Haiku week continues…

First up is Chuck:

Chuck back at BuyMore
Training Casey how to sell
Sarah burns wieners

Doc Zarnow examines
Chuck sees Oceanic Flight
815 shot down

Zarnow drives off
Car explodes in dark of night
Casey thinks Sarah

Fight in Wienerville
Sarah fends off blunt Casey
Linux install, Chuck!

Casey chases Chuck
SUV exploding ball
Chuck doubts Sarah too

Dinner with Ellie
Morgan, Sarah, Capt Perfect
Magic! Souffle ruin

Murder? not Zarnow
Sarah captured in Z’s truck
Chuck, Casey pursue

Rescue Sarah, Chuck!
Tranq dart! Hero trapped helo
Escape! Pilot snooze

Chuck! can’t fly helo
Like a game!  Chuck! says Sarah
Helo lands lightly

Wienerville dinner
All in attendance with Chuck
Trust me, says Sarah

Phew, 5-7-5 is hard to do, however recap 1 is through.  Now Heroes:

Detective Parkman
Seeks murderer of Kaito
Ms. Petrelli shrieks!

Haiti! Mohinder
To save the Haitian from death
Huh? where am I at?

Claire is a lizard
Beautiful toe pops right off
Grows back. O-M-G

Hiro is Kensei
Legend, he begins to form
Takezo shot! HEALS!

Cursed is Maya
Alejandro to redeem
Mexico, alone

Noah schemes a plot
In back of Copy Kingdom
Welcome back, old friend

That’s all I’ve got.

First a 5WoL for Extreme Makeover Home Edition:

then a few haikus to Desperate Housewives.

Gabby Loves Carlos
Carlos leaves Edie alone
Edie finds cash

Bree’s fake tum poked by
Fondue fork and bar-b-que
Let’s fool the old folk

Menopause, Hell NO!
Captain Mal Susan’s OB
Bad test — dead bunny

Can’t find Lynette’s wig
Chemo thrown up in pal’s purse
Cancer – No More Lies

And because it’s football season:

Ball over Romo
Panic and scramble ensue
RUN! First Down Cowboys

Try to do these as they happen, so I don’t get too behind. If I have more drivel to type, I’ll put it below the fold. Slow night last night, watched half of Big Shots, then all of Grey’s need to catch up tonight on the others, and I’ll update the post later.

• Grey’s Anatomy: Grey sisters exchange furtive flances^* glances flances^**
• Big Shots: Four Guys admit they’re wimmin^***
• Survivor: Amanda’s fun bags get blurred
  • Alt: Ashley’s fun bags are out!
• The Office:  Michael is a little stitious

*- typo. Egad, I have no idea what a flance is, and I’m not sure ABC can show a flance without causing the censors to have heart-attacks.

** – it seems I’m more ‘down wit it’ than I had first thought, after googling flance, and reading the defizzle, the word is apropos. (I may have to go wash up now…)

*** – oh and before you ask, yes it is a word, and it too is apropos. :p

I’m backing up to Survivor of last week, and I think I’m current with what I want to watch, so hang tight, here we go.

• Survivor:China – Passive Aggressive Chicken Dumped – Woo!
• Chuck – Awesome, Chuck wears Chucks! Cool!
• Heroes – Hiro becomes his own Hero.
• Journeyman – Redemption in a tool box.
• House – Guitar Hero searches for bandmates.
• Beauty and the Geek – Tony is not a Rapper
• Kid Nation – PETA, help us promote show!
• Bionic Woman – I knew Starbuck was Cylon!
• Private Practice – Addison nekkid and under worked.

Others that I haven’t watched, but might keep on the back burner in case one of these shows gets Daybreak’d: Reapers, Life.

Up for tonight: Survivor, The Office, Grey’s Anatomy

Last night was the two hour season premiere of Beauty and the Geek (season 4).  

In the first our, It got the whole AI national tour looking for prospective geeks.  Last year’s surprising couple Nate and JennyLee made some of the tour spots, and helped to interview the prospective cast members.  One funny moment was their initial stop in Arkansas… Jenny Lee filing her nails with a CW branded nail file, outside with a totally empty line, and Nate just hanging out waiting for someone to show up.  (eventually they did find a cast member in Arkansas, Shay… not surprisingly she was the least smart of the beauties)  One thing I like about the show, is that it doesn’t take its self too seriously.

Looks like we’ll have a great bunch of geeks and beauties, with one surprise coupling a girl geek and a male beauty that were a surprise to everyone else.  They were matched by the producers, and the male will compete with the rest of the beauties in the ‘intellect tests’ and the girl will compete with the rest of the geeks in the ‘pop culture’ inspired challenges.

Should be a fun season, be sure to watch Tuesdays on The CW

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As the spring television season wound down, I was wondering what would capture my attention for periodic television watching over the summer. We decided to order the movie package from Verizon FIOS, as we thought it might be cheaper than pay-per-view and blockbuster late fees. With that package came HBO.

I’d heard rumblings from TVSquad about this new show, John from Cincinnati, that was made from the producers of Deadwood (which I’ve never watched, but heard it was very good) so I made a point of watching the first episode about this guy that shows up in Imperial Beach, California and starts to work/observe positive changes in a circle of relationship surrounding a very dysfunctional family of surfers.

That synopsis doesn’t give the show justice. I’m really liking the show, and have become a fan of David Milch, the creator of JFC and Deadwood just from the concepts portrayed in the show. But, word of warning, this is a show on HBO, and as such, the language and themes are not what you’d find on the networks. Both in a good a bad way, perhaps. If you pale at the use of strong words starting with ‘F’, then you’ll probably be put off by the show. A word of advice, the language is there for a reason, and the advice from Milch is watch the actions, don’t listen to the words. And after hearing that and re-watching the episodes, there is some real gems and some great acting.

The great thing about HBO is that there are lots of options for watching the show, it airs at many times, and it is available on VOD. But for now, I’ve got the HD version of it airing Sunday night locked in on my DVR. Though I have to find alone time to watch it, since Angie doesn’t care for the language, and it probably shouldn’t be heard by the kids either. Also, it being on HBO, the amount of people I know that might watch it is reduced as well.

It is hard to describe the amount of wonder, confusion and then satisfaction I get from this show. It has taken its time in setting up the stories the show will tell. The characters aren’t always likable, or ever do or say the right thing. The themes are redemptive in nature, oddly reminiscent of some themes from The Shawshank Redemption (a wonderful movie… go watch it).

So while my water-cooler talks with friends might not occur about JFC, there are a few online places I can turn to: wiki, podcast, forums, blog and more blogs. What about you, do you watch John from Cincinnati?