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Far
from a recommendation of "What to Watch," these mini-reviews are all the shows I
personally saw (or will see) in the present
week. Sure, we all watch CNN, the evening news, and one or two of those
"other" news shows, and yet how do we feel about the other shows
we watch weekly? Here are my own mini-reviews, episode-to-episode.
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Best Reason to Turn on
TV This Week:
24.
The season's Big Bad is revealed...or is it? Meanwhile, Palmer is removed
from office. The emotions of that scene alone are worth the whole episode.
Biggest Disappointment
This Week:
Buffy the vampire
Slayer. With only four episodes
to go --including this one!-- you'd think they'd offer a better one than
this. Horrible!
Quote
of the Week:
"We're out
here to meet new species, not tell them what to do!"...Captain
Archer (Scoot Bacula) to Trip (Connor Trinneer), during a peculiarly
hypocritical (and very conversation-worthy) episode of Enterprise.
The joke here is, Archer has been "telling other species what to
do" since the series premiere of the whole entire series.
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Encapsulated TV reviews
for:
April 26th-May 2nd, 2003.
The Techtite.com ratings system (icon version):
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Miss  Small
Crater  Large
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Impact
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Saturday
11:30, NBC : Saturday
Night Live was a repeat. Or not. I really don't care anymore
until they hire some new comics.
Sunday
9:00, ABC: Alias.
In this series, we already see a template for the overall scheme of
things. We know that if a woman in this series is to be placed against
incredible stress, she'll tough through it. However, when a man is given
similar stress, he can't handle it, because that's the type of
retroactively sexist pigs the scriptwriters are. So it's of little
surprise that Dixon, after the loss of his wife, can't handle it and in
fact goes totally haywire. Meanwhile, we learn that the apocalypse has
something to do with Sloane. Well, gee, no DUH. Small
Crater
10:00, ABC: Dragnet
It's nice to see the second of the two Dragnet men back (he was forced
to take an absence from the show due to an injury off-set) as they
tackle the latest mystery. A woman who's been missing six years is found
in her car, and it ain't pretty. Neither is the resolution of this
mystery, involving a whistle blower and an intriguing mix of
trust-nobody shenanigans that lead in all directions. Overall, this was
a good episode, though not one you'd want to see all over again if you
knew the final result. Small
Crater
Monday
10:00, CBS: CSI: Miami.
Mystery #1 involves a woman found dead on the beach who may be part
of a serial killer's rampage. Meanwhile, a college aged kid is found
dead in a swimming pool, where it is clear from the evidence he didn't
drown. The thing that pulls this episode over the top is how the
suspects who are guilty try and make up stories to cover up the
evidence, only to have the CSI team find new evidence to bring their
lies to an end. Overall this was a well done episode. Large
Crater
Tuesday
8:00, UPN: Buffy
the Vampire Slayer P-U...! What's
that smell? It's hard to tell, from such a long list; the
cruise-controlled acting, the
dialog, the monologs that seem to go on for hours without reaching any
rhyme or reason for them, and worst of all, a conclusion that makes no
sense! Here's the deal: Buffy
gets put-down by all of the Slayer-wannabe moochers in her house, until kid sister Dawn
claims it's her house too and she wants the moochers to stay, Buffy to
go. See, they had fun partying with Faith, so they want Faith to be in
charge. I know these are supposedly teenage girls though do they pop
"stupid pills" on an hourly basis, or something? Even Giles stands idly by as Buffy leaves, knowing that they've effectively
booted Yoda from the house and left Jar-Jar Binks in charge (sorry
Faith, though as cute as you are you're a total imbecile compared to
Buffy). P-U!!! Burnout
9:00, FOX: 24
Is tonight pick-on-the-leader night or what? Similar to Buffy one hour
earlier, President Palmer is talked down to by his cabinet and vice
president, who together bastardize the constitution's 25th Amendment so
they can ursurp the Presidency and do what they want, which is go to war
against three innocent countries. Meanwhile, Jack finally retrieves the
chip, which is damaged, though not before learning that the chip names
the guy whose computer programmed the chip. Jack goes there soon after
President Palmer is dethroned elsewhere, only to find
"programmer" Alex long gone. A new lead arrives at the last
minute to talk to Alex herself. It's
Sherry Palmer. Large
Crater
Wednesday
8:00, UPN : Enterprise
More stinking piles of TV-doo-doo this week, when Trip does what Archer
has done many episodes by now, to try and give an oppressed "third
gender" in a tri-gendered race a small taste of freedom, as he
teaches "it" to read, watch movies, listen to music, and so
on. Archer returns from a scientific mission with the alien captain and
chews Trip out, insisting by no means would he have given this poor
"thing" such freedoms. Excuse, please; weren't you the same
dipstick that was put up against charges against the Klingon Empire two
weeks ago, for trying to give freedom to a whole SHIP of people? What hypocrisy
is this? This episode was written by current series bigwigs Brannon
Braga and Rick Berman, and directed by LeVar Burton ("Geordi"
in TNG). I guess that just goes to show that even the highest of
high-ups in Trek lore can make a BIG mistake once in a while. The
episode was great until the final reel. By then, it
was just plain WRONG. Near
Miss
9:00, WB : Angel.
Angel returns with Jasmine's true name, which makes her world of
mind-control come tumbling down. The problem is, the rules haven't
changed and only the people who inadvertently assisted her to come into
this world can harm her. Cordelia is under a spell, so that leaves
Conner, who likes his new status as Jasmine's favorite henchman. He
learns a bit about Jasmine's true nature, however, when he sees that
Cordelia will be in a coma forever and all that's really changed is he's
taking orders from Jasmine instead of Angel. In the end, he must choose,
and delivers his answer right through Jasmine's head...OUCH. We then
learn that "there are no absolutes" and there is at least one
power that is tickled pink at Angel making the world a chaotic mess
again: the newly reinstated Wolfram & Hart. Large
Crater
Thursday
8:00, CBS : Survivor:
Amazon (Christy leaves) It's actually pretty
bittersweet that Christy leaves tonight. She was enjoyable and someone
to root for, though she made too many bad choices when allying with this
or that team. Her final mistake was in not liking Heidi and Jenna enough
to make the right decision and help them boot off ROB. Butch would've
gone along with that; so would everyone. Yet she tries to ally with Rob
instead and in the end gets booted out like the nearly half a dozen
bootees before her, who made the same bad choice.
Near
Miss
8:00, NBC : Friends
It turns out Chandler and Monica have minimal chance to have a baby.
The good news is there is nothing sexist in the reasoning for this; as
it turns out it is a one-two punch of Chandler's little guys not being
strong enough to survive Monica's "inhospitable environment."
While this is hardly funny at least it was more enjoyable to watch than
half the crap on TV this past week. Small
Crater
9:00, CBS : CSI: Crime
Scene Investigation An episode best summarized as "the one
with the horse," a trainer gets trampled by her prize winning horse
during a plane trip (the horse being in the cargo hold, of course, along
with the trainer). However, is the horse to blame? Anyone who knows this
show's love for red herrings knows the answer to that, though the how
and why to the trainer's death is more than worth a thumbs-up, in a very
well written episode. Large
Crater
10:00, CBS : Without a
Trace. In the first episode where there is no missing person,
the real goal is to make sure that a child molester (from a prior
episode) is sent to jail, to make sure that there aren't added missing
persons to find! The ending is gravely disappointing in this endeavor,
due to "the law is the law" and a technicality, which I guess
was meant for emotional emphasis. Likewise for the sub-plot involving
the team being investigated by the Office of Professional Responsibility
(sort of an FBI "Internal Affairs") where it's revealed (to
us, not the investigator) that Jack and Samantha really did have an
affair at some point. The flashbacks during the investigation (though
not of the affair, which we never saw) add to the investigation's
strength, reminding us of this team's recent goofs. Small
Crater
Friday
After the season finales of Stargate
SG-1 and John Doe, there really isn't anything on
Fridays. Too bad...
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