Posted by Dustin on 11.15.2011 at 6:33 pm

The beginning of December sadly has few new ABC shows . . . and a lot of repeats. After this week “Private Practice” and “Grey’s” (already aired) won’t be back until next year. “Revenge” and “Castle are both repeats, so something tells me we will see their final episodes of the year this and next week as well . . .

On “Body of Proof,” a murder victim is substituted for a med school cadaver.
On “Once Upon A time,” David aka Prince Charming must choose between Mary/Snow and the women who claims to be his wife.
On “Desperate Housewives,” Bree, back on the bottle, watches her life spin out of control as Chuck gets close to the truth.

Read on for the full spoilers . . .

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Posted by Dustin on 11.15.2011 at 1:25 pm

Tom and Lynette’s 22 year anniversary arrived, as did a beautiful arrangement of flowers for Lynette from Tom. She thought perhaps Tom wanted to work things out? She got a new hairdo, a new outfit, basically a whole new look. She then went to meet him at his apartment . . . only to find that their anniversary was the last thing on his mind. He was about to get it on with his new girlfriend. He didn’t even remember it was their anniversary. It seems 12 years ago when he forgot and she got so upset, he put in a standing order with the florist so it would seem like he never forgot again.

WHAT A JERK! It’s time for Lynette to not only give up on Tom, but maybe show his new girlfriend what kind of guy he really is. Yeah, I think it’s time to invite Kayla – aka The Demon Spawn – back to town.

Carlos continued his downward spiral into alcoholism. Gabby found herself covering for him at work, but of course trusting the wrong person … a little snot who Carlos was planning to let go when his contract was up as he was trying to steal all of Carlos’ clients. In the end all worked out, and a huge client reached out to help Carlos and set up a visit to a rehab facility that helped him 14 years ago.

Finally Detective Chuck continued to stalk Bree, even breaking into her house . . . Though he claimed he was responding to her call of a break in (but it was pretty clear he did it). He continued to tell Bree that he was close, he didn’t think she killed that guy, but he thinks she knows who did.

Honestly, this guy is scum. I think Bree should have taken the opportunity and shot him when he “broke into her house.” At this point someone has to know he’s stalking and harassing his ex? Nobody likes a dirty cop . . . and nobody would miss one!

Susan meanwhile made things worse for the girls. Challenged by Andre, she painted very dark paintings of the girls burying Alejandro. When a critic loved them, he insisted on showing them. Susan said no, but Andre took the paintings and gave them to a gallery. Yup on opening night, Chuck was somehow there to see the painting. Again . . . stalker! Now he’s closer than ever to the truth.

One thing we still don’t know though is who sent Bree the “Mary Alice” letter?

Posted by Dustin on 11.14.2011 at 3:31 pm

So the latest episode of “Once Upon A Time” was good, but unlike the others it didn’t advance the story much. I guess even they need filler episodes though. We learned a few tidbits though . . .

Most of the story concentrated on Cinderella in the fairytale world and in ours. In the Fairytale world Cinderella didn’t have a fairy godmother, she had Rumplestilktskin come to her and offer her a deal. She didn’t bother to read the terms, signed on the line and *poof* she got her own Prince Charming. Later though when she was pregnant, he showed up for her baby.

Cinderella, with Snow White and Jame’s help, tricked and trapped Rumple. So we at least know now HOW he got into the cage under the palace. They had him sign a new deal with a magic pen. But Rumple warned that all magic had a price, in this world and the next . . .

In the real world Cinderella was a maid, working many jobs, and pregnant. Her boyfriend had left her, as the boyfriend’s snobbish dad ordered him to. She had made a deal to give her baby to Mr. Gold in exchange for money . . . but was rethinking that deal. Emma of course helped her escape and renegotiate . . . but at a price! Emma agreed to owe Mr. Gold a favor in the future. Oh No!

Henry continues to disobey his mother the Mayor/The Queen and work with Emma. He however has not figured out who Mr. Gold is yet, as far as his fairy tale counterpart that is.

We learned the Mayor is sleeping with Sheriff Graham, and the consensus on him is that he’s The Huntsman from the Snow White story on the other side. Even though he’s sleeping with the mayor, he continues to show his disobedience . . . at the end of the episode he agreed to hire Emma as his deputy.

All good things must come to an end, and sadly December 11th is the “Winter Finale” of the show. It should pick up sometime next year after New Years.

Posted by Dustin on 11.13.2011 at 7:57 pm

This week’s “American Horror Story” was a bit too much on so many levels. Where to begin?

Much of the show focused on Tate’s back story yet again. We saw him shoot up the school and his classmates (so uncomfortable to watch!) and then his own death via a swat team raiding their home. Meanwhile Violet paid a visit to Constance’s house, where she had a psychic friend visiting. Constance told Violet that Tate was dead, he must not know, he didn’t know himself. She told Violet she had a gift to see and help the spirits . . . Violet ran off and didn’t believe her until she finally looked up the school year book as the kids last week suggested. Violet attempted suicide, but Tate saved her . . . saying he loved her too much to let her die.

Meanwhile we learned from Connie’s psychic friend that it seems she didn’t get Addie to the lawn in time, she wouldn’t be a ghost, which she never wanted. Addie was happy, and finally a pretty girl. Well I’m happy for Addie, but what about us? Addie was awesome, and now we get no more Addie?

Cam from “Modern Family” was Ben’s new patient, who had a fear of urban legends. Long story short, he got killed in the end . . . but in his own house and in an ironic twist. He did his version of “Bloody Mary” only to be shot by robbers hiding in his bathroom. So I guess we won’t see him again. It was great to see the actor in such a different role.

Meanwhile Vivian got another ultra sound and found out her baby seems to be fine. She hunted down the original nurse who examined her. She had since quit. They met in a church, where the woman said Vivian was basically carrying a little Damien in her belly, with horns and hoofs and everything. Vivian chalked it up to a malfunctioning device . . . .

Moira began cooking Vivian disgusting foods that Constance kept bringing over, like raw pancreas and BRAINS! She kept telling Vivian “It’s good for the baby . . . ” and Vivian had a craving to dig in. Near the end we saw her having sexual flashbacks . . . the black kinky sex suit guy . . . and the home security guard? We knew she had sex with the sex suit guy, who she thought was Ben. But the security guard? It seems Vivian may have been a bad girl! They are definitely hinting that this kid is not Ben’s at all.

Who is the in black sex suit? We still don’t know!

Posted by Dustin on 11.13.2011 at 5:52 pm

After two great and pretty uplifting and light hearted episodes, “Grey’s” brought us crashing back down in only the way this show can.

The show opened with Meredith and Derek learning their hearing for Zola had been canceled. Meredith assumed they were not getting Zola, it was over. I don’t know if that was the case, I missed the first few minutes. I felt it was more Meredith jumping to the worst possible scenario and shutting Derek and his ideas to try again out.

Meredith and Alex ended up caring for a newborn, who had to be transported to another hospital for some procedure. Unfortunately on the way, their ambulance broke down in the middle of the road. They were a sitting bomb should anyone hit them with all the oxygen inside. They argued over who would stay with the baby, who was attached to all sorts of tanks. When they finally decided to chance it and move her outside, BAM they got hit! They survived, only to walk out and see bodies thrown from the cars that were in the accident all over the road!

Back at the hospital, Teddy brought Henry in. He needed an operation, the faulty implant the Chief put in had to come out. Teddy wanted Christina to do it, but she didn’t want Christina to know who she was operating on . . . she would work better that way. Yeah I knew based on last week when they had the fight where Teddy didn’t want him to go to med school that this story wasn’t going to end well. Henry died on the table, and Christina was her crass self not knowing who it was. Of course when she found out, she broke down in hysterics.

Teddy meanwhile was in surgery with a critical patient, and Owen realized he couldn’t tell her about Henry until after the surgery so she wouldn’t freak. Derek however learned about the ambulance accident.

This coming week’s show is going to be so sad! Why must Shonda never let her people be happy on these shows? Or happy for long?

(I only saw the first 30 minute of “Private Practice” last week, so I’ll catch up on it before this week . . . )

Posted by Dustin on 11.13.2011 at 12:32 pm

So over the last two episodes of “Grimm” we’ve found out a bit more about Nick and the other beasts out there, but we still have so many questions.

Aunt Marie finally succumbed to death at the hospital, but not because she was killed by the baddies. She continued to fight them off till the end, but the cancer finally took her. I hope we get to see her again, obviously in flashbacks to fill in the story of Nick’s past and his parents. The actress was wonderful in this role, such a change from Meredith’s cold mother on “Grey’s Anatomy.”

The latest episode had Nick being forced to protect the blond Hexenbiest who tried to kill Marie in episode one from a group of Mellifers – bee creatures. By the end of the episode two more twists seemed to be revealed. One, Nick’s Captain is working with the bad guys in some capacity, as he’s in cahoots with the blond. We don’t know if he is a monster yet or not, we haven’t seen him change.

Nick also got a warning from the Queen Mellifer, who was trying to stop the Hexenbiest. She told him that something was coming for him? It appeared that she and her bees were actually on Nick’s side. Does this mean not all the monsters are bad? Or perhaps like Monroe, some had reformed? He did in the initial episode speak of a “church” that was helping him.

Posted by Dustin on 11.08.2011 at 1:22 pm

As we approach Thanksgiving, the various holiday specials begin, and many shows seem to be going into re-runs. Here are some spoilers for some new shows coming up right before Thanksgiving.

On “Castle,” a sniper killer causes Beckett to spiral downwards as she relives her own shooting.
On “Body of Proof” a bloodless body turns up . . . sounds like a vampire killer!
Two weeks of “Revenge” spoilers, Lydia’s memory (and mouth) becomes a problem for the Graysons, and Emily’s biggest ally turns against her.
A two hour “Private Practice,” the doctors band together to help Amelia go to rehab.
On “Once Upon A Time,” Henry ventures into a sinkhole, hoping it leads to the Fairytale World.

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Posted by Dustin on 11.07.2011 at 6:59 pm

So we are hitting that TV time of year, Thanksgiving. When shows begin airing reruns until the new year. I am hopeful some shows that got a late start, like Grimm, will continue to air new episodes.

Coming up on “Parenthood,” Seth is released from Rehab, while Adam finds his marriage tested in a few ways.

On “Grimm,” Nick must protect the woman who attempted to kill his Aunt Marie, and Monroe faces his “big bad past.”

Read on for the full blown spoiler recaps for the next two episodes of each show.

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Posted by Dustin on 11.07.2011 at 6:34 pm

So the latest episode delivered a few surprises, well one, I didn’t see coming.

Lynette continued to feel jealous of Tom’s new girlfriend, and tried to sabotage Penny’s relationship with her. In the end, she realized she was only hurting her family. It’s seeming like the show really isn’t going to give Tom and Lynette a happy ever after. I hope if that is the case, Lynette at least gets to meet someone amazing.

Gabby and Carlos worried about who would take care of the girls should all the “girls” and Carlos end up in jail. They decided on Bob and Lee, but first had to prove their kids weren’t little demons. Of course everything was going great, until the very end when Juanita blew it. As it turned out, she was worried Carlos was dying because of the way her parents had been acting. I do wonder if we will ever see Gabby and Carlos’ biological child again before the show is out? It seems as we are supposed to have just forgotten all about that storyline.

Bree was stunned to learn that it was Ben and his men who dug up the body in the woods. They “discovered it” while doing soil sampling tests. I don’t know what kind of sampling they were doing to realize there was a body in the ground though. Usually you take a very small amount out . . . but whatever! Bree confessed somewhat to Ben, that this was a very bad man who was killed to protect someone, and she and her friends helped cover it up. She begged Ben to make it go away, which would be easy for him as it wouldn’t turn his project into a crime scene and delay things, let alone cause bad publicity. When he later saw Chuck harassing Bree about Alejandro (who he remembered was outside a party she threw one night), Ben stepped in to stop Chuck. Ben promised Bree the problem would go away, but she’d never know when he might need a favor from her . . . . In the end, Mike was the one to dispose of the body for Ben, and they put it in a house foundation. I feel bad for the owners of that house!

So yet again, I feel like there is more of a connection between Ben and Bree than Renee and Ben. Though his veiled threat doesn’t inspire romance. However Chuck was just the worst. How could he have gone from what seemed to be a nice guy, to such a nut. When he learns the truth, he’s going to be a really big problem. The girls may need another grave.

Predictably it looks like Susan’s big mouth will be the one that rats the girls out. Andre her art teacher continued to hate her work, until she tapped into the dark place in her and made a painting showing her and the girls burying the body. That one, he loved.

Posted by Dustin on 11.07.2011 at 3:28 pm

So the latest episode “Snow Falls” was pretty much dedicated to Snow White’s relationship with Prince Charming (whose name is James) in both the fairytale world and in ours.

Henry pushed Mary Margaret (Snow) to read to John Doe (Charming), specifically the story of how Snow White and Charming fell in love. She humored him, and was stunned when John Doe grabbed her. A doctor at the hospital said he’s showed no signs of coming out of his coma, but later secretly called the Mayor . . .

John Doe ended up waking up and leaving the hospital in the middle of the night, heading out to the woods behind the hospital. We then learned the Mayor is who initially found him wounded on the road, so she is his “emergency contact.”

Henry of course was positive John was looking for Mary Margaret out in the woods, just as in the story. We learned that Snow White was a rebel, on the run from the Queen, who had a bounty on her head. She was living in the forest, but it didn’t seem like she was with the dwarves. However we did see some of the dwarves in the real world. Grumpy and Sleepy seem to work at the hospital as security, along with Doc as the doctor perhaps? Snow was raising money by stealing from the Queen to try and escape this realm to another where she’d be safe. She robbed Charming’s coach, thinking it was one of the Queens. She had taken his mother’s ring, which he was going to use to propose to some boring snobbish girl. It was an arranged marriage to bring peace to their kingdoms. Snow helped him get the ring back from some trolls she sold it too, and it seemed clear they were falling in love.

That’s about as far as we got with their story so far. It basically ended with her giving him back the ring, and them sharing a moment over it when Snow tried it on to see if it was “her type.” We did learn that the Queen blames Snow for destroying her life . . . which Snow admits she did. But we still don’t know how she did that! What did she do?

The show ended with Mary, Emma and Henry . . . along with the Sheriff . . . finding John in the woods. Mary’s kiss saved him this time around and brought him back. He has no memory of who he is, more so than the others. He really doesn’t know who he is, he has amnesia. This could be interesting, as they could technically have him start to remember the other world, since he has no idea who he was in this world.

John was brought back to the hospital, where the Mayor conveniently found John Doe’s wife. It was the fiance from Fairytale Land. She claimed they had been having problems, she told him to leave and he did. She never heard from him since.

Emma of course is suspicious as to how the Mayor just now found his wife, right when he was waking up. She claimed it was thanks to Emma’s suggestion earlier that they review security tapes, it seems he talked in his sleep. Poor Mary was devastated, as it seemed like she had found and was beginning to believe in true love. But now John Doe is supposedly married.

While we still have no answers to the other big question, it does seem as if the Queen/Mayor has her memories, or knows things in her subconscious which is guiding her actions.