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Getting Lost: "Confirmed Dead" Review

February 8, 2008 StayTuned Staff

Posted by Mike and johnnysweeptheleg johnnysweeptheleg’s Lost in a moment: Instead of flashing forward, we have a flashback (not of the ’70s drug era variety) of Daniel Faraday watching the “discovery” of Oceanic 815 at the bottom of the ocean. He’s crying. And he doesn’t know why. We call that a two-for-wuh? Back in the present, one by one like the frogs in Magnolia, the remaining rescuers fall from the sky and land all over the island. Jack and Kate haven’t completely labeled Locke’s words as bat crazy, as is evident in their obvious suspicion of Faraday. It doesn’t help […]

Survivor: Fans vs. Favorites, Week 1: Jonny Be Good?

February 8, 2008 Jill Klitz

This season, it’s 10 hardcore Survivor fans against 10 previous contestants. The fans’ tribe is named Airai, and the favorites’ tribe is Malakal, but Jeff Probst just calls ’em “Fans” and “Favorites.” And so shall I. After the Fans are rowed in, they stand together and Probst tells them that the opposing tribe consists of favorites from past seasons. The Favorites come out one by one, and the Fans applaud and say “Whoo!” as each is introduced. Well, for most of them, anyway. Not so much for Eliza. As the Favorites are introduced, we see clips from their previous appearances […]

“The Wire”: React Quotes

February 7, 2008 StayTuned Staff

Posted by SH Scott Templeton’s dilemma is laid out beautifully by a walk-on character, the guy who runs the homeless facility where Bubbles is still washing dishes. The newsman with Stephen Glass tendencies is on assignment to get reaction quotes from homeless men over the apparent serial killer stalking them on the streets of Baltimore. Only most of the men he talked to aren’t really homeless. They’re working poor. “That reporter the Baltimore Sun sent over,” the guy tells a nonresponsive Bubbles (more on that later). “Not exactly Bob Woodward.” No, but he might make a good Elmore Leonard. Templeton […]

Getting Lost: “Confirmed Dead” Preview

February 7, 2008 StayTuned Staff

Last week’s season premiere was everything we hoped it would be after enduring an eight-month hiatus between Seasons 3 and 4. Now on to our growing list of questions headed into “Confirmed Dead”: – Who are the “rescuers”? – Why are they really coming to the island? – Once off the island, why does Jack need to go back? – When Kate meets Jack at the airport and tells him, “He’s going to be wondering where I am,” who is “he”? – Who was in the coffin during Jack’s flash-forward? – Who is Jacob? – Is Christian Shephard really dead […]

One Tree Hill: The Slippery Slope Continues 5

February 7, 2008 StayTuned Staff

Posted by: haro1d So the drama continues … and continues … and continues … The other night’s episode of “OTH” had “it was only a dream” sequences galore — clips which the series loves to use as teasers for upcoming episodes. It also was what my wife refers to as a filler episode. The escalating tension between Lucas and Peyton broke into a shouting match. Quentin started reading Victor Hugo in order to stay on the basketball team. Mouth still can’t get out from under his boss (in more ways than one) and little Jimmy is having nightmares about his […]

Project Runway Decides To Work For Once

February 6, 2008 Ruth Boulet

by WindUpDoll Thank you Bravo for repeating Project Runway ad nauseam. Because of you, I got to see Victorya sack-dress get axed again. I’m sure she’s a nice person, but she annoyed me. This week, since Project Runway decided to do a show again, we start off with Christian dissing Ricky, who gives himself a motivational speech. Heidi is in a patterned gold dress that actually makes her look poochie. Bad choice, Heidi. We also see Jillian’s black bra when they shoot the designers from behind. Nice. Heidi once again ducks actually telling them what to do. Tim comes into […]

American Idol FINALLY Wraps Up Auditions

February 6, 2008 Ruth Boulet

by WindUpDoll Supposedly we haven’t yet seen the best, or worst, auditions. American Idol has been saving them for last. And since we’ve all been good boys & girls, we get to see them now. First up is a duo of bad: Casper the Crazy Ghost and Goat-Bleating Boy. One’s a huge white guy in a very white, very large T-shirt. The other is an average ethnic-looking guy. They’re both weird, and probably delusional. Then we get one of the good singers, Amy. She’s ok to me, as far as the singing goes, but she looks cuter than her voice […]

Getting To The Roots Of More Fascinating Families

February 6, 2008 Jeff Pfeiffer

The 2006 PBS documentary African American Lives was justly praised by many, most notably The New York Times, which called the show “the most exciting and stirring documentary on any subject to appear on television in a long time.” In the program, Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. introduced many, particularly black Americans, to new ways of discovering one’s family history through groundbreaking genetic analysis, which was used to trace back the roots of black celebrities such as Chris Tucker and Whoopi Goldberg. Gates, and the series, are back this month for African American Lives 2, airing Feb. 6 and […]

10 Items Or Less: First Time

February 6, 2008 Ryan Berenz

Posted by Ryan Leslie’s new Customer Appreciation Corner offers free coffee for everyone. But there’s a problem — he’s gone through 45 cases of French Vanilla Coffee-mate creamer this week alone. Where’s it all going? Carl knows. He’s hooked on the stuff, drinking it straight, making Carltinis, adding it to Juevos Carlitos and putting it on fish. At the customer service desk, Leslie notices Ingrid writing about her Virginity Goodbye Project. Yes, Ingrid is a virgin, but she’s decided to put an end to that. Leslie supports her in this effort, and wants to know if there’s anything he can […]

American Idol in Atlanta

February 5, 2008 Ruth Boulet

No, we’re not done with auditions. It seems like we should be, doesn’t it? This episode, we’re in Atlanta, Ryan’s hometown, so of course Mom & Dad come to visit. I’m hoping I only hear Hotlanta once. Once. First up is Joshua, a guy who works with glass and gets a slightly demonic look in his eyes as he sings. The judges go so far as to have him turn his back to them. He makes it through to Hollywood, but he’s one of those contestants that’s what I like to call the ‘load lightener.’ You know them — they’re […]