06.30 30 Rock
07.00 Law And Order
08.00 House
09.00 Greek
10.00 Lost
11.00 The Office
30 Rock. Season 3, Episode 14. "The Funcooker" Liz on jury duty, and Jack trying to market a tiny microwave.
Much funnier than last week: it culminated with Liz locking her co-workers in an office and setting fire to it.
This episode also pairs Jack with The Writers for the first time. Very successfully.
Law And Order. Season 19, Episode 7. "Zero" Judge with Alzheimer's.
A very very strong (and enjoyable) case-of-the-week is pushed into obscurity by a dreadful story in the second half about a judge who can't do the job any more and needs his assistant to do everything for him. Ned Beatty gave a great performance, Sherry Stringfield was crazy hot, but I had no interesting in the plodding, obvious storyline and I wanted the show to go back to the murderer. But it never did.
House. Season 5, Episode 16. "The Softer Side" House is in a good mood.
Despite being haunted by the feeling that I've seen all of this before, I must admit that this is quite a stong episode. The case-of-the-week is good, the storylines for Thirteen and House are both very good. In fact, I was disappointed that the House storyline (he tries Methadone to ease his pain) was resolved at the end of this episode and won't appear in future episodes. Hmm. Is this the first season without a decent story arc?
Greek. Season 2, Episode 2. "Crush Landing" Rusty might quit engineering, Casey and Ashleigh like the same guy.
The best episode in a little while. Good storylines for Casey and Rusty and lots of comedy, too.
Lost. Season 5, Episode 9. "Namaste" Our heroes try to fit into life on the island in 1977.
There's a lot of running around and - despite the fact that I really enjoyed it - this is a bit of a wasted episode. It's just showing us the nuts and bolts of Sawyer getting his friends into the Dharma Initiative. And, to be honest, they could have skipped all of that crap and shown us what life was like for Jack, Kate, etc. a month after arriving.
But, I'm not complaining. It was a fun episode, with lots of fun moments: Juliet saving Kate was cool and Sawyer standing up to Jack was the absolute best scene in the episode. Ben's arrival was anticlimactic because I was waiting for it.
The Office. Season 5, Episode 18. "New Boss" Idris Elba appears as Michael's new boss.
Another winner. The Jim scenes were fantastic (he is wearing a tux in the office to annoy Dwight, but it has backfired on him - badly - with the arrival of the new boss) and what made it even better was Pam's glee. Lovely.
After a half-hour of solid comedy, the final scene was powerful and emotional. Great stuff.
Highlight? The Office (funny and sad)
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Mon, Mar 23, 09 - 30 Rock, Law & Order, House, Greek, Lost, Office
