Boston Legal, Season 4, Episode 6: another strong one. The opening was very reassuring that BL hadn't lost all of its wackiness, as a witness got a little overboard with her "narration" of a shooting incident. The case that this narration is about comes to a satisfying conclusion as the ice cold "revenge mother" finally gets a chance to thaw a little. As Alan and Whitney inform her "when you let them see a real person, you can begin to get the jury (or in this case, the audience) on your side." Also enjoyable was the appearance of, well, a female version of "Hands" who was too attached to her electric router box. The On the down side the writers also tried (and failed) to give Lorainne something to do. She barely tries to silence Denny as he goes overboard; she just sighs and looks down. Come on. She's a beautiful woman; she should be able to make Denny Crane of all people stop talking with a single smoldering glance. Grade: A-
The Colbert Report: very funny, but not his best. Grade: B+
The Office, Season 4, Episode 7: very funny. Just when you think Michael Scott couldn't be a bigger (or should that be smaller?) loser, he keeps topping himself. The only bad thing about this week was the ending; is it me, or is Jim starting to be a little too comfortable with Michael? Yeah, he's always had a tiny bit of respect for Michael (for the fact that he is incredibly, stupidly loyal) but they were borderlining on friendship in the final exchange of the episode. Halloween was last week guys, stop with the scares. Grade: A-
30 Rock, Season 2, Episode 5: Another home run. Everything worked, from David Schwimmer as an overzealous mascot for "going green", to Kenneth's house party (the flash back of Liz and Kenneth alone was hysterical) to Al Gore playing himself and almost stealing the show with one killer (and self parodying) line: *odd expression* "I'm sorry Ms. Lemon; I sense that a whale is in trouble some where. I must go!!" Normally, I can't stand Al Gore and I'd want to smack him with a wrench, but here I must concede that he was genuinely funny in his 2 minutes on screen. I honestly can't express how much I love this show right now.... Grade: A
Ugly Betty, Season 2, Episode 7: Now to the opposite of love. Well, not quite that far, but this show still has some work to do to get back to where it was. The characters are still great, but the story/ies are, for the most part, crap. For starters, Betty and Hilda have switched places; Betty's now the annoying, whiny, I-have-trouble-watching-the-screen-when-her-stories-are-in-focus, character, while Hilda is waaaaaaaaaaay more likeable. Marc and Amanda remain great but somewhat underused, and Wilhemina is wonderfully evil as always....and then there's Victoria Beckham. 30 Rock was a perfect example of how to make the most of limited screen time with a guest star, while Ugly Betty was the "how not to" version. We're constantly told that Beckham is constantly stealing Wilhelmina's thunder, and she does.....one measly time. The rest of the time she's just out partying. It's kind of hard for her to make Wilhelmina look back if she's not remotely close to her for the contrast. Grade: C+
Scrubs, Season 7, Episode 3: further proof that this show is determined to go out on a high note. Very well done and hilarious. Easily the best part was watching JD bicker with his brother while Turk flailed in the background while being assaulted by angry wasps. The show, with it's occasional odd fantasy-ish sequences isn't the most realisitic doctor show out there, but it does know how to provide the oh so essential medicine of laughter. Grade: A
The Sarah Silverman Program,Season 2, Episode 6: one of her best episodes. The chemistry between Sarah and her maid, Dora, was great, especially at the end in the big "escape". Grade: A-
South Park, Season 11 Part 2, Episode 6: great satire of the video game Guitar Hero as well as a great satire of any and every movie that deals with the troubles of being a "star". Grade: A-
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