Smith

wow...good first ep, bad second ep.

money hungry blonde, love sick brit, surfer dude, expert thief, suspicious wife pull off heists for millions. seems like a cool premise. if only i could get the image of Ray Liotta outta my mind from Goodfellas, maybe I can continue watching the show. Actually I will continue watching due to the fact the surfer dude (who is actually a scary murderer) is slammin hott!
And I want to know who Charlie is and why she gets to order Smith around.
And I want Virginia Madsen to find out all the shit on Smith and bust his ass. Or start running heists with him, that'd be cool!

Ugly Betty

has to get Ugly Better

not a bad show, just not very good. Kept my interest for the hour, but I think really should only be a half an hour show. it's not gonna be able to last in this time frame.
who co-exec's a show and then puts themselves in it? oh...Selma Hayek does. need the spotlight Selma?
Those freakin braces have to go. And the playboy son and overbearing Dad...can anyone say O.C. rejects?
And I really think Vanessa Williams was actually getting botox from the flaming assistant!

One Tree Hill

a pretty good wrap up to the season finale. which we all thought may have been the series finale, thank goodness it wasn't because this really is one of the funnest, smartest shows on tv. It never gets the credit it deserves.

I suppose we now know the mom is preggo and Brooke too. Although Luke has no clue and probably won't for some time. Do we see an abortion in her future? Cause she definitely won't want any more screen time with the man who cheated on her and broke her heart, in real life and on the show. Talk about art imitating life!
Dan is crazy and so is his ex wife. that pill poppin wacko is gonna do something nutzo. hopefully she'll shoot him and stop that ridiculous story line of him seeing himself as a kid. SO annoying.
Peyton Oh Peyton. The girl who has no idea who she wants, what she wants or how to get it. She lives alone, has the coolest room ever (how does a fisherman afford all of that computer and art stuff anyways?) and will continue to pine away for Lucas all season long. Best line of the show came from her...."Thanks for all the sex". Hopefully her brother will be hot, come to town and get with Brooke. That should make things interesting.
So Nathan, the fool. Didn't save anyone. Cooper did all the saving. This will come back to haunt him for at least 4 episodes.
I thought Skillz was already on the basketball team...I'm confused.

Nip/Tuck

Well...what can I say....oohh I know....

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON WITH THIS SHOW???

stolen kidneys, peanut butter dog licking chewed off nipples, Catherine DeNeuve, Julia digging the dwarf, Shawn's daydream about the tattooed dude, Christian's homophobic tendencies.

What a crazy ass show. I'm kinda over it and probably will only watch a couple more ep's.
It's a great show, don't get me wrong, but it's just waaay too out there for me to enjoy. I get it and appreciate it but can't stand Julia and Shawn. Christian and Liz are cool. I even like Kimber and if she comes back, maybe I'll watch.
Keep me posted, let me know if I should continue watching and what your thoughts are. I know Karen and Caryn like it. Let me know!

Laguna

why do we love this show? why does it suck us in? why do I find myself involved in these characters? why do i envy cameron surfing in the ocean and find myself wishing I was hanging out with him and his friends?
o.k. forget the last question. I'm outta control.
But seriously, what the f**? I thought I'd watch 1 or 2 ep's and then realize nothing can compare to season 1 and stop watching. But NO, I've seen every ep so far, and probably would spend a lazy saturday morning watching them all again. Damn...it's like they have some invisible pendulum swinging in the background..."you will watch this episode and love every minute of it".

I HATE KYNDRA....yes I said it. I don't like that word. HATE. such a bad word. so maybe I extremely dislike her ugly little bitchy face. What a freak. She's nutzo. She's also DUNZO in my book. yuck!! and her sidekick the walking ad for frizz ease, can kiss my ass. She sits practically on her face and rolls her eyes and laughs at her like she's the dumbest thing on earth (which she is) when she rambles on about her ridiculous surfer dude boyfriend Tyler.
My fav person so far would have to be Tessa. She goes to the formal with her BF Rocky and her BF Alex minus a BF of her own. She should have asked Chase while they were shopping. It looked like he sooo wanted her to ask him. Duh!
Was it just me or did the dance floor look like a big orgy that the fire dept. should have gotten called into immediately. Like 600 rich, spoiled, white breds dancing to Fall Out Boy.
Can't wait to see what happens next week....
MTV has corrupted my brain. I am now a zombie.

Grey's Anatomy

this episode should have been called "Men in Trees"

I want to know why McDreamy wants Meredith so much. It's really bothering me. The leaning in and smelling of the hair in the elevator. eww..makes me want to puke. This could, however, be all about me not liking Mere, and if McSteamy was smelling Addison's hair I'd be into it.
What is it about this Meredith character that Derek and McVet find so compelling. She's not that pretty (Addison and Izzy, even George's chick are prettier) her lips look like she sucked on a vacuum all day, she has the voice of a teacher scratching her nails on a blackboard and her personal life is a wreck. They should know they are in to only get hurt. That what she does, that's who she is, a heartbreaker. She's broken and only she can fix herself. I think she should have pulled a "kelly" and chose herself over the 2 guys. She needs some time alone to work on herself.
As for Addison, my hero. I love this chick. She f*** rocks. She takes the day off to drink all day in her fisherman's hat and flasher rain coat at the Emerald City Pub, then proceeds to call up McSteamy in NYC for a booty call. Don't you just love the power of tv. A 5 hour plane ride (unless she called him right when she found out about the panties) all within an hour episode.
And HELLO....when he opens the bathroom door...did anyone else's jaw drop to the floor. The man has the body of a god!! Damn she's a lucky girl. I would have done the SAME thing. Frame by Frame. Only I wish they showed them getting it on. I can't get into McDreamy and Mere hooking up, it doesn't do anything for me so at least they could show them, or even Alex in the bathroom with the lung cancer chick!
Awww.....poor Christina. Gettin caught by mom and dad whilst seducing Peter. Her facial expressions are amazing. She can convey almost any feeling and it just makes you totally believe in the character. That is what happens when an independent film actress comes to tv. By the end of the episode we get the feeling she is definitely going to fight for him. Her hat is in the ring.
Izzy...what to say about Izzy. The thing I do love about the show is that they understand that when people are sad there is no need for make up. Addison and Izzy both proved that in this ep.
She looked awful and if she bakes another muffin, I will shoot her. Her friends need to take her out to a comedy show of something. Make the girl laugh. Denny is alive, on the CW. Maybe she could head over to Supernatural to get her fix.
My fav scene....Bailey going to see Izzy. I knew she had it in her and when she was chatting away with the Dad of the tree trunk kid about how she should have been the one to reign her in and keep control, not go soft. She finally realized she owed her a visit. And really will be the only one who will force her to get through it.
Great episode...as they all are and hopefully will continue to be.

Amazing Race Ep. 2

Outer Mongolia-
the teams have a detour in which they choose between wrangling difficult animals and a complicated packing challenge. But that's not all -- to even get to the Detour, they have to brave various problems with their stubborn Soviet military vehicles, including a flat tire, a bad side trip into waist-deep mud, and a couple of false starts. At the Detour, everything that can go wrong does go wrong, including animals that run off (with a leg still harnessed in and that annoying chick Kimberly gets clotheslined- haha!), a helmet that goes missing, a boyfriend who orders his girlfriend not to speak, and the challenges of a bumpy ride. From the Detour, they proceed to a roadblock where someone has to shoot a flaming arrow and hit a target without setting himself or herself on fire (which seems to very hard for the teams at first). Jamie and Kellie, Lyn and Karlyn fall to the back of the pack and when they go in opposite directions and it turns out that the luck is with the single moms rather than the cheerleaders. Kellie eventually gives up on the roadblock entirely, and they walk to the pit stop eliminated. Not a particularly good ending, but once again, most of the people in this episode are not hateful, which is a huge improvement. Peter is creepy, but I get the sense that Sarah is beginning to figure it out, that's a good thing!

Outer Mongolia-
the teams have a detour in which they choose between wrangling difficult animals and a complicated packing challenge. But that's not all -- to even get to the Detour, they have to brave various problems with their stubborn Soviet military vehicles, including a flat tire, a bad side trip into waist-deep mud, and a couple of false starts. At the Detour, everything that can go wrong does go wrong, including animals that run off (with a leg still harnessed in and that annoying chick Kimberly gets clotheslined- haha!), a helmet that goes missing, a boyfriend who orders his girlfriend not to speak, and the challenges of a bumpy ride. From the Detour, they proceed to a roadblock where someone has to shoot a flaming arrow and hit a target without setting himself or herself on fire (which seems to very hard for the teams at first). Jamie and Kellie, Lyn and Karlyn fall to the back of the pack and when they go in opposite directions and it turns out that the luck is with the single moms rather than the cheerleaders. Kellie eventually gives up on the roadblock entirely, and they walk to the pit stop eliminated. Not a particularly good ending, but once again, most of the people in this episode are not hateful, which is a huge improvement. Peter is creepy, but I get the sense that Sarah is beginning to figure it out, that's a good thing!

Desperate Housewives

Season 3 - supposedly the best season yet....hmmm... not so far.

After an Orson flashback (murdering his wife), we get a brief, rain-soaked montage of the day after the Season 2 finale. Okay, then we leap six months forward. ShowMei (or however the hell you spell it) is about to pop out that baby and Gaby is reluctantly taking care of her. The two fight, Gaby threatens to have her sent back to China just as soon as the baby is born ("You've been in this country for a year, learn to modify your nouns, damn it"- best line!!), then she runs away. Edie spends the entire episode struggling to sell the Young house in the face of rumors that it's the (alleged) scene of a murder and finger-mutilation (Paul is in jail). She also discovers ShowMei gobbling sandwiches in an empty closet (what?) and returns her to Gaby. Tom is bonding with his love child, Kayla, but the girl's horrible mother keeps coming over to the house which makes Lynette crazy. Susan is spending all her time down at the hospital, hanging out with Mike, who is in a coma. Also pining away in the coma ward is Ian, whose wife has been unconscious for the past three years. Ian and Susan strike up a friendship over coffee, which culminates in Ian asking Susan for a date. After a heartfelt scene between Susan and catatonic Mike (in which she confesses that she's lonely and then yells at Mike to "Wake up!"), Susan agrees to go to dinner with Ian. Orson proposes to Bree and she accepts. At lunch with the ladies, Bree confesses that she and Orson are waiting until they're married to have sex; Gaby is shocked (another funny line from Gabby). But then later Orson starts talking cleaning products and Bree gets hot and they go upstairs for some oral pleasuring ("I don't do that, I'm a republican!" HAHAHA). Bree experiences some kind of mysterious episode and races off to the doctor. Diagnosis: orgasm. Later, at the engagement party, Orson's old neighbor drops by to accuse him of killing off his first wife. It really isn't an engagement party unless somebody accuses someone of murder, is it? Not the best episode....hopefully will improve. I'll tune in for a couple more.

Six Degrees

Thursday night....10pm....ABC


Meet Carlos. He's a cute lawyer, who meets a girl in a holding cell named Mae. Mae, with a story of her own, climbed on top of a garbage truck and took off her top, getting arrested. Carlos helps her get the charges dropped, and she happily leaves the courthouse, bumping into Whitney. Whitney is a high strung PR executive who tries to hire a down-and-out photographer who used to be brilliant, named Steven. She's got a cute British boyfriend who may or may not be cheating on her, winds up proposing, and he says yes. While she's getting a manicure, she meets Laura. Laura's a single mother whose journalist husband was recently killed in Iraq and who needs to figure out something to do with her life. In order to do so, she hires a new nanny -- Claire, who is really Mae, who is now sporting brown hair, who is on the run from someone because of something she's got in a box. (Oh yeah, it's a J.J. Abrams show, all right.)
Carlos, while trying to find Mae, meets Damien. He borrows Damien's coat to get into a club, and when he comes back out, finds Damien gettin beat up by some thugs and comes to his rescue. Damien needs money and goes to work for his loser brother, who is after someone shown in a photo, who is none other than Mae. Rather than think about that, he goes for drinks with Carlos, where they admire the kissing skills of a couple in the corner. Guess who? The coincidence is amazing and totally unexpected -- it's Whitney's cheating, British now-fiancé. It's almost as if these people are connected somehow, like that game… something to do with Kevin Bacon, maybe?

Laguna Beach

With Cameron still chasing Jessica, and trying to avoid Tessa, he's not the only person in Laguna falling back to old flings. Kyndra admits to a finger biting Cami that she has plans to meet up with her ex-boyfriend Tyler (weirdo). Convinced that Tyler will just break Kyndra's heart again, Cami quickly advises her friend not to make the same mistake twice. Meanwhile, Tessa's feelings for Cameron are as strong as they were after their big hook up in San Diego. Not being able to contain her giddiness she reveals her newest crush to Rocky's mom. Later on a newly tattooed Alex H. and Jessica meet up for coffee to discuss Jessica's relationship with Cameron. Jessica says she likes hanging out with Cameron but is turned off by him still being in high school. Even though she really likes him, Jessica says she is hesitant to make an appearance at his birthday party, after somce convincing from Alex H. she decides to go. Worried about Kyndra's relationship with Tyler, the girls decide that ultimately they can't protect Kyndra, and they'll have to let her make her own mistakes.Later that night, Tyler and Kyndra spend an evening alone grilling steaks and talking about their past. Kyndra is taken off guard when Tyler asks her if she would consider starting their relationship again, she answers him with a kiss. Over the course of their sushi dinner, Kyndra brings up their age difference in conversation. Tyler, who is several years older, tells Kyndra that he has moved past their age difference and that she ruined the dinner (haha, so funny!) .Over at Cameron's house the birthday party is in full swing. Jessica arrives mid way through the festivities and is welcomed by Cameron and friends. When Tessa shows up at the party with Rocky and Alex, she is eager to hang out with Cameron for the first time since they've returned from San Diego. Tessa makes her way to the back porch and watches from a distance as Cameron and Jessica affectionately cuddle up together (again, some funny shit) . Disappointed with Cameron, Tessa opts to quickly leave the party, and not wish him a happy birthday.The next day Tessa confides in Rocky that she is bummed about the previous night at Cameron's party. Raquel eventually encourages Tessa to call Cameron on the phone, but when she does; her call is intercepted by Cameron's friend Nick W. who makes up a story about Cameron being in the water. After telling Nick W. that she needs to talk to Cameron urgently Tessa hangs up the phone, she is left in near tears while Cameron and his crew head down the beach for a carefree game of volleyball.
Anyone have a headache now? I do.

Grey's Anatomy

"Sitting Shiva"

o.k. LOVED it. Cried the whole damn episode. It was an extremely cathartic experience.
So....as Izzy lies on the bathroom floor mourning the death of her beloved Denny, Meredith decides to cook (ok make sandwiches) to help her cope. Christina chimes in and decides what they actually are doing is 'sitting shiva'. During this time period the show jumps back and forth with flashbacks, allowing us the opportunity to learn about where the interns first met eachother and how McDreamy picked up Meredith at the Emerald Pub.
Addison meanwhile finds Mere's panties from her tryst with Derek and proceeds to sterilize them and eventually hang them in the lounge for all to see...and claim.
An outbreak of the plague puts George and Derek in the locker room sealed off from the rest of reality. And finds Bailey, feeling guilty and shaken by Denny's death, helping a quarantined man overcome the shock of losing his wife. Addison and Alex are on the hunt for the 14 year old mother of a baby dumped in a trash bin behind their prep school. Addison eventually gets the young girl to confess in an emotional rant blaming the child for the death of her son if she does not come forward. Yet another reason Addison is my favorite character on this show.
Derek's time in quarantine convinces him of his love for Meredith and after he and George are released they both head over to Casa Grey. Meanwhile, standing in the kitchen professing his loyalty to Mere is McVet, who promises to throw his hat into the ring to fight McDreamy for the love and attention of the unworthy Dr. Grey.
George falls into the arms of the overly loving Callie and proceeds to kiss her in response to her profession of love. All in time George...All in due time.
McDreamy catches me totally off guard in his spilling of his heart to Mere. "I'm in love with you, I've always been in love with you". WOW....but you know how it goes. This show will absolutely jump the shark if these 2 get together. I forsee another Maddie/David, Angela/Tony, Mulder/Scully 10 year dragged out romance.
Finally....we see Izzie get her ass off the bathroom floor and deal with the pain and sorrow that had her pasted there in the first place. Off comes the dress in a poignant moment meant to symbolize Meredith taking the weight.....like she needs any more.

the O.C.

Fox....Thursday....9pm (one of the toughest spots on t.v.- up against Grey's and CSI)...
basically it's doomed...don't expect another season next year.

After a boring third season, the fans of THE OC are hoping Marissa’s death injects energy into the show. The new season starts late thanks to Baseball, will jump forward a few months after Marissa’s death, as we see how the gang has adjusted to college in addition to dealing with the the death of their friend. Ryan isn’t handling it well. Rumors are that Ryan will join a ‘fight club’. Those writers really will use any excuse to have Ryan in a ‘wife beater’ t-shirt!
yawning even as I write this....

Ugly Betty

ABC....Thursday night....8pm or 8:30pm

Historically, Thursday nights were home to a plethora of beautiful people. From Rachel's hair, to Clooney's blue eyes to the entire OC gang. Make way for America (not the country, the actress) Ferrera, of Sisterhood of the Pants fame. She is taking over the Thursday night line up and will inevitably work her way into your heart. It's billed as a comedy but have some tissues by your side. It will be a rollercoaster of funny and heartwarming. Recently pulled from the doom of the Friday night line up to host the lead in to Grey's Anatomy, this show is sure to shine.

Poseidon

In Poseidon, Josh Lucas stars as Dylan - a professional gambler and loner traveling on the cruise ship Poseidon on New Year's Eve. Also along for the ride, we have the former Mayor of New York, Robert Ramsey (Kurt Russell); his daughter, Jennifer (Emmy Rossum), and her boyfriend, Christian; single mother Maggie (Jacinda "Real World Girl" Barrett) and her son, Conor; broken hearted and suicidal Richard (Richard Dreyfuss); and stowaway Elena (Mia 'ALIAS' Maestro). They never knew each other before this fateful trip, but the group is forced to pull together when the cruise ship is hit by a tsunami-like rogue wave that flips the boat over. The beautiful people survive as the massive machine starts to sink (only fat and ugly people die in Hollywood), so, against captain's orders, they team up to climb to a higher portion of the ship, hoping to escape and find rescue outside the vessel.
Who will live? Who will die? Do they have any hope of rescue?
Pretty entertaining but don't waste your money on renting it, wait for HBO or Starz or whatever damn cable network is daring enough to carry it.

The Class

CBS....Monday night...8pm

The premise, quickly established in opening scenes, is that Ethan Haas (Jason Ritter), a pediatrician and romantic, plans a surprise party for his fiancee. To celebrate that it has been 20 years since he first laid eyes on her when they both entered third grade, he invites as many former classmates as he can find.This seemingly thoughtful gesture is too much for the fiancee, who claims that she is suffocating from all of Ethan's attention. She storms out, but the party goes on, allowing an odd assortment of 28-year-olds to get reacquainted and, in some cases, form new attachments. Highly entertaining...will watch again and again....maybe the new Friends? Dare I speak so soon?

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

NBC....Monday night 10pm


Wes Mendel is having a rotten evening. He's the executive producer of a late-night sketch comedy show called Studio 60. Just like Saturday Night Live! (ridiculously called "Friday Night Live"). After a controversial sketch gets cut by the network, Wes crashes the opening segment to deliver a hilarious speech about television in general, and of Fear Factor and The Apprentice in particular. Jordan McDeere (Amanda Peet) is having a stressful evening as well. It's her first day as president of the "NBS" network (rip off of NBC), she's got to deal with the shit Wes just kicked up, and the chairman of the network, Jack Rudolph, is breathing down her neck. Fortunately, she's got a bright idea to bring back the show's old writer/director team to bring the show back to prominence. Matt Albie (Matt Perry) and Danny Tripp (Bradley Whitford), the writer/director team, are having a pretty good evening, all things considered. Matt's just won a Writer's Guild award for some hotshot movie they made, and they're already gearing up to shoot another one. Unfortunately, Danny's just flunked a drug test and can't get bonded to shoot in Mexico. Through an awfully convenient coincidence, Jordan knows this -- even though Danny hasn't even told Matt yet -- and uses the info to convince Danny to convince Matt that they should take up the reins of the show, while she convinces Jack that it's not actually an awful idea to hire back two guys you fired four years ago (are you following all of this?). Basically, Jordan does a lot of convincing in one night and ends up with her new job riding on a cokehead and a pill popper. Just like Aaron Sorkin! Matt's ex-girlfriend Harriet, who's a Studio 60 senior cast member and also a Christian entertainer adds to the mix. Hopefully every episode will stay as good as the first. You pretty much can't go wrong with these cast of characters. It WILL win the Emmy this year....

The Amazing Race

CBS....Sunday night 9pm


Another season kicks off, this time from Seattle, where the first encounter with law enforcement comes from the brothers Cho, who couldn't even wait until they weren't in an airport to haul out their water guns. Smart! In China, we get a familiar-food challenge, but not one involving enormous quantities, which is a huge improvement. A taxi ride later, we find ourselves at the halfway point of the first leg, at which point Bilal and Saeed, the Muslim friends learn that even constant prayer cannot overcome so-so navigation and a bad cab driver. In the second half of the leg, an interesting Detour includes a puzzle disguised as rock building and a coordination task similar to tai-chi. After running into severe navigation issues, Indian couple Vipul and Arti fall seriously behind and are unable to catch up, so they suffer the second Philimination of the episode. Several contestants are sketchy -- a bickering couple of high-strung boyfriend and wigged-out girlfriend who will probably yell at each other a lot, the weirdly motivational boyfriend of the ass-kicking triathlete with the artificial hydrolic fuel leaking leg, and a Kentucky couple who need to get along a little better. There still models and cheerleaders and beauty queens, but they're…you know, they're all right. All in all, a very auspicious start in spite of the unfortunate loss of a couple of teams who might have been some of the most different in background from past players. Highly watchable.

Welcome

Hello my friends....
After careful review of all things entertainment, I have decided to start a blog detailing my opinions and reactions in the television, movie, music and book world.
Feel free to add your own comments on any subject, ask me questions, submit a comment (positive or negative).
Hope you all enjoy...
Kate