Posted by Dustin on 04.03.2013 at 7:35 pm

So with “Body of Proof” finally reviving the story of Megan’s father’s suicide, I’m loving it. I’ve even adapted to the new guy Tommy. Megan’s mom gave her a trunk of her father’s belongings, in it was a suicide note she found and hid for all these years. Megan had Tommy analyze it to see if it was really her father’s handwriting. She refuses to believe her dad committed suicide.

Tommy found out that while the handwriting was a match, analysts believe it was written under duress. He cautioned Megan that being suicidal also fits the profile of being under duress. Megan isn’t convinced though. It sounds like her father was probably forced to write the letter. I’m beginning to wonder how much Megan’s mom really knows about what happened and is covering it up? Was her father involved in illegal activities? Was he investigating them? Something is fishy, as Megan’s mom has never let her exhume and examine her father.

Otherwise, I’ve really enjoyed the murder story-lines going on as well. The love thing between Megan and Tommy? Eh . . . Word has it that ABC is probably going to renew only this show or “Nashville.” As much as I also love “Nashville,” I think I’d rather see Body of Proof come back. “Nashville” seems to just be stuck, and hasn’t been all that exciting as of late. Hopefully tonights show will bring the excitement.

Posted by Dustin on 04.02.2013 at 7:39 pm

So this post recaps the highlights of the last two episodes, along with my thoughts on some of the twists and turns along the way.

Sheriff Romero, aka Sheriff Guyliner, has been up Norma’s ass over Keith’s disappearance. They found his abandoned car nearby the hotel, and he’s gone MIA. He’s sure Norma had something to do with his disappearance. Meanwhile Norma’s eldest son Dylan from her first marriage showed up and blackmailed his way into staying with his mom, who doesn’t like him or his attitude. Dylan said he’s sure the cops would love to know how things between her and her now dead second husband really were, and maybe they’d even start to ask questions as to what really happened to him. I knew it, I knew she probably killed him. Even Dylan thinks foul play was involved. Dylan also is not a fan of Norma and Norma’s bizzarre relationship. He thinks Norman lets Norma control him far too much, and thinks Norma is too fond of her son.

Norman shared the creepy sex diary he found with Jenna, who took it and used the internet to translate it. She found out that it was about an asian sex slave ring, and that when one of the girls died the others were forced to bury them in the woods near a cabin. She recognized some mountain monument in the background, so she convinced Norman to go on a hike to see if this book was real or fake. When they found the cabin in the woods, she realized there really could be dead asian girls buried out there. Later they linked the diary with room 4, which is where Norman found the diary. It looks like it was written and hidden by one of the girls who was kept chained in room 4. Jenna wanted to go to the cops, but Norman refused, because he and his mom were in enough trouble with them.

Norman ended up blacking out and passing out in the middle of a test at school. He was taken to the hospital, and Norma acted very strange when she was asked about his medical history and if he’d ever passed out before like this. Hmmmm, very strange! Is she even his mother? I wonder . . . Meanwhile as Norman was in the hospital, Sheriff Guyliner and Deputy Shelby showed up with a search warrant for Norma’s house. When Norman got home he found out Keith’s belt, which he kept and cleverly hid under his bed, which was in plain sight since his bed sheets didn’t go to the floor, was gone. Norma freaked on him, wondering why he’d keep that . . . what’s wrong with him? Norman wondered what’s wrong with him too.

Meanwhile Dylan got a new job, guarding secret pot fields out in the forest with some other guys. It turns out many of the more prominent families in town run the operation, and that this is what keeps the town afloat. My guess is somehow Dylan is going to get mixed up with the asian sex slave mystery since he’s out in those creepy woods. While talking about his family with one of the guys, he mentioned his mom and half-brother came from Arizona, and before that his mom lived in Colorado or Missouri or somewhere. One of the guys found it odd that he seems to know very little about his own mother’s past. Hmmmmm . . . . I’m thinking Norma has a past mystery of her own before the death of her most recent husband. Dylan also mentioned he hadn’t seen or heard from his own dad in years . . . . Is he as dead as Norma’s second husband?

Elsewhere Norma had to cozy up to Deputy Shelby to figure out what the cops knew. She learned he had spotted and taken the belt, he wanted to protect Norma. Norma knew she’d basically have to put out to keep him shut up. Later she told Norman about Shelby and the belt. That night Norman woke up and found Norma sitting next to him on his bed. She told him that the belt was at Shelby’s house, he got them in this mess, so he had to go get that belt. However what we soon learned was Norma never talked to Norman, it was all in his head. In an almost daze Norman headed to Shelby’s house and broke in to search for the belt. He found a locked basement, and when he found the keys and went down there he found a weird disco play room and then an asian woman locked in a bedroom. She grabbed him and begged him to help her! At that moment Shelby came home, with Norman in the basement with the woman.

Next week from the previews Norma goes to check out the basement and finds nothing, it’s empty. Was the woman there, or is Norman just crazy and seeing things? We know he imagined his mom talking to him in this episode, which makes me now wonder how many other conversations between Norma and Norman were even real?

Posted by Dustin on 04.02.2013 at 10:51 am

I got caught up on “Revolution” last night and still don’t know why I’m bothering to watch this show as it just infuriates me. Also I can’t believe this got saved, when other shows got canceled.

After spending half the season trying to find and save Danny, the show went and killed him off. What ?!?! Seriously !?!? Worse yet, they tried to make his death this heroic sacrifice because he destroyed the pendant and Monroe’s amplifier. Too bad the next week he had another one and a new amplifier thanks to his new friend Ronald (or Roland or something).

This week we learned Monroe’s new friend was Rachel’s old boss and secretary at the Department of Defense. His son was killed fighting in Kabul, and he wanted to teach those terrorists a lesson. Rachel, her husband and others worked on a secret project. It seems the project was a virus to blackout certain cities or areas of the world, and they were going to use it for the war. I guess the pendants were so that we could have power in select machines and bomb the hell out of other countries? They didn’t really explain everything. Something must have gone wrong, because it blacked out the whole world.

DOD dude has now rounded up Grace and another guy Rachel went to for help, but he really needs Rachel to finish things for him. He wants to turn the power back on, but only for Monroe. He wants to select who has and who doesn’t have power, so we don’t misuse it again. He’s trying to get into “The Tower,” which seems to be the old DOD headquarters and where everything went down and went wrong. Rachel is now on a quest to get in there first and turn the power on for all.

I’m actually annoyed at the explanation for why the power went out. It seems it was all one grief stricken father on a power trip?

Posted by Dustin on 04.01.2013 at 12:34 pm

So ever since the big take-over of the hospital got resolved, the show has been in a little bit of a slump. The shows haven’t been bad by any means, but I feel like they also haven’t been overly exciting or pushing stories forward much. They have set up a few teases, but it seems now we have to wait until the season comes to an end in May for anymore big storylines and bombs to be dropped.

Alex is still in love with his intern Jo, madly in love with her, but she’s dating who he’s nicknamed “Dr. Douchebag.” For once I feel for Alex and am on his side. I’m sure though he’ll do something to screw things up.

Jackson and April had a moment this week in the lastest episode, even though they are both dating others. It was enough to see the spark was still there. I’m rooting for these two, but I know it probably won’t be an easy road back together. I will admit I do like April’s new guy, but I don’t like the intern Jackson is dating at all.

Meredith has been worried about her baby a lot, but has found out that all the tests show her son is perfectly healthy and normal. By the end of this episode she then went back to worrying about herself and Zola. She wanted Zola genomapped by Bailey to find out if there is anything she should know about her, and she wanted to be genomapped to see if she was going to come down with Alzheimers. I’m thinking nothing good will come of this!

Finally Brookes and Ross are now fighting with one another over Derek. Ross didn’t want to be off Derek’s service, Brookes wanted on it. Derek realized Ross had to go through the rotations and experience all the doctors and hospital had to offer. Ross however thinks Brookes has sabotaged him. Lay off Brookes, she’s my favorite!

Posted by Dustin on 03.31.2013 at 6:37 pm

Spoilers for both shows below the jump. I’ll update the “Army Wives” spoilers soon with longer descriptions when I get them.

Sneak Peaks before the full blown spoilers . . .

On “Army Wives,” Gloria moves on with a new man, Maggie faces tension from Eddie’s daughter Caroline, the group works to raise money for a memorial garden for Claudia Joy, Brooke Shields joins the show and butts heads with Michael.

On “Client List,” Selena and the new male masseuse Derek seem to have chemistry, Riley remembers a long forgotten dream, Evan continues in the the police academy and grows close to a fellow cadette Shelby, Kyle remains in jail and winds up in trouble for fighting, Riley and Evan part ways!

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Posted by Dustin on 03.31.2013 at 6:01 pm

So I was really shocked to find I actually liked this week’s episode of “Smash.” I’ve gotten to the point where I somewhat have lost interest in the show. Not only did I like it, I even felt I could tolerate that other musical going on in the show. Actually I found I liked it better than “Bombshell” because Tom became such drivel as a director.

In a nutshell, this week’s episode centered on Tom and Derek both facing directing problems. Derek was getting resistance from Jimmy with the too flashy and too Broadway changes he wanted to make to “Hit List.” Meanwhile Tom was being a pushover, letting his actors walk all over him and trying to make changes to bring his old boyfriend Neil back to the show.

Ivy has unfortunately gone to being a tolerable character who I even felt bad for again, back to being the star of “Bombshell” and a full fledged diva. It didn’t take her long to get back there. I was a bit disappointed by that. What she doesn’t know is that to get good press, Eileen has convinced Ivy’s mom to come out of retirement and take a part in the show. Oh boy, I can’t wait to see Bernadette Peters back and outshining Ivy! She will fume. By the end of the show Tom did at least find some balls and take control back. Neil is pissed as he’s out of the show, and feels Tom wronged him. In a way Tom did, but I think Neil also used Tom at the same time to try and get back in.

Meanwhile over at “Hit List,” Derek had to learn to let go, of his insane control issues as well as let go of Karen. Karen and Jimmy finally got together in this episode, but I wouldn’t count Derek out of the picture just yet. Though I’m wondering if Derek will end up with Julia? Or will Julia end up with the producer of “Hit List” that she has a checkered past with and screwed over?

Posted by Dustin on 03.29.2013 at 7:29 pm

It seems like it’s been forever since there was a new “Nashville” episode. Geesh! These constant 3 week hiatuses every 2-3 weeks are getting to be show killers.

Anyway, Gunnar was still feeling guilty over his brother’s death. Making things worse, the cops weren’t making it a priority. They viewed him as an ex-con who broke his parole, was in the wrong part of town, and probably got himself killed while up to no good. Gunnar spiraled into a drunken pity party, and later had to be stopped by Deacon and Scarlett from getting himself killed trying to investigate on his own. He depression caused him to not show up for his and Scarlett’s meeting with Rayna and her music company for her new label. She put Scarlett on without him, and in the end she got a solo contract. Oh dear, this probably means trouble for their budding romantic relationship.

Scarlett’s old other half Avery was unfortunately likable in this episode. The guy he signed a deal with (Wycliff Jean) basically decided to take his music in the direction he saw fit, which was electronic dub-step. Avery didn’t want this at all. He stole all his master tapes, burned them, then returned his advance and car and walked away. He pretty much flushed his career down the toilet too, as Wycliff said he’d make sure nobody worked with him. Why did the show make me have to actually like him in this episode? Though personally I think that song was a lot better than his country music . . . .

Deacon was trying to adjust to life with his new dog that Juliette gave him. Through the dog he met a new vet in town, who hated country music with a passion. However they clicked and hit the sheets. Later he asked her on a proper date, though it’s only a matter of time before he’s back in bed with Rayna. Colton called him out on how he never got over her, which is why he’s never committed to a girl. He’s still waiting for Rayna. At this point we are all waiting for him and Rayna to get it on.

Colton took Teddy’s offer to be deputy mayor, and together they screwed Rayna’s daddy out of his new stadium deal. Oh Teddy, you are going to pay for that! Rayna and Teddy are trying to be civil with one another, trading off weeks out the house. I say to hell with that! Rayna’s money paid for everything, let Teddy get his own damn place. The two did come together when Maddie got hurt after she snuck off to see an impromptu Juliette Barnes concert that got out of hand.

Finally Juliette and her mom and her mom’s new sober companion/therapist made inroads with one another. She asked her mom to come on tour with her, and invited the guy with them. Yeah it won’t be long before he’s in her bed!

Posted by Dustin on 03.28.2013 at 8:10 pm

This week’s episode was as explosive as the explosion that rocked Christopher’s oil rig and Haris’s mama “accidentally” falling down the steps. The whole episode took place almost exclusively at the hospital, as mama was rushed there along with everyone on the rig.

Everyone faired well after the explosion, everyone but Pamela. She was in distress and the best option was to take the babies in order to save Pamela’s life. However she wanted the babies saved over her, and legally Christopher was still her husband and could make the decision if something happened to her. Pamela’s mom Afton showed up, and nobody was glad to see her back. She wanted Pamela saved, but Christopher told the doctors to try and save both Pamela and the kids if they could.

Meanwhile Emma got busy with Elana’s brother this week, after getting busy with Christopher last week. Dang gurl, slow down otherwise you’re gunna end up on an episode of Maury Pauvich! She later made her way to the hospital to find out about the Ewings, where she also ran into her dad and learned about her grandma.

Grandma Ryland tried to make a deal with Harris, she’d forgive him for what he did if he could mend fences with Emma and bring her back to them. Later though she turned on him and told Emma that her father pushed her, he was trying to kill her! She said she needed her help, she’d leave her everything, the whole company. Emma thought her grandma was just trying to screw her dad over and took his side! But she still wasn’t ready to forgive him. By the end of the episode grandma found herself being drugged and escorted away by an ambulance . . . to be locked up in an old folks home most likely.

Some organization called TESHA, an environmental impact organization, was investigating the explosion on the rig to see if the Ewings were at fault. Sue Ellen reached out to an old friend to see what he could find out. This was guest star Lee Majors, who seems poised to be a new love interest for her. Oh and she’s still throwing back those drinks! By the end of the episode he learned that TESHA seemed to have evidence pointing to sabotage. She told John Ross and Christopher. John Ross immediately suspected Barnes, saying JR predicted this. Christopher refused to believe he’d do that with Pamela on board. Also Barnes wants to own Ewing, so why make it worthless? John Ross realized that was the plan, devalue the company to the point he can buy it.

Just at this point Pamela, who was in good condition as were the babies, went into distress. The show ended as we saw both heartbeats of the twins flatline on a fetale monitor . . . . Oh no! Something tells me that this loss might actually cause more issues than if the babies had lived. I can see it bringing Christopher and Pamela back together . . .

Next week it looks like the Ewings have another problem to deal with, as a new player in the game emerges and means business. Steven Weber joins the show as the Governor of Texas and he is unfortunately on Barnes and Harris’ side!

Posted by Dustin on 03.26.2013 at 8:11 pm

The latest episode of “Army Wives” served to be a bonding moment for the new wives, and the ascension of Denise and Jackie’s roles in a way.

Denise is taking care of the Burton kids while Roland is at John Hopkins. David befriends Maggie and Latasha’s son’s ant school, and they all get into trouble for making a makeshift bomb on the playground out of an MRE, and have to do a project together. This brings them, as well as Maggie and Latasha to Denise’s house one evening.

That evening the news comes out that there is an explosion at the base in Afghanistan. Kevin had just returned to the field too! Jackie high tales it to Denise’s house, and eventually Gloria (worried about Hector) and Holly (worried about her husband, played by Jessie McCartney) show up as well.

All the girls sit around and talk. Denise basically becomes the new Claudia Joy of the group, and Jackie assumes Denises old role. Of course this is ironic as Jackie is technically Claudia Joy and the head of the FRG now that CJ is gone. My guess is it won’t be long before Denise is appointed her co-chair. Denise takes their minds off the news and gets them all to tell how they met their spouses. This all helps the new tribe bond.

Michael meanwhile is working to find out the truth for everyone, and Maggie’s husband Eddie is assigned to work with him. We knew he had gotten himself into some kind of trouble before, which is why he didn’t want to make waves about the housing situation. We learned a little more about that this week. Michael noted at his old base he was a rank higher, what happened? Eddie didn’t want to talk too much about it yet, but said it involved his ex-wife. We learned she had some issues, and he took this job to move their daughter away from her basically, even with a downgraded rank.

By the end of the episode none of the tribe had lost any spouses, a suicide bomber blew himself up. A lot of misinformation made it around the net and the news. The girls bonded, and Jackie got Maggie and Eddie into a house finally. They became Latasha’s next door neighbors. So it’s a redux of Pamela and Roxie in a way, though Holly is the new Roxie and Maggie is more Pamela’s type.

To be honest, Maggie is the only one of the new wives I actually have warmed up to and feel an attachment to. She definitely reminds me of Pamela a lot. I think that is why I like her.

Posted by Dustin on 03.26.2013 at 7:30 pm

So this week’s “Once Upon A Time” is the last show for three whole weeks . . . . Nooooo! I felt like I had a lot more questions by the end than answers, and I wasn’t a fan of the ending at all. This show served to answer the major question “What happened to August/Pinocchio after the curse broke” and also gave us his back story.

To start with, we knew that August knew who Emma and Neil were, though Neil didn’t know who Emma was. He blackmailed Neil into leaving Emma by confronting him with his real identity. This all eventually forced her to go back to Storybook in time to break the curse. August had been bad for way too long, and he has started to turn to wood even then. So what he did was to save himself as much as break the curse. He told Neil when the curse was broken, he’d let him know . . . because obviously that meant Rumple/Gold would be coming for him most likely.

Neil returned to town with his fiance Tamara, who with is honest with about his roots, the town and magic. Color her shocked, but as we soon learn, not really. Tamara has a long sordid past with August. She was initially involved with him when he started turning wooden, and he confided in her about himself and magic. She claimed she had cancer and was dying, which turned out to be a lie. She used him to try and get to magic, and he used her to try and get a cure from a magician known as “The Dragon.” They basically both double crossed each other, but Tamara had the last laugh as she got the cure from him and then promptly killed “The Dragon.” Or so we think? Is he really dead? My guess is probably not.

Who is “The Dragon” and where is he from? That was not told to us. He was presented as an old man, but warned Tamara she had not seen his true form. He was about to transform when he realized she was after his magic. That’s when she zapped him with a stun gun. We know he’s not from the Enchanted Realm, as he would have been stuck in Storybrook with the others. We know there are other worlds out there, Wonderland and Victor Frankenstien’s world for example. He clearly is from another dimension or world is my guess. I’m sure the writers will bring him back when we least expect it and explain his world.

Tamara, who becomes obsessed with magic, ends up trailing August and this is how she finds out about Neil and latches onto him! She seems to have become a magic junkie, and Neil unknowingly leads her right to Storybrook in good time.

Meanwhile in the present Snow goes off to shoot her bow and arrow in the woods and finds August now living in a camper. This leads to a reunion with Gepetto and the revelation to Snow and Charming that magic cabinet/tree could hold two, but he did not tell them so he could send his son through. She slaps him, then apologizes for that. However he feels he did deserve it. Snow thinks it’s another sign of her blackening heart.

Meanwhile Tamara meets August too, and he puts two and two together about her. She tries to get rid of him by telling him she’s cured of cancer (which she eventually admits she never had) and she still has some of “The Dragons” potion. All he has to do is leave town to get it . . . and never come back. August does consider this, but eventually returns to stop her, and she promptly kills him with the stun gun too.

At this point Emma and the others find a dying piece of wood that was August. He tries to warn them, but dies first. Henry realizes he was selfless, brave and true . . . just like in the story. The Blue Fairy is summoned to try and save him. She is able to term him back into a real boy, but he literally becomes a boy again. He also has no memory of Tamara and what she did.

The show ends with Snow confiding to Charming about her black heart. He however sees things differently than she does. He thinks people can change, and she is not destined to become like Regina or Cora. Meanwhile Tamara goes to meet the real man she’s in love with, “The Stranger” who we learned about in the last episode. Yup, they are a couple and together! Though for all he knows, she is using him too on her quest for magic. We know he’s been obsessed with finding Storybrook and his father again. He did confront Regina in this episode, who claimed his father left long ago . . . LIES!

I have to say I’m unhappy we’ve lost adult August. He was nice to look at, and I liked his chemistry with Emma. As this is a fairytale, she’s probably destined to be with Neil in the end.

The next episode will introduce us to a new hero, Robin Hood. Is he from the Enchanted Realm, or are we opening another door to another world here?