House – Recap & Review – Dead & Buried

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House
Dead & Buried

Original Air Date: Nov 21, 2011

Shannon – Associate Editor
shannon@thetwocentscorp.com

This week’s case is a 14-year-old girl whose anaphylactic shock episode has stumped other doctors. Iris had an allergic reaction during her 14th birthday party while opening up a Magic 8 ball gift. House doesn’t want to take this case, he’d rather work on a case with a dead patient.

Chase was supposedly at the dentist but Park notices he has a fresh manicure. She wants to know where he was. Turns out, Chase is now a TV doctor playing up a very thick and put on Australian accent.  It’s both adorable and sad.

Gossip Girl – Recap & Review –All the Pretty Sources

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Gossip Girl
All the Pretty Sources

Original Air Date: Nov 21, 2011

Emily– Reviewer
emily@thetwocentscorp.com

After last week’s not so great episode, Gossip Girl was back in fine form, wasn’t it? It is kind of fitting, since it is Blair’s shower!

As usual, a lot of things went down at the party, from Louis’s terrible acting not getting any better, to the best Dan scenes we have had in a while. Dan as a drunk is the best! Also, Charlie is in big trouble again and the Diana storyline seems to be winding down a bit…Thank God!

Castle – Recap & Review – Killshot

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Castle
Killshot

Original Air Date: Nov 21, 2011

Divina F – TwoCents Reviewer
divina@thetwocentscorp.com

I have to start out by saying that I have very mixed feelings about Stana Katic’s performance in this episode. The way Beckett’s scars – emotional and physical – are presented in order to develop her character are great. I loved that she seemed to have a connection to the sniper. However, I wonder if it was absolutely necessary to keep including acid trip flash backs to last season’s finale? There were a few shots of Stana and I could tell by the look on her face that she was feeling traumatized. It seemed way less cliché than all the dizzied/blurred images.

The episode opens on two women chatting as they walk down the street. One of them is getting married soon. Suddenly, she is dead. Shot cleanly in the heart. All her finace can offer is that she claimed she was being stalked. In Lanie’s lab, she and Esposito double team to dance around the term “sniper”, hoping to protect Beckett. At that point she seems fine, but at home in her apartment she examines the small scar between her breasts.

2 Broke Girls – Recap & Review – And the Very Christmas Thanksgiving

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2 Broke Girls
And the Very Christmas Thanksgiving

Original Air Date: Nov 21, 2011

Dennis – TwoCents Reviewer
dennis@thetwocentscorp.com

So in tonight’s episode we get a 2 for 1 deal on holidays. We not only get a Christmas episode but also a Thanksgiving one. The girls decide to earn some extra money by becoming elves for a store called Santa World and, of course, wacky hijinks ensue.

So read on for tonight’s recap.

How I Met Your Mother – Recap & Review – The Rebound Girl

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How I Met Your Mother
The Rebound Girl

Original Air Date: Nov 21, 2011

Caitlin – Associate Staff Writer
caitlin@thetwocentscorp.com

Tonight’s episode should really be called “The Rebound Bro”. It would be a far more accurate representation of the main developing relationship. Specifically, Ted and Barney’s. You know you want it.

Meanwhile, Lily and Marshall look to make a major change in their lives as parenthood approaches and Robin yells a lot about that change, but doesn’t do a whole lot else. Or, at least, we think she doesn’t…

Dancing with the Stars – Recap & Review – Finals

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Dancing with the Stars
Finals

Original Air Date: Nov 21, 2011

Annette: Associate Staff Writer
annette@thetwocentscorp.com

The finals are here! I can’t believe it. Is it just me or has this season gone kind of fast?

There are two dances tonight. In round one everyone will do a dance they haven’t been done before and round two is the highly anticipated freestyle. Read on to find out who everyone did.

The Amazing Race – Recap & Review – It’s Speedo time (Brussels, Belgium)

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The Amazing Race
It’s Speedo Time (Brussels, Belgium)

Original Air Date: Nov 20, 2011

FK – Sr. Editor
farrah@thetwocentscorp.com

Speedos. Not something we see often on Amazing Race. Also something we don’t see often? Phil taking his shirt off. Both of these things happen tonight. And one of them is totally worth a second look.

It’s been a few seasons since the game has changed up for the racers and tonight we see one leg, two detours, three countries and a road block. FHEW. That’s a lot of stuff. Oh and a team loses their train tickets! Add that to the speedos and shirtless Phil and it’s one busy leg!

So, with that, I give you the top five things I learned from The Amazing Race – Season 19

The Walking Dead – Recap & Review – Secrets

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The Walking Dead
Secrets

Original Air Date: Nov 20, 2011

Rachel – Sr. Managing Editor
rachel@thetwocentscorp.com

I’ve pretty much decided that any child who lives through a zombie apocalypse is going to be messed up. Carl is beginning to prove my theory with his very unchildlike, matter-of-fact view of life and death. While feeding chickens with his mom, he observes that everything is just food for something else. How right you are, Carl. Patricia takes a bag of those very same chickens (which she has hobbled) and feeds them to the walkers in the barn.

Perhaps it’s not just the kids who are going to be messed up.

The Families of FOX’s Animation Domination Sunday Give Thanks

Put on those stretchy pants and make room on the couch, because these hearty helpings of animated deliciousness will have you full of laughs and going back for seconds! This Thanksgiving weekend, catch all-new episodes of THE CLEVELAND SHOW, THE SIMPSONS, ALLEN GREGORY, FAMILY GUY and AMERICAN DAD on Sunday, Nov. 27 (7:30-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

In celebration of Thanksgiving, the families of FOX Sundays – the Browns, the Simpsons, the De Longpres, the Griffins and the Smiths – reveal what they are thankful for this year:

2011 Holiday Guide – Listings by Date/Time

This time of year the television works is peppered with Holiday specials.

As a part of our helpful ways here at TheTwoCents, we provide to you the below chronological listing of shows. Simply click on a show title and you’ll be whisked to the description of the special. This list only includes the first airing of the special for this season, it does not include repeat airings.

Enjoy and feel free to leave your TwoCents about your favorite holiday specials in the comments below.

Thursday, Nov 24
09:00AM, The Thanksgiving Day Parade, CBS
09:00AM, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, NBC
02:00PM, Miracle on 34th Street, NBC
08:00PM, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, ABC
08:00PM, Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas, FOX
08:30PM, Happiness Is A Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown, FOX
09:30PM, A Very Gaga Thanksgiving, ABC
09:30PM, The Simpsons: The Fight Before Christmas, FOX
10:00PM, The 85th Anniversary of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, NBC