05.30 NCIS
06.30 House
07.30 Supernatural
08.30 It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
09.00 Night Court
NCIS. Season 5, Episode 6. "Chimera" The 100th episode of NCIS and one of the very best. The team are all alone on a ghost ship out at sea. As they try to figure out what happened to the crew they realise that someone (or something) on on the ship with them. Then Ducky announces that they may have only have a few hours to live...
It just does not get any better than this. It's scary and exciting and funny and intense. The chemistry between all the regulars (especially Tony and Ziva) is scorching and - as ever - there isn't a bunch of crime-solvers I'd rather hang out with. Best bit? Gibbs suggests that Tony die like Chaplin in The Great Dictator. How was that, exactly? "Silently". In an episode filled with laugh out loud moments, that was the icing on the cake.
House. Season 5, Episode 8. "Emancipation" House is a superb detective series. It has a lot going on, and operates on a few levels, but it is also a great detective series. This episode has two patients (two stories) and some great detective work by the doctors in charge (House and Foreman). The House-realises-what-is-going-on bit at the end is simply mesmerising. It pulls you in and delivers the goods, week after week. And this is one of the best.
Supernatural. Season 3, Episode 5. "Bedtime Stories" This is goofy story. You really have to take a leap of faith to accept this one. But I love stories like this. She-Wolf Of London did an episode somewhat like this, and Kolchak's later episodes were "out there" too. On stories like this, I really admire the creativity of the writers.
The spirit of a woman in a coma since she was a child is killing people by making them act out horrible bedtime stories. It's a total 'what the frak?' episode, but I really enjoyed it. I don't think it will ever make anyone's top ten list, including mine, but it's fun while it lasts.
The closing minutes are like something from a different episode. But they fit because the opening minutes tell us that is exactly what is going to happen. Clever.
Sam goes up against the demon that did the deal with Dean. And, in a very cold blooded way, he kills her.
Hmm...
It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. Season 3, Episode 10. "Mac is a Serial Killer" The gang decided to prove that Mac is a serial killer based on... somewhat flimsy evidence. Charlie hilariously turns himself into a character from Law And Order (to defend his buddy) while Sweet Dee and Dennis decide the get inside the mind of a serial killer... by stalking someone. Dee does this in complete clown costume. Including squeaky shoes.
And every insane second of it works. Because we accept these characters and their world. Pulling that off, week after week, is work of genius.
Night Court. Episode 5. "The Eye of the Beholder" Weakest episode so far. Bull is annoyed that people make assumptions about him based on his appearance. His reaction seems too extreme for the realistic tone this show has set in it's early episodes. The story is nicely concluded, but the episode is light on laughs. And it's hard to feel sympathy for Bull, given his childish behaviour.
Highlight? NCIS (100 episodes and better than ever)
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Thu, Dec 11, 08 - NCIS, House, Supernatural, Always Sunny, Night Court
