Have you heard about Kirstie Alley’s new reality show called Kirstie Alley’s Big Life? It airs on A&E, and apparently is about the actress’s quest to lose weight while continuing to deal with real-life issues like parenting her teenage children. Here’s a descriptive blurb about the show from the website:
The series also chronicles Kirstie’s comedic and unique take on her battle with weight loss, which coincides with the launch of her new weight loss company. She’s also producing a feature film, patenting multiple inventions, working hard to raise two normal Hollywood teenagers, True and Lillie, taking care of her many animals, and on top of everything, looking for love…nothing like a little pressure.
So I guess since she has her own weight loss company, they’re not just going to show her sitting there, reading a clinicalliex review, buying the pills, and then losing weight. They’ll probably have her trying her own products or programs or whatever.
I haven’t watched this show, and doubt I will. I like Kirstie Alley (from Cheers) and think it’s fun to follow her Twitter feed, where she’s very active. But a reality show about someone trying to lose weight? Don’t we have a few of those already?
The X-Files 3×12 — “War of the Coprophages”: Season 3 has to be one of the best-ever for The X-Files. There were so many great episodes that year, including “War of the Coprophages”. This is one of the funniest eps of the entire series, and I ended up loving it despite usually not being able to get into the ones where Mulder and Scully are apart — as they were for 95% of the time here. Fortunately, their phone interactions made up for their physical separation, resulting in a terrific, memorable episode.
House 6×17 — “Lockdown”: Well, obviously this wasn’t a typical House episode, but I kinda liked it. Hugh Laurie directed, and managed to make Thirteen and Foreman almost enjoyable. Thirteen seemed so much more like a real person during her “Truth or Dare” game with Wilson, and Foreman needs to get high a lot more often so his human side can shine through, too. I didn’t care much about the patient of the week’s lost baby, nor did I enjoy the House/dying man interaction because it felt like we’d been through those scenarios a time or two before. I didn’t like the Cameron/Chase stuff either because they’ve never been a favorite couple of mine. Still, as far as the odd pairings (Thirteen/Wilson, Taub/Foreman) went, I give this episode a pass!
Castle 2×120 — “The Late Shaft”: This episode was decent enough. I thought the ripped-from-the-headlines plot about late-night talk show hosts was a bit over the top, but I liked the personal stuff that happened between Castle and Beckett. Specifically, I loved how she was jealous of his hooking up with that actress, and how she really laid into him when she thought he was going back to her at the end there. Even if Beckett can’t admit that she wants to be involved with Castle herself, it’s clear that she at least cares for him. And next week, the tables are turned… finally!
Lost 6×12 — “Everybody Loves Hugo”: This was kind of a meh episode for me. I like Hurley and Libby, so while the Alt U. scenes were decent, I just want answers at this point. Instead, there are more questions. Like what is Alt U. Desmond’s role now? Is he trying to kill Locke or just make him remember the island stuff? Even if Desmond, Locke, Hurley, et al. remember the island, what can they realistically do about it?
Criminal Minds 5×19 — “A Rite of Passage”: Well, I did not like that at all. The basic outline of the story, that of some vigilante mowing down would-be immigrants, was ok, but the script didn’t really do much justice to it. Plus, I thought the guest actors were TERRIBLE in their delivery, making all the dialogue sound incredibly stilted and clunky. And what was the point of the safe house, where the woman was raped while the others were locked in a barn? It felt like that scene was just there to say, “look at what the poor immigrants go through for a chance to live in the United States…” Whatever. Oh, and how lucky was it that the psycho deputy just happened to have newspaper clippings indicating exactly where he was running off to? *Eyeroll*
24 8×17 — 8am-9am: NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! How could they do that to Renee Walker???? OMG, I know it’s utterly ridiculous to get upset about what happens on a freakin’ television show, but seriously… I can’t believe Renee was killed off by some two-bit sniper who showed up just 20 mins earlier in the ep! Goddamn it! I guess it’s just not in the cards for Jack to have any peace or happiness at all. Crap. She was a kickass character (though she had been out of sorts for most of this season), so I’m sorry to see her go. Silent clock two weeks in a row… Damn.
HIMYM 5×19 — “Zoo or False”: After three long weeks off, I forgot that HIMYM was back with an all-new episode last night. Luckily, my TiVo is programmed to record the show, so I was able to catch up and watch commercial-free this morning. Not that I would have missed very much with this standalone “Zoo or False” ep. WTF was this even supposed to be about? I didn’t get it. The main plot was that Marshall got mugged (maybe) by either an armed robber or a monkey? Huh? And what was the point of not revealing the truth at the end? Sorry, but there wasn’t much to love in this one. 
Plot summary (with possible spoilers): On June 1, 1937 American pilot Amelia Earhart (played by Hilary Swank) and navigator Fred Noonan (Christopher Eccleston) departed from Miami, FL on an attempt to fly around the world. The many lonely hours aloft give Amelia plenty of time to reflect on her life, which is displayed for the audience through a series of flashbacks.
