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Finale weeks have started. While it’s still relatively cold for May and summer still seems quite a bit away the sommer break for most of our network shows is just around the corner. I watched the season finales of House and Brothers and Sisters yesterday and both were quite good whereas I thought the House episode was definately more finale worthy than Brothers & Sisters.
After last weeks episode were House detoxes with the help of Cuddy and Amber finally disappears Cuddy and House make out. This week’s finale begins with House being all happy and vicodine-free which actually made me happy and apparently that was way too much happiness for the show so viewers knew something bad was going to happen or as NY Times’ Ginia Bellafante names it “Never give a sucker a happy ending” (awesome artivle btw). During a complicated scene towards the end of the episode Cuddy mentions House’s behaviour the night before but doesn’t mention her going home with him to help him detox. They argue and somehow House realizes he’s had one big drug-induced hallucination about detoxing and making out with Cuddy all done within 12 hours. With this realization comes Amber who is back as well since he never quit the vicodine. This all results in a big breakdown. There was a big “Ahaaaaaaaa” in the room when I finally understood what was happening. That his mind is playing these kind of games with him and the fact that Amber is annoying him once again makes House finally do the step and with Wilson’s help get’s himself institutionalized. This is fine by me - fits perfectly into the schedule - he can stay there for the next four months since we won’t be seeing him anyway.
I loved the last three episodes of Gossip Girl. Blair und Nate’s relationship didn’t last much longer and in this week’s Prom episode Blair realized that Nate would always stay her High-School boyfriend which apparently was something she wasn’t happy with. Chuck in the meantime was determined to turn Blair’s Prom into an unforgettable experience while it first seemed as if he were boycotting her. I’m with Tim Stack on www.ew.com that while it was sort of cute that Chuck was all for making Blair the Prom Queen the evil and tortured Chuck should always shine through and he should not turn all mushy over his love for Blair. Don’t get me wrong - I love their spark and I totally want them to get together already. This episode named “Valley Girls”also served as the pilot of the much discussed Gossip Girl spin-off and in several flashbacks we were introduced into the world of Lily Rhodes (Now Lily Bass). Brittany Snow totally reminds me of the actress who plays Arizona on Greys Anatomy don’t you think so? Furthermore I was both glad and sad to see Ryan Hansen and Krysten Ritter of Veronica Mars appear as Lily’s sister Carol and her boyfriend Shep. I’m still in mourning for Veronica Mars. Loved the soundtrack of the pilot also.
I also loved the previous episodes with the return of Georgina Sparks and Chuck and Blair combining forces in order to first save Serena from Gabriel and then to make Poppy responsible for her criminal actions. My favorite part was when Nate tried to make Blair ride the subway and her reaction to it. I could totally relate. I just prefer my car and don’t get me started on all the germs and the smells… During the two episodes Trachtenberg transforms from hilariously saved back to bad girl Georgina. Where did she go in this week’s episode? Did I miss something? Last week there was a Gossip Girl party at a night club here in the city and I really wanted to go but then I thought that probably I would be the only one over 20 to be there and apart from that I really couldn’t mobilize any of my friends to go out after 11 pm on a week night. So too bad but what are you going to do? Well watch the show. Can’t wait for next week’s finale!
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Greys Anatomy, TV Shows, Veronica Mars, House, Brothers & Sisters, Gossip Girl | May 13th, 2009 by admin | No Comments
Finally Friday. A short week is coming to an end. I had the best dream. I was hanging out with my friends and there was this castle and we were all dancing somewhere inside of it when the sister of my friend just picked up this guy for me. He was totally perfect and we spent the whole day together and I’ve never seen his face before. It was sort of magical. But at least now I know how he looks like when I see him… And no I’ve not seen another episode of The Tudors and therefore am dreaming of castles and I also do not see any connection between my dream and the novels of The Black Dagger Brotherhood I am presently reading. This was purely coincidental and a premonition so to speak. I saw on the Specials part of the Twilight DVD that Stephenie Meyer had a dream of the characters that later turned out to be Edward and Bella lying on the meadow and that was what gave her the impulse to write Twilight. Quoting her on her homepage: ” I woke up (on that June 2nd) from a very vivid dream. In my dream, two people were having an intense conversation in a meadow in the woods. One of these people was just your average girl. The other person was fantastically beautiful, sparkly, and a vampire…” She began writing the chapter where they spend the day on the meadow and then wrote the first part about how they got there and then the second part about what happened then. And look how it turned out: Four successful books (with Midnight Sun hopefully five) and one Blockbuster Movie with New Moon on the way. This just to clarify what meanings a dream can have. I will now keep my eyes open especially in the proximity of castles or similar buildings which so numerously can be found in my city. Just kidding of course but it sure is incredible how real some dreams can seem.
Back to Twilight. With New Moon now fully in the works I checked out Chris Weitz’s profile on www.imdb.com. Check it out here. I must say I consider myself relatively open when it comes to new directors that direct one movie out of a series. I liked some of the Harry Potter movies more and some less. You could always clearly recognise the handprint of the director behind the movie. I liked the fifth movie the best by the way.I know there are a lot of people that criticize Catherine Hardwicke’s adaptation of the movie but then again criticizing is always easy. I think she did a great job and after having seen the extras on the DVD I must say that she seemed very committed to the story and wanted to get it right and also it didn’t seem as if she expected not to be doing New Moon afterwards. I hear and I am not certain that this was the real reason she’s not doing New Moon that she wanted more time for pre production i.e. adjusting the screenplay and for the challenges particularly connected to this second part of the saga for example the long absence of Edward. She said she did not want to jeopardise the balance of the movie since the story of Edward and Bella with all its chemistry was so vital to the movie’s success. Apparently she and the studio had different schedules and they wanted the movie to be released in November 2009 and she wouldn’t have been finished by then.
But what I was originally getting at was whether I liked Chris Weitz’s work so far and I don’t. “About a Boy” was one of the few movies I could hardly watch until the end and I do watch most movies until the end. Most recently the highly disturbing movie with Kim Basinger called “While she was Out”. But About a Boy I just didn’t like. “American Pie” was a funny movie and when we were teenagers definitely quite entertaining. But I think it takes a little bit more than that to transform the second Twilight book into a successful movie. But who am I to criticize his work before it’s even finished. From what I’ve heard they’re shooting scenes with Patterson where Edward will appear in Bella’s thoughts everytime she plans to do something dangerous. So that seems to be a good idea to avoid keeping Edward out of the picture for too long. We’ll just have to be patient until November. Such a long time… But since the date has been set for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince just this week for July 15th we have something to look forward to for this sommer and it’s been too long since The Order of the Phoenix so I really can’t wait. I don’t even remember how everybody looks like!
What I also wanted to talk about before I release myself into the weekend is how great House has become during the last weeks and not only because most of the other shows have yet again inexplicably disappeared into another hiatus and therefore left me with no other choice than to focus my whole anticipation towards House. No, the show has improved. I must say that I was getting a little tired of the repetitive storylines last season and even fell behind in watching the episodes which normally NEVER happens. But ever since that great episode House’s Head (or something like that) at the end of last season I was again totally into the happenings at Princeton - Plainsborough. So Kutner has committed suicide since Kal Penn got a job offer from D.C. he just couldn’t resist and therefore had to be written out of the show. The docters and especially House have to deal with the aftermath of Kutner’s death and some deal with it differently than others. House questions his mojo since he didn’t see Kutner’s death coming and he normally sees everything coming, Wilson starts over and puts Amber’s death behind him which suddenly makes her appear in House’s mind…but that’s another story and finally Chase proposes to Cameron. Oh and I almost forgot, we see Taub crying in the hall which was so heartbraking that I joined in and cryed as well. That’s what I do. The last episode ended with Amber appearing leaning on House’s piano while he’s playing and while most of us are certainly happy to have Anne Dudek back the Greys Anatomy viewers of us surely hope this won’t turn into a Denny/Izzie Ghost sex sequel. I must say I couldn’t take it. But according to the producers it won’t so let’s just stay tuned to what they have planned for us. And by the way it wouldn’t do any harm if the other shows came back right about now. Yes Greys, Housewives, Gossip Girl, Brothers & Sisters - It’s you I’m talking about 
C-ya
P.S. I just read on Twilighters.org that when asked on his homepage whether he will be making the music for New Moon Carter Burwell commented that Chris Weitz has hired somebody else to compose the music for the Twilight sequels. Without having listened to the previous works of this Alexandre Desplat I am quite disappointed. I love the Score by Carter Burwell and actually am presently listening to it.
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Uncategorized, Greys Anatomy, TV Shows, life, Movies, House, Brothers & Sisters, Books, Gossip Girl, twilight | April 17th, 2009 by admin | No Comments
With anticipation I checked the Emmy nominations a few days ago and I must say that I was quite disappointed. It seems as if the jury merely has the time to watch 5 to 6 shows since the same names keep showing up in almost every category. Don’t get me wrong - I love many of the shows that are nominated this year and I think it is absolutely justified that Tony Shalhoub and Hugh Laurie are yet again nominated for “Best actor” but can’t they just nominate some other shows for a change ? I watched the first few episodes of “Samantha Who” last season and while I generally enjoy Christina Applegate in her movies I quickly grew bored and stopped tuning in. On the other hand “Men in Trees” - which has been wrongfully cancelled - hasn’t been mentioned once. There was much more depth and character there than I could observe in SW. Shows I really hope will be successful in their categories are ”Friday Night Lights” “Brothers & Sisters” and “The Tudors”. I found this clip on www.ew.com - from the Ausiello Files. Adrianne Palicki and Connie Britton are so fantastic - I can’t wait for the show to go on the air. I enjoyed “Damages” but I wasn’t sad when the season ended so can’t understand all the nominations on that end. But maybe I’m wrong and the shows that appear on the nomination lists every year - the ones I haven’t seen - really are that good. Maybe I should check some of them out and then continue with this discussion (with myself). What surprised me a little was the amount of nominations “30 Rock” received. I love both Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin and I watch the show every week but 17 nominations? Even I must admit that this might be a bit too much. And how fabulous must “Pushing Daisies” be with a total of 12 nominations? That is definately a show I will take a look at and report back. Ok, stopping now with the Emmy talk.
Very recently I have started to rewatch all “Everybody loves Raymond” seasons. What shall I say- it’s been a rainy summer so far. Even watching the episodes for the second or third time is still hilarious. I would even say that this show is one of the funniest shows that have ever aired. And it’s not as exhausting as “Curb your Enthusiasm” which I also very much enjoy. I regularly need a break from Larry David’s “Faux pas” and can’t watch too many epis in a row whereas I can definately manage to watch a whole season of ELR in one day. During the weekend of course. Ok, maybe in two days. I love the whole cast and am very thrilled to see Ray Romano in “Men of a certain Age” on TNT this fall. I really can’t wait and hope that the show is going to be as successful as ELR was. There are so many excellent episodes of “Everybody loves Raymond”. Last night I very much enjoyed the one where Robert’s date eats a fly and Raymond watches her. I really laughed hard there. Romano is just the funniest man out there!
Ok, there’s so much more very important stuff I want to talk about here but the urge to go home and eat is momentarily stronger and I will therefore be back as soon as I’m saturated.
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Tags: Emmys 2008, emmys, Men In Trees, Samantha Who, Christina Applegate, The Tudors, Damages, Friday Night Lights, Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Men of a certain age, Ray romano, Connie britton, Adrianne Palicki
TV Shows, 30 Rock, Movies, House, Brothers & Sisters, Monk, Friday Night Lights, Entourage, Men in Trees | July 22nd, 2008 by admin | No Comments
Good Morning! To all of you who haven’t watched the season premiere of House or Greys Anatomy or Gossip Girl this post might be a little spoilerish. After having watched Greys 3 times, House twice and Gossip Girl like 4 times I am now ready to share my thoughts (or some of them) with you guys.
Greys “A Change is gonna Come“: I think Isaiah Washington and Kate Walsh are missing very much. I think in the case of 
IW we will have to get used to the fact that he won’t be coming back and I’m asking myself whether they will replace him somehow. In my opinion there was always a good balance in Seattle Grace. There was the Cardiologist/Surgeon = Preston Burke and then there was the Neurosurgeon=Derek Shepherd. Now there’s only Derek und Mark - who’s hot - but somehow Burke always gave the whole craziness a certain balance. After having seen the series premiere of Private Practice it might be a little early for Seattle Grace to say farewell to Addison for good. We will have to wait that one out. To the episode: How often did they have to show that severed arm and the shoulder of Nancy - a pregnant car accident victim? I loved the part where the dear jumps up after having received reanimation from Izzy. The scene with Izzy and George in the staircase then again was too much weirdness even for me. Especially when Izzy claims that she is now Bambi and that her mother has been shot and that she is now alone in the woods. Normally I understand metaphors pretty well but even for me this was just a bit too much. I think her mother is still alive btw. But that Bambi remark of hers as well as Lexi’s speech at the newborn station (”Cute Festival”) seem to push George into visiting Izzy at the end of the day - and episode and to confess that he is also in love with her. Totally spoilerfree I can’t wait to see what happens next. I like Lexi’s character (Played by Chyler Leigh). She is as she says herself quite awesome. She brings a fresh wind into the whole lot and I think there is a good friendship evolving between George and her. I think the whole new setup that our interns are now residents and that they now have their own interns to take care of will bring a new dynamic into the show. I appreciated the numerous Miranda Bailey scenes. All in all this season starter was just good old Greys Anatomy like we know and love it.
House “Alone”: No big surpises here either. House is without team and seems to make no effort to find himself a new team and as Wilson wisely recounts this can be explained with House’s fear of abandonment and fear of commitment. “When you hire a team or find yourself a girl-friend you risk that they might leave you”. This says Wilson is what House wants to avoid since he is obviously not over the fact that his team has left him. Although it was funny to see House brainstorm with the Janitor and dressing him up to act like a real doctor infront of the confused relatives of this weeks patient I missed his former team consisting of Chase, Foreman and Cameron. Hopefully they will be back in the next episode although we had to love how Wilson and Cuddy filled in the voids. I loved the whole storyline with the kidnapping of House’s guitar between House and Wilson. Hopefully things will freshen up a little in the next episodes. All is good the way it is but I would appreciate a few new storylines. Judging from the end of this season’s first episode we might not have to wait too long for that to happen.
Gossip Girl: I might be sick in my head or plain stupid but everytime I hear Kristen Bell’s voice narrating I get so sad and happy at the same time. I think even if Gossip Girl was to turn out really really bad I would still watch it only to hear Kristen’s voice. I really miss Veronica Mars and I think out of all the shows that have been cancelled this year VM was the one that least deserved it and that had so much more potential for at least 3 more seasons. Anyway Gossip Girl so far is so much fun to watch. I could even imagine Kristen Bell getting a real part as the person behind Gossip Girl sometime in the future. The part would fit her well. Please anyone living in Manhattan - are there people running around in clothes like Blair and the others did during the brunch? It felt like in Cruel Intentions or in Dangerous Liasons - the movie on which Cruel intentations was based upon. I loved the living statues - do people really have living statues at their parties? Amazing. The one thing I couldn’t quite understand was Dan’s disappointment when he found out that his crush Serena had actually had a sexual life before meeting him. What was he thinking? That Serena was saving herself - for him?Please! The way he left Serena at the Hotel was simply childish. One other character I like is Kelly Rutherford playing Darla van der Woodsen - Serena’s mom. I remembered her from Melrose Place but haven’t seen any show she was in ever since. She seems to have a past with Dan’s father and judging from the witty banter between the two of them they seem to have been more than just friends. Also she seems to be having an affair with Chuck’s father who owns the Palace Hotel she and her daughter are presently living in.
So far so good - just watched an amazing season premiere of Brothers & Sisters and am still processing it. Will watch it again with my friend shortly who can’t wait to watch it either and will therefore wait to report on it. Wouldn’t want to spoil anything so fantastic like the Walkers coming back on our TV screen! Here’s a good summary on”Home Front” for those who can’t wait
So Long!
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Tags: Greys Anatomy ABC, Greys Anatomy, Kate Walsh, Kate Walsh Private Practice, Private Practice, Isaiah Washington, Katherine Heigl, Izzy and George, Kristen Bell Veronica Mars, Kristen Bell Gossip Girl, Brothers and Sisters, Kelly Rutherford, Hugh Laurie House, Cuddy House, Lexi Grey, Lexi and George, Calista Flockhart, Sally Field, Rob Lowe
Greys Anatomy, TV Shows, Veronica Mars, House, Brothers & Sisters, Gossip Girl | October 1st, 2007 by admin | 3 Comments
Oh my oh my, was I excited to watch this year’s ”green” Emmys. It was sooo good to see all of the casts of our favorite shows back again after what seemed like an endless summer. I caught myself jumping up and down the sofa several times during the show, sobbing, laughing out loud, even clapping. My father must have looked at me a little irritated once or twice but who cares- I was in heaven!!!
The show was a blast and I loved the appearance of Ray Romano. I just mentioned to my brother a few days ago that it’s a shame that Mr Romano has had no TV appearances since “Everybody loves Raymond” went off the air. His speech was so hilarious and I was really confused when Fox pulled its first of three censors and interrupted Ray while he was 
commenting on Kelsey Grammar a.k.a Frasier screwing his ELR wife Patricia Heaton on the new Fox comedy “Back to You”. I think I knew all relevant nominations by heart and there were some categories such as “Best supporting actress in a drama series” where I absolutely had no idea who I would vote for. I would have been happy for every nominee.
I must say that Jeremy Piven playing Ari Gold on “Entourage” is the most amusing and fabulous supporting actor on TV nowadays. I would like to quote an aquaintant by saying “Ari is the character that holds this show together.” It is my opinion that the show wouldn’t be the hit it is without Piven. Therefore I was filled with satisfaction when he was awarded the Emmy for “Best supporting Actor in a Comedy Series” Unfortunately the rest of the cast and the show itself missed out this year. Well there’s always next year and it’s like they say: “It’s really all about getting nominated”
The singing and dancing tribute honoring “The Sopranos” by the Jersey Boys was moving but then again also strange, seeing Adriana getting whacked again while listening to ” You’re just to good to be true” I was somewhat disturbed. When the whole cast was called on to the stage I cried and felt really sad that the Sopranos era was really over. As long as we’re with the Sopranos - Outstanding writing and directing went to both Chase and Tylor for their episodes “Made in America” (Don’t stop believing has been on my Ipod ever since) and “Kennedy and Heidi”. Of course not to forget the Oustanding Drama Series award in the end. I think everyone will agree with me that this award went to the right show. The cast came on stage again and I cried - again.
I was really looking forward to the announcements for Best Actor/Actress in both a Drama and a Comedy series. As for Sally Field getting the Emmy for B&S- she very much deserved that award since I love the show and the acting in it. Her acceptance speech was memorable and I loved how Fox censored Mrs Field when she said “If the mothers ruled this world there would be no god damned war” Everybody knew what she was saying anyway.
The big upset was the Best Actor in a Drama as well as in a Comedy Series. The Drama award: I was prepared for Hugh Laurie to receive it, I hoped that Gandolfini would get it, even would have granted it to Sutherland but for James Spader to finally get it- hm I didn’t know what to say. But the Boston Legal star knew. He claimed that he felt like he had just stolen a pile of money from the mob and indeed the scene was funny since the whole black suited cast of the Sopranos sat behind him looking at him. I hoped the comedy award would have gone to Shalhoub or to Baldwin but instead it went to Ricky Gervais for “Extras”.
My ultimate moment of happiness came when 30 Rock received the “Outstanding Comedy Series award. I loved Tina Fey’s speech and I hope this award gives the show a push in viewer numbers. I also heard Edie Falco say on the recycled red carpet that she will star on 30 Rock. That’s spectacular!
There were many more fantastic moments. I will definitely watch the show again. Next week the Hiatus is over and all will be good!
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Tags: 59th Emmy Awards, The Emmys, Entourage, Entourage Jeremy, Piven, Ari Gold, Ray Romano, Back to you Fox, 30 Rock, 30 Rock Tina Fey, Tina Fey, Edie Falco 30 Rock, Boston Legal, James Gandolfini, Sally Field, Brothers Sisters, Jersey Boys
Greys Anatomy, TV Shows, 30 Rock, House, Brothers & Sisters, Monk, Entourage | September 18th, 2007 by admin | No Comments
I’m back… again and hopeful.
During the last 2 weeks I have watched around 60 episodes House M.D. and will finish the third season by this week probably even tonight. I know I’m crazy and I should’ve watched them slower so that I co
uld spend more summer hiatus time with them but while I’m very disciplined in every other area of my life I’m hopeless when it comes to shows I like. The good thing is that I have finally found two shows that will be a regular on my weekly schedule beginning in Fall. The first one obviously is House. I never watched it until this summer and I understand completely why it has the same amount of viewers Greys has. I don’t understand why some people compare the two shows. In my opinion they have nothing in common apart from playing in a Hospital. After 60 episodes of House I feel like a doctor myself although I must say that the deseases mentioned start to repeat themselves after a while. I even looked up “Lupus” recently since House and his team bring it up quite a lot but the funny thing is - it actually never is Lupus. But at least I now know that it is an auto-imune desease. The show is perfect and although I swore never to watch a show airing on Fox again I will continue to watch House as well as 24 and will nevertheless hate Fox for cancelling The O.C. Yes - I know I am evil.
The next show I discovered is Brothers and Sisters airing on ABC. It’s about a family named Walker who operates a family business in L.A. 2 sisters and 3 brothers. Everything changes when the father dies of a heart attack and Kitty played by Calista Flockhart moves back in with her mother in Los Angeles. As time passes more and more secrets the father has kept over the years are being revealed. One of the them is his long time affair Holly Harper and their eligitimate daughter Rebecca Harper.This show is so perfect to watch. It manages to fill part of the void 7th Heaven and Gilmore Girls left when they were cancelled. Some scenes are so hilarious that it makes you want to be there with the characters.B&S makes you feel comfortable instantly and you can keep on watching it. I haven’t been there but I guess watching the reruns won’t be that bad either. Normally I try to avoid watching shows until they have at least reached their third season but due to the fact that I am both desperate and that this is an ABC show I am fairly relaxed and confident that we will see some more seasons of this show.
Oh by the way, I still can’t believe Veronica Mars is supposed to be over but I will attend to this subject extensively in my next post. In the meantime this should be fun.
Later More…
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Tags: House MD, Brothers and Sisters, Gregory House, Hugh Laurie, Jennifer Morisson, Calista Flockhart, Fox House, Lupus
TV Shows, House, Brothers & Sisters | July 9th, 2007 by admin | No Comments