- All three of us are sick and not sleeping much, which in turn makes us barely awake during the daytime;
- I didn't have the energy to sit through "Prison Break" and let Marian channel-surf during that hour instead of recording it (damn you, single tuner!);
- I see that my UPN affiliate is showing a Nets game tonight, which means I won't be able to see "Veronica Mars" until sometime Wednesday night.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
I hab a code ib by dose
So, let's count the number of things going on in Casa Sepinwall:
San Francisco critic Tim Goodman has a nice evisceration of last night's 24 here at his new blog. As he points out, "You know, giving '24' a good implausibility beat down--and yet still wanting to watch--is actually good therapy for me."
ReplyDeleteI somehow forgive 24 for screwy writing and time-killing and implausibilities that I would hammer any other show/movie/book for, because there's just something fun about the show.
24 was a lot of fun last night, and I refuse to believe Aaron is dead until I see his cold, dead body.
ReplyDeleteOf course, I said that about Tony, too...
As for Prison Break, you missed a doozy, Alan. First Michael shoves his fingers down Haywire's throat so that he barfs up his meds and gets nutty again, said nuttiness bringing with it his memory of Michael's tattoo. Of course, he also remembers what Michael did to him and wants in on the escape plan. Then Michael's escape buddies have to prevent his cell from being "sold" by C.O. Geary to the highest bidder (who also wants the leaky toilet fixed--oops!), so T-bag rigs the kitchen poker game for C-Note to win big, but Geary just takes all the money plus Westmoreland's special watch and says he already sold the cell to someone else.
Meanwhile, Veronica gets Linc a two-hour pass from Death Row so he can go see Linc Jr. in the other hoosgow. And we find out Nick is working for some bad guys and is about to give them Veronica. Yeah, I didn't really care about that last part, either.
Back in prison, Pope won't release Michael from the Whack Shack unless he gives up the name of the C.O. who burned him. With the help of Sucre's cousin who is now on the escape squad, they frame Geary for it and get him fired. As he's leaving, Geary tells Bellick how unfair it is and how Bellick is just as crooked as he is, and Bellick says, "I don't get caught." HA! Haywire tries to use the part of the "map" he drew to escape, but Michael apparently rigged it so that he gets caught and will mostly likely be heavily sedated, too. Michael is returned to his cell and gives Westmoreland back his watch--awwww.
In other news, Brinker (a surprisingly effective Michelle Forbes) takes Kellerman (hahahah) off the case, so he runs to the Veep and tattles. They decide to come up with some plan to do something to protect themselves from someone...sorry, I tend to lose focus when we're outside the prison. Except...
...as Lincoln is being transported to visit Linc Jr., a car comes out of nowhere (just like on Alias!) and creams the van. Are they all dead? Was Michael's plan really for naught? Well, thanks to the Fox promo monkeys, we know Linc survives the crash, bloodied but apparently unbowed. Okay, he looks a little dizzy and like he could actually keel over and die...
--dez
WRT Prision Break, how many people are they going to break out with them? Pretty soon, there's going to be no one left who's not in on the plan!
ReplyDeleteWell, if season two is going to be dealing with what all the escapees are doing on the outside, the more escapees, the more potential stories. Not that they'll be good stories, mind you -- just a lot of them.
ReplyDeleteAs for "24," I'm not sure it was a coincidence that my greatest enjoyment out of this season came when I was having my DVD marathon of the first 8 or 10 episodes. When you can pop in another hour immediately, you don't dwell on the Idiot Plot elements nearly as much.
And in the long list of the things I have to thank TWoP/Tomato Nation for, we can add pointing me to your blog today, so I didn't find out about the Veronica Mars preemption tonight (for a completely meaningless Nets game, no less), and have an aneurysm right then and there. So tomorrow night I get 2 hours of Alias, Invasion, and then the Veronica Mars I'll tape. Good thing I was planning to take Thursday off work anyway.
ReplyDelete(Of course, it would have been nice if the local newspapers chose to mention this fact today, hint, hint.)
As for 24, I wasn't really paying full attention last night, so it didn't bother me that much. Anyway, the season usually goes in cycles, and this is about the right time for a down cycle as they stall before they build up to the finale.
In Prison Break, part of the reason Abruzzi got his throat all slit was because he was supposed to take care of T-Bag because they had too many people and not enough time to escape. (That was when they were going through the infirmary window - are they still doing that?) But now, they are back up to seven with Sucre's cousin in on the plan. And now that Abruzzi's coming back, they'll have eight. This is two too many people, I can't wait to see how Michael deals with this little problem.
ReplyDeleteWelcome aboard, Devin! I tried e-mailing you about the blog back in the fall, but it bounced back. (For anyone who isn't me or Matt, Devin is our most prolific e-mailer; every month or so, he sends us a magnum opus about the state of all his favorite shows that reads not unlike a lot of these blog entries.)
ReplyDeleteDo we have Veronica listed in our TV grid today?
My local UPN channel is running Veronica Mars at 11:00 after the game, so if anyone really wants to see it tonight, you might want to check your TV guides, as your affiliates may be doing the same thing. (I know they re-run it a couple times a week but I love the show so much I hate waiting for it.)
ReplyDelete"Oh Aaron, savior to Palmer, reluctant guardian of Logan, and the most beloved of characters [outside of Jack] is done in by Mrs. Logan."
ReplyDeleteHuh? She went to meet him by the stables, called his cell, and found it ringing on the ground nearby. Why would she do that if she'd killed him?