Flash Forward, No more good days...but a lot more good episodes?

Now here's a question - if everyone in the world blacked out for 2 minutes and 17 seconds, how many would die? Car crashes, plane crashes, train clashes, etc, people walking then falling down stairs, people undergoing operations, people repairing electrical wires, people swimming, and I could think of more things that would be dangerous to be doing if you suddenly were to lose consciousness.

What a way to start a show, not with the question of what vision of the future each character experienced (of April 29 at 10pm), but with the global crisis of all that death and injury, as well as the huge fear that it might happen again. The true question is what caused it.

I'm already sucked in. I want to know what's going to happen. How much of what they saw in April 29th is actually going to occur that way? Will they blackout again (And I'm inclined to believe they will if the series lasts more than one season, cause otherwise the title will become irrelevant)? Does the fact that Demetri did not have a vision mean that he will die or did he blackout at all? I mean, he wasn't in the car with Mark when Mark came out of his blackout, yet did not have the kind of injuries which might indicate he'd been thrown through a car window.

Plus, on top of all the questions, I already care about the people -whether they'll stay together despite the predictions of their flash forward, or if they'll live, or whatever else may happen.

The cast is terrific. Not surprising considering that two of these stars are movie stars, not tv stars. Joseph Finnes and John Cho have made movies, popular movies, regularly...even Courtney B Vance could be put in that category. Yet they are all part of a growing trend for actors to move from movie to television, and not simply the other way around. Anna Paquin, Hugh Laurie, and Robert Carlyle are more examples of this.

It seems that being a television star after being accepted into the film community is not a back step. My best thought for why it is becoming so popular is that doing it is no longer such a huge pay cut, and it certainly is not at all a fame cut. Even more importantly, it allows actors to live with a character. Allow them to grow, change, face so many new things every week, and more or less chronologically. This almost never happens in film. I wouldn't be surprised if it has never happened.

But it is all to the good, I say. Because having talented actors where they are needed makes good shows great and great shows terrific. With all the decent shows out there...it's really important that you shine. Flash Forward made the cut.

Bones, James Bond is dead?

Well, my first piece of advice is, as always, don't bring a knife to a gun fight. It's a bad idea. Didn't we learn that from Sean Connery in the Untouchables? You know, right before he learned that if it is a gun fight, make sure you have the better gun.

Well apparently, the Russian murder victim did not watch the Untouchables, and so ended up dead, being eaten by feral cats. Yummy!

Bones was exactly the way I like it this week. The crime was not background; as Hodgins said in the episode, they were really going down the rabbit hole. Because the Russian was not the only murder vic, so was a CIA agent. Which means, we get to deal with all the interbureau tensions that the FBI and the CIA have...it's so comforting to know that two institutions which are meant to defend the American people work so well together....I'm glad I'm Canadian.

Back to the point. Bones and Booth can't ignore the possibility of top CIA agents being involved and committing murder. And we got some of old Hodgins, with his conspiracy theories, back. Watch out! If we get too involved in the case, we may also disappear....

By far, the best moment was when the team had 10 minutes to examine the evidence and come up with their murderer before the CIA arrived to lock everything down as a matter of national security. Wendall, this week's intern, saved the day, pointing out all the pertinent details and coming up with the answers; Booth encouraged him to do it in the little time they had with hockey references. Wendall is one of my favourite interns because he is so very normal. It's nice that Booth isn't the only one...

Yes, we got some sweet moments between Booth and Brennan, and Sweets gave her advice about her relationship with Booth, and the whole team had to deal with Wendall leaving as he had lost his scholarship (never fear, multiple donations to the scholarship fund revived it for him). And with all that, we got a cool spy-murder story, with love, betrayal and a realization that some people are far more capable that we give them credit for.

Keep up this trend and I'll be a happy girl!

What did you think?

Eastwick Pilot is enchanting

This is the first series premiere this season that moved itself immediately from the "Let's check this out" section to the "I'm watching this" section. From the very beginning I was interested and excited, and I knew I'd be watching it all season before we got 7 minutes in.

Three women, Roxanne (Rebecca Romijn), Joanna (Lindsay Price), and Kat (Jamie Ray Newman) live in Eastwick, and have nothing in common with each other. In fact, they have never particularly liked one another, though, it being a small town and all, they were certainly familiar with each other.

Roxanne is an eccentric folk artist, mother of one, who is dating an attractive but otherwise uninteresting younger man (she is a widow). Her art is kind of hideous, and its not making the money she and her daughter need to repair their house. She also the kind of kooky mom who celebrates her daughter's first hickey and is surprised that Mia isn't out having the kind of fun she had when she was that age (16 I'd say).

Joanna is kind of uptight, but mostly it's that she's shy and not sure how else to behave. She's a writer for the paper, and wants, deserves a promotion, but hasn't the guts to ask for it. She's also in love with the paper's photographer by day, volunteer firefighter by night, Will. Whenever she sees him, however, all she do is embarrass herself by talking about vibrators or yeast infections.

Kat is a mother. With 5 kids and a useless husband who has done nothing but sit in a hammock drinking beer since he got fired, she has to take care of everyone, both doing all the chores at home and working long hours as a nurse.

Since I could easily relate to all three, I am certain that all women out there will be able to find something in common with these lovely, likable characters.

And then there is the fact that Paul Gross is in it. Yes, delightful Canadian actor that you may know from Due South and we know from Slings and Arrows. He arrives in the town in a cloud a mystery, with scandal clinging to his coat tails and man is he hot. I mean, sure he can play the nice Canadian, but give him a role like this, oozing charisma and charm. Mmmm delicious.

Plus, this is a show about witches. Roxie, Joanna, and Kat are just discovering that they have powers - true dreams, persuasion (which only works on men), and control over nature herself.

I'm still not exactly sure where the plot is going, if Darryl (Gross) is a good guy or a bad guy, or what I'm supposed to expect will happen next, but I love it.

Glee, Preggers

I continue to be entertained by Glee, and this week, we were on the upswing.

The episode with Kurt dancing in his basement, in the most flaming black unitard, when his dad walked in. In past episodes, his father has been harsh about things like his tiara collection, so no surprise when Kurt and his two friends try to explain themselves. How do they do this? Why, Kurt is warming up as he is on the football team. Riiiight.

But this proved to be a delightful theme - dancing football stars. They learn to dance, they learn to have fun, and they finally win a game. Plus, a couple members liked it so much they joined Glee and now have the 12 dancers needed for regionals...almost.

Because we couldn't have an episode without drama between Will and Rachel. He gave Tina the solo she wanted, and eventually she quit to go be the star in Cabaret. Why the school needs a Glee club and a musical, I do not know. I would think they'd combine the two, since they seem to lack the money to do much else...but let's not look too closely at these things.

Also, Quinn is pregnant. Not by Finn, of course, but by Puck. So she's not going to be dancing or cheering for much longer. This, of course, is the perfect example of why chastity clubs can be a problem. I mean, fine she was feeling fat one day, so she slept with a guy...happens far too often to mention, but in this case they clearly didn't use protection. Grrrr. Though she's exactly what Terri needs since she still refuses to tell Will she isn't pregnant. Finn is being a man about it, but Puck is really pissed. He would be there for his kid if she let him. We'll see where that goes.

And the episode ended with the greatest father/son conversation. Kurt confesses he's gay, and his dad tells him he's known since the boy was three when all he wanted for his birthday was a pair of sensible heals. Oh Kurt...there's nothing wrong with being gay, and if you weren't...well let's just say that it's best that you know it.

Also, Sue's new tv show is very funny. Her no-nonsense, cane our children, litter to give garbage men jobs is just the kind of thing we need to hear every once in a while. Particularly when we know the show is fictional, as is Sue.

The Mentalist - Oh Patrick Jane...

Within the first 5 minutes, just like the first 5 minutes of the pilot, the sophomore premiere tells you everything about the dynamic of Theresa Lisbon and Patrick Jane and how Jane works.

There has been a murder, and though Jane easily finds the murder weapon and fingers the killer, the pursuit thereafter caused extreme damage in the store where the murder took place. That's what Jane does - he solves the crime, and doesn't worry so much about the rest of the consequences.

Well he didn't like the consequence that affected him - He and Lisbon's team are off the Red John case, and the new lead won't tell him a thing. But at least they have a different murder that they can focus on. Jane neatly wove his invisible net and by the end of the day, the killer was caught.

Oh those nets, one of the main reasons to watch the show is to see how Jane convinces murderers to reveal themselves. Still, as effective as it is, he was lucky not to stir up too many consequences this time.

Other reasons, of which we did get glimpses, are the hilarious dynamic between straight-man Cho and Rigsby, Grace Van Pelt and her innocent delight in success, and Lisbon refusing to put up with Jane's BS. It was truly delightful when she drove away, leaving him in a parking lot, because he was being difficult. Even more amusing is Cho's enjoyment of going along with Jane's plans. Cho knows that Jane will figure it out, so, hey, why not let him despite his methods being unorthodox.

What we did miss was a moment between Grace and Rigsby...but I'm hopefully we will have many as the season continues. So whether you watch because of that cute couple, because of Jane's arrogance and talent, or because you just want to see Red John eventually get caught, let the show go on.

Warehouse 13 finishes its season with a BANG

Warehouse 13's first season has been quite interesting. That it airs in the summer is certainly an advantage, for while I enjoy it immensely, it would quickly lose out to other shows. Notice how this posting on its finale, its last episode until next summer, finds itself in the 6am slot, while Castle and The Mentalist have their second season premieres spotlighted.

In the summer, however, it will earn a plum spot since fewer shows air in those months.

And the finale certainly makes you want to see what will happen next summer. MacPherson was naturally the focus. Pete, Mika and Artie pursued him with uneasy success, knowing they were being led into a trap. It involved misdirection and a man able to take-on Artie's appearance with the use of a thimble. Though Artie was nearly killed in said trap, Mika and Pete managed to defeat MacPherson and save him.

Back at the Warehouse, Claudia and Leena discovered that MacPherson had known Claudia, and indeed had helped her break into the Warehouse's firewalls back in episode 5 when she first appeared. Then Mrs Frederick and Leena discover that MacPherson has been stealing Warehouse artifacts, and Claudia's ID was used to do it. Though Claudia has no memory of doing this, MacPherson has access to artifacts which may have mind control aspects.

So we aren't sure if Claudia will be okay, now that MacPherson is arrested, but at least he's been stopped. He gets taken to be bronzed... essentially frozen like Han Solo. And Artie says good bye. No more MacPherson, as one expects from a finale...a little confusion for next season, with the main problem resolved...

But it wasn't. No! Claudia releases MacPherson from his bronze prison, and waves at the camera. Together they head for the exit, when we discover it is Leena, not Claudia, using the thimble. MacPherson sets the place to blow, and leaves. Artie pursues him, not waiting for Pete or Mika, and while they escape the explosion, he has no where to go.

Now there is an exciting ending which almost makes me kick and scream that I have to wait for MONTHS until I get to see what happens next.

But then, with everything else I'm watching, I can't be too too angry.

And so I will wait patiently, distracting myself, until Warehouse 13 returns.

Melrose Place...third time is still not exactly the charm

So we are in our third week of Melrose Place, and no, it has not yet hit its stride. Instead, it is stumbling along, giving me more to whine about than to praise. Perhaps more so this week as Ella, Lauren and Violet had less screen time and I find them to more interesting residents.

Ratings for the show have not been great, either, and in a bid to attract more viewers, particularly fans of the first incarnation of the show, Heather Locklear will be guest starring sometime this season. Now considering that I actually really really really strongly dislike Heather Locklear...well it doesn't make me really want to watch more. I mean, honestly, she completely ruined Spin City. It was barely watchable even though Michael J Fox was still on it her first season.

Then again, 90210 started off with fairly weak ratings last year, and was even cancelled in Australia, but continues to be on television. So I suppose that means there is hope for this revamped new version of another 90s classic.

But we'll just focus on episode 3 for the moment. Riley, that silly little twit, might have agreed to marry Jonah, but she hasn't told anyone about it. Not her parents, not her friends, not Facebook. So she and Jonah start the episode with another fight. Don't worry, just like in the previous two episodes, they've resolved their issues by the end...well except Riley didn't mention that she got drunk and kissed Augie, but really, who cares? The couple is such a disaster, you aren't hoping for them to break up or to end up with anyone else since they're clearly not capable of being self aware. And if you aren't aware of what's going on in your own head...well...it doesn't make the best foundation is all I'm saying.

Not only is Jonah useless in his romantic life, but the boy has no idea what he wants to be. I mean, he thinks he wants to direct movies, but he doesn't seem to know what that entails. How this boy managed to get through a film school of any kind and retain his naivety on the subject, I cannot explain. Oh, do your lead is a diva and carries a gun...well, sure, she's crazy but who did you expect to meet in the business? Did you think it was all fun and no placating of self-important talentless bimbos? Wrong industry.

There is one thing I will say - they've changed the style of the flashbacks and it is much improved. There are flashing images, some from the present, other's from the past, and then instead of that grainy garbage, the film feels just a little too bright, a little overexposed. It is tolerable. Though, I gotta say I'm glad Sidney is dead...again...

So, we will see whether or not I bother to watch again next week. Maybe I'll get lucky, the show will get cancelled and they'll put Katie Cassidy on a much better show?

Castle Season 2 starts

Castle did not disappoint with its second season premiere. I could not stop smiling, or giggling, which may make be a little bit morbid considering it's a show about solving murder, but it is endlessly funny.

Though the episode began with Castle at the police station, having photos taken for an article about his involvement in crime-solving, Beckett has not forgotten the promise he broke last season or gone back on her decision that he would no longer be part of her team. Still, the issue goes on a back burner as the chief orders Beckett to work with him one last time for the sake of the article. It is important that police look good every once in a while.

Unlike many premieres this Fall, this episode did not feel like a transition. Sure, you were reminded of who everyone was, that Castle dug up information on the murder of Beckett's mother though she told him not to, that he and his mother and daughter all live together, etc. All those things necessary for first time viewers. And you had the set up for this year's main plot - Beckett's mother's murder. But that did not dominate the plot.

I can neither say that murder is a vehicle for telling the story of Detective Kate Beckett and Richard Castle, novelist, nor that their story simply adds a through-line to a cop show. The two are entirely integrated.

While pursuing leads, Castle was his charming and unabashed self, offering Beckett a pony for his forgiveness. While evidence was processed, he joked about how the scene would play if this were CSI. While infiltrating a backroom poker game, he played his hand to the best of his ability. All this, of course, irritating Beckett. But we cannot ignore how fabulous she is. Seeing Rick get himself in trouble at the poker game, she followed him in, dressed in a sweater she transformed into a dress, and saved his ass. Did I mention she did it with an awesome fake Russian accent? Kate Beckett is tough and hot. I want to be her.

As the case was closed, and the episode neared its end, Beckett refused to allow Castle to continue working with the cops. She would not change her mind despite his arguments. As frequently occurs in the show, Castle's inability to understand exactly how the world works was solved by his levelheaded daughter. She was angry that her boyfriend screwed up and offered up cheap excuses rather than apologizing. Castle realized he had not properly apologized to Kate.

When he did, and sincerely meant it, he left the station. Just as he exited, she said she'd see him tomorrow.

While I did not need that resolution to be made in this episode, most people would not have wanted that hanging over their heads for a week. So we have fixed the conflict, and where will they go now? Can't wait to find out.

Why Watch Mad Men

For those of you who haven't heard of Mad Men, where have you been? On Sunday, the show won its second consecutive Emmy for best Drama. Now if that isn't enough to get your attention, here is my recommendation.

Mad Men is different. Wonderfully different. It's a period piece, starting off in 1960, that follows the lives of the men and women employed at Sterling Cooper, an ad agency of Madison Avenue. They take the accuracy seriously, with costumes that are just as uncomfortable as the clothes from that time, drinking and driving a common occurrence, and smoking a hobby everyone enjoys.

More than once, there are little jabs at our current sensibilities, whether comments such as everyone likes peanut butter or expressions that are not at all politically correct.

The world is clear and precise, and filled with all of life's difficulties.

Though our hero, Don Draper, and his fellow ad men sell happiness to America, they themselves do not have it. It is an illusion, and that is what they sell so successfully. These glimpses of their lives (and the stories are collections of moments themed for coherence rather than plots with simple rise and fall) are both depressing and enthralling. You can't but love the characters despite their flaws, even because of their flaws.

As a viewer, you see these characters, watch their lives, learn their secrets, and have hope for them. Hope they will somehow find happiness, whether it is unachievable because life is against them or they are against themselves, or even because it does not exist. But you hope, and you live for those moments when things go right.

Go and watch it right now.

Mad Men gets bloody

Joan perfectly sums up the rise and fall of this episode when she tells Don "One minute you're on top of the world, the next some secretary's running you over with a lawn mower."
The episode is filled with hopes and fears. Betty wants Sally to accept her new little brother, while the little girl fears the baby is some reincarnation of her grandfather (since both shared the same name). The British are coming to the agency, which means a delayed holiday (of Independence Day of all things), and may bring promotions and trips to London to our hero, Don. Joan is about to leave Sterling Cooper when her husband gets promoted to chief resident, though she will miss her work and her importance there.
These hopes are all soon crushed...all but Betty's. Don finally convinces Sally to welcome little Gene. He's not the same person - we don't even know who he is yet. He still has his whole life ahead of him for things to go wrong.
When the Brits arrive, it is immediately apparent that their plans are not at all what Sterling Cooper really want. They are sending Lane Pryce, the man who oversaw the original takeover, to Bombay and replacing him with a young and enthusiastic guy named Guy. Don and Bert Cooper are keeping their same jobs and Roger was completely missing from the new hierarchy. Of course, this was apparently an oversight. Things are looking grim.
In the Harris household, things are equally grim. Joan's useless husband did not get the promotion. He's such a bad surgeon, the only place he could possible get a job is in Alabama. Joan is all support when she reminds him he's still a doctor, that they will figure things out, but he tells her she needs to keep working to support them. Too bad she's already resigned from Sterling Cooper.
As Guy toasts the changes to the company, he wishes Joan a happy send off to better things, caviar and children. Joan, the pillar of stability, can't stop herself as she begins to sob, but her poise quickly returns as she graciously thanks everyone for the send off towards trying to find another job. Frankly, I hope this means Joan will end up working for Harry Crane in the media department - she did such a great job and enjoyed it so much last season.
Her goodbye party is in full swing when Smitty and Lois decide to start riding around the office on a John Deere lawn mower. I'm actually quite impressed that John Deere allowed this, because Joan was not being metaphorical. Lois gets behind the wheel, and runs over Guy's leg.
Blood spurts out, covering Henry, Paul and Ken. Joan takes immediate control of the situation, saving Guy's life and ruining her dress in the process. Meanwhile, Peggy faints. Apparently she doesn't like blood. I really liked seeing her in Pete's arms, as he was the one their to catch her. I can't say I'm rooting for them, because I have no idea what route I want them to take, but I enjoy the moments they share.
The episode ends with the return of hope. Guy has lost his leg. He'll never golf again. He can't possibly do his job in that condition, and so Pryce is reinstated. He tells Don that he feels like he was just at his own funeral and he didn't like the eulogy, making a reference to Tom Sawyer. He's enjoying American literature, and perhaps he'll begin appreciating the way Sterling Cooper does things.
What will happen next? Who can predict...after all Mad Men does not have any specific plot lines. Will we see Joan again? Well all I can say about that is we had better! But if the first half of the season is any indication, Mad Men is heading for a third consecutive Emmy win for best drama. Congrats on the second one this past Sunday.

Vampire Diaries has earned a viewer

Last week, I was concerned that Vampire Diaries took itself too seriously and that Ian Somerhalder was not hot enough...I am still not certain if the show shouldn't take a step back and laugh at itself a little, but Somerhalder's Damon has me hooked.

That, and I recently learnt that Kevin Williamson (who brought us Scream and Scream 2) is in charge of the project. Well, that just earned my viewership right there.

The episode started in the same manner as the first: a couple attacked by a vampire (clearly Damon). This time, they were camping, and instead of running into the middle of nowhere when the girl realized her man was dead, she ran to her car. Thank you. Of course, her car was locked and she couldn't get in, and suddenly the eerie beep of the automatic locks opening startles her and Damon devours. I approve.

Before I neglect all other subjects in favour of Damon, I must point out a few things. 1. Jeremy and Vicki are so cute when things are going their way...to bad it can't seem to last. 2. Aunt Jenna calling Jer's history teacher, who told her she wasn't doing a good job raising her niece and nephew, an asshat was tremendous. That is such a great word and should be used whenever it is fitting. 3. Stefan loaned Elena a first edition of Wuthering Heights. It's great that he's into literature, and that she is too. Nice to have some cultured leads and all that. But Wuthering Heights? OMG that book is just a disaster; the characters comparable to Damon, not to Stefan or Elena (at least I hope not.) Of course, Damon is supposed to be that sexy, bad temptation, not a romantic hero of somekind, which Heathcliff, I'll tell you right now, is not.

Damon completely dominated the episode, from his first scene with Elena. He plants the seeds of doubt about Stefan in her mind, making her worry about his feelings for his ex, Katherine. That she's been dead for more than a century really isn't the point. Then, when Stefan shows, he just focuses his entire attention on Damon...too bad he doesn't have his full vampire powers or he'd incinerate him with his thoughts alone.

Oh what is Damon up to? He threatens to allow Vicki to run through the town, crying Vampire and blaming Stefan, but when Stefan refuses to drink her blood to make her forger, Damon convinces Vicki it was an animal instead. Far too easy if it hadn't been part of Damon's plans. He's pushing Stefan and seeing what he can get away with. Stefan may have seemed to win that particular encounter, but Damon is holding all the cards and knows exactly how he wants to plan them. Delightful!

I look forward to see what he gets up to next week, and what his plans for Caroline, whom he bedded and bit, are. Are you hooked yet? What do you think will happen with Caroline?

Supernatural meets War

The apocalypse is coming, and only one person can stop it. No, I'm not talking about Dean or Sam, I'm talking about God. What a great start to the episode - Cas needs to find God. Hehehe, what a thing for an angel to say.

And the amulet that's going to indicate to him where God is? The necklace that Sam gave Dean when they were kids. Once he handed the necklace over, Dean said he felt naked. Unfortunately he wasn't...but hopefully we'll get more of that soon.

We did, however, get something else I've been wanting for a while. We finally have met up with Ellen and Jo again. Both alive and hunting together. When they met up, Ellen hugged Dean tight, then slapped him across the face for not contacting her and making her worry. I guess that means we get to see more of them and other hunters, like Rufus. Dean and Sam aren't the only ones trying to prevent so much bloodshed in the face of the end of days.

Despite their efforts, the prophesies of Revelations are coming to pass. Believing they were fighting demons, our heroes took their time to realize that illusion was the real problem. They saw black demon eyes where there were none. Dean, having noticed a wicked red car, figured out that the enemy was the rider of the red horse, War. But you can't kill War, or any of the horsemen. Dean and Sam did part him from his rings that were making the illusions.

Despite the nice quip about dropping the ring in mount Doom, Sam and Dean did not part of the best of terms. Oh, that's right. They parted.

Sam doesn't trust himself anymore than Dean does, so the boys part. I wonder how long that is going to last. I really wish you could just get them back on approximately the same page so they could focus on fighting the apocalypse and not on their family crisis.

This episode did give me some hope. After all, despite the appearance of it being about demons, it was about something else. I would love to see more and more interesting and creative plot lines come out of revelations, the four horsemen and any other bizarre circumstances of the bible. Carry on, my wayward Winchesters.

Eureka Season 3 Finale

Well Eureka certainly went out with a bang this season, and I don't just mean because of the explosions and such. The show was back in top form, with the amusing, cheesy and wonderful one liners and jokes, as well as a plot line which was both entertaining and amusing.

Disaster stuck Eureka when Lucas's attempt to prevent the end of the world caused by the reversal of the poles scheduled to occur in 2000 years brought that end-date to the present. He created another magnetic pole in the middle of Eureka. With all metal objects (including an iron-supplement-taking Fargo) flying around the town, Henry, Tess, Lucas and Carter devise a plan and save the town. Yes, the same plot we get almost every episode, but the continual delivery of great lines and reactions so expected and beloved from our heroes keeps us watching.

Carter suffered from start to finish, first discovering his daughter, Zoe, got into Harvard premed a year earlier than expected. Then, Tess, his new love interest, reveals she's gotten a job offer in Australia. This is all in addition to the magnetic issues swirling around Eureka, Zoe's near death when she dove into a pool and it spontaneously caught fire, catching Zoe and Lucas about to do something that no father believes his little girl has ever done (even if she has a baby), and finally being told that his best friend, Henry, gave Zoe the letter of recommendation that will take her so far away.

His declaration after risking his life and saving the town again was the need for a vacation. And perhaps he will take him to go visit his lady, as Tess took the job and moved to Eureka. Zoe also left the town for school, with the promise she would come back to visit.

All in all, a satisfying episode. My favourite line was when Carter said to Tess "I love it when you talk nerdy to me." It will be interesting to see the face of Eureka next summer with season 4. Allison will be back, but Tess and Zoe will be gone...or so it seems.

What did you think of the finale?

Glee, Acafellas

Well, that was disappointing. After a foray into a solid and possible story line in episode 2, Glee has found its way back to being confusing and a little irritating.

The theme of the episode is confidence - if you have it, then you will go places and without it you will crash and burn. Not a terrible message really, but the plot made no sense.

Rachel asks Will if they can't hire a proper choreographer because his moves aren't fantastic. Hurt by this, and having discovered the talent of some fellow teachers, Will abandons Glee to form Acafellas. Now, my first question is what happened to Rachel being responsible for the choreography as was established in the pilot. Also, where does Will get off abandoning Glee club again so soon. Sure, the evil Cheerios are plotting their destruction, but you'd think he wouldn't let that affect him so much when last week he had supposedly learned to listen to the group.

It was nice to see the teachers get to shine, and bring Finn's football buddy in as well, but the reasons for it were ridiculous.

By the end of the episode, the horribly evil choreographer hired gets fired as the group realizes they will win because they are different, and they get Will to come back...which was just a little silly. And did they get back the $8000 they fundraised from him?

Worse still was Mercedes developing a crush on Kurt, who is so obviously fruitier than a Christmas cake. They want to convince me that he gets thrown in the trash every day, but no one makes fun of him for being gay? And he's so ashamed that there's no way the whole school is just okay with that - there's got to be some asshole who thinks it's wrong or gross and would mock him for it. And Mercedes really needs to check her gaydar, cause while the rest of Glee does ping, Kurt's louder than a fire alarm.

The best part of the episode was Terri's attempts to get pregnant, since she isn't actually already in that state and Will's scenes with her father (portrayed by Victor Garber*). Victor Garber playing a man with almost no confidence, and with such genuine timidity and wistfulness. Yes, that was beautiful.

We'll have to see which side of the seesaw Glee hits next week.