Posted by Dustin on 02.03.2012 at 4:31 pm

On “Grey’s” we had a “What If” episode with Meredith wondering what if her mother never died, what if she had a good father . . . how would things have changed? It was fun to see how different every one was, and to have Ellis back and as The Chief. She was a power hungry monster, Bailey was weak and timid, Addison was strong while Derek was a failure, George flunked out and is still alive somewhere, Christine was an uber-bitch, Alex was a geek and engaged to Meredith . . . Basically everyone was totally opposite of how they really are . . . well maybe not Christina?

As I said, it was a fun episode, but it seemed that the point was you could play the “What If” game all you wanted, but perhaps some things were fated to be . . . As the episode wound down it seemed like everyone was slowly morphing into who they really were. Alex was caught cheating, Addison was consumed with a baby, Bailey found a backbone, and Meredith and Derek ended up together at the bar together . . . I did love seeing the one dead doctor (killed during the crazed gunman spree) back.

Too bad we couldn’t get a “What If” episode of “Private Practice” and erase some of this show huh? Like “What If” they didn’t save Pete! Pete caught Violet kissing Paramedic Scott and flipped. He didn’t want her seeing him anymore. Hello, you’ve been boning girls in elevators Mr. Man! Thankfully Violet unleashed holy hell on Pete, reminding him that he left her, he doesn’t get to tell her what she can or can’t do anymore. What an arse!

Erica got into an accident with Mason in the car, which infuriated Cooper. Long story short, Cooper and Charlotte convinced Erica to try and fight to survive. This of course is going to lead to the upcoming cross-over episode.

Sam got a call and had to bail someone out of the drunk tank in jail. She eerily looked very much like Sam and Naomi’s daughter, but we quickly learned in the final moments of the show that it’s his sister.

Addison and Jake went away on a conference, and basically the sexual tension between them built. He turned her offers for sex down. Based on the previews, it looks like she hooks back up with Sam . . . . WHY !?!?!?!? Again we need a “What If” episode that sticks! What if Sam and Naomi never broke up

Finally the deeply disturbing story of an army vet who returned from Iraq with a shameful secret, he had been raped by his sergeant. The story was apparently inspired by a Newsweek report last year on the rising number of reported sexual assaults of men in the military.

Posted by Dustin on 01.31.2012 at 8:34 pm

A bunch of spoilers for Mid-February here . . . of note there are two weeks of “Private Practice” as the spoiler release went out a bit later for it than the “Grey’s” episode for the same date. Previews for this bunch include . . . .

On “Private Practice,” Sam reconnects with his estranged sister.
On “Castle,” the first of a two-parter guest staring the one and only Jennifer Beals and “Drop Dead Diva’s” Jason Stamberg, both who play agents that work with Castle and Becket on an international conspiracy case.
On “The River,” the second episode finds the family/boat crew face to face with “guardians of the jungle.”
On “Body of Proof,” a body is found dead in a freezer of an Italian restaurant . . . I swear I watched this already? Or did “Castle” do a similar story?
On “Revenge,” it looks like we are finally nearing the present, where Daniel gets his at the engagement party?
On “Grey’s” and “Private Practice,” a two part cross-over as they turn to Derek to help Mason’s mom Erica with her brain tumor.
On “Desperate Housewives,” if you suspected Orson is the person who killed Alejandro . . . you may be right as he is back!

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Posted by Dustin on 01.21.2012 at 4:04 pm

Just some quick thoughts on the last few episodes of both shows . . . . I’m all caught up with vacation viewings finally! A lot went down, and I’m trying to remember things to comment on actually.

I love that Derek and Meredith are happy again and have Zola. Now isn’t it about time Derek finally finishes that dang house he’s been building for years?

I hate watching everyone in Mark’s life take such a liking to his new girlfriend, mainly because we know it won’t end well. He himself told Callie and Arizona to back off a bit, he wanted to take things slow so he didn’t ruin things like he always does. But I have a feeling he’s still hung up a bit on Lexie, who is still very hung up on him.

Watching Teddy grill yang over and over again about Henry’s death was heart breaking. I was so afraid that she was never going to forgive Christina. However it seems both Teddy and Christina have directed their anger at Owen . . . .

Christina and Owen’s huge fight at the end of the last episode was explosive to say the least. And in front of all their friends too at Zola’s party. I figured the abortion wouldn’t just be swept under the rug, and Owen exploded about it and how Christina always does what Christina wants, and that this was not the life he thought he was signing up for . . . Ouch!

Over to “Private Practice,” this week’s episode was just chocked full of horror as the couple Violet met at the beginning of the season returned, with the husband having beaten the wife until she lost her unborn child. Violet invited her to recuperate at her house, which lead to the husband breaking in, knocking Violet out . . . only for her to wake up and find the wife stabbing the husband over and over . . . I think it’s time for Violet to find a new house at this point as the blood stains are never going to come out of her floors!

As I felt would happen, Charlotte and Cooper are going to become full time parents to Mason sooner than later, as his mom has a brain tumor and limited time left.

Sam and Pete were moving on and playing the field, but neither seemed to happy with the idea of Violet and Addison moving on as well. Grrrrr! What is with the men on this show? Next week, from the previews, looks to be another infuriating episode involving Pete.

Addison, with Jake’s help, is searching for a surrogate for her baby. I liked that Amelia offered to carry it, but clearly with her just out of recovery that’s not a great idea. Addison knew as much as well. I guess Jake’s helping Addison is going to lead to their inevitable romance . . . . at least he’s not Sam! I am so glad they are over, and I really hope the show doesn’t put them back together again. Have they gotten the memo that those two just don’t make a good couple?

Posted by Dustin on 01.16.2012 at 4:55 pm

Just some spoilers below for the February 2nd episodes of “Private Practice” and “Grey’s Anatomy.”

During “Grey’s” we have an episode where Meredith wonders what if . . . her mother never died? She had never meet Derek?

On “Private Practice,” an emotional episode dealing with male sexual abuse. Also Cooper and Charlotte face what is to come with Mason and his mom.

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Posted by Dustin on 01.06.2012 at 2:02 pm

With every episode that passes, I seem to just find this show making me more angry than anything else, and I wonder why I bother to watch? I totally miss Nadine Naomi at this point and wish they could get her and Fife back!

Addison clearly wasn’t pregnant, and is now moving on to try and adopt. So instead of watching one failed attempt to get pregnant after another, we probably have to watch one failed attempt to adopt after another. I can’t take it! At the end at least her and Sam finally broke up. Thank the lord, and I hope they don’t get back together! Though personally I don’t think I am going to be to found of her and Jake as the previews hinted was coming. Well we all knew it was coming without the need for those previews really.

Pete’s balls became enormous in this episode, and I waited for Violet to kick him in them. They have been trading days at and away from the house for the sake of the kid, so he didn’t get moved around and had a stable routine . . . but it wasn’t working. Violet eventually told Pete he should look for a place of his own, and he acted annoyed by the inconvenience! Dude gave up on his marriage and still had the nerve to feel annoyed that Violet didn’t want him to stay in HER house. He eventually did admit it was her house and only right he go, but he still had attitude. Get the hell out of the house and their lives at this point you loser! Seriously, give Pete another heart attack and bury him at this point. His character has been ruined.

I think at this point the only story lines I watch for are Charlotte, Cooper and Mason; as well as Sheldon and Amelia.

I’m still a bit peeved they killed of Ryan, they could have kept him around. But I guess they need a way to put Sheldon and Amelia together, which is what they hinted at in this episode. Sheldon was still very hurt by what Amelia said to him while on drugs, and she was desperate to find a way to gain his forgiviness.

Meanwhile they’ve set the groundwork I feel for Mason to end up with Cooper. Cooper caught him stealing and worried it mean there was something going on with his mom, though the other doctors were just like “he’s a kid and stole something, happens all the time.” I’ve always expected the mom to kick the bucket and Charlotte would have to step up and be the mom she never really wanted to be.

Posted by Dustin on 12.26.2011 at 6:44 pm

Some more spoilers for returning ABC shows. Some quick snip-its before the full on spoiler releases . . .

“Castle” returns with a death right before Ryan’s wedding!
On “Body of Proof,” an undercover cop is murdered.
A shocking game changer plays out on “Revenge.”
On “Grey’s,” Teddy questions what happened to lead to Henry’s death.
On “Private Practice,” it looks like Sam and Addison are once again OVER.
Emma tries to help Hansel and Gretel in the real world, while their story plays out in the fairy tale world on “Once Upon A Time.”
On “Desperate Housewives,” could Renee I mean Lynette be taking over Tom’s old job at Carlos’ company?

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Posted by Dustin on 12.19.2011 at 4:10 pm

Some spoilers of the shows when they finally begin returning in January next year. Included in this roundup . . . .

On “Body of Proof” it appears Ethan and Peter both like the new girl.
On “Revenge,” it seems we finally have caught up to the birthday celebration which brings about Daniel’s murder! (I have to catch up with the last few episodes of this show myself).
On “Grey’s Anatomy,” Christina is stuck working in the O.R. with Teddy, who still doesn’t know Henry is dead!
On “Private Practice,” It appears Addison is pregnant . . . or in deep denial?
On “Once Upon A Time,” it seems Emma plans to run for Sheriff, and Rumple has a son?
On “Desperate Housewives,” Gabby fears Carlos killed Detective Vance, while Bree plans to end it all.

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Posted by Dustin on 11.19.2011 at 12:55 pm

So some quick thoughts on the 2-hour rehab event of “Private Practice . . . ” First off, I wish ABC would stop doing these 2-hour events. They are usually 2 shows back to back, not a true 2-hour event. One episode, usually the first, is always so much better than the other. Also sometimes 1 hour is all you can talk of some of these characters!

I loved the story with Cooper, Charlotte and Mason (and Mason’s mom). I’m glad they’ve all worked things out. I’m still not convinced though that something bad isn’t going to happen to them, like Mason’s mom dying suddenly. Did she finally reach out to Cooper because she knows she’s sick?

The Amelia story of course was great. Listening to her tear everyone a new a-hole was somehow cathartic! I was sad that they killed her druggie boyfriend Ryan, but we knew that wasn’t going to end well. They met on drugs, they got engaged in less than a week on drugs . . . yeah even if he lived it wouldn’t have lasted.

Pete and Sam formed the a-hole club in this episode. Violet was helping to support Addison as she was having a tough time with the baby thing. Pete told Sam that Violet was just making Addison her new pet project and she wouldn’t give up until Addison had a baby. Sam finally, after Addison passed out, told her to stop trying. Pete meanwhile confided into Sam that he didn’t want to be married to Violet, but wouldn’t be the guy who leaves . . . . Violet at the same time realized Pete wanted out, but wouldn’t leave just like he wouldn’t leave Anna. She told him that she didn’t want him to hate her like he hated Anna, she would leave if he wanted her to. He did (though he couldn’t even say it) so she packed up and left. Okay . . . .

1) ASSHOLE! COWARD! He couldn’t even tell her to go, or he wanted out. He shook his head and said “I’m sorry.”
2) This entire time we’ve thought Anna was some evil bitch wife, now I’m beginning to think it was Pete who was always the jerk.
3) Why the hell is Violet going to a hotel? That’s her damn house! Send Pete packing!

Seriously, I don’t know why they’ve had to totally destroy Pete’s character. He can have another heart attack and die at this point, I wouldn’t miss him. I got the feeling he didn’t want out, he was pushing her away and leaving because he’s still afraid of dying. He and Sam talked about what his odds of surviving past 10 years after the surgery were, and no matter what Sam told him, Pete seems to have resigned himself to an early death.

Addison’s attempts to get pregnant kept meeting with disaster, and she gave herself one last try before calling it quits. That’s basically how the show ended. With her in the bathroom on Thanksgiving looking at the pregnancy test.

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 11.05.2011 at 4:16 pm

Another great episode this week for Grey’s with “Heart in a Box.” A donnor heart was put into a box which kept it pumping and alive, as opposed to freezing it for delivery. However the person who was initially to get it died, so the heart sat around for awhile until a new recipient was found. The former Chief, still basically running things, used it as a teaching to too get through to the fifth years as to help them figure out what they really wanted out of their 5th year experience.

Christina used it as a “coolness” factor to decide what surgieres to put on her list. Meanwhile her new BFF mentor Teddy had her own problems. Henry decided he wanted to go to medical school, but Teddy didn’t like that. She didn’t want to be married to a med student for the next ten years . . . Ouch! It seems Teddy does like to have control over all, including her hubby? Or maybe she was just worried about the stress on his health really . . . Later though she came home to find Henry puking up blood. Oh no! I’ve always had this feeling that this wouldn’t last, that Henry would eventually kick the bucket. This is “Greys” after all, where happy ever after hardly ever happens.

Jackson used heart in a box to help him decide who and what he wanted. He had been avoiding Mark, mainly because of what he felt was going on with Lexie. In the end he realized he was sacrificing his career for a relationship that he wasn’t even confident in, so he dumped Lexie and chose Mark. I was thrilled, because I was not a fan of those two. Mark and Lexie belong together!

Lexie meanwhile began to realize this as well, as she and Derek helped an author through a brain tumor. The author was writing a series of romance novels that sounded suspiciously like “The Time Traveler’s Wife.” In this case though it was a female who travelled through time, and was caught between two men. Lexie was typing out the authors words for her, and was not happy that the traveler was going to end up with “the bad boy” and not “the nice guy.” It was basically a metaphor for her own relationship issues. She wanted the hero to end up with the good guy, but the author said “He’s not her soul mate, she doesn’t love him.” Lexie basically said “But she should . . . . ”

Finally Mama O’Malley returned as she needed an operation. Meredith and Bailey worked together on her case, and continued to work to solve their own issues with one another. Callie was petrified to tell her former mother-in-law that she now liked girls, had a wife and a kid. After all her own mother practically disowned her, and she knew the O’Malleys were practicing Catholics. In the end she did, and Mama O’Malley asked to see the photos of the baby, thrilled that her former daughter-in-law was happy and had a kid.

Oh did you think I had forgotten about that other show “Private Practice?” Well I haven’t. It’s just that “Project Runway” was on at the same time, and I found myself watching it over “Practice.” I kept up though, mostly watching the second half of “Practice” or just flicking between the two. What to say? The show has aggravated me, but I’ve enjoyed other parts. Here are some of my thoughts on the major storylines going on . . . .

Hate hate hate Pete! I hate that he’s taking all of his frustrations, moods, depression and what not out on Violet. It would serve him right if she did leave him after all of this. For all her faults, she was never so verbally abusive as he has been. I want to punch Pete in the face. Actually I want to see Sheldon do it!

Another person on my nerves? Sam! I’ve never been a fan of AddiSam, and he continues to show me why. The fact that he can’t decide if he wants to stick with her, if he can support her just annoys me. I loved that Jake called him out on it in this last episode where Addison was having her eggs harvested and inseminated.

I actually love Cooper being a dad, and watching him with his kid is so much fun. I just fear it will in the end tear him and Charlotte apart. I can see Cooper falling for the kids mom. Or I could equally see the kids mom suddenly dying, and Charlotte becoming an instant mom and it being a big problem for her.

The Amelia spiraling out of control storyline is probably the best thing the show has going for it right now. This is good drama!