Challenge: Design a look inspired by NYC. So we're back to being vague.
Michael chooses the Statue of Liberty, April and Mondo choose the Brooklyn Bridge, Andy does Central Park, and Gretchen picks the Lower East Side because she's a dirty hippie.
Why has it taken so long for Gretchen's underbite to bother me? I guess I've always known something was off about her, but just figured out what it was. It actually hurts my jaw to look at her now.
Mondo takes a nap during the challenge, but let's be real, people - he's HIV positive. Let the man with the weakened immune system nap when he needs to nap, OK?
OMG Michael does a killer Michael Kors impression!!! It's seriously amazing and freaky!
Michael's dress is gorgeous, but is it too simple? April and Andy's looks were good, but very typical of their work. Not just typical, but identical to stuff we've seen before. I guess Mondo's was typical Mondo too, but his style is just awesome so I forgive that. I liked the pattern of the fabric of Gretchen's skirt, but it's all pretty boring and blah.
The judges hammered Gretchen for falling off (she's tired, y'all!) and April for making the same damn dress over and over. They really liked Michael's so I guess it wasn't so simple after all.
Bye-bye: April. Damn, I really thought they'd give her the spot in the finale just because she's so young and she could be the dark horse candidate. But she's too repetitive, and Gretchen will be bitchier. So now it's up to Mondo to kick Gretchen's ass!
17 October 2010
15 October 2010
The Challenge: Cutthroat
When I found out that TJ Lavin was in a coma, I immediately had 2 thoughts. 1. TJ hates quitters, so if he dies does that mean he'll be disappointed in himself? 2. I haven't watched the new Challenge yet. So I'm watching the first episode as a kind of vigil for TJ.
Everyone lands in the Czech Republic. Jesus Christ, Brad and Paula are still doing these things? I don't know half these people because I've been out of the Fresh Meat and Real World loops for a while, but I know that Ayiiia has too many vowels in her name. Newbies always get kicked off first anyway.
Here are the updates that stood out to me: Brad and Tori got married - oh, I'm sorry, Brad got "wifed up". Can't wait to see them do a Challenge together once they're divorced! Melinda's here - she and Danny got married but now - SHOCKER! - THEY'RE GETTING DIVORCED!!! AHAHAHAHA. Of course. Katie has decided to get herself an education and plans to be a criminal profiler. Someone's been watching a lot of CSI in her spare time. Dan is "in recovery" so he doesn't drink. A Challenge probably isn't going to be the best environment for you, buddy. If anything, it's the ultimate test of sobriety. Good luck. And Abram has written a children's book. I hope that it's not about how to deal with anger issues.
Is holding elimination challenges in "The Gulag" culturally insensitive? Is the next step having them in "The Concentration Camp"? Seems inappropriate to me.
As usual, I zone out during the challenge rules. It's some overly-complicated puzzle... and it takes place in a gas chamber. Really? Episode 1 and my concentration camp challenge is already becoming a reality. Jesus Christ.
Voting people into The Gulag is done secretly now, so that's awesome. Sure enough, I have no idea who the first 2 guys and girls voted in are. That's awesomer because now I can really zone out and not care.
Bye-bye: Derek and Emilee. I hardly (as in, I didn't at all) knew ye. Emilee's parting words are a little something like this: "You win some, you lose some, but nothing's better than getting some, and I'm going home to get some cuz there's no one here to get some with." Wow, yeah, that about sums it up.
Get better, TJ!
Everyone lands in the Czech Republic. Jesus Christ, Brad and Paula are still doing these things? I don't know half these people because I've been out of the Fresh Meat and Real World loops for a while, but I know that Ayiiia has too many vowels in her name. Newbies always get kicked off first anyway.
Here are the updates that stood out to me: Brad and Tori got married - oh, I'm sorry, Brad got "wifed up". Can't wait to see them do a Challenge together once they're divorced! Melinda's here - she and Danny got married but now - SHOCKER! - THEY'RE GETTING DIVORCED!!! AHAHAHAHA. Of course. Katie has decided to get herself an education and plans to be a criminal profiler. Someone's been watching a lot of CSI in her spare time. Dan is "in recovery" so he doesn't drink. A Challenge probably isn't going to be the best environment for you, buddy. If anything, it's the ultimate test of sobriety. Good luck. And Abram has written a children's book. I hope that it's not about how to deal with anger issues.
Is holding elimination challenges in "The Gulag" culturally insensitive? Is the next step having them in "The Concentration Camp"? Seems inappropriate to me.
As usual, I zone out during the challenge rules. It's some overly-complicated puzzle... and it takes place in a gas chamber. Really? Episode 1 and my concentration camp challenge is already becoming a reality. Jesus Christ.
Voting people into The Gulag is done secretly now, so that's awesome. Sure enough, I have no idea who the first 2 guys and girls voted in are. That's awesomer because now I can really zone out and not care.
Bye-bye: Derek and Emilee. I hardly (as in, I didn't at all) knew ye. Emilee's parting words are a little something like this: "You win some, you lose some, but nothing's better than getting some, and I'm going home to get some cuz there's no one here to get some with." Wow, yeah, that about sums it up.
Get better, TJ!
14 October 2010
Fringe
Peter and Faux-livia are on a date, and it seems like Faux-livia might be catching feelings. Turns out that becomes the theme of the episode - people from the Other Universe taking on the emotions of the people whose lives they've taken over.
A Senator gets hit by a car and is rushed to the hospital. His heart isn't beating but he's still breathing. Then suddenly Newton busts in to take the body. In the process of running from Broyles, he shoots the Senator in the eye. The Senator bleeds mercury. Dun-dun-duuuuunnnn. The Senator's a shapeshifter, and they need to figure out how long he's been such, since he's had all kinds of security clearance.
Walter's running Massive Dynamic, which for him involves giving a crazy-ass presentation that ends in him pulling his pants down because he's hot (and high on LSD). He takes a break when he's pulled away to examine the shapeshifter's body, which he does... through the eyeball. *puke* During the course of his examination, he "reactivates" the body. He brings the body back to the Massive Dynamic lab to try to recover the thing's data source, its brain.
You know who I don't like? Sneaky-ass Faux-livia. Newton keeps calling her, and they'd better watch it or they're gonna get caught. Idiots. She tells him where he can find the reactivated body. Newton enlists another shapeshifter (damn, are there tons of them just living among us!?) to collect the body.
Meanwhile, at Massive Dynamic, Walter's going to use the Faux-Senator's emotional connection to his wife to lure out memories. She talks to the Senator as if he's in a coma or something, and eventually he shows neural activity. Suddenly he jolts awake and starts reciting a list of hotels they were going to stay in on a trip. Well, that's not helpful.
The shapeshifter ends up in an elevator with Walter and for a minute there I thought he wanted to take over Walter's body. No no no no no this just can't happen. They fight and I love how clearly panicked Peter is when he realizes Walter's been attacked. Yay Peter still loves his Papa!
The shapeshifter gets the data disc out of the Faux Senator's spine, but doesn't kill Walter. He doesn't want to have to shift to another body, because he's ended up falling in love with his wife and kid. His repayment for that weakness? Newton shoots him in the head. That heartless, emotionless bastard.
Peter and Faux-livia chase Newton down, and of course Faux-livia swipes the data disc off of him before taking him into custody. Bitch. Newton's in prison, and ingests something that Faux-livia brings him. As Faux-livia and Peter get it on back at her place, Newton falls to the floor of his prison cell, leaking mercury from his ears. So was that like a cyanide pill for shapeshifters? Is this the end of Newton? Sad - I liked that Gordon Ramsay lookalike.
Walter's Line of the Night: "Don't eat my pudding."
Walter's Food Thing of the Week: Candy buttons, the little candies on rolls of paper. But Peter brings him Red Vines instead.
This Week's Code: SHIFT.
I hate to say it, but I might enjoy this show more when it's in the Other Universe. After last week's amazing episode this one seemed like a letdown. The Other Universe has Charlie and My Olivia and Pizza Face. But of course, it doesn't have Pacey and My Walter.......
Three weeks til the next one??? What? A break already? Bollocks!
A Senator gets hit by a car and is rushed to the hospital. His heart isn't beating but he's still breathing. Then suddenly Newton busts in to take the body. In the process of running from Broyles, he shoots the Senator in the eye. The Senator bleeds mercury. Dun-dun-duuuuunnnn. The Senator's a shapeshifter, and they need to figure out how long he's been such, since he's had all kinds of security clearance.
Walter's running Massive Dynamic, which for him involves giving a crazy-ass presentation that ends in him pulling his pants down because he's hot (and high on LSD). He takes a break when he's pulled away to examine the shapeshifter's body, which he does... through the eyeball. *puke* During the course of his examination, he "reactivates" the body. He brings the body back to the Massive Dynamic lab to try to recover the thing's data source, its brain.
You know who I don't like? Sneaky-ass Faux-livia. Newton keeps calling her, and they'd better watch it or they're gonna get caught. Idiots. She tells him where he can find the reactivated body. Newton enlists another shapeshifter (damn, are there tons of them just living among us!?) to collect the body.
Meanwhile, at Massive Dynamic, Walter's going to use the Faux-Senator's emotional connection to his wife to lure out memories. She talks to the Senator as if he's in a coma or something, and eventually he shows neural activity. Suddenly he jolts awake and starts reciting a list of hotels they were going to stay in on a trip. Well, that's not helpful.
The shapeshifter ends up in an elevator with Walter and for a minute there I thought he wanted to take over Walter's body. No no no no no this just can't happen. They fight and I love how clearly panicked Peter is when he realizes Walter's been attacked. Yay Peter still loves his Papa!
The shapeshifter gets the data disc out of the Faux Senator's spine, but doesn't kill Walter. He doesn't want to have to shift to another body, because he's ended up falling in love with his wife and kid. His repayment for that weakness? Newton shoots him in the head. That heartless, emotionless bastard.
Peter and Faux-livia chase Newton down, and of course Faux-livia swipes the data disc off of him before taking him into custody. Bitch. Newton's in prison, and ingests something that Faux-livia brings him. As Faux-livia and Peter get it on back at her place, Newton falls to the floor of his prison cell, leaking mercury from his ears. So was that like a cyanide pill for shapeshifters? Is this the end of Newton? Sad - I liked that Gordon Ramsay lookalike.
Walter's Line of the Night: "Don't eat my pudding."
Walter's Food Thing of the Week: Candy buttons, the little candies on rolls of paper. But Peter brings him Red Vines instead.
This Week's Code: SHIFT.
I hate to say it, but I might enjoy this show more when it's in the Other Universe. After last week's amazing episode this one seemed like a letdown. The Other Universe has Charlie and My Olivia and Pizza Face. But of course, it doesn't have Pacey and My Walter.......
Three weeks til the next one??? What? A break already? Bollocks!
13 October 2010
Oh Happy Day
A new "Between Two Ferns" with Zach Galifianakis -- starring Bruce Willis! (Some brief NSFW language)
12 October 2010
The Event
Sean and the Female FBI Agent drive off, chased by the Phony FBI Agent. She shoots the phony dude in the neck as they drive. Booyah! Female FBI Agent wants revenge for all her dead buddies, so she wants to work with Sean to find that Kidnapping Bitch, Vicky. Guess what my main problem with this show is? I don't like Sean. He's a boring, whiny thing with awful facial hair. So I really don't care what happens to him. Or his girlfriend, who is currently tied up in a basement somewhere. Lucky for her, D.B. Sweeney drops a bottle on the floor and leaves some glass shards behind. Well, duh, wonder what she'll do with those?
The now-living, once-dead passengers of the flight are being questioned, but can't remember anything about the flight. The pilot remembers that the chick who threatened to kill his daughter - and forced him to fly the plane - was named Vicky.
The President gets a call from someone claiming to be responsible for pulling the plane from the sky. He wants all of the aliens released, or this time people will die. Vague threat is vague. So the President questions Sophia, telling her that he knows she killed one of her own that had planned to talk. Sophia tells him that the alien responsible is Thomas - a charismatic, intelligent, impulsive leader. She's all, You better do what he says.
That Annoying Prick Sean hacks into the National Intelligence Database to search for Kidnapping Bitch's aliases. They make some kind of leap that leads them to think she's in a house nearby. As they head for the door, this is clearly a Silence of the Lambs-style fakeout, but I appreciate the show for trying. Not. Sure enough, they've got the wrong house. Kidnapping Bitch isn't there, but her mother and son are. Jesus, but this show is full of plot contrivances. Good thing that kid was there, unsupervised, and good thing Sean was wandering around the house and ran into him, and good thing Sean had a picture of Vicky to show to the kid. They confront Vicky's mother and she gives them a phone number for Vicky.
Now we're back with the formerly-dead passengers, and they're all having nosebleeds. Well, that can't be good.
Just as she's about to be executed, Leila fights back, shoots at Vicky, and escapes. She finds a cop, who takes her to the local po-dunk station. It turns out that the kidnappers had set up her escape. They wanted her to call Sean, which she did. She had to leave him a message, though, because his cell phone battery is dead.
Tonight's flashbacks are of Sniveling Idiot Sean having Thanksgiving with Leila and her parents. They went a little something like this: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.
So what the hell do I do with this show? I don't care about any of the characters, and I find most of them annoying. Plus, when the show ended tonight I didn't realize it was actually the end and I was all, "That's it?" So I'm thinking that means I'm done with it.
The now-living, once-dead passengers of the flight are being questioned, but can't remember anything about the flight. The pilot remembers that the chick who threatened to kill his daughter - and forced him to fly the plane - was named Vicky.
The President gets a call from someone claiming to be responsible for pulling the plane from the sky. He wants all of the aliens released, or this time people will die. Vague threat is vague. So the President questions Sophia, telling her that he knows she killed one of her own that had planned to talk. Sophia tells him that the alien responsible is Thomas - a charismatic, intelligent, impulsive leader. She's all, You better do what he says.
That Annoying Prick Sean hacks into the National Intelligence Database to search for Kidnapping Bitch's aliases. They make some kind of leap that leads them to think she's in a house nearby. As they head for the door, this is clearly a Silence of the Lambs-style fakeout, but I appreciate the show for trying. Not. Sure enough, they've got the wrong house. Kidnapping Bitch isn't there, but her mother and son are. Jesus, but this show is full of plot contrivances. Good thing that kid was there, unsupervised, and good thing Sean was wandering around the house and ran into him, and good thing Sean had a picture of Vicky to show to the kid. They confront Vicky's mother and she gives them a phone number for Vicky.
Now we're back with the formerly-dead passengers, and they're all having nosebleeds. Well, that can't be good.
Just as she's about to be executed, Leila fights back, shoots at Vicky, and escapes. She finds a cop, who takes her to the local po-dunk station. It turns out that the kidnappers had set up her escape. They wanted her to call Sean, which she did. She had to leave him a message, though, because his cell phone battery is dead.
Tonight's flashbacks are of Sniveling Idiot Sean having Thanksgiving with Leila and her parents. They went a little something like this: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.
So what the hell do I do with this show? I don't care about any of the characters, and I find most of them annoying. Plus, when the show ended tonight I didn't realize it was actually the end and I was all, "That's it?" So I'm thinking that means I'm done with it.
10 October 2010
Project Runway: Finally a BITCHY Episode
Challenge: Design activewear for Heidi's line. Yuck -- boring. Her line is super boring, it doesn't allow for full creativity, and the designers all hate the challenge. So at least it's funny to watch them get frustrated and hate their lives!
Mondo gets really bitchy with Heidi when she criticizes his work-in-progress. It's AMAZING! They are bitchy as hell! LOVE IT! He wasn't rude - he had every right. She just came in and sarcastically cut up everything he was doing. Eff her. Team Mondo! She's fabulously bitchy with Gretchen too. Team Heidi!
Then, after that crappy Work Room Visit and the crappy Boring Challenge, Heidi demands 2 additional looks. Eff you, Heidi. Your activewear line sucks and it sucks that someone has to go home for this crappy, narcissistic challenge.
Ousted designers are sent in to help. Oh, how I missed Casanova. He busts on Michael's color scheme - saying it looks like pumpkin pie and Thanksgiving. He's 100% right.
Ivy, a bitch who never lets things go, accuses Michael of cheating. Not on this challenge, mind you - on a previous one. She says his Jackie O Challenge dress was taped together, and accuses him of sabotaging everyone else as a result. Step off, bitch! Ivy and Michael go back and forth and she's a humongous bitch. Bitter much? Team Michael!
It gets to the point where Tim comes in and is all, "There's an accusation of cheating?" And Ivy, of course, rambles on and on about The Case of the Double Stick Tape. Tim's like, "Too late, bitch. Too bad, too sad. The cameras and producers would have caught it. Go die." I could be paraphrasing. I still don't even get how that would be cheating. People have been hot glueing stuff on this show for centuries.
On the runway, Gretchen's stuff bored me and some of it was gross, Andy's was cool - he made great use of a stripey pattern, April's was alright, Christopher's were pretty basic pieces, Michael's were over-styled and looked like Thanksgiving, and then Mondo's collection came down last and was amazing. It was definitely the best in terms of following the challenge but still being different and fashionable. Yay Mondo! Don't let that bitch keep you down!
Christopher, Gretchen, and Michael are in the bottom. I didn't think Christopher belonged there - I liked his pants and I would have put April there instead because of that one shorts outfit. But the judges convinced me when they picked apart his construction and proportion. On closer inspection, Gretchen had Christopher's weird proportion problem, and Michael's color and over-styling problem, plus her stuff was ugly.
Winner: Andy. All 3 of his pieces will be produced for Heidi's lame-ass line. I hope they outsell her pieces.
Bye-bye: Christopher. NO GODDAMMIT! I hate when someone I like goes home for a crappy challenge. At least Heidi got in a nice parting shot with Gretchen when she was safe: "Constructive criticism is not your enemy." I love that Heidi had to get in the last word. What a bitch!
Thanks for finally coming through with some bitchy drama, show!!
Mondo gets really bitchy with Heidi when she criticizes his work-in-progress. It's AMAZING! They are bitchy as hell! LOVE IT! He wasn't rude - he had every right. She just came in and sarcastically cut up everything he was doing. Eff her. Team Mondo! She's fabulously bitchy with Gretchen too. Team Heidi!
Then, after that crappy Work Room Visit and the crappy Boring Challenge, Heidi demands 2 additional looks. Eff you, Heidi. Your activewear line sucks and it sucks that someone has to go home for this crappy, narcissistic challenge.
Ousted designers are sent in to help. Oh, how I missed Casanova. He busts on Michael's color scheme - saying it looks like pumpkin pie and Thanksgiving. He's 100% right.
Ivy, a bitch who never lets things go, accuses Michael of cheating. Not on this challenge, mind you - on a previous one. She says his Jackie O Challenge dress was taped together, and accuses him of sabotaging everyone else as a result. Step off, bitch! Ivy and Michael go back and forth and she's a humongous bitch. Bitter much? Team Michael!
It gets to the point where Tim comes in and is all, "There's an accusation of cheating?" And Ivy, of course, rambles on and on about The Case of the Double Stick Tape. Tim's like, "Too late, bitch. Too bad, too sad. The cameras and producers would have caught it. Go die." I could be paraphrasing. I still don't even get how that would be cheating. People have been hot glueing stuff on this show for centuries.
On the runway, Gretchen's stuff bored me and some of it was gross, Andy's was cool - he made great use of a stripey pattern, April's was alright, Christopher's were pretty basic pieces, Michael's were over-styled and looked like Thanksgiving, and then Mondo's collection came down last and was amazing. It was definitely the best in terms of following the challenge but still being different and fashionable. Yay Mondo! Don't let that bitch keep you down!
Christopher, Gretchen, and Michael are in the bottom. I didn't think Christopher belonged there - I liked his pants and I would have put April there instead because of that one shorts outfit. But the judges convinced me when they picked apart his construction and proportion. On closer inspection, Gretchen had Christopher's weird proportion problem, and Michael's color and over-styling problem, plus her stuff was ugly.
Winner: Andy. All 3 of his pieces will be produced for Heidi's lame-ass line. I hope they outsell her pieces.
Bye-bye: Christopher. NO GODDAMMIT! I hate when someone I like goes home for a crappy challenge. At least Heidi got in a nice parting shot with Gretchen when she was safe: "Constructive criticism is not your enemy." I love that Heidi had to get in the last word. What a bitch!
Thanks for finally coming through with some bitchy drama, show!!
07 October 2010
Fringe
It's Other Universe time! Otherworldly Freak of the Week: A guy sets things in motion leading to a chick getting pwned by a bus. It was like he knew what to do in order to make the chick get hit.
OMG let me just say again how thankful I am for the Other Universe - because we get Charlie back. And Charlie & Olivia being BFFs. It's freaking heaven. Olivia's back to work at Fringe Division, though of course thinks she's Faux-livia.
We also get Walter being large and in charge and I love it. He tells Broyles that Olivia is important because she can cross between the universes - and will help them "defend themselves" (which I have a feeling is code for "taking over our universe").
The Fringe Team finds a pen when investigating the bus accident - it's the first thing that the guy placed down in order to start the chain reaction that led to the accident. Apparently, pens haven't been used in about 20 years. They also see a pen at the scene of a prior bus accident, and then again at another accident.
At the scene of the third accident, Olivia notices the creepy chain-reaction dude (Milo) -- because he's hella creepy. He escapes by setting off another series of chain reactions. This dude is Dustin Hoffman in Rainman or something, he's really good. The actor was creepy and strange in the best way possible for this show.
Anyway, all of the victims are connected to a hospital, where a doctor is conducting a drug trial that essentially makes people smarter. The doctor takes people with IQs under 60 and give them amazing math skills (also, they use pens, so there you go). Milo targeted the victims because the drug trial was ending, and these people were going to regress him back to dummy state. Guess he didn't want to be no dummy.
The show had a cool way of showing what was going on in Milo's mind - taking a scenario, dividing it into different outcomes, then running it backwards to see how to start the chain reaction, and then doing it. He finally gets caught when Olivia chases him without stopping for oxygen like he thought she would. Oxygen's needed when you pass by areas of compromised air quality, though it's not entirely clear to me what that means. But obviously this Olivia "forgot" about the whole oxygen thing.
Olivia sees a vision of Peter standing on the street, and our Walter at the hospital. And later her vision of Peter talks to her, saying she's alive because she forgot protocol, because she's not really Faux-livia. Ooooo are they bleeding through her subconscious? Awesome! I also love that her vision of Peter includes his awesome black peacoat. That's my vision of Peter too!
In the end, Walternate and his scientist, Brandon, discuss how to relax Olivia enough to get her to jump to the other side. The answer, as it always is, is the sensory deprivation water tank. Jesus, that girl's been in it like 2 or 3 times already!
Background details: a beggar who was an "Aruba War" veteran. Avocados are rare and expensive. Faux-livia's sister is dead. And then there's the pen thing - I'm not clear -- do they just not write with anything anymore? Not even to just jot down a quick note?
This Week's Code: BREACH.
OMG let me just say again how thankful I am for the Other Universe - because we get Charlie back. And Charlie & Olivia being BFFs. It's freaking heaven. Olivia's back to work at Fringe Division, though of course thinks she's Faux-livia.
We also get Walter being large and in charge and I love it. He tells Broyles that Olivia is important because she can cross between the universes - and will help them "defend themselves" (which I have a feeling is code for "taking over our universe").
The Fringe Team finds a pen when investigating the bus accident - it's the first thing that the guy placed down in order to start the chain reaction that led to the accident. Apparently, pens haven't been used in about 20 years. They also see a pen at the scene of a prior bus accident, and then again at another accident.
At the scene of the third accident, Olivia notices the creepy chain-reaction dude (Milo) -- because he's hella creepy. He escapes by setting off another series of chain reactions. This dude is Dustin Hoffman in Rainman or something, he's really good. The actor was creepy and strange in the best way possible for this show.
Anyway, all of the victims are connected to a hospital, where a doctor is conducting a drug trial that essentially makes people smarter. The doctor takes people with IQs under 60 and give them amazing math skills (also, they use pens, so there you go). Milo targeted the victims because the drug trial was ending, and these people were going to regress him back to dummy state. Guess he didn't want to be no dummy.
The show had a cool way of showing what was going on in Milo's mind - taking a scenario, dividing it into different outcomes, then running it backwards to see how to start the chain reaction, and then doing it. He finally gets caught when Olivia chases him without stopping for oxygen like he thought she would. Oxygen's needed when you pass by areas of compromised air quality, though it's not entirely clear to me what that means. But obviously this Olivia "forgot" about the whole oxygen thing.
Olivia sees a vision of Peter standing on the street, and our Walter at the hospital. And later her vision of Peter talks to her, saying she's alive because she forgot protocol, because she's not really Faux-livia. Ooooo are they bleeding through her subconscious? Awesome! I also love that her vision of Peter includes his awesome black peacoat. That's my vision of Peter too!
In the end, Walternate and his scientist, Brandon, discuss how to relax Olivia enough to get her to jump to the other side. The answer, as it always is, is the sensory deprivation water tank. Jesus, that girl's been in it like 2 or 3 times already!
Background details: a beggar who was an "Aruba War" veteran. Avocados are rare and expensive. Faux-livia's sister is dead. And then there's the pen thing - I'm not clear -- do they just not write with anything anymore? Not even to just jot down a quick note?
This Week's Code: BREACH.
05 October 2010
The Event
As Sean and the FBI are getting ready to leave the scene of the plane crash, they're hit by an RV for some reason. Sean pulls the female agent from the car but everyone else involves is smooshed dead and then lit on fire. When don't Hollywood car crashes end in explosions?
While the FBI agent was unconscious, Sean got into her computer and downloaded a picture of the chick who kidnapped Leila onto it. He wants the FBI to run facial recognition software on it to find out who this chick is. In order to do that, he hides out in her trunk and sneaks into the FBI server room. Suuuuuuure. Aliens, I'll believe. Easily sneaking into the FBI and hacking into their facial recognition program? No.
The Chick Sean Wants To Facially Recognize is driving with Leila in the back of a Rape Van when she's pulled over by a cop, whom she promptly kills. In the meantime, she's in the FBI system under multiple aliases.
President Underwood heads to the site of the plane crash landing, seeing all of the passengers scattered across the desert. He then heads to see Sophia, to confront her about the existence of the other aliens, and his suspicion that they're the ones responsible for the deaths of the passengers. She won't snitch. He's all, Whatever, bitch, I just told everyone up at that Alaskan prison that I'll free whoever gives me the info I want.
And sure enough, someone takes him up on his offer. The Alien Dude meets with the Director of National Intelligence, but demands to get his girlfriend out of the prison too before he'll give up the details. So his girlfriend is released.... and promptly kills him. Sophia had asked that the Alien Dude be "dealt with harshly" and I guess his GF doesn't take kindly to tattletales.
U.S. Intelligence is beyond intelligent, figuring out who Sean is and that he may have a role in the crash. They connect those dots REALLY fast. Agents from "the Washington field office" come to transfer Sean, but they're not really the good guys (they work for the Kidnapping Bitch), there's a shootout, and Sean and the Female FBI Agent drive off.
In the end, at the temporary morgue for the crash victims, the passengers start to sit up, coming back to life. ZOMBIES!?!? That's kind of cool.
While the FBI agent was unconscious, Sean got into her computer and downloaded a picture of the chick who kidnapped Leila onto it. He wants the FBI to run facial recognition software on it to find out who this chick is. In order to do that, he hides out in her trunk and sneaks into the FBI server room. Suuuuuuure. Aliens, I'll believe. Easily sneaking into the FBI and hacking into their facial recognition program? No.
The Chick Sean Wants To Facially Recognize is driving with Leila in the back of a Rape Van when she's pulled over by a cop, whom she promptly kills. In the meantime, she's in the FBI system under multiple aliases.
President Underwood heads to the site of the plane crash landing, seeing all of the passengers scattered across the desert. He then heads to see Sophia, to confront her about the existence of the other aliens, and his suspicion that they're the ones responsible for the deaths of the passengers. She won't snitch. He's all, Whatever, bitch, I just told everyone up at that Alaskan prison that I'll free whoever gives me the info I want.
And sure enough, someone takes him up on his offer. The Alien Dude meets with the Director of National Intelligence, but demands to get his girlfriend out of the prison too before he'll give up the details. So his girlfriend is released.... and promptly kills him. Sophia had asked that the Alien Dude be "dealt with harshly" and I guess his GF doesn't take kindly to tattletales.
U.S. Intelligence is beyond intelligent, figuring out who Sean is and that he may have a role in the crash. They connect those dots REALLY fast. Agents from "the Washington field office" come to transfer Sean, but they're not really the good guys (they work for the Kidnapping Bitch), there's a shootout, and Sean and the Female FBI Agent drive off.
In the end, at the temporary morgue for the crash victims, the passengers start to sit up, coming back to life. ZOMBIES!?!? That's kind of cool.
04 October 2010
Project Runway
The designers arrive in the workroom to find their childhood pictures. Challenge: Design your own fabric for your look. I loved this challenge last time - when they got to create their own textiles - very cool. The textile has to be personal and somehow based on their life; the design can be anything.
April, naturally, has a dark take on this challenge, and draws something based on her parents' divorce. Mondo designs something with a plus sign... because of his HIV-positive status. Nooooo! Mondooooo! He's been positive for 10 years, so I'm just going to pray he has a Magic Johnson-type immune system. Oy, I was warned not to watch this while on an airplane. This is going to be a tearjerker. I'm just going to assume that their parents will be joining them later, and that Mondo tells his mom his status. And I'm considering jumping out of the emergency exit right now.
Sure enough, Tim ushers in this week's special guests -- their mothers. Oy. Even Gretchen's mom got to come, and she is apparently dirt poor and never leaves the house because of a crippled husband. Good lord, people, are you trying to KILL ME? Oh wait, now Michael's son comes in. Come on!
Finally things get hot when Christopher's partner JJ arrives. Thank god - I'll just concentrate on that. Everyone gets the day off to hang out, and there's lots of venting to mothers, but Mondo still can't tell his mom about his status. Can I see Christopher and his partner back at the apartment, please?
Design-wise there was a lot of crap, after everyone got distracted and forgot how to design. April's look was pretty good - typical, emo April. The print was good, but the bottom of the dress was a bit of a scrappy mess. I liked Andy's print, even though the outfit was gross. Mondo's pants were amazing and really showcased the print. I did NOT like Valerie's dress, and I didn't think it showcased the print at all. Same with Gretchen's pants, and the print placement on the shirt sucked. Michael's dress was OK, and I liked Chistopher's look, but it seems like something the judges would knock for being old or too plain.
The judges say a lot of "safe" and "boring" and "this isn't fashion" and they think Valerie's was too similar to her prior napkin dress. Good point. Really it's only Mondo who's perfect here. He was asked about the inspiration for the print, of course, and finally announces his HIV status on the runway. Michael cries first. Of course he does. Michael is a big softie. Mondo smiles after the revelation, and feels good, and how can he not win at this point? He doesn't just have the best story, he has the best outfit BY FAR.
Winner: Mondo. Duh. Is that 3 in a row now? He has to win this whole thing, he just has to.
Bye-bye: Valerie. I'm fine with that -- she was always not-quite-good-enough. But Andy's outfit was pretty bad too. Hopefully it really was just because of the distraction, and he can get it together.
Things got a bit weepy for me as Valerie said some lovely good-byes to everyone. But then she hugged Mondo and that huge hairy mole was on display. Moment: gone.
Next week we get bitchiness and accusations of cheating!? Yes please - bring back the bitchy!
April, naturally, has a dark take on this challenge, and draws something based on her parents' divorce. Mondo designs something with a plus sign... because of his HIV-positive status. Nooooo! Mondooooo! He's been positive for 10 years, so I'm just going to pray he has a Magic Johnson-type immune system. Oy, I was warned not to watch this while on an airplane. This is going to be a tearjerker. I'm just going to assume that their parents will be joining them later, and that Mondo tells his mom his status. And I'm considering jumping out of the emergency exit right now.
Sure enough, Tim ushers in this week's special guests -- their mothers. Oy. Even Gretchen's mom got to come, and she is apparently dirt poor and never leaves the house because of a crippled husband. Good lord, people, are you trying to KILL ME? Oh wait, now Michael's son comes in. Come on!
Finally things get hot when Christopher's partner JJ arrives. Thank god - I'll just concentrate on that. Everyone gets the day off to hang out, and there's lots of venting to mothers, but Mondo still can't tell his mom about his status. Can I see Christopher and his partner back at the apartment, please?
Design-wise there was a lot of crap, after everyone got distracted and forgot how to design. April's look was pretty good - typical, emo April. The print was good, but the bottom of the dress was a bit of a scrappy mess. I liked Andy's print, even though the outfit was gross. Mondo's pants were amazing and really showcased the print. I did NOT like Valerie's dress, and I didn't think it showcased the print at all. Same with Gretchen's pants, and the print placement on the shirt sucked. Michael's dress was OK, and I liked Chistopher's look, but it seems like something the judges would knock for being old or too plain.
The judges say a lot of "safe" and "boring" and "this isn't fashion" and they think Valerie's was too similar to her prior napkin dress. Good point. Really it's only Mondo who's perfect here. He was asked about the inspiration for the print, of course, and finally announces his HIV status on the runway. Michael cries first. Of course he does. Michael is a big softie. Mondo smiles after the revelation, and feels good, and how can he not win at this point? He doesn't just have the best story, he has the best outfit BY FAR.
Winner: Mondo. Duh. Is that 3 in a row now? He has to win this whole thing, he just has to.
Bye-bye: Valerie. I'm fine with that -- she was always not-quite-good-enough. But Andy's outfit was pretty bad too. Hopefully it really was just because of the distraction, and he can get it together.
Things got a bit weepy for me as Valerie said some lovely good-byes to everyone. But then she hugged Mondo and that huge hairy mole was on display. Moment: gone.
Next week we get bitchiness and accusations of cheating!? Yes please - bring back the bitchy!
30 September 2010
Fringe
We're back in our Universe, so we get a Freak of the Week: Some guys hold a family hostage while digging in their basement, uncovering a metal box. Once opened, the box scrambles their brains and makes them bleed out of their noses, everyone (including the family) but one.
We find out that Faux-livia has been working with Newton (remember, the dude with the transplanted head who looks like Gordon Ramsay?) to review files and videos on Olivia, the team, pop culture in general, etc.
The Team works to review Walternate's Doomsday Machine blueprints, Pacey and Olivia drink and dance, and then the team is called to the House of Nosebleeds. Faux-livia knows that it's an Other Universe device, tells Newton, and works outside of the team to investigate.
Walter figures out the cause of death was soundwaves -- "silent but deadly". Naturally, Walter links this to his farts. Naturally.
The guy with the deadly box follows Faux-livia to her house, so he can return it to the proper authorities. Turns out he's deaf, which would be why the frequency didn't kill him. Newton comes over to collect the box and tells Faux-livia to kill Deaf Guy, which she does. Shoots him right in the back of the head, and drags him through her apartment -- until Peter knocks on her door. She feigns being in the shower, stashes the body, and then lets him in. In order to distract him from the blood seeping into the living room beneath the bedroom door, she makes out with him on the couch, but they're interrupted by a call from Broyles.
For some reason, Newton took the box down to a subway station and left it with a freaky tiny little homeless dude, who opened it, killing a bunch of people. They know the dude took the box with him down the subway tracks. So Peter volunteers to suit up, SWAT-team style, and is made temporarily deaf by Olivia shooting her gun right next to each ear. That was cool. He finds the little dude... and a second later the dude's head explodes. CHRIST!
Peter grabs the box and recognizes the markings on it as markings from the Doomsday Machine, meaning it's from the Other Universe. He can't close the box, so instead works to disarm it. Didn't realize he had that ability, but sure I'll buy it. But wait - there's a subway train coming! Jesus, it's a Thrill a Minute here. Faux-livia pushes him out of the way and all is good. When Peter reviews the blueprints, he sees the device on them.
In other news, Walter and Nina receive their gifts from Bell's will. Walter's is a note that says "Don't be afraid to cross the line" and a key to a safety deposit box. Would some cash have killed you? At the end of the episode, Walter heads to the bank to get the box. The contents? Massive Dynamic stock. Like, all of it. He's the sole shareholder now. SILLY!
Grossout of the Week: DID I NEED A CLOSE-UP OF THEM PULLING OUT BRAINS? NO I DID NOT! That or the head explosion - either one.
Walter's Food Thing of the Week: Chocolate milk. As in, he's trying to make Gene the Cow produce chocolate milk. Also bacon-flavored pudding. Why does he mention that? In answer to "What would surprise you?" "Bacon-flavored pudding, that would surprise me."
This Week's Code: ALERT.
We find out that Faux-livia has been working with Newton (remember, the dude with the transplanted head who looks like Gordon Ramsay?) to review files and videos on Olivia, the team, pop culture in general, etc.
The Team works to review Walternate's Doomsday Machine blueprints, Pacey and Olivia drink and dance, and then the team is called to the House of Nosebleeds. Faux-livia knows that it's an Other Universe device, tells Newton, and works outside of the team to investigate.
Walter figures out the cause of death was soundwaves -- "silent but deadly". Naturally, Walter links this to his farts. Naturally.
The guy with the deadly box follows Faux-livia to her house, so he can return it to the proper authorities. Turns out he's deaf, which would be why the frequency didn't kill him. Newton comes over to collect the box and tells Faux-livia to kill Deaf Guy, which she does. Shoots him right in the back of the head, and drags him through her apartment -- until Peter knocks on her door. She feigns being in the shower, stashes the body, and then lets him in. In order to distract him from the blood seeping into the living room beneath the bedroom door, she makes out with him on the couch, but they're interrupted by a call from Broyles.
For some reason, Newton took the box down to a subway station and left it with a freaky tiny little homeless dude, who opened it, killing a bunch of people. They know the dude took the box with him down the subway tracks. So Peter volunteers to suit up, SWAT-team style, and is made temporarily deaf by Olivia shooting her gun right next to each ear. That was cool. He finds the little dude... and a second later the dude's head explodes. CHRIST!
Peter grabs the box and recognizes the markings on it as markings from the Doomsday Machine, meaning it's from the Other Universe. He can't close the box, so instead works to disarm it. Didn't realize he had that ability, but sure I'll buy it. But wait - there's a subway train coming! Jesus, it's a Thrill a Minute here. Faux-livia pushes him out of the way and all is good. When Peter reviews the blueprints, he sees the device on them.
In other news, Walter and Nina receive their gifts from Bell's will. Walter's is a note that says "Don't be afraid to cross the line" and a key to a safety deposit box. Would some cash have killed you? At the end of the episode, Walter heads to the bank to get the box. The contents? Massive Dynamic stock. Like, all of it. He's the sole shareholder now. SILLY!
Grossout of the Week: DID I NEED A CLOSE-UP OF THEM PULLING OUT BRAINS? NO I DID NOT! That or the head explosion - either one.
Walter's Food Thing of the Week: Chocolate milk. As in, he's trying to make Gene the Cow produce chocolate milk. Also bacon-flavored pudding. Why does he mention that? In answer to "What would surprise you?" "Bacon-flavored pudding, that would surprise me."
This Week's Code: ALERT.
28 September 2010
The Event
Last we saw, a plane headed for the President got sucked into the air. Now we see it reappear, over a desert, coming in for a crash landing. It lands pretty smoothly for a crash landing, but I guess considering it's landing on relatively hard, flat desert, I'll give it a pass. Sean and Michael, his future father-in-law, make it off the plane with everyone else.
Flashback: D.B. Sweeney forces Michael to swear he'll fly the plane, or else he'll kill his daughter (and they already killed his wife).
President Underwood meets with his peeps for a briefing, and they claim their military doesn't have this kind of technology.
Flashback: The President is briefed on the crash of an extraterrestrial UFO in Alaska in 1944. Among the "people" (they differ from humans by 1%) on that craft is Sophia, the leader that the President was meeting with earlier today.
Helicopters are on the way to the crash site, but Michael tells Sean to run and find Leila, that the copters aren't there to help. He wanders into the desert and collapses.
Flashback: That clingy, annoying couple they met up with on the cruise? The woman was one of the people who was holding Leila at gunpoint, and we see D.B. Sweeney kidnap her from her room (after killing the woman's creepy BF, who was hitting on Leila).
Sean wakes up in a hospital in Arizona, after being found in the desert. He talks about a plane crash, but everyone calls it heat stroke since there haven't been reports of a crash. The nurse calls the police, who say that Sean's wanted for the murder of the dude on that cruise.
Flashback: To the 1944 plane crash, when Sophia told the rest of the aliens to run away from the crash.
The President visits Sophia, who is in holding, telling the audience that he had planned to announce the existence of the aliens, and to free them and allow them to integrate. He wants to know who tried to kill him. She said her people saved his life. He wants to know how many of them there are, and where the plane is.
Flashback: Five years ago, to when Sean met Leila. I'm sorry - are we really supposed to believe he hasn't changed that horrible facial hair in 5 years!? I'm not buying it.
The FBI comes to the hospital and arrests Sean, and as they drive him wherever, they're not buying his story. They come up on the spot where Sean says the plane crashed, but there's a detour (allegedly due to a jackknifed hazmat crash). Of course, the plane is crashed just beyond that, but the feds turn around. A bunch of humvees arrive at the crash site, including that Hottie Asian guy. In a really creepy shot, we see that the passengers are all dead, scattered across the desert.
Flashback: That Hottie Asian guy? Really an alien. We see him 5 years ago faking a blood test to get into the CIA, and then "working with" the President's guy to "uncover the aliens." Cool.
So it looks like we have 2 factions that came out of these aliens - 1 who wants to integrate and have the truth exposed, and the other who I guess wanted to prevent it. Who knows, but it's pretty cool. I still like it.
Flashback: D.B. Sweeney forces Michael to swear he'll fly the plane, or else he'll kill his daughter (and they already killed his wife).
President Underwood meets with his peeps for a briefing, and they claim their military doesn't have this kind of technology.
Flashback: The President is briefed on the crash of an extraterrestrial UFO in Alaska in 1944. Among the "people" (they differ from humans by 1%) on that craft is Sophia, the leader that the President was meeting with earlier today.
Helicopters are on the way to the crash site, but Michael tells Sean to run and find Leila, that the copters aren't there to help. He wanders into the desert and collapses.
Flashback: That clingy, annoying couple they met up with on the cruise? The woman was one of the people who was holding Leila at gunpoint, and we see D.B. Sweeney kidnap her from her room (after killing the woman's creepy BF, who was hitting on Leila).
Sean wakes up in a hospital in Arizona, after being found in the desert. He talks about a plane crash, but everyone calls it heat stroke since there haven't been reports of a crash. The nurse calls the police, who say that Sean's wanted for the murder of the dude on that cruise.
Flashback: To the 1944 plane crash, when Sophia told the rest of the aliens to run away from the crash.
The President visits Sophia, who is in holding, telling the audience that he had planned to announce the existence of the aliens, and to free them and allow them to integrate. He wants to know who tried to kill him. She said her people saved his life. He wants to know how many of them there are, and where the plane is.
Flashback: Five years ago, to when Sean met Leila. I'm sorry - are we really supposed to believe he hasn't changed that horrible facial hair in 5 years!? I'm not buying it.
The FBI comes to the hospital and arrests Sean, and as they drive him wherever, they're not buying his story. They come up on the spot where Sean says the plane crashed, but there's a detour (allegedly due to a jackknifed hazmat crash). Of course, the plane is crashed just beyond that, but the feds turn around. A bunch of humvees arrive at the crash site, including that Hottie Asian guy. In a really creepy shot, we see that the passengers are all dead, scattered across the desert.
Flashback: That Hottie Asian guy? Really an alien. We see him 5 years ago faking a blood test to get into the CIA, and then "working with" the President's guy to "uncover the aliens." Cool.
So it looks like we have 2 factions that came out of these aliens - 1 who wants to integrate and have the truth exposed, and the other who I guess wanted to prevent it. Who knows, but it's pretty cool. I still like it.
26 September 2010
Project Runway
Challenge: Make a high-fashion look for a L'Oreal ad. Hi to Collier Strong, my favorite burn victim.
I effing hate Gretchen. She pitches a passive-aggressive fit about Michael having the same color fabric. Eff off. I also effing hate Valerie's big hairy mole. Because I watch this online, I was never quite sure if it was a smudge on her arm or what. Thank god I don't watch the show in HD. There was a closeup in this episode that made me wanna puke.
The designers get 2 days to work on their looks, which seems great until Tim Gunn comes in with an additional challenge: Create a second ready-to-wear companion piece. Oy. At this point, Mondo's already lost 12 hours working on an awesome-looking bustier that is too big for his model. Not to be outdone, Valerie loses a day and a half of work when she realizes she wasted time making stuff she won't use. She breaks down in the bathroom, making an ass of herself while saying she doesn't want to make an ass of herself.
I love all the guys that are left, and if it weren't for Mondo this show would be hella dull instead of plain boring.
April's looks were really great, but all-black -- enough with the all-black already!
Mondo's high-fashion look is typical crazy Mondo, and his RTW is gorgeous.
Ivy's blue mess is bizarre and the RTW doesn't look fitted correctly. Boo.
Michael has a dress with a humongous train and then a cute short dress to match.
Christopher's dress is kinda bizarre and looks a bit like it's wrapped in toilet paper, but his RTW is great.
Gretchen made a godawful old woman's outfit. Seriously, they ragged on Casanova for that, they should definitely rag on her. And I'm not even sure what her RTW had in common with it, other than flowiness.
Valerie's white dress and her RTW look were both boring as hell. They were sad and dull looking.
Andy was out of control with his pleating - it was definitely a crazy, high-fashion look, but the RTW was lovely.
Christopher and April are safe; Gretchen, Andy, and Mondo are in the top. Ugh, Gretchen!? With those feathers? Look at this thing!
Michael Kors called Ivy's looks "bridesmaids under the sea." Yep, they were gross and overly-literal with her damn ocean inspiration. Valerie was hammered for being boring. Michael is in the bottom because his proportions were off, but they said at least it was well-constructed, so hopefully he's safe.
Winner: Mondo. Yay Mondo! He really rules! I hope it's all guys in the finale.
Bye-bye: Ivy. Yeah, she definitely deserved that. Ugh, that blue ocean crap makes me wanna puke.
I effing hate Gretchen. She pitches a passive-aggressive fit about Michael having the same color fabric. Eff off. I also effing hate Valerie's big hairy mole. Because I watch this online, I was never quite sure if it was a smudge on her arm or what. Thank god I don't watch the show in HD. There was a closeup in this episode that made me wanna puke.
The designers get 2 days to work on their looks, which seems great until Tim Gunn comes in with an additional challenge: Create a second ready-to-wear companion piece. Oy. At this point, Mondo's already lost 12 hours working on an awesome-looking bustier that is too big for his model. Not to be outdone, Valerie loses a day and a half of work when she realizes she wasted time making stuff she won't use. She breaks down in the bathroom, making an ass of herself while saying she doesn't want to make an ass of herself.
I love all the guys that are left, and if it weren't for Mondo this show would be hella dull instead of plain boring.
April's looks were really great, but all-black -- enough with the all-black already!
Mondo's high-fashion look is typical crazy Mondo, and his RTW is gorgeous.
Ivy's blue mess is bizarre and the RTW doesn't look fitted correctly. Boo.
Michael has a dress with a humongous train and then a cute short dress to match.
Christopher's dress is kinda bizarre and looks a bit like it's wrapped in toilet paper, but his RTW is great.
Gretchen made a godawful old woman's outfit. Seriously, they ragged on Casanova for that, they should definitely rag on her. And I'm not even sure what her RTW had in common with it, other than flowiness.
Valerie's white dress and her RTW look were both boring as hell. They were sad and dull looking.
Andy was out of control with his pleating - it was definitely a crazy, high-fashion look, but the RTW was lovely.
Christopher and April are safe; Gretchen, Andy, and Mondo are in the top. Ugh, Gretchen!? With those feathers? Look at this thing!
Michael Kors called Ivy's looks "bridesmaids under the sea." Yep, they were gross and overly-literal with her damn ocean inspiration. Valerie was hammered for being boring. Michael is in the bottom because his proportions were off, but they said at least it was well-constructed, so hopefully he's safe.
Winner: Mondo. Yay Mondo! He really rules! I hope it's all guys in the finale.
Bye-bye: Ivy. Yeah, she definitely deserved that. Ugh, that blue ocean crap makes me wanna puke.
24 September 2010
Fringe IS BACK!
I heard they're going to alternate episodes for a while between the Universes. Tonight we get The Other Universe, complete with red credits and the "Manhatan" setting. Our Olivia is being questioned by a doctor, who thinks she's crazy for believing she's from another universe. Walternate and the alternate version of that cool, geeky guy from Massive Dynamic are performing procedures on Olivia, trying to transfer Faux-livia's memories to her. They've even given her Faux-livia's back-of-the-neck tattoo. Walternate thinks Olivia's ability to move between Universes will be helpful in their war.
Olivia busts out during one of the procedures (of course she does, she kicks ass). I haven't watched that new show Chase yet, but it kind of pisses me off how much the lead character looks like Olivia, like they're trying to copy her kickassery. It's a pale imitation, I'm sure.
She escapes into a cab driven by Henry, played by the amazing Andre Royo from The Wire. Oh hells yes. Henry's basically how I hope Bubbs turned out after The Wire ended. She goes back to the Opera House, hoping to return home, but it's quarantined and sealed off - filled with amber like some of the other places we've seen.
The bad part about this Universe - it's Peter-less. The good part? Charlie's alive! Charlie and Buff Broyles and the other partner, who has been burned to a crisp but is recovering thanks to the advanced medicine. It means he looks like Freddy Krueger, so it's kind of gross.
Agent Freddy catches up to Olivia, but she awesomely shoots her way out - because she has Faux-livia's Olympic-gold-medal-winning marksman abilities. She next tries the address of Massive Dynamic, but it's just a playground over here. Next stop: "Walter's safehouse" in Tarrytown.
But the house turns out to be another planted memory -- it's actually Faux-livia's childhood home, and Olivia's reunited with her not-dead mother. Charlie finds her there, and at this point she's completely converted to Faux-livia (due to the adrenaline activating whatever she was injected with). Henry is still there, keeping an eye on Olivia, following her and Charlie, clearly convinced something's up.
At the very end, we hop back over to Our Universe. YAY PETER! He's giving a statement about what happened with Walternate. Oh and he and Faux-livia are fully macking on each other now.
Walter's Food Thing of the Week: Oreos, eaten while he waits for Peter. He removes the top, natch.
Cool Detail from The Other Universe: DAILY FLIGHTS TO THE MOON????? AWESOME! Also, the phones are essentially earcuffs and people ride those olde-timey big-wheeled bicycles.
Fringe Code: AMBER.
Olivia busts out during one of the procedures (of course she does, she kicks ass). I haven't watched that new show Chase yet, but it kind of pisses me off how much the lead character looks like Olivia, like they're trying to copy her kickassery. It's a pale imitation, I'm sure.
She escapes into a cab driven by Henry, played by the amazing Andre Royo from The Wire. Oh hells yes. Henry's basically how I hope Bubbs turned out after The Wire ended. She goes back to the Opera House, hoping to return home, but it's quarantined and sealed off - filled with amber like some of the other places we've seen.
The bad part about this Universe - it's Peter-less. The good part? Charlie's alive! Charlie and Buff Broyles and the other partner, who has been burned to a crisp but is recovering thanks to the advanced medicine. It means he looks like Freddy Krueger, so it's kind of gross.
Agent Freddy catches up to Olivia, but she awesomely shoots her way out - because she has Faux-livia's Olympic-gold-medal-winning marksman abilities. She next tries the address of Massive Dynamic, but it's just a playground over here. Next stop: "Walter's safehouse" in Tarrytown.
But the house turns out to be another planted memory -- it's actually Faux-livia's childhood home, and Olivia's reunited with her not-dead mother. Charlie finds her there, and at this point she's completely converted to Faux-livia (due to the adrenaline activating whatever she was injected with). Henry is still there, keeping an eye on Olivia, following her and Charlie, clearly convinced something's up.
At the very end, we hop back over to Our Universe. YAY PETER! He's giving a statement about what happened with Walternate. Oh and he and Faux-livia are fully macking on each other now.
Walter's Food Thing of the Week: Oreos, eaten while he waits for Peter. He removes the top, natch.
Cool Detail from The Other Universe: DAILY FLIGHTS TO THE MOON????? AWESOME! Also, the phones are essentially earcuffs and people ride those olde-timey big-wheeled bicycles.
Fringe Code: AMBER.
20 September 2010
The Event
Alright, dammit, let's find out what this goddamn Event is. Hmmmm - we open in Miami. Well, this can't be good news for me. A plane takes off with a dude whose facial hair is doomed to bother me for the rest of this show. A hottie Asian (HOTTIE!) is on a mission to stop the plane from taking off, saying there's a terrorist onboard, but it takes off. The Dude With The Bad Facial Hair (I suppose I will call him Sean because it's easier, but never forget how awful that facial hair is) goes to the front of the plane and pulls out a gun.
We flashback to Sean, on a cruise vacation with his girlfriend. He's cut off mid-marriage proposal by someone's cries for help, and saves a woman from drowning. The woman and her boyfriend becomes that annoying couple that wants to hang out with you for the rest of the cruise. Sean and the other chick end up going on an excursion, and by the time they get back to the ship, Sean's GF is missing, someone else is staying in his room, and there's no record of Sean and his GF ever being on the ship. He tries to call his GF, but the phone has been disconnected. He tries her parents, but they're currently being attacked by intruders.
Back on the plane, an Air Marshall makes Sean stand down, but then they hear a gunshot come from inside the cockpit.
Next, we're introduced to President Blair Underwood. He's meeting with advisors, who are urging him not to close "the facility," not to let "them" out. In flashback, we see they're talking about 97 prisoners in a CIA-controlled program. President Underwood wants to meet the detainees, and so they take a trip to an Alaskan prison. The leader of the detainees is That Crippled Chick From ER, but we'll call her Sophia. Back to present day, the President and Sophia are readying a press conference when they're disrupted by a plane falling from the sky, heading right for them.
Back on the plane, Sean's GF's father is the plane's pilot, and he has been forced against his will to kill the co-pilot and fly the plane into the President's Miami compound. Just as it's about to hit the ground, the plane is swallowed up in the sky by some kind of electromagnetic wormhole. New security measures or something?
Sophia says to the President, "They saved us." "Who?" "I haven't told you everything."
Well, dammit, you haven't told me everything either!!
OK, this thing shows promise. Don't screw it up.
We flashback to Sean, on a cruise vacation with his girlfriend. He's cut off mid-marriage proposal by someone's cries for help, and saves a woman from drowning. The woman and her boyfriend becomes that annoying couple that wants to hang out with you for the rest of the cruise. Sean and the other chick end up going on an excursion, and by the time they get back to the ship, Sean's GF is missing, someone else is staying in his room, and there's no record of Sean and his GF ever being on the ship. He tries to call his GF, but the phone has been disconnected. He tries her parents, but they're currently being attacked by intruders.
Back on the plane, an Air Marshall makes Sean stand down, but then they hear a gunshot come from inside the cockpit.
Next, we're introduced to President Blair Underwood. He's meeting with advisors, who are urging him not to close "the facility," not to let "them" out. In flashback, we see they're talking about 97 prisoners in a CIA-controlled program. President Underwood wants to meet the detainees, and so they take a trip to an Alaskan prison. The leader of the detainees is That Crippled Chick From ER, but we'll call her Sophia. Back to present day, the President and Sophia are readying a press conference when they're disrupted by a plane falling from the sky, heading right for them.
Back on the plane, Sean's GF's father is the plane's pilot, and he has been forced against his will to kill the co-pilot and fly the plane into the President's Miami compound. Just as it's about to hit the ground, the plane is swallowed up in the sky by some kind of electromagnetic wormhole. New security measures or something?
Sophia says to the President, "They saved us." "Who?" "I haven't told you everything."
Well, dammit, you haven't told me everything either!!
OK, this thing shows promise. Don't screw it up.
19 September 2010
Project Runway
Challenge: Design classic American sportswear inspired by Jackie Kennedy. Well, that's random, boring, and purposeless. Seriously, I don't get the Jackie O. tie-in at all. Is it her birthday or something? They are later told they have to make outerwear to go with their look.
You know what's sad? These designers are boring and making me nearly fall asleep. But Mondo looks great with eye makeup, so there's that.
Michael C. has this problem where he makes 3 different things and can't decide what to use. He's a mess - he made 3 dresses and 3 jackets. Oy.
Christopher has this problem where he thinks throwing leather over his model's shoulders counts as outerwear. His dress was gorgeous though.
Call me dumb, but I didn't mind Michael D's, even though at first it seemed like it would be a Wild West-style skirt. I'm undecided about Andy's saddlebag pants - but I think I liked them, minus the crazy crotch and butt. But maybe Jackie wouldn't have worn them? Oh who the hell knows - that bitch has been dead for a while, hasn't she? Mondo's was very him but still fit the challenge. It was great. Ivy's was pretty cool - she always does some nice, flowy pants, doesn't she?
Tim Gunn Line of the Day: "Jackie Kennedy would not have cameltoe." Or would she?
Guest Judge: January Jones. Look, I love me some Mad Men and I love to hate me some Betty Draper, but January Jones makes my skin crawl. Do not like. Luckily, she didn't really contribute much.
The judges hated Christopher's dirty dishrag/toilet seat cover wrap and Michael D's whole look. Go figure - I was wrong about that one. Heidi really slammed Andy's stuff - to the point where it was kind of rude and I felt really bad for him. The pants were ill-fitting for sure. They hammered Valerie too, but I actually really liked her vest.
Here are Andy's pants, for your consideration:
Winner: Mondo. YAY!
Bye-bye: Michael D. Well, how sad, I liked that skirt. And for all their hammering of Andy, he wasn't even in the Bottom Two. Damn you, editors!
You know what's sad? These designers are boring and making me nearly fall asleep. But Mondo looks great with eye makeup, so there's that.
Michael C. has this problem where he makes 3 different things and can't decide what to use. He's a mess - he made 3 dresses and 3 jackets. Oy.
Christopher has this problem where he thinks throwing leather over his model's shoulders counts as outerwear. His dress was gorgeous though.
Call me dumb, but I didn't mind Michael D's, even though at first it seemed like it would be a Wild West-style skirt. I'm undecided about Andy's saddlebag pants - but I think I liked them, minus the crazy crotch and butt. But maybe Jackie wouldn't have worn them? Oh who the hell knows - that bitch has been dead for a while, hasn't she? Mondo's was very him but still fit the challenge. It was great. Ivy's was pretty cool - she always does some nice, flowy pants, doesn't she?
Tim Gunn Line of the Day: "Jackie Kennedy would not have cameltoe." Or would she?
Guest Judge: January Jones. Look, I love me some Mad Men and I love to hate me some Betty Draper, but January Jones makes my skin crawl. Do not like. Luckily, she didn't really contribute much.
The judges hated Christopher's dirty dishrag/toilet seat cover wrap and Michael D's whole look. Go figure - I was wrong about that one. Heidi really slammed Andy's stuff - to the point where it was kind of rude and I felt really bad for him. The pants were ill-fitting for sure. They hammered Valerie too, but I actually really liked her vest.
Here are Andy's pants, for your consideration:
Winner: Mondo. YAY!
Bye-bye: Michael D. Well, how sad, I liked that skirt. And for all their hammering of Andy, he wasn't even in the Bottom Two. Damn you, editors!
The Town
I've been anticipating The Town for a long time now. Jeremy Renner, Jon Hamm, guns, and Boston accents? Um, yes please, sign me up.
It's a really great, gritty, grown-up movie (I don't want to say adult movie - that sounds like something totally different). There are some great action sequences and great performances. I'm really liking Jon Hamm as a heroic suit - I can see a lot more of that in his future. Jeremy Renner, as always, is cool with that air of "I'm freaking psycho" boiling just below the surface. He rules. And honestly Ben Affleck made me forget he was Ben Affleck - he was pretty damn good. And considering he directed too, he had his hands full.
The story is definitely your standard cops-and-robbers story, with a bad guy trying to escape the life, falling for a girl, etc., etc. But the performances and the Boston setting really elevate it and make it enjoyable. Like I said, a great adult film. Wait, there should probably be a comma after great....
16 September 2010
Top Chef: Finale
Final challenge: Make the four-course "meal of your life." Hmmmm. Vague much? They have to make a vegetable course, a fish course (using some local fish), a meat course (using duck), and a dessert.
Each of the chefs gets a previous Top Chef winner as a sous chef. Kevin gets Michael Voltaggio (and they're friends), Angelo gets Hung (that's a good match, both in style and douchiness), and Ed gets Ilan. OMG, I totally forgot Ilan actually won. He sucks, and Ed got the short end of the stick there.
Angelo gets siiiiick. No, really? Eating in Singapore makes you sick? Shocker! It means Hung does all of the shopping and a lot of prep, and Angelo's fine on the actual final day, after taking it (a needle) up the ass.
There are no disasters, and everyone makes good food. It's all pretty equal, though at this point Kevin seems to be getting the least amount of semi-negative comments.
Winner: Kevin. WOW! Talk about a Dark Horse. He kinda came out of nowhere. Or maybe he was just buried in that sea of Smooth Brothers at the beginning.
Each of the chefs gets a previous Top Chef winner as a sous chef. Kevin gets Michael Voltaggio (and they're friends), Angelo gets Hung (that's a good match, both in style and douchiness), and Ed gets Ilan. OMG, I totally forgot Ilan actually won. He sucks, and Ed got the short end of the stick there.
Angelo gets siiiiick. No, really? Eating in Singapore makes you sick? Shocker! It means Hung does all of the shopping and a lot of prep, and Angelo's fine on the actual final day, after taking it (a needle) up the ass.
There are no disasters, and everyone makes good food. It's all pretty equal, though at this point Kevin seems to be getting the least amount of semi-negative comments.
Winner: Kevin. WOW! Talk about a Dark Horse. He kinda came out of nowhere. Or maybe he was just buried in that sea of Smooth Brothers at the beginning.
11 September 2010
Project Runway Times Two
Gotta catch up on my Project Runway too!
Challenge: Recycle a bridesmaid's dress -- and it's Real World Model Time, which is never good. They also throw in some utterly pointless bit where the designs are judged in a public showcase by regular people off the street.
Ivy proves she's the Bitch of the Show by getting mad at Michael C. for allegedly calling her the Bitch of the Show. He claims he didn't, and it's not like we see it happen - you think the editors would want to show that. I hate that Ivy's so mean to him because I love me some Michael C. The judges loved his dress too - I'm so over all of these hater bitches!!!
Mondo made the most fabulous dress ever out of his ugly pink dress! Ivy and Casanova made pants and cute tops - I really loved Casanova's. Andy made a great little shorts outfit, and April's dress was great. Valerie's and Peach's were really, really gross.
Winner: Michael C. HA! Take that, bitches! My man can sew!
Bye-bye: Peach. No one can argue that, even Peach.
On to the next one.
Challenge: Create a resort wear look. Tim mixes things up after the trip to Mood by making teams of 2 -- and they each have to execute their partner's design. That sounds like a massive pain in the ass. And it's especially hard for picky Ivy, which means it's entertaining. What a micromanaging bitch. Poor Michael D. (and thank god she didn't get Michael C.)!
April's idea of a resort is an asylum. Cool, mine too. Mondo wins my heart by being a dick to Michael C. and then admitting he was a dick to Michael C. Yay Mondo! For a second there I was getting mad at him for being a bitch. I'm glad he likes my man now.
Everything looked pretty good, except Ivy's looked awful and I guess it's Michael D's fault (or at least that's how she'll spin it). I didn't like Gretchen's design/color choices either.
Yep, Ivy blames Michael D. for not being able to execute the pants she had planned. But what she had to settle for was awful, so isn't that her fault for not being adaptable? Or for not trusting him to even try the pants? She's the Bitch of the Show and I'm over her.
Winner: April. I liked Andy's better, but April's was still cool and different.
Bye-bye: Casanova. Awww, I feel bad for him. Sure, his look was a bit old-fashioned, but I thought it was still classy. I don't think it was as bad as they thought - and I wanted Ivy's bitch ass gone.
Challenge: Recycle a bridesmaid's dress -- and it's Real World Model Time, which is never good. They also throw in some utterly pointless bit where the designs are judged in a public showcase by regular people off the street.
Ivy proves she's the Bitch of the Show by getting mad at Michael C. for allegedly calling her the Bitch of the Show. He claims he didn't, and it's not like we see it happen - you think the editors would want to show that. I hate that Ivy's so mean to him because I love me some Michael C. The judges loved his dress too - I'm so over all of these hater bitches!!!
Mondo made the most fabulous dress ever out of his ugly pink dress! Ivy and Casanova made pants and cute tops - I really loved Casanova's. Andy made a great little shorts outfit, and April's dress was great. Valerie's and Peach's were really, really gross.
Winner: Michael C. HA! Take that, bitches! My man can sew!
Bye-bye: Peach. No one can argue that, even Peach.
On to the next one.
Challenge: Create a resort wear look. Tim mixes things up after the trip to Mood by making teams of 2 -- and they each have to execute their partner's design. That sounds like a massive pain in the ass. And it's especially hard for picky Ivy, which means it's entertaining. What a micromanaging bitch. Poor Michael D. (and thank god she didn't get Michael C.)!
April's idea of a resort is an asylum. Cool, mine too. Mondo wins my heart by being a dick to Michael C. and then admitting he was a dick to Michael C. Yay Mondo! For a second there I was getting mad at him for being a bitch. I'm glad he likes my man now.
Everything looked pretty good, except Ivy's looked awful and I guess it's Michael D's fault (or at least that's how she'll spin it). I didn't like Gretchen's design/color choices either.
Yep, Ivy blames Michael D. for not being able to execute the pants she had planned. But what she had to settle for was awful, so isn't that her fault for not being adaptable? Or for not trusting him to even try the pants? She's the Bitch of the Show and I'm over her.
Winner: April. I liked Andy's better, but April's was still cool and different.
Bye-bye: Casanova. Awww, I feel bad for him. Sure, his look was a bit old-fashioned, but I thought it was still classy. I don't think it was as bad as they thought - and I wanted Ivy's bitch ass gone.
09 September 2010
Top Chef Times Two
I have 2 episodes to catch up on, as I was on a trip to London, which included eating at 2 Gordon Ramsay restaurants (they were amazing!). And, appropriately enough, the winner of the Quickfire Challenge gets to go to London.
Quickfire Challenge: Prepare a dish for a wine pairing. Well that's vague and dull, isn't it? Angelo wins. Enjoy London, douchebag.
Elimination Challenge: Design a dish for the astronauts on the space station, one that can be freeze-dried well. Cool. None of the dishes were busts - so this was a pretty boring episode. Without major screw-ups or drama, this just drags. But at least all of the food looks good.
Winner: Angelo. Ick.
Bye-bye: Tiffany. NOOOOO! I'm pissed. She's great and I loved her. I definitely wanted Kevin to get kicked out first. Boooooo.
FINALE TIME! Ed, Kevin, Angelo, and Kelly. Kevin doesn't belong, Angelo's a giant douchebag, so I'm rooting for Ed and Kelly.
The finale takes place in Singapore this year for some reason. Everyone's eating at a street market when suddenly Padma comes into the picture. Which means it's time for a Quickfire Challenge: Make some Singapore street food in a wok. They all act like a wok is the hardest thing to use and only Angelo has developed a skill for it. Is it really? Am I not supposed to use mine to make chili? Winner: Ed. NICE! Ed makes it to the finale automatically.
Elimination Challenge: Work as a team to cater a party. It's weird that Ed has immunity but still has to participate. What's the point? At least he can just cut loose and have some fun while everyone else sweats their balls off.
Angelo makes Lamb Tartare and I want to puke. The only thing worse than lamb? Raw lamb.
Daddy Tom comes into the kitchen and admonishes the chefs for only planning to make one dish each. So they have to come up with something quickly (except for Ed, who is a showoff and already planned to do 2). The foreign waitstaff complicate things even further - it's kind of high comedy. They're inept, bumbling, and sometimes write their tickets in Chinese.
The chefs all produce amazing dishes, most of which look good to me too (raw lamb notwithstanding). The judges seriously lose their minds over some of this food. Another tough one where everyone's pretty equal. Even Kevin deserves to be there at this point, so I'm only actively rooting against Angelo because he's a horse's ass.
Winner: Ed. Yeah, Ed is the man. Good for him.
Bye-bye: Kelly. Definitely saw that coming.
GO ED!
Quickfire Challenge: Prepare a dish for a wine pairing. Well that's vague and dull, isn't it? Angelo wins. Enjoy London, douchebag.
Elimination Challenge: Design a dish for the astronauts on the space station, one that can be freeze-dried well. Cool. None of the dishes were busts - so this was a pretty boring episode. Without major screw-ups or drama, this just drags. But at least all of the food looks good.
Winner: Angelo. Ick.
Bye-bye: Tiffany. NOOOOO! I'm pissed. She's great and I loved her. I definitely wanted Kevin to get kicked out first. Boooooo.
FINALE TIME! Ed, Kevin, Angelo, and Kelly. Kevin doesn't belong, Angelo's a giant douchebag, so I'm rooting for Ed and Kelly.
The finale takes place in Singapore this year for some reason. Everyone's eating at a street market when suddenly Padma comes into the picture. Which means it's time for a Quickfire Challenge: Make some Singapore street food in a wok. They all act like a wok is the hardest thing to use and only Angelo has developed a skill for it. Is it really? Am I not supposed to use mine to make chili? Winner: Ed. NICE! Ed makes it to the finale automatically.
Elimination Challenge: Work as a team to cater a party. It's weird that Ed has immunity but still has to participate. What's the point? At least he can just cut loose and have some fun while everyone else sweats their balls off.
Angelo makes Lamb Tartare and I want to puke. The only thing worse than lamb? Raw lamb.
Daddy Tom comes into the kitchen and admonishes the chefs for only planning to make one dish each. So they have to come up with something quickly (except for Ed, who is a showoff and already planned to do 2). The foreign waitstaff complicate things even further - it's kind of high comedy. They're inept, bumbling, and sometimes write their tickets in Chinese.
The chefs all produce amazing dishes, most of which look good to me too (raw lamb notwithstanding). The judges seriously lose their minds over some of this food. Another tough one where everyone's pretty equal. Even Kevin deserves to be there at this point, so I'm only actively rooting against Angelo because he's a horse's ass.
Winner: Ed. Yeah, Ed is the man. Good for him.
Bye-bye: Kelly. Definitely saw that coming.
GO ED!
02 September 2010
The Boob Apron
I've never seen the real commercial for this thing that is essentially a napkin you stuff down your bra. But I love this parody! (Some NSFW language, if you're a pussy.)
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