03:30 Back To You
04:00 House
Back To You. Episode 10. The Wall of Fame. Oh dear. Not just a Laugh-Free Zone, but a Re-Vamp zone time time. Two actresses are gone, and one of the parts is recast. Plus, the story (such as it is) indicates that the show is going to more focus more onto Chuck and his daughter. While it is admirable that the show is being revamped (Montana being a particularly pointless character) I get the impression that they are missing the point of the problem, ie. it's not very funny. Kelly's attempts to hide the picture in this episode are stupid, not funny and make the character look stupid, too. Ty Burrell (the show's funniest actor) is wasted in a pointless plotline, and nothing about the show's impending change of direction look good. Sigh.
House. Season 4, Episode 14. Living the Dream. This episode is driven by a story about a man that is... kidnapped by House. Hmm. While it's good that the show is playing with it's own formula and so forth, I do despair a bit at the full throttle advance into cartoon-like stories. I mean, since when are daytime soaps filmed within driving distance of House's workplace? And what's with all this making fun of daytime soaps? I loved Santa Barbara back in the day, and it seemed like a top notch soap/drama to me. All that aside, it was a (typically) good story, with one superb guest star (Jason Lewis) and one wasted one (Rob Benedict). Oh, and a really hot one (Anne Dudek).
Tue, May 6th, 2008 - Back To You, House
