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Oh Michael Emerson, how I adore you - no one else can say a line that today's title quote with as much dripping sarcasm as you can. I think that Emerson so brilliantly plays Ben on Lost that I love watching his character on the screen even though he is horribly manipulative, always plotting some nefarious scheme and nothing he says should ever be trusted. I have long been convinced that Emerson reading the phone book would be fascinating, and I feel this clip proves me correct: Emerson on Jimmy Kimmel reading a nursery rhyme in a totally creepy way.
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This Tuesday saw the season (and hopefully not series) finale of a new favourite show of mine, Better Off Ted. It has such a fantastic cast (Portia DeRossi and the actors who play Phil and Lem especially stand out), witty dialogue, hysterical situations (eg. the motion and light sensors not seeing black people and the ensuring reaction of the company, especially "Operation White Shadow"), and it's a fantastic satire of the corporate workplace (eg. the company responds to the request for personalized cubicles by decorating everyone's cubicles in one of four non-threatening themes: Green Bay Packers, space, cats, and classic cars). I have my fingers and toes crossed for the show to be renewed, and was encouraged by this fun interview with the Phil and Lem actors in which they express their optimism that the show will return. My favourite part is definitely this quote:
Slavin (Phil): I think that we're the marriage on this show. We're a complex relationship but uncomplicated. We're so enmeshed, we cease to exist without each other. We're the marriage on this show!
Barrett (Lem): You think on our show the love affair is between Ted [Jay Harrington] and Linda [Andrea Anders], but it's Lem and Phil.
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So, this week's House: House and Cuddy sleep together. You know what? It worked for me. I've never been anti-House/Cuddy although I'll admit I'm far more a fan of the House/Wilson dynamic. However, I thought this episode nicely demonstrated that House needs someone like Cuddy in his life. And that he does really care for her. I really believed House's line, "I always want to kiss you." (In response to Cuddy asking him if he wanted to kiss her.) I think that what we'll see next week is if House is good for Cuddy because I question whether that is the case. Also, the Fox promos are promising a shocking ending which I'm skeptical about because I don't think anything will top the shock of Kutner's suicide.
Biggest Shock of the Week:
The winner is definitely Lil' Kim's elimination from DWTS. I had been rooting for her to win so was devastated when she was eliminated. I really do like all the contestants and find Ty so charming because he works so hard, but I definitely would have picked Lil' Kim to stay over Ty. Sad.
My runner up is Locke's line to Ben at the end of Lost: I'm gonna go kill Jacob.
Least Surprising "Twist" on TV: When Derek and Meredith gave their wedding to Izzy and Alex. I did feel that it was right for all the characters: Izzy got the "perfect" wedding she'd planned and Meredith didn't have to have the big church wedding that she'd never wanted. It's maybe because it worked for the characters that it didn't feel like a surprise.
Favourite Exchange of the Week is from Lost yet again:
Dr. Pierre Chang: Your friend Faraday said that you were from the future. I need to know if he was telling the truth.
Hurley: Dude, that's ridiculous.
Chang: What year were you born? What year?
Hurley: Uh, 1931?
Chang: You're 46?
Hurley: Yeah. Yes, I am.
Chang: So you fought in the Korean War?
Hurley: There's no such thing.
Chang: Who's the president of the United States?
Hurley: All right, dude. We're from the future. Sorry.
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