Sons of Anarchy/Glee/No Ordinary Family/Parenthood

Sons of Anarchy – Bainne

     Gemma is a bad ass!  And damnit if Katey Segal doesn’t get an Emmy nomination this year I am going to be royally pissed off.

     When Jax saw the people who wanted to adopt Abel, the longing in his eyes and heart was obvious.  He was seeing what could have been, what he wanted for himself as much as for Abel.  He was seeing the life he and Tara could have had, if not for the club.  It was heartbreaking, and if I didn’t see it right then, I certainly did when he walked into their hotel room and saw them dead.  When he laid the woman on the bed next to her husband, and they put Abel’s hat over their hands, he was also witnessing the death of that dream.

     Tara was awesome when she went after Salazar’s old lady, but I don’t understand why she didn’t just shoot him while he was completely distracted by her injuries.  I understand Tara isn’t really a stone cold killer, but she has had a hand in a couple of deaths already, so this really shouldn’t have been an issue for her.  She could have shot him easily, if not even to kill him, just so they could escape.  Then the woman died anyway.

     Finally!  Abel is in Jax’s hands and back with his family.  Our boys are on their way back to the US, and Maureen gave Jax a bit of a memento, old letters that JT sent her when he went back to Charming.  I will be interested to see his reaction to them when he reads them.  There is certainly a hint there that John had suspicions about Gemma and Clay.  As they got ready to come home, Tig called to tell them what was going on with Tara.  So, they didn’t even get to celebrate having Abel back on the trip home, they had to start worrying and planning before they even got back to Charming.

Glee – The Substitute

     I am not a big Gwyneth Paltrow fan, but I thought she was excellent in this episode.  Her voice was surprisingly good, and she really put it all out there. 

     I was so glad to see Kurt actually smiling in this episode.  He has been so angry, sad, and lonely; it was great to see him enjoying himself.  I am also glad he tried to get Mercedes to stop substituting their friendship for a romantic relationship, and I do hope that she will find someone to date.

     Will needs to get himself together.  Having sex with the ex happens, but Terri is pretty crazy, and I don’t think it was a wise idea.  I think she is going to cause him some trouble in upcoming episodes, which is good because it will keep Jessalyn on the show, but it makes me nervous for Will.

     Not a lot happened with the other characters in this episode.  It was really the Gwyneth hour, which was fine, but they really need to get back to our Gleeks.

No Ordinary Family – No Ordinary Mobster 

     Stephanie found out that it’s possible that they may lose their powers.  At the same time, who knows if that is true, because the woman who told her that was on Stephanie’s boss’s payroll and was paid to tell her what she said.

     Jim catches a bad guy, and the bad guy sees who Jim is, but before he can ID Jim The Watcher kills the bad guy with his mind.  For some reason though, The Watcher doesn’t tell his boss, also Stephanie’s boss (Dr. King) that he recognized Jim when he saw a photo of him.

     Dr King told The Watcher to get closer to Stephanie.  He finds a way in through Katie, who was about to be stood up on a first date with someone she met online, because it was JJ online and he couldn’t show up for the date, and didn’t find a substitute.  The Watcher showed up, and Katie assumed it was her date.  I have to say, while I get that it was a plot device, I have done some online dating, and would never meet someone that I hadn’t at least seen a photo of before the date.  Katie is smart, this would have been a stupid move, to not know what her date looks like before she met him, and I don’t think it worked for me.  It took me out of the story.

Parenthood – Put Yourself Out There

     It was a good, strong episode for Bonnie Bedelia.  She had some strong scenes with Craig T Nelson this week, and both of them showed how and why they are still acting so many years into their careers.  Zeek and Camille are still in counseling but they are not really making a lot of headway.  They both keep falling back into old patterns and behaviors, and I think they are both feeling very frustrated.

     Amber scored very high on her SATs and ended up meeting with a Berkley alumni as kind of a pre-application interview.  She got very nervous about it, but actually told the woman she was nervous, and why, and ended up doing very well in the interview.

     There was some stuff with Max, and the fact that he didn’t get invited to a classmate’s birthday party because she wanted to play games at her party and Max is a sore loser.  The best part of this story for me was that Kristina made a new friend with the mother of the girl.  It was good to see her bonding with another Asperger mother that is kind of on her same level.