Looks like the premiere dates for network TV are starting to arrive along with some cable stuff too.  Fox released their premiere dates the other day and below are the shows I care about.  Top of that list is Glee.

Lonestar (new series) – Monday Sept 20th
Glee (returning) – Tuesday Sept 21st
Running Wilde (new series) – Tuesday Sept 21st
Fringe (returning) – Thursday Sept 23rd

Certainly not many shows on Fox that I care about, but I’m very excited about Glee, Running Wilde and Fringe, and I’m more than a little intrigued by Lonestar.  I guess I’ll find out what they’re all like in a shade under 10 weeks.

Anyone who watches the show knows how great Lea Michele is as Rachel, and how funny Jane Lynch is as Sue.  A very close third behind these two is Heather Morris as Cheerio Brittany.  Aside from Jane Lynch she has the best lines in the show and along with Harry Shum Jnr is the best dancer.  I’ve read that Heather Morris and Naya Rivera (also fantastic as Santana) are going to be made regulars next season so I’m hoping for more stories for those two and hopefully some solos too.

Check out the video below about Heather Morris on Glee.

Hell yeah.  Via Deadline:

Mitch Hurwitz and Will Arnett’s Wilde Kingdom has been picked up to series. The show is now being called Running Wilde. The comedy, which also stars Keri Russell, is being produced by Tantamount and Principato-Young Entertainment and Lionsgate. Hurwitz and Arnett co-wrote the pilot with Jim Vallely. The three are executive producing with Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum, Peter Principato and Paul Young. It stars Arnett as a rich Beverly Hills jackass who falls in love with a charitable tree-hugging woman (Russell).

Great to see Arnett back on TV.  Everyone with any taste loved him as Gob but he was awesome when he guest starred on 30 Rock too.  Having him on every week is fantastic news.

I know most people have a very low opinion of Sit Down, Shut Up but that show actually grew on me.  That being said, I’m extremely happy to have Hurwitz and Arnett team up again in a live action show.  I’m hoping for big things from Running Wilde.  Until Fox cans the show that is.  And you know they will.  They’re Fox after all.

Like everything on this site it’s for my own enjoyment but feel free to comment.

Oh man, it’s been a long time since I’ve written up my Best of the Week.  What with work, a hectic study schedule and a lot of shows being on break I haven’t had the time or desire to do one of these.  That all changed this week though because I watched a decent amount of shows and my exams are over.  It feels good.  Hell, I even found time to go see Iron Man 2.

1. Parks and Recreation “Telethon” (2×22) – Detlef Schrempf.  That’s gotta be one of the best and most random casting/cameos I’ve ever seen.  Add in some truly fantastic highjinks from everyone at the telethon, Ron’s sleep fighting, and Leslie passing out at Anne’s in the tag and it amounts to one of the best episodes this season on a show which to me is clearly the #1 comedy on TV.  9.5/10

2. Lost “The Candidate” (6×14) – It’s hard to judge individual episodes of Lost because each season is really constructed as one large story which is broken up in 14-16 parts.  Not to say that the show isn’t consistently fantastic because it is.  I feel like I should have had some emotional response to the deaths which occurred during the episode but it just left me stunned that they actually killed off main characters this far from the finale.  I wasn’t expecting the people who died to actually die.  Not now and not in the series as a whole.  And I certainly wasn’t expecting four of them to go in one episode.  Looks like Jack’s the man now though.  I just wish they’d reconcile the two realities already, but something tells me we’ll learn what the whole sideways thing means in the finale and not a minute sooner.  8/10

3. Community “Modern Warfare” (1×23) – It was like Terminator, Die Hard and a John Woo flick all rolled into one.  Fantastic stuff.  Community is really ending its first season on a roll.  This and the great Goodfellas inspired episode were some of the best stuff this season.  What’s even better is that Jeff and Britta hooking up wasn’t the focal point of the episode so we finally got that over with (I’m not a fan of those two getting together, I’d prefer Jeff and Annie) without it turning into a must see episode.  Oh, and Ken Jeong rocks.  8/10

4. 30 Rock “The Moms” (4×20) – All those returning moms.  Brilliant.  Tina Fey’s boobs.  Brilliant.  Alec Baldwin being a fucking comedic legend.  Brilliant.  I really run out of ways to say how much I love 30 Rock.  This is how a sitcom should be done, not like that piece of shit Big Bang Theory.  8/10

5. Survivor “A Sinking Ship” (20×13) – Russell continues to amaze me week after week.  I wouldn’t of thought that was possible after almost two seasons with him but the guy’s a damn God.  He almost certainly won’t win it this season either (he might not even make it to the final 3) but just like last season he deserves to.  His hand has been in every move over the last two seasons.  That’s unheard of.  8/10

6. Fringe “Northwest Passage” (2×21) – Only two good things occurred in this very lacklustre episode.  Martha Plimpton guest starred (The Goonies is one of my all-time favourite films) and the identity of the “Secretary General” was revealed.  And to no-one’s surprise it turned out to be alternate Walter.  I can see it now, Walternate will tempt Peter to join him, Peter will consider but ultimately side with Walter (yay Peter really does love him, isn’t everything grand) and defeat Walternate in some mediocre fashion.  I hope I’m wrong and the plot develops better than that but I don’t think I will be.  5/10

7. How I Met Your Mother “Twin Beds” (5×21) – I didn’t even make it through the whole episode.  I think that’s the first time I haven’t watched an episode of HIMYM all the way through during its entire run.  What the hell happened to this show?  4/10

Didn’t Find Time To Watch: The Office, Treme, Justified, Party Down or The Ricky Gervais Show.

Title: “Epitaph Two: Return”
Written by: Maurissa Tancharoen Whedon, Jed Whedon & Andrew Chambliss
Air Date: 29th January 2009

Here it is, the final episode of Dollhouse ever.  It’s not as monumental an event as it will be when Lost airs it’s final episode sometime in April, but for fans of Eliza Dushku’s and Joss Whedon’s action sci-fi drama it’s something of note.  I’m not what you’d call a true diehard fan of Whedon or Dushku.  I don’t think Firefly is as good as it’s become in the eyes of many, and I’m still not convinced of Dushku’s acting chops, but I am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt simply because of my undying love for Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  Buffy is the only reason I sat through the first half of Dollhouse’s first season, having faith that Whedon had a plan and would soon begin executing it.  That plan began to form around episode six “Man on the Street” and from that point on Dollhouse improved exponentially.

This season has been great from start to finish with each episode seemingly building on the mythology developed during the tail end of the first season and the futuristic unaired first season episode “Epitaph One”.  It’s only fitting that after the previous two episodes where the gang took on Rossum in an attempt to destroy the technology that we get another Epitaph episode which picks up soon after the original story.  The three survivors from “Epitaph One” are making their way to Safehaven under the guidance of Caroline in the little girls body.  They’re soon apprehended and taken as bodies for Rossum execs Harding (Adelle’s one-time successor originally played by Keith Carradine) and Ambrose (previously seen in “Echoes”, “Meet Jane Doe” and “Getting Closer”).  Echo and Ballard have already infiltrated the complex in order to rescue Topher who’s being used to develop advanced tech for Rossum.  In his disturbed state Topher says that he can return the world to how it was and restore all the people affected by wipes to their original selves.  All he needs is access to the Dollhouse back in LA.  The whole gang go back to LA and find Alpha protecting dolls in the Dollhouse.  Topher’s tech is to be shot into the stratosphere and this will allow it to dissipate across the globe.  However, because Echo, Priya and Victor don’t want to go back to their original selves they must stay underground in the Dollhouse for the next year whilst the radiation (?) from the bomb fades.

Whew, as you can see a lot of stuff is crammed into this final episode in order to give a proper sense of closure to the Dollhouse story.  It does feel a little rushed at times, but because “Epitaph Two” is set ten years in the future it allows the writers to present circumstances that fit storywise without the need for exposition detailing how the circumstances have changed so dramatically for the characters.  For example, Priya’s and Victor’s breakup is presented as stemming from a choice Victor had to make between her and the tech without any flashback to illustrate this, and Alpha is now a somewhat balanced person I assume because of him taking on Ballard’s personality in a previous episode, but this is not alluded to in any fashion.

Just like “Epitaph One” it takes a little while to adjust to the future setting with ten years of history gone by, new characters, old characters in new bodies, and new goals, but once this is done it becomes as engaging as ever.  And although this episode ends on a slightly more uplifting and hopeful note, it’s just as bleak as “Epitaph One”.  But you know what, I really like the tone of the show in these last few episodes and especially both of the Epitaph ones.  Not everything has to be peaches and cream.  The characters are going against the odds, they are dealing with dangerous technology, and that technology does raise both moral and philosophical questions about what it means to be human.  If this type of story was told any other way I’d be sorely disappointed.  Thankfully Whedon and company understood this and we all got a great finale for a show which grew stronger and stronger as it went along.  In fact, as finales to Joss Whedon shows go I may rank this higher than both Buffy and Angel.  I’m not saying that Dollhouse is a better show than either Buffy or Angel, but I do think that it had the most fitting sendoff of the three.  Dollhouse didn’t start out very well with the constant imprint-of-the-week episodes, but once it got rolling and the scope of the story was revealed it was an absolute pleasure to watch.  I’m hopeful that Joss Whedon will return with something new soon and that he’ll be given longer than 26 episodes to tell the story he wants.

FINAL RATING: 8/10

Like everything on this site it’s for my own enjoyment but feel free to comment.

Just under two weeks until Lost premieres.  Oh my God I can’t wait.  I tried to get as much TV watching in as I could this week but I haven’t felt too crash hot.  Plus I watched a lot of late night talk shows and finally saw Sherlock Holmes and The Fantastic Mr Fox so all that ate into the time I could spend on prime time TV.  I’m also trying to catch up on The Mentalist, The Office and I’ve started to watch Chuck so I’m going right back to the beginning on that one.

1.  Archer “Diversity Hire” (1×03) – The show’s only three episodes old and it’s already getting hard to come up with ways to say it’s damn funny and the best show on TV.  So aside from that I’d also like to mention the fabulous voice work by all of the actors.  Every single one of them does a superb job.  Roll on the next episode.  8/10

2.  30 Rock “Winter Madness” (4×11) – The gang head to Boston as a reason for Jack to meet up with Nancy.  I loved when Tracy said nothing bad could happen and behind him Pete says “smash cut to”.  It’s writing like this which makes the show so damn good.  7.5/10

3.  Better Off Ted “Lust in Translation” (2×10) – I really enjoyed this episode.  All three stories were fun.  Especially Ted and Greta using the translator with Phil’s voice while having sex.  The episode also had more great stuff with Linda and Veronica.  Whenever those two are together it makes for some awesome scenes.  7/10

4.  Fringe “What Lies Below” (2×13) – A good standalone episode.  That’s been a hard thing to come by this season.  I especially liked the idea of a virus decimating the Earth hundreds of thousands of years ago and then being defeated by a volcanic eruption.  It seems very X-Files to me but not in a derivative way.  I wasn’t too fond of Peter going crazy from the virus but I guess there had to be personal stake for everyone involved.  And there was once again more hints as to Peter’s death and Walter getting an alternative.  The next episode is titled “The Bishop Revival” so I’m really hoping that the show finally deals with what Walter did after the original Peter died.  7/10

5.  Community “Interpretive Dance” (1×14) – This episode was actually an improvement over the last few but it still wasn’t anything too great.  Danny Pudi continues to be the best thing about the show but he doesn’t seem to be getting much to do.  I’m not to fond of the idea that Britta is gonna be jealous of Jeff and the accounting teacher.  I don’t want another will they or won’t they show.  6.5/10

6.  How I Met Your Mother “Jenkins” (5×13) – Yeesh.  Talk about fucking average.  HIMYM is fast becoming a hit or miss show.  One week it’s brilliant and the next it’s barely acceptable.  It was nice to see Amanda Peet on the show but she was completely wasted with such a shitty story.  The same happened with Rachel Bilson last week.  They better not fuck up Carrie Underwood’s appearance.  5/10

7.  The Mentalist “Bleeding Heart” (2×12) – Eh.  Eco-terrorism and local council politics don’t make for a good episode.  Average as always but Jane wasn’t really that compelling this week.  And as much of a fan as I am of Robin Tunney in Empire Records and Encino Man I’m fast approaching a can’t stand her attitude to her on The Mentalist.  Her performance/character just rubs me the wrong way.  Amanda Righetti too.  I really wish there were more Red John stories on the show ‘cos a couple per season isn’t anywhere near enough.  4.5/10

Like everything on this site it’s for my own enjoyment but feel free to comment.

TV finally came back in a substantial way this week so that means I can do my Best of the Week post again.  It was an especially great week because we got double episodes of Fringe, 30 Rock, Better Off Ted, Chuck, and Archer, and there was comedy gold on just about all the late night talk shows concerning the Leno vs Conan vs NBC drama that’s been unfolding.

1.  Archer “Training Day” (1×01) – Ever since I saw the pilot back in September (which I guess is no longer the pilot considering the order that FX chose to show the first two episodes) I’ve been dying to see some more.  I’m thrilled beyond belief that I wasn’t let down.  I loved the Archer and Cyril story about training him and thinking Cyril killed a hooker.  I always know a show or movie is good when the time flies while watching it, I don’t even once look at my watch, and it leaves me wanting more as soon as it ends.  All the best shows do that.  30 Rock, Parks and Recreation, South Park.  Archer is already up to that level.  Two episodes down and it’s already the clear frontrunner to be my favourite new show this year (and second only to Lost as my favourite of everything on TV).  9/10

2.  Archer “Mole Hunt” (1×02) – It’s still hilarious after all the times I’ve watched it.  If anyone’s interested I did a little review of this episode back in September.  Check it out here. 9/10

3.  Parks and Recreation “The Set Up” (2×13) – Aziz Ansari said that this may be his favourite episode of Parks and Recreation yet and I think I have to agree.  Not only did we get a guest appearance by Amy Poehler’s husband Will Arnett as the uncomfortable date that Ann sets Leslie up with, but we also got the first episode in Justin Theroux’s arc and the supremely great Aubrey Plaza once again shined with some increased screen time.  Nick Offerman also continues to be balls out hilarious.  9/10

4.  30 Rock “Klaus and Greta” (4×09) – James Franco as himself and in love with human sized pillow with an anime girl on it.  Priceless.  Kenneth and Jack on a mission was also fantastic.  9/10

5.  30 Rock “Black Light Attack!” (4×10) – It was nice to see Danny again, and for Liz to get some action (in back to back episodes no less), but overall it just wasn’t as good as the previous episode.  The Jenna and Tracy stories really brought it down a notch or two.  8.5/10

6.  The Tonight Show – Late night talk shows don’t really belong in this list but the circumstances have been rather unique this week.  Conan moving to The Tonight Show resulted in him curtailing some of his more outlandish behaviour and that was a real shame.  However, with all the drama surrounding his probable ousting from the show this week it’s freed him up to do the type of comedy that he’s great at.  Not to mention the almost continuous attacks on both NBC and Leno have been a thing of beauty.  It’ll be a shame when Conan goes off the air and Leno returns to suck NBC’s cock and fondle their balls like the bitch he is.  8.5/10

7.  Better Off Ted “The Impertence of Communicationizing” (2×08) – The outtakes for this episode which were posted online during the week were far better than what was actually used, but it was a nice episode about following company mandates despite how illogical they may seem.  Better Off Ted does a good job of highlighting the bureaucracy of company life and this was another solid example of that.  7/10

8.  The Mentalist “Rose-Colored Glasses” (2×11) – I watched about half of the 1st season of The Mentalist and then gave up on it for no real reason.  I figured I’d give it another watch seen as how it’s doing really well in the ratings on Thursday against some good competition.  I can tell you it hasn’t changed at all since about the same point last season.  Simon Baker is still effortlessly charming as Thomas Jane and the rest of the gang are still D grade wanna be FBI Agents.  The show lives and dies by Baker’s performance and as long as Thomas Jane doesn’t become a one trick pony the show is at least mildly entertaining.  Other than that it’s just the current procedural du jour.  6.5/10

8.  Better Off Ted “The Long and Winding High Road” (2×09) -  Another good episode of Veronica using Rose as a tool to get what she wants.  I love it when they do that in the show.  Aside from that though it was a pretty average episode.  6.5/10

9.  Fringe “Johari Window” (2×12) – A pretty decent standalone episode which has been a rare thing so far this season.  I wish they’d get back to the mythology of the show though.  That’s where the real gold is.  And you gotta believe that Peter is gonna find out about being a double at some point this season.  There’s been too much of it so far for it not to be revealed.  6/10

10.  How I Met Your Mother “Girls vs Suits” (5×12) – A real letdown for the 100th episode.  There was nothing for Jason Segel or Alyson Hannigan to do and Cobie Smulders was left to be a jealous hot chick.  Plus there was more of that damn annoying mother teasing.  Either the mother is important to the premise of the show or she isn’t, but 100 episodes in should be far enough for her to be revealed by now.  If she’s important she should be in the mix by now, and if she’s not then introducing her doesn’t need to be some huge revelation.  I wish the writers/producers would just bite the bullet and cast someone already.  5.5/10

11.  Jimmy Kimmel Live! – Once again, another late night talk show appears on the list.  This time thanks to Kimmel impersonating Leno for an entire show.  Props to Chevy Chase for also making a minimal effort to appear as Conan.  6/10

12.  Fringe “Unearthed” (2×11) – Fox airing a previously unaired season one episode was just stupid.  Charlie Francis died early this season yet there he is in all his glory being a bad ass FBI Agent.  It made zero sense in the context of the season and I’m sure I’m not the only one who was confused when I first saw him on the screen.  Couple that with the fact that it was a very average episode and I get the feeling that Fox is burning off episodes so that the show can be dumped at the end of the season.  4.5/10

What a lovely dramatic weekend NBC had with the whole Leno vs. Conan bullshit.  Time for me to vent.

NBC promised The Tonight Show to Conan back in 2004 because they were afraid to lose him to Fox.  The problem was that Leno wasn’t ready to step down from The Tonight Show then, or in the middle of 2009, and this caused a similar problem for NBC in not wanting Leno to go to another network and kill them in the ratings.  Their screwed up solution was to give Conan The Tonight Show but to create The Jay Leno Show and put it on at 10pm.  Effectively undermining the position of The Tonight Show as the preeminent late night talk show and screwing over Conan.  This led to a whole bunch of complaining by NBC’s affiliates because Leno’s ratings suck and that’s having a torpedo effect on their own news shows.  All this led to the reshuffle that was announced on Sunday with the plan being to put Leno on at 11:30pm for a half hour, Conan at 12:05am and Fallon at 1:05am.

Congratulations Jay, you’ve got what you wanted since 2004, to keep The Tonight Show.  That’s what this basically amounts to.  The actual name of the product doesn’t matter.  It’s the timeslot and the host, and Leno at 11:30pm doing the same old tired and boring comedy is The Tonight Show.  Creating a show for Leno and putting him on ahead of Conan was a slap in the face, but bumping Conan to accommodate Leno is even worse.  If Conan can get out of his contract and head over to Fox he should do it in a heartbeat.  Not only would they throw money at him to entice him to leave NBC but he’d probably be able to shift back to the zanier presentation he had on Late Night.  Everyone is well aware that he’s toned down his personality to fit with the 11:30pm timeslot and the supposed hallowed history of The Tonight Show (which is a bullshit approach to take in 2009), but a move over to Fox would allow Conan to go back to his real self.

All this conjecture is pointless though because it seems pretty obvious that Conan isn’t gonna leave NBC.  He seems like too loyal a guy to bail on the network which gave him his start in late night.  So he’ll probably sit there whilst NBC reshuffles again, and accommodates Leno again, and doubts him again, all because he’s a good guy and because he reveres The Tonight Show so much.

Like everything on this site it’s for my own enjoyment but feel free to comment.

Not much on TV this week as everything winds down for Christmas but I did get to finally see Where The Wild Things Are and the stupendously great Avatar.  On a shitty note my PS3 died so I was forced to buy a new one because Sony Australia won’t fix a US PS3.  Plus Uncharted 2 was in the drive when the machine died so I can’t get it out.

1.  Dollhouse “The Attic” (2×10) – It’s hard to stomach the fact that Dollhouse has been so good this season yet it suffered the ignominious fate of being cancelled by the retards that run Fox.  This episode inside the framework of The Attic was very Matrix in style but it had some outstanding moments that hint to the possible future depicted in “Epitaph One” and also provide the very real possibility of a satisfying conclusion to the series.  I’m beyond ecstatic that Adelle has now been shown to be with the good guys in their attempt to bring down Rossum.  I really like the group that’s been assembled with Adelle, Boyd, Ballard, Ivy, Topher, Echo, Victor and Sierra.  With only three episodes left in the series I’m very hopeful that the show will go out with a bang.  And that Topher and Adelle will come together to cure Miss Lonely Hearts deep sadness.  Plus no-one understands and cares for Topher like Adelle.  8.5/10

2.  Dollhouse “Stop-Loss” (2×09) – No too bad of an episode but I wasn’t too fond of the central plot of Victor’s release and subsequent induction into the military unit.  There was a definite Borg connection with that collective which was fairly cool but the best stuff in this episode was the scheming by the various people within the Dollhouse.  If anything, this episode acted more as a setup to “The Attic” than as its own standalone story.  7/10

3.  How I Met Your Mother “Last Cigarette Ever” (5×11) – I really liked the gang all having smoking in common, and their unified attempt to break the habit.  I also enjoyed the new guy playing Robin’s co-anchor, but I just wish they’d get around to introducing the now mythical mother.  7/10

4.  Survivor “Two Brains Are Better Than One” (19×14) – Russell continues to go along unchallenged which continues to surprise me because it seems like everyone has commented about how he can’t be trusted.  I particularly loved when he decided to keep the immunity necklace as a souvenir rather than play it at the last time he was allowed.  That’s how confident and cocky he is.  I just have a hard time believing he’s gonna win it all because of how much I really want him to.  6.5/10

5.  Dexter “The Getaway” (4×12) – Another average episode that has some people buzzing about the “shocking” ending.  I think that whinging Rita had it coming and I’m just upset that it wasn’t Dexter who did the deed himself.  I also find it a little convenient that Trinity found Rita seen as how the address he got for Dexter was his old apartment and it’s entirely questionable whether there would be anything at the apartment which let him know of Dexter’s new address.  Seems like the show needed Rita to die and they went about it in a contrived fashion.  It would have been vastly better if Dexter had lost control with Rita like he did with Quinn, the cops and the hit and run guy.  The end result would have been the same but there would also be the added element of his potential remorse and the mounting suspicion of the disappearance of Rita.  Now we’ll just have him be sad and saddled with three kids he probably doesn’t want next season.  5/10

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