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House
Better Half
Original Air Date: Jan 23, 2012
Shannon – Associate Editor
shannon@thetwocentscorp.com
A young couple is in PPTH for tests for the husband’s early onset Alzheimer’s. He’s disoriented and only the wife can calm him. The husband is perfect for the drug trial and everything is hunky dory until he starts spewing blood everywhere. This show, man. They love to make people puke blood.
House and Foreman are still butting heads. Yawn. I guess we should see where this goes.
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Original Air Date: Jan 23, 2012
Emily– TwoCents Reviewer
emily@thetwocentscorp.com
One more week before the 100th episode guys! But let’s not get too ahead of ourselves! This week, we had our lead-in for the royal wedding episode and things start to unravel…We got an extremely wasted Blair Waldorf (hilarious!), Nate taking charge, Dan and his Muppet hair…
But most of all, one shocking twist at the end made up for some clunky plotlines…It has been a while since we’ve had a good old-fashioned shocker! Let’s break the episode!
Castle
An Embarrassment of Bitches
Original Air Date: Jan 23, 2012
Divina F – TwoCents Reviewer
divina@thetwocentscorp.com
Fact: I’ve had the song from the promo stuck in my head all week. I’m not usually a big fan of the filler episodes, especially as Castle is getting more dramatic, but I cannot resist a dog themed episode. (And as I write this, my two year old Doberman sleeps at my feet.)
Open on a dogshow, where bigshot judge Francisco Pilar chooses best in show and then turns up dead in his dressing room. The immediate suspects are any show owners who were snubbed – on eof whom claims Pilar was taking bribes -, but a woman was seen leaving Pilar’s room, identified as Kay Cappuccio, reality star!
Lea Michele will join Oxygen’s critically acclaimed series “The Glee Project” as the guest mentor for its premiere episode. In a tweet sent Saturday to her over 1.5 million followers on Twitter, Michele wrote, “So excited to announce that I’ll be guest mentoring on the season 2 premiere of ‘The Glee Project!’” The second season of the series began filming earlier this week in Los Angeles, and Michele is the first guest mentor to be revealed. As announced earlier this week, Oxygen picked up a second season of “The Glee Project” to return summer 2012.
Michele has played Rachel Berry on “Glee” for all three of its seasons and was honored with both an Emmy® nomination for “Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series” and two Golden Globe® nominations for “Best Television Actress – Comedy or Musical” along with a 2010 Teen Choice Award for “Choice TV Actress – Comedy” and a 2009 nomination for “Choice TV: Breakout Star Female” Category.
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Desperate Housewives
What’s the Good of Being Good
Original Air Date: Jan 22, 2012
Annette – Staff Writer
annette@thetwocentscorp.com
I’ve been very critical of this show for the last couple of years as it has not lived up to my expectations – it’s just not as good as it was in the first few seasons. That being said, I was mightily impressed by the way some very sensitive subject matter was handled in this episode.
But first, a couple of housewives are throwing themselves back into the dating world, with not necessarily great results…
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Original Air Date: Jan 22, 2012
Patricia Morris Buckley — Sr. Staff Writer
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Did anyone else miss most of Idol Sunday because of overtime on the football game? That’s what happened to me, so I apologize for the lateness of this recap. And thank goodness for On Demand!
The good news is that Fox realizes that there may be a few disappointed viewers so the network is repeating the episode Tuesday night.
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Original Air Date: Jan 22, 2012
Wyner C – TwoCents Reviewer
wyner@thetwocentscorp.com
Is love a disease? Can you cure heartbreak? Is love so life altering, the only way to cure the loss is to forget the person? “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” dealt with the effects of erasing love. If it was meant to be, love will always find you. Prince Charming will always find Snow White. I know it sounds sentimental but I’m in a good mood (Happy Chinese New Year and Go Giants!).
In Fairytale, Prince Charming/James waits until two days before his wedding to write a letter to Snow White. He wants her to find him if she loves him – he cannot get her out of his mind. He attaches the letter to a homing pigeon. I’m no pigeon expert, but I don’t think that’s the way it works. Pigeons don’t find people, they return to a specific location.
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Chuck
Chuck Versus The Bullet Train
Original Air Date: Jan 20, 2012
Jeff L – Staff Writer
JeffL@thetwocentscorp.com
Well Chucksters, only two more episodes to go, but until next week we’ll deal with Chuck’s battle aboard the Japanese bullet train and Sarah’s battle with the Intersect. At least one of them is going to suffer some serious damage.
Quinn has traveled to Japan with his hostage Chuck. He’s aboard a bullet train when he gives Chuck the news that Sarah and Casey have been killed and the Intersect glasses are being shipped (along with their bodies) to meet the train at its next stop. The coffins are loaded aboard the train and they open to reveal Casey and Sarah – very much alive. Sarah was able to use the Intersect to convince Quinn they’d been killed.
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Original Air Date: Jan 20, 2012
Rachel – Sr. Managing Editor
rachel@thetwocentscorp.com
So we’re all working together now, huh? Why do I have a bad feeling about this? Normally, I’d want all versions of Broyles on my side, but Action Broyles is the mole. He wants to get rid of Lincoln, too, but Secretary Bishop shows up with Peter to claim the slightly AWOL agent.
Meanwhile, AltLincoln and Fauxlivia corner Moriarty (sorry, David Robert Jones) who admits to creating the hybrid shapeshifters (47, if you’re keeping track) and promptly kills one of his “children” to show the degree of his craziness. Yep, this is going to be fun.
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Original Air Date: Jan 20, 2012
Melanie – TwoCents Reviewer
melanie@thetwocentscorp.com
I love this episode! Not only do we get an extremely emotional side of Arthur (which I think might be something we will be treated to a lot this season), but we also get one of my favorite spells…the aging spell! Yes, that’s right, the hilarity of 80-year-old Merlin, known as Emrys, helps to lighten an otherwise heavy storyline.
That heaviness, the emotions, and the reason for the spell all stem from an assassination attempt on Arthur that goes terribly array, with consequences that leave all of Camelot reeling from the blow. But first, a bit of joviality as we celebrate the birthday of the Prince!
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