Wednesday 3/8.

• Bones (Fox 9pm). A plane crash leads to the discovery of bone fragments that do not appear to come from the victims on the plane. The investigation turns up a man who is looking for his father, or may be the culprit of the disappearance. The team has to deal with a condescending Dyson as Booth is not directly involved in the entire investigation. We also get to see a frozen pig go through a wood chipper. **.5
• Invasion (ABC 10pm). Moderately intriguing. The aliens are now living a much more exposed life, and the crazy girl from the migraine commercials is on the run and pregnant with a herd of aliens. The daughter is in the hospital after not being taken by the lights. I sort of like it, but am not completely enraptured. **.5

Thursday 3/9.

• CSI (CBS 9pm). The team is being followed by a reality crime show, which doesn't help the investigation much. A young woman is raped in her home, in the same apartment building that a fire is reported in. It turns out that the fire is just a smoke bomb, and it is linked to a similar prior incident. A man posing as a fireman is setting off smoke bombs in order to get inside the apartments of young women to satisfy his foot fetish. ***

Friday 3/10.

• Las Vegas (NBC 9pm). Are terrorists plotting to blow up the Montecito? Is the new masseuse getting a little frisky with the clientele? Will Gunther and Wolfgang kill each other? Is Mike really working security at a fast food joint? Are the new waitress uniforms really bikinis? Is Sam not quite as hot as she thinks she is? These questions and more answered during another exciting episode! Fun show, will it last in its new time slot? ***
• Monk (USA 10p). A toothache leads to the uncovering of a murderer. Randy Disher, owner of said ache, reluctantly goes to the dentist. While under the gas, he starts coming to and witnesses the dentist (played by Jon Favreau) and his assistant fighting with and ultimately killing a man. He reports this to the captain, who immediately discredits him. Disher quits in disgust and returns to his first love, music. A love which does not agree with him terribly well. In the end, Randy is proved right and Monk saves the day. The best sequence had Monk strapped to a dentist chair while the doc asks if he has seen The Marathon Man. ***
• Stargate SG-1 (Sci-Fi 8pm). The hunt for an anti-Auri weapon continues. The team is led to a planet which was once inhabited by Merlin. They find another sword in the stone and an angry black night. While they try to get Merlin's technology, a super-gate is discovered. The search does not turn up anything and the team, aboard their latest starship, along with a Jaffa fleet and an Asgaard ship are utterly decimated by the Auri ships coming through the gate. Aboard an Auri ship is a pregnant Valla. Interesting episode, big things are afoot. ***
• Stargate: Atlantis (Sci-Fi 9pm). The season finale has the Daedalus and crew facing down the recently arrived Wraith hive ship that appeared last week. This time, they have a deal. They wish to gain the retro virus to use against rival Wraith factions, to create an alternate food source. The exchange goes well enough, and the plan looks like it will work out. But then, the Wraith go back on their word, capturing McKay and Ronin, while a virus infects and steals some data in Atlantis. The Wraith have located Earth, and we are all in trouble. ***
• Battlestar Galactica (Sci-Fi 10pm). This is the 90 minutes of television that I was waiting all week for, even more than than the 60 adrenaline-filled minutes of 24. We start with the rescue of Sam and those left behind on Caprica. In the process finding the Cylons have abandoned the colonies. We then have the build-up to the presidential election, with Rosalyn trying to fend off Baltar. The main sticking point is the potential colonizing of what has been dubbed "New Caprica." But who really wants this? The newly power hungry Baltar, or the Cylon that has his ear? As this debate goes on, a conspiracy is uncovered which plans on rigging the election fro Rosalyn, and no less than Colonel Tigh is involved. Unfortunately, the plan is found out and Rosalyn's win is rescinded and Baltar is given the election. He immediately orders the colonization to begin. We jump ahead a year. Things don't seem so good, there is rampant poverty, and Baltar is living it up in a rather hedonistic manner. Kara is married to Sam, who is sick, and is unable to get any help. Tigh leaves the Galactica. The Battlestars have a scarce crew. Then disaster strikes, the Cylon fleet pops into orbit. The Adama's lead the fleet away, leaving those on the surface behind, where Baltar surrenders. This was one heckuva finale, now the trouble is waiting until July to see new episodes! ****