TV Goodness

So, stuff actually happened — some of it predictable, much of it problematic… but problematic in the way we know and (mostly?) love. Thoughts?

But Joss Whedon and Eliza Dushku back together in TVland. In the E! interview that broke the news, Whedon describes "Dollhouse" thus:

The idea is those with the money or connections can access this secret highly illegal facility where they can basically fulfill their greatest fantasies. Most people assume that means sex—and on an occasion it does, because that is a lot of people’s fantasies—but it’s basically scenarios. They can basically reenact scenarios of romance, adventure or anything perfectly, because they become the person that you want them to be—they become that person. They don’t act like that person, they are not a robot pretending, they become that person, and then they forget all about it. The problem is the character of Echo, Eliza Dushku’s character, stops forgetting. She doesn’t completely remember, but she does realize she is a person, and that she might have been a person before she did this, and she doesn’t know what that is.

Oh, happy day.

p.s. Whedon also directed tonight’s episode of The Office.

Anything to say about The Kindness of Strangers? I haven’t watched it yet, but will today.

Please get good again. Please get good again. Thank you.

Kindred. Suresh finds an undiscovered Issac Mendez painting that shows someone’s death; Maya frees Alejandro from a Mexican jail; in the past Hiro discovers something new about Kensei; and Niki and Micah leave Las Vegas to get away from their past.

Of course, it does say right there that Niki’s back…

Let’s hope for better footing this week as:

Lizards. Matt seeks allies against the new Hero killer. Claire encounters a student with powers. Maya and Alejandro enter Mexico and find their powers more of a hindrance then a help. Suresh tries to locate the Haitian. Hiro works to contain the damage caused by his journey into the past. Peter falls in with Irish gangsters who taunt him with a box which contains his past. Kensei’s power will be revealed.

Thoughts on Chuck welcome, too, since we’ll likely watch that. (And, yes, The Office more than delivered. Best show ever. Poor Sprinkles.)

And this week we have:

Four Months Later. Four months after the events of the showdown between Sylar and Peter, new Heroes emerge. These include Blackie, an Irish mobster who is 1,000 years old. Hiro remains in the past, but what will come of this? Someone dies and someone isn’t dead. Claire has a boyfriend. New heroes are introduced.

Yay!

Or Badness, as the case may be. Anyway, the satellite man came this morning and waved his wand to update for the high def-ness and all systems are go. At press time, Heroes is still the only show I’m going to run a regular thread on. However, for the next couple of weeks while I’m starting to watch things and try things out, there may be some posting about other shows and there might even be a winner for the regular discussion thing. Tonight’s entries? The latest season of America’s Next Top Model and Gossip Girl, of course. All I need now is bonbons.

Will report back.

Last time ever. (And it would probably be better if whether Logan or Veronica turned out to be the bomb was at issue…

Save the girl detective, save the world.)

Finale edition!

What say you?