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
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I feel the same way when it comes to Sarah and Chuck, I want them to get together and then I don't. That scene in Chuck V the Colonel was a dream come true. and Sarah ditching Brryce to be with Chuck At Ellie's wedding, awwww. And Casey going all soft for Chuck
If I had had to choose between Doll House and TSCC, I'd have chosen the latter. Lets hope Joss gets a chance to shine in a reduced-budget Season 2, but it feels like a hopeless cause. 
Eeeeee! I'm so glad you feel the same way about Chuck and Sarah the will they won't they is the best bit! And like I said I heard the season 3 is gonna be even better for will they won't they I squeed my head off when they got it on in the Colonal. My fave moment remains in the Lethal Weapon and if they can top that I will be a very happy bunny indeed.
You are so preaching to the choir here I'm team TSCC all the way I thought Fox were out of their minds when they Renewed Dollhouse (and even the fans were shocked at that). I did not know season 2 would have a reduced budget but that makes sense. It's going to take a hell of a lot to keep that show on the air and Whedon fans cannot do that alone Dollhouse will need mass appeal and that doesn't seem likely to happen.
"Chore" is a good choice of words for "Dollhouse". I stuck it out and I hope season 2 delivers a payoff. "Heroes" - it was joyless, but I'll probably give it another chance during the next season.
Glad so many of wishes come true. I completely agree with Heroes, I stopped watching around the 7th episode because I just -couldn't- anymore. Sorry Dollhouse was so bad for you, I bought the dvd and found it hard at first. The one unaired eppy (Epitaph One) was so much better than the rest of the season. I hate to say it, but that might even be because Dushku was barely in it. *sigh* I still haven't finished watching the entire season of Chuck (don't kill me! ), but it sounds like the season was great. Also, love your avie! (how in the world do you spell that word???)
I think I'm like the only Chuck fan who doesn't ship Chuck/Sarah. Mostly because I don't care much for Sarah. Don't kill me! I disagree about Dollhouse and Heroes. I think the 2nd half of Dollhouse was really good and I've always thought Heroes was great. Don't watch any of the other shows. Have a great week!
You haven't finished the entire season of Chuck? which one first of second? Well I can only tell you that the show just gets better and better and there are some truely mindblowing moments but you have until March to finish it plenty of time! Haha you mean avatar though I also say icon, it is a good one cos it's so true!
A minion? I'm sure I have no idea what you are talking about..... *shuffles feet*
I do find it very odd when people have no feelings about Chuck/Sarah because it makes up like 50% of the show. And you don't like Sarah? how are you managing to still watch then? 
I know there will always be Heroes fans, hell I was one back in the season 1 and 2 days but it took such a bad turn so fast that I was shocked. I've continued reading reviews and more and more fans are turning off, do you think you will stick it out until the end? I personally have never made such a big u-turn on a show.
we should see more of that in S3. I would like to see more of this so called "Ring" organization, sad to see Bryce go in the end I want S3 now not next March Fringe started off slow for me but got into it around ep 6-7 and the finale, well it lots of questions being asked. Lenord Nimoy should have had more line to say
S3 of Dexter was the weakest IMO but never dull, have you seen the S4 promo for it? it's bloddy awesome
As for Supernatural I'm getting there slowly up-to episode 15 S1. I've got the bank-holiday weekend off so I'm gonna hopefully finish S1 by then and zoom into S2. Nice Blog! Catch you on twitter
I never watched SCC, Heroes, and was only mildly entertained by Dollhouse which I hate to say since I am a devoted Whedonite. LOVED Pushing Daisies--so original and what a feast for the eyes. So whimsical and creative-it's a shame that it is over. Of course I'll keep watching Supernatural, but I think you've probably read my reviews and thoughts about the direction it has taken. I hate to say it, but it is no longer my favorite show, and I barely watch Season 4 re-runs this summer...so disappointing to me...but, that's just my opinion. Holy moly, I've babbled on and written a response quite possibly longer than your blog!!! I'll just be quiet now. **hugs**
Yeah that's a great wish actually I want more Casey centric episodes full stop though I don't know how much a possibility that will be now with a shortened season. I think The Ring story line has the potential to be even better than Fulcrum although I have to admit I am going to miss Fulcrum! I'm just twisted that way. Yep everyone says this about Fringe, myself included, but the great thing is that once it gets going it is amazing, I also think it's one of those shows that perhaps needed to build a foundation in it's first season (I believe JJ Abrams said something to that effect too) this is why I think season 2 is going to be even better. I was also dissappointed with season 3 of Dexter it was actually not a bad season just compared to the first two it lackluster. I've seen the season4 promo yes! it's going to be soo good. Stick with Supernatural I promise you will get a HUGE payoff and then it just becomes compulsive viewing.
Hmm. I guess I'm a Whedonite then. 
Well...it wasn't amazing. But worth watching for me. So I suppose we'll just have different opinions on Dollhouse then. I had this love for Elle on Heroes, but once she was gone, there was no point in watching anymore. Even if it starts to get better next season, I don't think I'm going to start watching again. I've watched every episode of Chuck Season 1, but only about four from season 2 since my music lessons keep overlapping with when it airs. But I'll find time eventually...And does saying Dushku almost ruins some of the scenes she's in make me a bad fangirl? Eep! *hides*
). And the few episodes which I really liked were the ones in which Red John was involved. I love the Rigsby-Van Pelt chemistry/tension/love angle. I don't care about Lisbon. She's just plain boring. No character development? How about no personality? Damn them for killing Bryce. Matthew Bomer dies in a series, again.
You're right! Chuck's been more serial and less stand-alone last season, which is great for us fans. Once the 'will they, won't they' aspect is resolved when two leads finally get together, the relationship gets dull. So hurray for X-Files, Bones, Gilmore Girls for doing a splendid job of having kept the sexual tension and excitement for audiences. More Jeffsterrrrr!! I'm still on the fence on whether Fringe is a good show for me. I love Abrams, but Fringe hasn't had me hooked just yet. But I did find Olivia's character dev towards the end interesting. RIP, TSCC. I wasn't really into it and didn't care much when it got cancelled. I prefer a PD movie too over comics. Dullhouse. 'nuf said. Alpha's the only bright spot in that show. Oh, and Amy Acker too.
Heroes is blah! Dexter season four opener was amazing! I can't wait to see more!
Aw man, we've had this Supernatural discussion before I know I have not read your reviews so what exactly was it that turned you off? For me season 4 ws when Supernatural went from a very good show to a "OMFG this is genius" show. I don't know what your beliefs are or whatever but I am a rationalist, I prefer that term to an athetist but you get what I mean, and I am able to take the religious overtones just as what they are mythological stories, no different to legends about vampires and unicorns. Since demons and hell have been heavily featured in the show since season 1 it only made sense that angels and heaven would come up at some point. Personally I think Supernatural sets the bench mark for series long story arcs and there have been allusions to what was coming up right from the beginning when you go back and have a look, like when Missouri says they are putting crossroads dirt in the bags in "Home" season 1, they are hex bags cept they don't call them that. Don't worry about babbling in my blog, everyone does it, and I am guilty of most of it it's the perfect place after all!
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