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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 “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”
TV Episode Recap/Review – Supernatural “The Third Man”
by Mokibobolink on Oct.18, 2010, under Drama, Horror
Hi folks! Here’s an excerpt from my review for Supernatural Season 6 Episode 3 “The Third Man”
CLICK HERE to read the entire review at Daemon’s TV.
My favorite bits..
Knowing Dean was really back when I saw him sleeping in the Impala again.
Okay, I gotta say it. How can I not put it on my list? Sam’s body. There. Need I say more? Really?
Dean telling Ben he knew he lying and to admit he broke the thing and take his punishment like a man. So in love with him acting like a father.
Dean calling Sam’s car a “plastic piece of crap”. Not sure I’d refer to a Charger that way, but then again all other vehicles pale in comparison to Dean’s baby.
This bit – Sam: “Were you just racing me?” Dean: “No.. I was kicking your ass.”
Covering my eyes so I didn’t have to see the locusts crawling out of the cop’s head. Ick!
Dean praying to Castiel to get his “feathery ass down here”.
Sam asking “he’s standing behind me, isn’t he?” – Okay so how many other NCIS fans immediately thought of Gibbs when he said that?
Cas saying that he and Dean share a “more profound bond”. Oh man, I think I just heard all the Dean/Cas fangirls squee with joy all at once.
Cas asking “what part of ‘I don’t know’ escapes your understanding?” – Whoa, badass Cass, very badass.
Cas saying that they could rule out Moses as a suspect.
Cas’ completely wrong use of “quotey fingers” as he tried to explain how his “people skills” were “rusty” after spending the last year as a multi-dimensional wavelength of celestial intent.
The argument over tracking the angel who took the boy’s soul – Dean is understandably disturbed at the idea of torturing a kid, Cas has to do it and can’t afford to care and Sam just wants to get the deed done.
The awesome shot they did by panning up from Cas getting up off of Sam’s completely totaled car to the boys standing in the window.
Dean pointing out the upside to Cas being thrown out a four story window… Sam’s car was destroyed. LOL.
Dean and Cas playing “Who’s on first?”. LOL!
Cas walking into a.. disco?
Agreeing with Cas, that was a really bad joke.
Balthazar telling Cas that he was following Cas’ footsteps, by rebelling the way he did when he stopped the fight between Lucifer and Michael.
Raphael showing up and kicking Cas’ ass literally all over the room. and even down some stairs. Poor Cas!
Balthazar saving the day by turning Raphael’s vessel to salt. Nice.
Cas saying “I believe the ‘hairless ape’ has the floor”.
Finally finding out why an angel would wants souls – for the power.
Sam finding Ben’s Halloween costume – a wendigo mask that Dean obviously made.
Dean pointing out that Sam is different after his trip to hell and Sam trying to say that he’s okay after his trip downstairs as it didn’t torture him the way it did Dean. Oh man, I so can’t wait to get that whole story.
More Supernatural Reviews…..
Supernatural, Season 6 Episode 1 “Exile on Main St.”
Supernatural, Season 5, episode 1 “Sympathy For The Devil”
Supernatural, Season 5, episode 2 “Good God, Y’All”
Supernatural, Season 5, episode 3 “Free To Be You and Me”
Supernatural, Season 5, episode 4 “The End”
Supernatural, Season 5, episode 5 “Fallen Idols”
Supernatural, Season 5, episode 6 “I Believe the Children Are Our Future”
Supernatural, Season 5, episode 8 “Changing Channels”
Supernatural, Season 5, episode 9 “The Real Ghostbusters”
Supernatural, Season 5, episode 10 “Abandon All Hope”
Supernatural, Season 5, episode 11 “Sam, Interrupted”
Supernatural, Season 5, episode 12 “Swap Meat”
Supernatural, Season 5, episode 13 “The Song Remains The Same”
Supernatural, Season 5, episode 14 “My Bloody Valentine”
Supernatural, Season 5, episode 16 “Dark Side of the Moon”
Supernatural, Season 5, episode 17 “99 Problems”
Supernatural, Season 5, episode 18 “Point of No Return”
Supernatural, Season 5, episode 19 “Hammer of the Gods”
Supernatural, Season 5, episode 20 “The Devil You Know”
Supernatural, Season 5, episode 21 “Two Minutes to Midnight”
Supernatural, Season 5, episode 22 “Swan Song”
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