Big Bang Theory: The Bon Voyage Reaction

“And now I'm crying for a whole different reason.”

The Big Bang Theory ends season 6 in a way that has fans looking forward to season 7, but without virtue of a big cliffhanger. Which means there isn't much to spoil in this first paragraph where we try to avoid spoilers. Moving on...

Psych: Juliet Wears The Pantsuit

"Our house - in the middle of the street."

That made me laugh out loud...Sometimes I wonder what the producers of Psych have time to do in their lives besides create episodes and watch old movies, because almost every episode has a movie tie-in. I think they've seen everything... This week's  cinephile shout-out, if you will, was to Single White Female. Remember when everyone thought Bridget Fonda was on her way to a huge career? Let's review.
  

Psych: Cirque Du Soul

"I'm still here, Shawn. And I'm not a leprechaun."

You know how you can separate a memorable episode of a show you love from a forgettable one? Think back on it and see if you remember it or you don't.  That's free logic for you, friends. Let's try to recall this couple-overflowing episode I saw many moons ago, shall we?

 

Psych: The Santa Barbarian Candidate

"And this is my partner: Bill Ofrights."

If you're still burned out from the 2012 election, this episode may not be for you. Shawn and Gus get involved in local politics, in a completely nutty way only they could. Is that title a stretch as a Manchurian Candidate pun or what? Hey, lets us review.

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Doctor Who: The Name of the Doctor

River: "Goodbye, Sweetie."

I don't think I made it past the cold open before I was blubbing. In fact, I spent a great deal of this episode in tears. It was the absolute antithesis of what I was expecting -- and was all the better for it. If this is what Moffat can produce for a season finale, imagine what he has planned for the 50th anniversary.

Vampire Diaries: Graduation

“I can’t be killed, and you can’t miss graduation.”

One of the great strengths of The Vampire Diaries has always been its pacing, so it’s odd that this episode was so messy. It took us on a roller-coaster ride of emotional switchbacks, moving between death, destruction, and touching goodbyes to old friends.

Psych: Office Space

“Here...scratch and sniff.”

You know how there's always that one guy in the office who is just a total dirtbag, and you know how it's really, really, bad when that guy is the boss? Psych examines that very situation in this episode...for about three minutes. Then it kills the guy off, and then the real trouble starts....

Psych: Dead Air

"A playa...named Gus."


I'll get to the review in a second. But first, does anyone else wonder how Jules has such a nice apartment or house or whatever it is? It's pretty snazzy. Nice yard. All right, so, this week, Gus got to come front and center and do a lot of his Gus-ish things while a shock jock we've-never-heard-of-before- but-who-supposedly-was-one-of-Shawn -and-Gus'- favorite on-air personalities  was murdered. Don't touch that dial. Instead, let's review.

Nikita: 'Til Death Do Us Part

Serviceable, action packed, twisty, and emotional, this should've been a home run. It hit all the required beats, it did everything it needed to do to wrap up the plots for the season. So why didn't I like it very much?

Fall TV Preview

This week was the upfronts, that extra special time of year when the big networks (and NBC) parade in front of the press all the new shows that will be viciously battling for our attention come September.

Scandal: White Hat's Back On

“I worry about me, too.”

Oh, Scandal. What am I going to do with you? You are such a tease. I was prepared to love this episode (it’s Scandal, after all). Then the episode systematically backtracked everything that’s happened in the past two seasons. I was annoyed–really annoyed–and then the revelation of the last few seconds came and punched me in the gut. Seriously, I felt winded after that.