I thought the Cougar was bad....

Yikers on Six Feet Under. Before we get to the shocker of the night some stuff I thought about while I was watching.

First of all I thought this entire episode was outstanding. From Claire's craziness, to her date with the Republican, to the fact that Nate was just in a hallway with nothing hooked up to him, to the fact that the lawyer and Maggie hung out in the waiting room and the awkwardness with everyone to seeing Ruth go through the wilderness hoping she doesn't get eaten by a cougar and instead finds a bus of Koreans who begin to give her love-life advice.

Then it all ends with Nate having this crazy ass dream that somehow ties into David's dream which ties back to him getting abducted to his horrible year and then his brother dying. In some ways it would have been awesome if the show just ended there and that was the end of it. And now there are so many questions, what will happen to Maya? What happens now that he told Brenda he wanted to end it, will she say something? It's craziness. Everyone knew someone was going to die and it was definitely one of the main characters but I thought it would be closer to the end of the show. Again it would have been interesting to see this as the end.

What's so poetic is how the first episode the dad died and brought Nate/Brenda together and right before his own death he wanted to be apart. Very poetic. Looking forward to next week. Very blown away by the death and kind of shocked me even though a small part of me thought maybe this was it. There might also be some connection that Nathaniel Sr. was killed by a bus and Ruth was on a bus when Nate died, but who really knows that is probably stretching it.

Suddenly Nate dies and then...

Entourage

How do I get in the mood for this one, when I'm still reeling from Nate's death and wondering if his whole head was shaved except his sideburns.

I thought this was a pretty good episode, but the whole 3-5 minutes of U2 at the end really annoyed me. I find the show short enough as it is and this was just gratuitous.

Comeback

This could have been one of the best episodes yet. (Pretty much good night all around on HBO.) The Lincoln Navigator guy cracked me up and the fact that the crazy Jan girl was on there gave me a good chuckle. It was also a good character developing episode all around.

Weekend Watchin'

Checked out Over There on FX. Really intense show. My one complaint is that it was hard for me to remember who was who and sometimes didn't know what was going on. Check it out.

Saw Hustle & Flow on Saturday night aka 8-Mile meets Boyz in the Hood. Good movie. Wasn't totally invested in all the characters it was more about me wondering how it was going to unfold. The theme soundtrack has now been stuck in my head and that's slightly annoying, but I would say check it out or at least rent it.

Deleted

So I wish I had some great things to say about Rock Star: INXS and what a shock that TWO people got the boot, but alas my husband deleted the episode before I could watch it. I will say we started watching it together, but I had been out and ended up falling asleep and it was an accident, but I was a little sad. Ultimately I'm fine with the vote off, because neither one was going to win this thing so why not just vote them off now.

Hooking Up

I'm still watching this show, and it's still ridiculous. Only two more episodes left so I'm already invested, so why give up now.

Quotes of the Night

1. He has waited long enough (to have sex with me) by New York Standards

2. You should definitely sleep with a guy if he is expecting it, you don't want to let him down.

3. All marriage is, is having a life long roommate.

4. 40 is the new 20 (WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN)

Questions

1. Who's driving the yacht? Does he have a captain?

2. Why is the photographer woman such a freak..actually why are they all freaks?

3. Why don't I know about all these interesting things to do in NYC (salsa lessons, clay making, etc.)

Off Night

That was my feeling on Rock Star: INXS with the exception of Ty who I thought did a really great job I couldn't really get into anyone else.

First off they started the show by saying the "unexpected loss of Neil." Um he sucked last week there was no reason he should still be on the show.

As for this week the bad highlights:

Heather: I feel like she must have been on too much cold medicine. It was as if she didn't want to move from the mike, didn't know the words and was way to chill to be singing Sheryl Crow.

J.D.: I felt that he was pretending to use a different voice, like a fake accent and at the same time he was yelling. He didn't really know the words and chose the part where he only sings "We are the Champions" over and over again. His cockiness is going to be the reason he doesn't win. INXS just doesn't want to deal with it and the other contestants hate him. Plus that B.S. with his sister, c'mon.

Daphne: It wasn't her singing that was necessarily so bad, although I wasn't into it. It was her outfit. I can't believe she was complimented on it. She looked like the bride of frankenstein.

Who gets voted off? Hard to say. J.D. is probably in the bottom three along with Heather anyone could really be the third. Even if J.D. is in the bottom three I don't believe this is his week to go.

Bad TV

Now I'm really bitter. I just wrote this entire post and it somehow got deleted before I could publish it.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!

Summary (not writing all over again) -

• Watching a lot of bad TV this summer.
• Also watching some good TV (Entourage, Six Feet Under, The Comeback), but easier to write about bad TV than good TV.
• Saw Wedding Crashers this weekend - I would give it a B+. Didn't think it was as awesome as everyone else.
• Rented Hitch and Coach Carter. Good rentals, that's all I can say about that.
• Looking forward to Over There premiering this week on FX.

If you haven't already, check out the final episode of 30 Days. 43 year old mom tries to teach her college age daughter about the dangers of binge drinking so binge drinks for 30 days. Nothing like seeing a 43 year old stay at home mom turn into a drunk, get hungover, and of course puke. She sent a real good message to her 9 year old son who starts to cry because mommy won't play with him anymore.

The last post was much better...fucking blogspot!

Give it the Hook!

The show Hooking Up is awful. The women come across as total freaks and extremely desperate. None of these women on tonight's episode should be dating and it's not surprising they are still single given some of the guys they are choosing to go out with and their criteria for choosing them.

The Very Very Bad:

1. Amy goes on 3 dates, only thinks marriage, man meets family, they say no, she dumps him.

2. Couple takes dance lessons on first date. I see how you can learn a lot about the person, however a lot of dance places have you dance with a lot of people in the class so that's not fun.

3. Many of the women post pictures of themselves in a bikini...who does that!

4. Woman goes out with guy whose is 28, complains that he's 28.

5. Woman picks guy because he is shirtless and laying on leopard sheets...again who does that!

6. One woman is so incredibly whiny and seems drunk all the time. Asks her date if he's gay.

Based on the way these women are presenting themselves, none of them should be dating ever again after this show finishes airing. All men are going to want to stay away.

Could they have been bad?

Of course I'm talking about INXS (drink). Now that I find myself listening to their music each Wednesday night I'm realizing that maybe they only had like 2 or 3 songs that I really enjoyed, none of which were sung last night.

Also for the record I don't think Suzie did such a good job with Roxanne on Tuesday night.

I love the chaos and it seems there definitely was some with J.D. I'm looking for some "real" reality show strategy now and hoping the rock stars form some sort of alliance to stick him with the worst song possible each week. That would be awesome.

I was totally fine to see Neil get the boot. He just wasn't good and I'm sure his dance moves would have gotten old. The goodbye speech that INXS (drink) gives is ridiculous and then fact that they are like come over for a goodbye is funny to me since from the show it seems the band and the contestants have very little contact.

Lastly it seems we have a new catchphrase:

1st: You're Fired
Now: You are just not right for our band..........INXS (drink).

Ohhhh J.D!

So 13 people is still a lot for me to deal with on Rock Star: INXS. There are too many people to keep track of who's who and too many people I would eliminate and you know aren't going to make it, but a few more episodes.

I would like to see more on how they are choosing their songs. I mean I know they decide among themselves and that the songs are given to them, but I would be interested in seeing more of the process. I'm sure it's more involved than everyone really just getting along except for that one issue between those two women that came up Monday night.

How many times can the word INXS be said? It is going to become a drinking game, mark my words.

My prediction for the bottom three:

Marty - First he looks like the dude who was Hugh Grant's roommate on Notting Hill and secondly he wasn't that good.

Suzie - She just wasn't that good.

Neil - Well first of all he got screwed by having to sing Bryan Adams, secondly he was just awful awful awful. He looked like he was on drugs and his interaction with the INXS (drink) was awkward. It's too bad because he had that whole Rolling Stone thing going, the thing is that was/is his only bit.

Alternate - Purple Haze girl or R.E.M girl although I feel like America will feel like the R.E.M chick got screwed so maybe leave her alone.

Now on to J.D. OOOOOOH J.D. why did you have to speak. First show I didn't like you because you were too manic. Last week I thought yo did a really good job and toned it down. I was happy with your Alanis this week and you showed just the right amount of angst....THEN you had to go and suck up to INXS (drink) and diss all your housemates at the same time. What you said didn't even make sense. While they were watching the band you were loving the band. You should have just taken the compliment and left and felt no need to "give one back." Now living in the house is going to be awkward and they had even toasted you last week.

What a lot of the contestants are forgetting is that this is a competition. So in theory they will be working with the band at some point. Therefore the sexual innuendos, the sucking up, etc is ridiculous. You want to be respected. I feel like some of the women would slut themselves out to win this competition and that comes across, such poor strategy.

Two Episodes in a Row

The UPN has finally figured out to show Veronica Mars in chronological order. Or at least two episodes, we'll see what happens next week. I mean I get that it's the summer and needs to be shortened, but still.

Another New Show

And by this I mean, Hooking Up on CBS. For those of you not familiar it is about tracking people who are doing online dating. It follows them on different dates and the such. It is not even worth doing a good/bad because it's mostly bad, yet intriguing. More specifically, I'm sure I'll watch it again. Let's break it down another way (relates to multiple women):

Funny:

On first date guy asks girl if she shaved her arms and then pretends to wipe something off her cleavage.

Girl gets cake and doesn't think you are a stalker freak and run away, in fact tells you she is looking for a husband and says she is really into you. (See things that make you a loser below for more context)

Girl complains guy on date is only looking at her cleavage, yet she is wearing a low neck/open shirt with tattoo between breasts pointing down to said cleavage.

Girl thinks the idea of going out with a Fabio is sexy and attractive (See things that make you a loser below for more context)

Man asks woman on first date if "she needs some love"

Things That Make You a Loser:

Woman is afraid of putting her picture online or giving her real name--YET she is on a national television show

Find out that the girl you are going out had a birthday yesterday, get her a cake, get her back to apartment to give her cake...(Now see funny up above)

Comparing yourself to Fabio (Now see funny up above)

Things I didn't Know:

You can "rent" horses in NYC and ride them through the streets (albeit with a bike helmet.)

There are men that if you say you are looking for a husband on the second date don't run screaming.


Things that Bother Me:

That it makes woman look like they are desperate and eager for something and even though the men are in the same boat I think the women are the ones that look weaker. Would like to see men more on the pursuing side. Makes it seem that women need men.

They Had Come So Far....

Last week we left off with Chuck and Caitalin (or however you spell her name) winning the $250,000 on Beauty and the Geek and feeling all warm inside because the social experiment worked. After watching the hour too long reunion I felt everyone was either fake or dumb and I definitely lost that lovin' feeling.

First off I must give props to my boy Joe. I love him. He is such a cutie and he should put his virginity up on ebay he would get many takers. In fact I'm not so sure he doesn't and this whole blushing/boyish thing is just an act.

Secondly, the make-up people. Were they working on this show because Chuck looked awful. Aside from that he did an awful job covering up his disdain and hatred for Scarlet.

It's clear to me that Brad and Erin are going nowhere and Lauren is the dumbest person on the show. I think that that girl who asked Sean (aka big teeth) if he were dating was the actual girl he has been dating. They gave each other a look after the question as if to say, "good job honey, thanks for making me look good."

Keeping up the Reality

Now onto the other reality show of the night Rock Star: INXS

The Good:

America votes on the bottom three, but ultimately INXS chooses who goes home

None of that American Idol bullshit with going through each person "you're safe." Get down to business. (although there was that J.D. bit, but I'll forgive that)

Bottom three sing an INXS song (how do they learn it so quick?) - Great marketing buildup, and developing of new audiences.

Will going home. His voice was just bad.


The Bad:

Dave Navarro sits on some sort of throne

Daphne wasn't in the bottom three

Not bad yet, but the goodbye's each week could become repetitive and cheesy.

Something New to Watch

Rock Star: INXS on CBS.

The Good:

Type of music
America votes
Judges who can claim to have real musical talent, ie not Paula Abdul
Sure to be lots of drama
No 18 year old singers from Oklahoma/Alabama, wherever
The mansion
It's the summer and not much else is on
No sign of Seacrest, or previously mentioned Abdul
Quick elimination (or for the one episode anyway)
No "What's up daawwwg"

The Bad:

On three days a week
Some of the musicians
Dave Navarro (Red Hot Chili Peppers) provides his opinion when he is supposed to be a liaison

Early Prediction:

A guy will win and be the new lead singer of INXS.

I'm Back...

I haven't been writing not because I haven't been watching television, but because the shows have not been eliciting a lot of things for me to say. That's summer television for you. I am looking forward to the Beauty and the Geek reunion this Wednesday night. Plus I should voice my annoyance with Veronica Mars. UPN is re-playing the show this summer to get people into it. I thought it would be fun to watch to see if I liked it since it gets such good press, the problem...THEY ARE SHOWING IT OUT OF ORDER...this is infuriating.

Sunday Shows

I really like Six Feet Under tonight. It was nice to see Patricia Clarkson and gang again. Although I actually saw her a few months ago around the corner from my house, however it was nice to see her on TV. I think I should start drinking a lot more wine and definitely out of the bottle. I would probably be a lot cooler and laid back.

For once, Nate and Brenda seemed like a normal couple. It was nice to have a little break from their drama. And for a SPLIT second Mia looked like a normal child and not the alien she normally is.

I think the highlight for me was Claire's pantyhose solo in her office and the depressing cubicle characters. It made me look back with "fond" business memories. And, any time you put a guy with turrets on TV it's always funny. (no offense to my turrets readers.)

Plus, there is nothing like a mother/daughter bonding moment when your mom is looking through your drawers for weed or even watching your mother-in law get high. Wasn't surprising that Claire didn't get the grant.

I liked the juxtaposition of the women not needing men and then Rico's wife "needing the man" to take care of the heavy house things. Although I actually didn't like that and felt all "woman hear me roar."

I also liked the ending with everyone saying goodbye to Felicia and ultimately I wondered if maybe Ruth was going to go back to George not out of love, but out of loneliness. I'm sure we haven't seen the last of him.

Entourage

I did like tonight's episode but I can't really tell you why. I loved when Drama got his ass kicked and it was clear Turtle was going to get his kicked as well. I thought Ari was at the top of his game tonight and like last season I feel like this one is building momentum at each episode. The one downside...the awful "commercial" at the end. What was that?!