Wow, it’s been a while…

Since school has been taking over my life, I’ve lost track of all of my shows. Depressing, I know. Since it’s been so hard to catch up on The Office and Grey’s Anatomy and Modern Family, I’ve been watching re-runs of Criminal Minds until the wee hours of the morning. Not a good idea when I have class in the morning, but it’s totally worth it.

Almost every episode that I’ve seen of Criminal Minds over the years has kept me interested from the opening credits until the criminal is revealed. The focus on the psychological history of the criminals rather than the crime they have committed is fascinating, although how much of this is really accurate? Not only does the mind of the criminal interest me, but I love Reid. He’s a genius and he’s so genuine that I can’t help but love his character. That could be what keeps me watching.

 

Undercover Boss.

The last few Sunday’s I’ve watched “Undercover Boss” on CBS. Probably only because it comes on after basketball games, but that’s beside the point. I’ve kind of gotten hooked. It’s amazing that these company owners and CEOs spend days working the low level jobs at their companies in order to improve things. If I was that high in a company, there’s no way I would want to go work in the lowest level jobs, even if it’s only temporarily… especially at White Castle in Hamilton, Ohio. I’m not being snobby — I went to high school in Hamilton — just sarcastic.

I noticed that it seems like a lot of the employees that are featured on the show have had just horrible lives. It’s so sad. The things that the CEOs and owners do for these people who are so unfortunate is really cool. And the fact that these execs want to make changes is a great thing.

I recommend watching, it’s a really good show, and a great concept.

 

I miss the beach…

After escaping the Oxford bubble for a week, I’ve finally caught up on Grey’s. I thought I would miss Izzie, but honestly I don’t at all. I think Katherine Heigl’s request to get out of her contract was probably a good thing.

I thought the latest episode (“Push”) was one of the best I’ve seen in a while and was glad to see that Richard is finally getting back to his old self. The tension between him and Derek was getting to be a little too much — almost to the point of ridiculousness. But we all knew Derek was going to eventually take over as chief. It was only a matter of time,  considering the writers have been teasing us with that for what seems like forever.

I’ve been somewhat disappointed lately because it seems like Meredith hasn’t had much of a role in the last few episodes. I think there’s been more of a focus on the Derek/Richard feud, the Owen/Cristina/Teddy love triangle, and Mark’s personal life than on Meredith who, in the past, was the main focus of the show — she is the title character.

More later. In the meantime, I’ll be enjoying March Madness.

 

Need I say more?

I can’t wait for The Office baby! This has to be one of the most anticipated episodes of a show, ever. Fans waited in suspense for the day that Pam and Roy would break up, for the day that Jim and Pam would finally start dating, for Jim and Pam’s wedding, and now, for the arrival of their baby. I’m sure it will be a sweet moment when the baby finally arrives, but it won’t be an episode of The Office without the usual antics of Dwight and Michael.

 

I have no life.

For like the last week and a half, I have had no time to watch TV… with the exception of the Olympics. I need to spend some serious time catching up on The Office and Modern Family. I did, however, manage to squeeze in most of The Bachelor on Monday night and all I have to say is, Vienna is still there?!

Anyway, I’ve been watching a lot of the Olympics, and I think my new favorite sport to watch is speed skating. It’s amazing how fast those guys can get around the ice rink! I feel like figure skating is always on. It’s fine to watch for a while, but it gets boring. On the other hand, last night Lindsey Vonn, Shaun White, and Shani Davis all won gold! Now I’m just rambling…

 

No, I didn’t watch Lost last night.

I figured I couldn’t watch Lost last night, unlike the rest of America, because I haven’t watched it since the beginning of season 1. I guess it’s on my to-do list. I just don’t when I’ll get around to it. Instead of being cool and watching Lost, I was a loser and watched The Biggest Loser, which was actually pretty good.  It’s amazing to see the transformations that the contestants make. Everyone gets very emotional, which makes for great reality TV.

I felt bad for John when he was sent home last night. I could tell he wanted to be there, but he seemed like he was dedicated to losing weight even after he got home. I’m definitely rooting for Mike to be the fastest contestant to lose 100 pounds. Losing 100 pounds in 6 weeks is insane. It’s obviously good for him, but that’s a lot of weight! I can’t even imagine how tough it would be for the contestants to work as hard as they are. I’ve got to give them credit – when I work out, I never work that hard. I’m interested to see what’s going to happen next week with Mike and all of the others.

On another note, Tuesdays in March are going to be good even after The Biggest Loser is over. The trailers for Parenthood look pretty good. And for Gilmore Girls fans, Lauren Graham is back! The rest of the cast looks promising as well.

 

Interesting…

I watched The Bachelor last night. It was the first episode of the new season that I had seen. Actually, up until this summer when Jillian was the bachelorette, I hadn’t watched either The Bachelor or The Bachelorette in what seems like years. Naturally, I had heard about the scandal with the contestant Rozlyn who was “involved” (cheesy innuendo) with one of the show’s producers, so I knew Jake’s search for a wife was probably interesting… I mean entertaining.

Honestly, I wasn’t paying too much attention to the episode because I was drowning in reading assignments. It was more or less distracting background noise. There were some things that definitely caught my attention, like how many ladies he sent home. I have never seen a bachelor or bachelorette willingly send so many potential mates home in a single episode!! It was shocking! Does Jake want to find love or not? Or, maybe he actually knows who he wants to propose to at the end of the season — although a lot could happen between now and the finale.

The scandal associated with this season and Jake’s voluntary elimination of so many women is going to keep things interesting — I might have to watch the rest of the season just to see how things turn out.

 

I’m at a loss for words…

What’s better than a new episode of The Office? A new episode that highlights all of the stupid things that Michael does – and, of course, Dwight too. Any flashback to Michael hitting Meredith with his car or Dwight setting the fire to teach everyone a lesson in fire safety is going to be funny. All of the banker’s questions about sexual harassment brought up some interesting memories for Toby. One of the best moments was when Michael instituted “Casual Friday” and Meredith decided to show up to work in some very casual clothing and ended up flashing the whole office — multiple times. Naturally, inter-office relationships was a good subject to touch on — Michael’s and Toby’s reactions were priceless. There are no words to describe the turbulence of the many inter-office relationships.

What I found funnier than all of the flashbacks to all of the best episodes of The Office from over the years was that everyone was putting on an act that made Michael’s branch of Dunder Mifflin look so much better than it really is: Fake Stanley, Computron, and all of the technological gadgets that Michael brought in.

While I found the episode funny (who doesn’t love flashback episodes of any show?), it was lacking something new and humorous. The episode was a good recap of all of the best moments from The Office, but all of the devoted fans know what has happened. Jim and Pam’s baby episode is coming up pretty soon, so that should be eventful, but the writers need to bring the spark back to The Office. After a month-long plus hiatus, if this is the best they could come up with, it’s going to be a long few months until the season finale.

 

i want my mtv?

I apologize in advance to any of you who are, unfortunately, still addicted to MTV.

Since when has there been a “Teen Cribs” on MTV? I must be out of the loop because until about 20 minutes ago, I had no idea that it existed.  Is MTV finding it so hard to create a new show on their network that they’re turning to teen celebs’ homes? I mean these kids don’t even own the homes, their parents do! Not to say that everything on MTV is crap, but “Teen Cribs” is seriously pushing it. Remember when MTV actually played music videos? I can hardly remember those days. Most of their current shows don’t even have anything to do with music. I realize that “The Real World” and such are still popular, but so many of the shows are just pure crap. In all honesty, there are better things on TV to be watching than “The Hills” and all of those other super scripted “reality” shows.

At least the Golden Globes are Sunday — and that’s something to look forward to!

 

What a finale!

Dexter: Oh My God, They Killed… – E! Online.

I think this article can say what I want to say about last night’s season finale better than I can.

Was It All a Dream? John Lithgow, Julie Benz and Clyde Phillips Dish on Dexter’s Jaw-Dropping Finale – E! Online.

And, if you have predictions for next season, you better check out this article.