Someone has it in for me in Hollyweird. Bones, FlashForward, Fringe, The Mentalist, Survivor, and Supernatural… all on the same night? Are you kidding me? Thankfully I already walked away from The Vampire Diaries or I’d be in some real trouble. When so many other nights are filled with utter dreck, why on earth would you pile this much quality programming into three hours on a Thursday?
Let’s start with last night’s premiere of FlashForward (ABC / 8pm). Wow. Move over LOST. FlashForward really hit the ground running with a tightly drawn introduction to a world gone mad when seemingly everyone on the planet “blacks out” for 2 minutes and 17 seconds. Except “black out” isn’t exactly accurate. Instead, nearly everyone has a brief glimpse of their future selves 6 months down the road… I was glued to the television and despite some hiccups in dialogue, overall this was as good as science fiction on the small screen gets. Next weeks continuation will not come soon enough.
Next I watched Supernatural (CW /9pm). The fifth season’s third episode finally drew us closer to where i was expecting the story to go all along. We had already learned that Dean was the vessel of the Archangel Michael, but now we’ve learned that Sam is the chosen vessel of Lucifer. Now we’re talking. This was the obvious direction for the series to move toward… Sam vs Dean. Oh, it’s coming. I just wish more people were watching.
I capped the night by watching the second season premiere of The Mentalist (CBS / 10pm) and I don’t know why I keep coming back. The actors are great from top to bottom and I truly enjoy the characters, but the writing is just terrible. I’m not sure if I’m going to make it to the end of the season. Something needs to give and this was not an auspicious outing for the show. The cast deserve better mysteries to become embroiled in…
Friday is catch-up day. Thank the gods for online viewing.
Survivor is Survivor. Nothing to talk about here, though I will say that Evil Russell is a hoot.
Bones continues to be an entertaining procedural. Booth and Brennan are a delight, as usual, and the extended cast fills the show out nicely. Someone should invite the writers from The Mentalist over for a little show-and-tell.
And Fringe? Well, its second episode of the season was gripping. Walter, as usual, stole every scene he was in, but the real star of the show last night (well, this morning for me) was the mutant baby thing. Damn, was that shit scary. Loved it…
As you can see, Thursday nights have become a cornucopia of dynamic television and it’s freaking killing me. I’m going to end up wearing my VCR out.
