Posted by Dustin on 10.10.2013 at 12:10 am

So for once I’m glad I was so busy this summer that I didn’t read through all the emails I get on TV shows . . . cause I went into “Coven” pretty blind, aside from knowing it was witchcraft and who was starring in it this season. I missed the first minute, came into Kathy Bates and immediately identified her as Madam Lalaurie . . . it took 2 minutes to figure out Angela Bassett would be playing Marie Laveau, 45 minutes before she came on screen (yes I racial profiled!). I squealed with at the notion of Marie Laveau! Of course there is that academic part of me that will deconstruct this all, like the fact that there is no evidence at all the two knew each other 🙂 Also at least the last time I was there, which mind you was around 2007, Lalaurie’s mansion was a private residence and not a museum (and it was the 3 previous times I was there).

The story this year is about a school for young witches in New Orleans. As the students it’s got Violet from the first season, as well as Addie from the first season (the girl with Downs Syndrome) . . . . LOVE HER! Oh and Precious too . . . LOVE HER! Jessica Lange is the Supreme Witch in control of the school, Sarah Paulson is her daughter and the headmistress she took over from, and Frances Conroy is some crazy witch who recruits girls for the school. Lange’s character is obsessed with eternal youth, and seems to be the big bad this year and Bassett seems to be her adversary (in the present). I haven’t yet figured out if Bassett is supposed to be Marie Laveau (still alive, hey Lalaruie is!), or a descendant, or someone totally different.

So far, aside from the fact I’m going to deconstruct and criticize the historical and cultural accuracy’s, I’m loving it! I can’t even begin to recap this episode without watching it 2 more times, which I’m sure I will. It was mind blowing. The best part? NO ALIENS!

Watch it! I know I will again 🙂

Posted by Dustin on 10.09.2013 at 2:24 pm

So I really enjoyed “Witches of the East End” on Lifetime. I never read the book or books it was based on, so I don’t know what to expect. In case you missed it, Lifetime has been re-running it to death this week.

The show deals with a Mother (Joanna) and her two daughters (Freya and Ingrid), as well as the mother’s sister (Wendy). The four of them are cursed, we don’t yet know why or by who. They all seem to be immortal as well, to a limit. Wendy the sister has died a lot of times, and every-time she dies she turns into a cat and then eventually comes back. Her sister worried she may only have nine-lives like a cat. Joanna has not died, her curse it to watch her two daughters die and then rebirth them and raise them again.

This time around, Joanna spelled her daughters to try and keep them from remembering their past or knowing they are witches. She felt that if they never used magic, they wouldn’t be burned and die. Unfortunately she can’t keep the truth from them forever.

Moreover, an enemy has come forth to punish Joanna. We don’t know who she is, but she’s assumed Joanna’s shape to set her up for murder. Wendy learned about this through her powers, and she returned after 25 some years to warn her sister. She says the right witch with the right techniques could actually kill her.

Later the mystery woman murdered Wendy, though it appears it won’t be long before Wendy returns. Her body turned into a cat. Joanna was forced to tell her daughters the truth about themselves in order to protect themselves from whomever is coming after them. Oh there is also this dude the mother trapped in a painting that the bad witch let out to get his revenge on them. I’m going to guess this may be the girl’s father?

It was a good show, and it tied the ratings of “Devious Maid’s” in the same slot, so it looks like Lifetime has another hit on their hands.

Posted by Dustin on 10.08.2013 at 6:00 pm

I love “Castle,” but so far this season with Richard and Kate’s separation it has kinda blown. In the latest episode Kate finally lost her job with the FBI, mainly because she couldn’t play by Washington’s rules and let things go when ordered to. I have to say, I was never so glad to see someone lose a job! Now we can get back to their normal abnormal working relationship.

All that is left now is to get rid of Alexis’ new hippie boyfriend. Who thought him up? He’s terrible! Go on now, run off to fight some cause and don’t come back!

I do hope we get to see the return of James Brolin as Castle’s dad at some point.

Posted by Dustin on 10.08.2013 at 4:34 pm

After what I felt was a great premier, this episode left me a little bored. I feel like we really don’t need to revisit Regina/Snow/Charming’s past anymore at this point unless it’s something really important. I swear some of those scenes of Snow rallying the villagers have been done before. I honestly said “Is this a flashback of a flashback?” at one point. The only good part of it all was we got to see the Magic Mirror again, after losing the actor to “Revolution.”

On the island we saw Rumple send the shadow off to hide his dagger, which he knows could be his undoing. He doesn’t even want to know where it is. I’m gunna guess Rumple taught Pan that trick? The shadow thing that is. We also saw Rumple try and get rid of that little doll, but he couldn’t. Belle appeared to him in some kind of vision (real, his mind?). He told her how he still worried he was a coward deep down, just like his own father. She tried to bolster his spirits, and it seems the doll was a gift from his father long ago? How did Pan get it then?

Pan gave Emma a map that would lead her to him, but it would only work if she could figure out who she was. After much failing, Regina used magic to reveal the map, but it only lead to a dead end and Pan told Emma he warned her about cheating! Later she finally opened up, no matter how it hurt her parents, that deep down she has always felt like an orphan. That revealed the map, but Pan said it wouldn’t matter. He said by time she finds Henry, he won’t want to leave this island. He also said by time she leaves, she really will be an orphan. We learn that during a fight with the lost boys, Charming has been cut by a poison sword that will mean his end.

Okay, so I doubt Charming is really going to die, so why they are playing this up is beyond me. I really wanna know more about Rumple and Pan, how they know each other, are the related … I’m thinking more and more they may be family.

What the hell happened to the mermaid they trapped on the ship last week? I’m guessing she is Ariel and figures in later on in the season.

Let’s get back to Neil and Mulan, they are actually interesting! We don’t need to see any more boring Snow White and Charming flashbacks.

Posted by Dustin on 10.07.2013 at 1:55 pm

I haven’t posted about it yet, but I am still watching “Revolution,” which has been very different this season so far. Definitely interested in the mystery surrounding the arrival of the President. Looking forward to “Grimm” and “Dracula” which debut later this month.

On “Parenthood,” a rocky road is ahead for Julia and Joel, and Adam and Kristina.
On “Revenge,” Miles and Monroe are forced to work together again against the US President?

Read on for all the spoilers . . .
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Posted by Dustin on 10.07.2013 at 1:43 pm

A few more spoilers for some upcoming ABC shows. I am going to try and jump into “Scandal.” I watched last week’s “Season 1 and 2 recap show,” but haven’t seen the season premier yet. I watched about five minutes of “Betrayal” and was bored by it. “Revenge” I haven’t even tried again either. I’m also doing my best to stay into “Agents of SHIELD” but it’s sadly losing me.

On “Once Upon A Time,” Tinkerbell arrives, and has a past with Regina of course.
On “Castle,” a hostage taker will only talk to Richard Castle.
On “Agents of SHIELD,” a mysterious woman with powers emerges.
On “Nashville,” Teddy plans to marry Peggy, who he thinks is pregnant.
On “Once Upon A Time In Wonderland,” Jafar and the Red Queen are at war! (Why is Jafar there?)
On “Grey’s,” Stephanie meets Jackson’s overbearing and overprotective mother. Run girl!

Read on for the full spoilers.

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Posted by Dustin on 10.06.2013 at 7:16 pm

This week’s “Grey’s Anatomy” annoyed me more than the premier I think. Richard was alive, but was not fighting to survive. He was content to waste away and die, rejecting a feeding tube while knowing he was unable to eat on his own without choking on his food. Bailey continued to let him do this, assuming he’d have an “ah ha” moment and snap to. I think there was also an authority issue there, she felt it wasn’t her place to tell him what to do. I think there is also residual guilt over how she last spoke to him before he got electrocuted.

Meredith came in to deal with him, only to find Ross had taken Richard to task and let him put the tube in. He told him it would be easier to have him do it now instead of having to let Meredith or Bailey do it. Richard was still furious though, and told Meredith he had picked her in his will not because he thought of her as family, but because he thought she could make the hard decisions to let him die if need be, something he knew Bailey wouldn’t do. However he was wrong about her. He pretty much just tore her down and went on with his pity party. Can we trade Richard in to get Brooks back? I hate that she basically died for nothing at this point. I hope someone will point that out to him eventually.

Other going-ons, Arizona is trying to get back in Callie’s good graces, but it’s not seeming to work. Apparently she thinks she can fix what she did by putting on a sexy dress? Callie originally agreed to try counseling with her, but later told Arizona that she couldn’t do it just yet. She did however feel that Arizona needed to go by herself, that she needs to fix her problems before they can fix their problems.

Owen and Christina are officially over it seems. Christina told him that they need to try and date other people because it’s too easy for them not to move on. Owen agreed to try. You know the minute she sees him with another woman she’s gunna flip!

Joe and Alex are actually happy and having sex. The best part of this episode was Christina finding out they hadn’t been having sex, and she teased him mercilessly.

Posted by Dustin on 10.06.2013 at 3:16 pm

LIFETIME’S SPELLBINDING NEW DRAMA WITCHES OF EAST END, STARRING EMMY® WINNER JULIA ORMOND, MÄDCHEN AMICK, JENNA DEWAN TATUM AND RACHEL BOSTON, TO PREMIERE OCTOBER 6

ERIC WINTER, DANIEL DITOMASSO, JASON GEORGE and Oscar® and Golden Globe® Nominee VIRGINIA MADSEN also Star in Series Inspired by Melissa de la Cruz’s Best-Selling Novel

Lifetime’s newest drama, Witches of East End, featuring an all-star-cast headlined by Emmy Award-winner Julia Ormond (Temple Grandin, Mad Men), Mädchen Amick (Mad Men, Damages), Jenna Dewan Tatum (American Horror Story) and Rachel Boston (In Plain Sight) as a family of witches living in the secluded seaside town of East Haven, will cast its spell beginning Sunday, October 6, at 10:00pm ET/PT. Also set to star are Eric Winter (The Mentalist), Daniel DiTomasso (CSI), Jason George (Grey’s Anatomy) and Oscar and Golden Globe Award nominee Virginia Madsen (Sideways, Anna Nicole).

Inspired by Melissa de la Cruz’s New York Times best-selling novel, Witches of East End centers on the mysterious Beauchamp family: free-spirited artist Joanna (Ormond) and her two grown daughters, wild-child bartender Freya (Dewan Tatum) and shy librarian Ingrid (Boston), both of whom are unaware that they are gifted (and cursed) with a magical birthright. Freya is recently engaged to the man of her dreams, wealthy playboy Dash Gardiner (Winter), but when she finds herself inexplicably drawn to Dash’s troubled, enigmatic brother Killian (DiTomasso), bizarre occurrences begin to manifest in her life. Meanwhile, Joanna’s long-estranged sister Wendy (Amick) shows up with a warning that could change the Beauchamps’ fate forever, forcing Joanna to reveal to her daughters they are, indeed, immortal witches who possess great untapped powers. With their idyllic small town life now turned upside down, and a formidable and ancient enemy intent on ending the Beauchamp family line, will Freya and Ingrid be able to accept their true potential before it is too late?

Posted by Dustin on 10.06.2013 at 3:14 pm

DROP DEAD DIVA TO RETURN WITH ALL-NEW EPISODES ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6

Guest Stars Rounding Out Season Five Include Emmy® Nominees Illeanna Douglas, Sharon Lawrence and Nancy Grace, SAG Award® Winner Peri Gilpin, SAG Nominee Richard Kind, Tony® Nominee Faith Prince, Jaleel White, Doug Savant, Rebecca Mader, Wally Langham and Jason Kennedy

Cast to Participate in Live Facebook Chat on Sunday, October 13

Lifetime’s critically-acclaimed series Drop Dead Diva returns this fall with five all-new episodes, beginning Sunday, October 6, at 9:00pm ET/PT. Starring Brooke Elliott and Emmy® Award nominee Margaret Cho, the series welcomes Emmy nominated actress Illeana Douglas (Six Feet Under), SAG Award® winner Peri Gilpin (Frasier), SAG nominee Richard Kind (Spin City), Jaleel White (Family Matters), Doug Savant (Desperate Housewives) and Rebecca Mader (Lost) to its guest star roster. The new episodes will also feature returning guests Emmy nominee Sharon Lawrence, Tony Award® nominee Faith Prince, Daytime Emmy nominee Nancy Grace, Wallace “Wally” Langham, Natalie Hall, Annie Ilonzeh and Jason Kennedy, among others, leading to the most shocking season finale in the series’ history. Immediately following Drop Dead Diva’s fall premiere, Lifetime will debut its new drama Witches of East End at 10:00pm ET/PT.

Picking up on this summer’s mid-season finale, Jane (Elliott) defends a former socialite, but her tactics put the firm in financial jeopardy and threatens its very existence. Meanwhile, Owen (Medlin) and Stacy (Bowlby) explore impending parenthood after Owen agrees to be her sperm donor. As the season continues, Grayson’s (Hurst) relationship with Nicole (Ilonzeh) develops further as Paul (Deeley) makes a play to convince Jane to move on and begin dating again. And Teri (Cho), Jane’s faithful assistant, continues to shine while helping her with both work and her ever-complicated personal endeavors.

To celebrate the fall return of the show, select members of the cast and crew, including Executive Producer Josh Berman, Jackson Hurst, April Bowlby, Kate Levering, Justin Deeley and Lex Medlin will participate in a live “Facebook Chat” on Sunday, October 13th, at 8:30pm ET, leading into that evening’s all-new episode. The cast also will be chatting with fans on their personal Facebook pages, as well as Drop Dead Diva’s official Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/dropdeaddiva, which has more than 750,000 likes. In addition, the series’ summer mid-season finale, which originally aired on August 11, is now available for free on iTunes to allow Drop Dead Diva fans to catch up on the program in advance of its October 6 return.

Posted by Dustin on 10.05.2013 at 8:23 pm

The second half of the Beatles tribute episode of “Glee” aired this week. It was prom, and Tina was up for Prom Queen. Mean Santana-Wannabe on the Cheerios wouldn’t have this and wanted Kitty to run, but Kitty promised to support Tina and not run as Tina was graduating this year. She then promised Tina’s nerdy asian friend if she sabotaged Tina, she would be made a Cheerio. As Tina won and took the stage, she was doused with blood “Carrie” style. I don’t know, if the new remake wasn’t coming out, then it would have been okay. However the timing was just too much, it was a “Carrie” overload and I just groaned. I was happy though that Tina won, and that she cleaned herself up and went back out to face the crowd. It’s about time Tina got some attention.

Up in New York, Kurt is now working at the Stardust Cafe (or whatever it’s called) along with Santana and Rachel. Santana is getting serious with her new gal pal (Demi Lovato), but is worried as she’s never been in a real lesbian relationship before. Rachel, Kurt and Santana all promised to stick it out in New York for 2 years (how convenient, the same number of seasons left) and support one another. By the end of the episode Rachel learned she got the part of Fannie in “Funny Girl.”

Like last week, this episode did little for me. I liked that they performed “Sgt. Pepper,” the rest of the songs I could take or leave. Next week is the tribute to Finn’s character, addressing his death. It looks to be very emotional. It will be odd to watch “Glee” without Finn.