Smallville: 05-14, “Vengeance”
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I’m ridiculously behind on reviews, so no summary this week.
I was impressed with how well they’re dealing so far with Jonathan’s death, but I’m also surprised by a few things, namely how they handled his Senate seat. Surely, it can’t work that way in real life…
Lost: 02-13, “The Long Con”
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I am spellbound by last night’s episode of Lost! It was Sawyer-centric, which couldn’t please me more. Sawyer is my absolute favorite character on this show and without him, I’m not sure I could watch it. For once we had a good mix of island and flashback, without too much of either.
While Sawyer was off in the raft and on the other side of the island, his stash of goodies was taken and distributed among the group. This angered him, so he raided Jack’s medical supplies and took back whatever pills he had previously.
Jack and Locke agreed reluctantly that they would both have the combination to the gun vault as long as both of them consented should it need to be opened. Locke casually explained the row of Virgin Mary heroin statues by indicating they may have some therapeutic value. He didn’t take them out of the statues because he thought it would be unlucky to break seven Virgin Mary statues. That makes sense enough. My hopes of this being an episode where Locke loses all rational thought were squashed already, I could tell.
Episode spoilers inside! Lots of thoughts about this episode and some cool clues (or at least one clue) I picked up,
Stargate Atlantis: 02-15, “The Tower”
Rating: Our lovable Atlantis team find themselves on a planet inhabited by who they think are primitive people. It’s harvest time and the villagers are busy, so the team is kept around waiting. During that time, Rodney wonders why they’re there since there’s no technology to glean from these folks. Teyla mentions that establishing good relations with other planets can prove beneficial for other reasons. I gotta side with Rodney on this. They can be a good neighbor to the galaxy when the Wraith are destroyed. Until then, they should be spending their time trying to find some weapons.
It’s a good thing they were there after all though. One of the villagers, Eldred, comes up to greet them and apologize for their wait. He explains that they are trying to prepare their tribute for The Tower from their harvest. Naturally, this peaks their interest and they inquire of it. Eldred is amazed they don’t know of The Tower and states it protects them from the Wraith. The team can’t get to The Tower soon enough to investigate.
What they find kind of blows their mind a little bit. Mine too.
Episode spoilers inside!
Stargate SG-1: 09-15, “Ethon”
Rating: Okay. I’ve been complaining ever since the return of SG-1 that it was missing something, namely Daniel. Although this wasn’t a Daniel rich episode, he at least got some screen time and more than a few lines of throw away, red shirt material.
In “Ethon”, last season’s “Icon” storyline is somewhat continued. That world was split into two primary forces, the Rand Protectorate and the Caledonian Federation. Disputes between the two nations really heated up when the Stargate, located in a museum in Rand’s territory, was activated and the SG-1 team came through.
This time, it’s the Ori who are driving these nations further apart. The Rand Protectorate has embraced the message of the Ori, so naturally the Caldonians are opposed. Rand works with the Ori to build a satellite weapon, capable of wiping out the Caldonians. With the help of Jarrod, a Rand officer who doesn’t want to see this result in more bloodshed, SG-1 obtains preliminary plans for the weapon. Their first choice is to send Daniel there to try to talk some sense into the Protectorate about the Ori and convince them to dismantle the weapon. Plan B involves sending Prometheus there to destroy it themselves. Neither plan quite works out in the end.
Episode spoilers inside!
Beauty and the Geek 02-04
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This week’s episode of Beauty and the Geek offered my favorite type of challenge. Instead of the girls and the guys having separate tasks which are graded separately, they work together using their strengths to win one task. The beauties were tasked with giving their geeks a makeover. The geeks then had to go speed dating, which I actually think is a great idea for a task on this show.
Chris was being his typical jerky self when he told one of his speed dates that he was thankful for some intelligent conversation after being paired with his beauty for weeks. This, needless to say, greatly upset Tristin who up until that point was feeling very good about all her accomplishments thusfar. Tristin let Chris know she wasn’t stupid and didn’t appreciate Chris constantly telling her she was in so many words. I think their conversation got through to Chris. It isn’t that he’s really a jerk deep down inside, he’s just has a huge ego. He apologized to Tristin with one of his custom greeting cards.
It was no surprise that Tristin and Chris were chosen to go into the elimination room. Unfortunately they weren’t able to survive their third journey to the room and were sent home. Chris seemed to walk away understanding that there’s more intelligence in the world than what can come from a book. Hopefully Tristin gained enough confidence in her ability to tackle the unknown that she’ll crack open a book and figure out the sun isn’t just a really big planet that’s way too hot to visit.
Battlestar Galactica: 02-14, “Black Market”
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This season is just irritating me. It’s too depressing. I understand and appreciate that these people just had their whole world turned upside down. I do admire the fact that the writers don’t make the show fluffy or fill it with a lot of out of place comedy. Still, I just want something good to happen to them!
Stargate Atlantis: 02-14, “Grace Under Pressure”
Rating: A puddle jumper test including Rodney goes drastically wrong and the jumper falls out of the sky and into the ocean. It’s sinking to the ocean floor quickly and the Atlantis crew needs to figure out a way to rescue Rodney. Rodney desperately tries to figure a way out of this situation himself and conjures a hallucination of Samantha Carter to help him find a solution.
Episode spoilers inside! Continue reading at your own risk.
