Telefizzled w.33
Pretty much everything is done now. How I Met Your Mother ends this upcoming week, but that is it. Okay, a couple other CBS shows I kinda watch, Rules of Engagement and Gary Unmarried, also end this upcoming week. Point is, this is the penultimate post in this series. The last one will close out HIMYM and I’ll still write something about My Boys, but hopefully I can write something about the network up-fronts and make plans for next season. Which, yes, does sound wrong.
Big Bang Theory: Other than Penny finishing the thought, or providing the real answer to the question, on the other side of the door, this wasn’t much of a season ender. At least make us think the guys aren’t going to survive their arctic experience or something. Sheesh.
How I Met Your Mother: Okay, so Stella just shows back up to put that possibility to bed. Fine. I’m down with that. But, Ted has been carrying around that damn yellow umbrella and that is annoying. We’ll see if anything pans out this week with that, but I just read in EW that they don’t plan on revealing the mother until the series finale. That said, I assume they will introduce her prior to that. Also, I’m not sure this show should last more than one more season. What do you think?
My Boys: Loved this Facebook centered episode. It nails a lot of what is going on with this phenomenon, especially with the friend and status stuff. The cyberstalking, I’m sorry… researching, that Mike was doing is probably true too, but it was good to see that old fashioned meatspace interaction wins out. At least for now. I will say that for most people, it seems to have about a four month hold on you and it quickly wanes after that.
Lost: This season ender was just sooo very good and I have no idea what is really going to happen at the start of next season! I’m not sure how we can wait 6+ months for it to start back up. Anyway, comments over on The Ed Zone. Everyone threw out some good thoughts there on what they think is going on and what might happen. Going Juliet this week. Likely the last time I can do it.
Smallville: Did they really just kill Jimmy Olsen? I think they did, unless the new Legion ring comes into play, which very well could depending on where the hell Lois ended up with it. Also, I’m not buying Doomsday being sealed in the ground as the ultimate solution to that story. He is an unstoppable killing machine and that shouldn’t be enough to stop him. Like the comics, he may likely return from “death.” Also, the person standing over the Zod symbol at the end looked to be Davis.
The Office: So, I can’t rate this one very high, but it was good. I liked the volleyball stuff and certainly the opening was awesome, but the Michael and Holly stuff kills the mojo for me every time. The only part that didn’t make me squirm was the end when they are talking about the results of their skit. Oh, I will say that the reveal of Buffalo as a branch closing was classic. One wonders why Wallace would even tell Michael something like that. You’d think the guy would learn. Charles getting on Jim was good too. That guy still doesn’t get it. Oh, and Dwight’s clone, Rolfe, was funny. Looks like they will spark up the Dwight and Angela thing next season. Maybe Andy will pull Erin. Certainly the ending was unexpected and should prove interesting next season.
30 Rock: This one was off the tracks though. Is it funny because they pulled together so many guest appearances for the hell of it? About the only thing entertaining there was some of them admitted to being drunk! Dr. Spaceman was awesome of course. Liz on that talk show was good, but too short. Just wasn’t feeling the rest. It was probably just me though. What about you?
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Joe
Sun :: 17 :: May :: 2009 :: 05.41 pm
Was kinda bewildered by Smallville – it was a fine season ender – but that was too quick of an ‘ending’ to the Doomsday arc. I’m with you – sealing him in the ground is not a solution.
While watching, I kinda took it that “Jimmy’s little brother” is the Jimmy from the comics – with the age difference and all . (found it funny that Chloe never met Jimmy’s parents and brother before they got married – “You must be Jimmy’s little brother….”) And with the fact that they called him Jimmy “Henry James Olsen” at the funeral (is Jimmy Olsen “H.J.C.” in the commics? If so, then I guess that bit doesn’t matter) Then I later read on EW.com that they promised DC that they’d get “Jimmy Olsen” to the ‘right age to the comics continuity’…so that clinched that thought…
Still gets me that with all the DC logos all over the production of this show that they can’t say the word “Superman”.
Didn’t they already do the whole Zod as big bad thing – plus, I thought Doomsday was more powerful than Zod to begin with…
And what’s with the whole “Lois to the future” bit? I wonder what’s going to become of that? If she goes to the future, wouldn’t she learn that Clark is Superman?
Ed
Sun :: 17 :: May :: 2009 :: 07.17 pm
“In layman’s terms… what do you think this means?”
Sean
Sun :: 17 :: May :: 2009 :: 08.41 pm
@Joe: AFAIK they intentionally don’t say “Superman” and instead like to hint at it with word play. I don’t think there is a contractual rule that says they can’t. With respect to continuity and Jimmy, etc., they haven’t been sticking to it anyway, so I don’t see why they’d bother with this, but according to some nerd updating Wikipedia:
So, I’d say you are on to something there. As far as his parents go, remember that he kept making excuses about them not being able to make pre-wedding stuff before finally coming clean about it. I don’t remember exactly what the explanation was, but I think it had something to do with his father being a d-bag and I think the brother is a stepbrother.
Lois didn’t necessarily go into the future. Remember that the ring takes the wearer to the time they think about and Lois is likely thinking back to a time before Davis takes Chloe, or really emerges as Doomsday, so that she can save her.
Lastly, I like the idea of bringing Zod back into the fold. Remember that in this continuity, Doomsday is Zod’s genetically bred offspring, so him getting into Davis’ body isn’t out of the question. Plus, they’ll need a big bad for next season since they supposedly killed off Lex, and if you ask me, Tess was kind of a dud as a big bad. That said, you are right, Doomsday is more powerful than Zod when it comes to raw power, but it isn’t really backed by much thought. Zod is a military general, so likely more dangerous, plus he has access to power that Clark still doesn’t, like flight. Maybe that’s the only one left really. They kinda bent the “No tights, no flights” credo, but they’ve been doing a lot more old school “leaps over tall buildings” these past two seasons, which was all the original Superman could do.
Joe
Fri :: 22 :: May :: 2009 :: 06.06 pm
Yeah, I’m with you on that Tess stuff – that is a lame character and to me, just an excuse to keep the “Lex Mansion” sets and not have to blow money on building new sets for the show. Kinda wish she’d go away… I guess I’m fine with Zod coming back, just thought they’d touch on alot of the Supes badguys and nemeses – and not revisit them (ie: Bizzaro, Zod, Doomsday, Brainiac)… I’d love for a Superman vs. Batman thing, but that’ll never happen 😉