Hey all! It's been a long time since I have blogged or really done anything on tv.com. Some of you may or may not know that I have a lot of health problems, I actually don't like to talk about it too much. I was diagnosed as having severe Endometriosis via laproscopic surgery (the only way it can be done) nearly 4 years ago. Endometriosis is a disease of the womb and it leaves me in crippling pain. It's also one of those annoying things that there is no cure for and the cause is not known. I also developed a bladder condition a couple of years ago (the doctors are not sure if this is linked to my endo) and for the past few weeks I have been having treatment for this at the hospital. Hence I have been pretty much convalescing. I'd like to send a big thank you out to all the people that occasionally check up on me and
enquire about my health, especially Daria, Bea and Tish who have been very supportive 
The title of my blog is actually something that Daria says and I go along with this mantra too, I cannot be wasting my time with average, or worse, below average shows, so I have dropped some shows this season. Some are old shows and some are new fall shows which I tried and didn't like:
Ditched shows:
Nurse Jackie. Had a great premiere but afterwards dropped significantly in quality and was very inconsistant.Watched whole season.
Dollhouse. Was really bad to start and got only a little better as the show went on. Poor acting, poor
writing, poorly conceieved. Watched whole first season and second season premiere.
Sanctuary. Had a few good episodes but got bogged down in a rather convoluted mythology with a few plot holes. Watched whole first season and second season premiere.
Modern Family. Was only amusing to me and I think a comedy should be more than just amusing. The "mockumentry" format also adds nothing and makes the show seem pretty forced. Watched three episodes.
Eastwick. Was crap. I don't have any other reason than that. Watched the pilot only.
Bored to Death. Gotta be the least funny "comedy" I have ever seen in my life. Also what sort of egomanic does a show creator have to be to give the main character their exact name? Very lame. Watched first two episodes.
Cougar Town. Too much shouting, not enough funny. You can do better than this Courtney Cox. Watched first two episodes.
So with those ditched shows here is what my fall schedule looks like (as per when they are broadcast in the US)
Monday: NOTHING. so boring. ugh
Tuesday: AGAIN NOTHING!
Wednesday: Glee
Thursday: Supernatural, Fringe, Community, The Mentalist, FlashForward (airs mondays in the UK but I normally miss it so d/l anyway)
Friday: Peepshow (in the UK, 1 episode left)
Saturday: NOTHING
Sunday: Dexter, Mad Men, The Simpsons
My schedule is actually pretty sparse, but I'd
rather watch a few very good shows than loads of crap shows.
Other than those shows I am also catching up on some old shows: Battlestar Galactica, In Treatment season 2 and The 4400 (not the best of shows, but hasn't been
offensively bad... a few bad storylines though....Plus I like doing actor spotting. There are a few actors from Supernatural for example)
Which reminds me, Daria has been pestering me to finish my blog game (which is gonna be a TV verison of "six degrees") I can't promise when this will be done but I am going to be working on it
Tomorrow is my birthday I don't have any major plans, I'm going to be taking it easy and seeing my family. I might do something later in the week when I am feeling better.
Jodie
Remember the mid-season wishlist I made back in January? click Well now we'll go back and see which of my wishes came true. (I would have done this sooner if it wasn't for tv.com obliterating the blogs.) Needless to say this contains spoilers if you are not up to date with the shows I am discussing.
The Mentalist
Wish -More Red John: The Red John trail was picked up again in the last episode for the first time since the pilot. I don't want Jane to catch him this season though I'm enjoying the cat and mouse chase between them and Jane's promises to kill him. I do want Jane to get close though as in "Red John's Friends".
Did it come true? YES! The Red John story line did not make a return until the season finale "Red John's footsteps" which as the title suggests was a Red John centric episode. Jane came within a hair's bredth of Red John but did not catch him.
Wish -More Rigsby and Van Pelt: So they can't date ay? I want this to come up again because I get the feeling that Van Pelt actually does like Rigsby.
Did it come true? YES! In episode 16 "Bloodshot" Jane tells Van Pelt that Rigsby loves her and suggests that she is attracted to him but she is emotionly shutdown because of a past trauma. Rigsby and Van Pelt then almost share a kiss after he has been beaten up by the guy she was dating (who turned out to be the bomer). And in episode 18 "Russet Potatoes" Rigsby kisses Van Pelt whilst under hypnosis.
Wish -More Lisbon: There have been little clues about agent Lisbon; her mum was killed in a car crash she says but we know she is not close to the brother since Jane ascertained that she spent Thanksgiving alone rather than with him, I'm intrigued I want to know more.
Did it come true? NO. One of my biggest complaints about this show was the lack of character development (and indeed for this reason I am doubtful I will continue to watch). To my knowledge there were no major advancements in the delevopment of Lisbon.
Wish -More Cho!: I know next to nothing about agent Cho. Can we get a little background?
Did it come true? NO. I still know next to nothing about Cho there was some allusion to his mother trying to find him a wife I think but that was it. Very disappointed.
Chuck
Wish -Bryce Larkin comes back: Bryce has to come back again to stir things up before the end of the season!
Did it come true? Yes! Bryce makes a return in the amazing season finale "Chuck Versus The Ring". It is revealed that Stephan Bartowski entrusted Bryce with the Intersect to send to Chuck and now that Chuck has the Intersect out of his head Bryce is supposed to get the Intersect upgrade but is unfortunatly killed 
so the responsiblity once again falls to Chuck to redownload the Intersect into his brain and we all know the result of that!
Wish -More Fulcrum: Ooo Fulcrum have got so close to discovering Chuck is the Intersect haven't they? (well they did) More of the same please 
Did it come true? YES. Just a BIT! The Fulcrum situation was INTENSE to say the least. In episode 13 "Chuck Versus The Suburbs" Chuck has the Fulcrum "dark Intersect" downloaded into his brain which then kicks off a continuous and mythos heavy story arc (the only interruptions being the standalones "Chuck Versus the Best Friend" which was broadcast in the wrong place due an Obama press conference and episode 18 "Chuck Versus the Broken Heart" which guest starred Tricia Helfer).
In episodes 15 and 16 the team is asissted by British agent Cole Barker to try stop Fulcrum buliding their own Intersect and Chuck discovers a man named "Orion" is behind the Intersect. He is contacted by Orion in Episode 17 but Orion is killed by Fulcrum which hardens Chuck's resolve to get the Intersect out of his head and we discover he has been doing his own investigations (AMAZING scene IMO). Chuck meets his father in episode 19 and learns that he is in fact Orion! and the fight against Fulcrum continues from episode 19-22. With Fulcrums Intersect being distroyed in episode 21 "Chuck Versus the Colonal" and Fulcrum ringleader Ted Roark is killed by a member of Casey's team in Episode 22, who turns out to be part of group called "The Ring", which is even more powerful than Fulcrum and so ends Fulcrums reign of terror.
Wish -More "Mom, it's JohnnyBoy.": Yeah the softer side of John Casey! I know it's in there 
Did it come true? It took a while but YES! Casey is a complete basterd most of the way through episode 21 "Chuck Versus The Colonal" when he is promoted to Colonel to apprehend Chuck and Sarah who have gone AWOL. Casey later meets Chuck and Sarah trying to rescue Chuck's dad and says that he is disappointed that they didn't ask him to join them (*squee!*) and the team is back together again! And let's not forget Casey playing wedding planner in the season finale!
Wish -More Chuck/Sarah: That's right I'm a shameless Chuck/Sarah shipper! But who the bloody hell isn't????
Did it come true? HELL, HELL YESSSSS! So many moments! Valentines day awkwardness and domestic bliss in "Chuck Versus the Suburbs", Chuck tells Sarah he loves he (in a round about way) in "Chuck Versus The Lethal Weapon" FYI my fave Chuck/Sarah moment!, and of course Chuck and Sarah smexing it up in "Chuck Versus The Colonal". Bliss!
Wish -It's an oxymoron but... Chuck and Sarah not getting together: I want Chuck and Sarah to get together eventually but it shouldn't be by the end of the season surely?
Did it come true? YES and THEN SOME! Ships should never be plain sailing should they? Chuck has a rival for Sarah affections in Cole Barker, and then Sarah is fired for getting too close to Chuck in "Chuck Versus the Broken Heart" the result being that she becomes more distant from Chuck. Jill stirs things up again when Chuck must pretend to be engaged to her in "Chuck Versus The First Kill", and in the finale it seems like Sarah is going to leave with Bryce but she declines to go with him at Ellie and Awesomes wedding. Some people don't like the "will they won't they" aspect of the show but I live for it! And season 3 is going to be even more complicated! Agh!
Wish -Viva Buymoreia!: Fulcrum KNOW that something is going down at the Buy More and that Casey and Sarah are protecting someone... does that mean Chuck has to leave?? I hope not!
Did it come true? YES! In "Chuck Versus the Predator" Chuck is contacted at the Buy More by Orion who promises to send a secure super computer for them to communticate on except Jeff and Lester manage to get their hands on it before Chuck and almost destroy the Beverly Hills branch of the Buy More. In "Chuck Versus the Dream job" Chuck gets a taste of the life he could have had by going undercover as himself to work at Roark Industries, Morgan then discovers via Lester and Jeff that Chuck is "cheating" on the Buy More. Chuck loses his job at RI trying to stop the launch of the Roark operating system and thus returns to his (relatively) sedate life at the Buy More.
Fringe
Wish -William Bell... PLEASE: Uh so we still haven't been able to see him? Can't we at least get mysterious back shot a la smoking man????
Did it come true? YES! Finally! in the the season finale Olivia manages to secure a meeting with Willim Bell except it seems like he's stood her up but the by way the the blue lights we've been seeing all season she ends up in the multiverse (in the World Trade Center of all places) and we get about 5 seconds of Leonard Nimoy introducing himself as Willian Bell. Short and sweet and did the job
Wish -More Olivia development: Olivia is becoming more and more interesting to me each episode and I hope this reaches a fever pitch now that she has been kidnapped.
Did it come true? HELLS YEAH! Olivia is not just central to the story being told in Fringe but pivotal it turns out. In episode 14 "Ability" Olivia is set a bizarre test by David Robert Jones, she has to turn off a grid of small lights just with her mind. She conspires with Peter to trick Jones into thinking she has passed so that he will tell her the location of a bomb. Jones Tells Olivia that she was treated with a drug called cortexiphan as a child but she doesn't believe him. When Olivia and her team arrive at location of the bomb Jones has planted it has the same series of lights as the test. Olivia decides to stay to shut it off with her mind and she succeeds. (though she thinks it's a trick).
In episode 17 "Bad Dreams" Olivia dreams about some horiffic murders which she discovers really happened. Olivia and Peter discover that a man called Nick Lane is behind the murders and he is hyperempathic meaning that people around him are directly affected by his mood. It also turns out that Nick and Olivia were both born in Jacksonville Florida and he refers to her as "Olive". It is also revealed that they were in the same drug trials together. At the end of the episode Walter watches an old tape he has found and on it he is telling a little girl called Olive who is cowering in the corner with what look like scorch marks around her, that istwasn't her fault. Wow!
Wish -More Walter: YES PLEASE! He's so funny!
Did it come true? YES! Far too many monments for me to name but the guy is a legend
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Wish -Sarah finally finds out what this "three dots" thing is: They've been dragging this out haven't they?
Did it come true? YES! They dragged this out all the way until the mindblowinly amazing season (series *sob*) finale. The three dots was the same configuration of lights on "The Turk" computer (now John Henry).
Wish -Cameron/Riley showdown: A proper one this time please not that pansy one they had in the fall finale.
Did it come true? YES! and to amazing effect. In episode 17 "Ourselves Alone" Cameron is having technical issues she accidently kills a bird with her hand which is spazzing out for some reason. She tries to fix her hand. She later has a very tense confrontation with Riley in the garage and her hand is still twitching, Riley knows what she is and it seems like Cameron is going to kill her as they have a heated discussion only to be interrupted by John. Riley leaves and John ask Cameron if she was going to kill her Cameron says she doesn't know but that Riley is a threat to John.
Wish -Rileys game is up: This has to happen SOON.
Did it come true? Yes! Again, in episode 17, Riley attacks Jesse in her hotel room. Riley has worked out that Jesse wanted Riley to turn John against Cameron by having Cameron kill her. Jesse kills Riley. I felt kinda sorry for Riley in the end but she had to die.
Wish -Derek/Jesse showdown: Please let Derek find out what Jesse is about!
Did it come true? Yes! In episode 19 "Today Is The Day (2)" Derek and Jesse have a huge confrontation in the underground car park as she is leaving and Derek shoots her as she's running away but it's not really clear whether he killed her.
Wish -Ellison wakes up and smells the coffee: Heres a simple equation Ellison, ZeiraCorp + John Henry= Skynet + Judgement Day!
Did it come true? YES! Though it took right up until the season finale for this to happen. Ellison realises the truth Weaver reveals her true identity in order to protect John and Sarah from on coming Skynet rocket attack she transforms herself into a huge metal shield.
Pushing Daisies
Wish -AIR THE LAST THREE EPISODES GODDAMNIT!!!!: As if they haven't done enough ABC are now withholding the last three episodes? for what reason? Wankers!! 
Did it come true? Yes, but no thanks to ABC... the last three episodes were shown here in the UK May thanks to ITV but not until July in America. Boooo ABC!
Wish -Please, please pick this show up in some capacity *sob*: preferably a movie...
Did it come true? No! Well a little bit ... we now know there will be a Pushing Daisies comic and that Bryan Fuller has a movie planned out but no one has bought the movie yet.
Dollhouse
Wish -Season picks up: I've read pretty mixed reviews for the pilot so I hope the season gets better as it goes on a la Fringe.
Did it come true? No whilst there certainly were major improvements the season definately did not become compulsive viewing and it felt like a chore to watch towards the end. I continued watching to the end in the hopes that there would be a huge pay off but alas no.
Heroes
Wish -Fugitives is better... The only way is up right? The show has added two new writers Bryan Fuller and a Battlestar Galactica writer whose name escapes me right now. Fuller has created a part especially for Pushing Daisies alumni Swoosie Kurtz... Now just add a man with the power to bring the dead back to life... and a girl called Chuck..
Did it come true? No. I stopped watching Heroes cos it was so bad and reports were that it just got worse and worse and the ratings continued to nose dive. How this got an early renewal when Chuck was on the bubble for so long I'll never know (see my Chuck V Heroes blog for my thoughts on THAT 
). Not only that but Bryan Fuller jumped ship before the end of the season. Good for him!
I will write a Fall season wish list with in the next couple of weeks I'm such a TV fiend now that there will be more shows on my list plus new show premieres. The shows whose returns I am squeeing the most about are Supernatural, Dexter and Fringe. As Chuck is not back until March (damn you NBC) it will be included my mid season wish list next year.
Jodie
Yesterday Misha Collins tweeted that he is coming to London in November for an event called Collectormania Yes London where I live. Yes Misha Collins of yogurt, nakedness and (to a lesser extent) Supernatural fame.
*squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!*
(I'm being totally calm and not acting fangirlish in any way. Of course )
So wrong yet so very very hot.... 
I'm gonna have to pursude my friends to go with me (and also pursade them to watch Supernatural since none of them do. They are lame like that). If any of you guys could make it to London too that would be awesome!
OK I've composed myself now (a little) So a couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting Bea (emma5000) and her boyfriend Ueli when they came to London on holiday. We had Chinese food and then went to a pub and had booze. We had a very extensive conversation about TV and hot TV men (we made Ueli avert his ears for that part). I had a great time! Bea is lovely in person and we got to totally geek out about TV shows! My favorite thing to do!
That's Bea on the left and me on the right
I have not watched this weeks True Blood yet so don't you be telling me any spoilers! Last weeks so soooooooo good though, seriously that show takes me on such an emotional high I have to "come down" after every episode. I do that by watching something else normally In Treatment. You cannot have too much Michelle Forbes IMO I've also majorly got into HBO's new show Hung. It's so good
so funny and so deliciously clever! I highly recommend you watch it!
Hugs!
Jodie
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