My illness took a lot more out of me than I would have thought. I guess the flu does that. I've been turning in early and work has been keeping me longer and longer hours. I haven't had time to watch much of anything.Here's the highlights:
Parks and Recreation--This was, as always, an unexpected treat. Leslie killing then entire town; Ron taking over Pawnee Today and his no-nonsense advice ("Any dog less than 50 pounds is a cat, and cats are useless.") creates its own show You're On with Ron; Chris Traeger happy about being sick; Andy acing the written police entry exam, but failing the personality test; and Ben asking Leslie to marry him at the gala. I could never have predicted that any of the stories would end there but it is exactly right that they did.
Top Chef--So glad Josh went home. I think Sheldon and Brooke deserve to be in the finals, and while we don't know the outcome of Last Chance Kitchen, I would certainly hope that Kristen is the last returnee. I don't wish for her to win as that would seemingly invalidate the entire proceedings (kind of like last season on Face Off), but I do like Kristen and would like to eat her food. Between Sheldon and Brooke, I am torn. Each have strengths and weaknesses (experience and confidence, respectively), and I could see it going either way.
The Office--The War of the Michael Scotts. First Andy played inept boss Michael last season, and now he gets to play the mean-spirited and vengeful Michael. And then Bob Odenkirk gets to play the harmless and unproductive Micahel in Pam's Philadelphia interview. this was all fine, and gave us a good background to see how far so many of the characters have come from the beginnings of the show, but it felt forced and needlessly broad. What did work? Every scene that reinforced my commitment to Jim and Pam and Pete and Erin. Both couples are much more wholly drawn and feel complete. The ensuing difficulty (that Jim and Pam now face Pam's reluctance to move) seems logical and worthy, unlike the Brian the Boom Guy. Pete and Erin are the only genuine couple that the series has produced since the Jim and Pam heyday and they are the only worthy emotional heirs to the older couple's legacy. I am invested in their success, unlike Dwight's. This hour long episode was a better reason than any I could have per-determined to not follow through with the proposed Dwight spin-off.
The Middle--This season The Middle has been really striving for more emotionally rich episode arcs, and this one with Axl idiot friend, Darrin, finally admitting that he thinks Sue is pretty cool was very rewarding. As was the karmic payback for Mike texting a mash note to Frankie. It's nice to see slowly simmering stories pay off in such a fulfilling manner.
Modern Family--Interesting structure with each sub family getting their own act--a first for the series, I think. It worked fairly well, though i may have abandoned the chronological order and ended with the Jay/Gloria arc as it had a lot more emotional weight in its final moments.
Face Off--I didn't care for the giant that won. It was too unrealistic, but it was interesting that they let a concept win instead of a final product. Either the judges are realizing the time constraints are too much, or they just didn't want Anthony to keep winning.
Suburgatory--The horror that is Blotox. The Altman stories (Tess and Ryan at the movies; George and the 18-course meal) left me cold, but I appreciated the Shay story lines (the reuniting of Malik and Lisa and the visit of Sheila's predatory mother) quite a bit. The only thing that clicked in the Blotox story was Dahlia's unchanging reaction to the horror of her mother's appearance, and then her subsequent description of such. I'm glad that Lisa and Malik are back together, but i find it hard to believe Lisa would be tricked so easily, unless she wanted to be.
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