Glee

Well this week's ep of Glee was extra long...and it didn't completely deliver, but didn't fall flat either.
I loved the Quinn/Rachel duet. Great song, sounded good. worked well.  Some of the other songs were not great, but the 'Somewhere only we know' one was good, and Kurt's song whatever that was. -Ok best thing about the ep, Kurt is back at McKinley and back in the Glee club! FINALLY!!! Also Mike O'Malley popped up again! Yay! -I like it when people who are in the credits actually are IN the episodes.No

Plenty of Emma...not great Emma though. Although the therapy stuff could get interesting. No Sue though. It always seems to be an either/or with Emma and Sue. They rarely both get featured.
Speaking of Sue, I miss Santana and Brittany being cheerios. I'm still weirded out by their regular clothes. -Brittany has become the hat girl!

Least fave parts - Quinn's new backstory...I think that goes against something from the first season...but I didn't like it one bit!
Also didn't like the whole Santana/Karofsky thing...still not buying the whole Santana is gay thing...but then it took me a little while to get used to Callie being gay in Grey's Anatomy too. 

I dunno. Glee definitely is not what it used to be. It isn't consistent or of the quality and standard it started out with. It started out with a slightly more mature adult view, and has now gone pretty much completely teen tv. Which sucks, cause there used to be a happy medium for a while, I wonder how long I will keep watching. I honestly don't know...at least Kristin Chenoweth will be back as April in next weeks ep. So that will be fun.


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Carlie

Brothers & Sisters-palooza!

Well....It's B & S week in my house. I watched last weeks double eps on Monday, then have been watching season 4 on dvd all week, and then finally watched this weeks ep tonight.

OMG I picked the Michelle stealing Kevin and Scotty's baby thing the minute she turned up! That storyline actually works for me.
What doesn't work for me is the whole paternity thing being dragged back out for Sarah and Brody....I mean come on already?! I'm so sick of the writers rewriting the history of this family. It was a huge stretch that Brody even existed within the family timeline as it was!!!! Not to mention the whole Rebecca and Ryan sagas!

I have got to say, I feel the show definitely lacks something with Kitty gone. If Calista is leaving, they gotta wrap it up. With Rebecca gone, and Tommy gone, and Julia gone, they take away one of the siblings and it feels wrong. Plus Saul wasn't in the ep -which also makes it feel wrong.
I'm still not buying that Sarah's kids are NEVER EVER EVER around!
I still get a kick out of the fact that Justin seems to spend his time with people from October Road...his partner at work, and Dave's real life wife Odette Yustmen....
 -Still no word on whether or not it's getting renewed for next season. :( I heard its ending on a cliffhanger, so they BETTER get more eps!

Still got a few eps left of season 4 on dvd - but I kinda don't want to get to the end. It was too sad!

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Carlie

Wednesday Night, Big TV Night!

So finally there were shows to watch this week, and also the ability to watch them! I started with Raising Hope. I love that show. Its funny and makes me laugh and makes plenty of pop culture references to keep me happy! This week’s ep wasn’t the greatest ep, but I did love the Maw Maw storyline with the guy from Day Care. Burt and Shelley beating each other up was funny too!

Glee…What can I say, I wish I loved it more. I don’t look forward to it the same way I used to. I don’t enjoy it the same way I used to. Firstly, I miss the big group numbers, because it felt like a nice end to the eps, and felt like everyone was included, even when they didn’t all get a solo. I liked that they did group numbers with solo lines here and there. Secondly, I wish they didn’t keep bringing Gwyneth Paltrow back, because every time they do, she gets less interesting. I really couldn’t have cared less about her in this ep.
 

Glee really has lost the magic it had in the first season. It doesn’t make me feel happy anymore. It used to have that power. I don’t know the songs anymore, cause they ALL tend to be too modern. I must say I did enjoy Mike’s dancing in this ep. I liked that they let Tina sing. I liked that Mercedes got a storyline! But not caring about Will, or even Sue… and can they get Kurt back already?! Geez. And oh yeah…Emma was there. Whoopie! –Sorry Emma not feeling the love anymore!

I saved the best for last. Parenthood’s season 2 finale was an awesome roller-coaster! I laughed I cried - it was great. Poor Amber, but I’m glad that that worked out okay. Oh look there’s Drew. –They only seem to drag him out for family stuff…I hope he gets more to do next season…although I think that’s what I hoped for this time last year!

Somebody give Max Burkholder an award already! He’s such a great actor. The Max stuff was great in this ep. –The retainer storyline was right out of the movie and I loved it! –I’m gonna watch the movie tomorrow I think!

I heard the baby storyline coming a mile away…it had tap shoes on. Let’s just say season 2 is gonna be interesting for Adam and Kristina.  I also hope Julia and Joel get their baby soon though.

One of my fave scenes was Sydney’s tea party! Joel in the hat with the bowtie! SO adorable!

I also loved Sarah’s play, and how funny it was to see them cast the family for the play!

I guess I should be glad that Crosby and Jasmine are working their stuff out…but I don’t really care that much about them. 

I can’t believe the season is over. This is the first of my big shows to end and I wasn’t ready. I know I’m going to miss it in a few weeks, when it doesn’t come back! PLEASE pick it up for season 3 NBC! You kinda owe me!

Time will tell. 

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Carlie

Family Time

So I was dying to watch new Parenthood from last week, and it didn't disappoint. But enough with the car crashes! I’m stressed out enough by them with Brothers & Sisters season 4, Private Practice season 3, and Grey’s Anatomy. –At least it finally made for a good segway into credits!

Adam and Kristina were so cute in the kitchen when they were discussing things…like why Adam would think about another 15yold girl's clothes.

Yay Drew was finally back!...but he didn’t do a whole lot, but at least he was there. Amber…oh Amber…you tiny messed up person. Poor Sarah, in one week she manages to get pulled down by her daughter’s mess of a life, and also gets her play accepted into a thing…

Poor Joel…he’s Crosby’s bitch! This is the problem with having a fixerman in the family…they get stuck doing everything. Also Sydney and Jabbar’s handshake was SO cute! Totally worth their only being in it for that.
Can't be many eps left now, which sucks. I'm not ready for finales! Also they haven't officially been picked up for season 3 yet, and that stresses me out!

On to Brothers and Sisters. YAY its back on, with 2 eps! OMG I actually had to pause the 1st ep after Kitty started explaining what goes on in her fave ep of Full House cause I was laughing too hard! CRAZY!
And points for actually mentioning Sarah and Luc’s wedding and wedding plans! Private Practice never mentions Cooper and Charlotte’s impending nuptials...and their wedding is coming up fast!Sarah’s dancing was excellent! I love the Sarah and Kitty stuff, they hardly ever do sister stuff. – But what is with all the handshakes/bumps this week?! Gotta work on my own!
And Kitty at the restaurant with Seth was AWESOME!

I’m also coming around to Olivia…which doesn’t bode well…cause as soon as I start liking people, something happens.

Part 2 -It was weird going from an ep with Kitty, to an ep WITHOUT her. Felt wrong.

Yay for old school Nintendo!!!! I loved Justin's 'things to do before I'm 30' list.

Um…Jayne Brook as Scotty’s mother still weirds me out, she seems way too young to be his mother. Also…the way his mother was acting was freaking me out!

And poor Saul. But Jonathon freaks me out...I don't know what it is about that guy, he's odd.Overall It was a great ep though. Wedding plans, birthdays, etc.  Brody seems to be sticking around, which is interesting.
I don't know if its me, or Community is slipping, but I didn't love this weeks ep - maybe cause it was  Pierce centric...Modern Family was funny. I loved the van thing....Phil and Claire always make me laugh. The concert was pretty funny too...like Luke being stuck up in the air! Not the best ep, but still good.

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Carlie

Nothing Special

Written during the week, but was unable to post it till now due to super slow internet connection.

Harry's Law Finale: This show never really made me fall in love with it. I like it, enough. The problem is none of the main characters are overly likeable…and not a single one that I’m connected to. None of the cast are overly interesting either. I think it definitely got better in the last few eps of the season, but I don’t know if I want to keep watching it if it gets picked up for a second season. Maybe if there is nothing else to watch.
However I was glad that Adam and that girl got together, but it was odd to have Paul McCrane from ER singing...

The Good Wife is still great. Its not an overly fun show, but I really like it. Its not the kind I’d go back and watch a lot, or probably even buy the dvds, but I love it. I find myself loving all the Eli Gold stuff…I don’t care about Peter and the election, but Eli is fun. Not sure what Cary is up to, he’s all over the place. Kalinda is in hot water, and that’s an interesting spin. Alicia isn’t my fave character, but I like her when she’s working on case. They’ve had some good cases this season. It will be interesting to see how they end the season.


This week I haven’t been able to watch a single thing new…or even at all really. Our internet usage is up, so I can’t download anything new…and I’m DYING! I never realized how much I NEEDED to watch Parenthood. Brothers & Sisters I’m used to waiting for, but I’m trying in vain to get that this week…3 days and its only 50%...I’ll leave it going tomorrow, and maybe it will be done by Friday. I was going to spend the week re-watching stuff off my external hard drive…but that seems to have died on me too! I managed to get the first 4 eps of Raising Hope off it, before I stopped working properly..so at least I had those to watch.

I guess at least I’ll have plenty to watch over the weekend, with Parenthood, Nurse Jackie, United States of Tara, P-Rex, Community, 30 Rock, Modern Family, and new The Good Wife I guess… At least that’s something to look forward to! But till then I’m kinda in hell. I can barely check twitter…and download the great pics that are coming from the final filming days of season 4 on the PPP!


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Carlie

Going A Little Cuckoo

So I've been watching an awful lot of Private Practice lately, between new eps, old eps and listening to the music I'm putting together for a soundtrack....I think it's starting to get to me...I might need to ban myself from looking at anything PPP for a month after the season 4 finale! Or longer...

Anyways...here are a few signs that I have been watching too much, a few 'you know you've been watching too much PPP when.....' type things.

I've noticed that...

-Violet has been using the same coffee mug for the last few seasons, Cooper always uses the OWG mug, the other girls generally use the green mugs or travel mugs. In ep 18 of this season they got new OWG mugs..which everyone seems to be using now...the reverse colors of the old white ones.

-I liked the purple scrubs of season 1 and 2 better than the teal scrubs...it seems a little bright for my tastes.
-I remember spending the whole first 2 seasons wondering what kind of medicine Charlotte actually practiced...before it was finally mentioned in ep 5 of season 3. -In a show about so many kinds of docs, it was odd that it was never mentioned before.

-Addison has 2 windows in her office, and I didn't notice that till rewatching season 3 on dvd...I thought I had the set figured out.

-Cooper's bedroom wall went from blue to bricks between the start and the middle of season 2.

-Speaking of sets, I've always thought that Cooper's office is very non-kid-friendly....not that he has little kids in their much, but its a lot of glass and sharp edges...my brain starts to use logic -never a good thing.
-They spend an awful lot of time the kitchen...which is strange for a workplace show...can't name many workplace shows that have kitchens, plenty of bars, but then PPP is kinda a family show in a work environment.

-PPP seems to be anti-Mac....they all have blackberry phones...'cept maybe Pete...and mostly they use non-Mac computers too. (This one is Ness' fault anyways...cause she keeps pointing out Macs on tv)

-I remember Charlotte/KaDee being taller...maybe she used to wear taller heals...I dunno, or maybe Cooper is wearing lifts, but anyways...everyone is looking shorter next to him. -Odds are I'm just completely crazy...

Like I said...cuckoo! But in my defence, twitter is not helping, so many of the cast are tweeting that I can't help but think about the show. They are tweeting pics and telling stories. Kate, Amy and Audra are the pic people...its gonna be less fun with Audra gone...maybe they'll convince Brian or Paul to tweet next season...although odds are, if they weren't tweeting this year, they probably won't.  

The summer break will be good...healthy. A little less insane perhaps. Here's hoping.

Some Leaving, Some Returning

The ep we were given was not what I was expecting from the season finale of Off The Map…it was definitely good, but I was expecting a neater ending, seeing as it hasn’t been picked up.
I honestly thought they’d wrap up the Ryan thing…or she’d go away…seeing as Rachelle Lefevre has a pilot in the works for next season. If her pilot fails, I’m assuming she’s gonna stick around. I hope so! Buying a heart is NOT good…especially from the Aussie with questionable ethics…
I don't care about Matteo...he's no good for Lily.

Hopefully it will get picked up, as I really like it, and all the annoying characters have become likable. It’s the kind of show that will work very well with recurring characters/multiple ep guest stars. Which could mix it up a bit.


Nurse Jackie is still great. I’m not enjoying Jackie and O’Hara fighting, but hopefully they’ll become friends again. Zoey and Akalitus are still a lot of fun. I’m only just keeping ahead of Australian tv though, cause I’m downloading other stuff higher up on my list of shows, but once they’re done, I will be able to keep more up to date.

United States of Tara is also looking pretty good this season. This is the first time I’ve been up to date with that show. You never really know where they’re gonna go with Tara, which keeps it interesting. Its not my fave show, but I’m hooked.

So….I admit it, I love Bones! I always avoided the Boneo show, firstly having missed it on free to air tv (remember those days), and was never too interested in David Boreanaz being back on tv after Angel. I then watched some over in the US on a night when there was not much on tv. I found myself enjoying it…much to my own surprise. Ness was getting the dvds, so decided I was going to watch from the start with her….and now we’ve got 1 ep left of season 2…and I’m hooked. I even found myself having a Bones dream the other night. I guess at least I should be glad that the show is still going…But that means plenty of spoilers out there. But luckily, because I never really cared about the show, or the people in it, I never heard anything much. So I only know one thing, and that’s not even in specifics, and there may be one other thing, which my brain might be making up…time will tell.

-The only problem is that, I find myself really wanting to watch Buffy and Angel. Oh well…we can have theme nights over the break.


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Carlie

Slow TV Week Again

So there isn't much on this week at all. But Parenthood was on! Yay! Its back, and I love it!

Firstly, Lauren Graham had her voice back…
Secondly, what did Erika do to her arm?! -It was like Stockard Channing in the wheelchair in TWW!

Okay now for the real stuff….
Didn’t ‘HATE’ the prom stuff…Haddie isn’t that annoying in small doses and when she’s happy. Sarah and Gilliam are entertaining. That guy reminds me of Rumplestiltskin though…sorry Richard Dreyfus…but you do…I think it’s the cane.

Poor Julia, I wonder which alternative they will take…maybe they’ll adopt a kid. Poor Sydney, being forced to do everything with her mum is never that fun, but just wait till she’s a teen! Hah!
One more ‘Poor…’ is necessary. Poor Amber…I’m a little worried about where she’s gonna end up…

Yay for Adam turning up at Crosby’s ‘house’…I love when the siblings get together.

Ok…Where IS Drew?! Two whole eps without him…I feel bad that they always go on about Sarah and Amber’s relationship….but completely forget about Drew altogether! They didn’t mention him or anything. Poor Miles. (sorry…needed another one). He hardly ever gets any screen time. Jabbar and Jasmine not being there makes sense, and they were there last week. If Drew is not even mentioned in the next ep I’m gonna be mad!



The finale of Mr Sunshine was fun. Okay, even though Lizzy Caplan is too young for Matthew Perry, their characters were adorable together!
A reference to Benjamin Bratt was entertaining and freaky since he’s going to join the cast of the PPP next season…
Overall it was a good ep, but what a crappy ending….I really don’t like Alonzo.

 
Last week's ep of the Good Wife was a great one. The stuff with Kalinda is getting tricky! Knew the friendship between Kalinda and Alicia couldn't last forever. I like that Cary has become a good guy.


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Carlie

Take Two

Okay, I've found myself listening/watching the Grey's Anatomy songs at least once a day now...I blame that mostly on the fact that you cannot buy the songs here in Oz (Australia) on itunes yet. I would rather buy a physical cd soundtrack, but since that doesn't seem to be an option - (the dvd should totally come with one!), I will buy it on itunes....when I can, rather that downloading it. Songs here or there are 1 thing, but whole albums is where I draw the line.

While there are still bits of the Grey's music event that I cannot take seriously....overall I kinda love it.
But why are so many musical episodes medical shows?!
-Scrubs...now that was one of the best tv musical eps ever....poor Sarah Chalk...she so can't sing. But the idea was that the woman had a thing in her brain making her hear people sing.
-Chicago Hope, brain tumour made Aaron Shutt hallucinate everyone singing. David E Kelley does know how to make a good musical. Ally McBeal had their own musical ep, although I think CH's was better.
-Buffy The Vampire Slayer, one of the best...a demon makes the whole town sing...great songs, a proper soundtrack, and a great stand a lone ep.

I can't think of any other musical eps off the top of my head...but I'm sure a few other shows have done them.

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Carlie

Grey's Anatomy Musical

On first viewing, I was not completely sure what to make of the Grey's Anatomy Music Event. It wasn't amazing...it wasn't terrible. It was weird...I think that's all I can say...it was different....
2nd viewing...SERIOUSLY?! Gotta use the Grey's catch phrase here...cause while I really enjoyed the songs and stuff...a lot of it was hard to take seriously.


-Love the songs....and I love that they got to show off the extra talents of some of their cast...particularly Sara, Chandra, and Kevin. I was also really surprised by the voices of the others, particularly Chyler! She was great!
-Not entirely sure why Addison HAD to be there...she barely did anything, and didn't end up being the one to save the baby. She barely sang too (I couldn't even pick her voice out)...it just seemed a little like a waste. And then she was missing for the whole of PPP...which wasn't the worst thing, but 2 eps in 1 season without Kate Walsh seemed wrong.
-the same goes for Scott Foley....really really pointless having him there for 1 scene, except for the fact that he can sing I guess...
-The whole Callie out of body thing was okay...'cept at some times the staring straight into the camera was weird...and it didn't make sense when people were singing when they were not anywhere near Callie....like Alex in his trailer....or Lexie walking around singing 'Breathe' -love the song, she sounded great, but it was ridiculous the way she went from talking to singing...far far away from Callie...and then being heard in the background. It made me laugh...in a bad way. Might be my least fave number for this reason. But I still love the song as a song.
-loved Alex's 'Seattle Grace Mercy Death' thing...he's got a point!
-SOOOO glad Dempsey didn't sing!
-Poor Teddy, even if she was wrong...Cristina really doesn't give her a whole ton of respect...I hope Kim's not leaving...not that I'd be crushed, but I do like her.
-I loved Sara singing 'The Story', but Callie's little music video was a little weird. It was a little hard to take seriously.


Random thoughts - It was a little weird seeing Kate Walsh in scenes with Sarah Drew, having just watched her episodes of Private Practice where she plays a different character...but anyways...
-I was also having a little PTSD with car crashes, after watching the season 3 finale of PPP on Friday...I was worried that something would happen to Arizona...I knew it wouldn't, but PPP made me stressed.

Overall, I was impressed with Ellen Pompeo's voice...and Jessica tried...but she really isn't anywhere near Sara's league when it comes to singing...I mean...she's got a Tony! lol..



I gotta also comment on Paul Adelstein's directorial debut with this week's ep of Private Practice. He did a good job, it was a good ep - with a few strange angles and what not....but he said he'll be directing again next season which will be fun. It was weird to have an ep of PPP without Kate AND Audra...but it was still good, but in a way it is kinda sad that it doesn't suffer from not having those 2 in it at the same time. I think that leaves Paul, Taye, KaDee and Tim as the only ones who have been in every ep.
Alex Kingston was back with her weird American accent....but at least Sheldon got to have some fun...he seriously needs a girlfriend that doesn't work in that building! (not that Charlotte was his girlfriend...but close enough). I really liked what they did with the counselling storyline, with Violet and Sheldon and the girls. I liked how they brought up issues of having a therapist publishing her life story and her patients being aware of it all. They brought back/killed off Pete's mother...that was kinda sad. Pete has a weird and depressing background. I LOVED that Charlotte got Cooper a piano, and it was very cute when Paul showed off his musical talents.
-I loved that they made another reference to Cooper's fave tv show American Bake-Off.
-I also noticed that they got new mugs at the OWG. The new ones are green with white logo, it used to be the reverse....the things you notice when you watch a few seasons together.
-it was weird to hear a Sarah McLachlan song in PPP, it's been a long time since one of her songs has popped up in something.
-Sheldon finally got his own place! ...well we finally got to see it. Maybe next year we'll find out where Amelia lives.
-Sam was also barely there too..he had nothing going on with his 2 women out of town....Sam needs to get a new storyline, something more interesting...I still don't care about the Addisam.


Okay well that's my wrap up of the Shonda shows for this week....they're not on next week...its gonna be a really dark week for tv. They might not even be coming back till the end of April. Oh well I'm looking forward to ep 20 on May 5th...Charlotte and Cooper's wedding will be interesting. Then it should be straight through to the finale.

Slim Pickings

So blame it on my sucky internet, but I had hardly anything to watch last week. I had Off The Map which I got off Ness on Monday, I totally love that show now! I got last weeks ep of her last night too. It sucks that they are getting rid of Ryan, she finally got interesting. I like Mina though, and I like Lily more too. Poor Mina....she didn't deserve to get fired.

Mr Sunshine this week wasn't that great, I watched it Friday night. It was okay, but not really GOOD. Overall that show really isn't great. Its a pity, it just makes me miss Studio 60 more and more.
Crystal's speech at the funeral was great though. Allison Janney rarely fails to make me laugh!

Parenthood was FINALLY back last week too! But I felt bad that I hadn't been missing it more, and couldn't remember when it was last on. But it was so good! Although I did spend the whole thing thinking how sick Lauren Graham sounded. Poor thing. Its cool that she's getting somewhere with her play. But poor Julia and Joel. I did find it funny how they handled talking about 'fish' around Sydney. Poor Amber...but she can go to community college and move up later...if she doesn't go off the rails...

I also had 2 eps of Harry's Law to watch. That show is not great at all...its watchable...but barely. The problem is the main characters - none of them are overly likable...not a single one is a GREAT character. I can't really relate to any of them...maybe that's the problem. The cases are not that interesting either. It finishes up this week, luckily.


I'll comment on the Grey's musical and PPP later...I'm still trying to decide what I think about the Grey's music event. It was....strange.

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Carlie

Private Practice Season 3

So I finally got season 3 on dvd. Felt the need to re-watch season 2 before it, making it the 2nd time I'd watched it in 3 months...But I HAD to watch the finale anyways, so I figured I should watch the good stuff before it!

I loved season 3. I remembered a lot more of it than season 2. Mostly cause I think I was going back and re-watching bits here and there when I was bored and sitting on the computer. But overall it was a great season. So many good eps, the ep with Cooper and the 'kidnapped' kid, Addison's family issues messing with her sense of identity, Dell dealing with Heather's death, Violet and her drama, the Maya stuff...the super sad finale.

My god I kinda had forgotten just how sad the finale was...I didn't think I'd cry 2nd time round...but I did. Poor Dell....I mean we all knew Chris was leaving, so we knew it was coming, but still....
Here we were getting over the whole Violet drama...I always loved Violet, but her damage was getting to me, so it was SO great when she came back and wanted Lucas back. My god Amy Brenneman acted her butt off...she really deserved recognition...PP needs more recognition.
It was sorta a heartbreaking season, in between all the fun stuff...I remember feeling totally heart broken when Charlotte and Cooper broke up after their big fight in the conference room...at least it worked out and they got back together..and got engaged.
I've never loved Naomi, but season 3 made her a lot less easy to like. The whole Maya thing, with Naomi not being able to deal with the baby/marriage thing....then the whole Fife/William thing...at least she got more interesting in season 4.

Fave little moments
-Charlotte and Violet having martinis.
-Cooper whisking Charlotte off her feet (literally) and telling her she's moving in with him.
-Cooper saying "hello" after Addison's father shows up....because he thought they were just saying hello?! -weird weird thing, that I wonder if it was actually scripted or not!
-Sheldon sliding past the doorway to the kitchen when Violet comes back. HiLARious!
-The intervention that Naomi and Violet try to give Dell, before he turns it around on them.
 -Charlotte SWOONING over Sloan when he crossed-over!
-Pete and Sheldon fighting over turf and women.
-Cooper and Sheldon fighting in the kitchen over Charlotte
-Jordana Sampson....


I must say, thank God for subtitles! I love KaDee and her accent, but in the scene where Charlotte is knocking down Cooper's bathroom, there were 2 lines of hers that I could not figure out what the heck she was saying!
Also...Amy is a giggler! The number of scenes where you can see her crack up (or is about to crack up) is astounding. Taye is also a background laugh-er. Its entertaining.


In terms of special features....season 3 didn't have a whole lot. At least the bloopers seem to get better every season...maybe by season 5 they'll be great. hah. Baby bloopers are always fun. I may be in love with baby Lucas....
The deleted scenes are good...you can see why a few didn't make it into the show....my fave is the one with Cooper and cast saw....he goes crazy and its SOOOO hilarious...its funnier than the bloopers!
The Kate's 8 thing was better than it sounded. They interviewed the rest of the cast as well as Shonda...talking about the top elements of season 3. But I must say the interviews with KaDee and Paul, and Kate and Taye, that ABC put online were more interesting and fun. Pity they weren't included in the dvds....I miss commentaries! Let KaDee, Brian and Tim do one.


okay, I think that's enough PPP for me. I need to hide the dvds....go cold turkey....


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Carlie

ER Season 12 and 13

So I finished my ER dvds last week, but forgot to post about it here.

Season 12 was fun to watch. While I enjoy the first 10 seasons more than the later ones, but there's still plenty of good stuff. I love the Abby stuff, and Kerry's exit was great and sad too. I always thought she was the last original to leave, but she didn't turn up till the 2nd season. It sucked that Susan was in the first ep, but then vanished and never got a proper exit. Her exit in season 3 was great, and they did good stuff with her after thety brought her back, but it was sad that she was just there and then they mentioned she was gone and that was it. Plenty of good stuff in season 12 - the ep with the Chimp, Neela's wedding, Abby and Luka's baby drama...
Season 12 was the last season I watched on proper Aussie TV. They stopped showing eps after the Darfur ep, so I started downloading it, and kept going.
The season 12 finale was one of the best ER finales ever. SO dramatic and crazy full on, that I HAD to download the season 13 premire straight away. -One good thing to being so many months behind I guess!
Season 13 had plenty of good moments too. Abby and Luka getting married, -loved Abby getting kicked out of Mommy and Me class cause she used a baby bjorn, John Stamos.
However, the season 13 finale was pretty lame after the one the year before. -But it was never gonna be able to live up to that!

Overall there were a few guest stars I knew from stuff. Rico from Modern Family, Ronna (Karis Campbell) from The West Wing, return of Sally Field and a few others I can't remember right now.

I'm looking forward to getting the last 2 seasons. It was great to have the oldies come back in season 15. I'd love to go back and watch the middle seasons again. I've watched the first 4 over and over, but 5 to 10 had all the Abby and Carter stuff.

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Carlie