Best of the Week: 6th-12th Dec
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.
After a few weeks of almost no TV this week was pretty decent for content. The Christmas holidays will mean that just about all the shows worth a damn will be on break for a while which is kinda disappointing but at least I’ll be able to get some movies watched. I’m off to see Avatar on Friday and I may even go see Where The Wild Things Are on Tuesday.
1. Survivor “Damage Control” (19×13) – Russell is a fucking legend, but I’m still positive he won’t win it all because of how much I really want him to. 8/10
2. Dollhouse “A Love Supreme” (2×08) – The presence of Alpha alone makes this the better episode of Dollhouse in this weeks double-shot, but it was also a great episode in its own right. Although Ballard isn’t strictly dead (and I’m sure Topher will be working on bringing him back) I still love it when Whedon kills one of the main characters. Too often on other shows there are characters constantly placed in danger but nothing ever happens to them. How is the audience supposed to be worried for their safety if they always get out OK? It’s such a shame Dollhouse has been cancelled because these latest episodes are really building towards what was hinted at in Epitaph One. I would love to have seen how it all developed over the course of another two or so seasons. 7.5/10
3. Parks and Recreation “Christmas Scandal” (2×12) – I guess Louis C.K. is gone for good now and that makes me wonder how long it’s gonna be until Justin Theroux shows up. It’s nice to see more of April (Aubrey Plaza) and I like the idea of her and Andy hooking up. 7/10
4. 30 Rock “Secret Santa” (4×08) – I’m a huge fan of Boogie Nights and Children of Men so my love of Julianne Moore should be obvious. As such, even though I thought the secret santa stuff with the writers and Kenneth was pretty dull I think that the increased screen time for Cerie, the creation of YouFace and the presence of Moore all made this a pretty decent episode. It was also a pleasant surprise to see the new guy actually on TGS. I thought his appearances were gonna be few and far between but he’s had a good amount of screen time since he was added. 7/10
5. Dollhouse “Meet Jane Doe” (2×07) – I really didn’t like the story for Echo in this episode. The only good thing about it was the fact that she was using breaking the girl out of prison as training for freeing the dolls in the Dollhouse. I loved Topher telling Adelle about his remote imprint technology (a great link to Epitaph One) and Adelle’s betrayal of Topher’s trust. It’s nice to see Olivia Williams playing Adelle as a woman who is now concerned about her own position within the corporate structure. This makes Adelle’s relationship with Topher in Epitaph One even more moving. There were some great elements to this episode but it wasn’t very impressive as a whole. 6.5/10
6. Dexter “Hello, Dexter Morgan” (4×11) – Hurry up and dump Rita and those damn kids already Dexter. And while you’re at it why don’t you kill Trinity. Jesus, enough with dragging it out. 6/10
7. How I Met Your Mother “The Window” (5×10) – If Dexter should hurry up and dump his wife and annoying kids, Ted should hurry up and find his wife so he can have his annoying kids. Bring on the mother and Rachel Bilson (one and the same maybe?) 5.5/10
8. Fringe “Grey Matters” (2×10) – Some more mythology at last but not nearly enough William Bell. So far this season I’ve been pretty disappointed with Fringe. It’s just lacked something compared to last season. And what the hell happened to Olivia being special and turning out those light bulbs with her mind. Maybe I’m missing something but that didn’t seem to go anywhere at all. 5.5/10
9. Community “Comparative Religion” (1×12) – I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Jeff should forget about that dull bitch Britta and set his sights on Annie, Troy and Abed should have more stuff to do because they’re the comedy gold on this show, and Shirley should be shot because she’s so fucking annoying. I can see this show becoming stale like My Name Is Earl did in no time which is a shame because I had such high hopes for it. 5/10
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