BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
With thirteen episodes remaining, serious kudos must go to the BATTLESTAR GALACTICA creative team for not only continuing to deliver one helluva final season, but forgoing all pretense of keeping the show accessible for new fans. Stand alone episodes, tedious exposition, who needs it? Certainly not when we’re this close to reaching earth!
GREY’S ANATOMY
Sloan’s new leaf! Callie and Hahn! Christina Cleaning! The Chief’s intern! Mer and Der! The only thing we’re not loving about the phenomenal string of post—WGA strike GREY’S ANATOMY episodes is that they’re coming to an end this Thursday.
AMY RYAN
Proving her Academy Award Nominated turn in GONE BABY GONE was no accident, we’ve got two words for Thursday’s remarkable guest starring turn by Amy Ryan — Emmy Nomination. In fact, Ryan’s stint as the ‘new Toby’ was so stellar that this TV Addict is going to offer up three more words on the off chance the proverbial Powers That Be are reading this. Spin—off potential.
ALIENS IN AMERICA
While the majority of the net is up in arms this week thanks to Mick St. John’s untimely stake to the heart and ABC taking the ax to MEN IN TREES. This TV Addict wanted to offer up one final shout out to last Sunday’s penultimate installment of ALIENS IN AMERICA. From heart to hilarity, there was absolutely nothing alien about the CW’s comedic hidden gem, except of course for viewers. Which is unfortunate, because surely I’m not the only one who is going to miss his weekly fix of Tolchuk adventure?
The TV Addict isn’t buying the fact that Sheldon’s three closest, make that ONLY friends didn’t know he had a twin sister that looked like she just stepped out of an episode of AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL. Surely less than a season in, THE BIG BANG THEORY isn’t already running out of ideas? Because Sheldon’s surprise twin sister is not a good sign.
While it may seem like we now know what Serena did last summer, this TV Addict can’t help but feel like there are still a few OMFG!—worthy moments to come as GOSSIP GIRL finishes off the season. In fact, I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that the first season is far too early to turn America’s newest sweetheart Serena van der Woodsen into a cold-blooded killer [that’s more of a fourth season running-out-of-ideas plot if you ask me]. And in time it will be revealed that one Georgina Sparks pulled the trigger. Assuming a trigger was involved.
More concerning than Britney yet again stealing the spotlight from the gang on HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER is the circumstances surrounding her return. To find out why Barney’s hanging with Britney, aside from the obvious bump in the ratings, simply click the link below.
GOOD NEWS: Barney and Robin [spoiler alert!] hooking up not only gives the perennially underused Cobie Smulders something to do for the rest of the season, but finally makes good on the adorable flirting that fans have watched percolate since season one’s ‘Laser Tag’ episode. BAD NEWS: Should feminists be worried that the only way Robin can seem to find an identity on the show is if she dates one of the men?
GOOD NEWS: Robin Sparkles returned! BAD NEWS: Where “Let’s Go to the Mall” was hilarious, spontaneous and original, “Sand Castles in the Sand” seemed more like an executive order from the higher-ups at CBS in an effort to boost ratings.
GOOD NEWS: As a proud Canadian, it’s always nice to have our country recognized so that a small group of ignorant American’s clue into the fact that we’re not simply, as Homer Simpsons once put it, “America Jr.” BAD NEWS: After last night’s episode, I’m pretty sure American’s think, as my good friend TapeWorthy put it, “we all sound like mildly retarded Irish men.”
No doubt hoping to generate buzz in anticipation of the long rumored album re-release, this TV Addict has just obtained a ‘leaked’ version of Robin Sparkles “Sand Castles in the Sand.”
Whether or not ‘Castles’ will live up to the hype of Sparkles previous hit “Let’s Go to the Mall” remains to be seen. But with guest stars like James Van Der Beek, Canadian icon Alan Thicke and original pop princess Tiffany lined up for Monday’s episode, executive producers/creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas don’t seem to be taking any chances.
Judge for yourself when HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER unspools “Sand Castles in the Sand” this Monday April 21. And assuming you don’t mind really cheesy ballads stuck in your head all afternoon, simply press play on the icon below for the full version of “Sand Castles in the Sand.” But don’t say we didn’t warn you!
As a card carrying member of the HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER fan club, this TV Addict knows all too well that it’s in the mandate to unapologetically gush over every episode [not to mention every Barneyism]. That said, the TV Addict woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning so I’ll just say this. Last night’s adventure was anything but Legen… [wait for it] dary.
When did HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER turn into your average CBS sitcom? The brilliance of MOTHER and what used to set it apart from your standard sitcom fare was its mind-blowing ability to have different plots converge in hilarious and unexpected ways. Marshall recounting the tale of “The Ninja Report” as the gang sat around the bar and offered advice was for lack of a better word ‘boring’, or dare we say it — seemingly ripped from the plot-line of a RULES OF ENGAGEMENT.
Worse still, it signifies a growing and worrisome trend with the series as a whole. HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER seems to be on pause.
This just in. Britney Spears’ not-at-all-overhyped guest spot on HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER netted MOTHER it’s highest ratings ever in the holy grail of network demographics — 18-49 year olds.
Which means, in the grand tradition of WILL & GRACE, it’s time for MOTHER masterminds Carter Bays and Craig Thomas to start milking this plot device for everything it’s worth.
With that in mind, feel free to post away with your ideas for celebrity train-wreck’s and tabloid mainstays that Ted can date next. Here’s a few obvious ones to get you started…Mischa Barton, Victoria Beckham, Paris Hilton, Amy Winehouse, Tori Spelling, The Olsen Twins [To quote Barney, “Legendary!”], Nicole Ritchie, Eliot Spitzer’s Call Girl, Rosie, Heidi Montag, Jamie Lynn Spears, Denise Richards, the ghost of Anna Nicole Smith… too far? You decide.
“What was up with Marshall’s hair” is sadly just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to this TV Addict’s issue(s) with last night’s installment of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER. While Britney did fine with the limited, yet massively overhyped role she was given and Sarah Chalke as expected was her usual adorable/hilarious self. Something, for lack of a better word was “wonky” with last night’s episode. Or worse, for the sitcom that revels it taking the road less travelled, ordinary.
Was it just me or did the entire MOTHER gang take a back seat to Ted last night? HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, like most great comedies [see: FRIENDS] works best as an ensemble and it’s possible that last night’s episode had a little too much well, Ted. I mean I’m used to Robin taking a backseat, but Barney. Not Cool!
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
ALIENS IN AMERICA
The TV Addict isn’t buying the fact that Sheldon’s three closest, make that ONLY friends didn’t know he had a twin sister that looked like she just stepped out of an episode of AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL. Surely less than a season in, THE BIG BANG THEORY isn’t already running out of ideas? Because Sheldon’s surprise twin sister is not a good sign.
No doubt hoping to generate buzz in anticipation of the long rumored album re-release, this TV Addict has just obtained a ‘leaked’ version of Robin Sparkles “Sand Castles in the Sand.”
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