Some ABC July Spoilers: The Gates, Scoundrels, Eastwick?

Some ABC July Spoilers: The Gates, Scoundrels, Eastwick?

Posted by Dustin on 06.22.2010 at 11:19 am

I have yet to watch “Scoundrels” to decide if it is something I want to watch, it’s on Tivo. But here are the july 11th spoilers for it and “The Gates.” Oh and if you want to relive the heartbreak that was “Eastwick’s” cancellation, ABC has two new episodes on July 10th for you! (One I believe was one they completely skipped over)

Read on for all the spoilers . . .

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The Gates Premier

The Gates Premier

Posted by Dustin on 06.21.2010 at 1:36 pm

So ABC’s “The Gates” premiered last night, fittingly right after “True Blood.” I felt like I went from watching a show about vampires and werewolves to another show about vampires and werewolves. Oh I did!

The show is about a gated community, built as the developer put it, because some people didn’t feel safe in the outside world. The show has a new police captain taking over and moving his family into “The Gates.” Unlike the old captain though, he’s not about to be bribed into ignoring what goes on. What goes on? Well there is a vampire couple, the wife who seems to have a bad habit of killing people. Then apparently the football team at the local high school is a pack of werewolves. Post Note: There are also two witches, one who has an issue that the other is basically drugging half of the gates with magical herbs she gives them to make teas out of.

I have to watch it again. I feel like it was too much vampires and werewolves in 2 hours for me to keep track of. I definitely liked the vampire couple and whatever weirdness is going on with them. The werewolves kids storyline, not so much. The whole thing was very “True Blood” meets “Desperate Housewives” in a way honestly.

Did you watch it? Did you like it? Will you watch it again?

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Army Wives: Reporting For Duty!

Army Wives: Reporting For Duty!

Posted by Dustin on 06.21.2010 at 1:25 pm

So I really liked last night’s “Army Wives.” Much more drama filled than some of the previous episodes, yet also not a total downer.

Claudia Joy, as part of her class, had to participate in a real trial her law professor worked on. Of course he chose her for a case involving a citizens group suing the army over a dump site that was toxic. Claudia Joy of course rocked it in the court room when she was put on the spot, and put the army on the spot. While I liked seeing Claudia Joy in the court room . . . really? Do we really think this would have happened? The professor using Claudia Joy to his advantage in the case . . . okay maybe. However I would think the army would have raised some objections as to Claudia Joy being on the opposing council. I know I know . . . it’s TV! I also have some bizarre feeling once school is over she’ll somehow be working in the JAGs office.

Pam and Roxy had issues this week over Pam and her new partner busting Roxy speeding in her death mobile (the mustang with the broken windshield, speedometer, taillight, etc . . . .) It was great to see Lee Tergesen back on TV as Pam’s partner. What I was confused about was that Pam is once again a Rookie, I guess because she’s been gone so long? However she talked about how she had put a few years in on the force in Boston and then that’s when she quit . . . okay didn’t they make it a point to say in the past that she was a Detective, not a rookie? That annoyed me for the whole episode honestly.

Jeremy was back in this episode to look after Denise while Frank was away, and to help turn his old room into the baby nursery. Not really much to comment on this filler of a story.

Joan meanwhile continued to forget more and more things. Denise and Rolland both discussed the problems they’ve noticed in her as well. As the show ended, Joan fell to the floor while holding Sarah Elizabeth. She shielded Sarah Elizabeth from being hurt, but Joan had to admit to Roland something was really wrong. Next week we should learn what is going on with Joan. I’m on the edge of my seat with this one. This is the story I’m really enjoying, though I know it’s odd to enjoy a story when someone is sick. But hey, it’s TV!

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Army Wives: Season 4 Spoilers And Spin-off

Army Wives: Season 4 Spoilers And Spin-off

Posted by Dustin on 06.19.2010 at 11:41 am

First up, according to TV Guide’s Keck, the episode serving as the spin-off for Pamela’s show airs on August 15th. In it Pamela joins the Atlanta police department and Gabrielle Union plays her asexual outspoken partner Gina Holt.

Now here are some upcoming spoilers from the TV Listings . . .

June 27th – Safety First
Joan goes to the doctor.
Denise enlists Pamela’s help to locate a caller in trouble while on dispatch duty.
Trevor proves his leadership skills.

July 4th – No Show

July 11th – Change of Station
Emmalin gets disappointing news about the recovery of her knee.
T.J. struggles at home.
Unexpected orders from the Pentagon affect everyone at Fort Marshall.

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Happy Town Pulled . . . Again!

Happy Town Pulled . . . Again!

Posted by Dustin on 06.18.2010 at 3:06 pm

So I haven’t written about the past 2 (3?) episodes of “Happy Town,” but I have watched and enjoyed, and planned to write something soon after this week’s awesome episode.

Alas . . . ABC has struck again. The shows official “Tweeter” recently posted that the final two episodes of “Happy Town” will only be shown online . . . details to come. What really sucks? Apparently in the next episode we would learn who the Magic Man is!

Anyways, here are the spoiler descriptions for the final two episodes, which apparently will be on ABC.com only. Again, no word on if they plan to just post them shortly, or on schedule when they should have aired on TV.

“Dallas Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” – While the townspeople mourn the passing of Big Dave Duncan, Merritt and Henley scheme to take back the mysterious hammer that is once again in Peggy Haplin’s possession. As Handsome Dan chases down leads in the Magic Man kidnappings with a suspiciously unabated fervor, Tommy thinks he smells a rat. Tommy Conroy also discovers that his mother’s death, which he thought was caused by a stroke, might have a much darker origin. Meanwhile, the widows at the Meadows Boarding House don’t hide their jealousy when Merritt accepts Peggy Haplin’s party invitation at Weeping Wall; and landlady Dot Meadows comes to regret filing a police report after finding dead birds in the woods, on “Happy Town,” WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

“Blame It on Rio Bravo” – Many secrets of Haplin are revealed, as news spreads of the capture of the “Magic Man.” The Stivilletos and John Haplin, as well as half the town, converge on the Sheriff’s office wanting their own brand of justice. In the midst of the fiery showdown, Tommy confronts Griff about Henley’s claim that the goat’s head hammer had a part in his mother’s demise. Meanwhile, Merritt mysteriously wields his own influence on the sizzling face-off; and Peggy Haplin terrifies her grandson Andrew, who is on the verge of running away with Georgia. John Haplin wonders if he will ever find his missing daughter, but discovers his grief-stricken wife, Carol, has transformed herself in an unusual way. And find out who the “Magic Man” actually is, on the Season Finale of “Happy Town,” WEDNESDAY, JULY 7 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

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Pretty Little Liars: The Jenna Thing

Pretty Little Liars: The Jenna Thing

Posted by Dustin on 06.16.2010 at 6:31 pm

So in the latest episode we learned a couple things about the girls past. First the detective doesn’t believe the girls don’t know what happened to Alison the night she went missing. They are lying about their story because they were all drinking and having fun and at the time didn’t want to get busted. Now they are stuck sticking to their story, and the cop doesn’t buy it.

Jenna returned to school and we learned that apparently she is in fact blind, and it is Allison’s fault. This neighborhood creeper (Jenna’s brother, this I am not sure of) was peeping on the girls one night during their parties. Allison wanted to teach him a lesson by throwing a smoke bomb into his garage. Well apparently something, a lot of somethings flammable were in there, and the garage went up in flames. It would seem this is how Jenna got blinded?

The girls have been bonding over their “A” messages, as well as worried about the return of Jenna. Aria is still dealing with her teacher affair, Spencer is kissing her sisters boyfriend and her sister caught her, Hannah’s mother has become a stepford wife to appease her new guy, and Emily feels something is wrong for her because she likes girls a little too much.

By the end of the episode Spencer was jogging and came around the corner to see Jenna sitting on a bench. She picked up her phone and spoke “Send Text Now” into it. Is Jenna the mysterious “A?” She did confide that Allison visited her in the hospital several times . . . did Allison tell all their secrets? Or has the girl who moved into Allison’s house somehow found her diary with them all?

This is such a fun show and I’m really liking it. I have to admit, I also got the first book. I am not far at all, and there are some difference between the two (such as Allison was missing for 3 years in the book, not just 1). I can give a tiny spoiler on the night Allison disappeared, should you want to know that much . . . .

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Persons Unknown: Who Is The Mastermind?

Persons Unknown: Who Is The Mastermind?

Posted by Dustin on 06.15.2010 at 7:57 pm

So another great episode of “Persons Unknown” last night, though I could have done without the bits of gore and blood hanging on those implants Moira was cutting out of their legs. YUCK!

With the implants gone, now the group faces some weird pain guns that have set up some “Lost-like” invisible energy field around the town keeping them in . . . so they are still stuck.

Parts of the episode dealt with who might be behind this. The young blond of the group, Kate, was sure it was her dad. He’s not only ex-CIA and now an ambassador to Italy, but she threatened to blow the whistle on him. She was so adamant it was him that it screamed “NOT!”

Elsewhere the newspaper reporter researching Janet’s (the young mother’s) abduction got strong armed by a thug looking to cover up dirt about Janet’s ex-husband and Janet’s rich and apparently crazy mother. It definitely seemed like the crazy mother had the money and power to do this . . . but why kidnap other people and put them in there with Janet?

I’m beginning to think this is some sick camp that people can pay to have people they want to see disappeared kidnapped and taken to? That everyone in it has some secret another person doesn’t want known, and this is some crazy sadistic theme park people can pay to watch that person tortured in (as opposed to just paying to have them rubbed out).

Of course that wouldn’t be as good as if there really was something connecting all these people they weren’t aware of. That is what I am expecting.

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Army Wives: 6 Months Later . . . .

Army Wives: 6 Months Later . . . .

Posted by Dustin on 06.14.2010 at 7:08 pm

So the latest episode of “Army Wives” picks up 6 months after the last episode. Here is a bullet point summary of the developments, before I give some thoughts on what is going on.

– Roxy had trouble getting pregnant, which turned out to be because of a hormone imbalance. Medicine could fix it, but it couldn’t fix not having Trevor around. Trevor got new orders and ships back out in 1 month, he’s not recruiting anymore.

– Roland worried that Joan was working too hard, because she was forgetting a lot of things (putting things in the wrong places for example). However by the end of the show when Joan spilled some wine and then immediately forgot she did it, Roland knew something was wrong.

– Claudia Joy was having trouble in Law School and joined a study group with kids far younger than her, which was a little awkward for all at first.

– Pamela was living off base in an apartment. She and Chase are officially divorced and she’s applied for a police job, but there is a hiring freeze. She’s been working at The Hump to make ends meet, but is struggling. By the end of the show she learned she has an interview.

So my thoughts? Well I always knew one day they’d tackle one of the Army Wives getting divorced. However I don’t think I like it anymore! The show is throwing around a spinoff for Pamela in which she is back on the police force. The Hollywood Reporter just announced that Gabriel Union is set to star as her partner. An episode of “Army Wives” will air sometime later this summer which serves as the spinoff episode. As of yet the project isn’t a go, but it’s getting more and more real it seems.

Pamela has always been my favorite of the wives, but I really don’t think I want to watch her in a cop show. It sounds too much like a new version of “Cagney and Lacey.” I like “Army Wives” because of the uniqueness in the stories they are involved in, it’s unlike any other show on TV. A cop show? There are already tons of them.

I’m ticked they are sending Trevor back into the field, and you know Roxy will end up learning she’s pregnant after he’s gone!

The Joan story really has me interested. What is going on with her? I don’t think it’s some kind of post traumatic stress syndrome, they’ve done that before. Does she have some type of tumor in her brain now? My bet is something from her eye surgery/transplant has gone wrong and is affecting her memory somehow.

BTW, my Tivo cut the previews off for next week’s episode, and it seems others had this happen to. You can watch the preview on YouTube right here!

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True Blood Season Three: Vampires, Shapeshifters and Werewolves Oh My!

True Blood Season Three: Vampires, Shapeshifters and Werewolves Oh My!

Posted by Dustin on 06.14.2010 at 5:15 pm

So Season Three of “True Blood” debuted last night, and it was just awesome! It picked up immediately where Season 2 ended with Eggs being shot by Jason and Bill going missing. Through the magic of TV though, several of the men had noticeably bulked up, and Eric’s hair got darker, even though no time had technically passed. I found that very amusing for some reason.

Let’s see, briefly what happened? Andy took credit (ie covered) for Jason shooting Eggs. While Andy is now a hero, Jason is wracked with guilt, which makes little Jason unable to play basically. Tara has become suicidal over the loss of Eggs. Sookie is convinced Lorena has kidnapped Bill, and asked Eric for help. Eric meanwhile is upset because the man he sent to kidnapped Bill failed. Bill was taken by werewolves, but managed to escape and is now stuck in Mississippi. The Queen is afraid of being busted for being the main V seller/supplier, so she ordered Eric, who basically ordered Lafayette to magically sell all the V he has left and get out of the biz. Sam meanwhile went off to Arkansas to hunt down his real parents and it would seem has a little brother.

It was so awesome I wish it didn’t have to end. I think Pam stole the show with a lot of the comedic lines she had, like telling Lafayette she was not a “hooka, at least she hadn’t been for a long time now.” I also loved when she tried “really hard” to keep Sookie from finding Eric having private time with a new employe. “Oh no Sookie, . . . stop . . . don’t go down there.” Hilarious! Of course Sookie telling Pam she didn’t have time for any of her lesbian weirdness was good too.

Then of course there was the “Oh my gawd” moment of the show, Sam’s erotic dream about Bill! Having been saved by Bill’s blood, it comes with the territory. His dream was just so over the top absurd, it was like a really bad porno. “May I have the shirt off your back?” “I think I will take a shower, would you like to join me?” Am I watching HBO or Skinamax?

I was disappointed we did not get to meet Alicide in this episode, but it gives something to look forward to for next week. Actually there are so many new characters coming this season I just can’t wait for them all!

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Pretty Little Liars Thoughts

Pretty Little Liars Thoughts

Posted by Dustin on 06.10.2010 at 7:49 pm

So how many watched “Pretty Little Liars” on ABC Family? I did and was shocked how much I got into it! The show is apparently based on a series of books, which I have not read. If you have, please don’t spoil it for us who haven’t! Though after that premier, I’m tempted to get the first book!

The show centers around 5 high school friends, best friends. However the summer before the show takes place one of the friends, Allison, went missing. The show picks up a year later as school is starting again, and Allison is still missing. The 4 remaining former friends have since been somewhat distant from one another. As the show progressed, each got messages from “A” threatening them about some kind of secret only Allison could know. As the show came to a close, Allison’s body was FINALLY found in her own backyard, and the 4 former friends reunited to attend her funeral. They all simultaneously got messages from “A” saying “I’m still here.”

First, I have to sat that ABC Family might want to consider changing its name to “The Kids Having Sex Channel,” cause man have they been pushing the boundaries with their shows as of late! (No I never got into “Greek” or “Life of a Teenager,” but know what they deal with) Not that I care or am a prude, cause in fact they are showing the consequences of such actions, but they still run the “700 Club” late at night, and I’m sure that old guy (Pat Robertson?) wouldn’t approve.

What I loved about this show was the mystery, all the unanswered questions. Is Allison really dead, or has someone just gotten a hold of her diary or something to punish the others? We were introduced to a character named Jenna, who apparently was an outsider Allison liked to torture. When she arrived at Allison’s funeral, she appeared either blind or badly scarred. Previews showed the girls involved in some kind of fire or explosion . . . maybe Jenna was caught in it? Is Jenna tormenting the other 4 as revenge? I love these kind of stories! Though it is very “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” but that was a good book too (the movie was only Ehh compared to the book, they really screwed up the killer).

So did you watch? Did you like? Thoughts?

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