- How I Met Your Mother: A weird coda to end the arc that was Stella, but it had its moments of brilliance. Basically I just love Robin being Canadian more than anything on this show (that is not named Barney). But it was definitely a strange episode, obviously cut significantly for length (Marshall's person wasn't explained, yet I swear you could see her standing with the others in the flash at the end), and then the end just drops out. At least while the end was dropping out, they played a Regina Spektor song in the background. That cheered me up a bit.
- South Park: I enjoyed every second of that episode, even without ever seeing more than 20 consecutive minutes of any of those Ocean's Number movies. Sarah Palin turning out British pretty much completed my week. I also enjoyed the little flourishes on the edges of the scenes - Cartman wheeling stolen TVs through the streets and the like. Wholly enjoyable.
- Ugly Betty: Man, they've certainly regained their stride with this show, haven't they? Easily the best episode of the season, maybe of the last two seasons for that matter. Amanda full on hilarious/bi-curious, Marc getting screentime and being a whore, Willi having a heart all of a sudden... I could go on for ages. But dang, was anybody else terrified that Daniel and Betty were about to make out at the end of the episode, what with him telling her she was beautiful and all? I was really worried for about 30 seconds there.
- Survivor: Hooooly crap. I was not expecting that at all. I'm usually not a sucker for traditional Survivor editing, but I straight up had Marcus pegged as a Final Three kind of guy. Charlie is going to be a basket case now, and so much for my constant cataloguing of their weird (and imaginary) relationship. Eh, with the way things are going, I'm sure they can continue it offscreen, since Charlie is totally not long for this game. And in that vein, I'm not sure I'm going to like where this season ends up, winner-wise, but it's definitely up there in terms of keeping the drama nice and high.
- Grey's Anatomy: Seriously, I don't understand how this show has come back to actually being kind of compelling. And sad. Christ, why do hospital shows want to kill people all the time (sob)? But I think I'm sort of invested again. Excepting the fact that I need to watch The Office/30 Rock during its timeslot, and thus it is relegated to internet watching. But wow, way to rebound, show.
- The Office: Hahahahaha. That's about the sum total of my insightful commentary on this episode. Kelly is the best, Pam is a fool, and I actually am starting to feel really, really bad for Andy. The writing is leaving me horribly conflicted. Oh, and a small aside, I really liked the multiple levels of the storyline this week about listening in on phone conversations. That's a subtlety they've been lacking since way back in season 3.
- 30 Rock: Since I've already admitted my bias on this show, can I just declare it the best thing on television and move on? Tracey and his White Girls outfit, complete with monster claw, Jenna in blackface singing Ease on Down the Road from The Wiz, and Oprah all in the same episode? Don't even try to top it. Also, a delicious and not overused Kenneth subplot. OH PLUS - Tina Fey as Princess Leia to get out of jury duty. I can't even deal, people.
- Simpsons: Wow, I really didn't like a single second of that entire episode. I mean, I remember specifically laughing out loud at two separate lines, but afterwards all I had was a bad taste in my mouth.
- King of the Hill: And now it's cancelled, despite its episode being at least 400% better written and funnier than The Simpsons. There is no justice in the world today. And I'm going to write about it here in a second, but that local news caption of the special needs log flume disaster picture made me bark out a laugh of unbelievable proportions.
- Things I Missed: Amazing Race, nooooo! (Damn that Frank and his watching of TV first) At least none of my favorites got voted off. I'll catch it tonight online, now that CBS has finally gotten their shit together with this show's internet presence.
Best Episode of the Week:
30 Rock - Believe in the Stars
Best Line of the Week (if you have a sick sense of humor like me):
The Office - Kelly: "I was raped!" Michael: "You cannot say 'I was raped' and expect all your problems to go away. Not again. Don't keep doing that."
Best Moment of the Week:
How I Met Your Mother - Robin's high school hockey flashback.
Runners Up:
30 Rock - Jack's attempt at a lifeboat scenario for Kenneth.
The Office - "Get out of my nook!" / "That's what she said! That's what she said!! That's what she said!"
Survivor - Last second vote switch-up for Marcus's ouster.
Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Unexpected Anything:
King of the Hill - Local news's captioning of Dale on the log flume ride as "Unidentified Special Needs Student."
Most Disappointing:
Grey's Anatomy - The story I read online that says that that lesbian mini-fight is actually the end of that character's run on the show for good. Way to crush the spirit of the homos, show that I'm just starting to like again.
Most Anticipated: Toss up between Jennifer Aniston on 30 Rock, and the resulting fallout from the Survivor shakeup. Man, this was a great week of TV.
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