Heroes: The Eclipse, Part 1

Elle: "We can't take what we want any more."
Sylar: "Says who?"

Is it possible to enjoy something and be annoyed with it at the same time?

Dexter: About Last Night

Dexter: "Did he just lie? To me?"

I spent most of this episode with my stomach in knots, so I'm thinking it was extremely suspenseful. I kept expecting George King to go back and finish Anton off, and he very nearly did. Anton escaped by the skin of his teeth. (Had to say it; sorry about that.) And now that Deb has seriously disrespected King, I'm betting she's the next target. That poor Mario guy should be worried, too. I hope he and his family are on a fast train out of town.

Lost Missing Pieces #10: Jack, meet Ethan. Ethan? Jack

Recap

Jack is searching the beach for luggage containing medicine when he's approached by Ethan, who gives him a small suitcase full of drugs. Ethan commends Jack on "having perspective," and complains that most of the other survivors are too busy thinking about rescue to bother with the practicalities of their situation. Ethan points out that Claire could give birth at any moment and that Jack would have to deliver the baby right there on the island. Jack volunteers Ethan as an assistant, but Ethan seems unhappy. He tells Jack that he lost both his wife and baby in childbirth.

Heroes: Destiny #3: Capture

Recap

Inside a darkened warehouse, Santiago slowly regains consciousness. Elisa and the mysterious blonde lady stand nearby observing him. MBL senses that Elisa is attracted to Santiago. Elisa denies it, saying that he's just a project. But MBL isn't convinced.

Lost Missing Pieces #9: Tropical Depression

Recap

Dr Arzt is catching spiders on the beach when he's approached by Michael. The raft is finished and Michael wants to know the wind conditions for the next day. Arzt confesses to not knowing the first thing about weather prediction. Everything he'd said earlier, about the closeness of the monsoon season, had been nothing more that an elaborate bluff designed to get them off the island ASAP.

Supernatural: Heaven and Hell

Anna: "There's loyalty. Forgiveness. Love."
Dean: "Pain."
Anna: "Chocolate cake."
Dean: "Guilt."
Anna: "Sex."
Dean: "Yeah, you got me there."

What do you do when killer angels and killer demons are after you? Godzilla versus Mothra. Of course. The main reason Supernatural has been my favorite show the past two seasons is their gutsy storytelling. They just go for it.

Terminator: Complications

This week’s was a pretty good episode. Between Sarah’s dreams, Cromartie’s missing body, and Derek and Jessie’s prisoners, this one kept me guessing throughout and managed to leave me with a lot of questions. (The good kind of questions---the kind that keep me coming back to see where it is all going.)

Heroes: It's Coming

Tracy: "People have to know."
Nathan: "No. The last time I tried to tell anybody anything like this, my brother came back from the future and shot me. Twice."

Lots of build-up-y stuff to, I assume, the looming eclipse. Or I guess we could call it the Apoca-Eclipse. An amazing amount of couple-y stuff, too. And many reminders of early season one episodes, like Hiro and Ando talking about superheroes and Star Trek, and Claire jumping out of a window and plummeting to the ground.

Lost Missing Pieces #8: Buried Secrets

Recap

Sun sneaks off into the jungle and tries to bury her forged California driver's license. She's disturbed by Michael, who's out looking for Vincent. Sensing that Sun is upset, he goes over to comfort her. Sun looks down at her half buried driver's licence. He picks it up and hands it back to her. She confides in him that she'd been planning to leave Jin and start a new life in America, but had been too afraid to go through with it.

Heroes: Destiny #2: Intervention

Recap

The football game is tied at 2-2. Santiago's team need to score if they're to take the Championship and win the cash prize. Thirty seconds remain on the clock. Santiago tells Esteban that he doesn't play for money. Esteban points out that he'll need money to take out Elisa, who's watching in the stands. So Santiago makes a deal. If he wins the game for them, Esteban must convince the team to donate their winnings to the needy. Esteban agrees, as long as they can keep the trophy.

Dexter: The Damage a Man Can Do

Dexter: "How do you feel?"
Miguel: "Fantastic."

The Skinner has taken Anton. Miguel is about to kill Ellen Wolf. Things aren't going well, are they?

Lost Missing Pieces #7: Arzt & Crafts

Where it fits

Between the episodes "House of the Rising Sun" (1:6) and "The Moth" (1:7).

Recap

Sun and Jin are sorting through their clothes whilst discussing Shannon and Boone's relationship. Jin thinks that they're lovers. Sun thinks that they're brother and sister.

Heroes: Destiny #1: Let Us Pray

Recap

Santiago is late for church. On crossing a busy street he narrowly avoids being run over by a scooter. But the inertia of this near miss pushes him into the path of an oncoming van. Time slows to a crawl, and suspended two feet above the ground, Santiago is able to visualize a possible escape route. Time speeds up again, and at super speed he manages to pursue the path to safety.

Lost Missing Pieces #6: Room 23

Recap

Room 23 is a locked room located inside the Hydra compound. Alarms are sounding and people are running around frantically. On Benjamin's arrival Juliet tells him that the boy “did it again.” Ben orders Juliet to go talk with him. Juliet refuses. Ben suggests sending in Beatrice, but Juliet informs him that she won't go in either. Neither will Tom. In fact everyone's scared of the boy.

Lost Missing Pieces #5: Operation: Sleeper

Where it fits

Sometime between the events of "D.O.C" and "The Brig."

Lost Missing Pieces #4: The Deal

Where it fits

This webisode fits in around the time of second season episode "Dave" (2:18).

Recap

Juliet visits the imprisoned Michael with good news. His boat to freedom has been granted. But it comes at a price. To earn it, not only must he free Benjamin Linus, he must also lure Jack, Kate, Hurley and Sawyer back to the Others' camp.

Heroes: Going Postal #3: Let's Talk

Recap

The knock at the door is of course more agents (again dressed in black suits so as not to confuse us).

After pressing ear plugs into Gina's hand and shoving her out the door, Echo lets the agents in. They of course don't want any trouble. They just want to talk. The trouble is, so does Echo. And he does... and more agents die.

Supernatural: I Know What You Did Last Summer

Dean: "Please tell me you're here to help. We've been having demon issues all day."

Oh my. Sam made a deal, after all.

Heroes: Going Postal #2: The House Guest

Recap

The mysterious girl in the photo turns out to be Gina, Echo De Mille's girlfriend (played by the lovely Rebeka Montoya). As he enters the house, Echo is greeted by a semi-naked Gina, clearly intent upon seduction. But Echo quickly dumps cold water on proceedings by confessing "Gina, I think I killed a guy." And if this isn't enough to cope with, he then goes on to tell her all about his super powers. Poor Gina. Not the afternoon she was expecting at all.

Heroes: Going Postal #1: A Nifty Trick

Recap

The "one of us, one of them" theme continues as we're introduced to Agent Howard, dressed rather predictably in a black suit and tie. With him is the Constrictor, a bald man with a somewhat fidgety demeanour (also wearing black, because he's a bad guy and that's how bad guys dress).

Terminator: Mr. Ferguson is Ill Today

This episode had some good elements and some not-so-good elements. Overall, I liked the general pacing, the “semi-flashback” technique, and where the story ended up, but there were a couple of bumps in the road along the way.

I’m glad that they brought the Cromartie arc somewhat to a close (assuming he truly is terminated)---if only because the continued near misses would have gotten stale pretty quickly---but I hated the final shootout. I’m all for cool, slow-mo, shoot-em-up sequences, but when you throw in the Spaghetti Western/Mexican Standoff Music it pushes things right over that line from cool to cheesy. Cromartie going down in a hail of big, honkin’ bullets was well and good, but the staging and the music just made the scene so corny that it didn’t feel like an end truly befitting his character.

Heroes: Villains

Angela: "I lied. It's not your mother's recipe."

The episode title is "Villains," and it's part of a volume entitled "Villains." Do you think maybe this episode was about the villains?

Dexter: Easy as Pie

Dexter: "Marriage, children. You never expect it to end in tragedy. Unless you're me."

I rarely figure out Dexter plotlines in advance, so I have to pat myself on the back for television prescience – I knew three of the plot points in this episode were coming.

Dexter: Si Se Puede

Dexter: "I could get used to the simple joys of male bonding."

Dexter and Miguel have become simpatico kill buddies. But they still haven't actually killed together. Are the two of them really friends? Truly like-minded? Come on, tell me another one.

Supernatural: Wishful Thinking

Teddy Bear: "It's a terrible world! Why am I here?"
Audrey: "For tea parties."
Teddy Bear: "Tea parties? (sobs) Is that all there is?"

Absolutely marvelous interpretation of the classic "Monkey's Paw." Although it didn't go quite as dark as I thought it might. Not that I'm complaining.

Terminator: Brothers of Nablus

This episode did not inspire me to write much. I’ve been pondering it for a few days, trying to decide what to put in my review, but my reaction pretty much boils down to, “OK, what’s next?” This one basically served as another transitional episode, building from previous events and moving pieces into place for action to come in future episodes. I think it worked reasonably well in that regard, but it was nowhere near as good as last week’s episode.

Supernatural: It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester

Dean: "It's Halloween, man."
Sam: "For us, every day is Halloween."

Again, really loved the title. And it meant something important, too: disillusionment with childhood beliefs. Sam's beliefs in particular.