11.00 Prison Break
12.00 NewsRadio
Prison Break. Season 4, Episode 13. "Deal Or No Deal" This is a great episode. And a perfect example of three things at Prison Break does really, really well.
Twists. There are many twists in this story. Particularly anything to do with Senator Dallow and Self's boss. Twist followed twist followed twist. As only Prison Break can do it. The climax, the final twist, was truly spectacular.
Create bad guys that we hate. Self joins The General as one of the most despicable bad guys that the show has delivered unto us. He is vile. And smug. And cruel. We hate him.
Create bad guys that we love. Gretchen and T-Bag have followed the same route as Bellick and Kellerman. I like them both, particularly Gretchen (now that the show has told us her backstory).
All in all this was a flawless hour of TV. And the final seconds were thrilling. Michael is still the smartest one there is.
NewsRadio. Season 2, Episode 21. "Led Zeppelin II" is a great season finale. The break-up between Dave and Lisa fuels a very funny storyline: the building is on fire, so the two of them use it as an excuse for a no-ties make-out session in Dave's office. At least they try to. Because, over and over, they keep getting interrupted by Dave's idiot staff.
My favourite moment, however, comes at the very end. Mr. James thinks he has found the perfect woman to marry (this has been his quest for many, many episodes). She is perfect in every conceivable way. Except... she confides that she doesn't like the gang at WNYX and doesn't want to hang out with them. So, Jimmy James dumps her in his own stylish way. Hilarious and - somewhat - sweet. One of the cornerstones of this wonderful series is that multi-millionaire Jimmy James hangs out all the time at this radio station that he owns. Why would he do that? Well, based on this one line of dialogue buried in the last minutes of the last season two episode, it's just 'cos he likes the gang who work there.
I like that kind of stuff.
Highlight? Prison Break (twists)
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