Monday, September 14th, 2009
07.00 Arrested Development
07.30 Law And Order
01.30 Wings
Arrested Development. Season 3, Episode 1. "The Cabin Show"
Great season premier. Everybody gets something to do. The structure of the episode would lead one to suppose that everybody is going to meet up at the cabin at the same time for some hilarious climax, but that is not the case: instead, the cabin is 'kidnapped'. Only on Arrested Development.
Biggest laugh (for me)? The part where Michael and George Michael (while driving away from Reno) each confess that they nearly had 'Pop Pop' in Reno. Wonderful. And it only works if you get the reference, ie are a longtime fan of the show who remembers where George Michael had 'Pop Pop' in the attic.
Law And Order. Season 19, Episode 14. "Rapture" Religious website.
Fast-moving, satisfying, story. I didn't know where it was going, at any moment. At the mid-point, it looked as if the story that started off about a religious website was going to turn into a story of a killer hiding in an embassy, but it rapidly discharged that part of the story and moved back to the website angle very fast.
There's about two hours of story here and this is an example of the show at it's very best.
There's even some work on the characters, which is rare for Law And Order.
Wings. Season 2, Episode 21. "Murder She Roast"
Dumb. The show reaches too far by trying to convince us that Brian suspects that Fay could be a mass murderer.
Too silly for Wings.
Highlight? Law And Order (two hours of story)
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