Glee/No Ordinary Family/Sons of Anarchy

Glee – Britney/Brittany

     It took me a minute to realize Brittany wasn’t Ms Spears in the first fantasy song sequence when she went under general anesthesia the first time.  It’s Brittany bitch!

     I love how drug-hazy they all were when they came out of the general anesthesia.

     Now I am going to show my age a bit:  I have no idea if the dream/Britney fantasies were shot for shot recreations of her videos.  If they were, it was genius! 

     Terri was back!  It was only a brief scene, but it was great to see her.   I am not a Terri fan, but I am a Jessalyn fan, so it was fun to see her looking pretty fierce.

     Jacob Ben Israel’s scene of, ummm, pleasuring himself in the library was gross.  As I am sure it was meant to be.  I didn’t enjoy it at all, but I think it was a good scene for Sue.  She told Will how much she disliked the idea of the glee club doing Britney, and that is what pushed him to allow it.  It also pushed him to go too far, and decide to perform with them.  I thought the performance, as well as Jacob and his friend’s reaction to it, were a bit over the top and uncomfortable.  At least Will admitted it was inappropriate.  I did love Sue pulling the fire alarm and getting injured.

     Overall, I thought it was a strong episode, not their best but not their worst.  I enjoyed the music, and it was great to have John Stamos back on my TV.  How does that man just keep getting hotter and hotter?  He either has great genes or an amazing surgeon!

No Ordinary Family – Pilot

     Another ABC show, another plane crash, another dead pilot.

     Jim felt weak in his life, and got super strength, and maybe not invincibility but he also didn’t get injured upon landing, or when he caught the balls and bullets, and he didn’t die when he got shot.  Stephanie felt like she had no time for her life, and she gained super speed and a super metabolism.  Daphne felt like no one listens to her and she can now hear other people’s thoughts.  I liked her reaction, saying that she doesn’t want new abilities, high school is hard enough as it is.  JJ’s power took longer to kick in, but when they did, the “stupid” kid was suddenly the smartest kid in the room.

     Jim and Stephanie’s relationship was very close to being broken.  Their marriage counselor must think they are completely insane.

     The bad guy having extraordinary abilities, and saying they are not alone before he died, was a pretty standard plot device.  I was a little disappointed in that, it would have been nice if there had been at least one episode before the bad guys had special powers too.  I thought the lair with wi-fi George created for Jim was great. 

     This one has potential.  I liked Heroes the first season, and this has a more family-centric vibe, but is similar. 

Sons of Anarchy – Home

     Opie made up for last week’s porn girl debacle by selling his Panhead and giving Jax the money to try to help find Abel. 

     I loved that Gemma would rather shave her head than go redhead.  That really made me laugh.  Tig telling Tara and Gemma they were killing him made me laugh and clap my hands.  I didn’t like Tig at first, he was a hard character to get to know, but over this time he has been with Gemma, I have really grown to enjoy him.

     Hal Holbrook broke my heart.  The fact that he didn’t remember Rose was gone and he had to move into the care facility, and Gemma’s reaction was devastating. 

     I was glad to know that the IRA faction that is against Jimmy-O is really interested in keeping the SoA Belfast in their wheelhouse, and that Abel is more being protected until they can figure out what to do, rather than being held captive or just given away.  They are all using that baby, one way or the other, but whatever keeps him safe is a good thing. 

Seeing him in that orphanage broke my heart though, and then cutting to Nate in the care facility was telling and sad.

     Maureen calling Gemma while she still didn’t know about Abel being gone and the chance that she had a heart attack is a great story point, but she needs to be able to tell them Abel is in Belfast SOON.  Also, her knowing who Maureen was is a great twist and I think it is going to flesh out nicely over the remaining episodes.

     Lastly, the song that was playing over Gemma arriving and the phone call and her passing out was Katey Sagal’s song of the season.  She has the perfect voice for this show, and for this type of song.  I thought it was a beautiful choice and excellently done.

I still have Parenthood on the dvr, but I won't get to it until tomorrow.  I am going to see Tony Orlando in conversation, in celebration of his 50th anniversary in show business.  I remember his variety show in the mid-70's and he was really my first celebrity crush (when I was 7 or 8 years old!).