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Monday, October 22, 2012

We watched Once Upon a Time, Dexter, The Walking Dead, and then Homeland. Revenge shouldn't have had to follow that.

Once Upon a Time- The Crocodile
In the first ten minutes, we knew we were going to like this one, despite its characterization problems. Belle, Rumpy, Rumpy's wife, cute preschool Bae, and guyliner-wearing Captain Hook. It was nice to see Helena Peabody from The L Word. She's so pretty. Her character, Milah, didn't totally gel for us. We liked that she regretted leaving Bae, but we need to know why she married Rumpy in the first place, and we also need a flashback episode with her where she isn't so heartless toward people she's not in lust with. Our confusion at Milah's behavior is nothing compared to our head scratching over Belle's father's antics. You can't just have people act crazy for no reason and have us believe them as characters. We don't think it was cowardly for Rumpy to turn down the duel (even though he's been cowardly in other episodes). It was smart, because if he had lost, who would raise Bae? We're glad Belle finally grew a pair. Librarian is the perfect job for her. This episode was a clever twist on the Captain Hook story, introduced a good new antagonist, and entertained us. If only Moe and Milah had acted like humans.
Episode grade: B

Dexter- Run
We didn't like the romantic feelings between Deb and Dex resurfacing, but seeing Deb bait that criminal until he confessed made us love her again. Deb was being ridiculous about the Rita stuff, and Deb's mostly upset about Dex because his condition means that he might not be able to love her. That forced suicide was so sad, but such a gripping scene. We also loved when Dexter was being chased through the rigged building by Speltzer. We are dying to know more about Hannah. The baddies are closing in. We love that Dexter has grown out of his blood slides, and Deb was "glad" that Dexter killed Speltzer. We are so happy with this show lately. What a comeback.
Episode grade: B+

Homeland- New Car Smell
WHOA. This is the action version of The Vampire Diaries. Whenever you think this show is going to drag something out, it hauls out gamechangers in the middle of seasons. This might be the biggest one so far. The previews for next week have us squealing, but let's talk about this week. Carrie is back in the game, hopefully permanently. We love the hot new guy, Peter. He's blunt and upfront, yet sympathetic and perceptive so far. Carrie will not back down, ever. Confronting him against orders was so right-on, and yet such an unwise move. We loved it though. Dana and Finn are perfect. Finally, a Finn we can get behind. This show is not afraid to change itself, move forward, and tell new stories, rather than repeat itself and keep us waiting for big, gripping scenes.
Episode grade: A+

The Walking Dead- Sick
How hilarious was it that the inmates didn't know half the world was wiped out? Hershel's daughters crying over him broke our hearts a little, so we're glad he lived. We're hoping he doesn't mope around, get all depressed about his leg, and drag everything down. It was disgusting when Carol practiced the C-Section on a walker. We guess that makes them useful for something. We're not Lori haters, believe it or not. We're kind of over people calling the AMC wives "bitches" and wishing they were dead. We're glad Rick was nice to her. It's weird to see Carl all independent and capable now, especially since he still speaks with that stilted, annoying tone so prevalent in child actors on TV. This season hasn't been boring yet! Yay!
Episode grade: B+

Revenge
We tried to watch this right after that great Homeland episode and only got 15 minutes into it. We think this show has lost its week-to-week status here. We will still watch it (it's worth watching), but we will do it five episodes at a time/let them pile up, and we'll talk about the season at the end. One of us hates this show and one of us won't blog it weekly alone.

7 comments:

  1. Once Upon a Time - I like it when the show delivers really good episodes. It makes the show feel less cheesy and more good. lol I thought last nights episode was pretty good. (Okay episodes on Once Upon a Time are mostly boring.)

    I think the problem with Revenge might be it's timeslot change. Too many good shows on that timeslot sort of ruin the good stuff on Revenge or something. It felt like a good show on Wednesday's. (or maybe not...idk)

    Dexter DEXTER DEXTER! Dexter is so so good this season (so far). I'm liking the badies this season...and the overall performances this season also seem to be better..Everything seems better this season! YAY!!! I just want to give Dexter an overall A now instead of the B- it was aiming towards. lol

    HOMELAND! One thing I was afraid of coming into this season was how much it was going to suck compared to the first season. I don't think I have to worry about that anymore. Each and every episode of Homeland has been really good so far....

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    1. Yall should check out Copper. That show is quality TV.

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    2. It's true. Revenge should happen Tuesday, Wednesday, or Friday nights and we'd totally be into it again. We'll put Copper on the list. Oh, that list. It's so insanely long, lol. Supernatural consumed our summer as far as checking out/catching up. One day, Homeland will suck. It's just that type of show. But not yet.

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    1. =( We hate disappointing youuuuuu. It burnssssssss!

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  3. Sunday night's episode of Revenge was so good! It definitely took more than 15 minutes to get interesting, but a lot happened in it and it was really good! (That's not me being biased though)

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    1. We believe you. It can have some great hours. That's why neither of us will drop it completely (like The Office or Gossip Girl). We're just not real-time following.

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