Monday Night Television

[fenchurch]

I'm so behind on commenting on television shows... I should probably just try to work something up on my laptop (it's a tad easier for me to type on that for longer periods of time).

Anyway, a few quick thoughts about tonight's episodes...

Chuck

"Big Trouble in Little China" reference FTW!!! I just about choked when it was revealed James Hong's character was named Lo Pan! Hee!!! And he was essentially playing the same character, except without all the supernatural powers.

I'm loving this show more every week... and the writers really seem to have finally hit their stride with the character dynamics. But where was Captain Awesome?!?

Heroes

Between this week and last week, it's finally starting to get interesting again. I was starting to get worried that they weren't going to be able to pull off a second year of intriguing plotting. I think it helped that we didn't get the twins/Sylar and we didn't have Claire/creepy stalker guy... plus Peter started actually doing stuff again. Yay!

And how wonderful were Matt and Nathan?!?! We need much more of that. As for Matt's dad? Cree-pee. But good job from the writers and director in making it look like he just might not be the villain we thought he was... and that fight scene was so well choreographed and edited.

Mohinder continues to be pretty. And stupid. But I guess he's at least consistent.

Monica and Micah are fun to watch... so enthusiastic! And how convenient that she sent Micah to bed right before Mohinder showed up (since I'm pretty sure they've met before, haven't they?). I'm also wondering what sort of abilities Uhura Monica's grandmother has, because you she's got to have some... and speaking of which, when are we going to see more than 30 seconds of her in an episodes? And does Monica's brother have some sort of ability? It seems likely.

The other big question is how far in advance did Isaac write the issues of 9th Wonders... or was that an old copy? I couldn't tell. It does seem to indicate that she's likely to try out the superhero gig.

Lastly, Kristen Bell was awful. I mean, really awful. The other word that comes to mind is cringeworthy. You know, once upon a time she could act. What happened? Here's hoping we don't have to see much of her in the future, although I suspect we won't be that lucky.

Comments

[hollywdliz.livejournal.com]

*Hated Kristen Bell, and I came in with no preconceived ideas about her; all I knew was that she was tiny and a lot of CJers loved her on "Veronica Mars." I'm thinking Bob is her dad, which could be interesting, but the way her power was revealed was obvious and trite and worthy of a "Lois & Clark" supervillain of the week, and I just didn't buy the character.

*Am I the only (terrible) person who suddenly sees slash pairings everywhere on this show? Mohinder and Parkman raise a kid together! Parkman and Nate Petrelli are like Mulder and Scully! HRG and the Haitian! OK, that last one is a bit of a stretch. Yeah, going to hell in any case.

I honestly haven't found myself getting bored or distracted at all this season (except perhaps when Kristen Bell was onscreen). To me it feels like they picked right up where they left off. "Heroes" continues to be one of my absolute favorite hours of television. I can watch "The Office" while browsing through a magazine, but "Heroes" -- I can't look away lest I miss something subtle that will turn out to be vitally important. Everything they do takes me by surprise, and every episode leaves me going "AAAAHHHH!!!" I can't describe how hard I love this show!

[hollywdliz.livejournal.com]

P.S. Mohinder is pretty enough to make up for a hell of a lot of stupid.

[typographer.livejournal.com]

Yes, which is what I keep saying about Peter, too. And why I think they should be together... but then I often ship weird...