07.30 NCIS
08.30 It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
09.00 Supernatural
NCIS. Season 5, Episode 4. "Identity Crisis" When Ducky finds out that one of his cadavers (used for teaching) is actually a victim of murder he goes ballistic. David McCallum rules! I wish he had dominated this episode the way he dominated the opening ten minutes, because I would love to see a Ducky-solo story. Even these few scenes give us a great view of his passion for his work and for justice. Torri Higginson makes a great guest appearance. Hopefully we'll see more of her.
The case-of-the-week, when we get to it, is pretty good. Full of typical NCIS twists and turns. And this time they appear to make total sense. A pretty FBI girl joins the team on this one and Ziva goes ballistic when Tony shows a romantic interest in her. She lays it on a bit strong, as usual, but I find those scenes (between Ziva and Tony) amusing and cute.
It's a fun episode. Tony is relentlessly hilarious in this one.
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. Season 3, Episode 7. "The Gang Sells Out" When Richard Ruccolo shows up and offers to buy out the bar the guys accept quicker than you can say 'sell out'. This leaves Sweet Dee pennyless and jobless, but they don't care. She finds a job. And when they ruin the deal, like we knew they would, they follow her to her new place of business.
Once you accept that these are vile people, there is no end to the laughs to be had. Sweet Dee's relentless stealing is my favourite part of the whole episode. Not only the act of stealing itself, but her whole attitude/sense-of-entitlement cracks me up whenever her supervisor (Mary Elizabeth Ellis) calls her up on it.
Not quite as over-the-top as some episode, but still hilarious. Not far behind Office/Corner Gas as the funniest show on TV.
Supernatural. Season 2, Episode 21. "All Hell Breaks Loose" It's been a great season for Supernatural. They've added humour to the mix. They've locked down and defined a lot of the rules of their world, while - at the same time - broadened out the show by doing standard stories from the Fantasy genre (Zombie Flick, Parallel World, I can't wait to see them do a time travel story!).
This one is basically a superhero story. Sam and a bunch of people with powers are locked in a ghost town and must fight to the death. The opening reminded me of the first X-Men movie (they even have a Rogue character). The group is likable, there are some surprises in what happens and the demon's plan (although completely goofy) makes sense.
The roadhouse is burned down (Yay!) and the cliffhanger is stunning. Roll on part two...
Supernatural. Season 2, Episode 22. "All Hell Breaks Loose, Part Two" Well, it's not the best episode of Supernatural, but it's a very good one and it's a perfect ending to the story arc of the Fredric Lehne Demon. He even gets his commuppance in glorious slo-mo at the hands of Dean using the gun introduced last season. It's very satisfying. And it speaks of a well planned-out story arc.
Even better it sets up (what appears to be) a great storyline for the third season.
My only gripe is with the Demon's plan. 23 years for this? Really? Was all of this really necessary? And, yes, I know I'm over-thinking it. And, also, missing the point of the episode. What's the point of the episode? Well, Dean hits rock bottom without Sam and does something typically noble/stupid. And it's great. Every darned second of it. But the rest of the episode is just kinda goofy and doesn't really bear too much thinking about.
Highlight? Supernatural (Dean can't live without Sam)
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Thu, Nov 20, 08 - NCIS, Always Sunny, Supernatural
