Battlestar Galactica 4.17 "Someone to Watch Over Me"

Gosh, Battlestar! Way to make me feel all depressed! Why you gotta be like this, Show? I spent a good majority of this episode either totally freaking out, crying, or both. Initially I was crying for Tyrol and Boomer, and their love that could never be. In the end however, I was crying over Athena and Hera and how much of a crazy bitch Boomer turned out to be. Boomer and Helo sleeping together while Athena watched was one of the most disturbing things I've seen on this show, but the fact that Boomer took Hera away made me the most upset out of everything. While I started off sad over Boomer and Tyrol's tragic story, I still was very uneasy about Boomer throughout the whole episode. Still, even I was not expecting at all what she ended up doing! The depression levels on this show are what make it pretty hard to watch sometimes, but they also make it so absolutely brilliant. Still, you better fix this, Show!!!
In other parts of the episode, I thought the stuff with Starbuck was cool, but I was a little suprised that we didn't get more answers about what Kara really is. Even so, I thought the moment where Kara and her dad slowly start to play All Along the Watchtower was really cool and creepy. I'm still waiting for Starbuck-answers, but this episode used music to such awesome effects that it didn't really matter that we didn't get all the answers at the moment.

As part of the All Tahmoh Fridays, I also watched Dollhouse, but I don't really have too much to say about it. I thought the main plot of this episode was pretty weak, and I still think the second episode is the best one so far. My favorite parts of the episode were Sierra's super-fan and (big suprise) all the stuff with Paul. Now that I think about it, while this was the first actual All Tahmoh Friday, what with there being a Helo sighting finally, it was really not a good night for Tahmoh's characters, heh. Poor Tahmoh.

Best moment of the Oscars last night....

I may have cried.

McBadAss > McDreamy

I have a confession to make. It's a little embarrassing, but one that I think I need to expose for the good of the world. That confession: I've been watching Grey's Anatomy. Ok, so "watching" is a relative term. I've been reading recaps and keeping up with all the stories while watching YouTube clips of all the scenes featuring a certain character. You see, I actually used to watch Grey's Anatomy. Back during season 2, when they had their big "code black" superbowl episode? Yeah, I watched that. And then continued to watch the rest of the season, because well, everyone did. I also watched the first season on DVD with a friend that summer, but that was about the extent of my Grey's watching. I watched episodes here and there during the other seasons and sort of kept tabs on it, but that was really only so I could appear to know what my friends were talking about when squeeing about the latest doctor hookup. I don't really like the show. Oh sure, it's dramatic and well made and it has good actors, but the whole constant doctor hookup thing? Really not my kind of show. I also ended up hating the majority of the characters by the end of the second season. And really, why would you watch something you hated? So I stopped.
But now I've started again (sorta). Why? Here comes my secret, it's all because of this man:
Guh. Kevin McKidd. So I used to watch Rome. Ok, so I used to watch the first season of Rome, but stopped because the show was just a little too hardcore for me. But my favorite character was always Vorenus, and I've always been blown away by Kevin's performances. I watched Journeyman because of him! And that wasn't even that good of a show! So, it goes without saying now that I traveled to Grey's for him as well. It initially started out as me just enjoying watching him perform, but now I'm really invested in his character, Owen Hunt. He's an incredibly flawed, messed up character, dealing with major PTSD after coming back from Iraq, but he also has a softer, gentler side that is really struggling to make sense of his life. Kevin brings so much to his character and I've fallen head over heels not only for Owen, but for his relationship with Cristina as well. Cristina was one of the few characters who I didn't end up hating while I was a regular Grey's watcher, and their relationship has been evolving slowly and kind of beautifully. Even with the limited screen time these two get, I already believe they are meant to be. It's so refreshing to see a relationship on that show being taken slowly and not just resorting to hopping in bed at the first sign of attraction.
Just watch this scene between these two. Not only does it show how awesome Kevin is (and how messed up his character is), but how him and Cristina are slowly starting to understand and care for each other:



There's a girl who posts all of the Owen and Owen/Cristina scenes on YouTube after the episodes air and she is my hero (link). Most of the time, I just watch the YouTube clips instead of the episodes, but tonight there is not only no Office, but there's no Supernatural as well so it looks like I get to watch my McBadAss instead! I still think the show is pretty bad, and I'm slightly annoyed that I have to deal with those annoying Private Practice people because of the "crossover event" (seriously, what is with that show? Addison used to be my favorite character on Grey's, but Private Practice is pretty horrible), but I'm happy I get to look forward to more Owen/Cristina!

Chuck 2.13 "Chuck Versus The Suburbs"

I said I was going to post more, so here's my attempt. It's Chuck time! I haven't written about Chuck in a while, mostly because there's been a lot of Chuck-breaks lately and I missed it terribly.
It's starting to seem that almost every episode of Chuck I consider my favorite. Each week I love the episodes more and more and I LOVED this episode. I loved it because it had everything loveable about Chuck. It had some good mythology stuff with Fulcrum and the Fulcrum Intersect, which I'm guessing is now permanently in Chuck's brain. It also had good guest stars as Chuck frequently has (can't wait for Tricia Helfer!). It was hilarious! I thought all of Chuck's bumbling attempts to fit in with his neighbors as well as his bumbling attempts to seduce Jenny McCarthy's character ("Charles Carmichael always comes quickly") were great, but I just about died when I realized Big Mike had been dating Morgan's mom. Oh, the comedy that's going to come from that. But mostly, I was impressed with the Chuck/Sarah. You always worry whether the romance is going to run stale by either getting them together too soon, or keeping them apart for too long. But right now, I've been entirely satisfied with how their story has been told. You know that Sarah and Chuck really do have feelings for each other, but they just can't act on them. At least not yet. This episode also called into question what these two characters want for their future. Could Sarah really give up being a spy and live with Chuck in a "perfect life"? I'm not sure, and that's what makes their story kind of sad in a way. Great job as always by Zach Levi and Yvonne Strahovski for showing us the emotions felt by their characters.
As an aside, can I just say that I don't think it was humanly possible for me to love Casey more than I do. His Valentine's Day consisting of drinking alcohol and watching war documentaries? Breaking his thumb to get out of the handcuff? Dude is hardcore...and I totally have a crush on him. Don't ask about the crush, I can't explain it. I just love him.
I've also been suprised that people aren't too keen on Emmet Milbarge this season, but I absolutely LOVE him and would watch Tony Hale in anything. He adds so much to the Buy More storyline and makes me crack up at least once per episode. I love him almost as much as Lester, who I think may be the funniest person on this show. Don't ask me about my obsession with Lester either. I can't explain it. :)

What did everyone else think of Chuck? And is anyone watching Heroes still? I gave up on the show, but am worrying that it miraculously got better (although I'm not holding my breath).

Welcome to the All Tahmoh Fridays

**I must first apologize for not posting in a while. If we're behind on the posting, it's most likely because school is really busy. We will try to rectify this soon!



Dollhouse premiers tonight! 9 o'clock on FOX! Whoo! You know what that means: it's the start of All Tahmoh Fridays! 2 hours of Tahmoh...every friday! I know most people are excited about the fact that Dollhouse is a new Joss show, and Eliza Dushku's in it, and it's going to explore deep themes like free-will and identity, etc. But I'm the most excited for the Tahmoh!

Confession time: Helo has been my favorite character on Battlestar Galactica since the miniseries. I love how morally upright he is and I love his relationship with Athena (OTP!) and I love how much of a big damn hero he is.

Confession time part 2: I love Tahmoh Penikett. I think the guys a great actor and very...ahem...handsome, and I was totally in LA this summer and he sat behind me at a movie theater and watched The Dark Knight with me and I could barely pay attention to the movie because all I could think about was Tahmoh behind me and I wanted to talk to him but I was too afraid to do it and it was like the greatest day of my life....yeah...

Confession time part 3: I wasn't really that interested in Dollhouse until I heard Tahmoh was cast in it. I was sort of intrigued with the show mostly because I absolutely ADORE Firefly (still not sold on Buffy or Angel...yet), but the truth is, the premise always sounded so weird that I was unsure if I was going to watch. The Tahmoh casting made up my mind right quick!

Conclusions: The All Tahmoh Fridays make me very happy. They should make you happy too! Come and join us in the All Tahmoh Fridays experience.

Dollhouse, 9 o'clock FOX
Battlestar Galactica, 10 o'clock Sci-Fi

For The Derelict: Goodness