I'm in a Supernatural mood

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Supernatural 5.03 "Free To Be You and Me"

I fail with keeping up on my Supernatural watching. I'm always catching up with episodes days late, which is a dirty shame, because this season so far has been fantastic.

I'll admit that I can be a little easy on Supernatural sometimes. I do think it really is a good show, but I also forgive it's cheesiness at times, because I love it so. But these past three episodes have been kind of, well, amazing. I think last season took a while before it hit it's stride, but this season started with a bang and kept on going.

The show is still going along with it's apocalypse storyline started from last season, but has added a whole new dimension. Not only do we have angels and demons, but we have angels who actually started the apocalypse in order for their quest for paradise, fallen angels trying to desperately fight back, Lucifer risen, a God who's missing, and Raphael and Michael the archangels making an appearance. And at the center of it all, Sam and Dean, who have been thrust right smack in the middle of this situation against their will. The show so far has found a really interesting way to introduce all of this religious mythology while still staying true to the show. There may be angels and God in this story now, but there's still rock salt, and classic rock, and Dean being sarcastic, and Sam getting into fist fights, and the Impala, and everything good about this show.

Speaking of Sam and Dean...ay carumba! Sam and Dean! They are tearing me apart here! It's maybe no great surprise that to me, the greatest part of this show is the relationship between Sam and Dean. It always has been and it always will be. Things this season are a bit tense however, and the last episode saw Sam and Dean separated and doing their own thing willingly. Dean, off with Castiel on his quest to find God, still following his path as a hunter. Sam, shamed by his role in releasing Lucifer, tries to form some semblance of a normal life, working in a bar, and lying to the people he meets about his true nature. In the end however, Sam realizes that lying about who he really is ("a freak" he calls himself), can never work, because he will always be drawn back in. Dean claims to Castiel that he's happy that Sam isn't in his life anymore, that he feels free from not having to concern himself with Sam's life, but is he really telling the truth there? With the revelation at the end of the episode that Sam is really Lucifer's vessel, and the reveal in the first episode that Dean is Michael's vessel, the show seems to be setting up a Sam vs. Dean scenario. I, however, have absolute faith that they will come together again. This show is built on the foundation that family and love will conquer all, and you know that Sam and Dean are going to realize that in the end.

For now, I'm just enjoying a super awesome season of Supernatural, that I can't wait to see where it's headed. Start watching, y'all!

Accidentally on Purpose

So last week, Accidentally on Purpose aired on CBS. In my true opinion I'd say it has a chance of lasting. It's actually quite amusing and has potential for a gathering a serious following. At first glance you could sum it up as a television version of Knocked Up (with Seth Rogen and Katherine Hiegl). Stories involving guys and girls always start with two possibilities: Either the guy meets girl and pines over her until some insane plan works out. Or girl lost guy and wants him back. And that's how this story began.

Essentially Bobbie meets Zach after attempting to make James want her back at a club. After a few drinks and his massive charm, she ends up back at his place. What was meant to be a one night turns into him becoming her boy toy. Well as she puts it she breaks her toy upon discovering that she's pregnant. Though she gives him an out he chooses to be involved. Here's where it gets fun, after a series of events he basically has no place to live so they decide to live together. Check this immature boy (he's younger than her) meets immaculate apartment plus established film critic, leads to a fridge door being taken off the handles, needs to establish sexual boundaries and of course a sweet scene that involves him painting a nurse purple because pink+blue equals purple! And unforgettably the almost fight between Zach and James--what is it with guys and the need to claim territory even when the girl is less than interested in that. Anyways for a Pilot, I'd say it did a good job of setting of who the characters are, their motivations and their stumbling blocks.

Oh yea, He's a professor

5.01 "Definitions"

That's right, your favorite architect on television has entered into the academic world with the best outfit a professor could want. The lasso and fedora from Indiana Jones (man, I am such a geek :D)

While Ted is attempting to figure out what kind of professor he wants to be--while still teasing us with a bit of hints as to who the love of his life is; aka the mother, Lily is determined to make Barney and Robin have "the talk."


Yes that's right after all the drama and the wish washy-ness that this comedy could take Robin and Barney had a secret romance all summer long while using the facade of a friendship. I never realized before this episode how controlling Lily really can be. After a fiasco that involves Barney punching a guy that Robin is on a date with, Lily locks them both in a room until they define their relationship in a satisfactory manner--according to what she needs to hear. Since both Barney and Robin have a very hard time with relationships this proves to be very amusing, but ultimately they decide while they aren't sure they want the titles of boyfriend and girlfriend they have to get out of the room she they decided to lie and say they are. Yet in the end you have to question if it really is a non-truth, because while they may not fit typical cliches, they definitely treat one another with those regards.

Overall I'd say that this epi was happy making but not as hilarious as some of the greater hits within this collection. But, YAY it airs tonight at 8 on CBS, and we shall see what the gang has in store for us tonight with their ever entertaining stories.

My response to all of last night:

I LOVE HIM

I LOVE HIM SO MUCH. WORDS...THEY CANNOT EXPRESS HOW MUCH I LOVE HIM. WHY DOESN'T EVERYONE LOVE HIM? WHY DOESN'T THE REST OF THE WORLD ACCEPT MY LOVE? I WANT HIM TO BE SO SUCCESSFUL AND HAPPY. I WANT HIM TO BE AROUND FOREVER. HE'S THE GREATEST PERSON TO EVER LIVE. I LOVE HIM. OH...AND BUY HIS SONG ON ITUNES. IT'S FUCKING AMAZING!

I AM NOT DRUNK, DAMMIT! WHY DOES EVERYONE KEEP ASKING ME THAT?

WHERE THE FUCK ARE THEY? (IGNORE THE HEIDI)

ZOZIZZLE. WHERE ARE THEY? I'M SO DISTRAUGHT RIGHT NOW. COME BACK TO ME NINA/MICHAEL

Too Funny

I've seen some funny stuff on Saturday Night Live but this is just RIDICULOUS, in a no less than fantastic way

Mad Men 3.06: Guy Walks into an Advertising Agency: Reactions, Pt. 2/2

WAIT!! Don't read this yet!!

Ahem, before you read this part, be sure to read Pt. 1 of my reactions below this post.

Other thoughts...

Betty’s still an awful mother. The more she adores baby Gene, the colder she is towards Sally and Bobby. Especially Bobby. “Go bang your head against a wall. Only boring people are bored.” Poor Bobby. I foresee lots of therapy for him in the future.

And, though she is nicer to Sally, Betty doesn’t really understand the complexity of her daughter’s grief over (Grandpa) Gene’s death—i.e. when she misinterprets Sally’s standoffishness around (baby) Gene as mere jealousy and tries to pacify her with a note suspiciously ‘penned’ by baby Gene and a Barbie doll. I don’t blame Sally for throwing that Barbie out her window.

Anyways…I was delighted that this episode was very Joan-centric.

I know I could say it about almost every character on this show, but Joan is such a fascinating character to watch. She’s like…a witty super-hero, who can do practically everything. Even the annoying Mr. Hooker acknowledges in this episode that “Mrs. Harris knows everything…” I don' t know about you, but I still have trouble when people call her 'Mrs. Harris.'

Maybe (just maybe) the superhero thing is an exaggeration, but there is much to be said about Joan’s secret gamut of skills, which have been revealed to us over the past few episodes. Remember when she helped revive Peggy’s sad roommate ad off the top of her head? Or when she begrudgingly, yet beautifully, played accordion and sang for her pushy husband and his colleagues at their dinner party? Well, it turns out Joan’s hidden skills don’t end there.

In this episode, another one of Joan’s talents is revealed! Mainly, her ability to quickly patch up a man’s foot after it gets mangled by a John Deere’s tractor blades. I am convinced she is the 1960s female version of MacGyver. Geez, at this rate, she could probably become a surgeon more quickly than her husband--if she really wanted to. But, the thought has probably never crossed her mind (that's not meant to be an insult, it's just an assumption; her goals just don't seem to include being self-sufficient and single at this stage in her life).

It was difficult to see Joan burst into tears once MacKendrick made a toast congratulating her on her ‘new life’. A life that is falling shorter of her expectations every time she tries to move forward.

Despite all of her talents and charm, she seems to be getting ‘stuck.’ And it’s hard to surmise exactly who/what is to blame. On her own, she could be almost anything. Sometimes, I think that if Joan were transplanted into the present, this could be especially true. But she isn't. “If [she] only knew what was possible…,” right, Grandpa Gene? But then, I wonder: even if she did know what she could achieve, would she even want it? I’m not an expert on 1960s social thought, so I’m just gonna say I really don’t know.

Needless to say, she’s just pretty awesome. And how about that scene with her and Don?! Watching their exchange while they’re sitting together at the hospital was like beholding the king and queen of the universe (if said universe was Sterling Cooper). They are the greatest couple that never ‘officially’ was.

Another great exchange occured between her and Peggy. Though both women have shown themselves to be widely different in terms of goals/desires, they both seemed ready to wish each other the best, ready to effectively part in a nice tie-it-in-a bow way. And wouldn't you know it...just as Peggy was about to express heartfelt gratitude to Joan, the John Deere started veering out of control, and well, you know the rest... Mad Men is not a tie-it-in-a bow show.

Anyways, if you couldn’t tell, I loved this episode. It was crazy good. But, enough about what I thought.

What did you think?

*If you're in the mood for more commentary on this episode (that is also less rambly and far more coherent than I ever could be), be sure to check out Sepinwall's and TLo's reactions!*

Mad Men 3.06: Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency: Reactions, Pt. 1/2

“…that’s life…one minute you’re on top of the world; the next minute, some secretary’s running over you with a lawn mower.”

--Joan

First things first: Congrats to Mad Men on its Emmy wins last night!!! It deserved them, without a doubt.

Now, on to the reactions..

Twice. That's how many times I watched this episode because with Mad Men, one pass is never enough. Especially when an episode involves a guy getting his foot run over by a secretary driving a mower *inside* Sterling Cooper.

In short, this. episode. was. amazing. Here are some things I thought were interesting—it’s all kind of thrown together. You have been warned.

More changes seemed to loom ever closer for many in the Mad Men universe, and so did the uneasiness. One example--the crew over at Sterling Cooper being anxious about PPL’s sudden inspection of its American acquisition.

For a second there, it looked like the old order at Sterling Cooper would get phased out even more. For example, Guy MacKendrick, the charming young account master who had everything going for him (i.e. being attractive, suave, rich, intelligent, etc.), was getting set to take over. Lane Pryce, who was starting to grow on me, was on the brink of being shipped off to Bombay. Roger Sterling wasn’t even assigned a position after MacKendrick’s takeover. And Joan’s last day was going to be relegated to a non-event due to MacKendrick’s arrival. And then, I remembered…

Ken Cosgrove drove in on a John Deere at the beginning of the episode, and I thought...this can't be good...

Didn’t Chekov have a literary principle that says, ‘If a John Deere mower shows up in act 1, then someone has to drive it over someone’s foot in the next one?’

I felt really bad for MacKendrick when his foot got mangled, but, part of me was…oddly relieved that a) Bombay would not gain a snake charmer in Lane Pryce and that b) the order of the Sterling Cooper universe would not drastically change for at least one more day. I'll be honest--I mostly felt relieved about (b).

(Cont. in Pt. 2!)

Spend Some Time on the Internet

You'll find stuff like this:



There's plenty more where that came from on Hulu!

Like some words of wisdom from Dwight

Kris Allen's New Single "Live Like We're Dying"

What? You didn't think I was going to post about this? Do you even know me?



*FLAIL* I think you might be able to guess how I feel about it.
What do you think?

Yo Bryan Cranston. I'm really happy for you and Imma let you finish...

But Jon Hamm is the greatest actor of all time.

OF ALL TIME


(yay yay yay to Kristen Chenoweth and Michael Emerson though)

They're taking the hobbits to Isengard!

Jenni, if you don't watch this, I am going to be so disappointed in you

I declare today....Office Day!

It's here



9:00 NBC

No words right now. No words

Mad Men and True Blood: Bizarro world

In what alternate reality am I living in that Mad Men has a crazier episode than True Blood?!

Ok, ok, so Sam turning into a giant white bull and stabbing a Maenad with his horn, thus removing her heart and killing her is crazier than anything that happened on Mad Men, but I was certainly more surprised while watching the 4th episode of Mad Men, "The Fog", than watching the finale of True Blood.

I really did enjoy both episodes immensely though. Some thoughts:

True Blood

• The first half hour of this episode was awesome! It was crazy and scary and freaky and exactly what I want True Blood to be. The second half however...I understand wanting to have resolution, but there was a little too much resolution for my tastes. And some cliffhangers I didn't really care about.

• Some cliffhangers I do care about: Sam and his quest to find his real parents. I love Sam so much it's kind of ridiculous. I love that he's getting his own storyline again. Very intriguing. Also, Jessica/Hoyt. I do love them together. And the fact that they are having problems now makes me sad. Hoyt's mom is stupid, btw.

• Cliffhangers I don't care about: Bill. IDK, It's not just that I don't really like Bill, I just didn't really like the way the episode ended. Bill was gone and I kind of just sat there and went, "Oh...Ok". It was kind of anticlimactic or something. IDK it's hard to explain. I know he'll be fine next season anyways.

• There was about 1 minute there where I thought the show killed off Sam and I screamed and despaired and vowed to never watch again. I never thought I would say this, but thank you Bill Compton!

• There was a disturbing lack of Eric in this episode.
  

• I thought Jason shooting Eggs was kind of...dumb. The way that scene was shot was not good. LOL at me totally forgetting that Tara used to be in love with Jason though. According to this interview with Alan Ball done after the finale, this could potentially bring them back together.

• Yep, still in love with Michelle Forbes.

• And...yeah, still in love with Jason Stackhouse :D

Mad Men

• FUCK YEAH, DREAM SEQUENCES! I mean....what? That was some heavy stuff going on right there...and I loved it. I don't pretend to know what the hell I'm talking about when it comes to this show, but I felt like a lot of it was setting up Betty to accept her role in life. Betty is so unhappy all the time because she can't get what she wants. But this episode did seem to imply that Betty believed that the new baby was going to make everything better. She could accept her role as a housewife and take care of the baby and everything was going to be OK. Of course, by the end of the episode, we see that's probably not the case.
  

• "I left my lunch pail on the bus and I'm having a baby." Best line on this show ever yes/yes?

• LOVED the scene with Peggy and Don in his office. That little scene said so much about both of them and where the show might be headed and both of those actors are so good and...this show is the greatest show on television right now. Fo real.
  

• I enjoyed Duck's turtleneck.

• Let's talk about Pete. No, I cannot talk about Pete. Because to talk about Pete would be to flail around and keysmash incoherently. That is how great my love for him is. I just...Just...No, can't do it. My love for him cannot be textually rendered.
  

• And once again, Alan Sepinwall says it way better than I ever could.

I will miss you True Blood, but YAY more Mad Men! I think this might have been the best episode of the season so far.

True Blood finale tonight!

Apologies for not writing about the last episode. I did enjoy it. It was suitably trashy for my tastes :)

Finale tonight! And yes, I am excited. Do you know why? Because I have discovered watching the second season, that you really can't take this show seriously. It's cheesy, it's campy, it's trashy, but most importantly, it's fun! I had such a problem with the first season, because I kept looking at all it's flaws and going "No! Look! The writing on this show is so clunky! Why does everyone keep fawning over it?!" But you just have to let that all go when you watch this show. Drool over Eric, laugh at Jason, flail around at the gore, make fun of Bill's accent...just don't think you're going to get anything too profound out of it.

Mo Ryan from the Chicago Tribune pretty much said the exact same thing I was thinking in her review of the second season. Especially this:

"True Blood" works best a suspenseful beach read come to vivid, southern Gothic life. It's not about vampires as metaphors, it's about calling your friends and exclaiming, "Oh man, how are they going to top that scene where the possessed minions of the Maryann the Maenad ate the human heart that had been chopped up and put inside a souffle?"

"True Blood" is a show that mostly defies analysis, intellectual probing and the search for subtext. As Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten) put it, "The time for thinking is over." Exactly.

Every Sunday night, it's a chance to turn off your brain and enjoy a show that jams four or five episodes' worth of incident, plot and jaw-dropping moments into 50 minutes.

Yes. Just...yes. That. (LOL at the comments on that article though. No, I'm sorry, there is nothing about True Blood that could be described as "subtle writing").

So, True Blood. Tonight. 9 o'clock. HBO. Get excited.

Supernatural Season 5

It's really here y'all! Season 5 premiers tonight at 9 on the CW!

Kick-ass promo. No seriously, watch this promo. It's amazing:


IS THIS REAL LIFE?! Season 4 was really really good and ended on one hell of a cliffhanger. I keep telling you how good this show is. Why not try it out tonight? I guarantee you will not be disappointed.

This is a Kris Allen Post

You know what? We haven't had one of these in a while. No really, we haven't. What do you mean I bring him up in every post anyways? I don't know what you're talking about.

I know a while back I was going to write up a big post about Kris and what he means to me, etc. etc., but that would take me forever now, so let's just do an all encompassing, fun, 'I Love Kris Allen Post', yeah!

Hey guess what? I went to the tour! Me and Zozizzle turned into a couple of crazy Idol fanatics and went to the goddamn tour. And it was amazing. Matt Giraud touched me OMG, Anoop Desai impregnated me with his sexy, Allison Iraheta proved why she's the next Janis Joplin, I had a religious experience watching Adam Lambert do "Whole Lotta Love", and then Kris Allen came out and I died. I had to be brought back to life in order to write this post. I am now a zombie. Braaaaiiinnnss....

Do you want to see Kris Allen doing his thing in concert? Of course you do. Let me share:

Heartless
Different than he did on the show and in the studio. Totally rocking (and jeez louis could he hold that note on "soul" any longer?). I would post the video Zozizzle took at our concert, but all you can hear is me screaming and crying next to her. Also, link to his "unplugged" version he did on a radio station. So. Good. OMG.



All These Things That I've Done
I actually found a video from our show! Auburn Hills. This song replaced the masterclass of melody and lyrics, "No Boundaries". This was my favorite song from his set, and maybe of the whole night.



Bright Lights
This is actually a professional video from tour that you can buy off of iTunes, which means you should go buy it off of iTunes RIGHT NOW. Anyhoo, if this doesn't prove how talented his is, then I don't know what will. Piano and a kick-ass electric guitar solo? I love him.


And now, let's talk about November 17th. What's on November 17th you ask? What the hell is wrong with you, dumb bitch?! It's only the day that Kris Motherfucking Allen's album comes out! Gosh.

To say I'm excited about his album would probably be an understatement. You can pre-order it on Amazon if you want! I have. I have also pre-ordered it on iTunes. And I'm going to buy 5 copies of it when it's actually released. What? That's totally normal. His single actually should be released pretty soon and I'm shaking and crying with anticipation.

Want a little more info about his album? Well that's too bad because I'm too lazy to look up stuff right now, but trust me when I say he's been working with some pretty cool people (Mat Kearney and Joe King being the first to come to mind). Instead, I'm going link you to some of his pre-Idol stuff. He self-produced an album called "Brand New Shoes" when he was like 22 and it is FANTASTIC. For being that young and for self-producing, it's really really good. I listen to it all the damn time. Kris thinks the CD is "immature", and if this is what he considers immature, than hot damn, I can't wait to listen to his new CD. Download for ya, if you like.

My favorites:

Lovely
Beautiful. Gorgeous. Waltz-like. Just...OMG



I Was Played
Fun and upbeat and catchy


On Our Way
Inspirational. Yeah.


Wipe It Away
Kris's favorite song on the album. He said if he could rerecord one song for his new album, it would be this one (and OMG that would be amazing if he did)


So yeah, there you go. Maybe someone will find this post, watch the videos and become a fan! Or maybe someone will find this post, see how crazy I am, and back away slowly from this blog. Either way, I had fun putting this together.

And to be serious for a bit, it's been a long time since I've been this invested in someone before. Not only did Kris make me care about music again, but I really do look up to him as a human being. He's one of the nicest, most generous, talented people I've ever seen, and I'm really really proud to be his fan. I want him to be successful, but more than that, I want him to be happy, because he deserves it. I don't know if this is weird to say, but he means a lot to me. He made my depressing and boring summer a lot more fun. I can't wait until his album comes out and he has his own solo tour and I can follow his career, because I know I'll be a fan of his for a very very long time. /sappy

Oh, one more thing: Follow Kris on twitter! @KrisAllen4Real. You will not be disappointed.

This is a Pete Campbell Post

I wish I was smart. Mad Men is smart. Alan Sepinwall is smart.

So, instead of talking about the latest episode of Mad Men, "The Arrangements" (except to say: Hold your child, Betty! Jeez!), I'm going to post these:





Pete :D

Here ya go, TV heads

Fall TV Cheat Sheet: Find out what's premiering when!

Dates of interest:

Wednesday, September 9:
America’s Next Top Model, 8 p.m. (The CW)
Glee, 9 p.m. (Fox)
So You Think You Can Dance, 8 p.m. (Fox)

Thursday, September 10:
Supernatural, 9 p.m. (The CW)
The Vampire Diaries, 8 p.m. (The CW)

Monday, September 14:
Eddie Griffin: Going for Broke, 10 p.m. (VH1)
Gossip Girl, 9 p.m. (The CW)
The Jay Leno Show, 10 p.m. (NBC)
Lincoln Heights, 8 p.m. (ABC Family)
One Tree Hill, 8 p.m. (The CW)

Thursday, September 17:
Bones, 8 p.m. (Fox)
Community, 9:30 p.m. (NBC)
Fringe, 9 p.m. (Fox)
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, 10 p.m. (FX)
The Office, 9 p.m. (NBC)
Parks and Recreation, 8:30 p.m. (NBC)
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday, 8 p.m. (NBC)
Survivor: Samoa, 8 p.m. (CBS)

Monday, September 21:
Accidentally on Purpose, 8:30 p.m. (CBS)
The Big Bang Theory, 9:30 p.m. (CBS)
Castle, 10 p.m. (ABC)
CSI: Miami, 10 p.m. (CBS)
Dancing with the Stars, 8 p.m. (ABC)
Heroes, 8 p.m. (NBC)
House, 8 p.m. (Fox)
How I Met Your Mother, 8 p.m. (CBS)
Two and a Half Men, 9 p.m. (CBS)

Thursday, September 24:
CSI, 9 p.m. (CBS)
Flash Forward, 8 p.m. (ABC)
Grey’s Anatomy, 9 p.m. (ABC)
The Mentalist, 10 p.m. (CBS)

Friday, September 25:
Dollhouse, 9 p.m. (Fox)
Ghost Whisperer, 8 p.m. (CBS)
Law & Order, 8 p.m. (NBC)
Medium, 9 p.m. (CBS)
Numb3rs, 10 p.m. (CBS)
Smallville, 8 p.m. (The CW)

Thursday, October 15:
30 Rock, 9:30 p.m. (NBC)

Tuesday, November 3:
V, 8 p.m. (ABC)


Supernatural, The Office, Fringe, and Grey's Anatomy all on Thursdays at 9? I both love and hate Thursdays

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Exclusive: 'Smallville' heroine Kristin Kreuk joins 'Chuck'


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