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Saturday, Aug 22, 2009

Okay, my DVR went wonky early Friday morning, so I wasn't able to see Royal Pains until today, so here is both Royal Pains and Eureka.

Show: Royal Pains

Episode 11: Nobody's Perfect

Summary: While in New York to learn more about Boris' mysterious disease, Hank discovers the Gardner family is attempting to strip him of his medical license.

Best Quote: Evan: "I'm good. I'm fine. I didn't get my requisite nine hours but I'll survive. So how's Boris' New York pad? I'm picturing, like, a cramped fourth-floor walk up."; Hank: "Yeah, it's a few floors higher than that."; Evan: "That's so funny. In my mind, I'm picturing you in, like, a giant airship being waited on hand and foot and eating, like, a lavish breakfast on fine china."; Hank: You know what Evan? Don't be ridiculous. Anyway, uh, so I've seen Boris."; Evan: "Really? So, how is the old boy? Did he bring his pet shark with him? Oh let me guess. You can't talk about it 'cause of doctor-patient confi-da-da-blah-blah-blah."

Best Evan/Divya moment: My favorite moment with them would have to be near the end when Divya finds that maybe Evan has developed a conscience, and is 'constantly evolving', and she apologizes for thinking Evan was all about the money.

Best dramatic scene: I thought that there were two favorite scenes in this episode for me and they both involve Hank and Boris. The first would have to be when Boris starts to lose his eyesight when he is in Battery Park with his client. The other would have to be when Hank has Boris back at his apartment and is asking for Boris to trust that he knows what he is doing.

Funniest scene: When Divya can't get the last fish hook into the captain and Evan has to do it. The expression on his face was priceless.

Break out Star of the Episode:: In my opinion, it would have to be Evan. He clearly did not want to be the one to stick the fish hook into the captain (seriously, who would want to), but he handled it pretty well (as well as anyone would) and he learned some fundamental lessons in the end.

Special Shout Out: The special shout out goes to Boris. Even though he knows how and with in what time limit he will die, he seems to be handling it very well, well, at least good enough for a very mysterious person.

Show: Eureka

Episode: Shower the People

Summary: Allison's baby shower yield eco-friendly gifts and the discovery of drowned scientists in an area where drowning is impossible.

Best Quote: Allison: "Carter, that water goes everywhere."; Carter: "Yeah, I know. That's why I'm having Dr. Rivers check and maybe she can find out where it's coming from."; Allison: "Well she has the most advanced tracking system on and-";; Carter: "Or yeah, or off the planet, yeah I know."; Allison: "Well we need to figure this out before someone else goes down."; Carter: "Well, I'm trying. [groans]"; Allison: "Is there something wrong?"; Carter: "No I'm- Y-yeah. I'm - I - My back hurts. My ankles are sore. It feels like my organs are up on my lungs. I'm gonna [groans] I don't know how you do it."; Allison: "Well, you just do it. Come on, Henry wants us in there."; Carter: "Let's go for ice cream after."; Allison: "Two scoops."; Carter: "Yup."

Best gizmo/whizbang: The baby monitor had to be my favorite. I was originally going to go with the Diaper Drape, but the question has to be asked. "If the diaper is that great with liquid, how does it handle smells?"

Best Carter/Allison scene: I have always been a die hard Carter/Allison fan, and now that Tess is in Eureka, I am feeling sad that this 'ship may be dying. However, I will always have hope for them. As for my favorite scene, see my favorite quote.

Best dramatic scene. Anything with Henry and Kim 2.0 would fit the bill for best dramatic scene. It hurt for Henry to have to let anything go that reminded him of Kim, but he did in the end. But Kim will always be with him, and he has great friends to turn to.

Break Out Star of the Episode: Fargo. He was awesome as a stand-in medical examiner. That's all I have to say about that.

Special Shout Out: Instead of shouting out to a character, I am going to give this shout out to the actress who portrayed this character. This S.S.O goes to Jamie Ray Newman because I certainly would have been able to do that scene in the tank even with an air tank and being in a transparent water tank.

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Thursday, Aug 20, 2009

Show: Leverage

Episode 6: The Top Hat Show

Summary: The crew squares off against a corrupt corporation that has been marketing tainted food. The scheme team has a trick up its sleeve: They put on a faux magic show in order to slip through the corporation's tight security.

I found this episode had lot of good things about it, so some of my categories will have more than one choice.

Funniest scene: The beginning when they are casing Lilliian Foods and Eliot and Parker nearly get caught.

Hardison and Parker at the magic show. They work well together and they make any scene hilarious.

Eliot tying Hardison to the end of the cable line. I agree with Eliot, he really didn't see that coming?

Breakout Star of the Episode: I would have to say both Parker and Sophie. Parker had to take Sophie's place as the 'assistant'. She had to help Nate with the magic act, something that would normally have been Sophie's job. Sophie was also a breakout star in the episode because she took Parker's place by getting Mr. Price's RFID signal from his badge, and also getting him onto the stage and into the elevator.

Best Action Sequence: There were only two in this episode but I like the action sequence when Eliot had to face the two security guards in the elevator. Especially when they were fighting around the box.

Best Quote: I couldn't find one that I liked, so I picked three. They are all between Hardison and Eliot.

Hardison: "A man, a phone, no limits"; Eliot: "How about 'A man, a phone, no action'? Come on man, you left that out there like a hanging curveball."

Eliot: "How long is this going to take?"; Hardison: "As long as it has to take. You know, I was just pulled up to the ceiling of an elevatorr by my pants, so do not take that tone with me."

Eliot: "Hardison, we got a problem."; Hardison: "What kind of problem?"; Eliot: "They're MRI-ing my pizza, and their stance says 'ex-CIA'."; Hardison: "You can tell someone work for the CIA just from how they stand?"; Eliot: "It's a very distinctive stance!"

Best Part of the Con Itself: Trying to get into the junction room by using Mr. Price's fingerprint and retinal scan showed greast ingenuity on Hardison's part.

Special Shout Out: A special shout out needs to be given to Hardison for taking a few hits for the team. Another shout out needs to be given to Sophie for trying to set Nate up with the client.

That's it for this blog. Tune in on Friday for 'Royal Pains'. Comments are welcome.

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Wednesday, Aug 19, 2009

Okay, I thought I would blog about the season finale of TNT's new medical drama Hawthorne starring Jada Pinkett Smith.

Episode 10: Hello and Goodbye

Summary: Christina comforts her friend David, whose cancer has returned, and tries to bust through red tape to place David in a new trial. Meanwhile, Kelly struggles to bid farewell to a special patient, and Candy springs shocking news on Ray.

From the beginning of the episode we can still see that Christina is still upset over the death of Michael, but maybe the fact that Michael runs away when she calls his name means that Christina must learn to move on.

David is back at Richmond Trinity. However, not for the reason that you may originally think. He is in the hospital getting stitches after skydiving. Christina senses that Tom is hiding something from her and she finds out that David's cancer has returned (Seriously we knew that was too good to be true). Christina tries to get David in a new clinical trial, but Tom's patient gets bumped out of the program. Tom gets truly upset with Christina, telling her that she doesn't care about anyone if she can only get her way and that shecan annoy Morrissey without any 'coverage' from him. Christina is truly upset and she tries to get Tom's patient back into the program, but she ends up having to make a choice: to bump David to get Tom's patient back or to keep David and ruin her friendship with Tom. Christina makes the decision to bump David out of the program. She feels terrible about making promises that she wasn't able to keep. But Davis assures her that he is going to be fine and that she needs to learn to let him go.

Christina does go to apologize to Tom, and she reveals some things to him that she would probably never tell Camille or Amanda. Like the fact that she and Michael were filing for divorce before he got sick, or the fact that she didn't want him to get better because she loved him while he was sick.

The most shocking thing in this episode would have to be Candy leaving for Afghanistan. She is going as a combat nurse for six months. Candy asks for two things when she's gone: for Ray to stop having scraps with the doctors, and for him to date someone.

I thought that the ending was really sweet. Camille got tired of being the buffer between Christina and Amanda and they finally sat down and had an opportunity to do something together. The ending was like the beginning, but with the entire Hawthorne family there to let Michael go. I loved when Tom came out of the light to support Christina. Now, was that a sign or what?

That's it for my first official TV show blog! Tune in tomorrow for my new Leverage blog. Comments are welcome.

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