A tale of two men

Poor Jonathan. You were so close. Poor Chet. You tried. CBS.com

This one of the most interesting "Survivors" so far. It was crazy. First Johnathan had to leave because of his nasty and infected knee. Then the had two of the most complex challenges but in the end, the person who needed to go, left. Chet was tired. Worthless and sad. And LORD I couldn't stand to see him in those droopy drawers anymore!

Johnathan fought like hell to remain in the game. He argued with the doctor but when girlfriend said he could lose his leg, that was pretty much it.

However, I need to "talk" to three people. Cirie, Tracy and Amie. You guys need to band together quickly. I don't think you know it, but you three NOW have the power to control your tribe. Amanda and Ozzy think they are running things but if the three of you get together then you'll have a shot. I hope you realize that.

Hot stuff here

Oh Tyra, you and this show is truly larger than life. Photo by CWTV.com
This is like the BEST. SEASON EVER!

We see Dominique is thrilled and overconfident from being spared from elimination last week while Lauren is a little shocked why she's still there. Fatima is just Fatima. Ick.

This week's early challenge: Taking quick change lessons from Miss Jay. Of course they run and scream and run and scream some more.

Fatima ticks Miss Jay off by not changing competely. The girls then have to do runway walks in front of Miss Jay and the firemen who look pleased as punch. It made me feel sort icky because they were oogling these girls. Don't they like have WORK to do?

Claire does fantastic and so does Whitney. Dominque thinks she's the stuff and Whitney gives the classic line "I know drag queens that walk better than Dominque."

Miss Jay hates Fatima's walk and is fearful of Lauren who looks like she's running away from the mall. Miss Jay helps her and then Amis does HER walk and it's more skipping than walking.

Claire and Aimee get into a who needs to pee and who needs to shower. Finally they gang up on Aimee and Marvita leads the charge of "Let's attack Aimee." But she winds up looking stupid.

Later, it's another Tyra mail (I hate that they all gather and read aloud. It's so second-grade).

Bryan Bradley stops by and the girls have to walk in a Tuleh fashion show. It seems so very runway this week.

And then Miss Jay introduces the girls to Jaslene and Ann Shoket of Seventeen magazine. Jasline actually looks great!

The winner of this challenge will be with Jaslene in a Lot 29 advertorial. Dominique weighs in and I'm betting she's goign to fall on her face.

I then notice that Dominique has a new more golden hair color and it looks better. Miss Jay kicks off the show and then the modeling begins after some Italian chatting. Stacy Ann was first and she looks GREAT! Whitney was good and then her boob pops out. Lauren comes out and she looks bad and scared.

Kat looks great and Fatima looks as if she's ready to catch the bus. Dominque and Marvita are awful. Claire is great and Amis is put in this Jackie O esque coat and it looks bad.

Aimee was great. Kat looks great. Jaslene ask Lauren if she wants to be there and says she's very disappointed. Of course she starts crying in the confessional but she holds it together while with the other.

Kat wins the challenge (Claire was ROBBED!) Kat picks Aimis and Marvita to be in the photo shoot. Why? I don't know.

At the photo shoot the girls look half-way decent. Marvita looks extra girlly. Jaslene shows the girls how it's done and it looks wonderful.

Lauren's self esteem takes a hit and keeps talking about what Jaslene said. She needs to get over it.

Wow, it's ANOTHER Tyra mail? This time the girls are off to a Meat Packing District. Mr Jay shows up in a ugly old coat. And he tells them that they are going to be wearing meat. Whitney tells the audience that she eats steaks so it won't bother her to actually put it on. My question: What happens to the meat when they are done?

Fatima poses and it looks not too bad but not great. Kat brings her A game and then Stacie Ann struggles.
Whitney is OK. Marvita comes out ready to kick some _ meat.

Lauren looks more ticked than model-y. Dominque takes some risqus and then its on the meat and it doesn't look too bad. Aimee feels uncomfortable and it shows. Aimis is grossed out and then looks like a hot mess.

Aimee feels like she might be a target. Dominique is sure she's staying. Lauren is a little nervous because of the runway thing. Amis is still sleepy and is dragging. She looks awful. Like homeless, begging for quarters awful.

After the break, Tyra sings and it's awful. But we knew that already!
And then it's time to see the photos. They stank. It was really bad, bad. Whoever came up with this challenge needs to be fired.

I didn't like a single one. Claire looks awful.When Lauren comes for judging Miss Jay busts her for bad walking. She's this season's Heather.

And so, then Tyrant (yes) unveils the top 8: Anya, Whitney, Kat, (and she gets a directive of putting in a bun), Claire, Dominique, Stacie Ann, Lauren and she gets the directive of work on her runway walk, Marvita, Aimee. And then we have the bottom two: Fatima and Aimis. Amis gets dinged for her craziness and Fatima gets dinged for modeling from the waist down (WTH?).

Amis gets the boot and Fatima cries. Amis looks like "yeah, whatev."

Episode grade: B

It's a different world....

No, this isn't the cast of the CW's latest Pussycat Doll clone. Instead, they are the cast of "High School Confidential." Photo by WE Network


I don't have the WE Network on my Cox Cable. But I wish I did. Why?

Because based on a documentary I managed to get my hands on, they air some pretty good shows. I used to joke around that WE and its cousins "Lifetime" and "Oxygen" only aired those "She was in peril" movies. You know the ones: C-list/washed up actress plays/wife/sister/mistress/slut/ has a stalking/drugs/alcohol/ problem and is being stalked/abused/lives past life and then finds help/redemption/a gun and moves on with her life.

"High School Confidential" changes all that. It's a documentary and sometimes real reality show about these group of girls who attended school in Kansas from 2002 to 2006. It's quite fascinating. I've never been a girl but I had NO idea what some of these girls go through nowadays.

If you can get your hands on it, I suggest you watch. If you work with me (you know who you are) ask me for it.

Why I didn't watch "The Wire"

He's fiiiiine. I should have watched. But I just couldn't - yet. Photo by HBO.com
At work today, my co-workers went on and on about how wonderful last night's episode of "The Wire" was. I was on the phone with a friend back east and "The Wire" came up.

I had heard it was going to be about the newspaper business and although I really wanted to watch, psychologically I wasn't ready.

Every day I see reports of newspapers downsizing and talented journalists leaving the business. For me, it was hitting too close to home. Where I work, we've been under severe stress for weeks now.

Only recently I've begun to feel normal again. I've hidden it well but it's kept me up at night. It's made me worry for my friends. It's made me sick inside. It's made me have scarydarkhorriblemeannastytooeviltotalkabout thoughts.

I turn to TV to get away from my troubles and not remind me of them. And while it's important to watch good drama no matter what, I'm not ready yet.

But don't let this blog fool ya.

I'll be Netflixing it. For real.

He's fierce! Betta believe it

Christian. We love you. You are FIERCE! Photo by People.com

First. Watch this clip.

You back? Good.

Hy-STER-CAL.

Loved this season of "Project Runway" although Christian was entertaining, Jillian should have won. Her clothes were just way better! In fact, I'm a little disappointed with the reality tv of most of the TV shows ("Survivor" excluded) on network TV.

So in an effort to expand my horizons, I've added some new shows to my roster.

Don't be shocked at what you read below.

My new secret addiction: "Flip That House." I stumbled on this show en route to "Torchwood" and haven't watched since.

I am just fascinated by how well people upgrade these houses, but it also saddens me that they sink a ton of money into these houses and they just sit on the markets. Give it a try Saturday nights on TLC

My other new secret addiction:

"Unwrapped". Maybe it's because I'm getting older but for some reason, I'm just extra curious about how stuff works and how things are made these days.

Or I could be just a budding foodie. I dunno, but I plan to check out this show in a few weeks. Look for updates soon.

Cirie is my girl!: "Survivor"

Cirie is playing the heck out of this game. I swear I think she's going to win this thing. Photo by CBS.com


The thing about this game is this: Karma will get you. Last week, Joel worked to get Mikey B out of the game and this week it's his turn to get the boot. But I skip ahead.

Ozzy was pleased as punch that he found the immunity idol that he shared that with James, Parvarti and Amanda. Then the shocker: Jeff made the tribes switch. As a result the couples broke up. Jonathan, Eliza, Parvarti and James are now on the same tribe while Ozzy, Cirie and Amanda are now on the other.


The game continued with one of the hardest and brutal reward challenges I've ever seen. It was so bad that folks had busted lips and in Jonathan's case, a punctured knee. Joel dragged Chet around and poor Chet got hit in the head and dragged around like he was a rag doll.


James, Eliza and Jonathan and Parvarti are try to whip the fans camp into shape but they have their work cut out for them. At the immunity challenge things got really, really ugly quickly. The people had to throw rocks at tiles to break them they had to assemble a puzzle. Eliza helps to get the puzzle done really quickly. I remember that this is Eliza's strength.

Chet tries for his trib but Joel messed them up. And guess who got the boot? Yep! Joel who was soo shocked it wasn't funny.

NOOOOO. America! NOOOO!

Poor Danny Boy. You were fun while you were around. Fox.com photo

I'm not even home yet and I've been e-mailed three or four times from my East Coast Posse spoiling the results show of "American Idol."

The rest I won't even recap, but I was shocked that Danny Noriega was given the boot. The boy had sass, class and even purple highlights.

I was going to go down the gay conspiracy path but then I remember that David Hernandez is still in.

This was one of the best weeks of "Idol" ever as news broke out that DH was a stripper who danced nude for a "mostly male clientele." and that Danny had a few foul-mouthed MySpace videos.

Well since I've been spoiled, I just saved myself an hour of TV viewing. Now I can get around to "Project Runway

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America's Next Top Model: The girls go to Wal-Mart

Oh Tyra: Product placement much? Logos from Wal-Mart and Apple Bottom

In the first few minutes of "ANTM" we got two blatant product placements: Apple Bottom Jeans and Wal-Mart. We also got a PSA for why anorexia is bad.

Can any other show boast this? I think not.

Some girls are standing out: Claire and Whitney. Others are standing out for the wrong reason: Allison and Fatima. Both for being byotches too early in the competition.

And Claire got her photo on Wal-Mart.com on the Cover Girl page.
Dominique and Claire bond over being moms and Dominque one-ups Claire with tears and a motivational message.

Something weird was going on tonight: The girls had random kerchefs, hats and such and then I figure it out. They were trying hid their new hair.

Finally the diva herself showed up with a fresh new wig and unveiled what they were going to do the girls hair. She tells them that the agent makes the decision. So today and Tyra told the girls that she's keeping the girls' makeup a secret. And then tells them they are getting a sexy new photo shoot.

I'm worried for some of these girls. Whitney because a blond with extensions and I'm not sure I like it. Aimee gets bangs and goes red. Marvita gets a horse mane hairweave. GAWD it looks awful.

Lauren gets long hair and she gets redish highlights. She's so clueless but at least she gets a makeover.

Miss Jay cracks my stuff up because they even gave him a blond weave too and it doesn't look that bad. And Claire OMG looks AWFUL. She's blond. Why is EVERYONE blond????!!

Can we have some sassy brunettes?

Alison gets goes red and she's looking Eva Parker-esque.

Dominque gets her hair cut off and she looks very Nicole Ari Parker-esque.

Tyra cracks me up talking about Stacy Anne and she chops her hair off. It doesn't look too bad. Fatima turns out the best of all with a long, dark weave. She looks like Iman's younger sister.

Then Elle McPherson stops by to promote her lingerie. Is everyone hawking everything???

He's won y'all. Let's move on

I feel sorta creepy being obsessed with a kid but this boy truly has talent. Photo by Fox.com

I swore this season I wasn't going to get sucked in by the "American Idol" machine. But danged if I'm not. While they are hyping this as the BEST. YEAR. EV-AH it isn't.

We have one good kid. David Archuleta who's so cute and adorable it's not even funny. The boy can sing and he's been in go-gabs of talent shows. He's even better than a few winners (Ruben, Taylor Hicks, I'm looking at you). And then you have everyone else.

It's like having a high schooler compete in a math contest with second-graders.

Over at the Bible AKA "Entertainment Weekly" they call this season "The most exciting race for No. 2!" and I'm inclined to agree.

No one comes close to this dude. See for your self right here. It's very young David when he was singing to the kids from the first season. He's the one in the yellow.

The women will sing tonight but I'm not watching because I have a date with Tyra and it's Makeover Night on "ANTM"

I can't wait to see what they do!

The best drama on this Tuesday is.....

The race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has been the most exciting thing on TV in weeks. Photo by Wikipedia

I normally try to keep this blog pretty light. But y'all KNOW I like high drama so tonight, my eyes were glued to CNN and MSNBC all night during the election coverage.

Have you all watched CNN lately? They have a whole studio devoted to election coverage and Jon King, who's I think covers the White House for the station, acts as No. 2 for Wolf Blitzer but Jon is stealing the show.

I dunno about the rest of you but Wolf has voice that reminds me of the most boring college professor ever. But Jon makes me pay attention because of his touch-screen maps and other interactive media available at his fingertips. It's pretty interesting when he comes on board.

At press time for this blog aka 9:54 p.m., CNN just predicted that Hillary Clinton won Texas Primary. If you get a second, check out this report on "60 Minutes" because they did a good job of portraying Clinton and you could see how bad she wants this.

I will admit, I did take a break from the political coverage to try to watch this show but it came across as boring as hell.

"Lost" makes my head hurt

See how confused Desmond (center) looks in the photo? At home, I'm about 10 times worse! Photo by ABC.com

Last week, the Kate episode of "Lost" left me so confused that I couldn't even blog about it. It opened up a whole relm of questions. Last night, the Desmond centric episode, brought even MORE questions to the table.

Time travel? Dying rats? A constant? Oy!

We learned that leaving the island has some really weird effects on people such as have them jumping back and forth through time. Desmond apparently got a little loopy after being exposed to some electromagnetic energy and started jumping through time.

His purpose: To find one a scientist in the past who recently landed on the island. They introduced a constant: someone that keeps you in place through time and Desmond's time jumping travels stopped.

We also learned that time passed differently on the island so it's only Christmas Eve 2004. (I call shenanigans on this because a lot has happened four months!)

Is this the strongest cycle of "ANTM"?

Kim. What were you thinking? Photo by CWTV.

You know, last week I was unfairly hard on these girls. After watching them this episode, I have some clear favorites and some girls need to get off my TV.

But first, let's start with Kim. I knew she was in trouble early in the episode but she pulled an Ebony from Cycle 9 and quit. They totally need to pick better next season

Two seasons back to back of folks quitting? That needs to stop.

And then tonight's photo shoot: Homeless chic. It's so laughable but some of the girls did a really good job. The new judge Paulina what's-her-name is no Janice Dickerson

I have to say I was floored by the first girl out: Atayla

Jump The Snark if you're reading this, there's no way you can NOT love the drama. =-)

American Idol: Top 10 guys

Do the guys stink? YES!. Photo by Fox.com

I guess tonight was 70s night and it was hor-ri-ble. The best thing is that Danny Noriega looks like he could be Jessica Alba's younger brother.

They keep saying this is the best group yet but I think they need to keep looking. Seriously.

However, David Hernandez was A-MA-ZING!

And my LORD did you see the bad whiteboy dancing Jason was doing? I was embarrassed for his son at home. It seemed very karoke. ICK

But young David Archuleta aka Gay Clay 2.0 is the one to beat. It's his contest for the guys. Look for him in the top 4 for sure.

Have you missed me?

Y'all must not know about Tyra. Let me 'plain it to you. Photo by People.com

I'm a slacker. I admit it. Actually, no, I've just been insanely busy these past few days and this poor blog has paid the price for it.
My friend Jump The Snark is dissing my choice of TV shows. (We made a deal, I give "Torchwood" a try and he would give "America's Next Top Model" a try.

Somehow, I've managed to come out ahead on this deal but he's a good sport. And at least he can say he's seen it.

I'm going to have to sic my girlfriends Leslie and Liz on him to remind him of the goodness that is TYRA.

Here's why you should be watching "America's Next Top Model."

1) The models. What other show could take 13 ordinary girls and give them a chance to become a supermodel? There's this show that is a ripoff (a better show but a ripoff nonetheless) on Bravo but it doesn't quite have the Tyra magic.

2) The judges. Here's what you need to know. Miss Jay is a little sexually confused and Mr. Jay is a full-on diva with a bad dye job but they add to the fun of the show.

3) The photoshoots. They make those girls do the craziest things whether it be taking photos with roaches or hundreds of feet up in the air, it's hard out there for models.

4) Tyra. Tyra. Tyra. She's crazy y'all. And I LOVE her.

It's baack! America's Next Top Model!

One of these women will be YOUR "America's Next Top Model". Photo from eonline.com

8 p.m.: So Cycle 10 starts out with a recap of the last 9 seasons and we see folks on a school bus? I'm confused already.

And we see Marvita who recounts her molestation and rape and the fact that she didn't make it last season. She says it's because of anger: I say, there were prettier girls. Then were off to a courtyard and the Jays(squared) appear. Just as I'm ready to go Yay! were off to a commerical break!.

8:03: Some movie called 10,000 B.C. is hawked. I'm bored. Where's my "Wanna be a star?" opener???

8:06: Some deluded girl says Jay Manuel is fine. He's gay honey. OH my goodness, they're doing a Fashion School? It looks as if they are ripping off Mo'nique's "Charm School." The girls switch into school girl uniforms where they take their school photos. I'm ready to gag already.

Some girl with a big old forehead takes her photo and her name is Fatima. Then a clueless blond stands and asks if she needs to pose. We learn her name is Kim but I can bet we won't see her for long.

Miss Jay shows up ready to teach the girls Runway 101. Jake throws a backpack on a deks and then the girls are ready to walk. It just occurred to me that how did they have the girl's size in uniforms. Clueless Kim shows up again and she looks like a hot mess.

Then some girl name Lauren walks and she looks as if she's trying to catch the bus. It's bad y'all.

Fatima is back and and she's awful. Some girl named Anya is soooo excited and she's annoying to me too. It's 11 minutes into the show and there's no Tyra yet?

The girls to go a football field and former top model contestants act as cheerleaders and it's pretty sad. Furonda, Joanie and the twins are all there which says to me they don't have a career.

Tyra comes popping out as a bad looking Homecoming Queen at 8:13. She's got really bad makeup, really UGLY hair and a yellow dress. Tyra tells the girls that this season will be "coming home to NYC."

I'm thinking since her talk-show is in NYC it would make sense the show would be there too. So far, I'm not impressed with any of the girls we've seen so far. It's now 8:15.

It;s 8:18 and we see a commericial for a GOOD show: Gossip Girl!

It's 8:19: Anya shows up again and I can tell she might not make it due to the edit. Another girl who's less than memorable shows up with a cool and shiny bathing suit. Another girls shows up and she's from Wisconsin and she disses her hometown.

Another girl claims she's related to Muhammad Ali and her name is Shaya. She's cute but meh. The rest of the girls tryo to get to know each other and one shouts "Hey you guys want to see my pubic hair?" Class-y....

A plus sized model (really) disses the OTHER plus sized girls. I'm sure Tocarra and Whitney are pleased by this. I'll skip this pitiful performance by this one girl who tried to rap.

This girl named Dominique who's got big boobs and said that "you can't put a price on all of this!' I like her!

Fatima and Shayla get into it after Fatima tells Shayla that she's so "ghetto". Saleisha shows off her Cover Girl commericial but it's kinda bad. But she's better than Jaslene!!!

It's 8:28 and we're back at Fake Charm School and some girl who's the new Natasha of the season. OH NO: One girl says she's audition for Top Model EIGHT times!!!!!! Then this woman named Shalynda goes after Fatima with both barrels. And then catfight No. 1 goes on. Sooo attractive.

Another girl says she's weird and different and Tyra tells her "These girls don't look like my type of look" oh, Ty=Ty its always about you.

A black girl says that she got married at 17! And Mr. Jay volunteers to be her lapdance subject. And then we have the parade of weird. Another girl says her mom is only 18-years old than she. Her mom is a Morman oooh.

Kim the dumb blond shows up and then says "A lot of people think I'm a dumb blond but.." and I'm like, yes you ARE a dumb blond.

Fatima does the inevitable comparison to Iman. Tyra brings out that Fatima has had female circumcision and it gets pretty sad. Her body doesn't look so hot but what do I know. Fatima looks like she needs a good meal!

Fatima tells everone that she's had the proceedure and I'm guessing some of these women don't even know what that is.

It's only 8:35 and I'm bored.

Then it's 8:40 and Fatima is crying and then Marvita yells out "So do you feel like less of a woman?" Class-y

Another girl talks about how she was going to trick out an impala. She's from Boston and it's pretty sad.

Another full figure girl shows up and she admits to stretch marks. I'm scared of her but ick. But wait, I spoke too soon. Another girl says she just had a baby and she's breast feeding and then she admits to....


wait for it




DRINKING THE BREAST MILK!

Please cut her butt!

Shayla and Shalynda get cut. BOO!

They continue this modeling school theme and the girls have to take a senior class portraits. The yave to self style and get ready for their shots.

Some of these girls look like a hot mess. Anya has made the cut and she doesn't look too bad! Fatima talks to Mr. Ja about how she wants the photo done and I can tell Mr. Jay doesn't like her.

Kim the clueless is still there! Marvita does not too bad of a job and she's happy about it. No word about Breast Milk Woman yet. And we're off to commericial.

We're back and the photos doen't look half-bad. Yay. Breast Milk woman is still in for now.

Impala woman is in! For now! Mr. Jay isn't impressed with Marvita. And now it's time for the results!

Here's who made it: But first, we have to do the commencement ceremony. Allison has made it! Fatima made it (surprise!), Katrozina made it! Dumb Kim made it! Stacy Ann made it. Both Amys made it. But Tyra is making one of them change their name. Breast Milk Woman made it. Whitney made it (the plus sized girl) . Marvita made it and she's shocked. Three names left: Lauren made it (awkward girl) , Tatalia made it. And there's one name left. Anya made it.

Unfortunately, the girl who said you can't put a price on all of this didn't make it. BOO! Then Tyra is cruel and then said they were going to add another name and then she mentioned that All of this DID make it!

And she's ready to Rock This!

And we're off!

Live blogging: "Lost"

Oh Sayid, you're looking mighty sexy in your future flashback. Photo by ABC.com

I'm actually starting this late because I had to eat some dinner.

That being said we're starting at 9:15.

Jack and Kate talk and share a moment. Jack sends Kate to go with Sayid and the "Ghost Whisperer" go to get Charlotte. The pilot asks about Sayid's past and Jack tells him that he was a torturer.

And we're at commerical: Here's what happened the OTHER 14 minutes. We start out with Sayid on a really goregous golf course and he makes a friendly wager with another golfer. Sayid loses and insists on paying the other golfer: with a bullet.

Um, I'd think if I'd have known the outcome, I would have let him win for SURE.

Then we flash backward to the island and Sayid closes Naomi's dead eyes (sooo cliche here) and sees a bracelet she has. It has an inscription on it and then he asks the pilot could he go to the boat. Sayid promises to bring Charlotte back safe and sound but only if he'll take him to the boat. The pilot answers with"he'll get them OFF the island." which we now know that Sayid DOES get off but how????

Flash forward, Sayid picks up a blond in a coffee bar they make chit chat and a date.

Sayid plans on going for Charlotte and tells Jack that he'll need to stay behind. Kate asks Jack how does it feel to be left behind and he says should he do like her and "wait 20 minutes and then go anyway" (I love Jack!)

It's 9:21 and Sayid, Kate and "The Ghost Whisperer" go after Charlotte. After some playful and witty banter, we go back to the fast-foward. Sayid and the blond have apparently gotten closer. Sayid grabs the blond's beeper (yes BEEPER) and they head out.

It's 9:23 and there's some lovey dovy action going on. I look away and then we're back at the helicopter where Dr. Whocares is busy setting up some sort of device. Jack and the pilot look on and Jack wants to know his story. Dr Whocares activates the phone and asks Regina to fire out some sort of payload.

But the beacon never arrives. Sayid and his crew arrive at the barracks and head into the area. The Ghost Whisper wonders about the swingset and Kate and Sayid doesn't give him an answer.

They find Hurley in the closet! (NO, let's not go there). But it's beginning to make sense: Jack, Sayid, Hurley and Sayid all make it off the island. I'm guessing that they make it out on the helicopter but for some reason, they can't get back. Now the question is: Who are the other two? And is the person in the coffin one of the Oceanic Six or was there SEVEN and he died?

It's 9:31 and now Hurley is spilling his guts to Sayid's crew. Jack and the pilot talks and Jack tells the pilot it's been 100 days since he saw the game. The payload finally arrives but it's a good few minutes late. What's going on?

Juliet shows up and she has Desmond. (I forgot all about Desmond!)

Kate and crew search the barracks and find: empty closets?

Sayid pulls a dresser out and finds a fake wall. Of course he goes in and sees Ben's secret staff of passports and British pounds. It looks as if Ben has left the island a bunch. And then we find that Hurley CONNED them and is with the crew after all. He gives a sheepish "Sorry dude" and we're off to commericial: AGAIN!

It's 9:38 and it seems like the commericial break just goes on and on...

GAWD: ABC is trying to force some crappy old reality show down my throat. Luckily this big old piece of chocolate cake I'm eating is blocking the b.s. or I'd be in trouble.

It's 9:41 and Sayid and Ben are now locked in the same cell. Kate is in a room with Sawyer and a hospital bed. Kate says she believes Jack can get them off the island. Sawyer says he has nothing waiting for him there. He asks her why she wants to get off the island so bad. He says they should stay and play house. (AWWW) . But she isn't having it.

Lock brings Sayid and Ben some ice tea but I think he must not know about Sayid. Ben watches Sayid and play who has the biggest balls.

Flash forward and Sayid and the blond are lying in bed after some L-O-V-I-N'. The blond now realizes that she doesn't know anything about him. She then says she's in love with Sayid and he looks conflicted.

Sayid tells the blond no more secrets and then the beeper that the blond has been carrying around goes off. (Of course it would). Sayid tells her that she needs to leave Berlin and Sayid reveals that he was using her to get to her employer. Of course she's ticked.

Sayid says her employer is on a list and the blond shoots Sayid. It turns out SHE was using him! OMG! And then he kills her!! Wow!

He even strokes her hair and closes her eyes like he did Naomi and then sees she had a bracelet like HERS!
Yep, it's official. I'm this show's bitch. And we're off to commericial: AAARGGGGHHHHH!!!

EWWW: Viagra commericial !!!!!!!

And ooooh: A commericial for Oprah's new reality show!! "Oprah's Big Give"

Desmond questions them about Penelope and SAyid arrives with Charlotte but no Miles and Kate. Jack looks shocked that Kate isn't there and Sayid said he traded Charlotte for Miles.

Charlotte says she's saying and Daniel says he's going to stay. Dr Whoecares tells the pilot to stay on the same bearing they came in on. Jack stays and it looks as if Naomi is the one who'll be on the helicopter. So it looks as if Sayid, Desmond, the pilot and Naomi's body all attempt to leave the island. And YAY they take off and Sayid looks so happy he could just cry.

And it looks as if they have officially left the island!

Suddnely we're in a clinic where there are tons of animals. Sayid is still wounded and it looks as if a mysterious man will be taking out the bullet. Sayid is talking to BEN!!! OMG and Ben is Sayid's employer and it looks as if he's working for Ben to protect his friends.

Sayid tells Ben they know he's after them now and Ben says GOOD.

WOW!

Next week: Another one of the six is revealed!

Checking out Saturday night TV

I haven't watched this show in years but tonight's episodes were pretty darn interesting. Photo by MTV.com

I've been working on a project all day long and was afraid that I'd have to bypass my television viewing for tonight. Then I got a jingle on my cell phone from my friend Jump the Snark reminding me to watch "Torchwood" tonight. I tried to beg off but my friend he wasn't having it. Once again: He was right. And so was Mrs. Wong. And so was Ani. I have to accept that they all are cooler than me and move on.

But I'm in denial so there!

I think I'm beginning to figure out what's going on. Mrs. Wong reminded me that this was a spin-off from some show called "Dr. Who." (I can see them both rolling their eyes here but I've never seen Dr. Who).

So then I was flipping through the channels and stumbled across a show I used to like. "True Life" on MTV.

I haven't watched it in YEARS. When it started it was extremely interesting because it dealt with young people making stupid mistakes or learning about life. And then I veered away from the show because more interesting stuff was on.

Tonight was a show about "Friends With Benefits" but I think it should have been called "One person's being selfish and the other person is cruising for their heart to be broken." Seriously, how can this NOT be considered a BAD idea???

I'm no saint because I've had those types of arraignments (YES: TMI) before and they NEVER work out. But I guess everyone must learn on their own. The thing is, is that the people who didn't want to get caught up in a relationship really aren't all of that.

But the sex must be AMAZING because folks are crying on NATIONAL TV. And get this, the guy Scott who lives in NYC is too "focused" on his career but yet he has time to hook-up with another hottie. And in Indiana this girl Britney is stringing this guy along named Sean. She's kinda tacky and her hair is quite unfortunate. (If you're not a blond in real life, don't be one on TV)

That being said,I doubt I'll continue to watch this show, but what the heck, it killed an hour.

In search of the Black Canary: Smallville

Yeah, I feel like screaming too after watching this horrid version of one of my favorite DC Comics heroines. Photo by CWTV.com

My good friend Mrs. Wong still watches "Smallville" after all these years. I check it when superheroes from the DC Comics universe show up. Last night, I DVR'd "Smallville" while I watched "Survivor" and then I had to watch "Lost" and then I zipped through "Smallville." It was the right choice for me.

My apologies Mrs. Wong, but here's what I didn't like:
I haven't watched this show in forever and everyone looks very old. Tom Welling will be 31 years old in April and he looks every bit of it. He's supposed to be playing I would guess now early 20s. While it worked in the early days of this show, now, it doesn't.

Allison Mack as Chloe is still as cute as ever and she's 25 but if these kids don't graduate soon, she's going to start looking her age too.

And Lana, poor Lana (Kristin Kruek). She is 25 but is looking more like 30 plus. Her storyline is just ridiculous and she's less than convincing as the ex-wife of Lex Luthor.

But what I'm really miffed at is the show's attempt to do Black Canary. The story behind Black Canary is that she's a florist by day and a crime fighter by night. She is one of the most skilled fighters within the DC Universe (some say she can fight the Batman to a standstill). But her biggest weapon is her "Canary Cry" which is a hypersonic (not SUBsonic) cry that can shatter class and even punch a hole through steel. See for yourself here.

What we saw last night was a lady in bad leather with knives and no acting ability whatsoever.

But the one thing I DO want to see is a Justice League spinoff because it looks like it'll be hellacool. Get on it CW!

"Surivor" :Fan vs. Favorites

Cirie, please win for all of us coach potatoes everywhere. Photo by CBS.com

At first, I thought this Fans vs. Favorites idea was crappy. But color me impressed because the favorites gave us a great show. Seriously because 15 minutes in alliances were ALREADY being formed. One was, Amie, Eliza, Jonathan and Yau, the other was Ozzie, Parvati, James and Amanda. Both alliances wanted Jonny Fairplay but no one seemed to want Cirie, which is interesting since she played a good game last time. I'm rooting fr her.

Here's some mistakes I'm noticing already:
Folks are not thinking with the right heads (James, Ozzy, I'm looking at BOTH of you)

The fans are overestimating themselves right now. You don't have experience. These people do. Learn from them.

I can't wait to see how where this goes.

Episode grade: A+

The Boondocks: The gay episode

I don't know whether to laugh or be totally offended by the "gay" episode of "The Boondocks"

So the return of Gangstalicious returned on "The Boondocks" on Monday night. For those of you who don't know, last season Riley discovered that rapper Gangstalicious was gay. Riley kept the secret and now Gangastalicious is repaying him with free tickets and shoutouts.

If you can get past the language it's one of the funniest of the season. And in an uncomfortable way.