White Collar – Recap & Review – Home Invasion

February 10, 2010

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White Collar
Home Invasion

Original Air Date: Feb 9, 2010

Brittany Frederick – Staff Writer
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@thetwocentscorp.com

Peter and his junior agents are hanging out in the FBI surveillance van watching some crooked financial guy have an affair with someone half his age. That’s interrupted by some gunshots and they storm the house with guns drawn to find the guy dead. Peter seizes control and they have their next case. “Murder isn’t an intellectual pursuit,” is Neal’s wise observation when he’s called in to help. But within minutes, he helps Peter realize their twenty-something hooker is, in fact, the shooter – and she’s escaped.

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24/7 Jimmie Johnson: Race to Daytona – Recap & Review – Part 3

February 10, 2010

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24/7 Jimmie Johnson: Race to Daytona
Part 3

Original Air Date: Feb 9, 2010

Farrah Kaye – Associate Editor
farrah@thetwocentscorp.com

Well, we’ve seen our first race of the year – the Budweiser Shootout. Jimmie Johnson did okay but he didn’t win. He missed the wreck in practice and was smart in running very few laps to miss the next wreck. His teammates, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Mark Martin, are on the front row for the Daytona 500 but we have yet to know how Johnson will fair. His other teammate, Jeff Gordon, announced he is competing with him in the race for having a child, as he and his wife Ingrid are expecting their second child shortly after Jimmie and Chandra (seriously – what is in the water this year??). This is what we’ve seen in the last week on our screens, so let’s see what behind-the-scenes extra special things the Race to Daytona brings us!

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Lost – Recap & Review – What Kate Does

February 10, 2010

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Lost
What Kate Does

Original Air Date: Feb 9, 2010

Laura Kelley, Associate Staff Writer
laurakelley@thetwocentscorp.com

Tonight’s episode starts out strong, as our curly-haired Other friend in glasses storms in to tell the creepy Asian guy that Sayid is alive. Did anyone else recognize Glasses as Philip Padgett, Mulder’s creeptastic neighbor from the “Milagro” episode of X-Files? Weird and awesome! Sayid asks what happened, and Kate asks how this is all even possible, since apparently she has conveniently forgotten the fact that she’s still on a magical island where polar bears roam free and everyone has daddy issues. And speaking of issues, the bereaved Sawyer tells her that he’s planning to escape from the Others.

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American Idol — Recap & Review — Hollywood Week

February 10, 2010

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American Idol
Hollywood Week

Original Air Date: Feb 9, 2010

Patricia Morris Buckley — Staff Writer
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Ellen is pretty good! She’s opinionated, she’s funny, she’s brutally honest — just like another judge I can think of. She even turns to Simon and says, “You’re leaving?”

So… it might be a good season after all. Better be, because the talent isn’t that overwhelming so far.

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Damages – Recap & Review – Flight’s at 11:08

February 9, 2010

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Damages
Flight’s at 11:08

Original Air Date: Feb 8, 2008

Tom R. – Sr. Staff Writer
tom@thetwocents.com

In a rare move, Damages stays locked in the present, as the Tobin camp prepares to get Danielle Marchetti out of the country and away from Patty Hewes.

It’s odd watching an episode this simple. The audience has been trained to watch for the time jumps, but Damages proves that it can use a nice variety of methods to move its mysteries ahead.

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Chuck – Recap & Review – Chuck Vs. The Mask

February 9, 2010

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Chuck
Chuck Vs. The Mask

Original Air Date: Feb 8, 2010

Jeff L – TwoCents Staff Writer
JeffL@thetwocentscorp.com

Cue the Mission Impossible music, we open with agent Superman, dressed as Ethan Hunt lowering himself into a museum vault to retrieve a golden mask. Of course, a screw comes loose and sets off the vault’s sensors sealing Superman inside. This is one of those “air-tight” museum vaults we always see whenever we go to museums so the oxygen in the room is being syphoned off. Superman, who must have run into some gold Kryptonite somewhere along the line, has to call Casey to get Chuck to come bail him out.

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House – Recap & Review – 5 To 9

February 9, 2010

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House
5 To 9

Original Air date: Feb 8, 2010

Shannon – Associate Editor
shannon@thetwocentscorp.com

This week, we see PPTH from Cuddy’s perspective. We see her day from the time her alarm goes off until she goes to bed at night. You know, I think this may be one of my favorite episodes of House ever. I mean, it was definitely a nice change to see the world from Cuddy’s point of view.

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