Community - Origins of Vampire Mythology
This was one of Community’s more traditional, normal, and
season one-esque episodes. We prefer the high-concept spoofing episodes like the
Christmas specials, the one with the alternate timelines, the World of Warcraft
episode, and last week’s pillow fight documentary. This episode was more about
the crazy characters, their solid friendships, and their neuroticism and insecurities
(particularly Britta and Jeff’s). We loved the advancement of the Britta/Troy
pairing, which was hinted at earlier and needs to happen eventually. Jeff’s
speech at the end might have been less than subtle, but it’s a speech that most
women who love bad boys need to hear. Heck, it’s a speech we should all take to
heart.
Episode grade: B
Touch - Entanglement
This week, one of the random characters Martin needs to
help is a young Muslim woman fighting an arranged marriage. This is a country
where it’s against the law for women to drive, so we actually think she should
marry the guy, seeing as he is college educated and traveled the world. You
could do worse. Maybe he’s cultured? That story got even more interesting fast.
Halfway through, we see the most intriguing random character: a girl bent on
revenge. We love revenge stories! We loved what Martin said to her even more.
He shouldn’t have moved her after she was hit by that van though. Never move
anyone after an accident; you could hurt them more and then get sued.
It was weird that
when Martin looked up the Bible verse Exodus 22:22, he read the words next to a
number that clearly said four (not 22). He got the words of verse correct, but
what kind of funky Bible did they use for a prop? Someone berated a girl for
breaking a rule and used the phrase, “If you take out one brick, the whole wall
will fall out.” We say that if your beliefs or way of life rely on each piece
being concrete, they are too flimsy to stand. Things came together more
smoothly this week, and we didn’t see any people from previous weeks, so things
were less confusing. This is the kind of episode we want to see from this show.
It was emotionally satisfying and not too complex.
Episode grade: A-
Awake - Ricky’s Tacos
We liked the opening with the fast food drive-through. It
raises more questions. We also liked the new, big conspiracy that might provide
more overarching plot. The cases were decent too. Fat Neil from Community was
on this episode! This show is still extremely likely to be cancelled, and we
are upset about that. Still, keep watching, telling your friends, and spreading
the word on the internet that it is a good, original procedural. Talking to the
kid without a lawyer or parent made us raise our eyebrows. How would that fly?
Not that we hated it. They needed to get the little girl away from her father. Something
has to stop Michael from moving to Portland, right? Question: Say Michael was
actually living in parallel universes and each were equally real. If he hooked
up with another woman/married her in the universe where his wife was dead,
would that be morally wrong?
Episode grade: B
Grey’s Anatomy - Support System
After some bickering and cutesiness, Bailey, Teddy,
Arizona, and Callie have a girls night together. The residents panic over
their boards and use Lexie’s memory to help them study until Meredith takes
over and teaches them Callie’s method. Mark takes over as chief of surgery in
Owen’s absence. There are patients, blahblahblah. One of them teaches Meredith
that even when a friend says they don’t want comfort and support, they are
lying and you should always be there. Obviously the real drama in this episode
was Owen moving out after Cristina guessed his subconscious motive for cheating
on her. It was to hurt her like she hurt him when she aborted his baby. Owen
didn’t deny this, and that’s why he got the boot. He left with some “I’ll
always love you” speech, but Cristina is over boys for now. She needs to study
for her boards.
This prompted a lot of debating with our friends over
whether we would keep a husband around if he cheated (if he is anything less
than husband, it’s not even a discussion; it’s automatic). Cristina seemed
offended that it was just a one-night sex thing where he didn’t even remember
the girl’s name, but we think that’s less offensive than a relationship or long-term
mistress. We all agreed that we would never let a husband cheat twice and stay
with him. We also debated whether it is more hurtful to cheat or to abort a
baby the other spouse wanted. Cristina’s crime is more of a grey area, and she
does have the woman’s right to choose on her side. Owen’s is always wrong to
most people. We are really surprised he did that. Despite all the drama and the sad outcome of last night, we think
these two are endgame. They’ve spent three seasons fighting for this
relationship. It had better not be a waste of time.
Episode grade: B+
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