I hear a lot of people asking the same question: where the hell did April go?
Having a rough time getting back into the swing of fiction writing again after a several-month hiatus. I’m trying to write a short story and I’ve come at it from two or three different directions already. I like what I have now, but I haven’t had the motivation to take it any farther yet.
The fact that they killed off a relatively major character on Eureka last week upped the suspense level on this week’s show. Given that this is the last season, just about anyone could be fair game to be dispatched with prejudice. It wasn’t a foregone conclusion, for example, that Henry’s wife would make it out of the TRON-like world alive. I’m glad they’ve essentially wrapped up the kidnapped astronaut plotline and the entire final season won’t be about that. It was a good three-parter, but the show works best, I think, with the crisis-of-the-week approach. I’m also glad that a character named Beverly was given a chance to redeem herself, somewhat.
Team Redneck gave it their best shot on The Amazing Race but they were just too far behind. I don’t think they could have done anything to stave off elimination. They even got the fast forward, which wasn’t a given. I thought Vanessa was in trouble for sure when she went down, but she’s a real trooper. I wonder who’s going to make the potentially fatal mistake of reaching the finish line first and then having to go back to complete some part of a road block.
My favorite line on Mad Men this week was when Roger was talking to Don’s daughter Sally at the award banquet. She asked him who the guy her father was talking to was. “His name’s Ed. He’s with Dow Corning. They make beautiful dishes. Glassware. Napalm.” A perfect beat before that final word. So much went right for everyone in that episode (even if the outcome of Peggy’s story was different than she expected), but by the end they all looked like sad sacks in a velvet painting. Especially poor Sally, who stumbled into an awkward situation, to say the least. I also like the way Peter answered Megan’s father’s question about what he did all day. And Megan shone, too, with her idea for the Heinz Beans campaign and for correctly interpreting what was happening during their dinner.
It’s been a long time since I was taken by surprise as much as I was during the final 30 seconds of House. I don’t know anyone who could have watched that episode and not burst out laughing when Wilson saw what was on his computer. Brilliant.
And zombie fans, check out this week’s Castle if you missed it. Lots of zombie fun. I especially liked the stoned zombie. At first it seemed like little more than a site gag, but it turned into a clue.
