Grey’s Anatomy: Into You Like A Train
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Prime Time, ABC, Grey’s Anatomy, Features,
This week’s episode continued exactly where the last one left off: with Meredith embarrassingly waiting for Derek to show up at the bar. Thankfully a horrific train crash was able to distract her from further humiliation. Always better to focus on a wreck that ruins other people’s lives as opposed to the wreck that is your life.
Unfortunately, hours of waiting for Dr. Shepherd has made Meredith far too drunk to participate in all the chaos. While her cohorts are busy fighting for patients, she is forced to detox, observe… and wait. As with all major disasters, this train wreck had its mixed bag of patients: man with misplaced amputated leg.. pregnant best friends with shared sperm donor… seemingly-well-person-who-collapses-and-dies-due-to-undiagnosed-internal-bleeding. All in a day’s work.
NOTE TO PRODUCERS: We do understand that it will be hard to avoid disaster-based shows, but please do your best to not become another ER. I believe the producers of ER are now deep into the Greek system because they have used up their bag of tricks. But since you’ve only used up ‘A’ so far for Amtrak, we will forgive you.
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What to Do Without Lost: Play the Lottery!
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, ABC, Lost, News,
Since Lost was another rerun again last night, here’s a little fun (yet slightly disturbing) trivia fact to occupy your time. Did you know that over 840 fans of the show took advantage of Hurley’s cursed lottery numbers in an October Powerball drawing? Needless to say, the numbers were unlucky for them as well. The one person who did win the booty will get to keep the $340 million to themselves (or about $110 million after taxes). Had the Lost fans prevailed, they would have each received about $130,000 in comparison (after taxes). Just in case you were wondering, those infamous numbers are: 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42. Just remember to tip your dealer!
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After such a spectacular ending to Nip/Tuck‘s last episode, this week’s started with such a letdown. Whatever happened to Kit? After all, she was only slashed by The Carver, how they could not address that at all? I guess when you’re racked with debts, other people’s problems fall to the waste side. Sean and Christian can’t afford to be doing pro bono work on backstabbing detectives.
Still reeling from the publicity backlash, McNamara/Troy is forced to deal with the financial health of their company. Unsure if they will survive past a few more months, Liz offers to help them out by turning in her resignation. Sean and Christian try to assure her (and themselves) that they will be back up and running very soon.
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Grey’s Anatomy: Bring the Pain
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, ABC, Grey’s Anatomy, Features,
This week’s episode touched on an issue many women have dealt with before – pain management. Not the type of pain caused by any type of illness or injury, but that distinct pain brought on by only those who can: men.
After weeks of sexually-charged spats, Alex and Izzie finally brought their relationship to the next level and went out on their first date. Despite the buildup to that night, Alex’s emotions were all over the board. First he acts like a jerk to Izzie all evening, but then confuses her when he says that he enjoyed himself. (I thought boys only hit you in elementary school when they were trying to tell you they liked you?) But just when Izzie thought their night would cap off nicely, Alex ends their date prematurely. What?? Don’t men know when a woman has shaved her legs?? It’s a shame for something like that to go to waste.
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I was having a very bad dream the other night. I was stuck in this really dark, round-shaped place. I remember it being very gloomy and confining. I’m extremely claustrophobic and my breathing was getting heavier. I couldn’t take it anymore.. I needed to get out of there! The next thing I know, I’m on the beach. The open space provides a lot more greenery and life. I see more people moving around and I’m loving the change. Then I come to a realization—that was never a dream. Just an answer to my prayers. I had been praying to the gods of Lost to get me out of that damned-biosphere for weeks now. I needed to see see other people again. You know—those other people that live on the island? No - not The Others, but the others. Thankfully the coconut offering I left behind finally began to pay off.
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Although I’ve never been able to stomach surgery scenes, I’ve ironically been obsessed with anything related to plastic surgery. Who are the freaks behind these stories? Why does that socialite, Jocelyn Wildenstein, insist on looking like a cat? Why does Melissa Rivers want to emulate her mother? Why did those brothers on MTV actually think they could look like Brad Pitt? And more importantly—why do I care? This is why I love Nip/Tuck. It gives this newcomer all I want - and more. Some Nip/Tuck devotees may accuse me of jumping late onto the bandwagon, but I don’t care. I’m hooked and I can’t stop staring.
Oooh—and did things get all nice and awkward in last week’s episode, or what?
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Commander in Chief: First Dance
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, ABC, Commander In Chief, Editorial, Features,
I must admit, for weeks now I have been wondering why I like this show. Although I have always found White House-related dramas interesting, that factor alone has not brought me back to The West Wing on a consistent basis. In fact, sometimes I feel like Commander is a seriously-dumbed down version of its predecessor. But then it occurred to me—the reason I DO like the show is because it IS a dumbed-down version of The West Wing. No serious intellect required. I get enough of the juicy behind-the-scenes stuff while being allowed to kick back at the same time. If I’m dozing off and miss a sentence here or there, I am not forever lost. I GET IT. While The West Wing can be far too serious for its own good, Commander has just enough fluff to keep me amused.
Of course, it is also delicious fun to compare Mackenzie’s fictional administration to our real-life one. Do I think it is possible for any administration to make decisions as easily as Mackenzie’s makes them? No. Do I think our current President makes it harder than it really should be? Yes. Does President Allen avoid making rash decisions? No. But does she speak far more eloquently than our real President does? Yes.
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Degrassi: Death of a Disco Dancer
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, Kids, Cable, Degrassi,
Ahhh—young love. Don’t you remember when you thought your high school relationship would last forever and ever? TLA! Well it was Paige’s turn in this episode to see if her fling with former teacher, Matt, would stand the test of time. Eagerly anticipating the end of Matt’s Canadian summer tour, Paige gets all dolled-up for her first reunion with her older beau. Armed with a present and freshly-washed hair, Paige is disappointed to see Matt all disheveled and stinky. Nevertheless, she is excited to see him and babbles on about her grand plans for them. Paige is applying to college and would like Matt to move with her once she is accepted. Matt is clearly overwhelmed (and far too old for such juvenile dreams) and tells her that he is still re-evaluating his life. But before leaving for good, he gives her a marijuana joint as a parting gift, leaving Paige to say “You’re dumping me and giving me drugs?” C’mon Paige—it could have been worse. You could have been given the pen that Lloyd Dobler received in “Say Anything.”
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ABC Shows Invasion and Commander in Chief Survive Freshman Year
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, ABC, Commander In Chief,
Obviously pleased with the success they’ve had so far this year, ABC has already announced that two of its shows will be picked up for a full-season: Commander in Chief and Invasion. While Commander in Chief has obviously been a runaway hit for the network (it placed 9th in the Nielsens last week), I can’t imagine that Invasion would be able to survive without ‘Lost’ as its lead-in. Nevertheless, ABC should be pleased with any success they can get, no matter how they achieve it.
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Grey’s Anatomy: Deny, Deny, Deny
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Drama, ABC, Grey’s Anatomy,
Since the theme of this week’s show was denial, let me be the first to admit that I was in denial about how good this show really was. Don’t get me wrong—I’ve always liked the show, but I merely found it entertaining. It just seemed like your average hospital show in a very good time slot. But last week something turned around for me and forced me to sit up and take notice. I’m not sure if I hadn’t been paying close enough attention before or if the writers finally catered to the sensitive girl in me.. all I know is that I found myself crying. Then this week came around - and I started crying again!
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