Dexter: Turning Biminese

Miguel: "I'm with you. I'm behind you. And I respect you."

As far as I'm concerned, season three just ramped up and jumped on the freeway.

Heroes: Eris Quod Sum

Tracy: "Let me get this straight. She's the biological mother of your illegitimate daughter, and he's her adopted father."

Primatech versus Pinehearst?

Terminator: The Tower is Tall but the Fall is Short

Again, apologies for the delay. I just got back from a trip and wanted to watch this one twice before finishing my review.

Excellent episode this week, with a really great focus on character. I was completely engrossed from start to finish, especially with John’s and Catherine Weaver’s parts of the story.

Supernatural: Yellow Fever

Sam: "It's ghost sickness."
Dean: "Ghost sickness."
Sam: "Yeah."
Dean: "Oh god, no."
Sam: "Yeah."
Dean: "I don't even know what that is."

Was it fun? Absolutely. Clever and well-acted, too. But the more I thought about it, the more this episode bothered me.

Dexter: All in the Family

Dexter: "Family man. Husband and father. Sounds so... upstanding. Harmless. Much better than 'lives alone, keeps to himself'."

Miguel said that love is the answer. But what is the question?

Heroes: Dying of the Light

Hiro: "Now you know how it feels to be killed by your best friend."
Ando: "Good. So we're even."

Much better. Rather like the Heroes of old. Hiro and Ando actually made me laugh, Peter and Sylar came close to repeating their season one deathmatch, and Mohinder actually narrated again, even though he's (unfortunately) still evil.

Buffy Season Eight: Time of Your Life, Part 2

Buffy: "We both have scythes. We both have awesome kung-fu moves. Turn-offs include smokers, insensitive men, and vampires. You with me?"

Synopsis:

In the future, Fray and a blonde woman with a ponytail that she calls "sis" (who I at first thought was Buffy, but no) are in a flying car, pursuing a flying van full of vampires. Fray takes down the van and interrogates a vamp about her brother, Harth. Before she takes him out with the pointy end of the Scythe, the vamp tells Fray about a Madwoman with dark hair who has lived for centuries. Fray and the blonde woman return to Fray's antique-filled, shabby home, where she lives with a four-armed monkey-like creature named Gates, named for the last of the Watchers who sacrificed himself at the battle of Starbucks.

Supernatural: Monster Movie

Dean: "An honest to goodness monster hunt. About time the Winchesters got back to tackling a straightforward black and white case."

I think we could safely say this was one of their comic episodes. I laughed pretty much constantly through the whole thing. I think my favorite bit was Dracula escaping on a moped. No, I'm wrong – it was Dean in lederhosen strapped to a slab in the mad scientist laboratory. How did Dean end up in lederhosen? The shapeshifter must have decided to dress him up in an Oktoberfest costume before electrocuting him. Oooh, I'm the getting the visual.

Terminator: Goodbye to All That

So sorry for the long delay! Work and life have been a bit crazed of late.

First and foremost: welcome back, Derek! I’m so glad we finally got an episode where Derek got to do more than be the snarky, battle-weary sidekick. I much prefer “haunted and grief stricken” Derek to “comic relief” Derek. His story is so compelling, especially told against the backdrop of the pre-holocaust world. I love those great little moments where Derek is absolutely awestruck by seeing a creature or a person that he never imagined he see again (i.e., the deer and young Martin Bidell). It lends a lot of perspective to some of his harsher actions. He’s got to do absolutely everything he can to ensure that the future he came from never happens, no matter how cold-blooded it seems. At the very least, he needs to make sure that John survives to lead the resistance. So that all the sacrifices that have come before weren’t in vain.

Heroes: Angels and Monsters

Sylar: "Rehabilitation doesn't happen overnight. I am trying."

Okay.

Dexter: The Lion Sleeps Tonight

Dexter: "Showing up late at night like this. Is it creepy or is it just what friends do?"

This was the best episode so far this season. Dexter doing pregnancy yoga was worth the price of admission alone.

Supernatural: Metamorphosis

Travis: "What's up with your brother?"
Dean: "Don't get me started."

So. Great big metaphor.

Dexter: Finding Freebo

Dexter: "As soon as it gets dark, I'm back on the hunt... so I can stay ahead of my sister. This department is becoming annoyingly effective."

Miguel Prado caught Dexter literally red-handed. That was an edge-of-your-seat moment.

Heroes: I Am Become Death

Future Claire: "I just killed my uncle. And now I have to do it again. Give me a second to be a human being."

Season one's "Five Years Gone" was delicious. This episode just tasted bad.

Supernatural: In the Beginning

Mary: "You know the worst thing I can think of? The very worst thing? It's for my children to be raised into this, like I was."

This is one of my favorite Supernatural episodes, ever. It was like the last piece of the Winchester family puzzle snapping into place.

Heroes: One of Us, One of Them

Sylar: "We're gonna need some coffee. Decaf. You drink decaf, right, Noah?"

I wouldn't call this a great episode, but a lot of it was laugh-out-loud funny. The Keystone Kops scenes (appropriately backed by a Buster Keaton silent movie) of Hiro and Ando outwitted by the Haitian and Daphne were fun. And how I loved Sylar as Noah's new partner. Turning him into Gabriel, Angela's new pet and Company operative, wasn't what I expected, but it absolutely worked.

Terminator: Allison from Palmdale

A very intriguing episode. I found it tense, revealing, and in many respects completely shuddery. By the end of it, I wasn't sure what to make of Cameron's status or intentions. Contrary to what we typically see from her, she can convincingly act like a human being. At least if she’s channeling another person. She is the ultimate infiltrator, and I just can't figure out if she's actually John's ally now, or still an enemy. Which is, of course, exactly how the writers want it. I love it!