Warehouse 13 – Recap & Review – The Greatest Gift

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Warehouse 13
The Greatest Gift

Original Air Date: Dec 6, 2011

Rachel M – Senior Staff Writer
rachelm@thetwocentscorp.com

The holidays start off with the usual bang for Pete and Myka, trying to snag a holiday artifact that’s causing a great deal of craziness at one family’s home. Pete has drawn the short straw, and has to watch the Warehouse for Christmas. After convincing Artie to go to Vegas, everyone leaves Pete.

Did they really think that was a good idea? He’s alone in the Warehouse for three minutes when he interacts with an artifact that erases his existence. So now he’s in a parallel reality. Awesome.

Haven – Recap & Review – Silent Night

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Haven
Silent Night

Original Air Date: Dec 6, 2011

Cheryl – TwoCents Reviewer
cheryl@thetwocentscorp.com

The Syfy Christmas episodes are always a mixture of sweet and odd and not just because it’s Syfy. The viewer is supposed to forget where the show left off and just enjoy the characters and story in their status quo state. While I’m thrilled to see all my favorite characters again, the mythology is really what makes this show click for me, and it’s a bit odd to be asked to forget what happened in the last several episodes.

Luckily the show is filled with very likable characters, so any chance to see them in action is sweet indeed.

Farewell…Harry Morgan

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…Harry Morgan, Actor

Harry Morgan, an Emmy-winning character actor best known for playing Colonel Potter in the television series “M*A*S*H,” died today at his home in Los Angeles. He was 96.

Morgan appeared in more than 100 movies, mostly in supporting roles, but also appeared frequently on many television shows. Before his memorable role as Colonel Sherman T. Potter, commander of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital unit in Korea on “M*A*S*H,” Morgan was a fixture on TV from the ’50s to ’70s. He played Pete Porter in both “December Bride” and “Pete and Gladys”, Detective Bill Gannon on “Dragnet”, and Amos Coogan on “Hec Ramsey.”

Morgan is survived by his second wife, Barbara, and four sons from both marriages: Chris, Charlie, Paul and Danny. May you rest in peace Harry Morgan.

Dear TV Claus … From Emily

Hi gang! Happy Holidays to you all! For the month of December, the crew here at TheTwoCents.com will be writing our letters to TV Claus. A powerful being who transcends all beliefs to bring us the wonderment of good television. You’ll see a new letter to TV Claus almost daily here and we hope you’ll chime in your TwoCents to TV Claus too!

My Dearest Claus of TV,

– More screen time for Alaric, on The Vampire Diaries! Everyone’s favorite history teacher/vampire slayer needs his own storyline ASAP.

– Please make Will Gardner on The Good Wife, mister “I can’t feel anything, I leave love messages on voice mails” go away for a while. (I know I’m in the minority here, but I HATE this guy!)

– I wish Gossip Girls’ Blair Waldorf all the happiness in the world but if a certain prince were to disappear, it wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world, you know what I mean?

Glee – Recap & Review – Hold On To Sixteen

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Glee
Hold On To Sixteen

Original Air Date: Dec 6, 2011

Alyssa Silva – Sr Reviewer
alyssa@thetwocentscorp.com

“You know what growing up is about? Losing things,” stated one Quinn Fabray. Glee has lost alot of things – charm, the ability to inspire emotional investment, logic – but rather than growing up its still stuck in those teenage years, straddling the line between child and adult. The show is undoubtedly lost in its growing pains and this has been apparent arguably since the start, but there was the barest glimmer of Asian F hope buried in tonight’s episode.

Oh, and for some reason there was this competition called Sectionals?

New Girl – Recap & Review – Bad in Bed

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New Girl
Bad in Bed

Original Air Date: Dec 6, 2011

Rachel M – Senior Staff Writer
rachelm@thetwocentscorp.com

Oh. dear. lord. in. heaven. help. us. Jess is trying to get her groove back. She and Paul are taking their relationship to the next level, which means getting closer than Jess has been in a really long time. So when the moment comes, she can’t actually go through with it. She’s all kinds of nervous.

Schmidt has all kinds of work drama, what does he do? He’s in an office of all women, which he should be loving, but apparently he doesn’t. And Nick has issues with getting his haircut, like a small boy who doesn’t understand that it won’t hurt.

Sons of Anarchy – Recap & Review – To Be, Act Two

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Sons of Anarchy
To Be, Act Two

Original Air Date: Dec 6, 2011

Lyssa G – TwoCents Reviewer
lyssa@thetwocentscorp.com

After another incredible season that managed to break records, break some of our hearts, and break several remotes that were thrown at the TV, we have finally made it to the final episode of season four. This time when the reaper comes on the screen it is the last time we will see it until next September.

Last week we left off with Clay in the hospital and Jax has finally read the letters and knows what Clay did to his father. Jax knows what he has to do to protect what his father was trying to build, but he is still determined to get out of the club. Tara has officially lost her marbles. Gemma is having issues with the fact that not only did she give Jax the letters, but they are not even going to keep him in Charming. Otto ratted out Bobby and Juice ratted out the entire club. Tig managed to stir up a storm with the Niners and with Laroy which will still need to be settled and all of these ends need to be tied up in the next hour… Lets see what happens!

90210 – Recap & Review – O Holly Night

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90210
O Holly Night

Original Air Date: Dec 6, 2011

Dennis – TwoCents Reviewer
dennis@thetwocentscorp.com

So we’ve reached the winter finale of 90210 and it’s been…problematic, to say the least. Series regulars were taken out for weak recurring ones, plotlines became even more random and ridiculous (an 18 year old suddenly owning and operating a bar? Really?), and the cheeky writing turned into just plain terrible writing.

Another one of the characters might’ve gotten out of the notorious zip code tonight, but in a body bag. So who’s the character that possibly met their doom tonight? Read on for tonight’s character breakdown.

Covert Affairs – Recap & Review – Letter Never Sent

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Covert Affairs
Letter Never Sent

Original Air Date: Dec 6, 2011

Karen – Sr Staff Writer
Karen@thetwocentscorp.com

Season 2 finale and Wow, what a finale it was! Lots of storylines going on and all of them major ones; We have Annie trying to enjoy a vacation with her sister and a mission ends up falling into her hands and ruins everything…didn’t this happen last time they vacationed? We have Auggie looking into a medical procedure and Jai & Arthur dealing with a past op.

Did you know Auggie has a beautiful baby blue ’67 Corvette? Let’s find out what happens….

Hawaii Five-O – Recap & Review – Pahele

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Hawaii Five-O
Pahele

Original Air Date: Dec 5, 2011

Rachel M – Senior Staff Writer
rachelm@thetwocentscorp.com

I’m always nervous when the intro starts with kids, and it’s for good reason. A bunch of kids on a school bus are being kids, when the bus is stopped by a car accident and the driver gets shot right there. Everybody but Kono heads over to the kidnapping spot. McG immediately sees that the accident was staged, so who would kidnap a bus full of kids?

Meanwhile, Joe is decommissioned by the Navy for going to save Steve in Korea. He seems remarkably happy about it. It’s baffling!