My favorite bit of TV dialog in recent memory came from a scene near the end of last night’s The Closer. “Who gave you the right to play God?” Brenda asked a perp. “The position was vacant, so I took it,” he shot back. An interesting episode, with some good moral dilemmas featuring a Robin Hood of organ donation and extortion using a recently cultivated heart. Hopefully it also spelled the end of the Sanchez/Julio storyline, as I thought it wasn’t the least bit credible that the department would put up with Sanchez’s obvious dereliction of duty. It’s hard to judge exactly how much time elapsed since Fritz shot the boy’s father, but it’s been a while. Too long.
I’ve never watched Warehouse 13 and if last week’s crossover episode with Eureka is any indication I don’t feel like I’m missing anything. Granted only one character crossed over but, boy, was she annoying. It’s also the first episode in a while where someone’s recent invention didn’t cause the havoc, though Henry’s dabbling with the thing in his garage did exacerbate the problem.
The funniest bit of Mad Men this week was the scene where Don Draper took pity on poor Lane and took him out for New Years, where they consumed copious booze and acted generally inappropriately. The two of them loaded for bear and watching Godzilla was a hoot, as was Lane’s “piece of meat” shtick at the classy restaurant. The mix-up with the flowers set the whole thing in motion. Did anyone else think that Joan cut herself accidentally on purpose because she was feeling neglected?
I’m hanging in with Rubicon, which has lit a slow-burning fuse that is tangled around a mystery…or several mysteries. I hope my patience is repaid with some rewarding solutions to these mysteries.
Rizzoli and Isles was pretty good this week, too, using the different backgrounds between the two characters as a mirror for the way Rizzoli interacted with the rich and privileged family of the victim. I still think Isles is a third wheel in most situations, getting involved in cases in a way that no one in her position ever should, but I guess the same thing could be said of the entire CSI team, so I’ll forgive them. She was given a chance to be less annoying this week and, for the most part, succeeded.
I’m hoping to get a chance to see the third Sherlock episode, perhaps this evening. At least one person claimed it was the best of the lot.
