NCIS 9×20– “The Missionary Position”: I was bored by this episode. I don’t like it when the team splits up, particularly when half of them have to go to a far-flung location like Tony and Ziva did this episode. And I didn’t particularly like Ziva’s friend either. First of all, it doesn’t seem like Ziva would even be the type to have a BFF. Second, that actress (I know her from somewhere else, I swear) was just so goddamn annoying that I couldn’t stand any of the scenes she was in.

The Gibbs and Ryan stuff is okay so long as it doesn’t take up too much screen time. I just don’t understand why Ryan had to be so secretive about giving Gibbs information for the investigation. Did it really need to be written on the inside of a pizza box? What would have been the difference if she had just spoken the words??? They were ALL ALONE anyway!! And please, please don’t make them be at cross-purposes during every single investigation. That angle gets SO tiresome!

Cougar Town 3×07 — “You Can Still Change Your Mind”: Well, that relationship was short-lived! I don’t know that I buy Bobby being the one to call things off because he wants something more serious, but whatever gets Sarah Chalke off my screen is fine by me. The rest of the episode was ok. I liked getting an explanation about the Jellybean nickname, but wish Ellie had been a little nicer about the Simon game. Laurie just looked and sounded so sad when she realized that Ellie was serious about calling her dumb. As I said before, I really dislike that aspect of their “friendship”.

Criminal Minds 7×20 — “The Company”: I actually liked this episode a lot, despite it not being a typical CM-type storyline. It was more like a generic plot from any police procedural, but it still worked for some reason. Maybe it was just because the subject matter was so fascinating. It’s frightening to think there are men out there that completely subjugate women like that and make them believe that they’re indentured servants or whatever. That’s freakin’ insane — but apparently, this was based on a true ripped-from-the-news story, so…wow.

Criminal Minds 7×19 — “Heathridge Manor”: Oh, wow, that was just terrible. Yet another episode where the unsub and other horribly inept guest actors dominate the scenes instead of the characters that fans tune in every week to watch. Plus, they had to go and insert that utterly creepy incest vibe for absolutely no reason except to add “shock” value to the dumb script. What a waste.

The most jarring part of the episode to me was the fact that the girl had such a godawful proesthetic arm. The family seemed to be fairly well off, yet the best they could do was give her an arm that looked like it was yanked off a clothing store mannequin? Good grief.

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.

The Good Wife 3×18 –”Gloves Come Off:” This episode was pretty boring, IMO. I thought the case was dumb (BTW, do the writers know that playing in “86 professional hockey games” amounts to barely more than one season??? That didn’t seem like a real backbreaker in terms of evidence.) and am just tired of seeing Alicia pine over her old house. What is the point of that storyline? Is she going to buy the house, welcome Peter back into the fold, and then get her old life back? Yawn.

I did like the personal stuff here, though. It was fun seeing Diane have something going on outside of work, though I was surprised that the young coed in McVeigh’s house wasn’t his daughter. Was that really just a student or were we supposed to assume that he was sleeping with her?

The first Alicia/Kalinda scene was gut-wrenching. I felt so bad for Kalinda when Alicia shot her down after all those strides they seemed to have been making. I’m glad that Alicia went back and clarified, though. I’m looking forward to those two becoming friends again. That relationship is one of the things that make this show great, so having them spend an entire season apart has been hard to watch.

NCIS 9×18– “The Tell”: This was a pretty good episode. I thought something must have been up when SecNav got shot in the cold open because the shooter was so damn obvious that there was no way Gibbs and Tony could have missed him. It was nice to see Jamie Lee Curtis again as well. I think she and Gibbs have decent chemistry, and she was hilarious with her comment about Tony being a game show host. That’s exactly how he comes off most of the time…lol!

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.

I liked that there was a fair amount of profiling in this case, and that it took a long time for the team to get the answers they were seeking. Usually the investigation proceeds pretty smoothly, but this time I was uncertain about the primary suspect’s guilt almost until the very end. The only thing that would have made this episode better would have been to have two legitimate suspects so the outcome would remain in doubt even longer. But given how poor the season has been for the most part, I’m still happy with Foundation!