One of the best blindsides in the history of Survivor last night. You could just see it in his face as the votes came against him one after another after another. Wiped the smug grin off his face. Two immunity idols gone in one fell swoop — I wonder if they’ll be tossed back into play again. Laura’s victory in the immunity challenge was the first event that set it all rolling. Brilliant.
Good to see Fringe back after its World Series hiatus. I guess I’d call this one a standalone as it didn’t seem to play into the Walter/William mythos, and introduced a bit of otherworldly influence. Neat effects when the actors turned to smoke and crumbled, but I didn’t fall for the fake-out with the little girl at the end.
A lot of new characters and situations to keep up with on Private Practice, as the practices divide like miosis. I’m glad Amy Brenneman’s character has returned from the abyss, and her patient’s solution for an awkward problem was unorthodox, to say the least. Annoying guy in a wheelchair — hasn’t that been done before? Oh, yeah–on Judging Amy!
I posted my review of Ian Rankin’s The Complaints last night and listed the book for $5 on eBay. It’s not available stateside yet, so here’s a chance to get it early and cheap!
A week from today I’ll be heading off to Atlanta to Stephen King’s Under the Dome signing. It’s been quite a few years since I’ve been in Atlanta, and this will be a quick trip — arriving on Friday afternoon and leaving before noon on Saturday.
Still reading Dan Chaon’s Await Your Reply. Not clear yet who the story is going to ultimately be about. The former schoolgirl who has run off to Nebraska with her former teacher or the guy who’s up in the Arctic Circle looking for his paranoid delusional twin brother. Or the boy who had his hand cut off (above or below the wrist?).
