Friday, September 18th, 2009
05.00 Michael And Michael Have Issues
05.30 The Vampire Diaries
06.30 Defying Gravity
07.30 Warehouse 13
Michael And Michael Have Issues. Episode 5. "College" Our heroes go on a road trip to perform some stand-up comedy.
Another hilarious episode of Michael And Michael Are Dicks. Their pettiness towards one another is wonderful to behold. And generates many, many laughs.
The climax is particularly funny, with Michael Ian Black sleeping in the bath and overhearing some things that he really shouldn't. It gets even funnier when Michael Showalter challenges him over the damage to his clothes.
Wonderful material in the hands of wonderful performers. A gem worthy of repeated viewings.
The Vampire Diaries. Episode 2. "The Night of the Comet" Everyone gathers in the woods to see a comet.
Just as much fun as the premier. And, since the backstory/story arc is getting fleshed out more and more, this is actually a lot more fun to watch.
The only real weak spot in the character of the aunt, who gets a storyline and fails to generate any interest whatsoever.
Elena and Stefan's love story is engaging, and Damon is a compelling evil doer. The climax, with Vicki on the roof, was tense.
Defying Gravity. Episode 2. "Natural Selection" Zoe in the suit. Ted visits Pod #4
The mystery deepens and the characters get more interesting. Once again, the story-of-the-week is predictable: Zoe's Venus suit malfunctions and she gets sucked out into space, and Donner has to rescue her. On it's own it would be lame, but in the context of the larger story it is superb. Because it successfully makes you wonder what is going on, and what exactly is in Pod #4 making all of these things happen.
Great cliff-hanger, too. Can't wait to see what happens next.
Warehouse 13. Episode 3. "Magnetism" Town where people turn crazy.
After a weak pilot and a strong first regular episode the show takes a turn into true mediocrity with this awful yarn. Myka and Pete are written (and played) as bickering morons. It's the lazy way of showing sexual tension, I guess, make the regular fight about everything.
It doesn't help that the case-of-the-week is predictable and lame.
Only saving grace? The scenes, storyline, with the awesome Saul Rubinek.
Highlight? Michael And Michael Have Issues (hilarious)
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