Funny lines and interesting or annoying plot points of the week:
Big Shots
Brody tried to hide his secret apartment filled with manly stuff from his wife and she tainted it with her competitive streak--beating him at basketball and Guitar Hero. The boys were, naturally, surprised that Brody even had a place of his own. As Duncan said, "You rented an apartment for your balls?" But apparently, it's really important for guys to have some time to themselves. Their toys are so treasured that when he arranged for a guy to "dispose" of his toys after telling his wife he no longer required such an apartment, the guy returned everything as Brody planned and specified his carefulness with the foosball table: "I carried it like it was my own child." Meanwhile, Duncan fought off his wife's need for revenge, reacquainted himself with Terrence's sister, who he once slept with, and got an eerie message from his fake son requesting approval of his murderous actions. Karl finally told his wife that he cheated on her and then discovered that he impregnated both his mistress and his wife. Last, but not least, Katie almost quit her job so she could be with James, but instead they decided to throw caution to the wind and flaunt their happiness in front of their coworkers. Sounds like trouble.
Friday Night Lights
Smash was accused of assaulting a racist white teenager and instead of following his mother's advice to keep out of the press and stand by his on-air apology, he reacted rashly towards the teenager's persistent accusations and got himself suspended from the last 3 games of the season--leaving it to the rest of the team to make it to State. This could screw over his acceptance to TSU. Landry got a phsyics partner who just so happened to be a quirky girl who loves the same music as him and is as ingenious as him. Apparently, Tyra suddenly realizes that she and Landry are an odd match when she gets insanely jealous...but of course keeps her mouth shut. And the highlight of the night, Riggins gets beat up by his meth dealer buddy for stealing $3,000 from him and is given a deadline to return it. He chooses this opportunity--when his face is all bloodied--to go to Lila's church and beg her to come over that night. When she arrives, he stutters for a while before confessing his emotions for her. When she rejects him, he demands that she look him in his eyes and say she doesn't have feelings for him and when she does, you can visibly see the heartbreak. Nonetheless, the next day she comes over and drops off $3,000 so he can pay off the meth dealer. Hmmm.
One Tree Hill
I miss Gossip Girl and it seems that Brooke's mom is on the wrong show, because she was acting as remarkably bitchy as Serena's grandmother. If you watch that show, then you know that granny doesn't approve of broke ass Dan. And in the same fashion, Brooke's mom tears Lucas a new one, criticizing his high school love affair with her and pretty much calling him a loser. And Lucas' reaction: "Did she just...?" Peyton sympathizes with him saying, "...Verbally punched you in the goodies? Yeah, that's how she stays high." Keep that kind of dialogue going and maybe this season won't be so much of a snooze fest. It was certainly spiced up by Peyton's sudden desire to flirt with the bartender at Brooke's store opening and Lucas' need to inform her that the guy is "not good enough" for her. Naturally, Peyton flipped and demanded that he never say that to her again, since he has no right to control who she dates. That budding love triange mixed with Mouth's unwise relationship with his manipulative boss and Haley's sudden decision to produce for artists on Peyton's label overrides the truly annoying addition of a Nathan-double who just can't stop being obnoxious. I'll take Chris Keller (Tyler Hilton) over this guy any day.
Cashmere Mafia
Zoe finally one-ups her annoying former assistant, showing her who's boss. Caitlin starts to realize that lesbianism is not the "easy dating." It's just as hard and involved and complicated as any other type. So, naturally, she gets smitten over a guy she meets during a baby shower. Juliet decides to divorce her husband after she finds out he used all of their funds for his business without tell her. But the best part of all was when Mia went on a blind date her mom set her up with who happened to be a hot Asian brain surgeon. He had the audacity to end the date with a handshake, which practically threw her off her rocker. She was very obsessive over it at lunch with the girls until Jack walked into the room with some news anchor chick and said he'd see her at a dinner that their mutual friend was throwing. Once he left, the girls immediately pounced. Zoe said, "You're not going to that thing alone." "Not if he's going with that thing," Juliet asserted. And Caitlin brought it on home with her Jersey-tude: "Do you wanna go to that party alone with that talking head of a slut throwing you shade? I don't think so." [I swear, those executives think she is the equivalent of having a black person on the show.] So in the end, she asks the surgeon on a date and when he kindly reveals that he's not really attracted to Asian women, she begs him to fawn over her at a dinner to make Jack jealous. He obliges if only to meet the impressive world traveler of a host. But by the end of the farce, he was smitten and Mia officially has a new guy...well until the next episode, where from the previews I gather she's found herself a new boy toy in the form of Zoe's manny.
Chuck
Oh, double-dose of Chuck. Too much happened, watch it on nbc.com. Read my favorite quotes:
Captain Awesome hears Ellie saying "awesome" and he says: "It gives me chills to hear you say it."
After learning that Casey was once in love, Chuck reveals: "For a long time I thought Casey was built like a Ken Doll..you know, down there."
The boys at the store get Captain Awesome to play poker with them, but he's unaware that it's strip poker and bails as soon as he finds out. The Indian guy then says: "We gotta get that guy's pants off." [A sentiment I'm sure all female (and some male) viewers share.]
Chuck figures out that several Russian criminals are gathering at a hotel nearby and he dubs the occasion a: "douchebag convention," fittingly.
When Chuck pries into Casey's love life, Casey gets a little peeved, hoists him up, and proceeds to gently choke him. Chuck protests, gurgling out: "You're hurting the Intersect."
When Casey finally admits his feelings for Ilsa, his supposedly deceased love, Chuck over-animates screaming "It's ALIVE!" [This might be an insider reference to the fact that Zachary Levi was supposed to be in the Broadway musical Young Frankenstein, but he turned it down to play the lead in Chuck.]
When Captain Awesome and Ellie have a big argument, leading to Awesome vacating the premises, Morgan ends up comforting Ellie. She snuggles up on him on the couch and he rightfully mumbles: "I thought we issued a no-touch policy back in 98." Interesting policy.
Morgan was also hilarious when Chuck refused to let him play the new videogame prototype that arrived in the store: "I'm almost at the age where I need to get my prostate checked annually." Yeah, that's not a big selling point. It just means you're old.
When Captain Awesome decides to propose to Ellie, he asks Chuck to hold the ring, saying: "I always knew you could handle my family jewels." Awesome!
This week tune in for new episodes of...
Monday: Kyle XY, Wildfire, October Road
Tuesday: One Tree Hill, Carpoolers
Thursday: Lost, Smallville, Eli Stone
Friday: Friday Night Lights, Monk, Psych
Also, the new series "In Treatment" will be premiering on HBO Monday and will have a new episode every night at 9:30pm.
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