07.30 The Big Bang Theory
08.00 The Closer
09.00 House
The Big Bang Theory. Season 2, Episode 5. "The Euclid Alternative" Sheldon learns to drive.
Amusing example of one of the show's oft-used plots: Sheldon's quirky ways annoy the others. The opening ten minutes are the best: Sheldon forces Penny into giving him a lift to work. Once he sets about learning to drive the humour is more predictable and less specific to these characters and this show. Lots of past sitcoms (Perfect Strangers and Taxi spring to mind) have shown us what happens when quirky characters learn to drive (or navigate the hallways of the DMV).
The Closer. Season 4, Episode 15. "Double Blind" Brenda works a robbery/murder case on the day of her wedding.
There's a nice bit at the very end (when Fritz and Brenda have a heartfelt exchange just after their wedding) but this is a very weak episode to close out the fourth season. The wedding itself is a total anti-climax and the case-of-the-week is boring and simplistic. The resolution might be the weakest they have ever had on the show: one suspect is tricked into saying bad things about the other, and the other hears this, and starts talking. Yawn.
House. Season 5, Episode 15. "Unfaithful" Sick priest.
Not as strong as last week's episode. It's good. But many elements seem tired and one must wonder if the show is past it's prime and merely treading water to stay alive. The case-of-the-week is the strongest element: a priest with a crisis of faith who can debate with House. Good stuff. Meanwhile, House and Cuddy are doing their usual dance. This week's twist is that she wants him to come to her home for a baby-related religious ceremony and he doesn't want to attend. But does she really want him to attend at all, or is she trying out a double bluff? And does he really want to attend?
Who cares?
Not me.
House forces Foreman and Thirteen to choose between relationship and job, and it makes for a good story but the ending of the episode makes the whole enterprise seem pointless.
Except for the case-of-the-week, and a great performance from Jimmi Simpson, this is a forgettable episode.
Highlight? Big Bang Theory (because everything else was kinda weak)
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