Auntie Anxiety

I vaguely remember something about Cesar being in charge of the landscaping and general caretaking of the condo development; he might have said that to Charlotte and Ray when they were brought there by Lyle Lovett.

I read the story. Does Hastings = Tate? Am I missing something? In response to the post about retcon on the male reporter, he did try to grab some drugs in that store room but Jerry (sorry, not sure what his name is) grabbed it away from him.

I figure that he Jamal killed the mistress because he told her things that he shouldn't have, like how he doesn't give a shit about the country, for example. The two kids=no value added. Please, writers, just write them out of the show. You've got to know that ne'er-do-well aunt ends up getting them into trouble. Yawn. Every character seems so two dimensional to me. Not at all compelling.

The only saving grace in this episode is the possibility that that will be the end of Tex, although I have a sneaking suspicion they'll bring him back (the US helicopter will undoubtedly find him in the first minute of the next episode so he can brief them on Chandler and help with the exposition of the story). I had high hopes for this show because the premise is a good one, but it's ending up as Misguided Mission of the Week and become repetitive. Green is no Lee Adama, suffice it to say.

The more I see of this show, the less I like it. It's going to take more than Eric Dane's professionally and carefully tailored camo uniform to keep me interested. This entire episode made little sense to me. Where the hell did those enlisted men think they would go? What would be the point of leaving the ship when the rest of the world has gone to hell in a hand basket? And Tex is getting on my last nerve.

I know. I was kind of chuckling and thinking, "My goodness, how times have changed." And we've got Lester and Frank Subatka(?), the union boss from Season 2 of The Wire. Only a few missing, including Jimmy McNulty. I'll pretty much give a chance to any show with Wire alums in it.

I thought it was clever that it was a papillon, French for "butterfly" and its name was Monarch. Tabula Rasa means "blank slate" and seems to be a fitting symbol for Daniel's existence in this new world. Poor Tawney. Clearly, she can barely stomach Teddy, Jr. and now the thought of being tied to him forever through this baby is making her sad and regretful.

See, this is what happens when a kid decides to go outside and rides bikes instead of sitting in front of the tv watching shows like Breaking Bad or American Horror Show because a tv watcher would have known what was going to happen the minute he saw that plastic sheet. I certainly hope Kyle's brother is smarter.

Looks like Amantha has a problem with bulimia, which does seem to be a good fit for the character.

I'm getting my shows confused. First I was waiting for the dead people in the hospital to start growling and coming alive, getting ready to pounce on the sailors. Guess I'm missing The Walking Dead. Then the sailors going through the hospital supplies in their haz mat suits made me think I was watching McSteamy in a typical Grey's Anatomy season finale. Okay, maybe I watch too much tv.

So does this mean that Margo is out of the running for Mother of the Year?

Donna is incredibly awesome. I'd watch a show entirely about her. It's the first time I think I have ever seen a normal, super smart, computer savvy woman portrayed on a prime time show in a believable way. She should go to work getting those "lost" emails on Lois Lerner's crashed computer. It would take her about 10 minutes.

Too bad about the elder Guidice's passing (somehow it reminded me of Don Corleone's death scene). Does that mean that the $10K/month payments that he was giving to Juicy will stop? How will they make up for the shortfall? Yeah, I'm a heartless bitch, but I have grown more and more weary of entitled jerks who think rules and laws are really just suggestions. Can you tell I'm the idiot that adheres to the rules? Lablover, I feel your pain vis a vis the IRS payments, although I think you should just tell them that the dog ate your tax returns right before your computer crashed.

Such a good show and such wonderful acting, not to mention the excellent casting. Spent a good portion of the hour wiping tears away. It really got to me. Count me in on forgetting a lot of what had happened last season (especially with Teddy, Jr.); I had to read a couple of summaries (after watching this episode) so I could follow along. I'm having a harder time understanding/following the creepy guy's story (who threatened to spank his daughter). Too many questions about him and no answers.

Missed my favorite 24 trope last night, that being "Set up a perimeter." Unless someone said it and I don't remember.

Well, that's good news because the New England Patriots need their head coach back. Oh, wait a minute... Too bad they can't use Evil Sansa as a bargaining chip since her crazy mother doesn't seem to have gotten the nurturing gene and wouldn't give a crap if her daughter got killed. Yikes. Margot makes Joan Crawford look like a saint.

I read a number of reviews about this show, all of them good. So I was expecting the worst (because the critics usually have pretty low standards), but the pilot actually delivered. I'll be watching next week.