The Unfiltered Ramblings of a DVR Addict

Big Love-Episode 41:  Blood Atonement
What the heck is going on?  I was so stressed out this episode-I had to pause and take in all that was going on.  All season we have seen the Henricksons struggle with Bill’s campaign to the State Senate, but now they must contend with Greenes and Ana’s baby. 
The episode starts [...]

Episode four was a compelling hour of television drama. The twists and turns that Damages is famous for kept coming this week.
First, let me say, one of the many things I find intriguing about this series are the titles. The writers seem to choose the most obscure lines from the episode. Furthermore, why even have [...]

As we saw in last week’s preview, this week is about children’s fashion.  So eleven adorable little girls (ages 5 through 9) come out on stage and announce which designers they are working with.  I can legitimately see fear in some of the designers’ faces.  Uh oh.

Challenge: Create an age-appropriate, fashionable children’s look with $50.  [...]

After last week’s Kate-centric episode, we are treated this week to an episode centered around one of the most interesting characters on Lost, John Locke.  The only problem with that is that Locke is dead.  Well, at least he’s dead in one of the three storylines covered this week.  And why is that important?  Because, [...]

Big Love-Episode 40:  Under One Roof
After the convention, what’s in store for the Henricksons?  This episode had a few of our favorite characters re-emerge, plus it is setting us up for some interesting plot twists.
The episode opens with Bill and Barb at lunch with a Republican Party bigwig and his wife talking shop, breaking up [...]

Survivor 20 episode 1: Heroes vs. Villains:  Odds to Win
Episode Summary:
After long introductions and several questions by Jeff, the tribes went into the first reward challenge.  This challenge was purely physical, and as expected, the Heroes tribe won (see spreadsheet predictions in post #1) the challenge and the reward of fire.  Highlights included:
1) [...]

“Life isn’t fair, so why the hell should Project Runway be?” (Ala Anthony)
Okay, here we go. Heidi tells us this week is about being “picture perfect”.  The designers gather and go to the Marie Claire building, where editor-in-chief Joanna Coles joins them.  The challenge is to (in one day, with $150) design an outfit for [...]

To be completely honest I didn’t expect much from Jay Morh’s comedy Gary Unmarried.  But I was was coming on Wednesday nights, and I didn’t have much else to watch so I gave it a shot.  I have to say I was plesently surprised.  The show was funny and witty/  To top it off it [...]

As a long time Survivor fan and self proclaimed recliner strategist, I’ve been thinking quite a bit about how the next season of Survivor will play out, but I have not gone back to watch archive footage or read up on past seasons.  All of what I will write is based on my memory of [...]

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This season, Lost has introduced a new storytelling device to complement its flash-forward and flash-back devices:  the flash-sideways.  For my initial thoughts on this, what I would call a “parallax view,” check out last week’s recap.  But, since ABC is referring to it as a “flash-sideways,” that’s what I’ll call it here.  I think the [...]