I imagine this part of my blog will disappear in a few weeks because I tend not to watch much summer programming. The season is coming to an end with a few of my shows ending their seasons or even ending the series. I am going to also embed a few clips this week because some of them just need to be seen.
10. American Idol- I have to be honest that this week was a bit dull, which is sad because it was Rock Night. I think I would have liked rock night a bit more with more participants. However, the highlight was Fog Hat's "Free bird" in duet form by Adam and Allison. This was a fairly obvious attempt by the show to push these two, by putting it at the end of the show. It did not exactly work but in a week that should have rocked hard, this was the only moment that truly rocked.
9. The Big Bang Theory- I will always enjoy a show that is taking place inside a comic book shop, as this show is doing more and more frequently. This week saw the guys try and help fix a space toilet and saw Penny go on a date with a fellow dork. The highlight was Sheldon taking the time to explain the jokes and then let out this laugh that can only be described as a snicker. Only Sheldon would have to explain a joke before he can laugh at said joke. I know this was not the big reveal of the episode, but since I am not sure I like Penny and Leonard, Sheldon's joke explanations get the big win from me.
8. Grey's Anatomy- Katherine Heigl wanted better stories, and the writers delivered. What could be better than cancer? Heigl is knocking the storyline out of the park, but she is getting solid help from Justin Chambers' performance of Alex. Alex, looking worse for the wear and a little pudgy, swoops in all tuxedoed out to give Izzy the wedding she is supposed to have. Now, the ramifications of this are awful and if Izzy lives the case could be made that they were not ready for marriage, but it was a beautiful moment and so what if Alex kind of jacked a college graduation speech from a patient. It was a beautiful moment on a show that is trying to find its way back to being great. This was a step in the right direction.
7. Lost- yes, this is the lowest this show has been on my weekly list. I do this not because the episode was weak, but because the episode pissed me off with one thing and because of that one thing, it dragged the episode down. Why do the writers/creators/directors/whoever force these nonsense love triangles? By putting Kate in the submarine, all they did was destroy a really nice moment with Sawyer and Julliette. I am not a "shipper" because those people annoy the living crap out of me, but this entire season has been about getting things to normal and Sawyer and Julliette don't even care about normal, they just want to be together and it is touching that they believe they can be just as happy in 1979 as they could in 2009. But, nooooooooo, Kate is on board too. Dumb, dumb, dumb.
6. The Office- A disco dance party erupts in the office of the former Michael Scott Paper Company. It begins with Kelly and the adorkable new receptionist doing some crazy dance moves and before long everyone at Dunder-Mifflin is taking part in dance fever. The last 10 minutes of the episode are some of the best from this show is quite some time and it was a nice reminder of how this show can work. The entire cast is having fun and just letting loose and we get a nice dance off/flirtation between Andy and Kelly, Kevin makes out with a girl, but most of all Pam and Jim realize they want all of this beautiful corniness at their wedding, so they decide not to go elope. AWWWW!
5. How I met your Mother- I am not sure if any show rewards continued viewing the way HIMYM does. Sure, friends would use "We were on a break" every so often, but HIMYM constantly rewards people who watch the show regularly. This week we got a nice little intervention that has been used to great effect a few times this season. It was all the better because it was for Marshall overusing charts and graphs, but how in character is it for Marshall to go nuts on charts and graphs! I love it. Of course, that was not the big moment. The big moment came without words at the very end of the episode. An episode that featured everything I love about HIMYM. It was hilarious, time jump-y, and gave us beautiful future Ted monologue about fate.
4. Saturday Night Live- Justin Timberlake was hosting which meant we got his reoccurring Mascot character and the return of the "Dick in a Box" guys. I am just going to show the clips.
3. Dollhouse- The season (hopefully not series) finale does what, I think, Dollhouse has tried to do all season: it offers up questions about what it means to be human. It looks at the consequences of trying to get away from serious trouble by just disappearing. It does it with brilliant story framing and awesome flashbacks. Alan Tudyk continued to be mesmerizing as Alpha the runaway doll showing symptoms of full on crazy and Amy Acker showed off some acting chops and a seriously sexy side! However, the best moment comes in the form of a full on Buffy style fight! Wash from Firefly and Faith from Buffy get their tussle on! Wielding pipes and wicked dialog, the two go at it for a while in a dark cave looking place that is damp and full of electrical equipment. AWESOME!
2. Supernatural- I am still not totally on board for what is going to happen next week, but I like that the show has just 100% embraced this religious aspect. For 3 season the show dealt solely on the side of the evil and then BAM in the 4th season we get all touched by an angel, but these angels are not all warm and fuzzy and this week they may have purposely set the brothers to be on opposite ends of the fight. It is hard for me to pick just one moment because the episode had some great ones, but I am a sucker for a Sam and Dean confrontation and Jensen Ackles as Dean in the scene in the motel room just about rips your heart out when he realizes he and Sam are going to be apart. The argument flowed real well right into the fight and then when Dean hits Sam with the ultimatum, you can just feel Dean dying a little bit inside. Next week's finale should be one to remember.
1. 24- The season is quickly coming to end and Jack Bauer is getting closer and closer to dying. This week saw Tony kidnap a Muslim man and coerced him into taking the fall for the upcoming terrorist attack. Jack and Janice clash over racial profiling and Jack lets her know that he hates it too, but sometimes bad things have to be done to save the day. The key moment was when Jack and his new F.B.I partner questioned a Muslim man and then cuffed him and forced him into coming with them. When Jack realizes they made a mistake he apologizes to the man and the man, I think saw that Jack is just trying to help. The man tells Jack he forgives him, and that Jack should forgive himself, but Jack responds"I stopped trying to do that years ago." Batman has nothing on Jack Bauer in terms of sacrificing for his country.
Now, the actual best moment from the week came from the (hopefully) series finale of Scrubs. I am going to just embed the final scene from the show, but I want to talk about it a little bit. Scrubs had its ups and downs, especially in the 5th-7th seasons, but when it was good it was wonderful. Mixing zany slapstick with earnest belief in wanting to help people, Scrubs had a nice balance of laughter and tears. Zach Braff/J.D was the perfect point of view actor/character to show us the journey of a doctor with infinite belief in the positive. The cast was perfect and the relationships, while a bit over the top at times, were really well played and for 8 seasons we watched as this group of doctors did their best to live together, work together and love together. In the end, we get J.D thinking about what his life could be and that moment captures everything that was perfect about Scrubs.
This ending is so perfect, I hope it is good-bye.
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