Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
08:30 K-Ville
11:00 Rules Of Engagement
11:30 Friday Night Lights
12:30 Californication
K-Ville. Episode 5. An implausible situation lies at the centre of this poor episode of K-Ville. A murder takes place in church, while everyone in the congregation was there. But nobody will say anything. As dumb and contrived as that is, the writers (Jonathan Lisco & Craig Silverstein) add insult to injury by making the murder tie into the background of one of the cops. So we get lots of tedious flashbacks to him and his brother. Awful.
Rules Of Engagement. Season 2, Episode 4. I love this show's theme tune. I got it off iTunes yesterday and I've played it, like, 137 times today. It's great. This is largely irrelevent, but if you listen to my radio show next Sunday I'll be playing it. Probably twice. Cos I love it! Anyways, in this installment, Mircea Monroe guests as "A Hot Girl". She does this a lot. She did this in a Scrubs I watched a few weeks back, also. Every time I see her I think to myself: (a) "She's a hot girl." And (b) "I must watch those last two episodes of Drive. It was awesome." Monroe was part of the first workplace plotline we've had in the show. I've never really understood why these guys hang out with Russell, who is such a dirt-bag. It was probably explained in a line of dialogue in the pilot or somewhere, but I've forgotten it, or somebody in the room said something and I missed it. I was about to rag on poor cancelled Viva Laughlin (in Sunday's review) for not telling the viewer where Laughlin actually was, when I noticed - upon pressing Play to check something else - that it actually pops up on screen during the first 2 seconds of the programme, but I'd missed it because someone walked across my field of vision at just that exact moment.
Where was I?
Oh, Rules Of Engagement! Right. Well, Jeff and Audrey had a disagreement, which was basically another battle of the sexes as his world-view met with her world-view. And Patrick Warburton made me laugh several times. End of review. Next!
Friday Night Lights. Episode 19. The best show on TV. Coach Taylor has a chance to get a new job in a different town and his 15 year old daughter is unhappy at the propect of another move. Two scenes between them really stand out. His first clueless attempt to placate her (he mentions "dancing" and "ballet" a whole lot) and his second - more successful - attempt, when he actually listens to her. A wonderful conversation in a parked car. Meanwhile, Suzy (Alexandra Holden) kisses Jason. Ooh...
Californication. Episode 8. Hank's father dies, so we get an episode of flashbacks to (what I presume must have been) his last vist to see Hank, years earlier. Through these flashbacks we get to see not only their relationship, but also the "family" that Hank had at that time. And how it fell apart. Everything about this episode (and, indeed, this show) is Grade: A+. Very emotional and honest. The wonderful Judy Greer is unrecognisable, but still wonderful, as a hooker that Hank spends some time with to get over his grief.
Highlight? Californication.
Californication, Friday Night Lights, K-Ville, Rules Of Engagement
