all in one post this time

I discovered a way to watch my shows on a real TV, when they actually air, as opposed to the next day. In the basement of the SUB, there is a big screen TV. And nobody watches anything on it, at least on a Monday night. And there's a couple of really nice couches. So it's pretty perfect, because nobody knows about it, or remembers it at least, and not a lot of people are walking by, usually. It is right by the bowling alley, though, so if some people do happen to wander down there and decide to bowl, it can get a little noisy. But no big deal. Just turn it up. Yep.

I got to watch three shows tonight! Cool huh. Yeah. Three hours... but it's okay, because I did actually study for my Latin quiz during the commercials. And it's fine if you don't believe me that this strategy actually worked, but it was just memorizing a chart I have to write down on a piece of paper tomorrow. And I probably studied more than I would have, because I didn't have anything else to do during the commercials. So, really this is a good development, that I managed to commandeer a TV for this purpose. And I can go to bed sooner, because I already finished studying, and that makes everyone happier.

First, Chuck. SERIOUSLY YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS SHOW. IT IS BEYOND... swell! Okay, I'll just say it - awesome. Chuck is awesome. It's unrealistic and corny and just hilarious. It's a spoof spy show. And you need to watch it, so it doesn't get cancelled. (Please. You have no idea how paranoid I am about that happening. TOO MANY GOOD SHOWS GET CANCELLED BEFORE THEIR TIME!)
1. Chuck has government secrets in his head, and in this episode he has to get tested by a doctor (which happens at the beginning). They start showing him random images, because certain images are related to top secret things and he's supposed to say those if they're related and say when it's "just a turtle" or whatever. One of the first things he says when he gets going on the slides having to do with secrets is: "Oceanic Flight 815 was shot down by..." and then he goes on - he talks really fast. If you are as TV nerdy as me, or maybe not even that much because tons of people probably recognize that, you realize that HELLO THAT IS A REFERENCE TO LOST! HOLY CRAP! "SHOT DOWN BY"?! I THOUGHT DESMOND DID IT WITH THE MAGNETIC PULSE THING!!!! And okay, I'm not entirely sure it was "shot" instead of "brought," but as my sister pointed out on the phone when I called home immediately after this (well, at the next commercial break), those sort of mean the same thing. And granted, this is a spoof show, all tongue in cheek, so maybe it's just a joke. BUT STILL. And this is even on NBC, and Lost is on ABC, so who even knows what that means... well, it either means the influence of Lost is even greater than anybody thought and it might take over the world, or the people at NBC are just messing with us. Either way though... still really cool reference.
2. I really love John Casey. He is played by Adam Baldwin, who played Jayne on Firefly. He's so funny... he's a lot like Jayne in this show, actually, only more intelligent. "I don't kid about quiche."
3. Sarah, the other agent (Casey is the NSA agent, Sarah is CIA) is working at Wienerworld as a cover. She seems to be the only person who works there, which makes no sense. But whatever. She and Casey don't get along and they have a huge random fight there, which also made no sense, but it's not really supposed to, is it? (No.)
4. Chuck has to fly a helicopter at the end of the episode and I think that was probably the funniest moment of the two episodes we've seen so far. Sarah's trying to tell him it's just like a video game, and Chuck gets all situated finally and he's above a bunch of water and he's like, "Is this one of those games where the helicopter can turn into a boat?" I loved it. Chuck is just so lovable and nerdy.
5. One of my favorite things about this show is how the references to real chain stores are so ridiculously obvious. Chuck works at "Buy More," in the "Nerd Herd." And he drives a "Nerd Herd" car to go and help people with computer problems. "Buy More" is right next to "Large Mart," which looks exactly like Sam's inside (which I obviously got a kick out of, especially the five or six speeding forklifts Chuck runs into when he's there).
6. Please just watch it. It's wonderful.

Heroes!
1. So the Irish guy did say iPods. ...WHAT? That's all they could think of? I really wanted Peter to be like, "what's an iPod?" I mean, he has amnesia, why would he know what an iPod is?
2. It seems that these Irish dudes are differently abled. Um - a half naked guy chained in a warehouse who doesn't remember who he is took all the iPods. That makes sense. Did he stuff them in his pants? Or did you check there already? Or are you too busy beating him up to realize that he really doesn't know what an iPod is? And I don't like their accents. (Jessica, yes.) If those are actual Irish people, and that's really their voice, then whatever, I'll take it back. But if they're faking it then they really just need to stop. And go away. That Caitlin chick especially. That was terrible. If that girl is Peter's new love interest I am going to be incredibly annoyed.
3. Any time Claire hurts herself deliberately is gross. Sticking her hand in a boiling pot? Gross. More on this later, obviously.
4. So the F shaped symbol thing that everybody kept seeing last season means "great ability." Thanks Ando! Why didn't anybody think to ask the random Muggle last season? Seriously that whole time he knew what it meant? And finally someone asked him and he's like "oh, yeah, I know what that means, it means 'great ability.'" UGH. Okay, whatever. It's a comic book show. It's not supposed to be realistic.
5. Sark and Hiro are just wonderful. I love that story line!!!!!!!! "You look like a fish when you talk." Cool Sark! Thanks! Poor Hiro though, because he's totally crushing on Mulan.
6. I LOVE WEST. I love him. The first time he was there this episode, when Claire was obsessing over the regenerative lizards in Biology, and he was just sitting there, looking at stuff, I was like AHHH. WEST I LOVE YOU. I LOVE. YOU. He's just adorable. And he hasn't really done anything yet, except be a creeper around Claire's house...
7. Okay, I don't understand the Spanish people. They're twins, and the girl kills people somehow and the guy heals them, at least when they're affected by her weird power. I don't really understand what her thing is though. If they're separated, and she gets the least bit freaked out, she kills everyone around her? I don't get it.
8. The Haitian!! I'm glad he's back. He's cool. Mr. Bennett's partner in crime. Or saving the world, whichever.
9. Mulan, seriously, you are stupid. What are you doing? Did you really think you could fight like ten samurai guys by yourself? You better be thankful Hiro is around to save your ass. And Hiro was completely awesome in that scene, with getting the swords and the bows from those guys... so cool to see it the way the other people do as opposed to Hiro's perspective.
10. Seriously I'm so done with these Irish people. He saves the sister from getting raped or whatever, and then the brother comes in all pissy and like "look what you did, now they're mad at me. I have to get them more iPods" or something. What is your problem? I thought Irish people were supposed to care about their families more than anything else. And since these Irish people seem pretty stereotypical, I feel like that should be included. And what is with that box? Where the heck was that "on" Peter? When they found him, all he was wearing was pants. Was that thing just sticking out of his back pocket or what? So lame. And the Irish guy is like "you'll help me, or I will throw this box in the fire and you will never know who you are or anything else about you!" Nerny nerny nerny! Okay Peter, listen up: freeze time, take the box, and LEAVE. THERE YOU GO YOUR PROBLEM IS SOLVED AND WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THE ANNOYING IRISH PEOPLE ANYMORE! Then you can just fly back to New York, show up to your brother and mom, and say "I'm not dead." Well, presuming you remember who they are at some point.
11. Claire's car got stolen! HA HA! Did West give you a ride then? Did he fly you up into the atmosphere and talk about how he hears everything and that he was sorry for leaving you when he went to visit his blown up home planet? No? Well, it's only a matter of time! But seriously, West is just so adorable. And he and Claire are totally sucking face in all the previews so we know that happens eventually. Yay.
12. Okay, ew. Is EVERYBODY almost related on this show. Mr. Sulu and Mrs. Petrelli? GROSS. And who is after Mama Petrelli! SCARY! But good that Nathan showed up to save her, kind of.
13. Sark is so great when Mulan comes up and gives him the sword... and then he's all, "alright, I'm in." And then he goes outside and promptly gets shot. OH NO. But wait, um - what? He's healing? THAT'S SO COOL! HE'S LIKE CLAIRE'S BIG BROTHER ALMOST! Well! Neat!
14. Claire, that is just disgusting. Please don't EVER cut your pinky toe off again. GROSS. And okay, West? At least when Superman stalks Lois, he doesn't let her see him. You could use some lessons from him on that, I think. Fortunately for you, Claire's so dumb that she's probably just thinking "OH NO HE SAW ME CUT OFF MY TOE AND THEN SAW IT GROW BACK!" and not "holy crap how did he find out where I live? What was he doing out there?!" And she chases him outside, and the yappy dog comes too, who admittedly is kind of cute when he's jumping up and down on the driveway freaking out, and Claire just picks up that book and looks around, on the ground, while the dog is looking UP and barking... CLAIRE, come ON, your real dad can fly! THIS SHOULD OCCUR TO YOU! Whatever. Just, I know that they will be madly in love soon. And I'm pretty sure he's going to fly her up and kiss her up there. Just like Superman! And I will be so very happy.
15. Sylar in the preview: rescued by a lady who clearly doesn't recognize DISTURBED when it walks in front of her munching on brains.

Journeyman.
1. This show is so cool! It's a lot like the Time Traveler's Wife, I think more so than Quantum Leap. Although still elements of both obviously. Anyway, a lot of people seem to find that annoying, but I don't. I LOVE it.
2. I really want to know what the back story is with the romance stuff concerning Dan and his brother. Katie, Dan's wife, was with the brother, whose name I forgot, at some point. There was a little reference to it this time, but not enough to satisfy me.
3. I love how everything is connected, and all the times Dan runs into himself or other people he knows in the past. He doesn't let them see him, usually... but I thought it was great that one of the cops chasing him when he paid for a cab with "counterfeit" money (one of the the new twentys) was his brother. And when he was hiding from himself in his apartment, that was funny too.
4. The girl in the past that he's supposed to help, when she confronts her dad that she's never met before, I got so sad and angry that there are men like that in the world. All he does is say, more or less, that "your mom claimed I'm the father, I gave her some money and she was never supposed to tell you about me. Here's some more money to go away." How can someone even fathom doing something like that? He fathered that girl. She has lived her whole life without him, and then when she finally finds him, she just wants to know if there's a possibility for a relationship there, and he just blows her off. So easy for men to do that, because they aren't the one who gets pregnant. I absolutely loathe that lack of a sense of responsibility for their actions. Treating a child like they're just an "inconvenience." They are a person, and how can anybody forget that? I know this was fictional, but it happens in real life, and that disgusts me.