07.00 Scrubs
07.30 Entourage
11.00 Flashpoint
12.00 Californication
12.30 Corner Gas
Scrubs. Season 8, Episode 2. "My Last Words" JD and Turk keep a patient company on his last night.
One of the very best episodes of Scrubs.
Due to budget contraints (I presume) many of the regular characters do not appear. So we get a slimmed-down version of Scrubs: no wacky subplot to deal with. Just a serious a-plot from start to finish.
Entourage. Season 3, Episode 5. "Crash and Burn" Warner Bros wants to fast-track Aquaman 2, but Vince wants to film a low-budget serious film first.
A perfect example of the two things that Entourage does best: Friendship & Tension. The friendship aspect comes out in the scenes where Vince shares the wealth with his buddies: buying them cars, helping Turtle's rap artist client get airplay, and convincing Ari to have a meeting with Turtle and Johnny. It's good stuff.
On the flipside, we have tension in every scene related to the studio and their plans for Vince. Everyone is smiling and friendly, but - deep down - you know that everything is going to go belly up soon...
Flashpoint. Episode 15. "The Fortress" A nanny and children are held hostage when a robbery goes wrong.
One of the few episodes (so far) where the bad guy is an out and out bad guy. The show usually goes to lengths to write the story of the bad guy and explain why they are doing what they are doing. Not this week. This week, the bad guy is a secondary character and the focus of this superb story is the Nanny who helped him commit his crime, but who wants to back out and wants to do whatever she can to help/save the children.
Again, to it's credit, the show is able to make us care about these guest characters and worry about their fate.
Californication. Season 2, Episode 4. "The Raw & the Cooked" Dinner party.
A wonderful and sad episode. We've been watching Hank play house since the second season started and we've been waiting for him to destroy it. The kicker is: he doesn't really do anything to destroy it. Instead, his past catches up with him.
Hank's daughter is the best character in this episode. She has all the best scenes/moments.
The writing of the actual break-up was superb. Karen was written in a sympathetic manner. She doesn't react to Hank from a place of anger, so the audience continues to understand and like her. Her decision makes sense.
What next for Hank?
I've enjoyed these first four episodes, but Hank (and the show) has lacked some of the direction it displayed during Season One.
Corner Gas. Season 5, Episode 15. "No Time Like The Presents" Lacey wonders if Wanda considers her a friend. Hank decides to switch time zones. And everyone else is obsessed with Christmas (even though it is still July).
Strained. The Hank stuff and the Christmas stuff is very strained and raises no laughs.
Wanda's personality raises some chuckles in the other storyline, but not a lot.
Disappointing.
Highlight? Scrubs (one of the best episodes)
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Sat, Jun 13, 09 - Scrubs, Entourage, Flashpoint, Californication, Corner Gas
