Friday, October 16th, 2009
05.00 Community
05.30 The Vampire Diaries
06.30 Defying Gravity
07.30 FlashForward
11.00 Arrested Development
Community. Episode 5. "Advanced Criminal Law" Cheater.
The practical joke plotline was awful (hard to watch, in fact) and the main plot (mock trial) was character-driven and nice, but not exactly funny.
The Vampire Diaries. Episode 6. "Lost Girls" Flashback origin episode.
Wow. This one really packed a punch. Which is superb. And, looking back, it's all really obvious now and I should have guessed. That, too, is superb.
This show is a prime example of confident storytelling. In that respect, it reminds me of Lost. Carefully, slowly, handing out bits of information but never boring us while keeping us waiting (like FlashForward).
Defying Gravity. Episode 6. "Bacon" Paula loses a thumb.
Another superb episode. I'm enjoying this show more now that I know the characters better. I really feel like going back and watching the early episodes again, now that I appreciate better who these people are.
FlashForward. Episode 4. "Black Swan"
When I read that Dominic Monaghan was joining this dumb show I decided to give it another chance. Result? Another hour of pointless padding and a quick snippet of Monaghan at the very end.
Hmm. The snippet was good. And interesting. And served to make one of the regular characters interesting for the first time, but...
it was a long boring hour in the lead up to it.
Arrested Development. Season 3, Episode 9. "S.O.B.s" The party to Save Our Bluths.
One of the best things I have ever seen on television occurs at the end of this episode when Michael gives a short speech about his family, that has many parallels with the situation surrounding Arrested Development, the tv show. I can't think of a time I have, more clearly, seen a tv show address it's audience/fans in this way and comment on it's own impending cancellation.
It blew me away the first night I saw it (I'll never forget that) and it still blows me away, all these years later.
As does the episode. Very, very funny and full of references to it's own plight as a low-rated TV show.
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