Drama
TV Episode Recap/Review – The Walking Dead “Guts”
by Mokibobolink on Nov.07, 2010, under Drama, Horror
The Walking Dead “Guts” Season 1 Episode 2 – What do you do when most of the population is dead or walking dead and there are still jackasses around? That was a question posed in this episode after Rick gets saved from the mess he was in inside the tank and meets up with a group of refugees. One of them (played by Michael Rooker) is the kind of jerk you hope you’ll only ever see on television but unfortunately for Rick (and the rest of the group) the guy is there in living color and so despicable I wanted to put a bullet in his head myself. Rick does the next best thing when he handcuffs the idiot to the roof, but when everyone has to run for their lives and leave him there, I realized that was an awful thing to do, even to a guy like that.
Another interesting question posed in tonight’s episode – how far would you be willing to go to save yourself? If your answer didn’t involve butchering a zombie and plastering their stinking guts all over your body, well then you might not make it in the world of the walking dead. Because that’s just what Rick and another survivor are forced to do in order to escape the stumbling horde outside. And let me tell ya, you know you’re watching some special kind of tv when there’s a scene where people chop up a dead rotting corpse and spread the gore all over themselves.
My favorite bits…
Lori taking off her necklace and wedding band before she and Shane got busy in the woods. Still very curious what made her leave Rick behind. Did she think he was dead already?
The fact that Glenn kept calling Rick a dumbass. LOL.
TV Episode Recap/Review – The Walking Dead “Days Gone By”
by Mokibobolink on Nov.01, 2010, under Drama, Horror
The Walking Dead “Days Gone By” – Season 1 Episode 1 – I was lucky enough to go to The Walking Dead panel at this year’s Comic-Con in San Diego (CLICK HERE to read my coverage of the panel at Daemon’s TV). I had never heard of the comic book series but I was intrigued by the description in the program so I thought I’d check it out. The first thing they did was show us an extended preview of the show and right then and there I knew I was hooked. Just a few minutes of this show and I knew I was going to love it. Heck, I actually sought out the AMC booth on the vendor’s floor specifically so I could watch the preview over and over. Is that weird?
Sometimes a preview doesn’t live up to the hype and I was really, really hoping that wouldn’t be the case with The Walking Dead. But after the first scene, I knew I had nothing to worry about. It was even better than I expected. What I liked when I saw the preview was that I could see how this show was going to be about more than just the horror and gore. It’s taking a very horrific situation, one that’s been done to death (if you’ll pardon the pun) in tons of movies, and is adding a human touch to it by letting us see what this would do to people and how it effects them emotionally.
Rick isn’t a super hero, he is affected by what he sees and I couldn’t help but to put myself in his place. How would I deal with the news that the world had gone to hell while I slept, everyone I knew was gone and there were creatures that ate people running around? I think Rick took it really well. I probably would have been a drooling mess.
People close to the characters turning into zombies is nothing new but while in most movies they make it a joke or just blow them away, in this show we really see what it’s like when a zombie is someone you used to love – a mother, a wife, a friend. I never thought the sight of a zombie could do anything except make me scream, but there were scenes in this episode where I cried for them. That is something I didn’t expect at all.
Another thing I liked about this show was (continue reading…)
TV Episode Recap/Review – NCIS “Cracked”
by Mokibobolink on Oct.27, 2010, under Crime, Drama, Television
NCIS “Cracked” Season 8 Episode 6 – In this episode, Abby becomes fascinated by the body of a young lieutenant who ran in front of a bus and was killed instantly. The woman’s body is covered in a secret code that only she can understand and Abby soon loses herself while trying to crack it. When Ducky discovers that the poor girl was being slowly poisoned, the whole team goes on the lookout for who was involved in her death.
Pauley absolutely shined in this episode and I loved how she played Abby slowly losing her own identity as she started to take on the one of the woman who died. Makes me wish we’d get more Abby-centric episodes on the show.
My favorite bits…..
Tony having a very naughty phone conversation with his girlfriend…..Ethel?
Tony calling McGee “McTween” – LOL!
This bit:
Tony: “I think Ethel and I really have something.”
McGee: “Well they have antibiotics for that.”
Ziva being confused about what kind of role playing Tony was talking about.
Tony reassuring Gibbs that he would be able to pull off wearing a leotard.
Palmer once again finding the exact inappropriate thing to say in front of a dead body.
Ducky being able to figure out exactly how fast the bus was going just by looking at the body. Nice.
Abby’s “Holy Mother of Einstein!”. Oh I am so gonna be using that one now.
TV Episode Recap/Review – NCIS “Dead Air”
by Mokibobolink on Oct.20, 2010, under Crime, Drama
Okay so I’ve decided to start putting full reviews up here of the shows I also review at Daemon’s TV. I usually end up cutting a LOT of stuff in order to keep to my word limit up there and it seems a shame to let all of that go to waste. So now you’ll find the extended versions of my reviews up here on this blog.
First up, my review for NCIS Season 8 Episode 5 “Dead Air”
In this episode the team is put on the case of a naval officer and a radio DJ who are shot to death while on the air. It looks like the DJ was the target when they find out that he was being heavily recruited by a homegrown militia group working out of a suburban neighborhood. The group was looking to buy a bomb so that they could blow up a communications tower at Norfolk. Ziva goes undercover as a fake arms dealer willing to sell the fuse they need to activate the bomb and when Gibbs and the team discover the man behind the purchase, they think they’ve got their killer. But though he joined the group after his wife was killed, this newly single dad didn’t commit the murder. It was another member of the group and even when they catch that guy, their job STILL isn’t done because they find out that yet another member of the group has the device. He plans to set it off at a girl’s baseball game, hoping to take out the high end government people who will be in attendance watching their daughters play. In true Team Gibbs style they arrive just in the nick of time to get everyone away before the thing goes off.
Meanwhile Tony is in trouble when interviewing a bunch of people in order to get a voice match for a suspect, leaves him without a voice of his own. Ordered to not speak for at least 24 hours, no one thinks he can survive that long without making at least one movie reference.
Before I get to my favorite bits, I have a least favorite bit to mention first…
The national weather service coming on the air with a storm warning and blocking me from hearing the first three minutes of the episode, starting right when Tony and McGee got off the elevator. Very odd for Southern Califoirnia, lemme tell ya. So now I have no idea what “dream” McGee was talking about. Boo. *sadface*
We now return to our regularly scheduled favorite bits…
Gibbs asking McGee if there was an app for doing his job. LOL.
Tony saying he once thought about going into sportscasting. You know, I could totally see him doing that.
TV Episode Recap/Review – NCIS “Royals and Loyals”
by Mokibobolink on Oct.20, 2010, under Crime, Drama
Here is an excerpt of my review for NCIS Season 8 Episode 4 “Royals and Loyals”.
CLICK HERE to read the entire review at Daemon’s TV.
My favorite bits…
Ziva getting McGee to install a new security system and it catching Tony trying to sneak into her email.
McGee ducking Tony’s headslap and Tony getting headslapped from Gibbs at the same time. That was a slick move.
Palmer and Tony giggling over an I Love Lucy episode while getting ready to pull a body out of the water. What’s inappropriate about that?
Gibbs stopping Tony and Ziva’s protests about working together by saying he’d rather be fishing and to just do it.
Palmer slicing into the lung and telling Gibbs he was making a lung sandwich. I know it’s wrong and kinda sick, but I totally giggled at that.
Gibbs having to yank Abby out from under table and help her with a bad charlie horse after she tried to make like a circus performer.
Tony pointing out to Ziva if he’d paid a dollar every time he apologized for being him, he’d be loaded. You know, I don’t doubt that at all.
Gibbs going from being nice to not-so-nice to the British officer in about a half a second.
Gibbs correcting the officer and telling him he was more like Gary Cooper than John Wayne.
Vance calling the SecNav before the Gibbs and Malloy before the two of them “got into a saber duel in the parking lot”. Aw man, I kinda wanted to see that. Maybe he should have let them have at it.
Malloy saying he wasn’t going to hold the fact that McGee was an Irishman against him. As an Irish girl myself, I appreciated that.
Vance assigning Ziva to be the Switzerland between Gibbs and Malloy.
The way Gibbs said “dinero”.
Tony telling Ziva that he was watching the pheromones ooze from her body.
Tony mentioning Bond, as in James Bond, and Ziva saying she wasn’t into bondage.
Ziva asking Malloy for permission for a “quickie” (as in search) before the ship left. LOL, naughty.
Gibbs brandishing the wrench and saying “there’s no such thing as luck” when Tony said it was lucky the ship had to be delayed due to problems. Oh Gibbs, you clever man you.
Abby accusing Gibbs of taking a bite out of the crabby apple tree.
Malloy showing up in Gibbs’ living room. Seems like everyone has his address these days.
Gibbs telling Malloy that he had ten seconds before he “accidentally” shot him for trespassing.
Tony and Malloy getting into a discussion about some great British actors.
Gibbs giving Abby a bear hug after she found out about the pollen connection. I especially enjoyed the extra growl he gave when he did it. So sweet!
Tony joking that he’d warn Ziva’s new beau to “be careful” and “handle with care” before settling on the sweeter “contents priceless”.
Tony not being able to help himself and attempting to break into Ziva’s email again, setting off all kinds of alarms. Who wants to bet that he’ll still try it again? He’s like a little puppy. LOL.
More NCIS Reviews….
NCIS Season 8, Episode 3 “Short Fuse”
NCIS Season 8, Episode 2 “Worst Nightmare”
NCIS Season 8, Episode 1 “The Spider and The Fly”
NCIS Season 7 Reviews…
NCIS Superbowl 2010 Ad
NCIS Soundtrack, Volume 2 Review
NCIS Season7 Promo
NCIS, Season 7, episode 1 “Truth or Consequences”
NCIS, Season 7, episode 2 “Reunion”
NCIS, Season 7, episode 3 “The Inside Man”
NCIS, Season 7, episode 4 “Good Cop, Bad Cop”
NCIS, Season 7, episode 5 “Code of Conduct”
NCIS, Season 7, episode 6 “Outlaws and In-Laws”
NCIS, Season 7, episode 7 “Endgame”
NCIS, Season 7, episode 8 “Power Down”
NCIS, Season 7, episode 9 “Child’s Play”
NCIS, Season 7, episode 10 “Faith”
NCIS, Season 7, episode 11 “Ignition”
NCIS, Season 7, episode 12 “Flesh and Blood”
NCIS, Season 7, episode 13 “Jet Lag”
NCIS, Season 7, episode 14 “Masquerade”
NCIS, Season 7, episode 15 “Jack Knife”
NCIS, Season 7, episode 19 “Guilty Pleasure”
NCIS, Season 7, episode 20 “Moonlighting”
NCIS, Season 7, episode 21 “Obsession”
NCIS, Season 7, episode 22 “Borderland”
NCIS, Season 7, episode 23 “Patriot Down”
NCIS, Season 7, episode 24 “Rule Fifty-One”
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