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  1. NCIS: Los Angeles Review: Betrayal with Torturous Consequences

    5/15/2013 1:14 AM
    OK....WTF did Janvier do to his eyes? Did he turn them into cameras so Sidorov could see his every move? I can think of another appendage Janvier deserves to lose.

    Oh...and nice placement of stock characters 37 and 38--the attractive Russian women in tight outfits who can't act their way out of a wheelbarrow.

    And I gotta agree with the other posters--ending the season with scenes of torture wasn't cool AT ALL!!!!!

  2. NCIS Review: The Evil McGee

    5/8/2013 11:44 AM
    As someone who's familiar with clinical research, I can tell you that the reviewer is right about the misuse of the phrase "double-blind." I think in this case, only the "subjects" were kept in the dark while those "administering" the test knew full well what they were doing. That would make these "single-blind" experiments. Perhaps "double" was use because there were two story arcs, but that doesn't make for correct usage.

    Sorry...I now return you to your regularly scheduled comment board.

  3. NCIS Review: Fortune Favors the Bold

    5/1/2013 11:32 AM
    How is it that Tony can go from "sweet" to "buffoon" in less than 6 seconds? They might as well have written his dialog punctuated by episodes of drooling in the plastic surgeon's office--which people may not have paid much attention to given patient Brunetta von Implant in the background.

  4. Hawaii Five-0 Review: Personal Safety Waiver

    4/30/2013 10:28 AM
    I thought it was an interesting experiment, Tyler was wonderfully cheesy in the role as some Oprah-wannabe and Max goin' all Hollywood (yes that was a cravat) was a scream. However, I wonder if the eve of May sweeps/ end-of-season is the right time to chance something new. I found the cutaways to "the talk show" (including the embarassing attempts to interview most of the squad) to be distracting from what could have been a more intense episode.

  5. NCIS: Los Angeles Review: They Grow Up So Fast

    4/26/2013 12:44 PM
    I didn't see the twist coming either, although I find it a bit implausible that Javier got away without a scratch. As for the "Densi" thing, I can't help but notice that the writers have these two growing a bit closer just as Tony and Ziva are doing same on the original NCIS. Frankly, the whole "sexual tension" thing has been done to death--do your job, not each other tyvm.

    Oh, and SHAMELESS plug for LL's new album under the guise of a plug for the show's soundtrack.

  6. NCIS Review: Sweet Cheeks and Crumpled Fenders

    4/24/2013 11:21 AM
    This was a very entertaining twisty-turny-what next? episode, even though there was no resolution; seems we're to ride this wave all the way through May sweeps. As the whole "Mossad misinformation" element unraveled, I had a deja vu of sorts that echoes Ducky's sentiments. It seems like NCIS' work with Mossad is the counterpart to NCIS: LA's work with Granger--every time they show up, a hu-NORMOUS mess ensues.

    I was left with only 1 question: If Ilan Bodnar was in the US, then who exactly were Tony and Ziva (and Ziva's contact) chasing in the U-Bahn station in Berlin?

  7. Hawaii Five-0 Review: Honey Buzzards

    4/16/2013 11:16 AM
    With the exception of the funeral scene at the end which did make me choke up quite a bit, I found the rest of the ep to be a snoozer. Oh, if you wanna include the camerawork and the prequel aspects, I suppose I can give points for that (didn't consider it until I read it here), but it just felt like "one more break in the action" with Wo Fat still out there and the mystery regarding Steve's Mom.

  8. NCIS Review: The Agent and the Admiral

    3/27/2013 12:38 AM
    Dear Admiral Mc Douche, MIT has isolated Tim? Well the apple didn't fall far from that tree did it? in case you missed it, the Navy estranged you from your wife, mother, and children. Oh yeah ....sorry you're sick.

  9. Hawaii Five-0 Review: Bang Stick

    3/26/2013 11:15 AM
    Kono sticks the dismount not just once (the car), but TWICE (the crane)!!!!! And her "Have a nice day!" to the FBI guys when it's revealed they didn't have tabs on him all night was PERFECT!!!!!

    The reviewer's right IMO--a few TOO many twists and again, the subplots were nowhere to be found (Steve's mother, Kono's boyfriend / boyfriend-in-law). Oh and Chin....CALL HER!!!!!!!!!!!

  10. NCIS: Los Angeles Review: Introducing Team Red

    3/20/2013 3:09 PM
    Add me to the camp that was underwhelmed. I guess that as a two-parter, I shouldn't expect much resolution to the case, but couldn't we have at least found out what was in the damn box? THAT would have been SOME consolation, but to talk it to death and do nothing was a cheap and easy ploy.

    As for Corbett, yes, he looks like hell. Not sure if it's the lighting, the make-up, that his character is supposed to look emotionally damaged or a combo. It seems like good casting even if it isn't aesthetically pleasing.

    Oh...and bunking with Granger--I'd quit!!!

  11. Hawaii Five-0 Review: Talk Derby to Me

    3/19/2013 3:51 PM
    Not up to standards IMO. Frankly, I wasn't "feelin'" the roller derby thing--the action scenes were WAAAAAAAAY too tame and safe and well, girlie...almost camp. Also, I'm with some of the other posters--how'd H50 land this case anyway? Was it because they were somehow associated with Dog's case and this girl just HAPPENED to fall to earth at the precise moment of capture? As for Doris' storyline, I had to rewind some when Catherine mentioned Mangosa because having been peppered with re-runs, these minor story elements went forgotten. And yes, what of Kono's boyfriend and his sinister brother? Let's move things along huh?

  12. The Big Bang Theory Review: A Real Dinner Party ... No Capes Required

    3/14/2013 11:34 PM
    I thought this was a very adult episode--the cast dressed for a dinner party, helped a friend through an emotional crisis, and still made me laugh.

    I agree with the reviewer--the writers REALLY need to know when "enough is enough" where Sheldon is concerned.

  13. NCIS: Los Angeles Review: Sunshine and Gun Powder

    3/14/2013 12:34 AM
    What a HILARIOUS coincidence that there was a minor gay subplot directly affecting both NCIS class clowns...on the same broadcast night (On NCIS, DiNozzo was mistaken for half a gay couple because he was bickering with his partner (undercover) agent...while wearing a PINK shirt).

  14. NCIS Review: Probie Paradise

    3/14/2013 12:29 AM
    Dear Costume Director, a long sleeve linen shirt and long pants....at a Carribean resort? Really? I guess you've never been there.

    On a different topic, what a HILARIOUS coincidence that there was a minor gay subplot directly affecting both NCIS class clowns...on the same broadcast night (On NCIS: LA, Deeks had to play gay to attract a villain's interest).

  15. NCIS: Los Angeles Spinoff: First "Red" Photos!

    3/13/2013 12:41 PM
    A show that includes Granger in a full-time role makes me queasy; I don't like his character and I don't like that every time he shows up on NCIS' doorstep, he brings a large steaming pile o' mess with him.

  16. NCIS Review: 101 Uses for a Dead Mole

    2/27/2013 12:21 AM
    Bullet-proof vest or not, if you subdue an armed attacker, DISARM THE ATTACKER before you pat yourself on the back!!!

  17. Downton Abbey Review: Give Thanks for Matthew

    2/18/2013 9:15 AM
    Carissa, you're gonna have to rent Gosford Park. When people visit other houses and bring servants, the visiting servants are referred to by their masters' names below stairs. It may SOUND dehumanizing, but it does eliminate confusion.

    I was wrong abt Rose--I figured she'd be carted off to Scotland and that'd be that. Apparently, she's to replace Sybil as" the appeal to the younger demographic."

    That poor baby--his birthday will forever be the day his father died. What a MEAN thing for the writers to.engineer.

  18. Hawaii Five-0 Review: Shrimp Truck Lock-Down

    2/12/2013 11:21 AM
    "We can now add to this list Treat Williams, the man perhaps best known as 'the dad from Everwood.'"

    Oh you CHILD!!!!!! :-) I know you were making a reference to a TV show, but to me, Treat Williams will forever be "Berger" from the late 70s film version of "Hair."

    As for the ep, of course Doris "made" the PI--he was hardly discreet despite Steve's warning that she was a trained agent / spy.

    Not one of the more intense episodes, but it had something for everyone--a male stripper for the (straight) ladies / gay men, and a girlfight for the straight guys. :-)

  19. Downton Abbey Review: Strange Bedfellows

    2/11/2013 4:12 PM
    tomk1of1, you mean Alfred, not Andy. And I have a hard time believing anyone would wanna get within 50 feet of O'Brien's genitalia.

    DeAnn, historically speaking you're right, but the verbal bile spewing forth from Carson's cakehole was just horrific. In my head, Thomas does leave Downton, but not before he gives Carson a GI-NORMOUS kick in the balls--he'd have nothing left to lose anyway, right? So why not go out satisfied?

  20. Downton Abbey Review: Strange Bedfellows

    2/11/2013 1:55 PM
    "Robert is really top-notch when it comes to smoothing over staff issues..."

    Perhaps, but he seems rather clueless until it's too late, and only where the male servants are concerned. Bates told Robert flat out that O'Brien was behind the James / Thomas debacle and he appeared to do NOTHING where O'Brien was concerned. If your wife's Lady's Maid was making trouble, shouldn't your wife be informed?

  21. Downton Abbey Review: Strange Bedfellows

    2/11/2013 12:41 PM
    Oh look...it's DISH-pimp. You're late--what kept you?

    LadyJay...meet Travis, the DISH-pimp. Travis doesn't actually WATCH Downton Abbey--or so you would think given that he just paraphrases the review and others' comments. He's too busy hocking his employer's services to actually USE them and contribute anything meaningful. Be sure to catch him next week. Maybe he'll surprise us.

  22. Downton Abbey Review: Strange Bedfellows

    2/11/2013 11:22 AM
    (continued again)

    One final note to the Crawleys: Do you think Lady Sybil would have liked you to use her memory as an instrument of guilt and emotional extortion? There were WAAAAAY too many references to "what Sybil would have wanted" in this episode.

  23. Downton Abbey Review: Strange Bedfellows

    2/11/2013 11:21 AM
    (continued)

    And speaking of that footman, I can see how the sideburns might throw you, but if you want lessons in masculinity, I wouldn't make the Gaelic Mrs. Danvers your first stop.

    And speaking of her, when you're invited to someone's home, you don't enter empty-handed and you don't insult your hostess. It's just as well your chickens have come home to roost--you should feel right at home since you were obviously raised in a barn somewhere.

    I KNEW Molesley would make a cock-up of it at the cricket match. However I must congratulate him on making cricket sound so....oh, what are the words....BLOODY UNBELIEVABLY BORING!!!!!!!

    As for Rose, I'm not sure why she was brought in--I'm guessing they need a new young female character to replace Lady Sybil and this was some kinda test. Rose's character seems destined for a quick exit, but perhaps she'll be back.

    One final note to the Crawleys: Do you think Lady Sybil would have liked you to use her memory as an instrument of guilt and emotional extortion? There were WAAAAAY too many references to "what Sybil would have wanted" in this episode.

  24. Downton Abbey Review: Strange Bedfellows

    2/11/2013 11:21 AM
    EXCELLENT review Carissa; thank you! This was an amazing episode--we got to see a lot of plot elements unfold AND get resolved in the same ep given the extended length.

    Well Carson turned out to be a turd in tails didn't he? The senior staff and even your own master know Thomas is gay and it makes little difference to them. As the reviewer says, get the log outta your ass; if it stays in there any longer, it'll turn to kindling...or matchsticks. Oh...when a footman with less than 1 year on the job blackmails you, HE'S the one you kick to the curb without a character--unless blackmail is something you espouse. And it never occurred to suspect O'Brien in any of this? Your waistcoat too tight?

    And speaking of that footman, I can see how the sideburns might throw you, but if you want lessons in masculinity, I wouldn't make the Gaelic Mrs. Danvers your first stop.

    And speaking of her, when you're invited to someone's home, you don't enter empty-handed and you don't insult your hostess. It's just as well your chickens have come home to roost--you should feel right at home since you were obviously raised in a barn somewhere.

    I KNEW Molesley would make a cock-up of it at the cricket match. However I must congratulate him on making cricket sound so....oh, what are the words....BLOODY UNBELIEVABLY BORING!!!!!!!

    As for Rose, I'm not sure why she was brought in--I'm guessing they need a new young female character to replace Lady Sybil and this was some kinda test. Rose's character seems destined for a quick exit, but perhaps she'll be back.

    One final note to the Crawleys: Do you think Lady Sybil would have liked you to use her memory as an instrument of guilt and emotional extortion? There were WAAAAAY too many references to "what Sybil would have wanted" in this episode.

  25. Christina Applegate Exits Up All Night

    2/8/2013 4:24 PM
    I was underwhelmed by this show but if Kudrow is part of the reboot, it MIGHT have a chance. True Kudrow's "Comeback" didn't help her career, but that was premium cable; more people know her on network TV.
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