Thursday, December 09, 2004
Thursday Night TV Report
Thursday Night TV Report:
The O.C. -
This episode was sort of blah and sacrificed the witty, smart dialogue we are used to getting to make way for furthering several plot lines in an efficient manner. But this doesn't bother me because it needed to be done. We needed answers so we didn't have to hagle over pressing plot cliffhangers over the Holiday episodes. There were still enough good OC moments to make it a good episode.
Before I get to specifics from the episode, I need to dress two commercials.
First, are the Old Navy commercials not the most annoything things on TV, besides Pimp My Ride and Date My Mom?
Second, I want to be sure that the whole world knows that I am claiming Scarlett Johansson as "My Girl." It is common knowledge that The Rizz has more than several female celebs marked as "His Girls." Scarlett is mine. Did you see her in those Calvin Klein commercials? Not to mention Lost in Translation, Ghost World, and The Man Who Wasn't There. Love her.
The Show. I hope other people have noticed that Seth's and Ryan's plot lines are running parallel to each other.
At the beginning, both are courting women. The both get denied, Seth by Alex and Ryan by Lindsay. They both seem to nearly be rekindling things with their old flames, Summer and Marissa. Then, they both end up with the girl they began the show chasing. As soon as Lindsay entered the poolhouse, you knew Alex would reappear with Seth. Something will be mentioned on the show about this, or it will have some impact in the future. Watch.
Back to Seth and Alex. When Seth quit his job at The Baitshop, which should have happened long ago, did anyone else feel like they were their little cousin playing Nintendo watching him leave? Here is what I mean. You know when a beginning video game player, I say that as if I play a lot; I never play, is trying to steer a character on the screen and they are turning the entire controller as if that will help them move the character on screen, as opposed to just using the joystick, or sometimes they may use body language too. That is how the living room at The 213 was when Seth was leaving. We were urging the exit to continue, a turn-around would have been disasterous.
A few lines:
Julie Cooper, walking in on Marissa and DJ: "Marissa! The yard guy?!?"
Seth Coen, after Alex-diss: "You just kissed the beer guy..."
Now for a really good OC moment. Seth is on the couch, not getting ready for the dance. Sandy and Kirsten, being the parents they are, were not about to let this happen. They sat on either side of him and asked questions about the Kung Fu movie that was on. Excellent, excellent, stuff.
A line. Summer, at the dance, Seth wants to dance: "Fine, but no tongue."
And playing at the dance? Bob Dylan's "Lay, Lady, Lay." Does that make sense? No. But it's a good song.
Ryan and Lindsay. It was never a question of if, just a question of when.
Another good OC thing, Lindsay's Freud slippers. Funny, for geeks. I'm a self-admitting Geek. Capital "G."
Zach ordered Yoohoo at The Baitshop. One more time. Zach ordered a Yoohoo. What???
Then he returned to the "SnO.C. Winter Wank off" to deliver a really lame punch to the face on Seth. Comedic though. "I've never hit anyone before."
Alex cleans Seth up, much to Summer's dismay, and says, "I can take it from here."
Zach is combo of Luke and Seth. He is taking Luke's place in the plot lines, and delivering some Seth-like lines. The lines gotta go, give him his own thing, but the characer is needed.
A line. Seth, back at the The Baitshop, post punch: "I was about ready to bring the hurt."
Lindsay, rambling, red dots, slipper, talking to much, kissing, video games, soda, kissing, Ryan.
Jimmy and Julie kissing? What the fuck. This we didn't need. If Marissa sees this she is going off the pier wearing cement blocks for shoes.
And, of course, to make perfect "OC Sense," Rachel Wheeler is Lindsay's mom. I can honestly say this surprised me, but it really shouldn't have. All the characters are connected somehow right now, except for Zach and DJ, which leads me to believe they won't be around real long.
I am predicting not this episode but the next one is the Marissa's lesbian side's debut. I'm looking forward to it, are you?
CSI:
CSI: was excellent tonight. But Heed brought up a good point, they left two murders unsolved. And where was Grissom the whole time? When are they re-uniting as one shift? I like the Greg Sanders character more every week.
Not only is CSI the best show on TV, it also has to be the hardest one to write, bar none. Great shit.
Until Later.
The O.C. -
This episode was sort of blah and sacrificed the witty, smart dialogue we are used to getting to make way for furthering several plot lines in an efficient manner. But this doesn't bother me because it needed to be done. We needed answers so we didn't have to hagle over pressing plot cliffhangers over the Holiday episodes. There were still enough good OC moments to make it a good episode.
Before I get to specifics from the episode, I need to dress two commercials.
First, are the Old Navy commercials not the most annoything things on TV, besides Pimp My Ride and Date My Mom?
Second, I want to be sure that the whole world knows that I am claiming Scarlett Johansson as "My Girl." It is common knowledge that The Rizz has more than several female celebs marked as "His Girls." Scarlett is mine. Did you see her in those Calvin Klein commercials? Not to mention Lost in Translation, Ghost World, and The Man Who Wasn't There. Love her.
The Show. I hope other people have noticed that Seth's and Ryan's plot lines are running parallel to each other.
At the beginning, both are courting women. The both get denied, Seth by Alex and Ryan by Lindsay. They both seem to nearly be rekindling things with their old flames, Summer and Marissa. Then, they both end up with the girl they began the show chasing. As soon as Lindsay entered the poolhouse, you knew Alex would reappear with Seth. Something will be mentioned on the show about this, or it will have some impact in the future. Watch.
Back to Seth and Alex. When Seth quit his job at The Baitshop, which should have happened long ago, did anyone else feel like they were their little cousin playing Nintendo watching him leave? Here is what I mean. You know when a beginning video game player, I say that as if I play a lot; I never play, is trying to steer a character on the screen and they are turning the entire controller as if that will help them move the character on screen, as opposed to just using the joystick, or sometimes they may use body language too. That is how the living room at The 213 was when Seth was leaving. We were urging the exit to continue, a turn-around would have been disasterous.
A few lines:
Julie Cooper, walking in on Marissa and DJ: "Marissa! The yard guy?!?"
Seth Coen, after Alex-diss: "You just kissed the beer guy..."
Now for a really good OC moment. Seth is on the couch, not getting ready for the dance. Sandy and Kirsten, being the parents they are, were not about to let this happen. They sat on either side of him and asked questions about the Kung Fu movie that was on. Excellent, excellent, stuff.
A line. Summer, at the dance, Seth wants to dance: "Fine, but no tongue."
And playing at the dance? Bob Dylan's "Lay, Lady, Lay." Does that make sense? No. But it's a good song.
Ryan and Lindsay. It was never a question of if, just a question of when.
Another good OC thing, Lindsay's Freud slippers. Funny, for geeks. I'm a self-admitting Geek. Capital "G."
Zach ordered Yoohoo at The Baitshop. One more time. Zach ordered a Yoohoo. What???
Then he returned to the "SnO.C. Winter Wank off" to deliver a really lame punch to the face on Seth. Comedic though. "I've never hit anyone before."
Alex cleans Seth up, much to Summer's dismay, and says, "I can take it from here."
Zach is combo of Luke and Seth. He is taking Luke's place in the plot lines, and delivering some Seth-like lines. The lines gotta go, give him his own thing, but the characer is needed.
A line. Seth, back at the The Baitshop, post punch: "I was about ready to bring the hurt."
Lindsay, rambling, red dots, slipper, talking to much, kissing, video games, soda, kissing, Ryan.
Jimmy and Julie kissing? What the fuck. This we didn't need. If Marissa sees this she is going off the pier wearing cement blocks for shoes.
And, of course, to make perfect "OC Sense," Rachel Wheeler is Lindsay's mom. I can honestly say this surprised me, but it really shouldn't have. All the characters are connected somehow right now, except for Zach and DJ, which leads me to believe they won't be around real long.
I am predicting not this episode but the next one is the Marissa's lesbian side's debut. I'm looking forward to it, are you?
CSI:
CSI: was excellent tonight. But Heed brought up a good point, they left two murders unsolved. And where was Grissom the whole time? When are they re-uniting as one shift? I like the Greg Sanders character more every week.
Not only is CSI the best show on TV, it also has to be the hardest one to write, bar none. Great shit.
Until Later.
