I always feel something of a letdown at the end of a vacation. They seem to pass way, way too quickly. It doesn't matter if they're a week long, two weeks, or a full month, I just always feel like they disappear all too soon. Like my Hawaiian vacation, something I've looked forward to for 30 years, and will be ending on Monday. I take a Quantum of Solace from the fact that the vacations are fabulous, but I still always feel like they end too soon.

Sunday, May 4:

8:00 - 9:00PM

Nature – "Superfish”. I imagine a superfish to be able to walk on land like a man, fly through the air like a bird, and stomp through the mountains like a Sasquatch. Apparently I'm wrong. Superfish are closer to marlins, sailfish, spearfish, and swordfish. Wow, what a letdown.

9:00 – 11:00PM

Masterpiece – "Cranford – Episode 1". This is part one of a three-part series and based on the writing of Elizabeth Gaskell. Better than that though, it's about a small, little, tiny, miniature, if you will, English village which, for some reason, "comes to life with gossip, parties, romances, sudden death, bankruptcy, and the railroad."

 
Monday, May 5:

8:00 - 9:00PM

Antiques Roadshow – "Louisville (Hour Three)". I imagine that this city is going to be a home run for the series. They're really going to knock one out of the park here. They're going to put a few runs on the board by going yard. They're going to, unquestionably, get the long ball working here. In short, they're going to be Sluggers.

9:00 – 11:00PM

American Experience – "George H.W. Bush (Part One)". Good old 41. Who doesn't like 41 (in hindsight anyway)? This is the first part of his "presidential portrait" and goes from World War II through his days as POTUS. One wonders if they'll skip going into his post-POTUS time as he probably just hangs his head in shame these days.

 
Tuesday, May 6:

8:00 - 9:00PM

Nova – “First Flower”. Wow. Nova is going to look for the origins of the flower. Have they completely run out of stories? Is there nothing left in the world of science, except sending people globetrotting all over creation (in this case a remote mountain region of China) searching for where the first flower came from? They are children starving in this world, people.