It's So HARD to say Goodbye to my bestest TV BF

There has been eleven episodes of Chuck and I have only seen the premiere.

You may be wondering Why?--since I've been in love with the show from the very beginning. Here's the thing about me I have a hard time saying goodbye so I've been putting it off. So apologies my fellow Nerd Herders, you deserve better so this begins the "HAIL MARY" of blogging.

The premiere was entitled "Chuck vs The Zoom." As promised the crew started their own secret agents for hire company, but things aren't quite as successful as they planned. First off Morgan currently has the Intersect. That's right folks Chuck is back to relying on his intellegience and ingeniuity. And secondly, Decker still has a major vendetta against them, more importantly the formerly CIA funded Intersect.

The episode starts with Sarah and Chuck in a jam. Even though things are looking bleak Chuck uses this opportunity to phish for what Sarah wants in her dream home. Always the romantic, sigh. Then of course somehow Casey gets caught by the guards, leaving their back up to the same fate. So they are forced to bring in the back up to their back up. The new secret weapon. Morgan. They are hoping and praying that'll he'll be able to flash, and I even as a viewer slightly feared for their safety...but in the end Morgan and his tiny body pulls through. Albeit with a bit of the Bartowski charm.

In the end, their funds get cut off by Chuck's nemesis, Decker. So all they are left with is the Buymore. So now they face the challenge to make the store a success. This should be good seeing as their current employees consists of Jeff and Lester. Also if it wasn't clear before its a certainty that Chuck is having a hard time not being the Intersect. More specifically he's worried that his dreams of buying Sarah the perfect home and providing for his new family might fail along with Carmichael Industries and the current Intersect. Ultimately he's having a hard time finding his place on the team now that he's just Chuck.

3.5 For the First Time, 3.6 Mashoff, & 3.7 I Kissed a Girl

Glee is a show about underdogs, the people that we cant resist rooting for. In addition to that it's about giving a voice to the voiceless and chase after your dreams no matter what may stand in your way. Most importantly it's about be your true self.

Episode 5 of the season, For the first time is about more than losing your virginity it's about growing up and taking the time to be adventurous when your young. In this spirit Kurt and Blaine visit a gay bar and Rachel attempts to lose her virginity. Of course of this ignited by their drives to be best Maria and Tony. Of course Rachel's big mouth rats her out to Finn and he in turn is hurt that she's using it as drive for her career.

Mike and farther come to head once he discovers that his mother has been lying for him. In the end they both end up disowning one another. Also featured in this episode are the Werboler's. I knew I would miss their charm and amazing blazers. It was nice to see them. In the end the show goes on without either of the stars losing their V cards but the show is still a success because they find another way to tap into the necessary emotions. The show also gave Arty the chance to take charge as director and make decisions without being held back by the limitations of his chair. It was great for Arty to have a grown up moment.

No big surprise though in the end after Sebastian has left and Finn doesn't receive a football scholarship, both Hummel/Hudson boys spend the night in memories of first loves.

Mashoff

It's the first annual Mashoff at McKinley High, from the brains of Mr. Schue and Shelby of course in an attempt to get their kids geared for Sectional but more importantly to remember in the end that they're all friends.
Of course in the spirit of this and the crazy amazing talent of the Troubletones Santana takes it to a whole new level of mean and ends up slapping Finn. She slaps Finn because something he said in the hallway to shut her up, had to do with her sexuality, ends up in a political campaign commercial. The main issue is that she hasn't had the chance to tell her family.

Shelby finds out the truth about Quinn, that she has been trying to get to be deemed an unfit mother. Also in a state of panic at the hospital Shelby calls Puck. This of course ends in a bad decision, because all bad decisions start with Puck. Shelby sleeps with Puck and he takes it to mean more than it should, and falls even harder for her. Also during the delivery of their speeches Rachel withdraws from the race and backs Kurt. In the end I felt that this episode produced the best performance yet: an Adele mash-up of Cold Shoulder/Someone Like You

I Kissed a Girl

This episode centers around Santana's rage and her need to accept who she is. Further her friends from both New Directions and Troubletones try to give her the courage she needs to tell her family. So they team up in the old choir room and spend the week singing "Lady Music" after Finn saves her from suspension. In the end she finally thanks him and tells her family; her parents accept it but her Grandma disowns her.

Oh and Rachel stuffs the ballot box, in an attempt to help Kurt win the election. This leads to Kurt being in trouble but Rachel steps up and takes her punishment.

Guilty Pleasure Tales

OTH the last and final season started last week. The premiere provided a field of questions in the first two minutes. As promised familiar faces have returned. Chris Keller is back, with the oddest pairing, Dan Scott. The sequence continues with Chase being arrested, Haley identifying a body, Brooke enraged and destroying Karen's Cafe with customers inside, Julian is being beaten in a dark and bloody way, and the sweet, dorky couple, Clay and Quinn have a what seems like a heartbreaking break-up.

So I'm sure the fans, like me have a ton questions and can only wonder as to how our favorite characters from One Tree Hill, North Carolina have ended up such tragic and dark places. The only speculation that I am 95% sure of and truly despise is the fact that by the end of the season Nathan will be dead. Which really sucks! Haley and Nathan are meant to have forever...and I'm just waiting to see how everything unfolds.

Chris Keller has tricked his way into running Red Bedroom Records (started by Peyton in season 7), and after crticizing Alex's song and then helping her, Haley places him on secret double probation. So for the moment he's staying in Tree Hill. Alex and Chase are still dating.


Haley keeps finding doors open, which is quite creepy especially since Nathan is out of time. Brooke is constantly trying to get her kids to sleep and Julian bought a sound stage. Which at first was a good investment until the movie he had booked fell through. Financial problems seem to be on the horizon for the Davis-Baker household. Clay has been suffering sleep walking problems. But as in any other good drama, he travels when he sleep walks and this worries Quinn. Finally Dan's burger joint has burnt down leaving him broke and homeless. Dan decides to turn to Haley who yields and he moves into the Scott mansion with his two grandchildren. Without the knowledge of his distant son.

GG's Best of 2011

Best Artist

Adele, she's gorgeous and her songwriting is beyond amazing

Best Album

The Script's Science & Faith is all about love, heartache and being able to admit when your wrong. Those Irish boys sure know how to speak to a girl's heart and soul.

Best Movie

Thor. I love the film because of it's creative digital creations and the fact that Thor a god has to learn a lesson in humility. Ultimately it marks the start of the Avengers in May. Yay!!! Also Chris Hemsworth is to die for, beard and all.

Best New TV Show

Once Upon A Time!!! It's so good I cannot wait to delve into it further with those of you reading out there. The parallels between fairy tales and reality is great. The writers thus far have done an amazing job.

Of Course we gotta talk about the hotties on my screen:

TV Boyfriends

1.Prince (James) Charming 2. Shawn Spencer/Burton Gustard 3. Neil Caffrey 4. Chuck 5. Dr. Jack Hodgens

Oops, it's already 2012

But let's talk about our favorite TV things of 2011, shall we? Not too much text in this one, just lists and some crappy photoshopping. All in no particular order:

5 Favorite TV shows of 2011:

1. Game of Thrones (Favorite episode: 1.09 "Baelor"*)
2. Doctor Who (favorite episode: 6.10 "The Girl Who Waited")
3. Breaking Bad (favorite episode: 4.13 "Face Off")
4. Parks & Recreation (favorite episode: 3.13 "The Fight")
5. Community (favorite episode: 3.04 "Remedial Chaos Theory")

*Favorite episodes are just those aired THIS year

5 Favorite TV Characters of 2011:

1. Britta Perry "Community"
2. Jesse Pinkman "Breaking Bad"
3. The Doctor "Doctor Who"
4. Rory Williams "Doctor Who"
5. Jimmy Darmody "Boardwalk Empire"

5 TV Boyfriends of 2011:

1. Matt Smith and Arthur Darvill (Doctor and Rory "Doctor Who") - yes, I cheated
2. Richard Madden (Robb Stark "Game of Thrones")
3. Donald Glover (Troy Barnes "Community")
4. Michael Pitt (Jimmy Darmody "Boardwalk Empire")
5. Aaron Paul (Jesse Pinkman "Breaking Bad")

5 TV Girlfriends of 2011:

1. Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen "Game of Thrones")
2. Gillian Jacobs (Britta Perry "Community")
3. Karen Gillan (Amy Pond "Doctor Who")
4. Zooey Deschanel (Jess Day "New Girl")
5. Amy Poehler (Leslie Knope "Parks & Recreation")

5 Favorite TV ships of 2011:

1. Amy/Rory "Doctor Who"
2. Troy/Abed "Community"
3. Leslie/Ben "Parks & Recreation"
4. Jimmy/Richard "Boardwalk Empire"
5. Sam/Jon "Game of Thrones"

Yeah! Now it's Zozizzle and Good Grief's your turn! What were some of your favorite TV things of 2011?

Supernatural mid-season finale, but mostly a lot of other stuff

I was going to do a season finale/mid-season finale recap of Boardwalk Empire, Supernatural, and Once Upon A Time. That was until I realized I just had TOO MANY FEELINGS regarding the Boardwalk Empire finale and couldn't even begin to coherently share them with the world. So I scrapped the idea. Before doing so however, I did end up writing a review of the last episode of Supernatural before the break. It's sitting on my harddrive, so I thought I'd post it anyways.

I will say this about Boardwalk Empire however, I thought the finale was actually a great episode of television that wrapped up an exciting, engrossing season. The Jimmy Darmody storyline was executed wonderfully and Michael Pitt has never been better. HOWEVER, I'm not sure I'll be watching the show anymore. The moment that Jimmy died was the moment I realized he was the only character I truly cared about on this show. I enjoy watching so many of the other actors and characters, but only really on a surface level and not on the deep level that I cared for Jimmy. The only character who comes close is Richard, but so many of his interactions came between him and Jimmy or Angela (and Jimmy/Richard was the OTP of the whole dang show, let's be honest). Jimmy dying actually made sense and in a way was a nice wrap-up for a character who was so damaged and lost, but ultimately found a sense of peace and closure in the end. But why, WHY do it this season? Why kill your most interesting character only 2 seasons in? I don't mind Jimmy dying, but save it for a series finale! I just can't imagine this show without Jimmy and I'm not sure I'll really want to. I'm grateful to this season for being so entertaining and for Michael Pitt being amazing every week, but my desire to continue watching might have just died with Nucky pulling the trigger.

Once Upon A Time starts back up this week and I'm excited for it, but still mourning slightly foreign, sexy sheriff Graham. Not only will I miss his face, but his episode was by far the best episode of the series so far and I'm disappointed they got rid of the character right as he was learning the truth (although I do concede that with the nature of the show, there's a strong possibility he could come back or be seen again). Damn those Lost producers and their penchant for killing off attractive characters in first seasons *cough*Boone*cough*. Without going into any detail, I still think the show has its problems, but ultimately it's a fun ride with appealing characters, actors I like, and enough mystery to make it interesting. I'm sticking with it for now!

Ok, so I guess I did have more to say than I thought. Trust me though, I could have said A LOT more. And with a lot less coherence.

One final note however, I just caught up on Breaking Bad. Watched the Season 4 finale a few days ago. And THERE IS SO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT THIS SHOW BUT HOW DO YOU EVEN SAY IT?! A;SLDJKF;ALS;DKJF;ALSDFJALSDKJF SO GOOD. SO. GOOD.
I thought about writing posts for it, but I'm pretty sure they'd just devolve into keysmashes and paragraph after paragraph on how Jesse Pinkman is the greatest character ever. Also, Zozizzle is now starting her Breaking Bad watching and I don't want to risk spoiling her. So for now, no BB posts, but maybe one day! And hopefully with Zozizzle in tow! :)

Finally, my Supernatural review of 7x10, "Death's Door":

This is the best episode of Season 7. That's not really saying much since season 7 hasn't been that good so far. But I think I'll take it one step further and say it's one of the best episodes of the entire series. Certainly for me, one of the most memorable episodes of the past 2 seasons and the only episode this season that sticks out for me at all. And this is coming from someone who was never a huge fan of Bobby. It wasn't that I disliked the character, I just hated the show's over-reliance on Bobby as a fact-getter/problem-solver extraordinaire in the later seasons. Relying on Bobby for answers every once and a while is fine. Relying on Bobby for answers every single episode made Sam and Dean seem lazy. I longed for the days when they had to search dad's diary and figure things out for themselves. It was too easy! Still, this episode put the focus on Bobby and showed that the show still has the ability for great character development, interesting storytelling, and the ability to make me cry. Too often this season has told us what characters are thinking and feeling without any explanation as to why. Sam and Dean's "development" this season has felt extremely unsatisfying. I'm not buying their character arcs at all because it feels like the writers keep tacking on "issues" without any logical progression. Not to mention a storyline with the Leviathans that while it has potential, has never really felt like anything new. Sadly, the show had to kill off a main character to get interesting again, but ultimately I think it worked because it believably showed us exactly the kind of man Bobby is.
As Bobby lies dying from a gunshot wound to the brain, we get to quite literally go inside Bobby's head and take a journey through his past. Each flashback leads us to a deeper understanding of Bobby as a character and each one is more powerful than the next,  leading to the devastating scene of young Bobby shooting and killing his abusive father.
Flashbacks aren't exactly a new concept, but structurally this episode found really interesting ways to tell the story. The episode as a whole was visually beautiful, as the darkness, or "death", slowly crept up on Bobby, swallowing his memories. I enjoyed how Bobby was at times a passive observer to the memories and other times actively interacting with his friends, helping Rufus solve a case until even he started helping Bobby along to meet his darkest fear.
It was just a well written episode overall that was entertaining while still being character driven. More than anything though, this episode reminded me of what it feels like to be emotionally invested in Supernatural again. I'm just a casual viewer now. I'm not obsessed like I used to be. I'm not even really a "fan", to be perfectly honest. I watch now mostly out of a loyalty to a show I used to love so much, not because of any great enjoyment I'm getting out of this season. But every once and a while a scene will come along like the one that ended this episode, with Bobby looking on fondly at his two adopted sons, realizing he did alright for himself after all, and I remember what made this show so great.

12/8/11 Week In TV Podcast: No Longer Living Under a Rock

The Ashitaka's Angels: Week in TV podcast 12/8/11 by Ashitaka's Angels

Nay, reader, your eyes do not deceive you. THE OTHER TWO THIRDS OF THE ASHITAKA'S ANGELS ARE STILL ALIVE!!! Many thanks to Good Grief, who has been holding down the fort while Lea and I were living under a rock. Well, living under a rock and watching lots of TV. Last night, we decided, "Hey, we should probably talk about all this TV we're watching. Now, if only there was some place on the internet where we could discuss all the shows that we watch....like... a TV blog. Oh, wait!" Then, we made this podcast. Warning: it is a bit of a WHOPPER. In terms of length, that is.
It is not, unfortunately, a chocolate-covered malt ball or a hamburger.

For those brave souls who end up listening to the whole thing, there's a digital hug waiting for you.
For those who do not want that and want to skip around, here's the rundown on what we discuss:

00:00-04:59 Boardwalk Empire: S2E11 "Under God's Power She Flourishes"

05:00-09:18 The Walking Dead: Season 2 in general

09:19-12:00 New Girl: overall impressions

12:01-13:50 Modern Family: S3E10 "Express Christmas"

13:51-18:00 The Office: S8E10 "Christmas Wishes"

18:01-24:00 Parks & Rec: S4E10 "Citizen Knope"

24:01-35:15 Community: S3E10 "Regional Holiday Music"/ Doctor Who Christmas Special Flail/ Inspector Spacetime Christmas Wish

35:16-40:00 Breaking Bad: Its similarities to Glee, how it has shattered Lea's life, and how she wants it to shatter mine

Enjoy :)

3.3 Asian F & 3.4 Pot of Gold

Asian F

Glee took a break after airing Asian F and in turn I have been lacking in reporting (blogging) on anything. Now is the time to make up for that. I hope to get you all

catched up and peek your wits for sectionals.

Finally the writers made a true attempt to focus on another member's problem instead of the main drama causers. This episode was great because we got a look at Mike Chang. Everyone knows him as the loveable and talented dancer with a kicking set of abs.

As everyone is trying out for the musical Brittany has decided that she is also a "unicorn" or magical and therefore has tossed her hat in the rink for senior class president against Kurt. And when Mercedes steps up and tries out for Maria (the lead in West Side Story), Rachel decides to also toss her hat in the ring.

Back to what made the episode so interesting, Mike's struggle between his dream and what his father has planned for him. His dad wants him to quit Glee club and give up on dancing and focus on school. In the end Mike skips a tutoring session and shows his Mom

what it means to follow your dreams. Mike lands not only a part in the play but a singing part due to his hard work and passion for dancing.

Of course there was bigger drama than Mike having to lie to his parent's Mercedes leaves New Directions after she and Rachel are asked to share the part of Maria in West Side Story. Where does she go? Shelby just happens to be looking for AMAZING voices for her group and if Mercedes is one thing she definitely can blow.

Pot of Gold

One of the Glee Project winners is written in. Hello Damian McGinty and congrats! Damian plays Rory Flananigan, a sweet Irish who is friendless and just like any other teenage boy. He tricks Brit into thinking he's a lepachraun so that he can see her "pot of gold," along the way he makes friends with Finn and is inaugurated into the glee club after...drum roll please, Santana and Brit defect to the new group. For those of you who missed it, Rachel's birth mother Shelby is back in town and has open her home up to Puck and Quinn (who is back to her natural hair color), so that they can be a part of their daughter's life. Of course Quinn takes this as an opportunity to prove that Shelby is an unfit mother and a chance to get Beth back.

Anyways so Mercedes has joined the rogue group after she unfairly was asked to share the part with Rachel when she clearly was better during try outs. Also during this episode to uplift the spirits of the group. Blaine not only sings "TGIF" by Katy Perry but he brings his own flair to it. Blaine is the king of Katy Perry's repertoire.

The last thing you need to know, Kurt's dad saves the play and in turn becomes the candidate that Mr Schue was looking for along. Yep, that's right it's a face off between Sue and Burt!

Ted and the Gang

Things you should know:

Ted still has found anyone to be serious with. Turns our Victoria (aka Cupcake Cutie) is practically engaged to some guy named Claus. But at least now he can move on. He also finally met his slutty pumpkin from season 1 but it turns out they are as far as any two people can be from being soul mates. So Ted continues to involve himself in Lily and Marshall's relationship and milestones. Hopefully the tide changes soon.

Most recently Barney is with Nora and Robyn is with Kevin, her former therapist and all around nice and understanding guy. So why did the previous episode end with them making out in a cab? Peculiar indeed, of course it turns into them seriously cheating on their respective significant others. And at first they with a bit of prodding on Robyn part that it meant nothing and therefore they didn't need to say anything. But in the end they decide they have to. The only problem is that Barney is the only one who ends up going thru with it.

Why Robyn did spill the beans and run to Barney. Well it turns out as ready and mature Barney has become since their last failed attempt at dating, it turns out Kevin is just more mature and more ready. He has better answers and he loves Robyn. Robyn is incapable of seeing pass her previous history with Robyn, but now Barney knows she's the one. The worst part is that as ready as Barney may seem, his heart truly broke when he saw Robyn return to the bar with Kevin. As ready as he is, he's only half of the equation.

Funniest part of the epi:

3.1 The Purple Piano Project

Last Week, Fox made gleekers happy!!!

The gang returned with the same agenda. Make it and win Nationals. "The kiss that missed" cannot happen again nor will it stop this gang of misfits. To encourage sign ups Mr Schue refurbished and brought in 3 purple pianos.


The challenge, whenever they see a purple piano they are suppose to break out in performance. Of course this catches the unwanted attention of Sue Sylvester. Who is one running for a Congressional Chair....of course she becomes inspired to take a stand against musical education at public schools and well once again Schuester and her are enemies.

Onto the juicy stuff. Kurk gets his boyfriend, Blaine, to leave the Werbols and join New Directions. And this leads to jealous in Finn. Why?

Let's face it Blaine is talented, and has the stage presence to pull off Lead Male in the glee club. Finn is not a complete idiot. Now while the gang has gained a member they also loose a member due to unloyalty. Santana follows Sue order to destroy the purple pianos and as a result Mr Schue, has had enough and dismisses her from the club.


He also faces his own struggle turning away a truly horrible student. So the club is still down three, they've lost Zezis, Sam and Quinn. Quinn has had a complete makeover and hangs with the skanks. Let's just say she's gone to a dark place where singing is not a priority.


Finally, after seeing the glory of NY Kurt and Rachel can't wait to live out their dreams and have cocked a plan to go to Julliard together and live in the Big City. The only problem is that Julliard doesnt have a Musical Theatre program. But that doesn't stop them with the help of Emma Pilsbury, now Mr Schue's live in girlfriend!!--they find another school with a great program and decide to get to work and meet the competition. Which turns out to identical to them and have way more experiences in theatre.

At first they are stopped dead in their tracks but with some pep talk and never say die attitude, they decide to work even harder and Kurt is running for Junior Class President. The club also decides to put on a family friendly musical--West Side Story.

This year should be an interesting one. Also--speaking of class standings, this is the last year for many of the glee kids. So who are the seniors? We've got the recently transferred Blaine; Santana and Brittany (maybe); Popular, then Pregnant to Punk Quinn; Adorable Mike Chang. Utterly lost Finn and the over-achieving Rachel who has the perfect plan for her future.






Competition, Relationships and Hilarity what more could a fan ask for....

HYIMYM Premieres

For all you readers out there, yup I'm referring to our 3 followers (thanks guys), for warning there may be spoilers but that shouldnt be a problem cause I myself can't even watch them when they air.

On to the good stuff

So what happened when Ted, Barney, Lily, Marshall and Robin returned to our television sets?

It starts with a wedding, well actually it starts with a warning that the story is far from over. This season viewers can tell is going to be about Barney's journey to the aisle. While the show may have started out with Ted sharing his search for love, viewers have come to love the womanizing side-show that Neil Patrick Harris performs oh so well. NPH is a star, his comicly entertaining and it we had a great glimpes of "relationship Barney" when he and Robin were involved.

When the season returns, feelings and secrets are revealed at Punchy's wedding. The gang finds out that Lily is preggers and Robin reveals that she still has feelings for Barney and wants a second chance with him. Unfortunately she finds out that her timing is way off and he has initiated phone calls with Nora. The first half ends with Marshall ruining a wedding and Ted declaring that he is going to start looking for love again.

In the second half of the premiere, Marshall makes a declaration that he is not going to drink ever again. The funny thing about the human condition is that, as soon as we make a promise or take on a challenge to change our ways, it becomes that much harder and well even though he ends up streaking naked at the age of 33 around NY city, he stills ends up landing a job doing what he'll love.

Barney accepts Nora challenge to never lie to her again, even when she asks him about all the ways he has lied to get a girl to sleep with him. Of course this leads to her forming a more distasteful opinion of Barney and she leaves. But before she exits, Barney tells her that he will not leave the all night diner until she gives him a second date. In the end, Nora can't resist her feelings for him and gives him yet another chance.



The most exciting revelation of the season premiere by far is that "Cupcake Girl," aka Victoria is back. For those of you who don't know or remember her, she was the girl that helped Ted move on from Robin for a while. She can be categorized as the one that got away. Victoria is this adorable baker but she got a Fellowship in Germany and had to leave. While Ted and her tried a long distance relationship--it didn't turn out too well. At the end of the first season he lies to Robin about breaking up with her and cheats on Victoria along with losing Robin's trust.
I guess the real question is, is she the one? Most likely not but I can't wait to see what happens between her and Ted this time around.

GG's Fall TV Schedule

Hey guess who's back, participating with the team!

Yup it's GG, and my apologies but Grad school can be a quelcher of time

Anywho, why am I back at my keyboard?

This week is the second week of premiers, technically, but this is when Fall TV dramas, comedies and new series start peeking out their yellowed eyes from hidden caves.

Up first, tonight How I Met Your Mother, tonight on CBS at 8. All the fans are dying know how Barney is transformed and who is ends up marrying? Will it be Nora, the cute British and extremely forgiving girl, or Robyn whom we all know of love, despite her gun toting ways. Or possibly someone new?

The Dunphees are back on Wednesday. Modern Family airs on ABC at 9. They will be vying for American eyeballs all over the country with the cast of gLee! I am super excited for gLee, even though golden locks Sam is not returning for us to see the romantic endeavours between him and Mercedes. But don't fret Mercedes still has a r omantic interest this Wednesday night. Another great thing to look forward to is the gLee Project winners! I am soooooo excited for Colin and Sam, I cannot wait to see what roles the writers come up with for them.

On Thursday viewers can look forward to The Office and finding out who the new boss will be. Creed will end up burning down the building if he is in power for too long. Plus we always have sweet, ever cute Jam!

Of course that's not all I'll be watching. There are a couple of new series I am interested in this fall.

Revenge and Once Upon a Time have caught my eyes. Their advertisers can give themselves a pat on the back. I'm a sucker for drama, mystery and fairy tales. That last one Disney can take all the credit, all that I have my bitter moments, way deep down I'm a sucker for happy endings.

Revenge airs this Wednesday night, (I'll be doing a lot of cyber watching). And Once Upon a Time doesn't air until October 23rd. Speaking of premiers in the distant future. Returning this fall for a seventh season is Bones.

Unfortunately we'll have to wait til November to see all the new hurtles Booth and Bones have to overcome as a couple, parents and partners! It should be an interesting season. Congrats to Emily Deschancel for her real life pregnancy--it's worth waiting a couple extra months. Anxiously awaiting November 3

Psych returns October 12, and man I sooooo miss my Shawn and Gus with all their hijinks and humorous ways. They are such characters.

Chuck comes back for it's fifth and final season, October 21. I am glad to for the closure we'll recieve but I will certainly miss Zach and his weekly appearances on my television. I do have to say that I am quite worried even a little frightened to see what occurs with Morgan as the intersect, but we'll be getting a close up view into Chuck's struggles with starting his own business and Casey will finally get some love :P

Mark Those Calendars, You Anglophiles!

Because Downton Abbey (sometimes affectionately referred to as "DownTOWN" Abbey on this here blog) returns January 8, 2012!

Is it just me, or are there 90 people in this cast? It must be all the strategic dovetailing.

Highclere Castle, servants, and Granthams/Crawleys, oh, how I have missed thee.

PBS finally gave a release date for series 2! And I don't know about you, but I huzzah'd pretty loudly. There may have even been a fist-pump involved.

Story-wise, series 2 will bring us smack dab in the middle of WWI. Not sure if we'll get to see any intense battle-scenes, but there definitely will be fancy red suits!

As with most shows, there's some cast turnover. Gwen, the ambitious housemaid, will not be returning, unfortunately (based on her character development last series, I'd like to think she's off being a young professional turned secretary at the war department).

  

Filling Gwen's empty spot as housemaid is Ethel, played by Amy Nuttall.

She looks innocent enough, doesn't she? Keep your hooks out of her, O'Brien! 

Iain Glen as Sir Richard Carlisle is another addition.

Trading in the scruff and the Dothraki sea for a 3-piece suit across the pond*. 

 An extremely dapper one, I might add. Some of you might know him as Ser Jorah Mormont on a little show called Game of Thrones. He was also in the season 5 episode of Doctor Who entitled "The Time of Angels." If you haven't seen him, let it be known that he's a splendid actor, and, more importantly, his. accent. is. delicious. I already know I will be counting the times he and Dame Maggie Smith steal scenes (from others and, hopefully, each other).

 Of course, it'll be nice to see the characters I love to watch (and sometimes, love to hate--I'm looking at you, Thomas!) come back. I'm also interested to see how WWI is dealt with both upstairs and downstairs.

O hai, Carson and William!!

The HBIC and the bitch-tastic Edith.

But mainly, I just want to see if the Dowager Countess will pick up a firearm due to Britian's involvement in the war. If she encounters some new-fangled technology, that'd be great, too! She's already proven she can master swivel chairs. Make it happen, Masterpiece! I'm sure I'll enjoy her story-arcs and the series regardless. (But seriously, make it happen.)

Ahem. Anyways, Downton Abbey returns in January. We at the blog will do our best to keep you posted as we get closer to the premiere!

To get more of your Downton Abbey fix, go here  and gaze to your heart's content.


  *This picture is for you, Lea ;)

 [photo credit: itv.com]

6 Days Until The End, My Friends (Also, yes, the Ashitaka's Angels are still alive)

Warner Bros. released a compilation of the most memorable moments from all the Harry Potter films. Get your kleenexes ready, ya'll.

I'll admit I got a little lump in my throat watching this (the same thing happened when I saw the live feed of the UK premiere. I felt like I was watching Hermione, Ron, and Harry graduate, only their graduation was 100 times more glamorous than, well, any graduation ceremony I've ever seen. And I have seen 3. There were tears, adulation from scores of loyal HP fans, and really expensive RC outfits. Unfortunately, I missed Rickman on the red carpet, darn the luck). 

Who/what are you going to miss after you've watched the epic conclusion? 

For me, the answer is twofold: Everybody and Snape. Can you blame me?

[Video Credit: WarnerBrosPictures]

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...And it's all thanks to two 'F' words: 'French' and 'farts'. 

Enjoy.