces.

This episode was actually pretty good, am I right? I mean I knew it was going to be when I saw that the director was none other than Brandon Walsh himself, Jason Priestly. Awesome. The teaser before the credits was actually directed in a cool way, with all these crazy cuts and people finding out about Silver's descent into crazytown. It was kind of weird because the rest of the episode felt pretty serious, but the teaser was kind of funny and everyone was all awkward. Choice moments for me:

The mysterious liquid prescription pill bottles in Ryan's medicine cabinet.

Ethan begrudgingly offering Annie a ride and acting like he was the best guy ever.

Everything Naomi said. I am heart-ing that girl!

Three choice moments, and that was just the teaser! Now you know why I am no longer
embarrassed to watch this!

I think the whole Silver is Bi-Polar storyline was handled pretty darn well! I liked Dixon's assy reaction because he has been through this, the parents'/Kelly's melt-downs, even the "guy with big glasses who seems creepy but is actually and incredibly nice dude" thing. Jessica Stroup performed ably again this week, really selling Silver's pain and mania. It was good. I mean I wasn't crying over it or anything, but it was good, and it feels like this is actually a pretty natural progression for this character.

One thing I hated was the entire Jackie Taylor interlude. Jackie was never this abysmal of a person on the original 90210, and it just seemed unnecessary for her to be so awful. Maybe they are trying to say that Jackie is bi-polar as well or something, but it seemed like they were trying to blame Silver's problems on her awfulness, which, if she is bi-polar isn't really true because that is chemical.

There were some other things that were pretty great too, including:

-Ryan Matthews, 23-year old teacher who looks way older than 23, you totally melted my heart tonight. If I were Kelly, I would have jumped you. Also, you were funny more than once, most notably when trying to figure out what "the source" meant. "Hip-Hop awards?" Nice. That is my kind of funny. Awkward jokes during incredibly serious times. Call me!

-Ethan's FABULOUS WTF face when Annie was freaking out about how if they break up it means she is a jerk who gave up her self-respect. (Annie had self-respect at some point?) I honestly don't think he could have cared less. Why does he have to become cool now that he is leaving!?

-Adrianna and Navid! OMG they are so cute. They warm my cold cold heart and make me believe that pregnant teenagers and their boyfriends who are not even the dad of the kid can make a happy and stable family that will rule forever. They were adorable with Sam (that kid is an awful fake crier! But a cutie.) There is just some about those two. I love them.



-Naomi forgiving Annie. Even though I hate her, I am glad that Naomi is going to be friends with Annie, because that will integrate her into all the of storylines more, and now I love her. It took me a little while, but now I realize, Naomi is awesome.

-The fact that you could totally tell that while Dixon was explaining his whole bi-polar birth mom/bi-polar girlfriend thing to her, Annie just wanted to talk about her break-up with Ethan. She held it in though, which is pretty incredible for someone at her level of self-absorption.

So all in all, that's pretty much two good episodes in a row! (The mom is still annoying me.)

Next week: Donna Martin returns! Should be craptastic!

Quote of the night: "Oh that's Sylar." Heroes.

So let's get down to it! Time to talk about last night's Heroes episode, "Turn and Face the Strange". (Not a good episode title by the way.)

Okay, so I had a feeling that while watching this episode, I and everyone I was with was going to be constantly guessing that everyone was Sylar all the time. I was right. I was pretty excited to see a new power being used, but I can already tell this is going to be kind of annoying. I mean I appreciate the symbolism of the whole shapeshifter idea, especially for Danko (AKA Creepy Hunter Guy) and HRG (AKA Noah Bennett), but Sylar being able to be ANYONE he touches = a lot of audience misdirection. Hopefully they won't overuse it.

So this episode was an improvement on last week's to be sure (something actually happened!) but the fact that at least 50% of the characters act like complete morons most of the time is really starting to grate on me. I mean, in last night's episode alone we had:

Matt, deciding (and then being unable to) to shoot some poor lady to freak out Danko, instead of, I don't know, using his power to make Danko believe he shot her! He can put thoughts into peoples heads!! Why doesn't he do that then? Matt Parkman has got to be the most annoying character on the show at this point. And I think we all knew he'd be whining and moaning about Daphne throughout this episode, didn't we?

HRG, believing Danko when he tells him which soldier is Sylar, without any hesitation, right after hearing that Danko and Sylar are working together. Then, he proceeds to believe Danko's word that the soldier-dude is dead, and then just runs away! There must have something else he could have done with information that Danko and Sylar were working together. Maybe follow him and spot them working together? Report it to some higher up? Just KILL DANKO ALREADY? Ugh, his plan was the worst. (Also, before beating up someone you think is disguised as your wife, you should make SURE that it's not actually your wife.)

Danko is working with Sylar. Sylar is going to kill him when he's done with him. Bad plan.

Mohinder, Hiro and Ando are all government fugitives, happily calling each other on cell phones and chatting about the whereabouts of other government fugitives. Alright, sure.

At least Nathan is apparently chastened by the spectacular failure of his own terrible terrible plan and is finally going to reunite with his family to kick some ass. It's about time Petrelli family!! I am ready to see this happen. Heroes, DO NOT spend any more time in the next episode showing us people digging up skeletons! We get it, there are a lot of skeletons at Coyote Sands.

Next week:
Now, we get to see where the damn story begins! Let's hope the continuity fairy is around to make sure it all makes sens

3 Episodes of Dollhouse in 1 night! I know you're impressed.

Okay, in a lot of ways, I think it actually works out beautifully to be talking about these 3 episodes all at once. Because in all of these episodes we got to get to know our two main protagonists, they kind of got to know each other in a weird way, and i think that it was all pretty great!


I really like that we got to know a little more about who Caroline is and how she ended up in the Dollhouse in the first place. Knowing her back story makes it a lot easier to care about her, and knowing her personality makes it more obvious when that is coming through her programming.

And though I kind of thought Patton Oswalt's psychoanalyzing of Ballard was a little annoying, it is nice to see more about his motivations, and have the show explore the idea that he is obsessed with taking down the Dollhouse for some of the wrong reasons. I would feel so bad for Melly if she were not an active there to watch him. But now I just feel so bad for Paul that he is falling in love with an active! Will that change the way he sees the Dollhouse or the people who use it?

Ok, here are some notes I took while watching Episode 6, Man on the Street:

Ballard= Crazy good fighter (he took down all of Patton Oswalt's security guys single handedly! Impressive.)

Patton- pretty likable, once you get past all the psycho babble. Did a better job with the heavyness of the part then I expected to be honest.

Victor- So sad! I am really loving this guy! It was so sad when Echo asked "What did you do? and he replied "No one will tell me!" I really liked this glimpse into how vulnerable the Dolls really are when they are wiped. Sierra's handler raping her and trying to blame Victor was awful, and you really have to agree with him when asks Adele "How did you not think this was going to happen?"

Oh, when I thought that they were going to kill Melly (kind of temporarily forgetting that I thought she was a Doll...or hoping I was wrong because I like her and Ballard together! Oh I also just got that she was supposed to be kind of fat or something. I think she just dresses horribly!), I wrote: "At least she got laid by Ballard before her death." He looked hot in the episode by the way. That was actually another thing that I felt the need to write down. "Ballard in street clothes = cute." I am right.

Ok, the real question of this episode, beyond of course, "Where are the cooks in that Chinese restaurant while they are fighting" is , who is the spy! Topher's assistant? Doctor Saunders? (Fred! From Angel! Love her.) Adele herself? I don't know why I suspect her, but I do.

There's also: Why don't they want Ballard dead?
What in the heck is the Attic?

Episode 7, Echoes, was supposed to be the one, the game-changer, the greatest episode so far, and I think it was pretty damn good actually. No Ballard in this one, but plenty more Caroline. We finally find out how she got to the Dollhouse, and the pain that may have contributed to her "volunteering" (though it doesn't seem like she did, but they keep going with that.) Now that we actually know her, we can actually be invested in saving her! She seems pretty cool actually, if a little overzealous in her love for animals. I thought this was a really good episode, AND it was pretty funny, which is great because that is something I've been wanting and not getting from this show. Adele and Topher were hilarious together, and Lawerence was pretty great, apologizing to Echo for trying to kill her and everything! We also got a classic bit of "guy seems nice but is actually a d-bag" from Whedon, with Sam being behind the entire memory drug outbreak thing on campus. I was disappointed because I was really liking him! Hopefully we will see the actor more if he becomes a Doll.

Some notes that I wrote about this episode are:

"Ooh I love that Rilo Kiley song Portions for Foxes! I also love her weirdly bearded friend!"

I loved Topher's reply to Adele saying "This is unbelievable" "Which part was believable now?"

Sam's dorm room was terrible! Usually TV dorm rooms look nice than real ones. It looked like he lived in an underground bunker!

The outfit Echo/Caroline was wearing as Alice (so many names!) was CRAZAY!! What is with those crocheted thigh high things? Did that dude request those or something?

Victor was great as the NSA guy. I am really loving him.

Though I really loved Episode 7, out of these 3, I think #8, needs, was the best. I really liked knowing what everyone's personality was really like, and seeing them work together to escape definitely brought a "Buffy" feel to the episode. I knew that it couldn't last, but I really wanted it to!

The dream sequence that Ballard had was really good, showing how torn he is between his ideal of Caroline and what he thinks is the reality he was with Melly. And his fear about putting her in danger. I also loved his line in the dream when he is making out with Caroline "I have a thing she needs..." Yeah, I bet you do buddy.

The story of how Sierra came to be at the Dollhouse is the worst one, and it is so awful that her agency and life keep getting taken away from her by different men. Of course knowing that she was kidnapped and forced into this life by one of the Dollhouse's clients casts aspersions on the notion that the Dolls are volunteers. Again, in all of the flashback with Adele, Caroline never seems like she wants to sign those papers. Her entry into the Dollhouse is still miles away from Sierra's though, kidnapped for rejecting the advances of a man who gets everything he wants. I find myself really drawn to a lot of the supporting characters in this show, and in one foul swoop I feel more invested in getting Sierra out of there than Caroline! I also really love her and Victor together. The actor really does well playing tough but also sweet, and they are just so adorable together. The actors really have great chemistry and really sell the idea that they love each other, and that their love survives even the fact that they're brains are being constantly wiped. I like the idea that love is something more than brainwaves.


Other thoughts on this episode:

They weren't wearing shoes for part of their escape! That is my worst nightmare. Just like in Die Hard!

Apparently one of November's inescapable personality traits is wearing hideous clothes. Also inappropriate ones! Everyone else puts on pants and shirts and shoes that would be good to run in, she throws on that awful flower dress and wedges? Is it because of her relative fatness, they force her to dress terribly?

Agent Paul Ballard, your dream girl just called, and she needs your help!

It was heartbreaking for me that the "let them escape" idea came from Doctor Saunders. I know that they are all morally compromised, but I just wanted her to be looking out for the Dolls. I guess she thinks she is...but...I'm with Boyd on this one.

Why does Boyd work at this place? He obviously thinks it is awful and terrible. He's an ex cop. Why not, um, get these people arrested? I need some background on him to understand what the heck he is even doing!

Next week:
It was 2am when I finished watching, I have no idea.

Chuck! Before the next one airs! Good job me! (Do not even ask about Dollhouse. I'm like 3 episodes behind at this point.)

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I want to live in a world where dudes like Captain Awesome and Chuck live. Do I need to move to Burbank California? Because I will do that, no problem.



So basically, Chuck's spy life and his personal life are so intertwined at this point that there really is no difference! Parties are actually missions, co-workers are actually friends. Poor Ellie feels betrayed by Awesome and by Chuck, even though they were both trying to do right by her. It was actually kind of a sad episode to me because of that. Awesome and Ellie always seem like such a solid couple, and you know it kills Chuck that his secret spy life is coming between them. AND Awesome almost discovers the General talking to Chuck through his TV (Wha?! Can the government talk to me through my TV?) TWICE. She is not being that careful if she was almost discovered twice!



Things I loved:



Awesome. I loved his reaction to all the dorky dudes throwing a bachelor party, I loved his reaction to the first strippers, and I loved that he had no interest in Alex (more on her later) when she was trying to seduce him/steal his keycard.



Chuck. Obviously. Trying to so hard to keep Sarah with him, and to keep Awesome and Ellie out of the crazy world he's living in! Also, he was pretty hilarious stoned. As what that other dude. (That was Yinsen from Iron Man right? I just saw him on an old episode of Lost the other day too. He is your go-to actor if your looking for a "smart Arab guy" type apparently. )



Sarah. Way to thwart the rules and save the day! As many of you might know, I hate rules, so I am always all for thwarting them in the interest of love, or fun, or finding long lost dads.



Casey! It made me so happy to see Casey stand up to Alex and tell her she was wrong! He called Sarah the best partner he's ever had! So great.



Things I was a little more eh...about include:



Jeff and Lester are so gross sometimes. This was one of those times.


No Emmet! I need all the Buster Bluth I can get, thank you very much.



The 49B. I mean I kind of like the concept, but I just didn't like the execution of the actual person. I've never seen Battlestar Galactica, so I am not attached to Tricia Helfer in any way. I've seen her on Burn Notice as well, and as far as I can tell, she plays the same character: bitch with absolutely no layers whatsoever. Ready to do what it takes no matter what the cost. I just pretty much wanted her off my screen, which is how Chuck felt too I guess!




I was on board with the ending because even though we got ANOTHER one of those "interrupted right before a kiss" moments with Sarah and Chuck, I am really looking forward to next week's episode. The promo spoiled the guest stars (Chevy Chase, a world class asshole, so I'm told.) and Scott Bakula! Who will be Chuck's dad? Here's a clue, "his only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time..." YES! I can't even wait.

Um, holy crap, that was insane. 90210

Ok, there was actually a lot of awesome going on in this episode, but let's just start with the obvious and most crazy. Sure, throughout the episode I knew that Silver's film was going to be awful, embarrassing and potentially dangerous to her relationship with Dixon, but I did not see the aftermath coming AT ALL. Now that I think about it, she was unusually manic whenever she was talking about her stupid movie, (props for the Lord Byron/Dylan McKay reference!) and I wasn't even too surprised at her burning the movie in Dixon's grill there (though how she had time to get that stuff and build a fire in the backyard I'll never know), but the whole breaking into Matthew's apartment and blaming him for everything totally crazily threw me for a loop! (How does she know where he lives? He is experiencing every teacher's worst nightmare!) Jessica Lowndes really brought it in that scene actually. I mean she probably weighs about 89 pounds, but he was scared of her and I totally understood why! Chick is nuts. Out of her mind even.

So that storyline pretty much rocked, and I actually made a noise of surprise when I realized she had filmed them having sex! I figured it would just be run of the mill sappy and stupid and all about her love for Dixon and he would be embarrassed and annoyed. So well done 90210! That was Emily Valentine style awesome.

Speaking of the old 90210, we finally have a candidate that is slightly more worthy of being the Dylan on the show. Though I can't see him ever becoming best friends with Dixon, Liam is a hottie, dangerous and super smart! I wrote myself a couple of notes about this storyline, and they are as follows "Naomi is so turned on by the fact that Liam sucks at math." (This was when he first walked into class pretending not to know Geometry) and "Liam does not find it hot that Naomi can't do math." So, I like that math was really worked into their storyline. Also, I like that he smashed that guy's car just because he hit on Naomi. Hot. She made a lot of weird faces in just about every scene, but since she is on the same show as Annie, you hardly even notice.

Urgh, and speaking of Ethan and Annie, the only storyline I care less about is the one where the Mom feels like she's given up her photography or some crap (We have seen her working on at least one episode, so she should just shut up. The dad is the principal of the school all the main characters go to and we haven't seen him working in forever.). Anyway, they're breaking up, they are both complete douches, and the only note I made about this storyline was "Apparently Adrianna and Annie like each other now. But I still don't like Annie." She made about a million faces, yelled at Rhonda (Why is she named that?) like a psycho (and then was AWESOMELY smacked down by her) and slutted it up with some dude. Also, Annie actually said "I need to focus on my relationship" in a serious way. Some of things she did are things I can imagine Brenda doing, but she would have done them in a cool way and not made INSANE faces the entire time.

Rumor has that Dustin Milligan (Ethan) is on his way out, and that the dude who plays Liam is going to get a regular role. I gotta say I agree with both of those moves, as Ethan seems intellectually disabled and Liam is hot. Maybe Ethan can take Annie with him wherever he goes...

Next week:
Silver is CRAZAYYY! For realz yo. This is turning all serious.

Ok, so I guess if God is on their side, they're not completely outmatched--Heroes.

I liked this week's Heroes, it was kind of a character piece, which this show desperately needed. Even if the motivations revealed don't exactly match past actions, at least we have some kind of idea of where these characters are moving forwards. So, let's list it out! (Yes, I'm doing a liked/disliked list. It wasn't that good.)

Here's what I liked:

Angela and Peter. I thought that their scenes read pretty true to the characters and their pasts, and like Angela admitting that she's made huge mistakes and paid untold prices trying to save the world. She was warning Peter as well as asking him for forgiveness and understanding. The whole "Peter's pissed at God thing" seems kind of hokey on the surface, but honestly, if I were Peter, I'd be pretty pissed at God myself. Crazy powers + crazy family? = things not going very well for Peter.

Nathan and Claire were cute together. Also, Nathan looked so damn good in that three-piece suit that these two could have done pretty much anything and I would have been okay with it. Though I really wish when Nathan was describing how he reacted to Claire's conception it would have gone more like this: "I did what I always do. What I'm doing now. I created an elaborate, nonsensical plan with no clear idea of where I wanted it to go..." Because that is what Nathan always does. He's probably doing it right now to try to fix the damage his last elaborate nonsensical plan has inflicted.

Sylar messing with Danko and getting under his skin, even after Danko was so sure he wouldn't let him.

New power= Shapeshifting! I love to see a new power! I'm kind of glad that this power is painful and hard, otherwise it would make things too easy for Sylar.

Claire has great chemistry with both her Dad's!

They fixed Claire's hair! (Sort of.)

No Parkman glowering over Daphne! Hooray!

The Petrelli's are getting back together! YES!

Um, sort of mentioned before, but Sylar, Peter and Nathan were all looking pretty hot.



Ok, things that could have been better:

It was a pretty slow episode, not bad, but I kept thinking, "Oh this has to be over in a minute, right?"

Nathan! What is your plan? Make an actual non-stupid plan before you go back to DC!!

I guess now we are finding out that Danko isn't really as good at rounding up people with abilities as we thought he was and he needs Sylar's help? Because that kind of contradicts everything we have seen about him so far.

I really want Sylar to kill Danko, but now it seems like they are in some kind of weird love! Danko likes to feed Sylar powered brains and watch him kill people. Come to think of it, they may be a perfect match for each other.

Now that I think about it, the shapeshifting means lots "I bet that's Sylar....Ooh, that must be Sylar...Sylar is probably that guy now..." coming up in the near future.

Still hate the whole HRG is working for Danko but not really thing. He's not even making any headway stopping any of this, or at least we're not seeing it. He did let Angela and Peter go though, to remind us, once again, that he is a morally gray character. Remember?

No Parkman this week= yes Parkman next week.

I want Peter to get his power back. It bums me out every time I realize that his only power right now is flying.

Urgh, I just still hate that Danko! Something awful better happen to this guy at some point.


Next week:
Angela is taking us back to where "our story begins". Okay, I'm ready.