Posted by Dustin on 01.10.2014 at 6:41 pm

So last night on “Parenthood” the golden couple Joel and Julia’s marriage didn’t just crumble, it completely fell apart. Julia confessed to Joel that Ed did in fact kiss her, but she stopped him and distanced herself from him. She did distance herself from him, but this version seems a little different than what she told Adam about the kissing. However Joel felt utterly betrayed. By the end of the episode Julia suggested marriage counseling, but he said no. He didn’t think there was anything to save, the only reason he thinks he’s even here is because of their kids, and he feels ever since she quit her job that she’s just not the same person anymore. Excuse me? Why must they make me hate Joel so? When she was the workaholic he complained that she didn’t focus on the kids enough and he complained that he had to be mommy and couldn’t work himself. Now that he has what he wants, he no longer knows his wife and it’s just over? Are you kidding me? She should have smacked him, or thrown something at him. Man they’ve made Joel into the biggest jerk!

Max lost his only friend Miles partly due to being insensitive to him wanting to play basketball while in a wheel chair, and saying that was stupid as was basketball. However it was clear there was more to it than that. It seems Miles made some new friends playing basketball and they all make fun of Max, so Miles had to distance himself from Max. This was a pretty sad story all around, but on the up side Max still has Hank as his new best friend! Yeah, creepy.

Speaking of Hank, he and Sarah competed for a job, which Sarah got, mainly it would seem because of Carl’s connections. At least that’s what Hank believed, and probably was true. Though Hank did completely blow the interview. Sarah ended up agreeing to work with Hank 50/50 because he had the space and equipment that she didn’t and was needed for this type of shoot. Hank loved making her say “I told you so” because he also knew she needed his skills and help. I kinda didn’t like Hank in this episode. Next week’s previews show him finally meeting with a doctor to see if he has Aspergers.

There was some filler drama involving Oliver and the band being on the outs. He was basically stalling in finishing the record out of fear of them being received as just mediocre. I will be happy when this storyline is over honestly. I’m tired of Oliver.

Finally Amber had to say goodbye to Ryan, who was shipping off back to the army. She was furious, and it was Zeke who was there for her to help her through seeing him off. They are also dunzo, no engagement, no wedding, no nothing. This is why I sometimes wonder why I watch this show. There is rarely anything happy on it! Yet it still sucks me in. It looks like Amber ends up in a dark place from previews and could potentially fall into her father’s patterns of drugs and booze. Good thing Seth is back next week to lecture her not to!

Posted by Dustin on 01.08.2014 at 9:03 pm

So I re-watched the Halloween episode and then premier of “Pretty Little Liars” in order to catch things I maybe missed on the initial watch. They somewhat seem to be back on track with one of the major bombs of the books, though I still haven’t finished them. I never did get into the “Ravenswood” spinoff.

So the big shocker is that Alison is alive, and she is afraid of -A. -A is after Alison, why we don’t know. We can only assume like everyone else, she knew something about them that she could use to ruin them. The girls realize they have to solve this mystery to bring Alison home, as well as set themselves free from -A. A huge question is of course who is in Alison’s grave? Who was killed and buried in her back yard? Shockingly Hannah takes over as the smart one with the plan in this episode, where it’s normally Spencer that takes the lead.

Hannah does some digging and learns a girl named Sarah who looked a lot like Alison when missing from a nearby town at the same time. She got in touch Sarah’s friends to stage a fake “help group” for them all. Really it was a way to learn about Sarah. We learn that many people think something bad happened to Sarah, but one friend who does not appear believes she is still alive and out there with amnesia. Later we learn this friend is in a deep depression over the loss of Sarah. However it seems Sarah wasn’t that great of a person at all, and seems to be a lot like Alison. If we hadn’t seen a photo of Sarah one would almost think she was Alison. There is also a problem, she was last seen the day after Labor Day, whereas Alison went missing on Labor Day. So it looks like Sarah is not in the grave . . . but then who is?

In the Halloween episode “The Grimwald” told the girls that they had unknowingly led -A straight to Alison, and that one of the girls had been touched by the one Alison fears the most. Hmmmmm, I think this may actually mean that -A is someone a lot closer to the girls than they realize? The girls are also pretty sure that -A is a guy.

Ezra has been super creepy as of late, well more creepy than a guy who sleeps with his high school student that is. Could he be -A? Even Mona seems to be onto his game and is watching him as if she suspects he’s up to something. By the end of the episode he had surprised Aria with this super secret place he scored, and convinced her that it could be their secret meeting place. He didn’t even seem phased when she said she was seeing someone else now. He wanted her! Yeah once again, it looks like Ezra is at least on the -A team.

Toby and Spencer scored the information they needed to prove that Toby’s mom did not kill herself, and that her death was hidden as a suicide to cover up Radley’s wrongdoings. They got Radley and it’s parent owners/company to admit wrong doing and that Wilden was paid off to hide the truth. Spencer’s dad however felt they could use this letter they sent Toby to shut Radley down for good. Toby liked this, but Spencer couldn’t help but wonder why her dad cared so much? Hmmmmmmm. He claimed it was because he hated seeing her there, but it’s obvious there are secrets in Radley he doesn’t want found out. My guess they are connected to the DiLaurentises. He also wanted Spencer to stay away from that whole family. Jason is out of town and out of contact, but Alison’s mom has once again become a fixture in town. She also believes Alison is visiting her in her dreams, not knowing it really is Alison.

Caleb ended up coming back to Rosewood to see Hannah, but then left to go back to Ravenwood to finish business there. Yawn!

At the end of the episode Hannah told the others she had found Alison’s diary at Wildon’s, but hadn’t told them as of what was in it. It’s about all of them, and it’s not good. She eventually shared it with them as we saw -A sneaking into a house somewhere and approaching a trap door in the floor . . .

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Posted by Dustin on 01.05.2014 at 9:37 pm

So “Parenthood” returned this week . . . I didn’t think anything but cable was coming back this early! Well I knew “Grimm” was, as I’d seen the commercials. But I hadn’t seen anything for “Parenthood.” Grrrrr! I need to make my New Year’s resolution not to fall behind with TV again . . . it’s my stress relief! Well, this show maybe not so much.

Max finally blew up at Hank, which led Adam and Christina to talking to him about Max’s disease and giving him a book on it. They felt Hank was good for Max, and they didn’t want him to stop hanging out with Max. Hank didn’t ditch Max, but the book was a huge eye opener for him. He wondered if he too had Asperger Syndrome? He had all the symptoms, and he felt it explained his entire life. I actually have been wondering if they’d tackle this for a long time. I’ve always felt there was something off about Hank. I hate to actually say that, because it sounds mean. However he is socially awkward. I recently found out that the number of adults, and even kids, who go undiagnosed as Asperger is extremely high as they are written off as just being socially awkward. I wonder if Hank will be tested at this point? He confided in Sarah about this, who tried to be encouraging and tell him if it was true, he’s clearly managed very well.

Sarah agreed to be a plus 1 for her tenant Carl, who had to attend some charity benefit. However she soon learned that Carl wasn’t just some skirt chasing tenant in her building. He is a doctor. Actually he’s the male version of Addison from Private Practice/Grey’s, and he founded this amazing non-profit that builds hospitals in poor countries that need them. Wow! Sarah hit the mother-load . . . so the countdown to her screwing this up is on. Oh we know she will!

Julia and Joel’s marriage finally reached the breaking point, though next week looks to be even worse. During a school function a drunk Ed tried to talk to Julia, who had been ignoring him after seeking advice from Adam. Joel apparently picked this one time to actually pay attention to his wife, and was not happy. After hitting Ed and telling him to stay away from Julia, he asked her if she was having an affair. Paranoid much Joel? You should be! Now Julia is not without fault here, she kissed Ed back, and when Joel begged her to tell him if anything was going on, she claimed nothing was. So yes she did lie, and Joel gave her a chance to come clean. However if he puts this all on her, I will be furious. He ignored her and their family problems for months now to be the big man at work at have drunk dinner dates with his pretty boss. Joel better step up and take some blame! Man I hate that they ruined Joel and Julia!

Zeke remained lonely while Camille was away in Italy. She even was invited to extend her stay a week, and asked if that would be okay. Zeke met a guy named Paul at a diner, where he went after running out of food basically, and they became friends. Paul made him realize he had an exciting wife, most women their age sit around and knit. Zeke then told Camille to extend her stay and have fun, when he really wanted her to come home. I don’t know . . . At first I thought Camille was testing him, and if she was he failed. But after Paul’s talk, I don’t know if we were supposed to think that Zeke did the right thing?

Finally Drew’s high school knocked-up sweetheart Amy returned, and them spending time together really pissed off Drew’s FWB psueo-girlfriend. She couldn’t wait for Amy to go back to her school, and suddenly acted like Drew was the love of her life. I was never an Amy fan, but wow she is amazing compared to FWB girl, whose name I can’t remember cause she’s that unimportant. Amy apologized to Drew for treating him the way she did, she now knows he was there for her and she pushed him away. Awwwwww . . . let’s just find out if she really gave that kid up or not okay?

We got a break from the Amber and Ryan drama this episode. In the episode before the break though, Ryan realized he couldn’t function in this world and signed back up for the Army. Oh brother! Next week may be the breaking point for these two as well!

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