This week is the 100th episode celebration of “Dancing With The Stars” with the 5 final couples competing tonight to make it to the semi-finals. On Tuesday’s elimination night several past couples return to shake it for us.
Tonight each couple did two dances, again performing a ballroom and a Latin dance. Up first this week was the ballroom dances.
Kristy and Mark went first, dancing the quick step to some swing song I don’t know (WWII song for sure). Len thought it was great. Bruno said it was a good quick step with great detail and she will be in the final. Carrie Anne said she love that they dance to the judges, but felt they were a little out of sync at one point. They got a 29 with two 10s.
Mario and Karina danced the Viennese Waltz to that song “Nothing If I Ain’t Got You.” (might not be the real title, just one of those songs you know) Bruno said it was polished, distinguished, romantic and elegant. Carrie said it was nice and stiff as it should be, the lift they did was great. Len said tonight he was the most elegant he had seen him dance. They got a 27, all 9s.
Marissa and Tony danced the foxtrot to “Start Spreading The News.” Carrie loved how she entertained them all. Len said she had great posture and hold. Bruno said he loved it, but their moves weren’t quiet appropriate for a dance. They got a 25.
Jason and Edyta danced the tango to some Latin song I don’t know. Len said it was too much of an Argentine tango rather than a ballroom tango. Bruno said that’s where it was created, and he hates the two of them because they are so beautiful. He said they had never danced better. Carrie Anne said they brought a whole new dynamic to the dance, it was fantastic. They got a a 29, with two 10s.
Christian and Cheryl danced the tango to “Beat It.” Bruno said that was what a tango should be. Carrie Anne said nothing was wrong with it at all. Len said any problems from his arms was covered by the choreography. They got a 28, including one 10.
The second round was the Latin round.
Kristy and Mark danced the samba to some Latin song I don’t know. Carrie Anne said she didn’t know what to say, but she didn’t care for it, it was out of control and not as graceful. Len said it had speed, energy and spins, but lost a bit of the rhythm. Bruno said she was spinning beautifully eight times into a drop, they took the biggest challenges on. They got a 26.
Mario and Karina danced the jive to some 50s song I didn’t recognize. At the end there was unfortunately a failed lift. Len said it was too rough for him, no technique in the footwork. Bruno thought it was in the spirit of rock’n’roll, fast and fun. Carrie Anne said the wildness worked and it was great. They got a 26.
Marissa and Tony danced the mambo to some Latin song I don’t know. Bruno said she could do sexy, he wants more of it. He thought it was a beautiful mambo. Carrie Anne said she loves how she goes for it. She says she messed up a turn at the end though. Len said loved that she is now coming out and performed, but it was a little bit careful. They got a 25.
Jason and Edyta did the samba to a Latin song I don’t know (sorry!). Carrie said she appreciated his effort to be flamboyant, but it didn’t work. Len didn’t like it, he looked uncomfortable. Bruno called it a turkey, he was not focused or as good as he could be. They got a 23, the lowest score given this night!
Christian and Cheryl danced the mambo to some Latin song which of course I dont know. Len thought it was a fabulous job. Bruno was shocked at the things he could do with just one arm. Carrie thought he was definitely Latin and they were on fire. They got a 29, with two tens.
For the first time this season I voted, both online and with text messages. I’m afraid Marissa is going home this week, so I went in and voted for them as much as I could.
So let’s get, what in my opinion, was the filler storyline in this episode out of the way first. The nonsense between Susan, Mike, Carl and his “child-bride.” Mike and Susan went to attend a Lamaze class and ran into Carl and his new wife there. Carl kept making digs at Susan about how great his new wife was. He basically made her feel like she had ended up with a booby-prize in Mike. During a later class when they were alone, she lashed out at him saying she got it. However they opened up, had a heart to heart, and Carl pointed out she had a great guy in Mike, and that he wasn’t a great husband. This storyline did nothing for me this week, which is why I felt it was a filler storyline.
Bree was conflicted over Orson and their marriage, admitting to Katherine after he suffered a bit and realized how wrong what he did was, she’s probably take him back. Unfortunately Edie already has her sites set on him! She let him sleep a drunken night on her couch rather than go back to an apartment complex he hates, and Bree took issue, asking her not to do it again. Bree pointed out she has a habit of going for the rest of their leftover men. Go Bree, it’s so true. That of course ticked Edie off and she let Orson not only stay, but started kissing and making plays for him. Find your own man for once Edie! It seems a spying Bree found out what she was up to. I think Bree’s going to make Edie pay. I don’t know if Orson is long for this show anymore either after all that’s gone down.
Gabby and Carlos took in a boarder named Ellie (Justine Bateman) and Gabby soon noticed men coming and going at all hours and paying her money. Convinced she was whoring it out in their spare room, Gabby got her friendly neighborhood gays to help her get hard evidence on her. She had them try and solicit her, which of course backfired. Gabby was forced to come clean that she thought Ellie was hooking. Ellie’s excuse? She was running a tattoo shop to pay for college art classes. Gabby bought the line hook line and sinker. Hello, could she have not come up with a better excuse than that? Of course we got a glimpse of what was in her dresser and what she’s really doing . . . selling drugs! Just what Mike needs, a dealer down the street from him. Hopefully Mike does not meet Ellie!
Lynette learned this week that Satan, I mean Kayla, was the one who convinced the twins to start the fire. She felt Kayla needed counseling, but Tom of course didn’t. I hope Tom wakes up and sees his daughter is in fact Rosemary’s Baby and soon, before someone ends up dead. When Lynette took her to counseling anyway, the demon blackmailed her and said she’d tell the police what the twins did. Lynette should have told her go ahead sweety, as their older sister who gave them the idea you’d go down too! But she didn’t, she caved and took her home. Kayla then got her revenge, convincing the twins she had safely jumped off a roof with an umbrella. When they tried, one of them broke his arm. She’s the devil I tell you, call an exorcist and quick!
Finally Katherine got suspicious of Dylan constantly going out to meet some boy. Wayne told Dylan to tell her mom, and Dylan did, not realizing Katherine had spied and already found out who she was seeing. Wayne showed up to see Katherine and wow was it intense. Katherine stood behind her counter kneading dough as Wayne told her how he had changed, he wasn’t the same man anymore. She revealed he used to punch her, choke her, hit her so hard he’d lick her blood off his knuckles. She said she had changed too, she wasn’t scared of him, though she wondered if she could still make him angry like she used to. I was honestly sitting there thinking she was going to pull a gun out and blow him away! She didn’t and Wayne quietly left, though you could see he was fuming. I guess she still gets to him. This isn’t going to end pretty at all, I see someone dead before this season’s over with! Speaking of dead, Katherine didn’t seem to shocked that he wasn’t dead. So who or what is burried in the backyard?
Brothers and Sisters: Most Aggravating Episode Ever?
Posted by Dustin on 05.05.2008 at 12:09 pm
Last night’s episode of “Brothers and Sisters” was tense, frustrating, aggravating and infuriating! I don’t think I’ve ever watched an episode that upset me as much as last night’s did.
First let’s get the boring story out of the way, Kitty and Robert’s plotline. Back to the doctor they went, who wanted to try harvesting more eggs from Kitty, but wanted to take a month off to let her body rest. Robert and Kitty decided to use that month, and her 48 hour fertile period, to have as much sex as possible and try things the old fashion way. Zzzzzzzzz.
Justin tried to avoid Rebecca like the plague and confided in Kevin about Rebecca and that for the moment there that she might not have been their sister, well he started having feelings for her. Kevin told him she was their sister and to stay away from her. Okay I find it somewhat odd that his first thoughts were basically “Wow your not my sister, so I can bang you now.” Ewwwwww! She was most likely your sister a minute ago and you weren’t thinking that! It’s like these feelings came out of no where. When Rebecca confronted him on being weird, he told her the truth. Upset, she ran off. Poor Justin thought he had repulsed her.
Rebecca and Holly had it out in this episode. Holly was moaning about David leaving and she never saw it coming. Rebecca unleashed holy hell on her mother, telling her she knew the truth, that David was her father. Holly then deduced Rebecca sent him away, but Rebecca said he left because he knew she loved the Walkers and it would make things more difficult. Holly got sick of the Walkers being thrown in her face and the way Rebecca treated her. Rebecca told her off, how they were more a family to her in a short year and Nora more a mother! Holly then ranted on and on about how she raised her on her own, she struggled and worked as a single mother. Rebecca shot back that she let William die thinking she was his daughter, she took all that money William left her in the will. Holly felt it was their money and they deserved it after what she has struggled through, unlike Nora who fell into money. Holly then told Rebecca she wouldn’t be treated like this anymore and kicked her out! Okay I have to say, Holly has some nerve! She struggled and worked to raise Rebecca? Seems to me William set her up in that house and gave her money! Poor Holly! Her playing the single mother and victim card didn’t work on me at all, it’s only made me see she’s still a beyotch!
Rebecca returned to Justin, who apologized and said he was over those weird feelings. She told him the truth, she’s not his sister. He then let her have it, saying she was a liar just like her mother! Uhg, why why why? I didn’t get Justin at all in this episode. At the end of the episode, Justin told Nora the truth about Rebecca.
Sarah, annoying me to no end, decided to cover for Saul and take the blame for his mistake. This meant she took crap from her mom, Kevin and Tommy, who you could see was probably secretly loving it because he always felt he should be running Ojai. I thought we’d have to put up with this forever, but fortunately Saul came forward to Nora, who of course told everyone. Nora apologized, but I wanted to see Tommy doing so! His smugness lately has irked me. Nora then had the idea to turn to Tommy and Holly’s orchard to save Ojai.
Tommy of course wanted to save the business, but Holly had reservations and told him to put the blame on her for saying no. She felt they were an upstart, they would go down with Ojai. Then however she came up with a plan that would work, a merger of the companies. Tommy would be co-president of Ojai with Sarah and in case they couldn’t agree, the new CEO Holly would break the tie. Sarah felt railroaded, but Nora pushed her to do it to save the company. I have to say Holly seems to be getting everything she wanted doesn’t she? Now she’s fricken CEO of Ojai and Tommy gets back in. Not liking this one bit at all. I have a feeling Sarah will be ousted or quit pretty soon! Sarah also seemingly gave Graham the boot at the end of the episode, using business speak saying it was time to go their separate ways and break off talks. Looks like we may have seen the last of him.
Saul went and got himself good and drunk and drove into a tree. He called Kevin to bail him out from the police station. He finally came out to Kevin saying he was a gay man, but he didn’t know how to be a gay man, and he wanted his entire life back . . . all those waisted years. Kevin then went home to Scotty and proposed for real, saying he realized how lucky he was to have Scotty while the rest of his family was falling apart, and he didn’t want to be like Saul looking back wanting lost years back. Scotty of course accepted. I’m shedding a tear for what could have been with Jason. *Sniff Sniff*
Another quicker recap of the latest episode of “Ugly Betty,” mostly focusing on my thoughts on this episode and less on recapping.
So right before she was going back to Arizona, the baby mama Charlie suddenly had various issues and is now sticking around New York to have her baby. From the previews for next week she goes into labor, so perhaps this isn’t a faked pregnancy. If not, I think she’s somehow faked the DNA test. I’m sure the baby will come out and be Hispanic, Asian or African-American . . . something that will let Henry know he’s definitely not the father. If not, then maybe the baby’s blood type will be off and someone will catch that.
Henry learned that Gio and Betty had remained friends and still saw one other, because Amanda opened her big mouth about how Gio was in love with Betty. Henry confronted Gio and they got into a tiff. I think Henry doesn’t get to play the jealous or the Gio card really because of what is going on with Charlie. He and Betty keep saying they only have four weeks left together as is. It’s time for Henry to accept he’s going to lose Betty whether he likes it or not and he doesn’t get to be jealous or upset about it. He’s the one who knocked up Charlie, so we are led to believe.
Willy continued with her plan to drive Renee nuts and have her committed. Now Renee knows the truth about the Bradford scheme, so obviously that’s a reason to get her out of the way. However before she knew, Willy seemed to want her gone and I still don’t know why. Something more has to be going on that we don’t know about.
Without her pills, Renee started to become jealous and set her sites on Betty, convinced she was in love with Daniel and out to take her from him. Hilariously Daniel started to wonder about Betty and thought she was in love with him too! He even had a naughty dream about her. Oh no, are they going to have Daniel suddenly fall for Betty?
Nina Garcia and Christian Siriano made their cameos in this episode as they met with Daniel and Alexis. Christian didn’t think there was enough drama at Mode for him, until Renee burst in calling his models Daniel’s new whores! Christian loved it. I have to say I thought his appearance was campy and hilarious, just like him. I loved Nina Garcia saying winning “Project Runway” had completely gone to his head.
Christina was still trying to find out what was going on with Renee, having heard Willy refer to her as a murderer. She and Betty broke into Willy’s files and learned that Renee apparently had an affair with a professor at Stoneybrook, become jealous of his assistant and tried to kill her by arson . . . but killed the professor instead! So that it seems is the big secret behind her, candles and Stoneybrook. What I didn’t get was why it seemed like Christina hadn’t heard about the plan with Bradford’s sperm? I guess she didn’t hear about it after all, because that’s a bigger thing to reveal really in my opinion.
The show ended with Betty rushing to warn Daniel about Renee, only to be caught by Renee in Daniel’s apartment with a million candles. It seems she was out to repeat history. Fortunately Betty knocked her out and stopped a fire from starting and Willy had her committed. Renee told Daniel she was sorry, she thought she was getting better. Daniel also asked Betty about her “feelings” for him. She teased him, saying she loved him but wasn’t in love with him. She left to be with Henry, who she had worked things out with after the Gio stuff. Daniel however looked a little sad to me. I think he’s falling for Betty!
Once again, this is less on the recap and more on my thoughts on the latest episode of “Grey’s.” I’m caught up with watching all the shows I missed last week, but I have fallen behind in the write-ups and that’s what I’m trying to do now without falling another week behind. Plus I’ve been doing a little too much recapping and not enough thinking π
Meredith and Derek started their clinical trial to help the tumor guy, who was their first patient. Of course he didn’t make it. The real purpose of this story is obviously to get them working together again and talking. You could tell by the way he touched her hand he missed her and wanted to be with her.
Addison returned in this episode to perform surgery on a baby at Seattle Grace. Everyone of course wondered if she was coming back, but she wasn’t. She did however stir up some drama only the way she can. As much as I liked “Private Practice,” I love her character so much more on “Grey’s.”
Baily broke down to Addison and told her that Tucker had moved out and for the first time in 12 years she was sleeping alone. Ouch! We all saw this one was going to happen though. It’s sad, but maybe they’ll work it out. I have to say if we have to see Baily dating it will be odd and unusual.
Izzie dealt with a pregnant HIV woman in this episode who wanted an abortion, not knowing with proper care she could have a healthy baby. She finally gained the respect of her students in this episode when she whipped them into shape and took charge of her case. I hope we don’t have to see much more of her students moping and complaining, because it’s a downer.
Izzie and George finally set some real boundaries this week with her being a resident and him still an intern, and how he had his people to be with and she had hers. This is sucking, but again seems to be to facilitate a Lexie and George romance.
Addison question Callie about her new BFF Hahn and wondered if they had something something going on, was she speaking the Vagina Monologues? Hilarious, as funny as Callie telling Addison that she liked penis, really big penis! Later at the bar when it seemed they were being a couple in public, Callie felt Addison giving her a look and ran to Mark to prove something. To Addison or herself? It seems they are going ahead with this coupling.
Also we got a little resolution to why Hahn has been giving Yang the cold shoulder. She told Addison that she thinks Yang can be great, but she sees so much of herself in her.
Of course the highlight of the episode was Addison threatening to kick Meredith’s butt because she was letting Derek get away. I think Kate needs to threaten to kick Derek’s butt too, as he’s walking away from Meredith as well.
Because I’m behind with writing the mini recaps/thoughts on the various shows I watch, I’m going to simply throw out my thoughts on various stories going on in the shows from the past week. First up is last Sunday’s “Desperate Housewives.”
Gabby fighting with Carlos over the seeing eye dog was humorous, but at this point the story with them isn’t being pushed forward much. I’m beginning to wonder if their story for the season is over and they are just going to be the slapstick comedy of the show for the rest of the time? Oh wait, they have the upcoming boarder ala Justine Bateman. That should be interesting. One good scene involving Edie this week was when she warned Gabby to stop treating Carlos the way she was, as a lot of women would still want to be with him. I think that’s the first time in a while I’ve liked Edie.
Katherine emotionally blackmailed Bree into joining her in a catering business, but at least in this episode, it didn’t go very far. Bree had other issues to tackle. Mike had confronted Orson and learned the truth, but told Susan because of all he’d been forgiven for, he was trying to forgive him too. That’s pretty big of Mike! On one hand I got that line of reasoning, on the other I felt like Orson had become Mike’s friend and that was really a stinging betrayal. Susan then told Bree she would work to forgive Orson as Mike had, but it would take time. Bree told Susan that was admirable they wanted to forgive him, but she couldn’t. Orson moved out! Poor Bree, it seems she just can’t find a good man can she. I have to say when she told that to Susan though, I never loved her more.
Tom continued to tell Lynette that he didn’t set the fire. It seemed like she knew he was telling the truth, but part of her still wondered. I did like that when Rick and Tom ended up in a fight and found themselves at the police station that Lynette stood up for Tom, even if it meant lying to give him an alibi for the fire. It’s about time she show him a little loyalty. Of course as I called it last week, the two devil children, I mean twins, confessed to Lynette that they set the fire to make Rick go away so they wouldn’t get a divorce. Now what will Lynette do? Keep quiet and protect her children or turn them in? If you’ve read the spoilers, you know who apparently is really behind the fire-starters though. Shocked I’m not!
Finally Wayne Davis pulled Dylan over to check her out, as it turns out he’s a cop. So let’s just get it out in the open, why why why did they make him a cop? I love Gary Cole, but seeing him play a bad cop on the show makes me think back to his role on “American Gothic” years ago. Maybe that explains why he didn’t die, he has the devil in him? Okay anyway, Wayne finally admitted to Dylan who he was and that he did hit her mom back then, but apparently she “gave as good as she got.” I’m not exactly sure what that means. Was that him saying Katherine beat the crap out of himtoo , or was that some backwards mentality to justify smacking his wife around? Dylan decided to keep the fact she met her dad from her mom, which I’m thinking probably won’t turn out to be a smart move in the end for her. This story is about to blow!
In the fall the rumor popped up that Lohan was set to guest star on an episode of “Ugly Betty,” but the deal fell through. Now TV Guide is reporting the talks are back on and it’s possible not only will she appear on the May 22nd season finale, she could become a regular next season with as much as 8 episodes!
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So last week’s episode of “Ghost Whisperer” I thought was just ho-hum. I’m a horror movie fan, so it was interesting to see that as the topic of the episode. In this episode a guy creating indie-horror films designed to really scare those he selected to be in them met his maker while making the films. He was the ghost and haunting the girl he was in love with and who was secretly helping him make the films. The whole point of the haunting was not to convince her to finish the films per say, but to make her realize her passion was in film making and not her family inspired and chosen major economics.
The real key points of the whole episode were those surrounding Melinda. The film maker realized Melinda had a fascination with horror films, but she couldn’t explain why she liked to be scared or what about them drew her to them. At the very end Melinda had a memory from her childhood of a man standing over her bed in an odd mask. I can’t be sure, but it looked like her father to me. I’m getting the feeling that her father may have been involved in some cultish activity when he was alive and was seeking to use Melinda for whatever he had planned. Maybe when things didn’t work out, he went off and had Gabriel hoping he’d be able to do what he needed?
Onto this week’s episode of “Medium,” which was a bizarre one for sure. But hey, at least the bad guy didn’t get away! In this episode the family car died, so Joe ended up finding a steal at the body shop. A man was selling a pimped out car for far below what it was worth. Hmmm, can you say suspicious? Allison soon found out that the man’s wife died in it, supposedly from a car jacking. Having watched the show too much, I knew the husband somehow set up the car jacking. However though that part was predictable, what I really liked was how this episode threw you off in the investigation with a “fake” suspect/accomplice, who in fact was a model on a poster on the garage wall where the man set his wife up to be shot by a gun in a vice. Very clever! Allison figured it all out when the car’s GPS took her to the garage and then refused to start back up so she could leave. She had to abandon it there, and later the husband was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning. It seems like the wife’s ghost got her revenge! I did wonder though wouldn’t or couldn’t Allison be an accomplice given she left the car there?
Also Allison had dreams about Joe’s partner apparently seducing him one late at night in the office, which all seem to be coming true. The show ended with her going into the office acting exactly as she had in Allison’s dream, but the show stopped with a “To Be Continued” before anything happened. So we are left with a cliff-hanger until Monday where we have to find out if she’s going to seduce Joe or not. I have always thought she wanted him, but since that is so obvious, maybe they won’t go there?
It was no “Project Runway,” but in its own way it was fun. For those who enjoyed “Shear Genius” the first go round, it’s set to return this summer on Bravo. It will go on the list of things I’ll be watching, along with BB10 and whatever else comes along.
BRAVO’S ‘SHEAR GENIUS’ RETURNS FOR SEASON TWO AND STYLISTS CUT OR GET CUT
Series Premieres Wednesday, June 25 At 10 PM ET/PT
NEW YORK β April 30, 2008 β Lather. Rinse. Compete. Bravo turns the spotlight on high-end hair styling with the premiere of the second season of the creative competition series “Shear Genius” on Wednesday, June 25 at 10 PM ET/PT. Hosted by Golden Globe nominated actress, designer and entrepreneur Jaclyn Smith, “Shear Genius” offers a behind-the-scenes look at the competitive and creative world of high-end hairstyling. Famed celebrity hairstylist Kim Vo and Allure West Coast editor Kelly Atterton join the series this season as lead judges, and accomplished stylist Rene Fris returns as the competitors’ mentor.
Bravo’s nationwide search for talented hair stylists unearthed a group of gifted competitors from all over the country who will vie for the ultimate title of “Shear Genius,” $100,000 in seed money courtesy of Nexxus Salon Hair Care, an apprenticeship with Nexxus and a chance to style hair for an Allure magazine feature. This season, every challenge will be done on living hair models, and with challenges that range from cutting hair blind-folded to styling with food products that include caramel and even mustard, you can bet the drama will be bigger than ever. In each episode, host Smith, delivers the news to the chosen winning and losing stylist with input from Atterton and Vo, as well as a lineup of guest judges. Some stylists will get “cut” early and others will “blow away” the competition.
The stylists face two challenges per episode β the short cut challenge β testing technical hairstyling skills β and the elimination challenge, testing creativity and advanced skills. Every challenge will be inventive and extraordinary, pushing them out of their comfort zone and requiring more than just finesse with a comb and scissors. The stylists will also need to possess the ability to service the client’s needs, manage a staff and work as part of a team, simultaneously, in order to make it in the competition.
To meet the cast of “Shear Genius,” visit www.BravoTV.com. Photography and bios are available at www.nbcumv.com. Following are the 12 stylists competing on the series:
Β· Charlie β 38, Hometown: Denver, CO.
Β· Daniel β 28, Hometown: Tallahassee, FL; Resides in Dallas, TX.
Β· Dee β 37, Hometown: San Antonio, TX; Resides in Miami, FL.
Β· Gail β 25, Hometown: Dayton, OH; Resides in Columbus, OH.
Β· Glenn β 36, Hometown: Los Angeles, CA; Resides in Decatur, AL.
Β· Matthew β 37, Hometown: Dallas, TX.
Β· Meredith β 36, Hometown: Cleveland, OH; Resides in Chicago, IL.
Β· Nekisa β 29, Hometown: San Francisco, CA; Resides in: Concord, CA.
Β· Nicole β 24, Hometown: Houston, TX; Resides in: New York, NY.
Β· Oshun β 31, Hometown: Cleveland, OH; Resides in Los Angeles, CA.
Β· Parker β 31, Hometown: Miami, FL.
Β· Paulo β 37, Hometown: San Jose, CA.
“Shear Genius” is produced by Reveille Entertainment. Mark Koops, Julie Laughlin and Howard T. Owens serve as executive producers.
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