April 5th, 2008 by 
Cory Barker, weekend
The Basics
Program: Scrubs
Network: NBC…for now
Starring: Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke, Donald Faison, Neil Flynn, John C. McGinley, and Judy Reyes
Last aired: Thursday, December 6
Return date: Thursday, April 10
Number of episodes remaining:6
April 4th, 2008 by
Cory Barker, weekend
The Basics
Program: LOST
Network: ABC
Starring: Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Terry O’Quinn, Naveen Andrews, Jorge Garcia, Michael Emerson, Elizabeth Mitchell, Herry Ian Cusick, and Harold Perrineau.
Last aired: Thursday, March 20 at 9 pm
Return date: Thursday, April 24 at 10 pm
Number of episodes remaining: 5
April 3rd, 2008 by
Cory Barker, weekend
The Basics
Program: Reaper
Network: The CW
Starring: Bret Harrison, Ray Wise, Tyler Labine, Rick Gonzalez, and Missy Peregrym
Last aired: Thursday, March 27
Return date: Tuesday, April 22
Number of episodes remaining: 5
April 2nd, 2008 by
Cory Barker, weekend
The Basics
Program: Smallville
Network: The CW
Starring: Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum, Kristin Kreuk, Allison Mack, Erica Durance, Laura Vandervoot, John Glover
Last aired: Thursday, March 27
Return date: Thursday, April 17
Number of episodes remaining: 5
April 1st, 2008 by
Cory Barker, weekend
The Basics
Program: House
Network: FOX
Starring: Hugh Laurie, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard, Jennifer Morrison, Jesse Spencer, Kal Penn, Olivia Wilde, Peter Jacobson, Lisa Edelstein
Last aired: Tuesday, February 5
Return date: Monday, April 28
Number of episodes remaining: 4
March 31st, 2008 by
Cory Barker, weekend
The Basics
Program:Supernatural
Network:The CW
Starring:Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles
Last aired:Thursday, February 21 [3.23 million viewers, second-highest of season]
Return date:Thursday, April 24
Number of episodes remaining:4
March 30th, 2008 by
Cory Barker, weekend
Most shows are on their way back finally, after they’ve produced a few episodes since coming back to work from the strike. Therefore, this blog should have much more action in the coming weeks.
Additionally, for the next week, I’m going to get people ready for new eps of some of their favorite shows. Each day, I’ll cover a different show: what we’ve seen, what we will see, when it’s back, etc.
Here’s the approximately schedule of programs I’ll be covering in the next few days:
Monday, 3/31: Supernatural
Tuesday, 4/1: House
Wednesday, 4/2: Smallville
Thursday, 4/3: Reaper
Friday, 4/4: LOST
Saturday, 4/5: Scrubs
So please, come back and check out overviews on each of those programs over the next few days! Things are finally going to be awesome on TV yet again. Unless you watch NBC.
March 10th, 2008 by
Derrick Carnes
So, the writers’ strike is hurting our TV content posthumously now. This “season finale” of breaking bad is actually just another episode. Due to the 3 month long writers’ strike, the season was cut short by two episodes, which will hopefully be aired at the beginning of the next season. Therefore, if you were expecting lots of plot twists, action, or suspense, you’re not going to get it with this “finale.”
The episode starts off with parents expressing their anger about the chemistry lab break in during a PTA meeting. Walter seems upset at first, seeing as how he’s the man who stole the chem equipment, but a shot underneath the table shows us his real motivation: feeling Skylar up and down. Later, they have sex in their car in the parking lot. When Skylar wonders aloud why it was so damn good, Walter say, “Because it was illegal.”
Although Walter made a deal with Tuco for 2 lbs. of meth a week, he quickly learns that this impossible, given his short ingredient supply. He gives Tuco 1/2 lb instead of 2, but promises to bring more during their next meeting. To fix the problem, Jesse and Walter break in to a chemical supply warehouse using thermite to melt the locked doors. Once they have everything they need, they begin using it to cook in Jesse’s basement, since the RV has broken down.
At Skylar’s baby shower, Marie presents her with a baby-tiara, incrusted with diamonds. The thing is utterly hideous, although it IS expensive. When Skylar tries to secretly return it, she is apprehended by the security guards and told that it was stolen. She barely makes it out without being prosecuted. She later confronts Marie, but Marie denies stealing the tacky jewelry.
At their next meeting, Jesse and Walter give tuco 4.6 lbs. of meth, and, although it has a blue hue, it is the same wonderful product. Tuco hands over $140,000, and promises them that they will make a lot of money together. When one of his guards makes an offhand remark, Tuco beats the man unconscious and possibly to death. This shows what kind of man that Jesse and Walter work for now.
The End. Yeah. I know. Kinda disappointing, eh? Well, I’m not sure when the next season is scheduled to air, but I’ll post it on here if I found out. Right now, AMC will be airing the first season all over again, starting with Episode 1, Sundays at 10:00 (9:00 Central).
I’m not really given any info about how many hits I get on this blog page every week, but to those of you who do actually read it, I give you my thanks. It’s been a good time, and hopefully we’ll be able to enjoy more seasons of Breaking Bad in the future.
Until then, good luck, and goodbye.
March 5th, 2008 by
Nathan Brown, weekend
Tonight, the basic premise was for Jones and Garcia to take a day long trip down to the US-Mexico border to help construct a fence. The fence would be built in eight feet sections by the hands of two cops from every county in every state. This would be enough to build a fence long enough to protect the entire border. Dangle thinks it will just be a good excuse for them to have a day off, sit around with their redneck friends, and drink beer.
When the show cuts to their arrival at the construction site, Garcia is wearing a shirt that says “Speak English” in bold letters. The rest of the team they’re working in conjunction with have on shirts with American flags or hard hats with old glory on them.
Introductions are made and they get to working on the fence. The work only lasts a few moments before it cuts to all of them standing in a line with semi-automatic and automatic weapons pointed at a rusted out abandoned car. After their barrels are emptied, Jones sets up a gas can to shoot with a beast of a machine gun. He misses completely- all four hundred rounds.
Officer Johnson is shown next giving her opinion on the fence building. She says she doesn’t care if your back is wet as long as your money is green. Jones and Garcia give an opposing view. They say they want to build the fence to keep out all the Mexicans so the next time they’re in a restaurant they’ll have white people for waiters.
The show ends with the arrival of a pair of men trying to illegally cross into the US. Garcia offers them forty dollars if they’ll finish building the fence for them. When it cuts to the final scene, one of the American men takes the last celebratory whack on a fence post and cheers resound. But, the Mexicans are on one side and the Americans are on another side. The camera pans to the Mexicans and follows a flag pole up- there’s an American flag. Jones, Garcia, and the rest of the men are on the Mexican side.
Garcia pulls the bottom of the chain-link fence up and says, “Come on boys.” Jones slips under first and a border patrol car immediately pulls up. “What are you fellas doin’?” the officer says. Jones takes off and it shows the rest of the men’s faces. They grimace and one of them says, “That boy must’ve had some military training. That was a sliding side tackle.”
March 5th, 2008 by
Peter Chen, weekend reviews editor
LAST WEEK: Tim visited everyone’s families and homes so that we could make fun of them. All was well. Chris and Rami runwayed for the last spot at Fashion Week. Rami won. Christian, Jillian and Rami go on to Fashion Week!
The challenge this week: Have an awesome collection. “Be fierce.” etc.
10:04 p.m.: Now that we’ve finally reached the true finale, let’s look at our fair contestants, with some odds…
Jillian - 3/1. Great variety and innovation, but I worry about the collection’s cohesion.
Rami - 2/1. I like his work the most from what we’ve seen, and he even has some exciting colors.
Christian - 2/1. I think he was the clear favorite, but the pieces that we’ve seen from his collection don’t thrill me or Tim. Changed very little from Tim’s visit and the over-confidence seems toned down.
There isn’t nearly as much cattiness in this final room as there may have been in previous seasons.
