Funny lines and interesting or annoying plot points of the week:
Cashmere Mafia
Mia finally admitted that she believes Jack will rethink his mistake and chose to send him a message through one of her men's magazines, telling him not to be intimidated by her power and ambition. Caitlin decided to not stress about her lesbianism. Zoe poked her nose where it didn't belong and ended up promoting her annoying slutty assistant. Juliet decided she couldn't cheat, but still made her husband think she did. And she also made her priorities pretty clear when she confronted his lover for spreading the girls' secrets on a Gawker-like blog: "It's one thing to screw my husband, it's quite another to screw with my friends." Declarations like that run amok in this show's dialogue and I wish it would stop. No one actually talks like that. The only thing that's got me tuning in this week is Mia's parents setting her up with some cute Asian guy and making Jack jealous. It'll be interesting watching Mia fake her Asian-ism to please her parents.
Ugly Betty
Daniel's mom gets set free, Betty gets all slutty because of poisonous perfume, and Gio falls for Betty even more. Meanwhile, Christina decided to have Wilhemina's baby, even though she said, "My uterus is officially closed to devil spawn." She was the funniest of the episode, especially when she told Betty: "Well look who went from flirty to dirty," after she practically molested Henry in front of an elevator full of people. But of course Amanda had to make me laugh with her subtlety. When Betty asks, "You did the right thing. Feels good doesn't it?", Amanda responds "Eh, it'll pass," like it's gas or something.
Friday Night Lights
The main story of the night was Smash's interracial relationship. Apparently, his mom and his girlfriend's parents informed them at a cute meet-and-greet dinner that it's unwise to mix races. Before they got into that conversation, his girlfriend's younger sister mentioned their Wii and he was really excited about it. So when they burst his jungle fever bubble, I almost felt like I saw the question: "So....I can't play with the Wii?" pop up in his head. But the situation doesn't end there. When they go to a theater frequented mainly by white people, he gets into an altercation and punches some kid half his size in the face. Another archaic belief that was bustling around in the episode was that wives should stay home with the kids. Tammy was not having it, but thankfully neither was the coach. However, he still had to help her let go of Gracie and finally enroll her in day care so she could go back to work. It was really funny when she watched Gracie leave, because Gracie--being a baby--doesn't look back, which prompts Tammy to say, "I think she's totally over me." And of course coach's: "If daycare screws her up, she's always got you to counsel her" didn't hurt. Carlotta had to leave for her home country in a hurry, breaking Matt's heart. It was really adorable when she took him to a quincenera and he was counting his dance steps aloud. But the highlight for me was Riggins pranking Lila on her Christian radio show, because right after Street got him to stop he asks him "Is that how you tell her you like her?", and Riggins' face drops. He was like "How did you notice?" DUH! He tries to make up for it by bringing her flowers, but then he caught her kissing her on-air partner (Matt Czuchry from "Gilmore Girls"). No worries, next week's preview shows him professing his undying love. Oh yeah!
What's new this week (of what I watch):
Monday: Prison Break, Kyle XY, Wildfire, Sarah Connor Chronicles, Notes from the Underbelly, October Road
Tuesday: One Tree Hill, Carpoolers
Thursday: Chuck (8pm & 10pm), Ugly Betty, Big Shots
Friday: Friday Night Lights, Monk, Psych
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