[ForVanAngel]

Mr. Sunshine: Season 1, Episode 1

Just watched the new ABC-comedy from and with Matthew Perry and I liked it. I laughed a lot, I like the characters after only seeing a 20 minute pilot, I like the humor, I think this could become a really good comedy show, someone told me that the ratings were really great, so I'll recommend this show to anyone who thinks Matthew Perry could be funny, he's not also an executive producer, he kinda invented the show. And if that are not enough reasons to make you watch this show, take a look at this magazine cover (no spoilers!).

http://cdn.buzznet.com/media/jj1/201...agazine-01.jpg

And for those people who have watched it, of course as expected, deserved, requested or not my review. That I unfortunately have to translate into English, so don't complain, I'm doing a hell of a work only for you folks (and to improve my English writing skills ). If somebody finds some horrible mistakes, please do not hesitate to correct me, I'm still learning.

Spoiler:

„Are you one of the players? No, what I do is much better: I’m in charge of the entire arena.” Okay, as mentioned, Matthew Perry is one of the executive producers of the show and I think he invented it / it's his idea. “I can get a lot done in 8 minutes and 13 seconds.” He's not really Mr. Sunshine, he's Ben Donovan, who today is more or less celebration his 40th birthday - do I see a midlife crises coming? Yeah, and there is Blitz erm I mean Hurley, no, it's the "great" Jorge Garcia, yeah! Boss Crystal: „I think you’ve already taken the pill.“ Yeah, I think you did. “Clowns terrify me”. Yeah, not a fan of them either. “The Himalayas are in Asia, right? Get me an asian kid.” I liked Crystal Coen from beginning, he's a bit crazy, superficial, fast and much talking and she has a strange son, Ben has the honour to take care of him. And there he was, sitting in his office, a bit overweight and a bit damaged by his mother. But at least „he likes boats and maifa movies“. Oh yay, I hope he stays that stupid, he could really become a gag-goldmine. I liked the moment, where Ben's female friend Alice walked into the office and started to talk and talked on and on, without noticing Roman laughing his ass off behind her. Matt has the honour to pre-read the speech of Crystal. „I don’t think you should open with >>Yay, black kids<<.“ Crystal: “You’re young. What are you? 31? 32?” Ben: “I’m 40.” Alice later broke up with Ben - on his birthday - that was a bit mean, but: „No one is the answer for you, because you only think about yourself.“ And she was absolutey right, because Ben later said “I don’t care about any other than myself.” I think that is a great quality for the lead actor of a comedy show. Then Crystal's speech was shown, mean, how she ignored and not mentioned that she has a son - she could impossible have not noticed him sitting in the audience. And she started singing, oh lord, what a crazy woman, I changed my mind: She didn't take her pills. That didn't stop her from getting the award. „I’m crazy high right now.“ Just now? One of the best moments happend just seconds after that, when the icehacking clowns with axes rushed in and Crystal not only dropped a child () but ran away screaming. The ending was sweet, Ben realized that his not caring about nothing and nobody hadn't done him well, he apologized to Alice and ask her if she wanted to be his friend. That was a nice moment, cos she just had dumped him for his collegue Alonso - on his 40th birthday. Since Alice is the marketing director of the company, we will see her again in the next episodes, that's supposed to be fun. And at the end we learn, that the child-dropping thingy was not the first scandal Crystal did, she destroyed the boat of the mayor and something else I can't remember, at least with a little bit of money the newspaper changed the picture and made Crystal look good on the cover. I really like Crystal, though I don't like her for not caring for her son at all, I'm sad for Roman somehow. Nice last scene with Alonso. "There's an elephant in the room." Yes, there was.

As I said I liked this pilot, and it was only the pilot. I'm not really that good with comedy, darn many sitcoms and comedies really annoy me, make me angry or just bore me, but this one got my thumbs up from the beginning. I like the cast, I like the humour, the atmosphere was good, I'm looking forward to next week.

Originally Posted by 'Tos (View Post) Randomness Added you to the OP, ForVanAngel. Let me know if you want anything changed. Quite a list! Jack & Bobby..aw. Gosh, I loved that show. And I just watched Freaks & Geeks earlier this year for the first time. Amazing show. Like most amazing shows, it didn't last all that long.

Hey, that's really nice of you! Sure, I'd let you know, but this raking is kinda fixed at the moment, cos it take some time that I watch a whole season, and if I did and if something changed, then of course I'll let you know.

Yeah, yeah, I'm addicted to this television show stuff. I was so lucky, that I could watch "Jack & Bobby". Interesting thing. Some years ago I just was zapping thru the channels. And then it hit me: What the heck are Mike Erwin (Colin, Everwood) and Jessica Paré (Lost & Delirious) doing on the same programme? Of course I watched it and found out that it was a television show. Oh boi, did I like it! Also John Slattery (Roger Sterling from "Mad Men") had a role and Bradley Cooper as well, and Logan Lerman got kinda famous when he played the title role of "Percy Jackson" 5 years later. That's all I know for the moment. Oh, and J&B was a Greg Berlanti show. And of course I hated that they canceled it after one season. Same with F&G and "MSCL" - last one was a mixture of bad ratings (or to tell you the truth: Freaking ABC decided cos MSCL had many highly controversal topics like kids drinking and a gay teenager, that they just let it battle against audience laughed shows from other stations, of course they couldn't win, and Claire Danes decided that she'd rather pursue her film career than playing Angela Chase gain. Now that's it for now, I've to watch F&G sometime, cos I only have seen the 2nd half on tv, and watched the funny pilot some time ago, but I didn't make it to episode 2, due to my ever tight tv-programmes schedule, you know how hard that can be.

['Tos]

Community

Not a great episode, but Abed/Troy brought it. Asking out the librarian together was awesome, especially her saying this was the cutest thing that has ever happened to her and them high-fiving each other. And tacos being in the briefcase, always nice. And Troy dancing and Abed monotoning "Go. Go. Go."

Other than that, didn't really miss Shirley not being in much of the episode, agreed with the guy yelling for Annie and Britta to kiss (What? If Annie is into it, why can't I be??), and Jeff's "I love you guys" was sweet.

Parks & Recreation

Would have been the perfect episode for Dave to return. Wish he did, because the other cops were not funny. At all. But the reference to him was great. I still ship Dave/Leslie. Sorry Adam Scott, you're a nice character, but you're not Louis CK.

I kind of hate how abruptly the relationships end on this show. Wendy and Ron juuust started. Tom and his girl juuuust started. I guess if the long term relationships are anything like Ann/Mark, though, I should stop complaining about that.

Loved April/Chris working together. The "Great Job" post it note followed by April's "Help!" was great. And library hate is always welcome. Same with interventions. And the Jerry hate was actually hilarious for once tonight, mostly because he randomly went to the wedding shower.

*Ron on TV tape* "Hello Ron, it's Ron." *Andy smiles widely in joy*

Mr. Sunshine

Glad that you liked it, ForVanAngel. Thanks for your thoughts. Anyone know if they're repeating the first episode at all anytime soon? I'd like to check it out soon. Even just for Matthew Perry.

Randomness

Originally Posted by ForVanAngel Yeah, yeah, I'm addicted to this television show stuff.

I never would have guessed from the long list of favourite shows!

I was so lucky, that I could watch "Jack & Bobby". Interesting thing. Some years ago I just was zapping thru the channels. And then it hit me: What the heck are Mike Erwin (Colin, Everwood) and Jessica Paré (Lost & Delirious) doing on the same programme? Of course I watched it and found out that it was a television show. Oh boi, did I like it! Also John Slattery (Roger Sterling from "Mad Men") had a role and Bradley Cooper as well, and Logan Lerman got kinda famous when he played the title role of "Percy Jackson" 5 years later. That's all I know for the moment. Oh, and J&B was a Greg Berlanti show. And of course I hated that they canceled it after one season.

Amazing cast. I really do miss it sometimes. Not as much as Everwood, but still. It was a different kind of show. Ambitious. Maybe too ambitious for people to connect to it. But I sure connected to it.

I've to watch F&G sometime, cos I only have seen the 2nd half on tv, and watched the funny pilot some time ago, but I didn't make it to episode 2, due to my ever tight tv-programmes schedule, you know how hard that can be.

Oh! Yes, you have to watch the first half. I like the earlier episodes a ton. But I can imagine it would be hard for you, heh.

[ForVanAngel]

Originally Posted by 'Tos (View Post) Community Parks & Recreation

Argh, he is watching two of those shows I have on my "have to watch" list. I'll watch "Community" soon. And for P&R: I had not the biggest interest, despite Chris Pratt. That may sounds mean, but ya know, can't watch everything and so on, I think he's a nice actor, but not the best. Anyway, I just stumbled upon a hilarious promo clip with new cast member Rob Lowe (of course I know him from B&S), and that made me wanna watch the show. Hilarious short vid, if you haven't seen it, you can watch it here.

Originally Posted by 'Tos (View Post) Mr. Sunshine Glad that you liked it, ForVanAngel. Thanks for your thoughts. Anyone know if they're repeating the first episode at all anytime soon? I'd like to check it out soon. Even just for Matthew Perry.

You're welcome. Then I'm waiting to hear your thoughts, I think you will like it, it's nothing great, but just a nice, fun show. BTW: The ratings for the first episode were really great: 10,57 million viewers on a Wednesday, the news I read says, that it was the best rating for a 9:30-Wednesday-slot since the premiere of "Cougar Town" back in 2009. So that's great news, I'm happy, you could also call me Mr. Sunshine.

Originally Posted by 'Tos (View Post) Randomness I never would have guessed from the long list of favourite shows!

Yay, I always want to be unpredictable, so mission accomplished.

Originally Posted by 'Tos (View Post) Amazing cast. I really do miss it sometimes. Not as much as Everwood, but still. It was a different kind of show. Ambitious. Maybe too ambitious for people to connect to it. But I sure connected to it.

Yeah, I think J&B had some good qualities, I like(d) the 2 brothers, but that was not the real focus of the show, there was the mother who was policitically involved and often very strict to their boys (remember the pilot: Bobby wants a television, but ends up with a piano? ), think it's absolutely not a show for the masses, cos it got a very serious tone to it. And I could understand if a viewer had problems with the character Jack (played by Matt Long), let's be honest: He's kinda arrogant, and doesn't really care about his brother, fights with his mother, acts kinda cool - not that I don't like him, but he's not that cool as other teenagers are on screen.

Originally Posted by 'Tos (View Post) Oh! Yes, you have to watch the first half. I like the earlier episodes a ton. But I can imagine it would be hard for you, heh.

I really tried, but I won't squeeze it in. There will be a time when I can watch it in one piece. Also really cool, that James Franco has really become a great and successfull actor (looking forward to see both "127 hours" and "Howl") and of course it'll be fun to see Busy Phillips again, I've just seen her as the really lovely Audrey on "Dawson's Creek" - but that'll definitely change, laughed a lot about her über-tough attitude on "F&G".


Today is Friday, so I'll plan on watching: MITM, Home Improvement, Parenthood, Maybe Skins UK, TBBT and Outsourced. But I can watch it on both Friday and Saturday, cos there are no more new episodes this weekend. And the best thing: Just found out, that my second future wife (maybe if Emily is not available ) Julie Gonzalo scored a leading role on the remake of "Dallas", along with Jesse Metcalf. That's really, really great for me, Julie only had a small role on "Veronica Mars", a supporting role on "Eli Stone" - now she's there where she deserves to be. And I think I really like Mr. Patrick J. Rush, he's the casting director of shows like The O.C., Men In Trees, but also Dawson's Creek and ... wait for it ... Everwood. YAY! Now you can definitely call me Mr. Sunshine.

[Dolfan13]

Community

So, where do you guys think they're going with Pierce's storyline? I like the whole group and would honestly miss any of them if they left but it seems like that's the route they're going with him this season. They've really turned him evil (especially lately) and I guess this

Spoiler:

ODing incident

will either lead to him leaving or being a more sympathetic character.

[ForVanAngel]

Malcolm In The Middle: Season 4, Episode 4

The best episode of this season, though it was not much better nor great, but I had a lot of fun. Stevie had to stay with the Wilkersons. Because Malcolm wanted to date Alison, he took the kinda advice of his brother Reese and turned stupid - that was fun, cos now Malcolm was happier than ever, had a lot of fun - but just acted stupid. But it worked, he got the girl. That was cool, in the end he lost her to Reese, but Alison is not a big loss, she was really slow in the head, like a human Zombie. But I also liked the other plot, where Hal won a thousand dollars in the lottery and bought instead of putting the money in a college fund for Dewey a stem roller - and boy had he fun destroying stuff. Too much fun, it became an addiction, he didn't sleep anymore nor go to work. That was fun too. Francis was okay, but Otto is such a stupid fool, how could he buy sunscreen for cows, I mean, what the heck?


QUOTES:

Lois to Stevie: „It’s so nice to have a boy in the house who’s not a regular monster.”

Malcolm to Reese: „I can’t even have a normal conversation without screwing it up.“

Lois to Stevie: „Sure Hawaii is great, but we’re having fun right here.“

Malcolms askes Reese: “How do you do that? How do you go through your life without worrying that bad things are gonna happen?”

Malcolm to Alison: „School is for sucker, it’s just a skam thought up by parents so they can stay at home all day and party hardy.“

Dewey to Hal: „Can I squash Reese’s bike?“

Stevie to Malcolm: “You’re turning into Reese.”

Hal to Dewey: „Even since I got the steam-roller, I don’t have to sleep. It’s like the laws of nature don’t apply to me.”

"FBI = Federal Booby Inspector."

Hal: „Get away from me son, I don’t want you to see my like this.“ Dewey: “Dad, you have to stop.” Hal: “I can’t.” Luckily Dewey could stop his dad anyway.



Home Improvement: Season 3, Episode 9

It was not the best episode of this great season, but it was a nice one, I had fun, I laughed a lot. The story was a bit weak, grandma gave the boys to money, Jill suggested they should invest it, Tim bought with them a signed miniature car which of course the boys destroyed later. It was nicely done how Jill and Tim made fun of them in the end by faking a call from an investor, who wanted to pay 700 $ for the 140 $ car - but the car was half-destroyed, what the boys couldn't admit. And of course it was fun how Tim kinda fell of the construction site and landed more or less safe into a small toilet.


QUOTES:

Tim to Jill: „Why do you always get mad at me when you talk to your mother?“

Tim: „They keep it in mint condition, it doubles it’s price.“ But it was already too late.

Tim explained to Jill how the purchase happened: „We grunted, drooled, bought.“

Tim: „I’ve got a child inside of me.“

['Tos]

Originally Posted by Dolfan13 (View Post) Community So, where do you guys think they're going with Pierce's storyline? I like the whole group and would honestly miss any of them if they left but it seems like that's the route they're going with him this season. They've really turned him evil (especially lately) and I guess this Spoiler: ODing incident will either lead to him leaving or being a more sympathetic character.

Good question. This show is so hard to predict. I feel like they're going somewhere with the Pierce stuff, but they may end up going in a completely random direction in the end. Also, I heard that this episode was actually supposed to be before last week's evil episode, so who knows what if anything is going to happen.

Have you been able to catch up on more of your shows now, or are you still needing to catch up?

Parks & Recreation

ForVanAngel, I think you'll be really surprised to see Chris Pratt on the show. He's really different from Bright. Just pure comedy. Rob Lowe doesn't show up until the end of S2, but I hope you'd like it until he shows up. It's really funny and cute and sweet.

Randomness

Yay, I always want to be unpredictable, so mission accomplished.

You sure did accomplish that.

Yeah, I think J&B had some good qualities, I like(d) the 2 brothers, but that was not the real focus of the show, there was the mother who was policitically involved and often very strict to their boys (remember the pilot: Bobby wants a television, but ends up with a piano? ), think it's absolutely not a show for the masses, cos it got a very serious tone to it. And I could understand if a viewer had problems with the character Jack (played by Matt Long), let's be honest: He's kinda arrogant, and doesn't really care about his brother, fights with his mother, acts kinda cool - not that I don't like him, but he's not that cool as other teenagers are on screen.

Yeah, I was always more of a Bobby fan than a Jack fan, but I always thought I was in the minority. I think a lot of viewers liked Jack most.

And woah! You are watching a TON of shows today! Hope you enjoy.

Originally Posted by Mr.Sunshine And the best thing: Just found out, that my second future wife (maybe if Emily is not available ) Julie Gonzalo scored a leading role on the remake of "Dallas", along with Jesse Metcalf. That's really, really great for me, Julie only had a small role on "Veronica Mars", a supporting role on "Eli Stone" - now she's there where she deserves to be.

Oh, she was cuuute on Eli Stone. My future wife (I think she might be married, which is going to make things awkward...) Zooey Deschanel got a leading role on a TV show too. Unfortunately the TV show sounds terrible...but it's Zooey, so I'll have to watch!

[ForVanAngel]

Parenthood: Season 2, Episode 15

Yes, that was it, that was awesome, that was just the best episode of this show ever, 10/10 - they really touched me, 1.000.000 emotions, great storylines, NBC just HAS to give it a 3rd season!

Spoiler:

I liked the whole episode, we had 3 great storylines, we had only 1 scene with Joel and Julia (I really like the characters, but they had boring storylines too often). Where shall I start? I take the easiest storyline first! Haddie met Alex in the park, she moved out from home, but that didn't make her happy cos Alex wasn't interesting in beeing her boyfriend behind the back of her parents. Luckily Camille advised her granddaughter to return home what Haddie did. It was so great when the door opened and Haddie came in and the family was so happy again, what a moment. Goosebumps! Then they finally talked, the parents allowed Haddie to see Alex, just twice a week and with a lot of conditions, but I think that's only fair, Haddie's just 16, so that's just a great solution for the whole family, they don't trust Alex one hundred percent yet, but it can only get better. First step: The family played basketball with Alex on the court - what should I say to something like that? Honestly? That's just freaking amazing, that's the best television can get, WOW, WOW and WOW, shivers!

Then the 2nd storyline, it started out normal, Jasmine made an apointment with the reverent of her mother's church. It was just supposed to be a talk about her relationship but it unfortunately turned out to be really sad. First Jasmine answered all the question and didn't even give Crosby any chance to tell his opinion on things, then they drew a picture of the future - Jasmine a happy family with 4 childen, Crosby of course only one with Jabbar. „Is there anything else about my wedding date that you guys changed?“ Then the drama began, Jasmine and her mom planned the whole wedding on their on, they changed the wedding date without even asking Crosby. I really could feel how Crosby felt, left out, overran. „The woman’s I’m engaged to is never going to let me make a single decision.“ Then Crosby talked with Adam, who at first wasn't really interested in his brother's problems, then told him: „You have to give a little to get a llittle.“ Crosby went home and "talked" to Jasmine. ”I can’t marry someone who will not let me make any decisions.” “My ideas don’t even exist.” Yeah, that's of course true, as we could see, BUT: Jasmine had a point of her own! If she wouldn't take care of everything, if she wouldn't be so tough, if she would let Crosby do things, nothings would get done! As we know, Crosby is not that responsible, not that quick, not that cool with Jabbar or relationship stuff - come on the guy lived on a boat until he was 30+ and had never thought about having children - so I couldn't blame her for telling him that, because he made it look like she was the evil wife and he the poor Crosby who wasn't allowed to speak up for himself. But the fight got really, really ugly, it hurt to watch them fight like this, it was horrible (but great acted!), if I didn't know better, I wouldn't bet a single cent on their relationship, not to mention a possible wedding. Of course Crosby was furious and left the house, really ugly how things turned out. But there's on little tiny positive aspect: At least they told each other how they felt before they got married! Just imagine what would've happened, if they got married and then Crosby found out, that he wasn't happy? Now they are just a couple, they can decide what they want and if it doesn't work out they can go seperate ways. That's the little good thing.

And I also really, really loved the 3rd story, it was about Drue (finally he got much screentime! ), who called his father and met with him behind Sarah's back, what of course made her really mad. Father and musician Seth was played by the great John Corbett, who I'd seen as a cool music teacher in "Raise Your Voice". And did a hell of a job, I wrote that "he wasn't only Rock 'N' Roll on stage". Oh no, he really was fantastic. At first it was tough to really believe that this nice man should be a former junkie, but later it got clear. I really liked how Seth wanted to go to Seth's concert, but Amber stopped him, he had to tell Sarah about his plan, but she got so mad, cos she knows what Seth did, how he left her alone, maybe endangered the kids, and she wanted to protect them. Of course. Lauren Graham was so awesome, I really love her, but that was just beyond love, she played so great, yeah, she showed so many emotions. I liked how she visited Seth in his hotel room and asked him straight in the face: "Do you still take drugs?" That was really so emotional, very touching! Zeek was angry at first, cos his daughter wanted to talk to Seth. Great moment, when Sarah then allowed Drue to go to the concert and Amber said she wanted to drive her brother. The concert was realy nice, I was a bit sad, that Amber couldn't talk to Seth or show him even a smile, but as she mentioned before, she experienced the fights at home and of course that's why she's still mad at her ad, though she doesn't hate him anymore.

All in all an awesome episode, so much emotions, so much drama, so great fights, so depressiv somtimes, but also so good, cos the fights were not in vain, they were necessary. The casting is brillant, the actors do such an amazing job, I love them all. Since the 5th season of "Brothers & Sisters" ist just boring the most time, "Parenthood" really rocks on an almost always constant high level!

Originally Posted by 'Tos (View Post) Parks & Recreation ForVanAngel, I think you'll be really surprised to see Chris Pratt on the show. He's really different from Bright. Just pure comedy. Rob Lowe doesn't show up until the end of S2, but I hope you'd like it until he shows up. It's really funny and cute and sweet.

Yeah, yeah, I'll give it a try, think after May would be time for me, now I just have the current US-season, I'll watch 1 new episode almost every day, so I won't start a new show now. But when I've finished Malcolm I'll give it a try - after Community of course.

Originally Posted by 'Tos (View Post) Randomness You sure did accomplish that.

That was my secret evil plan right from the beginning.

Originally Posted by 'Tos (View Post) And woah! You are watching a TON of shows today! Hope you enjoy.

The night is young, my canadian friend, now it's time for some TBBT laughter and then my work for today is done. Tomorrow is another day. Today I found a thread that deeply disturbed me, but let's play some cross-threading, read it and then you know why I'm feeling a bit helpless atm. Here!!! But I'll make it, don't worry.

[The Crow]

After I DVR Smallville and Supernatural tonight, I'll have a ton of TV to catch up on. Let's see, there's V, Royal Pains, The Vampire Diaries, 2 episodes of Nikita, 2 episodes of Smallville, 7 episodes of Supernatural, Community, Mr Sunshine, Off the Map, Modern Family, Being Human, and Pretty Little Liars. It won't happen tonight, but I'm going to try to watch all that this weekend given the time.

[jediwands]

Alan, the episodes you have on your plate would take me one month to complete.

I haven't even watched Chuck from Monday night (long story why) and I hope to get that done by tomorrow. My list for the weekend is Chuck, 1.06, maybe also 1.07 if I'm lucky of FNL, and that's a lot for me, Lol.

Looking forward to your thoughts on PLL.

[everwoodfan52]

ForVanAngel, you have some task ahead of you!
By the way, please remind me what your first name is..


Alan, I have been watching Royal Pains as well...usually late at night when it's repeated during the week. Good show.
Has Fairly Legal grown on you? I don't care for it.

[ForVanAngel]

The Big Bang Theory: Season 4, Episode 15

Oh well, that was an kinda average episode, some nice gags, but I didn't like the plot. They can do much better. Maybe Chuck Lorre used just a TAAHM script that was lying around because of the production pause. I don't know that was no good episode, they can do better, even in season 4 they had many better episodes than this boring one.

Spoiler:

Today, the 4 boys had to attend a fundraiser event to collect money for the university and new machines. But Sheldon didn't go first. Then there was a creppy old woman who had fun to make fun of the nervous scientists, that was okay. But later Sheldon appeared after Amy told him, that his well deserved money could go to other departments. Later the old creepy woman hit on Leonard and at the end he slept with her. „I’m not going to sleep with her.“ Yes, he did. Sheldon: „This will be your only chance to make a real contribution to science.“ And these two lines were funny: Penny: “Good morning ****.” Sheldon: “I’m so proud of you.” Now Sheldon had big plannings for turning Sheldon into a gigolo to let him raise money by sleeping with old rich women. Creepy thought. “I’m not crazy – my mother had me tested.” Yeah, yeah, we know. That was it, it was a slow episode with a boring plot and only a handfull of nice gags. Hope next week's episode is better again.

Originally Posted by everwoodfan52 (View Post) ForVanAngel, you have some task ahead of you! By the way, please remind me what your first name is..

Yeah, I know. And now I'm feeling a lot of pressure. My first name is "For". Nah, you can call me Matt or Matthew if you like.

Originally Posted by The Crow (View Post) After I DVR Smallville and Supernatural tonight, I'll have a ton of TV to catch up on. Let's see, there's V, Royal Pains, The Vampire Diaries, 2 episodes of Nikita, 2 episodes of Smallville, 7 episodes of Supernatural, Community, Mr Sunshine, Off the Map, Modern Family, Being Human, and Pretty Little Liars. It won't happen tonight, but I'm going to try to watch all that this weekend given the time.

Yay, that sounds great. Freaks among each other. Though I don't watch any of those you do, I'll give you an advice: Watch everything as soon as possible. I've got a list where I write down what I have left to watch and then I watch it and I can see if I have to do it the same day or could wait for another day. But 7 episodes of "Supernatural"? Oh lord, that's a hard one. Oh, of course I watched "Mr. Sunshine"! If you do this in one night, then, erm, you'll get a medal of honour. I'm planning to watch "Nikita", but I'll do it in 3-4 weeks after the season ended. Cos I can't watch everything that'll too much for me, so I've also put "Lights Out" on hold to watch it after the season finale and hopefully they'll give it a second season - that's also one more reason for me to wait with "Nikita". Okay, then I wish you good luck, watch as much as you can, that's what weekends are for.

Tomorrow - or let's say today (it's after midnight in Europe ^^), I'll watch my usual MITM and Home Improvement, and then I've got only Skins UK left and then I'm free for the weekend with the latest us-episodes.

[ForVanAngel]

The Wonder Years: Season 3, Episode 18

Nice episodes about father Jack having to pay taxes, of course he wasn't in a good mood today. Kevin had to right his obituary for school and Norma was nervous and sad cos of the accident that happend on spaceship Apollo 13. All in all not much story, but it was nice to watch and it had some fun moments, when I imagined, if Jack maybe could kill Norma with his hedge cutter, cos she lost the tax receipts and he could've gone to jail. „Your mom would never lose those receipts.“ But the end was alright, though Norma and America was still worried if the astronauts would return safe to earth.

[Louisa C]

I've only seen a few episodes of The Big Bang Theory, but it's always managed to make me laugh. I saw the one where Sheldon's room-mate vetting process is discussed & it was pretty hysterical. Plus I love that the room-mate contract is referred back to in other episodes & it's so like Sheldon to have covered every scientific development that might happen one day. How anyone accepted to live with him is just beyond me, but then we'd have no show!
I saw one where Leonard was dating a female scientist & they couldn't agree which scientific theories they'd teach their potential children and it was comparable to a cross-denominational/mixed faith union. Leonard's my favourite of the guys, as he's the only one who seems to have any common sense & is actually quite attractive in my eyes. It's a shame he couldn't agree to disagree with the girl he was dating, as she'd have been a good female character. I love Penny though, she's brilliant! One of the eps I saw her in had her getting addicted to a role-playing fantasy game & the guys had to stage an intervention. She was also in an episode where Sheldon's worried about his mortality so creates a robot Sheldon that he controls via a laptop on his bed & Penny sings the Fluffy Kitty song which was really funny!
I saw Black Swan yesterday & I found it quite disturbing. I jumped a couple of times and there was a sequence towards the end where I had my hands over my eyes for quite a while. Great acting all round, but not a film I'll be watching again! I had to see Tangled after it to feel normal again... I think Tangled has recaptured that old Disney movie feeling, as it had a kickass heroine & an interesting prince with a personality and actual flaws, plus brilliant sidekicks & some funny and heart-breaking moments. I really liked the songs too, again a nice mix of happy (Rapunzel being outside for the first time), funny (I have a dream is amusing) & poignant/tender (lantern scene song in the boat). I felt that The Princess & The Frog came close to getting the old Disney vibe, but there was something missing.

[The Crow]

So, last night I made a dent in the list, watching both episodes of Smallville, The Vampire Diaries, Royal Pains, Community, Mr. Sunshine, and Modern Family. Thoughts below.

Smallville

This final season has really been much better than I expected. Although much of first episode back was a blatant 'Matrix' rip-off, I allowed it because I was so happy to see Chloe. She was a major part of the episode, and she was totally bad-ass in it. The fight between her and Black Canary wasn't the most awesome thing ever, but I loved seeing Chloe get to do something besides talk authoritatively and type on a keyboard.

The latest episode wasn't as good, but it was still good overall. When Clark's mom decides to return to the scene, she does it with a literal bang as she is nearly assassinated by Alexander (Lex's clone) using Kryptonite bullets. That wasn't enough to stop her from being sorta awesome throughout the episode, from smacking some sense into her thick-headed son to threatening alterna-Lionel in his own home. Nice.

Plus, I just read the most awesome thing: Michael Rosenbaum has finally agreed to come back for the series finale. It was looking like he wasn't gonna do it for a long time, and I was a bit disappointed. Luckily he apparently changed his mind.

Royal Pains

It was great to see Jim Gaffigan again. I've missed him on my TV since he quit My Boys. I liked seeing Evan all atwitter and super-prepared because of the upcoming storm, and I loved the fact that Hank didn't want him to know that his 'disaster bag' actually came in handy. Also, we got the indication that 'Jank,' as Evan put it, is back on, which I totally support. I couldn't stand Emily Peck, and although Hank can get on my nerves too, Jill seems to like him, so who am I to judge?

Surprisingly, I've almost totally put away my shippery feelings for Evan and Divya. I still don't want her to move to London, but I like Paige so much, and she's so good for Evan, that I don't want them to break up. On the other hand, she's way too good for Evan (although so is Divya), so I'm sure they eventually will.

Modern Family

Nice episode. Loved it when Phil went to the wrong room, and I laughed and laughed at the song at the end, and at Claire's 'am I a bad parent' thing. Funny stuff.

Mr. Sunshine

I wanted to love this. I really did. I love Matthew Perry. I like Andrea Anders (Alice) and James Lesure (Alonzo) too. I find Nate Torrance amusing, and of course I loves me some Jorge Garcia...but I just didn't laugh much during the half hour. In fact, the only time I did laugh was when Matthew Perry's boss threw the child at the clowns and ran out of the room. That was hilarious.

Of course, I can see potential in the show, so I'm gonna watch at least a few more episodes.

The Vampire Diaries

This continues to be a show that pretty much never lets me down. Nearly every episode brings some sort of revelation or other such general awesomeness, and this one was no different. Between Elijah's rescue of Damon and Stefan's protection of Elena, the werewolf population of Mystic Falls is seriously thinned out, and when Tyler and Jules leave at the end, I'm guessing it's nonexistent.

Also, we finally got a Bonnie/Jeremy kiss, after Bonnie got some knowledge dropped on her by Caroline. We found out that Elijah was planning for Elena to die all along, and what's worse is she knew it. We got to see Damon get some of his own torturing medicine, and we got to see what I think is the beginning of the process of Jenna and Matt finding out about all the supernatural hijinks going on in town. Tyler's little heart to heart with Matt seems like a nice little push to get them back together, and I can't see her getting back with Matt without being honest about herself. Also, I think that Jonathan's words got to Jenna. You could see it at the end of the episode when she was talking with Alaric. Hopefully she'll finally be in the know soon too.

Community

Decent episode. Not the best, but funny. I'm getting tired of Jeff backsliding into his 'leave me alone because I'm too cool for you' attitude whenever the storyline needs it, so hopefully his love texts at the end signify the end of that happening. I'm interested in seeing where they are going with this Pierce thing.

Hands down the best part of the episode was the whole Britta lesbian thing. I loved the looks on everyone's faces when the two women made out on the dance floor, and I loved the little fight between Britta and the woman afterwards. Plus, I laughed a lot when Britta and Annie hugged and someone yelled 'Kiss her!' and Annie started to lean in to do it.

Originally Posted by Betty Alan, I have been watching Royal Pains as well...usually late at night when it's repeated during the week. Good show. Has Fairly Legal grown on you? I don't care for it.

No. I completely dropped that show. I started watching the third episode, and when she came out and 'sassily' helped out her neighbor I just turned it off. I love Sarah Shahi, and I hate the show. USA marathons everything eventually, so maybe I'll check the show out again when that happens, but as it stands now, Fairly Legal just isn't for me.

Originally Posted by Michelle I haven't even watched Chuck from Monday night (long story why) and I hope to get that done by tomorrow. My list for the weekend is Chuck, 1.06, maybe also 1.07 if I'm lucky of FNL, and that's a lot for me, Lol.

I think you're really going to like Chuck. I look forward to your thoughts on that one.

I kinda envy you experiencing these FNL episodes for the first time. I rewatched the first three seasons in the week before the finale, and it just completely rekindled my insane love for the show, especially watching the almost perfect first season again. 1.06 is where I thought the season really kicked off into overdrive, so enjoy.

Season one has a bunch of my favorite FNL episodes of all time in it, and you are hitting a stretch that contains pretty much all of them: 1.09, 1.11, 1.15-1.17, and probably second or third on my list of all time faves: 1.20 (Mud Bowl).

[ForVanAngel]

Malcolm In The Middle: Season 4, Episode 5

Yes, another fun episode! It started really ugly, when Lois dropped the roast on the floor and then put it back in the pot. But Dewey having seen this, he just said: „Give Reese a slice from the fuzzy side and I didn’t see a thing.” A big part of this episode consisted of Reese and Malcolm playing hoaxes to each other, that was really funny. The finale was alos great, when the boys met on the cart-track(?) and then crashed into each other. But though they were wrapped in bandages when the returned home, they still kept fighting on. Argh, so stupid boys. I also liked how Hal desperately tried to find a comic book for Malcolm's birthday, but the guys from the comic book store just made fun of him. Then he asked Craig for help, but you know what the family did to Craig, so he had to mention that, and Hal had to drive him around for the whole day, just to make him help him. I really liked when Craig showed up in the store, he made such a cool entrance and defeated those mean comic nerds. The francis plot was not that great, but it was nice. There was a cow running amok and Otto was really afraid. But there was a simple solution: „You’re going to be milked.“ Oh lord, and I forgot what Dewey did: Though it was said, that Lois and Hal forgot his threater performance, he sang so beautiful, I really loved it. It was a really good episode, I laughed a lot, season 4 seems to be (much) better than the disappointing 3rd one!


QUOTES:


Reese to Malcolm: “If you can be vicious, I can be smart.”

Final showdown on the cart track. Malcolm to Reese: „It ends here! I don’t care about the money, I don’t care about my birthday, I don’t care about your safety or mine. I don’t care about anything except making you SUFFER!!!”

Francis to Otto: „We’re not running away from a cow.“

Francis: „From now on, I’’m lactose intolerant.“



Home Improvement: Season 3, Episode 10

Yay, I simply loved this episode! It was the best episode until now and of course the best episode of the really great season 3. Today it was thanksgiving. The tool time was great, Tim in a really good mood and of course I also loved the men's bathroom, so freaking good, it had a tv-screen behind the mirror, a lying closet, a fridge, a telephone and football sopa - really awesome. But I also really like Tim's idea of a special family thanksgiving photo for the Taylor postcards, that was fun, how the boys had to dress up like elves and the sexy legfree christmas dress that Jill wore was just darn sexy. And I also enjoyd the thanksgiving dinner, great that Tim was so thankful for his family, friends and wife. Great finish with the nice picture - and much snow falling down.


QUOTES:

Jill: “This pictures are going out to my family. I don’t want them to know how we really are.”

Tim: „You all now my assistent Al „It’s my potty and I cry If I want to“ Borland.“

Randy: „You can’t make your kid be an elf, there’s gotta be a law.“

Jill to you know who: „You’re so deluted.“

Tim: I think big.“

Wilson to Tim: „There’s a fine line between genius and madness.“

Jill to Tim: „I love him more today than I did when I married him.“



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Originally Posted by The Crow (View Post) So, last night I made a dent in the list, watching both episodes of Smallville, The Vampire Diaries, Royal Pains, Community, Mr. Sunshine, and Modern Family. Thoughts below.

Wohoooo! Now you're my personal hero! But the day is long, I've got 3 more episodes ahead (TWY / Skins UK / Outsourced) and then my work for today is done - maybe I could watch a movie again. Oh lord, movies, when was the last time I could manage to watch one.

Originally Posted by The Crow (View Post) Mr. Sunshine I wanted to love this. I really did. I love Matthew Perry. I like Andrea Anders (Alice) and James Lesure (Alonzo) too. I find Nate Torrance amusing, and of course I loves me some Jorge Garcia...but I just didn't laugh much during the half hour. In fact, the only time I did laugh was when Matthew Perry's boss threw the child at the clowns and ran out of the room. That was hilarious. Of course, I can see potential in the show, so I'm gonna watch at least a few more episodes.

Glad you gave it a try. I'm so happy, that there are some people who watch the show in the German forums, so I had some fun to talk with them about the episode. Oh, I'm sorry that you had no fun. That's sad to hear. Yeah, the scene was hilarious - but I laughed a lot. Yeah, please don't give it up after the pilot, I think that would not only be unfair, but a bit stupid, cos if you really like the casting or the actors, there's always the chance it gets you the next weeks.


I've just got one question: I watch a lot of brand new episodes. Do I have to put spoiler tags everywhere? That's no problem for me, I just wanna know if that is necessary or how you like to keep it?