Supernatural: Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester

Dean: "Apocalypse apocalypse? Four horsemen, pestilence, five-dollar-a-gallon gas apocalypse?"
Bobby: "That's the one."

Can I start by saying that I just loved the title of this episode so very much?

Heroes: The Butterfly Effect

Claire: "If you can't feel anything, do you still have a soul?"

Geez. Dark much?

Heroes: The Second Coming

Sylar: "Let's just say I took a little detour from my career path. Spent a little time south of the border. But that's all behind me now, like a long night after a bad taco."

I had premiere anxiety. I was really worried that one of my favorite characters would die. So I was relieved to see that Mister Muggles was still alive and wagging. (Just kidding. Although actually, I do love Mister Muggles.)

Terminator: The Mousetrap

This episode worked much better for me than last week’s, primarily because the mission of the week had a much more immediate impact on the characters. Showing Sarah and Charlie not only chasing after the cheese in Cromartie’s mousetrap, but struggling with the ways in which their own decisions had led them to this point was very effective. Charlie, Sarah, and Michelle all had some great scenes this week. I thought Charlie’s phone call to John and Sarah, the scenes in the barn, and the scene in the repair truck were especially strong. Kudos to Lena Headey, in particular, for the repair truck scene. I thought she did an outstanding job conveying Sarah’s frustration and her internal struggle with her desire to protect her son and her desire to preserve all life.

Supernatural: Lazarus Rising

Demon: "So you get to just stroll out of the pit, huh? Tell me. What makes you so special?"
Dean: "I like to think it's because of my perky nipples."

Wow. Outstanding premiere, with an unexpected plot twist. I certainly wasn't expecting Dean to return so quickly. After his very Buffy resurrection, I spent the rest of the episode uneasy and wondering when the big, scary shoe would drop. And did it ever. You can't bring out bigger guns than the big guy.

Fringe the second time: The Same Old Story

I saw the second episode of Fringe last night. As far as I'm concerned, they're 0 for 2. I am totally discouraged. J.J., what were you thinking?

Terminator: Automatic For the People

After an intense and exciting start to the season, we’ve hit our first transitional episode. Transitional episodes can be hard to pull off, because they tend to be less about advancing the story and more about getting characters in the right place (physically and psychologically) for the events to come. I thought season one’s second episode did a pretty good job of transitioning the characters into their new status quo, while still giving us interesting character dynamics and conflicts. This episode, sadly, did not work quite so well. While it dealt with some of the repercussions from the season premiere's events, it did so in a largely boring manner. Much of the episode felt forced and awkward, and at times the main plot action stretched my willingness to suspend disbelief to the breaking point.

Terminator: Samson & Delilah

Sarah Connor is back, with another strong episode, and a great follow-up to last season’s explosive finale! This season premiere reminded me very much of the pilot episode: it largely focused on intense, thrill-ride action, but also devoted time to the impact on the characters. It did a great job of setting up some new story directions, and it ended with a fantastic twist. Even though Shirley Manson was practically screaming, “I’m a terminator! I’m a terminator!”, I loved the ending revelation that she was a T-1000 model! I’d been wondering why none of the terminators we've encountered thus far were of the liquid metal variety.

Fringe: X-Files meets Alias. And Lost, and Terminator, and... (Pilot review)

I watched the much anticipated and buzzworthy premiere of Fringe last night. And my reaction wasn't quite what I expected.

Prison Break: I can't believe they changed the whole thing

[This is a review of the fourth season opener, written during the original run of the series.]

They completely retconned the entire series. What a bold, gutsy move.