Best of the Week: 25th-31st Oct
A weekly post with the purpose of highlighting the shows I watched during the week and how I ranked them. It’s not intended as a list of all shows on the air, only those that I actually watched during the week. Watching something on Monday that aired on Friday won’t make the cut.
Like everything on this site it’s for my own enjoyment but feel free to comment.
No Fringe again this week and that goes along with no How I Met Your Mother or Dollhouse. Disappointing. Never mind though as this coming week both How I Met Your Mother and Fringe (if there’s no game 7 in the World Series) return for the November sweeps period. The V remake also premieres on ABC on Tuesday.
1. Subtle Sexuality – “Male Prima Donna” (webisode) Holy crap this was fantastic. I hadn’t seen any of the other webisodes based around Subtle Sexuality but I knew that a music video was coming soon. This far exceeded my expectations. There’s no way on Earth that this couldn’t be a top 10 single. It sounds like every top selling pop artist currently worth a damn (in that it’s autotuned about as far as it can be) plus it has the awesome Mindy Kaling, Ed Helms and BJ Novak. I was surprised by how much I liked Ellie Kemper in it too, seen as how she doesn’t get that much to do on The Office. I think I’ve watched the video over 10 times now and it’s still great. The only problem is that parts of it get stuck in my head and I sing them to myself all day. 8.5/10
2. Parks and Recreation – “Greg Pikitis” (2×07) Another great episode from the most improved show on TV. I loved that Leslie has a seasonal feud with a high school kid, and that he bests her once again. Roping in Dave and Andy was great too. I loved that Dave would entertain Leslie’s behaviour simply because he liked her so much. I really hope that Louis C.K. continues to appear on the show but I think he’ll be gone soon. Shame. The whole Halloween party thing was OK, nothing special though. Except for April coming with her boyfriend and his boyfriend. That was a nice call back to the season premiere. I also liked that one of the boys came as a straight person and then Mark stands next to him. 8.5/10
3. South Park – “Whale Whores” (13×11) Fuck you dolphin. Fuck you whale. Ah South Park, how you make me laugh. It’s about time South Park tackled the political debate on whaling and they of course did it by shredding another cable TV show. Cartman singing Lady Gaga was hilarious. But the best part of the episode was the end where they highlighted the hypocrisy of western society condemning whaling whilst simultaneously killing an almost endless amount of chickens and cows. They talk about charismatic species in international environmental law and how people are far more concerned about protecting those animals with charisma (whales, elephants, tigers etc) to the exclusion of other less charismatic animals. South Park did a good job of showing this in that closing scene. 7.5/10
4. 30 Rock – “Stone Mountain” (4×03) A fairly forgettable episode other than seeing Tina Fey’s bra and Katrina Bowden in a bikini. The rule of three stuff was pretty good though, especially the cameo by Jimmy Fallon. It was funny how they played up his status on late night by saying his first guest was a dog that plays soccer. 7/10
5. Dexter – “Dirty Harry” (4×05) Finally Dexter has discovered the identity of Trinity. I certainly wasn’t expecting him to have a home and family in Miami. When is Dexter gonna leave Rita and those damn kids. That’s just a terrible situation for him and it doesn’t provide us with any kind of compelling viewing experience either. It’s so dull. I find myself fast forwarding through those scenes with him and Rita because they’re always the same, Rita telling Dexter he has to change. I cannot for the life of me understand why anyone would want to get married. I thought Jennifer Carpenter had a lot to do this episode and she did a great job. That scene near the end in the car park was crazy. I thought she was gonna throw up a lung she was breathing so hard. 6.5/10
6. Survivor – “Houdini Magic” (19×07) The best thing was that Russell continues to survive and next week brings the merge. Natalie also continues to be smoking hot. It’s rare for my favourite contestant and the hottest contestant to both still be on the show this far into the season. I really really want Russell to win. But I’m almost always disappointed by the final winner of the show. 6/10
7. Community – “Introduction to Statistics” (1×07) Far more for Chevy Chase to do this week which was great but other than that and Troy’s costume, this wasn’t a particularly noteworthy episode. Abed’s Batman impression was pretty good though. Oh, and as always Ken Jeong continues to rock the comedy world. Only slightly above average. 5.5/10
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