Parks and Recreation – Recap & Review – The Treaty

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Parks and Recreation
The Treaty

Original Air Date: Nov 10, 2011

Will – Senior Reviewer
will@thetwocentscorp.com

Hello! I am filling in for Valentina this week and I hope can fulfill a high standard!

Anyway, I have always loved Parks and Recreation mainly because of Amy Poehler but lately, I have fallen in love with all of the characters! I have been very interested in Ben and Leslie’s relationship and was sad when they agreed not to see each other anymore. So, when this episode was all about Leslie and Ben, I was super excited!

The Office – Recap & Review – Pam’s Replacement

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The Office
Pam’s Replacement

Original Air Date: Nov 10, 2011

Shannon – Associate Editor
shannon@thetwocentscorp.com

Andy asks Erin to pretend that he has a really important phone call so that he can ignore it, stressing to his client how seriously he’s taking the meeting. Erin totally screws it up by saying that the police are on the phone and that Andy’s mother’s dead. Really, Erin? Really?!

Kathy is going to fill in for Pam while she’s out on maternity leave. Ryan wants to know if she’s single. Everyone is talking about how cute Kathy is. Pam is feeling a bit insecure so she asks Jim if he thinks Kathy is hot. Uh oh.  This cannot end well.

Community – Recap & Review – Studies in Modern Movement

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Community
Studies in Modern Movement

Original Air Date: Nov 10, 2011

Shannon – Associate Editor
shannon@thetwocentscorp.com

Britta helps Annie move out of her apartment and into Troy and Abed’s place. They’re live tweeting the move at #AnniesMove. Jeff is “sick” and isn’t helping. Britta doesn’t believe that so she calls him and asks whether he’s in Banana Republic or The Gap. He’s at The Gap, actually.

He and the sales associate act like he’s at the hospital. The associate even pages a doctor on the intercom for effect. Britta buys it.

The Vampire Diaries – Recap & Review – Homecoming

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The Vampire Diaries
Homecoming

Original Air Date: Nov 10, 2011

Ky – TwoCents Reviewer
ky@thetwocentscorp.com

Warning:  this recap may be 8 out of 10 parts incoherent, and also long.   Because BEST.  EPISODE.  EVER.  But without further ado:

Homecoming.  Wherein all the best stuff happens.  Klaus throws a party, Caroline and Rebekah wear red dresses, Damon has a plan, and Stefan is (or isn’t) the weak link.  Unfortunately, this is the mid-season finale, but does it matter? NO.  Because this will tide us all over forever, I’m certain.

Private Practice – Recap & Review – Don’t Stop ‘Till You Get Enough

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Private Practice
Don’t Stop ‘Till You Get Enough

Original Air Date: Nov 10, 2011

Karen Belgrad – Senior Editor
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thetwocentscorp.com

Medical dramas on television always get a lot of mileage out of the slippery slope. They flirt with the line between personal feelings and patient care. And they always bring their personal baggage to work.

So why should Private Practice be any different? Most episode’s, it’s not. But tonight one doctor chose not to bring their own issues to the forefront over patient care. And shockingly enough that doctor was Addison!

Bones – Recap & Review – The Hotdog In The Competition

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Bones
The Hotdog in the Competition

Original Air Date: Nov 10, 2011

Karen – Sr Staff Writer
Karen@thetwocentscorp.com

This episode introduces us to a new Squint in the Squad and I for one am not disappointed! His name is Finn Abernathy and we slowly learn of his hidden past and secrets. At first I thought I didn’t want a new squint, I like the ones we have. But this one is a keeper, especially because he and Hodgins could be the new ‘Kings of the Lab’.

I guess Ricky Ricardo said it best with; Lucy! You got some splaining to do! Bones just doesn’t get that Booth wants to be included in all the baby stuff, she can’t be doing things on her own without him. It’s just not fair.
Let’s get started….

TheTwoCents Office Conference Room: Pam’s Replacement

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And don’t forget that you, gentle reader, can share more than just your TwoCents over on our Recaps & Reviews of episodes of The Office! In fact, we encourage it! Now… on to the Conference Room!

[Last Updated: 11/12/11 at 08:10 AM]

Billy Crystal to Return as Host for the 84th Academy Awards

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Producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer have announced that Billy Crystal will serve as host for the 84th Academy Awards. (Sorry Muppets!)

“I’m thrilled to welcome Billy back to the Oscar® stage,” said Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak. “He’s a comic legend and Oscar icon, and it feels good to have him back where he belongs.”

American Horror Story – Recap & Review – Piggy, Piggy

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American Horror Story
Piggy, Piggy

Original Air Date: Nov 9, 2011

Kym – TwoCents Reviewer
kym@thetwocentscorp.com

It’s 1994 and we’re back to Tate. Anyone who thought he shot up his high school after last week’s episode gets a prize. Well, they would if I had prizes to give. Tate went through Westfield High School and shot everyone he encountered in cold blood. Then he went home, the house the Harmons live in now of course, and calmly waited for the police to arrive. They’ve got their laser sights trained on him when we cut to the future and Violet doing an internet search about Westfield and discovering that the kids from Halloween were dead, and so is Tate.

How would you react if you found out that the person you’d been falling for is a ghost?

Harry’s Law – Recap & Review – American Girl

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Harry’s Law
American Girl

Original Air Date: Nov 9, 2011

Colleen – TwoCents Reviewer
colleen@thetwocentscorp.com

Tonight’s episode centers partly on foreign adoption. This baby was taken from her family in Beijing, China, brought to an orphanage and ultimately adopted to an American family four years earlier – all of this because her parents violated the one child law. This couple goes to Chunhua (Does anyone remember her – Adam’s old girlfriend?) and she in turn brings her to the law firm to try to fight to get their daughter back.

Adam and Cassie take on the case. But will they be able to regain custody of the child for the biological parents or will she stay with the family that she has known for the last four years? We’re about to find out!