Modern Family – Recap & Review – Benched

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Modern Family
Benched

Original Air Date: Apr 14, 2010

Faye O- Senior Reviewer
faye@thetwocentscorp.com

Each week that I watch Modern Family, I fall more and more in love with it. I wish I had a crazy Uncle Cameron and an exotic new Grandmother Gloria. It makes me realize that my family, though I love them very much, is definitely not unique in any way, shape, or form.

The love that runs through this family is deep. Claire loves her kids, they love her. Mitchell and Cameron have such great love for each other and for Lilly. Gloria has such pure love for Jay and Manny. I love it! However, there is an apparent struggle between Phil and Jay…son-in-law to father-in-law. But this isn’t just any struggle, this is a struggle for power. During Manny and Luke’s basketball game, the coach is being incredibly rude to all the kids, and neither Jay or Phil like this. After yelling at the coach, he quits leaving them in charge. Phil assumes that he’ll take over a coach, and starts to give the kids a pep talk. Just then, Jay decides to assume the role of alpha male, and coach. This upsets Phil bringing on many hilarious remarks such as “I slept with your daughter.” I completely laughed out loud at that. Finally, they admitted to having a little struggle for power between each other, and compromised on coaching the team together, adding a sense of unity and togetherness. It was cute.

TwoCents and Five Questions with Peter Weller

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Peter Weller, actor

You may know him as RoboCop or perhaps Buckaroo Banzai, but tonight on Fringe you’ll get to know Peter Weller as a tragic romantic in the newest episode entitled “White Tulip.”

We got a chance to talk with him about how he got involved with the show, what he thinks of the fringe sciences, and where he would go if he could time travel.

TheTwoCents: How did the part in “White Tulip” come to you?

Criminal Minds – Recap & Review – A Rite of Passage

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Criminal Minds
Rite of Passage

Original Air Date: Apr 14, 2010

Angelique – Associate Staff Writer
angelique@thetwocentscorp.com

We start out this weeks episode with a man who is literally running for his life trying to get away from a threathening situation. The area surrounding him is a desert and through the sand he is running for his life while he was being preyed on by a man chasing him on an ATV. He chases the man untill he is too tired to get up and that is when he kills the man.

CSI:NY – Recap & Review – Redemptio

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CSI:NY
Redemptio

Original Air Date: Apr 14, 2010

Maria – TwoCents Reviewer
maria@thetwocentscorp.com

This is the episode which brings back Shane Casey. Shane Casey is a villain who staged elaborate murders in revenge for his brother’s conviction, a brother who then committed suicide in jail. The first time the CSI’s came across him, they let him go, not realizing he was a suspect. The second time he got caught but escaped on the way to jail. The third time, he almost successfully framed Sheldon Hawkes for murder, but was too distraught to carry on once presented with evidence his brother committed the murder he was convicted of. Earlier this season, it was revealed Casey stole Danny’s badge. I wonder what Casey has in store for this episode…

FOX’s Updated Summer Schedule

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FOX updated its summer schedule with HELL’S KITCHEN making its seventh season premiere on Tuesday, June 1 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), and culinary competition series MASTERCHEF premiering Tuesday, July 27 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).

GLEE, the No. 1 new series of the season among Adults 18-34, finishes its run of all-new episodes with its first season finale Tuesday, June 8 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). In addition, viewers can catch encore airings of all their favorite GLEE episodes Thursdays (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) beginning June 10.

The new summer season of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE will air performance shows on Wednesdays and results shows on Thursdays following the season premiere on Thursday, May 27 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). In addition, television’s most-acclaimed new series, GLEE, will air encores throughout the summer on Thursdays (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT).

As previously announced, television’s hottest dance series, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, swings into summer with a two-hour premiere Thursday, May 27 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).

Mythbusters – Recap & Review – Bottle Bash

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Mythbusters
Bottle Bash

Original Air Date: Apr 14, 2010

Aeon Cole – TwoCents Reviewer
aeon@thetwocentscorp.com

In this week’s episode Jamie and Adam tackle a question that I am sure has been on every frat boy’s mind at one time or another. Is it better to be hit over the head with an empty beer bottle or a full one?

I have to admit, I was looking forward to seeing the boys hit each other over the head with beer bottles. Fortunately cooler heads prevailed.

In Plain Sight – Recap & Review – Coma Chameleon

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In Plain Sight
Coma Chameleon

Original Air Date: Apr 14, 2010

Sara M. – TwoCents Reviewer
sara@thetwocentscorp.com

While most shows are winding down for the season, In Plain Sight is just getting into the swing of things. And are doing so with a puny titled episode. This week we’ve got a coma, heartache, angst, ballet, and former West Wing actors.

So we begin in El Paso, Texas. In the home of Wade Guthrie and his girlfriend Krista, the two make up a nauseatingly adorable couple. He’s an ATF Agent getting ready to leave for work. Which of course entails an undercover assignment as a weapons dealer. His partner, Dustin, seems rather inept at the job. Popping pills and downing them with beer, all while driving. Clearly this won’t be ending well.

American Idol — Recap & Review — Top 9 Results (Again)

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American Idol
Top 9 Results – Again

Original Air Date: Apr 14, 2010

Patricia Morris Buckley — Staff Writer
pmb@thetwocentscorp.com

Having Adam Lambert perform on tonight’s show was to add insult to injury for the S9 contestants: It just makes it abundantly clear that this group of contestants is weaker than any other season.

Oh, and Adam gets real cool laser lights.

Human Target – Recap & Review – Christopher Chance (Season Finale)

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Human Target
Christopher Chance

Original Air Date: Apr 14, 2010

Brittany Frederick – Staff Writer
brittanyfrederick @thetwocentscorp.com

It’s the episode I both have dreaded and waited for: the end of the first season of the best new show of the 2009-2010 season. Hopefully, it won’t be the end of the show for good (not if I have anything to say about it).

But fittingly, at the end, we start at the beginning. This is the story of how Christopher Chance became Christopher Chance, and wow, is it a good one.

Ugly Betty – Recap & Review – Hello, Goodbye (Series Finale)

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Ugly Betty
Hello, Goodbye

Original Air Date: Apr 14, 2010

Karen – Sr Staff Writer
Karen@thetwocentscorp.com

Well, the final episode is finally upon us and I, for one, am very sad. We finally see how the writers wrap the Betty-story up and what will happen to our beloved characters. I have a few requests of you readers at the end of this recap that I hope you can take the time to do.

But first let’s get started on the end of a wonderful story…