Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Glee/No Ordinary Family/Sons of Anarchy/Parenthood

Glee – Never Been Kissed
     I just knew the kiss the bully laid on Kurt was Kurt’s first kiss, and I felt horribly for him because of that.  I loved seeing him happy and joyful when he went to spy on the all boys school glee club.  I wouldn’t blame him a bit if he decided to transfer to that school, but I would so miss him on Glee I don’t want to see him go.  I believe I have said this before, but I am going to say it again, if Chris Colfer doesn’t get nominated for an Emmy, and at this point I think he should WIN the Emmy, there is something wrong in Hollywood.  He is doing some incredible work this season, and I believe he has an amazing career ahead of him.
     I also felt badly for Beiste when she discovered the glee clubbers were using her to cool off during their make-out sessions.  She had every right to be hurt and even angry.  She was another person who had never been kissed and who was kissed by someone with no potential for the future.  I thought Will made a sweet gesture, but I hope Beiste didn’t read more into it than was intended.
     I was glad Puck was back, but he wasn’t the Puck he’s become over the last two seasons.  It’s like he reverted back to the way he was at the beginning of the show, and didn’t grow at all during Quinn’s pregnancy and giving their baby up for adoption.  I don’t believe that’s true, I believe he did grow, and we saw that growth, but it didn’t feel like it in this episode.

No Ordinary Family – No Ordinary Visitors
     Stephanie’s parents came to visit, and this episode was about the family trying to hide their powers from them.  Daphne discovered a new facet to her power, that when she touched someone, she got visual images of their memories.  She kept touching a boy in her class who’s family had been the victims of a home invasion, and she was able to see what he saw clearly.  She gave her father a description of the criminal; he sketched it and gave it to a detective, who then gave it to the news.  The criminal went back to the home to finish what he started and kill the boy, but Jim saved the day.  The boy saw Jim, knows what happened, but didn’t even tell Daphne.  Of course, she read his mind, but he knows how to keep a secret.  I have a feeling he may become a good friend to Daphne, maybe even date her, and she may actually be able to tell him about her family, since he already knows something is going on with Jim.
     Stephanie’s parents were annoying and condescending to both her and Jim, and had no interest in seeing the changes that have been going on.  They actually thought Jim was having an affair, because he was happy.  It was beyond rude, and I am glad Stephanie let them know they had crossed a line.  While they still don’t know about the family’s powers, at least they believe they are growing, and doing something good for the community:  volunteering with the homeless.

Sons of Anarchy – Firinne
     This episode moved things along to the conclusion of the Abel storyline.  There are only 3 episodes left this season, and it feels like there is still a lot left to do before the guys go home, but it felt like there was good progress today.
     Liam was finally found to be the rat, the one inside the club working for Jimmy.  SAMCRO was sure it was Liam and when McGee told them Liam had cleared out his place and disappeared they were certain.  Of course, McGee was the one who told Liam to clear out, not only for Liam’s own safety, but also for McGee.  He was hoping that if Liam went underground and escaped SAMCRO, maybe they wouldn’t figure out McGee was involved with Jimmy too.
     SAMCRO found out from Cherry that Liam had a warehouse he was renting, and showed up there.  McGee tried to warn him, but Liam didn’t get out in time, and Jax clotheslined him off his motorcycle.  It was a GREAT stunt and I rewatched it 3 times.  Once SAMCRO had Liam in their custody, they strung him up and allowed one of Father Ashby’s men to record his confession.  This entailed torturing Liam until he confessed, and then he gave up McGee too.  Once the confession was on tape Jax just matter-of-factly shot and killed Liam.  Then they went after McGee, Clay took his cut from him, and then pushed him off the roof.  The only one who has escaped so far, yet again, is Jimmy, but I hope like hell he will get what he deserves before SAMCRO goes back to the US.
     Finally, Ashby told Jax where to find Abel.  It will be interesting to see what Jax does with this information, and how he goes about getting his son back.  I really hope this storyline wraps up in the next two weeks, so the finale will have them back in California.
     The inevitable finally happened.  Jax and Trinity came VERY close to doing the nasty.  In this case I really mean that, since they are half-siblings.  If Gemma and Maureen hadn’t interrupted them they would have done it, and as Jax said “moved into Tig territory”.  While this is a pretty crazy storyline, it was also the one with the most humor in a pretty dark episode this week.  The most entertaining lines of this episode were about what almost happened.
     Tara and Margaret are being held by Salazar, and he wanted the Sons to kill Alvarez.  Instead, Tig, Chibs, and Kozik went to Alvarez, told him what was going on, and asked for his help.  They asked if he would put the word out on the street that they had killed him, and play dead for 24 hours.  Surprisingly, Alvarez agreed, and Salazar is likely going to fall for the plan.  Hopefully both Tara and Margaret get out of this, and it seems that Tara has decided she wants to have her baby, since she told Salazar she was pregnant, to stop him from kicking her.
     I am really looking forward to seeing how the season ends.

Parenthood – If This Boat is A Rockin’ 
     I have to be honest:  I watched this episode, but I didn’t retain much.  It was a fine ep, but I didn’t feel like any of the stories really went anywhere this week. 
     Sarah had sex in the back of a limo with her boss Gordon, and ended up not getting home until after 6:00 AM.  Drew woke up before she got home and got worried and upset, so he woke Amber, and then they both woke their grandparents.  The whole house was awake and aware when Sarah came in trying to pretend she just woke up, and her kids were pissed.  I understand them being worried, and she should have at least texted to let them know she was okay.
     Adam punched a guy out in the grocery store, because he called Max a “retard”.  He finally admitted he is angry all the time, and it actually felt kind of good to punch this guy out.  I am glad he punched him, the guy totally deserved it.  I just hope Adam can get his anger under control before something really bad happens.  My guess is his anger is going to continue to fester, Gordon is going to do something to hurt Sarah, and that coupled with Adam’s frustration with his job, is going to cause Adam to hit Gordon and lose his job.  Just a total guess and complete speculation, but I wanted to put it in writing here in case it actually comes to pass.
     Crosby and Jasmine find an apartment to move into, and because he will be moving off the houseboat, Crosby eventually decided to sell the boat.  It was a difficult decision for him, because he felt like he came of age on that boat.  I know it was sentimental to him and I understand that he was hesitant, but he realized in order to move forward with Jasmine he had to let go of the past.

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