More shows and more shit...

So, I have been super busy with work and writing other things but I am still going to try to keep this blog going. I was doing so well, damnit!!!

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

2 shows, so a lot of shit going on. I'll try to be as brief as possible.Lynette fights back when her mother, Stella, tries to force the Scavo's to pose for a family portrait with her obnoxious new husband, Frank. Meanwhile, Susan is presented with a kidney donation from an unlikely source, Gaby refuses to confront her past while undergoing therapy to discover what's causing her underlying obsession with her doll, Bree continues to keep the existence of Keith's son a secret from him, and Mike reaches out to biological son Zach to see if he was involved in adopted father Paul's shooting.

That's what happened last week. So, let's break it down. Lynette is a control freak of epic proportions. However, she's still the most relatable person on the show. I mean, for the most part. When Frank died on her couch, first of all, I wasn't surprised at all, but did anyone else think that it was completely hokey? I mean, duh, he's loaded and then dies. But then they keep the body because, conveniently, his will goes into effect the next day? I dunno. It just all seemed a little too Anna Nicole Smith to me, minus the boobs, but amped up stupidity. Call me crazy, but I like a man to die leaving his new wife everything, but this was just nuts!

Susan is having medical problems. Well, I'm having a problem, it's called Teri Hatcher as an actress. I mean, really? HOw did this bitch ever get a role on television in the first place? Or a part in anything? Seriously, how was she better than someone else? I can assure you that the woman who she beat out for her first gig had to have been the most shitastical actress alive and they thought, "well she wasn't the worst." and they should all be shot. Just let it go already. enough of the whiney baby voiced concerned mother schtick. You should just be so grateful someone thought you had talent, and pray that no one with power in entertainment figures out you can't act for shit.

Bree and Keith. Really? He's still on this? I am more and more disappointed when I see that Brian Austin Green has a job on this show. It's just getting more and more stupid every week. And Bree is hiding the fact that he has a son? Like he'll ever forgive her for that one. TOo big of an age gap and just very little chemistry for me. I just don't get it. GET HIM OFF THE SHOW. And while you're at it, take Teri Hatcher with you! Ooooo, maybe they could die by hitting each other in their cars and then that would just solve both problems. HAHAHA.

And Gabby. Oh my Gabby. My favorite of this season by far!!! She's getting all of the good scenes because apparently she's the only one who's still taking acting classes. Good for you! She's working the hardest out of all the girls and it's completely paying off. She's actually really giving it to you as an audience member. It's wonderful. good for her!!! Maybe she'll be the last housewife standing???


And the episode from two days ago: Lynette and Tom feel that it's time for twins Porter and Preston to move out on their own and learn how to become responsible adults. But the boys end up moving out to a pad that's a little too close to home. Meanwhile, as part of Gaby's therapy, she and Carlos pay a visit to her hometown to confront her past and discover that she has left a lasting impression on the town; Keith asks Bree to move to Florida with him to be closer to his son; Susan uses her kidney ailment to garner special treatment in public places; and after sending son Zach to rehab, Paul makes a decision about his life with Beth.


This episode was pretty decent. Has anyone else noticed how HOT the twins are??? I mean, for real, what? I just had to go and look on IMDB to make sure they are legal so I don't feel so bad for checking them out. They are going to be 23 this year, so we're all good. Anywho, I love how sneaky Lynette is by giving them a keg to get them to throw a party and get evicted. Genius.

And once again, in a heart wrenching scene, Gabby confronts the nun she confessed her horrible secret to years ago, who did absolutely nothing. It was beautiful! And in some weird way, it just felt like she had gotten the closure she was looking for. Even though she was sidetracked by a few days of celebrity. It was really cute!

Susan tried to use her disease to get things out of life. WEll, everyone kept calling her out on it. Sadly, in real life, that's pretty much how most of us would do it, too. However, it's a little bit easier when the person LOOKS sick. She showed up to a fancy restaurant all dolled up and other than looking anorexic, nothing looked wrong with her. Big mistake!!! However, she did end up passing out. could this be the last of Susan? (Ihopeihopeihopeihope!)

And Bree basically broke up with Keith! (insert a wonderful chorus of Hallelujah!) I mean, for real, that bad actor needed to go. In one incredibly bad moment, he got to cry and tried to show off his acting skills, but seriously, I've seen fake Christmas trees that were more believable. I mean for real? They didn't teach you how to at least make crying look real back on 90210??? UGH. I'm just glad I won't have to see his beady little eyes anymore.


BROTHERS AND SISTERS
THe past two episodes of this show were awful! I don't even know where to begin.


Quick recap. Tommy's new fiance opened a whole can of worms when she decided to do a family tree for Norah. However, this uncovered a romance she had with a man named Brody. AND! She was pregnant before she got married. So that lead Sarah to think that maybe William wasn't her real father. Maybe Brody was. And even though Norah told her about having a blood test, Sarah went to see Brody. So basically she just felt this uncontrollable need to confront this man regardless of what her mother told her to find out on her own. Which then lead Brody to come and find NOrah and in a lame dance of lying about how wonderful her life was, eventually she admits to having regret in her life and that Brody had been right about William all along. DUH! The man had numerous affairs and several possible children by other women. I mean, we're still on this??? UGH

The Gay's drama is lame. Uncle Saul has this lingering romance with the man who unknowingly gave him HIV. And furthermore doesn't even remember sleeping with him. What? I can't believe they are even entertaining this story line. I mean, they should have Saul beat the ever loving shit out of this guy. He's such a bad person. And a bad actor as well. After he came out and said that young gay actors should stay in the closet, well FUCK YOU! You can't act all that straight yourself, Mr. Chamberlain, so maybe if you had come out back in the day, it would have boosted your career.


I'm nearing the end of my rope with this whole show. This season really had me going, but now with the departure of so many of my favorite characters, I can't really handle this bleak world they've suddenly derailed into. This show used to balance a remarkable blend of comedy and drama and, seemingly, real life. Something that each of us could relate to, and now it's just become something that I don't think they ever set out to be. :(


GLEE

THE COMEBACK and BLAME IT ON THE ALCOHOL

That's what they named the episodes. Because in one, the whole point of Rachel's storyline in one was that she needed a comeback. A comeback from what??? I have no idea. BUt she begged Britany to wear her clothes and say that she was copying Rachel. However, Britany liked the attention so much, everyone copied her and thought Rachel was doing the whole thing wrong. HAHA. Of course, Rachel can never be popular because that would just be too much, right? Yup, it would and then we wouldn't have Lea Michele belting her heart out ad nauseum every. single. episode. I get it, you have a voice, you can sing, but you annoy the hell out of me!!!

And Sam started a Justin Beiber coverband to impress his girlfriend, oh wait, she kissed Finn. This girl sucks. last year, she got knocked up by cheating on Finn and now she's cheating with Finn. That girl seriously sucks, but I love Dianna Agron, so it's ok. :) BUt seriously, what's with the beebs? I don't get the appeal. He annoys me as well. I guess it was just a matter of time before they put that shit on the shiteous show that I watch each week.

OH yeah, how coudl we forget that Sue was in Glee club for one week? Um, hello random? Totally. And Mr Shue even took her to sing with the needy kids at the hospital and did anyone else see it??? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Jane Lynch completely broke character. Now, I love me some Jane Lynch, but that scene we were watching her interact with kids, not Sue. There is no way Sue would have been THAT nice. NO way in hell. And even Matthew Morrison broke a little, but he plays the bleeding heart thing every week, so it wasn't that big of a surprise.

Then last night, what happens? Teen Drinking is suddenly a problem at the high school. Ok, because that's been brought up in every episode before this, so why not, right? I love when they suddenly have a problem and act as though it's something that's always been there and the audience just hasn't been "let in" on it yet. (yes those were supposed to be air quotations as well. HAH)

Anywho, drinking is a problem, so what do the glee kids do? Throw a party and what happens, Rachel makes out with Blaine. ANd since we've been hearing about this for the past few months that Blaine is bi, I guess this is when it happens. But no! It was just the alcohol, and by the end of the episode, a very relieved Blaine is gay again. And even more appreciative is none other than Kurt! And while it would be cute if they hooked up, I don't think they should. I think it would be good to have two high school kids finding solace and comfort in a strong friendship they will have for the rest of their lives instead of the small fling they'd end up having.

And then blah blah, Mr SHue and the beast go for drinks and get wasted and of course he drunk dials Emma, but really calls Sue, and she embarrasses him with it and the kids all think he's a drunk. So by the end of the episode all is right in the world of glee. Blah blah blah, I want to puke it's so sweet.

Speaking of puke. How much did you all love when Britany puked on Rachel? HAHAHAHAHAH

I thought I was going to die!!!! It was amazing! And why was it greyish purple? EW.


BETTER WITH YOU

BETTER WITH A LETHER JACKET and BETTER WITH A SHAMROCK.

Sorry about the titles, I just write them down to help me remember what the hell I'm talking about!


Last week we got to see Casey go after a job to be a mascot for some professional team, but I'm still hazey on which team because I didn't recognize the team name. Now, I know ya'll are thinking because I'm gay I wouldn't know, but I would know. Trust me. HAHA.

But somehow Casey get's what everyone thinks is an unlucky Leather Jacket and we recap all of the bad luck it bestowed on each cast member; except Vicki. HAHA. She gets to her story and MIA blurts out, "We dont' have time for another story." And we see Casey get the job and find out the that jacket really IS lucky for everyone because
something good happened for everyone who wore it.

Sadly, the flashbacks all took place in front of the same set piece. HAHA, production, you thought NO ONE would notice, well you're wrong! I did. And get real, NYC doesn't look like that. I hate la's version of ny. It's so wrong. It just looks like a really bad studio set.

And this week. Joanna Garcia's Husband, Nick Swisher, guest stars as someone Ben knows because he accidentally knocked a blanket over his head when he was trying to catch a fly ball, the ball hit him and knocked him unconscious and he spends this whole episode trying to figure out how he knows Ben. Caught up? Cool. Because he also buys the bar "the shamrock" which also happens to be Ben's favorite bar. So now he can no longer go.

THe girls fight for Vicki's attention to go to her charity dinner because they really want the gift bag. Vicki said she only had one extra ticket when she really had a few. She confesses her third-wheelness feelings whenever the girls are together. So, reluctantly, they find a way to include their mom in their lives and even teach her their secret language. Which is really cute. The scene, not the language. The language
is stupid.

And Nick Swisher was funny and very attractive, I might add. However, I still just get the feeling that this show hasn't gotten past it's "cuteness factor." And sadly, will never really find an audience beyond my living room. I do enjoy the random fun of Jake Lacey, who plays Casey, and I thoroughly love the actors on the show, I just think it's not that great. :(

MODERN FAMILY

OK, so no recap on this one, because if your'e not watching, I'm not speaking to you anymore. So we're just going the highlights route on this one.

Seriously last week, I thought I was going to die over Cam's screaming at the princess, "NEver break Character!!" I mean, really? He's seriously the best thing on
television. He even brought it this week with his freak out over Mitchell's absentminded mistakes he made. I mean, this guy NAILS his character. I have to say,
even better than his castmates. I mean, everyone is obviously great on the show, but I think he just stands a little bit above them all.

OH yeah, and Shelly Long guest starred with Matt Dillon. Not gonna lie. I didn't love either of them on the show. I thought Shelly looked weird and he just wasn't that funny. Thoughts, anyone?

And then this week, Gloria singing karaoke at home? I mean, what? Alex trying to catch Hayley in her work lie, and then the final best moment on the show when Jay tries to sing karaoke as well, Manny coming down the stairs, pulling the plug and saying, "you keep this up, this won't be the last plug I pull." I die. I die! End of story.

WAAAAAYYYYY overdue.

OK, so it's been forever since I've written, but that's just because the past two weeks the only thing that's been on has been Cougar Town. So.... I've been saving up.


Here we go.

COUGAR TOWN

Two weeks ago, it was, what I thought, the funniest episode I've seen of the show yet. Basically, Ellie and Jules have a game of calling out "friend test" to each other when they think the other is lying and whoever get's friend tested has to tell the truth. It's a pretty remarkable trick that I think I'll start using on my own friends. Any thoughts?

The show itself was cute and adorable and between Andy getting tied to a tree, and everyone lying down in the back of Ellie's pick-up truck(which I have to admit was a weird storyline) Laurie's exclamation of "i love our group," made me wish that i was a part of them too. It was probably the first and last time I felt that way.

Because following up that episode was the Valentine's day episode last week. About a week and a half before VDAY. weird. The show was hoe hum because it was all about everyone trying ot figure out what to do for valentine's day in what seemed like their usual ways. Jules tried to get Grayson to open up to her, Andy wanted to do something big for Ellie and of course she wouldn't let him. I mean, it was just kind of boring. THANK GOD for barb coming in with a dirty picture she had taken of herself and just for a moment showed it to Laurie and Travis with possibly the best line of the show. "I keep it long in the winter. I died.

I still love the opening of the show and the title page and all that, but I think the show might be nearing it's end. :(

And the list of the shows not on in the past two weeks.

BETTER WITH YOU(sadly I think it's going to be canceled unless they pull out all the stops)
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
BROTHERS AND SISTERS
MODERN FAMILY
GLEE

Seriously people, what gives? You take over a month off over the holidays and then back for two episodes and you're gone again, I can't deal!!!!

So in it's absence, I've been watching JOAN AND MELISSA. Seriously, watch the damn show. Joan River's is a remarkable human being and I just wish I knew her. I could only be so lucky for her to be my mother. or even my friend.


And then back to this week's shows.

GLEE

Oh shit, we have two this week! However they scored the ever lucrative time slot after the superbowl is beyond me, but here we go.

The superbowl show was awesome. The premise was simple. There is too much fighting between the footballers and the gleeks. So coach Bieste and Mr. Shue put the football players into the glee club. However, the one snafoo is that they have to perform the halftime show at the conference game because Sue scheduled their regionals the same day, which sent Santana, Britany, and Quinn into a rough spot.


The big bully guy threw a fit because he thought he looked stupid doing all the dance moves, but really really enjoyed himself. Even Mr. Shue complimented him, and for a moment, I thought he was going to have a change of heart. But, in the first and probably only smart move on the show, they kept things going with him being a bully. I think it's commendable to show that he can't and doesn't change overnight because that is never the case. And they are, in turn, giving a little insight to why he is the way he is.

And then, in a new and shocking twist, The three heads of the Cheerios quit. Surprise surprise. I can't really say much about it.

I mean, it had some really good songs and some pretty nice themes, and it was a great first episode back after the break.

And then, in true Glee form, one good episode equals one bad one. And last night sucked.

It was valentine's day and just one stupid thing after another. PUck likes the new fat girl, who I still don't think can sing, and sings her the song "fat bottomed girls." Funny, yes, offensive, yes. SO, maybe not so bad. But then, we have to sit through the asian chick's sobbing "funny valentine." I mean, phoney as all hell. i just didn't buy it, but it was funny.

But then, there was a sleepover with Kurt and Mercedes and Rachel that was cute. It was like all of the gay little sleepovers I wish I had had in high school, but wasn't allowed to have. And they all realized that they are going to be stars and have to keep themselves single to be able to put their pain into the song.

And then, in the unbelievable part of the show, the new guy, Blaine arranges a performance to the man he likes at the GAP. Although Kurt thought it was going to be him, it was some ugly guy who works at the freaking GAP. i mean, what? Hello, this is LA people. (At least that's where the make the fake ohio) But for real? That was the cutest guy you could find for Blaine to sing to? Seriously? You couldn't find some other homeless looking homo to play that role? Cause that guy was NOT CUTE!

Anywho, the guy got fired for Blaine's outrageous performance, and he's "not out." To which kurt references people seeing the kid's hair and suspects everyone does in fact know that he's gay. I'm sorry, what? That stringy birdsnest on top of his ugly face? Gay men have much better sense than that. Sorry, Ryan Murphy, better brush up on the youthful gays out there.

And then the show ends with Finn and Rachel finding some closure. And Rachel belts out the Katy Perry song Firework. Now, I LOVE Lea Michelle's voice, but seriously, she's just not a pop star. This song was a miss for me. And I'm so sick and tired of her being whiney and bitchy. I just want to see her character make a full change by the time she graduates.


BETTER WITH YOU

Better with Valentine's day. Well, I think, sadly, it's time to be better without this show. This episode was cute. And that's all it's ever been; cute. It's never been really funny, but always the same. And I really dont' think consistency will be enough to keep them on the air. So, good luck to everyone, because i suspect Mr. Sunshine will be taking your time slot.



Anywho, this show was fun with the premise being that the newest guy, Casey, wants to go over the top for MIA for Vday, but Joel and Ben don't want him to, so the girls dont' get jealous of each other. however, Casey doesn't listen, and then before we know it, the men are in competition with each other who can do something better.

Meanwhile the girls all have to go work for Mia's internet company and her Mom ends up firing her internet wizard, and the girls have to stay and miss out on the valentine's surprises. Of course they had to miss out on everything.

Back at someone's LA version of a NYC apt, there is a massuese, a chef and a gay looking pianist/singer and the guys are all enjoying everything. Totally creepy. Just creepy. But, the girls make it just in time to join in the festivities, and everyone is happy again.

It was ok.


MODERN FAMILY

Return of the Bixby!!! OH MY GOD. it was hilarious. Phil and Claire tried to relive their exploits from last season when they tried to role play which ended up in disaster. What I love is they thought they could do it again without complications. Of course Phil ends up in the wrong room and most likely banned from the hotel because he surprised an elderly lady! HAHAHA

Gloria and Jay try to have a nice evening out, and Jay is trying to surprise Gloria with a personal chef at home. However, Gloria caught on and moved everything AND bought him a motorcycle. So she could win. Apparently, she thinks vday is a competition. I mean, everythign is a competition in a relationship, right?



Then the kids. Oh my gosh this was creepy! Hayley was ditched by her boyfriend, so Manny helped her break up with him, in the hopes that he could move in on her. Um, you're related. Granted, it's by marriage, but still! She's like your niece or something. Gross dude. But thankfully, Dylan came in very quickly with a fun song and won her heart back. THANK GOD! Manny lay off, she's family. Don't shit where you eat.

And the gays. Even more of a competitive couple! They think Mitchell's assistant has a crush on him, but then they think it might be Cam. So they leave their fancy dinner to go find out. Then they realize that it's not really that important. BUt seriously, it is! You have to find out. And they end up right back where they started when the delivery boy flirts with them. HAHAHAHAHA...

I love it!


And new this week,

MR. SUNSHINE

I didn't really know what to think of this show. It's not bad. But it's only good because of Alison Janney. i mean, is there anything that woman can't do? Seriously, the show is about a man who is the manager of an events arena. Janney plays the owner of said arena. The always high and racist and inappropriate owner of the arena.

He's hooking up with a woman who's also hooking up with his best friend and leaves Perry for his best friend. And then Janney sends her son to him to get him a job somewhere, meanwhile giving a press conference claiming she doesn't even have a son because she's, as she says, "super high," then tries to take a child and throw them at a clown during a press event to praise her for her love of children. I mean, she's so ridiculous. I can honestly say she is one of the most talented women in the business.

But, we'll see if she's enough to keep this show on the air.

Best for now!