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Friday, November 9, 2012

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Alex Wagner: Nov 8 2012

Alex Wagner discussed Karl Rove's poor job of buying the election

Dexter: Do The Wrong Thing

Yvonne Strahovski guest stars on this season of Dexter

With Dexter, it always seems like it takes about half of a season before I really start getting hooked on that year's storyline. I thought this year was the exception since Dexter was found out by his sister right at the beginning, but that is only part of this season's theme. Besides the changing nature of the relationship between Dexter and Deb, there is another storyline involving new character, Hanna McKay (Yvonne Strahovski).

It's no secret that Yvonne Strahovski is one of the most beautiful women in TV, but her talents have been wasted on mediocre fare like Chuck. I tried watching Chuck, and made it through the first season, but ultimately had to bail on it.Yvonne wasted five of her hottest years on that shit. She needs to make up for ~~lost~~ wasted time! Dexter is the perfect outlet. She can be all hot and whatnot, while at the same time, showing her actual acting chops.

Her character, Hannah, is the teenage accomplice of a spree killer who has been in prison for over a decade. Due to her age (15) and her willingness to cooperate with police at the time, Hannah only spent a few years in juvie as punishment for her involvement in the crimes. Most people felt she was innocent of the murders, and was just a terrified kid. Some, however, don't.

Yvonne's hotness masks the killer inside

Dexter is one of those who doesn't believe Hannah is innocent. Knowing, however, that she has been given immunity in exchange for her testimony (and that she can never be imprisoned for anything related to those crimes), Dexter decides to deal with her his way. He stalks her, investigates her, and gets what he believes is evidence of her guilt. But she surprises him by showing up, uninvited, at his home. Is she attracted to him or is she on to him?

Deciding to find out one way or another, Dex asks her out on a date. She reluctantly accepts. He takes her to a closed down Christmas park that she had wanted to visit back when she was 15. Just as we see Hannah looking happier than she has ever looked...Dexter injects her and puts her on his table.

Dexter has always been more motivated by his desire to kill than by his sex drive. But something happened when he saw her naked and taped up on his table. Obviously, she looks amazing naked, but there was something else. She did not care. She was not afraid, and she did not beg for her life or deny her guilt. She said something like "Do what you gotta do," and waited to die. Somehow, this made Dexter rip off the restraining tape to let her free, and then the two had sex. Serial killer sex. It was nuts. And they even showed a little Yvonne Strahovski side boob. I enjoyed that for the .5 seconds it lasted.

So, where does that leave the two of them? Unknown. Hannah now knows the real Dexter. She has seen him. She knows what he really is. She knows that he knows about her, as well. But Dexter's predicament is a little more difficult. He works for the police and his sister is a freaking lieutenant! Furthermore, there is an investigative reporter who believes that Hannah is guilty, and believes he has evidence to prove it. Since the guy has a boner for Deb, he shares this information with her, as well as the fact that his "blood guy" came to a different conclusion than her brother.

He didn't really come to a different conclusion, of course, he fudged it so he could deal with Hannah himself. If she doesn't immediately realize that, Debra soon will realize that Dexter plans to kill her. This will be pretty weird once she sees Dexter and Hannah acting like a couple (assuming that happens now they fucked), and it will show her that Dexter lied to her when he said he would not take cases away from the police. Dexter is in some serious trouble next week.

Breaking Bad XXX Parody Trailer

Tonight Is "Parks and Rec" Night!!

You know what that means? My future wife, Rashida Jones, is on. If there is a more perfect face on planet earth, I have yet to see it.

Hawaii Five-O: Mohai

Chin Ho (Daniel Dae Kim) and Kono (Grace Park)

As usual, Hawaii Five-O was on. Yeah, that's all I can muster. I watch the show every week, and every week I am unsatisfied with the show when it is over. Why do I keep watching, you ask? I have no idea.

This week's episode, Mohai, was supposed to be aired the week of Halloween, but due to Hurricane Sandy, it was bumped in favor of news. This explains the Halloween theme. The jist of the episode is that a serial killer, who is likely a Satanist, has brutally murdered a young woman, and is on the verge of killing her male companion, as well. The team investigates, realizes who it is, and tries to apprehend him only to find themselves duped by the killer's grandma. Spoiler alert: the grandma is evil, also.

I started watching Hawaii Five-O because of Grace Park. She's a cutie and she was excellent on Battlestar Galactica. But, you know, she has gotten way too skinny, and now I don't find her that attractive. Her acting is fine, but she was more challenged on BSG. Same goes for Daniel Dae Kim, minus the cuteness. He may be cute, I just don't swing that way. I liked the guy on Lost, and followed him here. His Five-O character is better than Grace's, but only by a little.

Honestly, I think I keep watching because of the banter between McGarrett (Alex O'Laughlin) and Danno (Scott Caan). They bitch at each other like an old married couple.

Inside the NFL: Week 9


Phil Sims, James Brown, Chris Collinsworth, and Ron Jaworski

Not too much to say about this week's edition of Inside the NFL. This week's guest host (filling for the departed Warren Sapp) was ex-Phildelphia Eagles QB/ESPN analyst Ron Jaworski. He was okay, but contributed little to the overall discussion. The guys also spoke with Bears QB Jay Cutler via satellite. He was his usual douchey self. No surprise there.

I really loved the highlight reel of Tampa Bay's rookie stud RB Doug Martin scoring four touchdowns. I loved it for two reasons: 1) I am a Bucs fan and 2) Martin is on my fantasy team. All things considered, it was a good episode, but I still miss Sapp.

This Amuses Me To No End

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Bill Maher Takes His Victory Lap on Hardball Today

Bill Maher appearing on Hardball

I love Bill Maher. There are few people out there whose opinions and personal politics are so similar to my own. I relate to Bill. Always funny, and he has influenced my views on religion. I was slowly inching toward atheism before, but I'm all the way there now.

Is Revolution Starting To Lose Steam?

Tracy Spiridakos as Charlie

I've had my issues with NBC's Revolution, yet I keep on watching. The show is a hybrid, in a way, of the shows Jericho and The Walking Dead (mostly Jericho). Though I doubt the show's creators would admit it, Revolution owes heavily to them. I won't explain why here, I guess that is for another post.

Despite the non-originality of Revolution, I have been watching since the premiere. I was initially intrigued when Giancarlo Esposito (formerly of Breaking Bad) was cast (which, sadly, was a spoiler for me since I was not caught up with BB at the time), and naturally, I like the looks of newcomer, Tracy Spiridakos (I am such a one trick pony, I know). J.J. Abrams' involvement hinted that I might be into it, as well. But now, after seven episodes, the show is coming to a crossroads. I'm getting a little bored with where it is going.

This week's episode, The Children's Crusade, was especially bad. While Charlie and the gang continue to make their way to Philadelphia (?) to try and rescue Danny, they stumble upon a group of kids surviving on their own. The kids' leader had recently been picked up by the militia, and they wanted to rescue him. For some odd reason, Charlie volunteered to go on a borderline suicide mission to retrieve the kid, despite him being a total stranger.

On the one hand, this is ridiculous. These people are living a virtually lawless society, without any real government. Violent militias force most people to live in fear. But Charlie is somehow willing to risk her life to save a stranger when her brother's fate is still an open question. On the other hand, from a viewer's perspective, we do learn what happens to orphaned kids in this new world. It adds a layer to the overall picture, which is helpful. It also paints a fuller picture of Miles Matheson's past. He was, at one time, the head of the militia. It was under his leadership that many of the child soldiers' parents were killed.

Elizabeth Mitchell as Rachel Matheson

But did we need 30 minutes of show time to help us realize what an asshole Miles is/was? I think we already know that. The only really interesting parts of The Children's Crusade were the reveals about the pendant that can turn the power back on. Through a couple of flashbacks, we now know that Charlie's parents did know why the power went out, how it happened, and how to make it come back. But, with Dad dead, only Mom (Elizabeth Mitchell) knows the truth. She is being "held" by the militia, and apparently, has been for quite a long time. To me, this is the only really interesting part of the show, at the moment.

I would recommend to the writers of Revolution three things to bring me back to the fold:

Focus less on Charlie's adventures on the road, and keep the focus on the pendants and the real story of the loss of power.
Don't just hint at Miles' past, let's have a flashback. How did he become so powerful? Why did he leave? How was he never caught by the militia while Charlie found him in a matter of minutes?
Put Charlie in a bikini or something more revealing/skimpy. Did someone say ratings spike?
Have Elizabeth Mitchell's character, Rachel Matheson, killed off. I've had issues with Mitchell since Lost. She just rubs me the wrong way.

So there's my two cents. I can see myself watching this one for a while. I've lasted this long. I stuck with V for the entire run and that show sucked. Hey, wasn't Elizabeth Mitchell in that one, too?

Alex Wagner Re-Caps the Election

"What choo talking about, Steele?" Alex Wagner questions former RNC chair

Alex Wagner and company did the postmortem on the 2012 election on today's NOW with Alex Wagner. Most of the guests were in agreement: the GOP needs to accept the new, non-white America, this was huge rebuke of the tea party, will the GOP keep obstructing, etc. Former Republican National Chairman, Michael Steele, agreed with most of what was said, but disagreed with the assertion that conservatism, itself, is a problem. He did sorta tweak the party for its belief that Romney was the problem. After all, there were more than 50 primaries and caucuses, and Romney was chosen by Republican voters!

Alex looked sharp in a green blouse (not my favorite color), and kept the conversation light and humorous. One thing I have noticed about NOW is that they use really good music coming in and out of breaks. I mean, I heard "It's a Shame About Ray" by The Lemonheads the other day! I wonder if Alex has anything to do with that. If so, it just re-affirms my assertion that she is the perfect woman for me.

The Morning After

Chuck Todd of MSNBC and Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY)

MSNBC's Chuck Todd was still awake after a long night going over election results. He had a special, two hour edition of his show, The Daily Rundown. I only caught the first 40 mins or so before leaving for work.