My favorite TV reviewer posts about one of my favorite episodes of one of my favorite shows! I’ve been waiting to hear Ruth’s thoughts on “Skin Deep” for a while.
Like her, I was originally disappointed about Rumpelstiltskin playing the Beast, but I soon saw the genius of it and the episode won me over completely! I can’t wait until they revisit the story some more.
Here’s part two of the animated Community webisode – where Abed learns that absolute power corrupts absolutely (and makes Lord of the Rings references):
All sorts of spoilers and scoop! First off, go vote for who you think should be Jimmy Palmer’s best man (and NCIS, for a wedding present, can’t you make him a series regular?). There’s intel on OUaT’s Stranger, info on whether Sara will be back for season four of White Collar, and details on what’s ahead for Karen and Dev on Smash.
NCIS, Once Upon a Time, Smash, Good Wife, White Collar — Inside Line Spoilers.
Not one, not two, but THREE preview videos for this Sunday’s Red Riding Hood-focused episode of Once Upon a Time. The story occurs fairly early in Fairy Tale land-time – Snow White is on the run after being released by the Huntsman when she meets up with Red. Also, we’ll find out who the Big Bad Wolf really is.
Another nail in the coffin for The Finder – Mercedes Mashon has joined the 666 Park Avenue pilot. Though it is in second place to The Finder (if The Finder gets renewed, ABC will have to recast if they pick up the show).
Lots of scoop on the rest of the season for Once Upon a Time – from Maleficent and the Huntsman returning, letting us know the Little Mermaid won’t appear until season 2, and when we’ll actually find out what Snow did to make the Queen hate her so much.
It looks like NBC is pulling out all the stops when it comes to bringing Community back! Here, in all its glory, is the epic trailer that premiered tonight on The Soup.
Interesting. No explanation as to why Kings’ Ryan Phillippe stepped down (other than a vague “cold feet”). The premise of the show isn’t intriguing me, though, so unless some actors I love (haven’t seen Theo James in anything) join I’m likely to pass on this one.
Scoop: Downton Abbey Hottie Replaces Ryan Phillippe in CBS Drama Pilot Golden Boy – TVLine.
Community is coming back in 8 days! To help build buzz for the return, NBC is releasing a special three-part animated web episode. In this short, Abed takes on the role of the Dean’s assistant. You can watch part one below!
After a superhero-less year (thanks to the cancellation of Smallville, The Cape, and No Ordinary Family, the only superheroes on TV were SyFy’s Alphas this past summer), it’s nice to see interest in the CW’s Arrow. I like that the pilot will have a Bourne feel, though I’m wondering if the network is planning to replace Nikita with this. Since the Green Arrow is more along the lines of a Batman sort of hero, I’m guessing the grittiness, fighting, and cool gadgets will be on par with Nikita’s. The only good thing (for Nikita at least) about Arrow’s buzz is that the CW may not want to exile the show to Fridays, leaving Nikita to keep its Supernatural lead-in spot.
Chuck’s Gertrude Verbanski (or should I say Casey’s?) is headed to the 1960s. Carrie-Anne Moss, most famous for her role of Trinity on The Matrix, will play an ADA.
Also in this post, Once Upon a Time’s Cinderella (Jessy Schram) is headed to ABC’s Last Resort, which is fast shaping up to be one of my most looked-forward-to pilots.
I hadn’t heard much about this pilot before this casting, but that’s likely because it’s an FX show. I haven’t watched anything on Fox’s cable network, but The Americans, should it make it to series, sounds like an excellent place to start. The 1980s will make an unusual setting, but the cold war drama and undercover lives should be interesting enough to balance out the cringe-worthy clothes and hairstyles. I enjoy Keri Russell’s acting, so that will be an additional plus.
Two USA Network shows bit the dust as Person of Interest squeezed past Suits, and Castle knocked out Covert Affairs. Now the two NYC-based procedurals, both featuring civilians with unorthodox relationships with cops, face off.
Person of Interest – A crime thriller about a presumed dead former-CIA agent, Reese, who teams up with a mysterious billionaire, Finch, to prevent violent crimes by using their own brand of vigilante justice.
Castle – After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard “Rick” Castle (Nathan Fillion gets permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes. He partners with Detective Kate Beckett, and uses a fictionalized version of her as the main character of his new series.
Which show are you rooting for? Vote in the comments! And be sure to check out the other March Madness match-ups!
Update: Castle won! It’s up against How I Met Your Mother now, so keep voting here!
Struggling freshman show The Finder (which will likely be canceled if the Friday factor doesn’t come into play) beat the steady Blue Bloods, and veteran How I Met You Mother passed up its Monday night companion, 2 Broke Girls.
The Finder – Walter Sherman is an Iraq War vet who suffered brain damage in an IED explosion, which triggered the ability to “find” things: he sees connections between seemingly unrelated events, objects or people that other investigators would miss. Walter is assisted by his “legal adviser” and bar owner Leo Knox, US Deputy Marshal Isabel Zambada, and teen parolee and thief Willa Monday, who is serving her probation with the team.
How I Met Your Mother is about a man in the year 2030 who begins telling his kids about how he met his wife via flashbacks from the future. The story starts in the year 2005, when then twenty-seven year old architect Ted Mosby was spurred on to want to get married after lawyer Marshall Eriksen and kindergarten teacher Lily Aldrin, his best friends, got engaged. Ted’s new quest in life was much to the dismay of his womanizing friend, Barney Stinson. But soon after Marshall and Lily’s engagement, Ted believed that his life mate was going to be news reporter and aspiring news anchor Robin Scherbatsky, who, despite having had a romantic relationship with her after this time, ended up being who the kids know as their “Aunt” Robin.
Which motley crew gets your vote? Let me know in the comments!
Update: though tied below, a vote on the main post gave HIMYM the win! Keep voting here!
Bones’ FBI triumphed over NCIS: Los Angeles, and Warehouse 13 didn’t give SyFy companion Alpha (featuring Bones’ Ryan Cartwright) one vote.
Bones – Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) is a highly skilled forensic anthropologist in Washington, DC. FBI Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) calls on her to assist with investigations when the standard methods of identifying a body are useless – when the remains are badly decomposed, burned or destroyed beyond recognition.
Warehouse 13 – After saving the life of the President in Washington D.C., a pair of U.S Secret Service agents are whisked away to a covert location in South Dakota that houses supernatural objects that the Regents, an Authority above and outside any government, have collected over the centuries. Their new assignment: retrieve any lost objects and investigate reports of new ones.
So do you want Booth and Brennan or Pete and Myka? Vote below!
Update: it’s Pete and Myka! Vote in the next round here!
