A random survey of life, sports and entertainment that won't rot your brain, or teeth!

2010

Some thoughts on my favorite television shows:

Lost- God, I miss the days of escaped polar bears. And The Others. And inputting numbers into an old computer and pushing a button. I remember complaining about the show back then, but man, it was gold compared to today. Time travel. I HATE time travel. Abhor it. Its an awful premise in any show. And all it has done to lost is make it an incomprehensible mess. I mean, you need a legal pad and pencil to take notes while watching the show to have a shot at understanding what you witnessing. And even then, its near impossible. Months later, I’m still trying to figure out how the events that caused the plane to crash in the first place could have occurred considering it required the characters to be on the island and travel through time to help it happen. It makes my head hurt, and sometimes I think I’m developing a slight psychosis as I try to work everything out. Man, I am glad that this is the last season. I don;t even care if it makes sense in the end. I just want it to be over.

24- Season 1 was awesome. Season 2 was good. Missed season 3. Season 4 was awesome. Season 5 was good. Season 6 was okay. Season 7… my wife and I got so bored we didn’t even bother to watch the last six hours, which we had DVRed. It was soooo boring. There were a handful of good episodes, but it hit its high point and reached its conclusion way too quickly, and we stopped caring. We knew Jack survived because he had signed on for another year, so all of the suspense was gone after hour 18 when the main plot line wrapped up. I’m glad FOX replayed last season’s finale before the first night this season so we could catch up, but it wasn’t very good. As for this season, I;ve enjoyed ot for the most part. We got back to the good ol’ villains: Arabs and Germans. The first five hours haven;t been extraordinary, but they havebeen entertaining. I hate, like most viewers, the whole Dana/Jenny subplot, which makes absolutely no sense, but the weak plots can be overlooked because of the new Rene Walker. The new brooding, violent version is much more fun than the clean cut FBI agent from last season. Watching her cut off Ziya’s thumb was awesome. Jack broke her last season, forcing her to accept that the ends justify the means when it comes to extracting information, and we the viewers are rewarded with a much more interesting character. Will the show even capture the magic of Season 1? Of course not. But its trying. (PS, I miss Edgar)

Dexter- Best- show- ever. The story of a sociopathic serial killer who kills those who slip through the cracks at night and works at Miami police department during the day as a blood expert. The series is simply amazing. The acting, especially by Dexter’s sister, can be piss poor at times, but this is the only fault I have with this show through 4 seasons. Forget the Sopranos. This is where its at. Now, we and my wife watched this series in a kind of unique way: We watched the second half of season 3 first, when we discovered the show. Then we watched the first half of season 3 on demand. A year later we began watching season 4. Halfway through season 4, we picked up season 1 on DVD and watched it concurrently with season 4 (which left us very confused at some moments). And then we watched season 3, finishing the 12 55 minute episodes over two and a half days. Whenever the kids were down, either at nap time or at night, we started an episode and pounded the season out. As soon as we have time, we’ll re-watch seasons 3, and then catch season 4 when it is finally released. Go over to IGN and read up on it if you are interested. But this is a can’t miss series. Better than the Sopranos. Better than Mad Men. Better than Breaking Bad. Simply awesome.

Scrubs- New series is better than I thought it would be. The new cast is fair, saved only by James Franco’s younger brother Dave, but the returning characters serve as a bridge from the original series which makes the viewers immediately more comfortable with the new premise and cast. Watchable, but nothing spectacular

Better of Ted- Already wrote a dedicated post to the series, but I figured I would touch upon it again. Great show. Hysterical. Portia de Rossi is a jewel, and everything that comes out of her mouth is gold. I never miss an episode.

Love Big Bang Theory. Love Modern Family (finally, a new vehile for the amazing Ed O’Neal, Mr al bundy himself). Still like the Office, buts getting close to jumping the shark.