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Pajiba After Dark / Dustin Rowles

Miscellaneous | September 24, 2009 | Comments (48)

Big TV night, folks. Let’s get to the highlights:

8:00

— “Bones” on Fox.

— “Flash Forward” premieres on ABC. If it’s good, I may make this one of the shows we recap weekly on Pajiba.

— “Survivor” on CBS. That evil guy is deliciously awesome. He’s more evil than Coach, yet I don’t yet hate him as much. Probably because Coach lacked self-awareness.

— “Vampire Diaries” on The CW is already starting to lose its audience. I guess the fascination with Twilight only goes so far.

— “SNL: Thursday.” Blech.

8:30

— “Parks and Recreation” on NBC. Slightly better, so far, than last season, but still just filler between better shows.

9:00

— “The Office” on NBC. Pretty strong return last week for the show.

— “CSI” has its tenth season premiere on CBS.

— “Fringe” on Fox.

— “Grey’s Anatomy” returns for its sixth season with a two-hour premiere. George is dead. y’all. There’s no reason left to watch this show. Not that there was much of one.

— “Supernatural” on The CW.

9:30

— “Community” on NBC. Let’s see if the second episode lives up to the pilot.

10:00

— “Behind the Music” explores the life of Bobby Brown on VH1.

— “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” on FX.

— “The Mentalist” has it second season premiere on CBS.

— “Project Runway” on Bravo,


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Comments

I'm just sad that Katherine Heigl's character lives. Meh.

Posted by: whateva at September 24, 2009 7:07 PM

As an avid Project Runway fan, it's on Lifetime now, not Bravo!

Posted by: Joanna at September 24, 2009 7:10 PM

Please tell me that Sunny is a full hour this week. I liked Archer, but I just didn't get my fill of degenerate behaviors from the Sunny gang.
Or I could just check myself....Well, it is an hour of Sunny, but only one new episode and then "Nightman Cometh". That'll work.

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at September 24, 2009 7:16 PM

Here's the problem with Vampire Diaries: It's on the same time as Bones, which has Boreanaz, aka the original brooding vampire. Not a tough decision. Boreanaz, baby, Boreanaz. Every time.

I have a tough decision after that, though: should I watch Fringe? I love it, but I missed a bunch of the end of last season, so I'm probably going to have not much idea of what's going on. Perhaps I should catch up first, then watch? I'm not sure. But, mmmm Zombie Joshua Jackson and Anna Torv, and John Noble, who I want to adopt as my dad.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at September 24, 2009 7:26 PM

This gal saves her 'extra' cash (meager as it is) for luxuries such as
sushi, rather then the premium tv channels. So usually I gots to take
what I can find on the boring old "regular" channels.

So for me it's:
-- Checking out this new Flash Forward show at eight.
-- Then some CSI at nine.
-- By ten, I hope to be passed out cold, doggie at my side (don't tell
anyone that we like to spoon). I wuv my fuzzly lil ruppy-rogg.

Posted by: Ms MoMo at September 24, 2009 7:27 PM

Pajibans, I have a dilemma.

What, this isn't the Pajiba advice column? Too bad. Here's my problem:

When I saw that one of the cities that Paranormal Activity was going to be screened in was Seattle, I got really excited. Like, jump up and down, clap my hands, pee in my pants excited. Today, however, checking on where and when it's playing, there are exactly two showings: Friday midnight and Saturday midnight.

While that may not sound like a problem, the fact is: I'm old. I don't stay up that late any more. And while I love a good scary movie, I'm not sure that I can fully withstand having the beejeebies scared out of me at midnight, when I'm already in a tired and weakened condition, and then having to go home by myself at 2:00 in the morning.

Do I rally and try to go anyway, or do I have faith that the movie will go into wider distribution at some point and I can see it in the evening with the rest of the senior citizens?

Posted by: MM at September 24, 2009 7:36 PM

I go the other way from Dustin re the new evil Survivor guy. It was Coach's lack of self-awareness that made him such great TV, because the production crew could fuck around and have fun with it. Like playing the crescendo to Dies Irae over a closeup of Coach's clenching fist. Possibly my favorite moment in Survivor history.

This new guy is just a prick.

Posted by: sansho1 at September 24, 2009 7:39 PM

Well, MM, if I were you, I would sleep as much as possible during the day, even if it meant shirking my duties with work or kids or my crystal meth factory in the garage. Then I would get up around 10:30 or 11 and chug a case of energy drink. I know that the label says not to do that, but what does the manufacturer know, am I right? Then when you get home and can't sleep because the things that happened in the movie seem to be happening in your house, eat an entire turkey. You'll be snoring before you tear into the dark meat.

You're welcome.

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at September 24, 2009 7:45 PM

Ms. MoMo, that may be the cutest thing ever.

But I'm totally telling everyone.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at September 24, 2009 7:45 PM

MM, you should totally listen to Pinky. She's very wise in the ways of these things.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at September 24, 2009 7:47 PM

FlashForward is on at the same time as The Vampire Diaries. Dammit, y'all.

I hope FF is good, I'll need something reliably confusing and freaky to obsess over once LOST is over next year.

Posted by: Kolby at September 24, 2009 7:59 PM

I can't believe they are re-using the title of one of my favorite tv shows--Flash Forward was a kick ass kids show back in the day! Anyone else remember little Ben Foster??

Posted by: grace b at September 24, 2009 8:15 PM

That crazy dude Russel from Survivor gives off a cho-mo, Sling Blade vibe.

Part of me likes the guy for making the show interesting, but that bullshit story about being a firefighter in NY on 9/11 crossed the Johnny Fairplay line.

Maybe I'm just pissed that he got rid of that Marisa gal. She was dumber than a box of sand, but she sure was purty, uh huh.

http://static.tvguide.com/MediaBin/Galleries/Shows/S_Z/Suj_Sz/Survivor_Samoa/crops/survivor-samoa-marisa-calihan11.jpg

Posted by: L.O.V.E. at September 24, 2009 8:26 PM

I do, I do! He was the cutest kid, now not so much. Actually, he's hot in a really super intense way that make me feel he's gonna snap at any moment. Also like he would punch a puppy, please refer to 'Alpha Dog'.

Also his brother Jon was awesome in 'a door in the floor'. Though now awful on 'accidentally on purpose,' but still smokin.

Posted by: kIlmo at September 24, 2009 8:30 PM

She was dumber than a box of sand, but she sure was purty, uh huh.

But was she smarter than a box of pixie stix? That's what's really important.

Pinky and AvB, I guess I could tear myself away from the meth lab in the garage and go watch the movie. Now I just have to trick someone into going with me. Sadly, everyone I know is also old and likes their sleep.

Posted by: MM at September 24, 2009 8:30 PM

I'm half torn over FF. It can be good and not last (Journeyman) OR start good and then go off the rails (Lost) OR just go to shite (Heroes).

Posted by: Fredo at September 24, 2009 8:31 PM

MM:

If you were overjoyed to the point of wetting yourself in public, i would say that going to the midnight screening is much more important than silly things such as "health", "rational thinking" or "safety".

I would go for the friday night one, as then your old body can recuperate over two days rather than one. And why don't you bring someone with you? If driving home alone at 2 am while your mind is on other things seems like a good idea to you, I am surprised that you felt the need to even ask. Although, really, asking for advice on here is like asking your baby to hold your gun for a moment.

On that note, listen to Pinky.

Posted by: biscuit at September 24, 2009 9:11 PM

Shit, I wasn't gonna watch FF, but I did and ended up loving it. And Jett Jackson's in it. I have to watch.

Holy shit, Martha Plimpton's on Grey's Anatomy? Damnit, she's so much better than this. And this show still sucks.

Always Sunny is only a half hour, Pinky. But its a full 30 minutes of goodness, right?

Posted by: Brie at September 24, 2009 9:22 PM

Oh no! Olivia almost shot Zombie Joshua Jackson! he really would've been a zombie...

Ooh, is that a spoiler? Sorry... SPOILER!!!

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at September 24, 2009 9:36 PM

I'm half tempted to watch Gray's. Fortunately, I have no DVR and Office airs at the same time, so I AM SAVED. But what to do after Office is over? Oh, no!

Posted by: figgy at September 24, 2009 9:39 PM

As evil as Russell is, I love how easily he's playing all these morons. If they're dumb enough to want to kick out the cop because she's "older", they deserve to be played around by this guy.

So I missed it, but why did the guy get kicked out of the challenge?

Posted by: figgy at September 24, 2009 9:48 PM

A place someone who can treat you as a king or who can spoil you like a queen, this is the great place. It's dedicated for those sugar daddies **** Sugarloves.Com **** who are rich and successful to support and pamper women who will treat you like a king and for sugar babies who are attractive and young to seek a generous benefactor to mentor and take care of you.

Posted by: well at September 24, 2009 9:50 PM

OK this guy Ben is completely disgusting. "sissy rules"? Oh bitch I know you didn't just mouth off to Probst. You'll be dead by morning!

Posted by: figgy at September 24, 2009 9:50 PM

That first hour of FF worked its magic. I'm in...hook, line, and sinker. Nicely sketched characters, good pace, captivating mystery. What could go wrong?

Oh, right. Network TV.

Who am I to feign optimism? With all my past disappointments, I'm like the guy who drives home from the pet shop, stroking the little puppy at his side while he thinks ahead to when he'll have to put him to sleep.

Posted by: boscobarbell at September 24, 2009 9:52 PM

eat an entire turkey. You'll be snoring before you tear into the dark meat.
---
Who are you who are so wise in the ways of science, my liege?

Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at September 24, 2009 9:54 PM

Skins was really fucking good tonight. The second Effy episode for those people keeping track of their show from their country.

Posted by: Jackseppelin at September 24, 2009 9:55 PM

“Project Runway” on Bravo,"


Really...Rowles...this is what you're going with?

Do you even realize your mistake?

What does that feel like? You are like the guy who let Hitler live...The guy who greenlighted Platypus man...The dude who let the Inquisition guy in to see the
Pope...the guy that who told Sampson he needed a new look...the guy who told Socrates "here, drink THIS" the guy that told me that it wouldn't hurt...err *cough* *cough*

FAIL

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at September 24, 2009 10:13 PM

I feel sorry for Jon Stewart tonight, he has to interview Rod Blagojiavich tonight. Of all the people he's had to interview before, including Newt Gingrich and Bill O'Reily, I would least want to sit down and talk with him.

On a completely unrelated manner, why hasn't David Boreanaz wacked Stephanie Meyer yet? He's had training as a demon hunter, apocalypse starter, and a supercop, he could kill Meyer with a mean glance.

Posted by: George at September 24, 2009 10:32 PM

You'll be dead by morning!

I'm totally saying this to people from now on. Like, every day.

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at September 24, 2009 10:34 PM

Huh, I forgot Grey's was even on tonight. Of course, ABC has it on their website so whatever. I'll ask around before I waste valuable internet time. I just wanna see George's funeral. 007 indeed.

Posted by: TWoP Fan at September 24, 2009 11:03 PM

I'm sitting here watching Greys, and I'm not crying. Which is big because I'm a cryer. I guess it just doesn't get to me anymore.

Posted by: buttercup at September 24, 2009 11:04 PM

I love Russell. Survivor needs great characters to make the show stay interesting. And if Russell can make it a long way on the show, I'll be damned impressed. Shit, look at what he's done already.

FF made me want to run out and buy the book - but I"m assuming that would ruin the show for me. I'm excited to see what role Dom has in the whole thing.

Posted by: Cindy at September 24, 2009 11:04 PM

Anna von Beaverplatz, You'll be dead by morning!

And I just stuck a safety pin in a stuffed lamb doll belonging to my daughter that I'm imagining is a spitting-image of you.

Not so funny when its directed at you, is it? Sleep well.

hahaha
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
* cough

Posted by: L.O.V.E. at September 24, 2009 11:09 PM

L.O.V.E will be dead by morning.

Posted by: figgy at September 24, 2009 11:53 PM

Wow, death threats, what a fucking cesspool this place is. You know.... it used to be I came to this place for a little peace and intellectual stimulation, with classy people.


You people should be ashamed of yourselves.


Look into your worthless lives and try, TRY, and see where you went astray.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at September 25, 2009 12:13 AM

PAJIBA DEATH RAMPAGE!
I HAVE COMMANDEERED THE MURDER TANK!

figgy will be dead by morning.
Slim will be dead by morning.
Rowles will be dead by morning.
TwoP will be dead by morning.
sansho will be dead by morning.
Guess Who will be dead by morning.
Skitz will be dead by morning.
Snath will be dead by morning.
admin will be dead by morning.
BWeaves will be dead by morning.
DarthCorleone will be dead by morning.
formerly bucdaddy will be dead by morning.

drink the cool aid, bitches, will all be dead by morning.

(starts up Il Buono, Il Cattivo, Il Brutto. Squints, spits out his tabacca, turns and walks away slowly)

Posted by: L.O.V.E. at September 25, 2009 2:05 AM

Well fuckle my moose knuckle. The rap scene at the end of this week's "Community" had me coughing up water, that was freaking hilarious.

Posted by: AlexaCastro at September 25, 2009 2:07 AM

Project Runway is on Lifetime. Not Bravo.
Yeah, nobody cares.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at September 25, 2009 4:23 AM

Morning's here and I'm still kicking. Although my internet connection was down for a couple of hours. Sorta felt like death for a while there.

Posted by: sansho1 at September 25, 2009 7:48 AM

FlashForward was decent, but I'm skeptical. I had some serious issues with the following:
!!!!!!!!!!!SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!The hospitals would've been completely swamped for days and weeks following this sort of event, if only for the concussion victims. But the lady doctor has time that same fucking night to sit around and chit-chat in the middle of a quiet hospital. Ridiculous. Also, if they see the future and know how some things will be and don't want it to come true, why allow things to happen that obviously fall into that vision? For example, don't have sex if you don't want to be pregnant, don't put the pieces of paper in the exact same place on the wall as you saw in your vision, or change something trivial like have your daughter put the bracelet on a different arm. I understand they need to make these characters a little stupid to ensure that the future comes true, but this cluelessness might ruin the show if it keeps up.!!!!!!!!!!!!SPOILER ALERT AVERTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Back to your Fridays, mon amis.

Posted by: Kballs at September 25, 2009 8:17 AM

"Community" is really starting to take off. That skit at the end had me in tears, and I only wish there could have been dialogue. I do hope McHale's character grows a (little) bit in each episode so every time it's not "He's a dick but he sort of learns to stop being a dick at least until next week and then we'll do it all again". It could get repetitive if that's the main arc each week.

Posted by: TylerDFC at September 25, 2009 8:59 AM

a stuffed lamb doll belonging to my daughter that I'm imagining is a spitting-image of you.

Have you been spying on me?!

Posted by: Anna von Beaverplatz at September 25, 2009 9:29 AM

My hopeful synopsis for Grey's went as follows:


Everyone died (ESPECIALLY Izzie, who was set on fire while being hit by a truck full of AIDS-don't ask why it was carrying AIDS-which was simultaneously being hit head-on by a billboard truck with an old ad for Knocked Up on one side and Snooty Cunt Magazine (Vogue) on the other, and for some reason George's corpse popped out of a manhole and appeared to slap her last breath out of her as she saw that dead guy for the fucking MILLIONTH TIME, only this time it wasn't a hallucination because thank godtopus she's fucking DEAD and oh yeah, Katherine Heigl was tragically killed in a remarkably similar incident which I had nothing to do with-obviously-and my alibi is airtight) and the show is canceled.

The end.

Posted by: Venture82 at September 25, 2009 9:43 AM

Please, Anna, I'm much too busy to spy on you. I pay someone to do it for me.

And sansho, I was talking about the other you in an alternate universe. That sansho is totally dead.

Posted by: L.O.V.E. at September 25, 2009 10:05 AM

MM, my dilemma is the same! They're only having midnight showings of Paranormal Activity here in Ann Arbor, and sadly, I am too damn old now to stay up that late if I have to start work early the same day. Plus I'm going with someone even older, and she's my ride home, and is already insisting she won't make it to midnight. Sooo...crap. If I had the guts to watch it by myself on the big screen, I'd just pop a Vicodin (makes me hyper) a couple hours before showtime.

Last night I had a hard time falling asleep just thinking about the freakin' trailer. I had my air purifier on, which makes a lot of white noise, and I kept thinking I heard something and would switch it off, listen for a few anxious seconds, then decide I'm nuts and turn it back on, only to repeat a few minutes later.

Skipped FF, mainly because I'm already watching two J.J. shows and this one looked like another filled with a thousand different characters, and Lost confuses me enough already. But holy hell, Olivia nearly blows Peter's head off for no real reason on Fringe (she was the one trespassing in the guy's house, and no one was threatening her), and they don't even discuss it? If I was Peter, I'd at least say, "You know before, when you nearly blew my head off? I think maybe you shouldn't be carrying a gun until your hands stop shaking and your superhearing goes away and you don't have to walk with a cane."

Loved the replication of the accident with the frog. And Super Mole baby tunneling out of his own grave.

Posted by: DeadBessie at September 25, 2009 10:09 AM

Sunny and Community were both exceedingly funny this week. The Office was solid. Did new Archer air? Can't find a torrent...

Posted by: trippdup at September 25, 2009 10:11 AM

Kballs, Unfortunately, Grey's did not go the way you thought, but I can sum it up for you right here.

George's death was kinda hanging over everyone, but they all still found time to get laid, except for Heigl, who's hubby was bitchy for some reason, and in the end, she's pretty much whining "WHY WON'T YOU FUCK ME!?? WHY DOESN'T ANYONE LOVE ME??? I NEED COMFORT AND BLAH BLAH BLAH."

So she and her husband fucked and that was it. So everyone had sex, thought about George during sex, cried post sex, and had sex some more.

The End.

Posted by: Brie at September 25, 2009 12:45 PM

I never liked George and his constant blinking. George sucked.

Posted by: Sofía at September 25, 2009 8:40 PM





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