Comments by Miranda Wicker

1. Scandal Review: Broken

   4/27/2013 8:41 AM
   
   @Kay and KR--My apologies. I Youtubed that scene and rewatched it and yes, the sex was consensual. I see now that she slapped him before they had sex when I had previously thought it occurred afterward. Again, my apologies for misremembering a scene from several months ago.

2. Glee Review: When The Lights Go Out At McKinley

   4/26/2013 2:18 PM
   
   I feel like it didn't come across, or I said it but it was glossed over, but yes, Sam and Artie's reactions were common reactions to hearing a secret as shocking as Ryder's. That's sad but true. My larger point was that there was a chance to model responsible ADULT behavior by having Will do more than just throw out the "you know I have to report this" and calling it done. At best, the scene was dismissive. At worst, potentially offensive, damaging, and triggering to those who have been there and weren't expecting that secret.

3. Scandal Review: Broken

   4/26/2013 2:13 PM
   
   Here are more of my thoughts about Huck and 752--when he was stuck into the deprivation chamber it was to break him psychologically. It drove him a little crazy to the point that he could no longer remember facts of his life from things in his head. When he finally uttered "no" it was because he could no longer be sure that he had actually lived that happy life. He did disappear for a time, from the looks of things, around 8 or 9 years, and then found himself back in D.C. homeless and panhandling in the Metro station. When he was put back into the box in the last ep, he flashed back to his previous torture and remembered the moment at 7:52 when he saw his wife and son again and began to question his reality. I don't think he knew who he had seen until he was put into the box in the storage shed.

4. Bones Review: Outbreak

   4/25/2013 8:49 AM
   
   @Alex Indigo--I checked our comments folders on the back end just to see if it was there and it wasn't. I'm actually not seeing it anywhere. So, it wasn't moderated, but it didn't post. Was it close to or over the character limit?

5. Glee Review: Don't Stop Believin'

   4/19/2013 7:21 AM
   
   @Amy Lynn--I think Blaine will find out the truth and help Sue get her job back, too, but it was the previews for next week that left me uneasy. If he just put it together and went to Figgins and said "hey, here's what I think..." or went to Sue first, it would be different. I just don't know if I like where it's going to go in his quest to get an answer.

6. American Idol Results: The Fantastic Four

   4/18/2013 11:43 PM
   
   I, too, do not understand NOT saving her for one more week when they had the save to use and now no longer have it.

7. Bones Review: Mommy Dearest

   4/16/2013 8:41 AM
   
   @Dr. Phage--YES! I was coming here to defend my position, but you've done it for me with exactly the same words I would've used. This season has gotten...anvilicious. Week after week after week it's as if we're thought to be idiots who can't figure things out through subtlety. Bones used to be a show written with subtlety. Not anymore. It's sad to see what it was and what it has become.
   
   As for my lack of understanding of domestic violence and abused children, don't assume, please. You don't know me. I understand that some children/adults in this situation may react as he did at first (overjoyed, happy to be reunited) but it doesn't fit with THIS character. The one we've been following for 8 years now. Just because one person would react that way doesn't mean everyone will.

8. Glee Review: Say What You Need To Say

   4/12/2013 7:54 AM
   
   A couple of things: I didn't mention the end with Ryder being stood up in the hallway because I don't think the Catfish story is over. I'm sure we'll get some sort of resolution, but probably not until next week.
   
   I don't think Becky ever intended to hurt anyone either, herself included. She was scared of the future and knew that people used guns for protection and that was all. So to me, it wasn't insensitive. It was real. As to the three shots, I thought I heard three but after watching back assumed the third had been a door slamming.

9. American Idol Results: Fabulous Five

   4/12/2013 7:51 AM
   
   I think the difference is that Amber's talent doesn't match Candice's talent. And the fact that they keep referring to Amber in terms of her legs and beauty is off-putting to me. It promotes the idea that her beauty, and yes, she's a beautiful girl, is keeping her there and not her talent. Even in interviews with the other contestants, their commentary about Amber is that she takes selfies with her camera phone and Burnell thinks she's beautiful.
   
   It's not enough to talk about the "radical lifestyle change" for Amber because it's a radical lifestyle change for ALL of them, you know? I feel like when we DO get snippets of Amber in interviews, she doesn't interview well, and that's hurting her in the votes.

10. TV Fanatic Caption Contest: The Faces of Scandal

    4/6/2013 7:38 AM
    
    Harrison: Rosen!
    David: Sorry! Sorry! I had the bean burrito for lunch.

11. American Idol Review: The Heart of Rock and Roll Is The Beat

    4/4/2013 7:00 AM
    
    @Nick--Thanks for pointing out the song title was wrong. I'll go in and fix that. As for pandering to her audience, I think she's playing the game. She knows what she thinks she wants to do and what it takes to look the part and attract that audience. I do not at all see her doing edgy rock because she seems far too Pollyanna, but she also looks incredibly bored during the cheesy pop/rock numbers she's done, so maybe this *is* where her heart is. As for Janelle, we'll have to agree to disagree. She had runs where no runs were needed and overall just tried to do too much. Kree picked a great song for her voice.

12. Revenge Review: The Masque of the Red Death

    4/1/2013 7:47 AM
    
    @gio--I'm very much a fan of Revenge and can't really see where in this review I may have given the impression that I didn't like last night's episode. What would you have me do differently to show that?

13. Scandal Review: Heroes and Villains

    3/30/2013 8:52 AM
    
    @Lauren--Thanks. I'm not afraid to say that right now, in their current states, I do not want Fitz and Olivia together. It's such an unhealthy relationship, adultery aside. I want them together eventually, but not right now.

14. Scandal Review: Heroes and Villains

    3/29/2013 8:49 PM
    
    @Rainbow--I'm not a hater. The heat between them is insane. But I'm allowed to think that perhaps now is not the best time for them to be together and want her to punch him in the face for calling her a whore on more than one occasion.

15. American Idol Review: Lucky Number Seven

    3/29/2013 7:15 AM
    
    @PrincessD--He was. He totally was. His "Are you sure??" I think the decision not to save him was all Randy.

16. Scandal Review: Heroes and Villains

    3/29/2013 7:14 AM
    
    @V--Shonda can smack down the hopes and dreams of fans and still pander to them once in a while, and it's my opinion that she's doing that with Jake. He's a rebound. He's meant to drive them back together since he's involved somehow with both of them. It may not always be that way--it certainly hasn't seemed that way in any other Jake episode--but last night it felt like that. Giving the viewers a moment of hope that Fitz and Olivia will reunite.
    
    I don't know that Jake is Charlie-bad. We really don't know that much about him yet. So he's bad, but I need to know why he's doing what he's doing.
    
    @fortyseven--agreed about "karma." That made it into the quotes. Jeff Perry's a line-delivery genius!!

17. Scandal Review: Heroes and Villains

    3/29/2013 7:09 AM
    
    @Ashley--Fitz has killed people. Cyrus has killed people. Huck has killed people. The use of "probably bad" was part of my writing style, but killing people and being bad, at least in the eyes of the fans, doesn't seem to go hand in hand on Scandal. And we don't know why Jake killed the CIA director, not really. We have no idea who the other guy is and what greater secret he might be protecting.
    
    I had notes about Hollis and tweeted about him and just neglected to mention those moments in the review. But yes, I missed him if for no other reason than because I love to hate him.

18. American Idol Review: Detroit Rock City

    3/28/2013 8:21 AM
    
    @Natalie--I think Kree is just phenomenal.
    
    @V--I think Kree and Janelle have very different styles, so while they're both country, they're not the same kind of country. Janelle is very Tammy Wynette while Kree is Allison Krauss. I think there's room for both of them in the genre. And yes, Lazaro. Poor, sweet kid. He's in over his head.

19. Bones Review: Blood Diamond

    3/26/2013 4:34 PM
    
    @Alex Indigo--On the contrary, I think that Bones has been in a state of introspection since season 1. It's slow and doesn't often change how she is because she believes in herself and her science, but she has often had moments where she's asked Angela about how she's seen by others. She has wanted to "fit in." She won't stop being straightforward in the lab, but she might see how her delivery affects others' perception of her.

20. Bones Review: Blood Diamond

    3/25/2013 10:36 PM
    
    @Serenity--me too. RIP Mr. Nigel-Murray, and all of your ridiculous trivia too.

21. Bones Review: Three's Company

    3/19/2013 8:36 AM
    
    @Lurker--"A goat and a chicken go into a bunker..." is the start of a great joke, don't you think?

22. Glee Review: Bye, Bye, Bye, Brody

    3/15/2013 7:35 PM
    
    I've been meaning to come back here all day and say that I like what I think is going to turn out to be a Catfish story with Ryder. I had that in my notes and didn't put it in the review. I think it's Kitty.

23. Glee Review: Bye, Bye, Bye, Brody

    3/15/2013 10:52 AM
    
    @xmeg--Ah! I see what you're saying. Yes, having her think she's pregnant and then not actually being pregnant is a total cop-out. It's Murphy's standard "three episode plot" where we talk about it for three weeks and then move on. Lame. They could've done so much with it if the New York scenes are supposed to be the grown up Glee.

24. Glee Review: Bye, Bye, Bye, Brody

    3/15/2013 10:32 AM
    
    @Jess, we'll have to agree to disagree where Sue's concerned. It's my opinion that nothing last night was out of character for her. As for the substitutes and the songs they sing, they're not regular characters, "leaders of the pack" so to speak, so comparing the situations is comparing apples and oranges. Will DOES have a right to be upset with Finn. ABSOLUTELY he does. Finn was wrong to kiss Emma. I'm not saying Will should forget it and move on. I'm saying that acting like a prima donna with the coffee and vests was a silly and childish way to handle an adult situation and makes Will look like an idiot instead of a hurting man.

25. Glee Review: Bye, Bye, Bye, Brody

    3/15/2013 10:00 AM
    
    @xmeg, to continue the discussion, I was also really excited to see the parallel story of Shelby/Rachel play out. And Lea's tweet that Idina Menzel is coming back later this season led me to believe that we would see that. Maybe we still will.