david gideon

Curious Caterer sure had some short segments. I think one was actually under 8 minutes between commercial breaks. The storyline reminded me of a 'Mystery Woman' movie where a singing group that was big years earlier are going to have a big reunion and one of them gets murdered. Pretty sure I've seen the electrocution angle used more than once to kill off a musician when he grabbed the mike..

The scenery was a familiar (to me) Vancouver filming spot. Primeval New World filmed there, as did any number of Hallmark movies and season two of Exorcist. Unfortunately neither the librarian nor the police chief apparently realized that when someone confesses to a crime, even if it's to a civilian, that's an exception to the hearsay rule and not only is it admissible, it's enough for a conviction.

I liked it too, and was pleased they used a real newspaper and its logo instead of making one up. But if they want to make people think they're in a US city, they shouldn't shoot in front of a building that says 'Business Centre'.

Do they usually have four teams competing in the finale? Or is the finale a combination of what was planned to be two episodes, with one team getting eliminated along the way? Phil's mention to one of the teams about 'the next leg' didn't sound like he was talking about the finale to me, but maybe I misheard or misunderstood. Anyhow the sooner it's over the better. Not my favorite season.

I don't think the way TAR handled the team separation screw-up made the show look good at all. No wonder they weren't eager to air it.

I thought they spent an awful lot of time with the hang-gliding open. And they ran the full intro complete with all the team names, which helped fill more time (gotta find that extra 30m somewhere). But the jump-rope at the end made the episode.

I feel the same way. Maybe because I know it's an earlier race, and 60m episodes have been padded out to 90m each.

I was hoping Rob would say, just once, 'The Randomizer is on the prowl', which would be a callback to 'Greed' Fox's first big-money primetime game show. Greed's Terminator would choose a contestant in a similar manner to the Randomizer, as Chuck Woolery would declare 'The Terminator is on the prowl...'.

I don't like the way Maddie's storyline is going in ep 5. Partly because I like the character, but also because it's kind of a cliché. I'm hoping they go somewhere unexpected with it, or just get it over with quickly.

I love the show but ep 1-2 had credibility problems, as noted above with just three people searching when they could have had hundreds. Also, when Harry spotted the solar panel that was powering the coffin camera, why not look for the wire that runs to the camera? AFRAIK there has to be one. I'm glad Maddie is back on the job in ep 3-4 (from the preview, haven't watched yet).

My favorite team got eliminated, but they appeared rather somber in an interview clip earlier in the episode so I was kinda prepared for it.

Supposedly this was the first episode filmed (after the pilot I presume). I don't blame them for delaying it. How many times can Charlie suffer life-threatening injuries and still crawl her way out of a deep hidey-hole? Overall an unpleasant episode, but more to the point they're starting to give Charlie the physical invulnerability of Sylvester the cat.

When I saw Patrick Labyorteaux's name in the opening, I expected another appearance by JAG officer Bud Roberts. But Bud never showed up. Apparently Patrick was playing a different role, Olev Kozlov, a Russian gangster type. I had no clue it was Patrick behind that beard.

Don't care for the cliffhangers either. Alex Wagner is no Anderson Cooper. She's too happy and smiley. She needs to be more serious and wry like Coop. One of the players looked familiar to me; I'm sure she's not really DIchen Lachman ('Dollhouse', 'Agents of SHIELD') but that's who I see every time Avori is on the screen.

I watched the third season episodes. I thought the first two were really good: kept me guessing with all the plot twists. #3 had a more serious tone: a serial killer with a connection to Dodds. It was OK but I was ahead of the detectives at one or two points. I'm looking forward to the next batch (why only three a year?!?).

I guess I'm the only one who likes Maddie. I hope nothing too awful happens to her over the hiatus.

My only complaint about this episode is Casey's hair. I'm old enough to remember the Mickey Mouse Club.

Seems odd Gibbs thanked McGee for having his back for 18 years. McGee was a probie when he joined the team. DiNozzo was second in command for years. But he wasn't there to thank so that may explain it. Even with Gibbs this season seemed to lack something. I'll keep watching (it's the only network show I never miss) but not with as much enthusiasm. The producers talk like 'you can't count Gibbs out' etc but I don't buy it. Of all the original cast David McCallum is the only one still there, even if he does little more than make an occasional cameo every month or two. I suspect this will be the final season.

The man who fell is her friend from college (I think) who was the manager of the hotel. It was not officially open yet though some people like the travel writer were there to make an assessment of it. This whole production seemed more elevated than the usual Sunday night mystery. Maybe seeing actual location filming at exotic locations instead just another part of British Columbia made it seem special. If there are more travel writer mysteries they can't go back to filming in Vancouver now; the expectations have been set.

That final shot of Gibbs floating may have been designed to go either way once Harmon made his decision. If he's done, freeze frame on him floating. If he re-ups, wait another second and freeze frame on him swimming away. I'm not too worried about how they'll bring him back into NCIS (as long as there's no mandatory retirement policy in TV NCIS). In JAG Harm quit the Navy and the season opened with him flying a crop duster if I remember correctly. But he was back in uniform after a few weeks. There's always a way.

Yeah I got a similar impression there. Also some touching while they were watching tv, plus Biff explaining that she was adopted. Those all seem like clues to me. It's probably as far as they'd want to go in a Hardy Boys story, but I'm not sure planting hints about a lesbian relationship (if that's what they were doing) is what people want to see in a Hardy Boys story. For that matter all the pyrotechnics at the end, and the amulets of power or whatever are fantasy elements that for sure don't belong. Hardy Boys isn't Dr Strange or Harry Potter. Notwithstanding the previous objections there was some stuff I liked about the show (nice seeing Linda Thorson again) but it was too long. Letterboxing an already wide screen seems artsy for no reason (I saw tops of heads being cut off). The last ep should have showed and identified the key cast members on screen one by one at the end, because the closing credits just whip by in tiny type.

So he used to be a police officer, was injured on the job, left the force with a bullet in his back. Now he putters around with his boat in his spare time. It's like a remake of Harry O minus Farah Fawcett.

Every time they showed that cove where they were fishing I thought hey, that looks just like the cove in season two of The Exorcist. Both shows filmed in BC so it may well have been. Other than that my attention tended to wander.

Much better send-off for Ziva than having her killed off-screen. But there should have been a closing scene in Paris with her daughter and Tony. Or maybe they're saving that for a 'very special episode' to come.

I give Abracadaver points just for not winding up with the killer trying to kill the lead female. That happens too much in these movies. I noticed a quick glimpse at the edge of the screen of a sign in front of the 'Magic Manor' that read Scottish Rite Cathedral. It was only visible for a split second, but that was enough to track it down: the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Hamilton Ontario.