Goodbye Brothers & Sisters

Here is my thoughts on the season 5 finale...Gotta admit I wasn’t looking forward to this ep that much. I was over weddings and don’t care about Sarah and Luc as a couple, but I kinda loved it!

Firstly, Paige and Cooper were actually there…together! I don’t think they’ve both been in the same ep all season! Secondly, Tommy!!!! I was so excited he came – I miss him!

While the whole wedding might win Weddingpalooza – I mean the ceremony was pretty, reception was awesome, everyone was happy….  But Sarah’s dress was not a winner…and that thing in her hair was weird. –I’m fussy.

The guys dancing was awesome! LOVED IT!!!!

Brody coming along to the wedding was cool – but he looked so out of place in his lame clothes...didn’t he have anything nicer in his van? And how did his daughter get invited anyways?!

So the show still hasn’t been renewed for next season, and if it isn’t, I can actually live with that as a series finale. They all were there – Sarah, Kitty, Tommy, Kevin, Justin, Paige, Cooper, Saul, Scotty – heck even Daniel and Evan were there! It had a nice wrapped up feel at the end – no silly cliffhangers or big stories to pick up next season. But at the same time, there are things they can go on with next season, such as Justin and Tyler, and Kitty and her baby.

(written Friday 13th May)

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The day after I watched the finale, it was announced that Brothers & Sisters had been cancelled by ABC, and that it WAS the last episode of the series.

So there are a few loose ends that were not resolved – like Kitty and her baby...which was only introduced in the finale, so that was kinda annoying actually...but we’ll just pretend she has it.
I feel bad that Justin never really got his life together, but then again he has a proper job now, and there was potential with Tyler, so he’s a long way from season 1 Justin. We’ll just assume that Saul and Malcolm get married.  Introducing Brody’s daughter into the mix wasn’t fun, she was annoying and I am kinda glad we don’t have to see how these new siblings fit into the show – which was potentially what they were going to do in season 6. I also think it was right to end the series without having to lose main cast members. Having Calista missing for many eps this season was annoying, and I wouldn’t have liked to have had even less of her (or anyone else) in the next season.

So overall, I’m content with the series finale. I mean it’s a heck of a lot better than what Crossing Jordan, Las Vegas, Pushing Daisies etc left us with. Nothing left too unfinished, I mean how do you end a series about family anyways?! I’m a little sad that it won’t be coming back next year, but out of all my shows, I’m glad this is the one that isn’t coming back. I’m not heartbroken, it had a great run – 5 seasons is great, and the writers/creators did the right thing and gave it a proper ending as much as they could.
So thank you to all those involved in Brothers & Sisters for 5 great years of drama, comedy and wine.

I reserve the right to add more comments later on...but for now –Cheers to the best family in Pasadena!

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Carlie

Election Time and Election Episodes

Oh The West Wing how I have missed you!!!!!

Okay so I've been saying for a few weeks now that I wanted to watch the election eps of TWW, since we're having an election this weekend. I finally got time last night to watch Election Night, and am in the middle of Process Stories right now. - I probably won't have time for Election Day part 1 and 2, but I can watch them after saturday.

You know the weirdest thing? Even though I've been watching more recent Bradley Whitford (and others) in stuff....they all looked weird in season 3....but not in a 'young' way, but I guess more of a 'wow it has really been too long' way.... I honestly don't remember when I last watch any West Wing.

Anyways.....moving on.
I'm enjoying Mad Men...and Community, but since Alison Brie is in both shows, I cannot watch them on the same night. It weirds me out too much. So glad there is plenty of good Peggy stuff this season! (Hey no Zoey in these eps of TWW....)

What was that about moving on?.....oh yes.

Hot in Cleveland is finishing up soon....and its getting better.....or at least showing off the talent a little better. However I still find Valerie Bertinelli really really annoying. But the others are funny.

I've only got 2 eps left of Las Vegas season 4....and omg no wonder I had forgotten about the end of season 4. I knew Mary left....but I had completely no recollection of how or what happens to Mary.
I'll talk about Las Vegas more when I've watched the last 2 eps of s4....and then its onto the crappy season 5.....maybe it won't seem so bad this time around! lol


wow....how did I forget Joanna Gleeson's characters name in The West Wing?......okay the ep is over now....I'll move on, and finish up.


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-Carlie

Catch Me Up!

So.......it sucks that these days I have very little time for TV....I miss it!

So Mad Men is back...I've watched 3 eps and am enjoying it. Its the kind of show I love to watch, but wouldn't obsess over it and watch the eps multiple times.
-Oh and after all the things I've been watching lately, I'm so glad Christina Hendricks grew up and got not-annoying. -Like Amy Adams! They both just used to play annoying characters on tv in the early 2000's.

I finished season 1 of Damages....and boy that show surprised me! I had no idea just how epic it was in terms of storyline planning. I can't wait to see where they go in season 2....they've got some interesting things to explain.

And now that I've finished Damages, I'm finally catching up on the rest of United States of Tara. Its not that I didn't want to watch it - but it was taking forever to download. And its not the kind of show I like to watch tons in a row....it messes with my head too much.

I'm almost done with season 4 of Las Vegas now, hopefully I'll have finished season 5 by the time I leave for the US in Sept....Not that it really matters where I leave it since it never got an actual finale cause of the writers strike not working out well for a lot of shows. (not that I don't support the writers).
The problem will be not hating season 5....Its just not the same without Ed.....and I guess Mary, but Mary wasn't the same since season 3....she lost all her good character traits....and got super annoying and weird. (Nikki Cox's uber-skinniness season 3 didn't help...)

There's a few new shows starting up soon, and some oldies coming back, so I'll have to try and make room for them in my limited tv schedule....


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Carlie

LAS VEGAS....

....just for something different.

This weekend has been good for watching TV. I watched the last Crossing Jordan/Las Vegas crossover eps, which were the worst of the lot. Nowhere NEAR as good as the previous 2!

Then today I got to watch the Delina in a Box episodes (oddly titled Delinda's box), which were awesome. Very dramatic for season 3/4 of Las Vegas! - I also watched a few more since the arvo was all wet and dreary. The Christmas ep was so good! Some good drama in there and some decent other stuff too. And even I got sad when they blew up Danny's car! That's a cool car....even if I never really liked the colors.

In other news, I think I'm finally on board with Community. Although some eps rock and some really really suck....But for the most part its enjoyable.

Tomorrow its back to a busy work week and there will be little time for tv. I've only got 3 eps of Damages left, so I might be able to finish that this week!



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Carlie

Not Enought Time!!!

So I raced through season 2 of Las Vegas, and through season 3....but then the day after I finished that I started working full time....so I finally got to start season 4 yesterday, a whole week after the finale of season 3!

Now that I'm up to season 4 I have to watch it on the old original downloaded eps, so the quality is annoying, but better than nothing.

I LOVE season 2....Silver Star is one of my fave eps, and the one where the girls go out to the desert....and the one with Michael Buble in a bubble....
Season 3 was still good, but I was never a fan of the new building....and the stories started going down hill...
I don't remember hardly anything of season 4...so its TONS of fun to watch. I've only watched 2 so far, but should get time for more this week. -However I do recall the quality going downhill....and it was all Danny and Delinda, and as cute as they are....it was always supposed to be Danny and Mary.....
-which brings me to Mary's little tantrum from the premire eps.....she was acting like Danny was cheating on her behind her back and everyone knew....I always liked Mary, but that was crazy in a bad way! By the end of season 4, she had dated someone else, as had Danny...I dunno...I guess I can see her issue with Danny and Delinda never telling her, but other than that - she had no dibs on Danny anymore! (which I think was an actual line....)

anyways...moving on. I'm still in loved with Delinda's wedding dress from season 3! SOOOO pretty!

Oh and in other tv news....I've started watching Damages and am really loving it. Its addictive. I've got a few eps left of season 1 to go. I'm loving Covert Affairs - Piper Perabo and Kari Matchetts new spy drama....not up to Alias standards, but still really fun! Hot In Cleveland is still entertaining. United States of Tara has its ups and downs. And I'm still not sure about Community...I watch it when I don't feel like something else, or something I can do other things while I watch. The Good Guys is stupid and silly, but when watched with Vanessa can be appreciated!

I've also been watching a lot of old SNL, from the last few seasons....I'm enjoying having Amy Poehler there. The ep with Amy Adams was fantastic! And not just cause her and Kristen Wiig sang 'What is this feeling' from Wicked!!!

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Carlie

Viva Las Vegas!

So OMG, I had truely forgotten just how much I LOVE Las Vegas the series! I finished season 1 today, and went straight into season 2. I'd forgotten how much I love the finale/premire. That whole Danny/Mary storyline was so sad and sweet. -As much as I loved Danny and Delinda, I was always a Danny/Mary girl.

I'd also forgotten just how awesome the cast commentaries from season 1 were! So sad they didn't do anymore later on. They were QUALITY! - I'd forgotten that the bloopers are joint with season 2...so I'll have to wait till I finish s2 before I can enjoy the fantabulous Las Vegas bloopers!

I must still say that one of my fave season 1 episodes was The Nights The Lights Went Out In Vegas! - I gotta say I love me a crazy crazy Sam. -Plus if you look at other shows, bottle eps are always some of the best. -An ep with only existing sets, where very few people appart from the cast speak. -Angel did a great one....and I'm sure there are others that I can't think of right now.

Another thing I am getting a lot of fun out of the rewatching, is all the people that pop up. People I know now cause of more main roles, or people that were famous that I had forgotten were in it. -Like today I watched an ep with Jay Harrington from Better Off Ted - and he was a BABY! As was Eric Dane! He looks much better in Grey's Anatomy if you ask me :P
Others that have popped up include, Jane Lynch, and Paul Ben-Victor. People I knew by face, but not by name untill recently.

Anyways...I just hope once I get to the Crossing Jordan crossover episodes, that I won't be too tempted to watch CJ. - Man just put out the rest of the seasons on dvd already!!!!!!


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Carlie

Lets Do The Time-Warp Again!

So since I've been doing a lot of trip research lately, specifically looking at Las Vegas hotesl, and everything they have to offer....I was then looking up where they shot some stuff for the Las Vegas tv series....and then all I wanted to was watch the pilot episode....and since I've been meaning to watch my fave eps for a while....I have decided to watch it from the start again.

It would be years since I last watched any Las Vegas I think! I don't think I've watched any since the unintended finale of the series. -Still SUPER mad at NBC for the way it treated Las Vegas! The writer's strike really messed up a lot of tv....not that I don't fully support their arguments and demands...I just wish it hadn't affected so many of shows.

I'm having so much fun going back and watching the early stuff. When it had a purpose and direction. When Mary was still in it, and Nessa. I'd forgotten how much fun that show was! -And I'm only 6 episodes in! It's gonna get so much better, then worse, then worse, and then not so great.....but there was always something good about it. It was never completely bad.
At least you could always rely on Samantha-Jane to be entertaining and more importantly consistant.

I wonder what Gary Scott Thompson is doing these days...I should look him up!

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Carlie

"Reality Has Absolutely No Place in Our World!" -Lorelai Gilmore

So...I'm putting it out there...I do not live in reality.

I prefer living in a world where...
...Studio 60 never ends, just keeps going on and on...with Matt and Harriet staying together
...Josh and Donna really DO live happily ever after, getting married and all....
...Monica, Chandler, and the Gang still hang out and get up to their antics
...Luke and Lorelai stay together and Rory doesn't stay away too long
...County ER is still fixing up people and doing us proud
...Vaughn and Sydney are living happily with the kids...and maybe doing the occasional spy gig
...Jordan and Woody figure it out!
...Delinda actually has her baby.....
...Jack and Karen, Will and Grace still drive each other crazy (in the best possible way)
...Joey and Pacey stick together, and Dawson finally gets a grip!

(There might be more I'm forgetting.....but I'll ignore that for now)


I have lost more shows in the last few years than I've watched shows total in the last few years...which is worrying. I am enjoying picking up some older shows...I mean I knew what I was getting into with The West Wing...but I never in a million years knew I'd love it that much, that I'd miss not having new eps to watch!
But I think Studio 60 is the worst...not to mention poor Delinda stuck in labor-limbo!


Reality TV aint for me! No way, no how!


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Carlie

Totally Flipped Around

In this past week I've totally changed my TV viewing habits. Since I've finished with Uni, I've had a lot more time to watch things. I've watched all the Heroes commentaries minus the last one, and they have all been pretty good! Greg Grunberg does quite a few of them and they totally rock! He always is good for a laugh. lol
I've watched 8 eps of the new season. It's very interesting and getting a little exciting. But I decided to hold off on downloading this weeks ep, so that I could catch up on my other shows. I've downloaded the next 3 ER eps. And I am totally loving ER this year. They seem to be going old school - bringing back characters (and actors) that haven't been around for a while, such as Sam Anderson, Amy Aquino and the guy that plays the chief or whatever....
They also have been mentioning a few of the old characters from the early days and referencing things they used to do.
However, Abby seems to be the only character with much development this year. Everyone else has things going on...but they don't get too much into them. Now Abby is my fave, and has been since the oldies left, but I really wish they would get another female doc for the ER. Since Kerry left, it seems to be there aren't many docs around anymore, and other than Abby, they're all guys.
They also seem to be using Chuni as a character a lot more this season..she's in almost every ep and has decent interaction with the rest of them. Unforunately Haleh and Lily seem to be vanishing into the background...if they even make it into an ep.

I've got one more ep to get before I have my 4 for my disc for Ness. I'm working on getting the Las Vegas eps at the moment. I have ep 6, but only half of ep 5. We have been really good with our net usage this month, so we haven't even used up all our usage yet, close but not quite. There is only 3 days left anyways. So that's why I've been getting a lot of eps this week.

TV is BACK!!!!

Well it's that time again. All the shows are coming back and the new ones starting up.

This year I'm downloading Heroes, ER, NCIS and Las Vegas. I had a lot of trouble getting the premire of Heroes. There were lots of fake files, which was very annoying. But I finally found it later in the week. Yay!

I had a mini-marathon Saturday night of ER, Heroes and NCIS. I watched the 2 hour (1.24 hours technically) of Las Vegas last night, as it was still downloading Saturday.

Out of all the eps, I think Heroes and Las Vegas were the best! NCIS and ER were both good, but lacking something. I know both can do better. ER's finale wasn't up to scratch either. I really hope they get their butts into gear soon.

I think LV and Heroes are going to be my main shows to download. And ER and NCIS my end of internet month fillers or to catch up on during breaks.

Ness is downloading Brothers & Sisters, Grey's and the new Spin-off Private Practice. I'll have to wait for those, but it's something to look forward to.

As far as new shows go, nothing sounds that great. (not counting PP) I'll wait and see what takes off. I don't want to get into something only for it to get canned after a few eps.

New Heroes to watch tomorrow. Woot!

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More Quotes

Here are some more Sam-centric LV quotes, care of Ness. :)

Sam- Ed's the master mind behind this whole thing and Nessa and Delinda are his evil little minions. See, I never trusted those supermodel bitches, they've been planning this for weeks! Months!

Sam- I never trusted her and that English accent. That's not her accent!

Sam- We have a problem, we are completely overbooked and then your boy Danny just gave away our last two suites to the relatively hot cop and the bitchy mortician from Boston.

Sam- Wha's happening to you? I say trashy and this is the best you can do?
Mary-Sorry they cancelled my Whores R Us card.

Delinda- Why is she so freaked out about a billionaire husband who is smokin hot, sexy and sweet?
Nessa- He's the one guy alive who can do to her what she does to everyone else.
Delinda- You mean manipulate, scam, scheme and seduce?

Quotes

I blame Vanessa. She's watching Las Vegas dvds at the moment, and so quotes are stuck in her head...and then once repeated are stuck in mine. So here are some of the quotes I took from season 2.

Michael Buble: "Mary you don't have to yell! Mimes can hear, they just can't talk."

Ed: "Are they on drugs?"

Ed: "Would you believe she has a genius IQ?"
Sam: "No"

Nessa: "I know it won't be the same without Mary!"
Sam: "No it won’t!"
Nessa: "I'm sorry did you just get misty-eyed?!"
Sam: "NO!"

Delinda: "I mean I have a great....everything! I could be the new face! New Face!"

Sam: "I would not like to be in your brain."
Delinda: "It does kinda give me a headache sometimes."

Ed: "Well why can't you jog during the day?"
Delinda: "Cause it's 115 during the day! I think I think I have a better chance of surviving someone trying to pick me up, than jogging in the heat of the Vegas day!"

Delinda: "But he was definitely creepy!"
Ed: "Creepy how?"
Delinda: "Creepy creepy creepy!"

Nessa: "Your spouse's name is blacked out!"


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oh I'm going to be speaking them in my sleep I think!

Toodles. -Carlie :)

Winding Down Now

So its that time of year, the current seasons have ended in the US, and are slowly coming to an end here in Australia. So far I have seen the finales of Heroes, Las Vegas, ER and Brothers and Sisters. One which was a really full on ep with a cliffhanger ending, another which ended nice and neat, a third which ended big and with a semi-cliffhanger, and another that ended really pathetically...they were in this order, Las Vegas, Brothers and Sisters, Heroes and ER. After last years big finale, ER really let us down this season.

And I have watched the series finales of Crossing Jordan, and Gilmore Girls. - Both of which were not really inteded as real series finales, but just in case ones. Which totally sucked, while hte eps were good, as finales they were missing that something ...closeur! Crossing Jordan in retrospect had no real closure. Okay so we know they were rescued, Jordan admited her feelings to Woody..and he reciprocated, and the final scene with Jordan and Garret was pretty perfect...however, that was a show that never should have ended on the side of a mountain. There was no great death, no resolution of Emily's murder -which drove the early seasons of the series, and there is just not a 'this is the end' feeling.

Then there is Gilmore Girls, it ended with nods to the pilot, and earlier themes, there was the reuniting of Lorelai and Luke, and Rory found a job post-college.
But it still felt slightly empty. I don't know exactly what was wrong with it...but it just needed something else....although I am glad they didn't pull a Luke/Lorelai wedding...cause that would have been just crazy..and not the good kind!

I still have the finales of NCIS, Desperate Housewives, Lost and Grey's Anatomy left. I am really looking forward to September, when there will be shows for me to download again.

I HATE Televsion!!!

I am so angry right now, at TV.

It was just made official that CJ has been axed. So thats 2 shows that I love that will not be returning next year. And while I really like some other shows...these 2 were my faves for a long time. In the words of Sookie St James "I am so Sad, and I am so mad. I'm Smad!" I want to cry...I've invested a lot in both these shows. Right now I hate every other shows on tv, because it gets another season, and CJ and Gilmore Girls don't....though for different reasons, CJ because the network didn't want it anymore, and GG because the actors felt it was time to wrap it up....but either way that doesn't change the fact that they aren't coming back.

I really don't feel like watching tv anymore. Las Vegas is going to continue...but without Ed, and in my opinion...what's the point?! Ed IS Las Vegas.

I have watched CJ since pretty much the beginning, I watched it and loved it, when noone else I knew watched it. I became obsessed with it, and found others that shared my passion. I have fallen in love with the characters and the stories, and greatly admire ALL the cast for their great talents, that they have shared with us over the years. - It just proves how good of an actor Jerry O'Connell is, when he can be SO normal on CJ, and so wacky in interviews. lol. Kathryn Hahn and her silly expressions is an amazing character actor, all her characters have been interesting, and different. Steve Valentine was a hoot! He made Nigel very loveable, and yet very weird at the same time. Ravi Kapoor, has come very far with Bug, and did a great job directing an ep of this season. Miguel Ferrer, he's the boss everyone wants. He made Garret human, and you just really felt the chemistry he and Jill had together. ....Jill Hennessy. What can you say about Jill? She blew me away throughout the six years this show was running.
This was an amazing cast. Much more talented than many others on tv.
And all the actors that were part of the show as well, Brooke Smith - who made me love Kate, when I didn't expect to. Leslie Bibb, Susan Gibney, Jennifer Finnigan, Ken Howard, and every other person who made this show great. Big kudos to Tim and Allan.

I wish these actors all the best, and hope to see them prosper in future prospects.

I am so glad foxtel has CJ....since dvds still don't seem on the cards anytime soon. Today I am heartbroken, it's like losing a friend.


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Carlie

Bye-Bye Gilmore Girls

And so another of my shows bites the dust! Gilmore Girls will end at the end of this season, and I am going to be really really sad to see it go. I've been watching since season 1, and watch my dvds ALL the time! It's going to be very hard to not have any new eps....and even more hard for it to end, as there isn't time to wrap it up properly. Of course there is never an ending that will make people happy....cause endings aren't happy....they're ENDings.

I still don't know about CJ yet.....I think it may go...but I'm hoping with all hope that it will come back next season. I don't want to lose two shows at once again!

I seem to lose a show a show every year...which I guess is bound to happen when you watch A LOT of shows. But if CJ goes as well...then the longest running out of all the shows I watch will be, SVU, and Las Vegas. ...oh yeah..and ER.....which is in it's 13th season already!


Well however it all turns out, there is always dvds....but I will really miss the charcters of the Lorelai's Gilmore (Rory included), and the town of Stars Hollow, and Richard and Emily, and Logan, etc etc. The show got a lot of bad rap, but I still loved it! There's noone like Lorelai to bring you out of a really grumpy mood. .....'cept the eps where she broke up with Luke... :(

Rest in Peace dear Gilmore Girls....we knew ye well!


-Carlie