Gossip Girl: The End of the Affair?

Blair has a secret

Louis still has a French lisp

All on NYE

 (And the most boring NYE...seriously they throw parties every week - most have been more exciting than this one)

Sooooo, it's ridiculous that now GOD [this is nothing against GOD] is the reason Blair and Chuck can't be together. Right? Totally over the top?

I need to quit this show. But I don't know how to quit it.

Other thoughts:

• Why didn't Nate read the police report? The driver said he told the cops. It would've been in there. All the effort to make Nate seem like a hard hitting journalist, and he's still just dumb, but very pretty, Nate.
• I'm glad Monkey's back.
• I was sad when Blair was sad that she lost the baby. I was however thinking that the big secret she was covering up was that she didn't in fact lose the baby in the accident, but had a secret abortion a few days later. I know abortion is a tricky plot device, but I think that would've been better than, "I promised GOD I wouldn't be with Chuck if he helped him live."
• I HATE the "Serena is the new Gossip Girl" storyline. Stupid Bloggers. :)
• Speaking of Serena - how does she come up with these lies? Sometimes they try and make Serena smart, then the next episode she's an idiot. "Oh Blair is going to a secret apartment with Dan because he and I are now dating - again"? How does that make sense? I would have rather any of the following lies have been told (they also would've been more believable).
• Dan and Blair are trying out for The Amazing Race
• Dan's newest book is a Blair biography
• Blair lost a bet to Dan and is now forced to be a strange family's maid
• They are hiding Jenny and Eric in that apartment
• Dan is a pre-op sex reassignment and is using Blair as a model for his future Danielle.
• My only hope with this Serena lie is that the show will end with her being crushed when she realizes Dan will NEVER love her again.
• I'm glad they showed Rufus talking to Jenny on the phone even if they referenced Alexa Chung. I do think that Jenny and Alexa Chung would be friends.
• So they see the real Charlie and that doesn't strike them as odd. They don't talk to her a little more? They just leave? 
• Louis's hair is awful. The back of his hair is soooo crooked. No way a prince wouldn't have someone to cut it everyday for him. Also, where does he live? 
• I have been so busy and distracted I didn't have time to take pictures other than these:

            AND

That flashback was very Grey's Anatomy.

No comments on the clothes other than Serena's NYE dress was shooooort! Dan's hair looked better but Blair's did not.

What did you think of the episode? Did you roll your eyes when Blair explained her reasons for avoiding Chuck? Are you still holding out for Dair endgame? Who was best and worst dressed this week?

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Joel Kinnaman

Diamond in the rough

He's grody on The Killing

But not in real life

I go sucked into watching The Killing this year. I actually enjoyed it more than I think a lot of people did and would recommend it but would suggest that if possible watch it in a marathon. I rarely suggest watching intense dramas in marathon sessions - I usually like the week of waiting between episodes to just sit and think about what happened - but The Killing is kind of slow and I don't think there was any week that went by that I'd catch myself thinking "Who did kill Rosie Larson?" on a Wednesday afternoon. 

To me, the best part of The Killing is Joel Kinnaman. He plays a cop whose first day is the same day Rosie Larson is discovered. He shows up in a sweatshirt,  looking and talking like an extra from Breaking Bad:

As the season progressed, his character grew. I googled him, as I do with everything, and found out this guy is HOT - and Swedish. Here he is talking about education. In Swedish (I think). It's horribly attractive:

I was reminded of him this weekend when I went to see The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. He's in it and I had forgotten. When he showed up on screen the first time I gasped. He only shows up one other time and gets to say like three words, but he and Daniel Craig in his black briefs are the hot guy high points of the film. Oh year Rooney Mara is really good in it too.

[P.S. I used "diamond in the rough" cause I was thinking of Aladdin. Jafar's been on my mind a lot lately.]

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Season Finales: Dexter and Homeland

Sunday night Showtime

Had two season finales

"Oh God," but no Boom

Oh Dexer. It hurts me to write that I give this season a mighty thumbs down. I feel bad blaming Colin Hanks, so instead I'll blame the person who cast him in the role of DDK [Dooms Day Killer not Daniel Dae Kim]. His mad face just wasn't mad enough in my opinion.

This baby did it better.

The finale was a mesh of odd things. Dexter is saved by a boat of people immigrating illegally. He kills a guy trying to rob everyone on the boat. He exits the water and immediately asks someone to borrow their phone? Wouldn't they be calling the cops on the group of people who just emerged from the water? The cops find the house of the couple who Travis/DDK killed, but didn't go in because they were waiting for....the blood splatter analyst? What? Oh yeah - there's a giant painting of Dexter on the wall so of course they couldn't stumble upon that. Sigh.

Well isn't that convenient. 

I did love that Dexter's killing clothes also happened to be his Papa Lion outfit. "I guess I'll wear a brown henley."  Why isn't that what Travis changed into when he ransacked Dexter's closet? I'd think that's all Dexter has in there. Harrison was so adorable until they put on the scary lion masks. His wave to Jamie made me really happy. I think I waved back.

Deb tells Dexter she loves him. He tells her, "I love you" back. He's not wearing a shirt (second best moment of the night). She excitedly tells her therapist/incestuous feelings coach that she told him she loved him, he returned the sentiment, but that he didnt realize she meant in love with him. Tiny victories!

Bautista tells Quinn he's having him transferred cause he's a bum. Quinn finds out from the union that as long as he seeks help, he can't be transferred. Homicide is his life, yo. I hope this lame storyline and Quinn finding him love of detective work again ties into next season, cause if not I'll be even more annoyed. What a waste. On the roof, there was a long close up of Quinn and I thought, "I hope DDK kills him!" But alas, that didn't happen.

Speaking of people who did nothing: What was the point of Anderson this season? Poor guy. He was supposed to be this amazing detective and he really didn't do much. Another waste.

So at the climax of the episode, Dexter is talking way too much ("I'm a father. A son. A serial killer!" bwahaha - dumb) as he has Travis saran wrapped down on the altar of the church. In walks Deb. She watches as Dexter takes that final stab to the heart he loves so much. "Oops."  "Oh God." Dexter says as he sees her. Fade to black and now we have to wait.

I am very much so looking forward to next season. Usually they leave things with a good solid end but this time we're left with three hanging chads: 1) Deb loves Dexter in a dirty way, 2) Deb gets to deal with the realization that her new love/non-biological brother, Dexter, is a perfect blend of all her exes: A serial killer who works with the police, and 3) There's a hand just hanging out on Dexter's fridge waiting to be discovered.

I also think little baby Harrison is adorable. I hope he's dressed as the lion all next season.

I think it will be a good season.

Homeland on the other hand was a show I did not want to get invested in. I know this is a terrible reason for wanting to avoid it, but I think both Claire Danes and Damian Lewis have weird mouths. Yes, my mouth is probably weirder than both of theirs but still, I try to find ridiculous reasons to not add new shows (and hang on to dumb things like Gossip Girl [I love you Gossip Girl xoxo]). I ended up catching up on Homeland via Showtime's amazing on demand (they have EVERYTHING on there!). I instantly got hooked on the drama of the show. I freaked out with Carrie intentionally bumped into Brody. Freaked out more when she busted herself by inadvertently revealing she'd been watching him by announcing she didn't have his specific tea after their night at her cabin. I freaked out when she went full on non-medicated and started looking like an extra from The Walking Dead. I was very excited for last night's finale. When I saw the preview that led viewers to believe that Brody was gonna go ka-blooey, I knew there had to be more.

Hey! I looked like a zombie too!

What happened was a super intense hour with Carrie off her rocker and Brody coming to the point of trying to kill everyone (and in his mind it was revenge for the killing of 83 innocent children). Things didn't work out for Brody - faulty electronics, and a heart wrenching call from his daughter, Dana - but his plan has become larger in scope now that he's running for office. "Why kill a man when you can kill an idea?" he asked Nazir. My response was cause that would have been the non-safe route for the tv show to take. I did like that they had Carrie undergo shock treatment. I thought that was ballsy. It will be interesting to see how they continue her story. Will she wake up as Temple Grandin? Probably not. I thought Claire Danes did an excellent job in her scene when she explained that this was her option now. She knew she needed this, and was defeated in that knowledge. It was sad.



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Breaking Bad got Snubbed.

What an awful day

Aaron Paul got left out and

Breaking Bad got snubbed.

What the hell?! The Hollywood Foreign Press is surely drinking too much if they left Breaking Bad out of television's Best Drama nominees.

Here's what Jesse Pinkman has to say to the decision makers:

Tyrus threw his trademark, "Bitch, please" look:

And Bryan Cranston was sad that his costars, Giancarlo Esposito and Aaron Paul, were dissed too:

Oh well. Good luck to Bryan Cranston. 

For a complete list of nominations click here.

UPDATE: My favorite recapper from bestweekever.tv, Dan Hopper, was equally sad about the snub: http://www.bestweekever.tv/2011-12-15/breaking-bad-didnt-get-nominated-for-a-golden-globe-but-kelsey-grammers-boss-did-so-bye-everybody/  [My friends that watch Boss say it's good though.]

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Dexter: Talk to the Hand

Wormwood is foiled

Dexter once again escapes

Deb has a nightmare.

I don't normally do a Dexter recap - and this isn't a complete one, but I had a few thoughts on last night's Dexter and really this whole season.

One thing that's always bugged me about Dexter (minus the first season- but I may not have been paying enough attention) is that he's so stupid sometimes. I can't watch Weeds anymore because Nancy Botwin continues to do stupid things and Dexter is getting to that point. He does things that are as blatant as Hansel and Gretel leaving a trail of bread crumbs behind. This season alone he's: let Travis see his face, hung out with Travis multiple times, and rented a motel room for Travis. In the last two episodes he's: called 911 without disguising his voice, searched for Doomsday Adam on his work computer then failed to close the browser window when thwarting Wormood then lied about how he knew she was a threat ["Why you lie?!"], sent Travis a video of himself on his cell phone. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

DDK/Travis/The Ghost of Dr. Ross Gellar is so lame. Collin Hanks was poorly cast (he's a good actor, just doesn't fit the role). The writing for the killer is neat - body parts sewn on mannequins, a Carrie-esque blood bath, the angel wings and locus  - but something has still managed to fall flat about DDK.  This week he killed two more innocent people (but let the cat and Bautisa live) and managed to keep his paint set with him. I think he has a Batman utility belt.  I find it especially interesting that he managed to have enough paint to cover that giant wall and happened to have the right colors to make it dark and scary. I liked that he originally painted a random dude's face and then went back and changed it to Dexter. Much more time must have passed than I realized.

Deb's also going nuts. She's possibly in love with her [not biological] brother. It's gross. Even for a dream. Today I had thai and they asked if I wanted chop sticks and I passed for fear I'd dream I made out with my non existing brother tonight. She need someone to shake her. I will pretend that her therapist Incepted her and made that dream happen. Kudos to Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter for being divorced and still doing a great job with this storyline.

The previews for next week's season finale look great. Travis gets poor baby Harrison. Jamie will probably might die which could lead to more hate between Bautisa and Quinn (had Quinn been not wasted Travis may not have gotten away). I am hoping that the final shot of this season will be Dexter receiving the now written on hand from Louis (Lewis?). If Louis is the big bad next season, Dexter is surely going to get found out. They've said that there will only be two more seasons of Dexter and that the end game is in play now - so it's got to tie back to all the Ice Truck Killer mentions this season. I'll be very excited for that since season 1 has by far been my favorite season. I'd love it if Dexter came full circle. Maybe it will end with Dexter's body found, drained of blood, in a motel swimming pool?

What do you think is going to happen on the finale? What's Louis's game? Is Jamie in for? How sad are the lives of Miami PD - they've seriously had to deal with so many deaths over the last few years?

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Gossip Girl: Riding in Town Cars with Boys

An engagement ends?

Lonely boy is still lonely

A scary car crash!

I never got around to posting on last week's disco extravaganza but I will include some quick thoughts (really texts) that I shared with my friends and that they shared with me:

I cannot wait for you to see Rufus's necklace.
Serena's first dress = unflattering as hell.
They made a Farrah Fawcett's dead joke?!?!
Why is Blair dressed as Zooey Deschanel?
Where did Max bake the cake?
OMG The Dancing!!!
Oh Serena's hair.

Chaka Khan't.

Poor Dan. He gets a story line worse than a studio 54 party for a grandma.
And Nate as a hard hitting journalist? Just no.


That was that. This week the saga continued. Lily decided to host a coming out party [I know that's not what it's called] for Charlie and planned it over a breakfast that poor Dan had to sit through.

"Kill me now."

Serena said, "Waffles, a new job and a party!" I too would be excited about that. Especially the waffles.

Dan is sad, even though his book has taken off again, and ponders the, "appeal of heroin or womanizing." If he continues to look like he is on heroin (as he has this season), he won't be able to womanize anything. I am also holding out for a Dan/Nate love story. Just cause.

Down the road, Chuck and Nate are enjoying a light breakfast while chatting about their newfound fancy and legit lives. Nate discusses something I find boring but Chuck really likes. He likes it so much he tells Nate: "It's a bold move, Nathaniel - I'm almost aroused." There are pills to help you be fully aroused, Chuck, but I'm sure you know that.

Half boner.

I'm ceramic.

They notice that the latest printed news on Blair is that she hasn't been seen with Prince Louis for weeks! Chuck blows this off since it must be, "lies made up to sell newspapers to women who collect ceramic cats." Lucky Cat throws the side eye:

Some stuff happened in the middle of the episode with Nate, the Congressman, and Nate's dad. I don't know if it's that I can't follow along or that I just don't care about this storyline. Max shows up and says: "Charlie is Ivy!" Nate responds, "I don't believe you!" and Max gives up and walks away. He is awful at exposing lies. Later he approaches the Congressman to make some sort of deal that once again I don't care about. Why do they keep casting non-extremely attractive men as guest stars? Cause I guess he's ok looking. He's just not CW standard.

Since Blair is being watched like a hawk by the paparazzi, she's decided to become a shut-in. Luckily for us, Dorota is around to put her in her place and say things like, "Need to marry Louis to be a princess." Touche.

One pap finds a way to get into her house so she decides she needs to escape the UES. It just so happens that with Rufus's nudging, Dan has decided to tell Blair how he feels. He calls and she invites herself over. Awww. Could it be? Could Dair FINALLY be happening?

Find out if it is after the JUMP!
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Week of 11/20

Thanksgiving week off

Catching up on what I missed

I sure missed TV.

I took a week off for Thanksgiving, family timw, college football, eating and daily naps. Now I'm trying to catch up on all I missed.Here are some quick observations:

-The Walking Dead: I really didn't need to see that crotch grab. I also am now a little confused on what CDC guy whispered into Rick's ear at the end of last season. I thought it was that Lori was pregnant but he seemed too surprised this week. He didn't however seem at all surprised about her and Shane's sexy times. So maybe he did know, I just didn't like the rushed speed it played out. Let's spend 7 episodes looking for Sophia, but only spend 2 minutes on a underlying plot line that's been building for one and a half seasons. I still like Glenn but the old man is getting more annoying with each episode.
-Dexter: Gellar is totally an imaginary friend. Right?  Lame. Saw that coming pretty early on. Travis is annoying.
-How I Met Your Mother: I thought the episode was a little lame, but the ending revelation that Robin is pregnant made me gasp. I would assume it's Barney's baby and not Kevin's but when I think about the lack of  any 1 of the many forms of birth control available condoms I get a little grossed out. Barney is a man whore.
- Gossip Girl: Do women really walk around in mini skirts and opaque pastel tights? Did anyone else notice Nate talks on the phone with his hand covering the receiver? I hate Nate's storyline, but he's so nice to look at that I am grateful for it. Serena's shower dress was awful  - it looked like there was a door frame right at her crotch. Still no Dair. Booooooo.
- The Good Wife: Diane + Eli = Gold. I don't like the whole Cary/New Girl/Kalinda storyline. I don't buy Kalinda as someone everyone wants. I find her a little more annoying and still hate her hairstyle. I also don't buy Cary as someone stupid enough to get involved in this weak triangle. He's too career driven. This tangent IMO is disappointing.
-Saturday Night Live: How great were the Muppet cameos and the Andre the Giant sketch?

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