Comments by Miranda Wicker (Page 2)

26. Glee Review: Bye, Bye, Bye, Brody

    3/15/2013 9:44 AM
    
    @xmeg--I think Glee isn't the kind of show that would've shied away from talking about abortion. If she had gone through with one, there's no way she would've been given the all clear to go back to school that afternoon, or been so...upright...following the procedure. They're either truly playing this off as a false positive (which does happen, google "chemical pregnancy") or she was lying to Santana about no longer being pregnant and actually is pregnant still.

27. Glee Review: Bye, Bye, Bye, Brody

    3/15/2013 9:42 AM
    
    @Jess, Nothing last night was out of character for Sue, so why would we castigate her for her behavior? She was hilarious. As for Will/Finn and coming down hard on Will, I blame it solely on the writing of the character. Will was so well written in the first two seasons. I felt bad for him with the Terry/Carl stories. But he's become a silly caricature in the last two seasons. He acts less mature than the students he teaches.

28. Glee Review: Bye, Bye, Bye, Brody

    3/15/2013 9:34 AM
    
    @Charmed-Jenna, I do agree with you that Finn crossed a line in fighting with Brody, but I think his anger was less about Brody/Rachel and more about the fight with Will. It might not have been the most adult move on his part, but it was human and I can understand the misplaced and misdirected anger. And yes, the "future wife" bit was...out there.

29. American Idol Review: The Top 10!

    3/8/2013 7:55 AM
    
    @M--I, too, noticed the poor production quality of her performance (say that 5 times fast!). It also happened to her on Tuesday night. I didn't find her performance then to be as strong as the other girls, so I was actually quite shocked to see that America voted for her. It just didn't sound fantastic. The same is true of Tenna Torres' performance from Tuesday. What I heard in my living room was nearly opposite from what the judges claimed to have heard in the arena.

30. American Idol Review: The Top 10!

    3/7/2013 11:49 PM
    
    @rush--thanks for the compliment! I do enjoy music and did sing once upon a time. Now I just sing lullabies and "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" to my kids all day. ;)

31. Bones Review: War and Peace

    3/5/2013 7:35 AM
    
    Here's the thing, guys. I watch this show because I know how good it can be. Week after week I hope for that. At its best, this show is nearly unmatched in terms of storytelling, likable characters, and interesting cases. But something has happened in the writer's room this season where what we're being given is out of sync, not cohesive, and just isn't Bones' finest hours.
    
    I'm not advocating that Bones stop bringing issues to light. But I am advocating that it does so in a more balanced and less blatant manner. The writers have done it before.

32. Scandal Round Table: "Boom Goes the Dynamite"

    2/26/2013 3:34 PM
    
    @scandalhooked, I don't think any of us is saying he should get over it, but with the spying on Olivia, he's stepping into psycho right now, not to mention violating the privacy of a private citizen for personal reasons, even if he could spin it so that they seem politically motivated.

33. Scandal Review: Stolen Moments

    2/22/2013 7:04 AM
    
    Hi Truth--Welcome to TV Fanatic!

34. Scandal Review: Stolen Moments

    2/22/2013 6:57 AM
    
    @Sa'ad--the writers are definitely incorporating the title into the show, or pulling the episode title from the script. "One for the Dog" was a title that had me all sorts of confused until Huck said it to Becky on the roof. Now it's become my little game. When will a character say the title and which character will it be?

35. Cult Review: Thy Fandom Come

    2/20/2013 9:52 AM
    
    @Sa'ad--I follow his Twitter feed and can definitely see where you're coming from. He's very...firm in his beliefs and has no qualms saying what's on his mind. I loved his portrayal of Alaric on TVD which influences my like of him significantly.

36. Bones Review: The Suitcase Case

    2/19/2013 8:46 AM
    
    I think I'm off my game, guys. Or the fact that there was an actual victim as a character in this story just pulled at me in a way the NF story line didn't since there weren't kids involved. Usually, I despise overt displays of pathos, but whether it was the girl or the fact that I'm a mom or that as a teacher I had a few teenagers confide this sort of thing in me, something about last night made me hate it less. I hope you'll all forgive me for letting my heart get the best of me. It happens to the best of us, right?
    
    To the point about Cam/Michelle/Finn getting equal screen time, that story existed solely to distract from the emotional heaviness of the rape victim story, so it didn't really rank in terms of importance last night.

37. Revenge Review: I Love You, Too

    2/18/2013 10:02 AM
    
    @Seriefreak--it looked like a heavy duty "toughbook" style laptop. So now I want to know who was on the diving expedition at the beginning of the episode and what they're trying to find. I wouldn't be surprised if someone went back after the laptop.

38. Revenge Review: I Love You, Too

    2/18/2013 7:45 AM
    
    I'm almost positive that when Jack and Amanda opened the bench to get the life boat out, Amanda also pulled out the laptop. I'll have to watch again to be sure, but I'm almost positive it was there.

39. Glee Review: The Runaway Bride

    2/16/2013 7:51 PM
    
    This is why I love you Gleeks! Why didn't I put together the "airplane belly" and the day planner being Rachel's and then her taking the pregnancy test!? It seemed odd that she took a pregnancy test after going through Brody's planner, but I just thought it was one of those silly things the writers were doing since there are lots of those moments. But now it makes WAY more sense. Way.

40. Glee Review: The Runaway Bride

    2/15/2013 7:13 PM
    
    @DeAnn--I think Rachel's really pregnant, too. And that it's Brody's baby. And, like you, I also think she'll turn to Finn and Finn will offer to help raise the baby. Whether or not they keep it or she gives it up for adoption like Shelby once did remains to be seen, but it's sort of an interesting full-circle for her life.

41. Glee Review: The Runaway Bride

    2/15/2013 3:01 PM
    
    @Fatin--When she gets home, she asks him who he did while she was away. He says he stayed at home and watched weightlifting videos. (LOL!) I think Rachel knowing that she had a fling with Finn while in Ohio would mean that there was no way that Brody stayed home and didn't see anyone, so she checked his dayplanner and saw the appointments written in. Then she took a pregnancy test. Spoiler buzz is that she is, in fact, going to be pregnant and it won't just be a scare. We'll see.

42. Glee Review: The Runaway Bride

    2/15/2013 8:03 AM
    
    @LilAngel--I think the test will be positive, but not falsely positive. And we don't see abortions on American television because that's a contentious topic among many factions of American culture. If the FCC and writers are reluctant to allow equal screen time to gay and straight couples, they are even further behind tackling the topic of abortion. I don't think even Ryan Murphy would go there.

43. American Idol Review: Top 20 Girls Revealed!

    2/15/2013 8:01 AM
    
    @roadking97--I can't be absolutely certain, but I think that's Jenny Beth Willis. I think.
    
    @zack--I'll have to replay and see if I can suss it out!

44. Bones Review: The Perfect Crime

    2/12/2013 11:26 AM
    
    @UM68--I noted it on the Bones quotes page, but since he ended up playing such a minimal role in solving the mystery, it just didn't make sense to me to put him in the review. No, I don't think Edison was involved. Similarly, Cam knew about Brennan saying that the gunshot wound felt cold but Angela had only JUST told her that Brennan was awake. There was no way she could've known that. Bad editing is bad.

45. Bones Review: The Perfect Crime

    2/11/2013 10:04 PM
    
    @Serenity--I agree with that completely. Their fight was relevant until she walked out the door, which isn't something Brennan would have done, I think. Of course he's occasionally (or often) irritated by her hyper-rational personality, so seeing that was sort of refreshing. But seeing it used as a plot device made the argument feel stupid.

46. Revenge Review: 'Til Death Do Us Part

    2/11/2013 9:38 AM
    
    Yes, the pretend child wedding was RIDICULOUSLY WEIRD. Also, wasn't she 8 or so? And Jack looked 12? I don't know a single 12 year old boy who would be okay 1) being best friends with an 8 year old girl or 2) playing wedding on the beach with her and her father. COMPLETELY WEIRD AND CREEPY.

47. Scandal Review: Power Corrupts

    2/9/2013 9:49 AM
    
    @gem--Ha! Hollis was too easy!! I do think Mellie could've been complicit in the shooting, particularly if Hollis' office is in the White House as it so often seems, because then she would have access to plant the phone. But I akso think Verna would've said something since she was giving her death-bed confession, so I think we're moving beyond that aspect of the story now.

48. Glee Review: Dueling Divas

    2/8/2013 7:07 PM
    
    @Draik--Thank you for sharing that comment. THAT is what I'm talking about with Blaine. While there may be some teens who are curious and experiment and find that their sexual orientation changes over time (and I know they exist because I taught them) there are many, many teens who just know they're gay and that's normal. (And I know they exist because I taught them, too.) Writing Blaine as suddenly bisexual for the right girl undermines the character.

49. Scandal Review: Power Corrupts

    2/8/2013 3:03 PM
    
    @Kim and @RunLikeMad--AGREED. Fitz is a child. He doesn't deserve either woman or Cyrus' devotion, which we now know is largely motivated by his own hunger for power.

50. Scandal Review: Power Corrupts

    2/8/2013 3:00 PM
    
    @BeBe--Thank you for the kind words! And you're exactly right: if an emotional response is evoked in the viewers, positive or negative, Shonda Rhimes has done her job. She's created a show people are talking about.
    
    Here's the thing about watching television. It's not real life. Are people in real life as corrupt as some of these characters, though? Not a doubt in my mind. But in writing these characters, Shonda's not saying that this is how the world works and that all people are as corrupt as the characters on Scandal. Making that sort of leap is a huge reach.