Welcome to the latest Diary. Let's dig right in, shall we?
Best show I watched this week: Battlestar Galactica
Worst show I watched this week: Malcolm in the Middle
Sunday 2/12.
- Malcolm in the Middle (Fox 7pm). Malcolm returns to its original night, but at a lousy time, for the remainder of its final season. The show has sadly become a shadow of its former self, although Bryan Cranston is delightfully over the top, and the best remaining part of the show. This episode has Malcolm and Lois being sick, and sequestered together in a room, which may not be the best of places for them, as they end up lining the room in rhinestones. Hal heads out to the neighborhood parties, has a blast, and almost gets hooked up with another woman because no one likes Lois. Lastly, Reese is trying to turn Jamie into his personal slave, but Dewey is the only one with the power to control him. Mediocre at best, this series should probably have ended a year or two ago. **.5
- Desperate Housewives (ABC 9pm). I find myself caring less and less about these characters. This episode has 4 interweaving threads. The Scaavo's have to deal with working together, while hubby and the boss turn the office into a frat house. Bree goes and has a nice chat with Caleb, which leads to a confrontation with Mrs. Applewhite. Susan needs health insurance so she can have her wandering spleen surgery, so she hatches a plan to get married, first to a gay man, but that back fires, I guess she will just have to try again next week. Then there is Gaby and Carlos, who take in a former slave, from another lesser known housewife. Gaby is apprehensive at first, but grows to like her, and the young Chinese woman repays the kindness by cleaning the house and cooking. The interweaving tales are interesting, but I am not sure why I should care about any of them. ***
- Grey's Anatomy (ABC 10pm). Continuing the story started with the explosive post Superbowl slot last week. We have Meredith keeping a bazooka shell from exploding, Bailey not wanting to have her baby yet, Derek working on Bailey's husband, and everyone else waiting to see what is going to happen. Izzie confronts her mortality, George grows a pair and helps Bailey through her child birth, and the chief has a heart attack which ends up as merely an anxiety attack. This show has taken great strides towards the top of the charts. The characters are becoming increasingly more compelling, and the drama has risen, while the heart remains there. It may not be my favorite show, but it is better than I thought it would end up being. Plus, we get to see someone blow up! ***
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