06.00 The Big Bang Theory
06.30 Reaper
07.30 Pushing Daisies
08.30 Supernatural
01.00 The Office
The Big Bang Theory. Season 2, Episode 11. "The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis" Penny dates Michael Trucco, while Sheldon searches for a Christmas gift for her.
Wonderful on every level. It was funny, it advanced the Penny/Leonard love story and it had solid character moments amid the laughter. The ending, too, was wonderful.
Reaper. Season 2, Episode 6. "Underbelly" is a lovely change-of-pace episode which finds the gang visiting a small town on the trail of a soul who inhabits the local mine. They encounter a very odd town Sheriff (always superb Stephen McHattie) and have lots of hilarious mis-adventures.
I've really been enjoying the character of Andi this season and her being part of the team. Until this episode, that is. At this point she gets very serious and turns majorly bitchy over the fact that Sam is the Son Of Satan and all that jazz. The episode ends with her breaking up with Sam. Meaning, of course, that she stops being a fun and interesting character and starts being exactly like the hundreds of unsupportive wife/girlfriend characters that TV loves to throw at us in the name of faux conflict.
Sigh.
It's boring and it's not real conflict. The guy is a frakkin' hero, and there is nobody at home who will agree with her. So, a boring story development and a guaranteed way to make viewers dislike Andi. Or in my case: dislike Andi again.
Sigh.
Pusing Daisies. Season 2, Episode 11. "Window Dressed to Kill" Two of Olive's friends escape prison and she helps them, while pretending to be engaged to Ned.
Wonderful Olive-centric episode. Kristin Chenoweth sings again and I love her just a little bit more than I already did. They need to have her sing in every episode.
It's another goofy story of murders in odd professions, and it pairs Chuck with Emerson very successfully, but what makes this episode/show wonderful is all the dead-on things it has to say about love, lonliness, heartache and longing. It's crazy, way-out there fantasy but the emotions are real.
Supernatural. Season 4, Episode 3. "In the Beginning" Castiel sends Dean back to April, 1973, where he meets his parents in one of the show's best-ever episodes.
An absolute series high this one. Not only because time-travel is cool and it's even cooler than they found a way to make it part of the Supernatural storytelling arsenal but because the story is ultra-dark and the final 15 minutes are packed with shock after shock. I was really blown away by everything in that last third. Once Dean told his grandfather who he really was the episode went from being an A+ ten out of ten story and raised itself up to become something every more magnificent. It really explains much of the backstory of the show in a new light (no mean feat after four seasons) and it builts to a cliff-hanger to makes you desperately want to come back and see what happens next.
Awesome.
The Office. Season 5, Episode 22. "Heavy Competition" Michael vs. Dwight.
How long did it take them to get those gags with the cheese puffs just right? Who knows? It was worth it.
Again, this episode is a series high. A major story-arc late in Season 5? Genius idea. Every show (particularly House) should do stuff like this to keep things from getting stale.
Highlight? Supernatural (one of the best-ever episodes)
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Sun, Apr 19, 09 - Reaper, Pushing Daisies, Supernatural, The Office
