The Good Wife 3×19 –”Blue Ribbon Panel:” I liked this episode, if only for the fact that some of the slower moving storylines are finally going somewhere. The dumb house plotline seems to be resolved, and though I have to admit that I didn’t see Jackie swooping in to buy the place, it wasn’t as big of a “shocker” as the writers probably hoped. I mean, who cares? Alicia wasn’t going to be able to top the other high offer anyway, so it’s not like she can complain. And it looks like the office politics will cool down for a while now, thank goodness. talk about booorrrriiiing!
The blue ribbon panel was interesting. I liked that Alicia was right to ask her questions and try to get to the truth, yet I also appreciated that it came back to bite her in the ass at the end. Somehow, that felt like the perfect resolution to that situation. Oh, and it was nice to see Matthew Perry again, but did he have to be such a jerk? He and the judges clearly expected Alicia to just sit there twiddling her thumbs or twisting the mothers ring around her finger instead of actually participating in good faith. Ugh.
NCIS 9×19– “The Good Son”: I thought this was a pretty good episode. The case was a lot more interesting with Vance’s brother-in-law as the prime suspect, and I just loved that they made him guilty in the end. I had reservations about bringing yet another family member into the fold (the eps with Tony’s father weren’t that great), but this one worked out well. I’m surprised about that because Vance has never been one of my favorite characters, so I was actually expecting to be quite bored by this.
Castle 4×19 — “47 Seconds”: The case of the week was sooo boring, but at least something FINALLY happened with the “I love you” confession from last season’s cliffhanger! I feel cheated that we didn’t get some kind of confrontation, but leave it to the writers to drag that out some more. Seriously, how often can Castle and Beckett be interrupted when they need to say something important to each other? Thank goodness real life doesn’t work that way!
Cougar Town 3×06 — “Something Big”: Wow, not liking the Grayson/daughter storyline at all. That just seemed to come out of nowhere, with the sole purpose of providing some (artificial) tension in the Grayson/Jules relationship. At least I’m 99.9% sure Tampa won’t be around that much — judging by the way Stan is handled. Oh, and I’m still not on board the Travis/Laurie train, but clearly that’s where the writers want to go. Sigh.
Criminal Minds 7×18 — “Foundation”: I actually liked this episode, which is happening far too frequently for Criminal Minds these days. I thought the opening was great, humorous yet incredibly tense as well because I thought for sure that father was going to get murdered in some gruesome fashion while he was out clowning around. The discovery of the escaped boy was scary as well.
Modern Family 3×18 — “Send Out the Clowns”: I thought this was a fairly good episode, even though I didn’t care for the clown stuff too much. Fizbo was a funny revelation the first time around, but this is the second or third time the writers have gone to that well, so the freshness has definitely worn off. The Manny/Jay/Gloria storyline felt like a retread too, though the part where Gloria confused “Fonzie” and “Ponzi” was pretty funny!
Plot summary (from the studio): Ambition seduces and power corrupts in a nerve-wracking thriller from director George Clooney. Idealistic campaign worker Stephen Meyers (Ryan Gosling) has sworn to give all for Governor Mike Morris (Clooney), a wild card presidential candidate whose groundbreaking ideas could change the political landscape. However, a brutal Ohio primary threatens to test Morris’s integrity. Stephen gets trapped in the down-and-dirty battle and finds himself caught up in a scandal where the only path to survival is to play both sides. The all-star cast includes Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei and Evan Rachel Wood.