Majel Barrett-Roddenberry died today at age 76. I knew she had been ill recently, but had no idea she was dying. She was probably best known as classic Star Trek's Nurse Chapel, or as The Next Generation/Deep Space Nine's Lwaxana Troi, but as the widow of Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, she was a large part of keeping the franchise alive. She even helped bring some of her husband's other ideas to television. Ms. Barrett-Roddenberry was always a hit with fans. I'm still kicking myself for not going to a Trek convention she was a guest at several years ago.
http://trekmovie.com/2008/12/18/majel-barrett-roddenberry-passes-away/
I just put my Nurse Chapel and Mrs. Troi action figures (yes, I collect Trek toys) on my computer desk. *is sad* RIP, Majel. You will be missed by Trekkies everywhere. :(
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
House and SVU, December 2
House: Let Them Eat Cake
From TV.com:
The team take on the case of a fitness guru on an all-natural diet who collapsed while filming a video. Meanwhile, Foreman conducts Huntington's Disease drug trials and Thirteen signs on as a subject, Cuddy is forced to move into House's office, and Kutner uses House's name to run an online medical-advice website.
This was a good episode. There were really four stories going on, but each one was solid.
The case-of-the-week was interesting, and I loved the solution. I knew the trainer would refuse the recommended treatment (reversal of gastric bypass, go on high carb diet). Being exposed as a fraud is better than death, but whatever! I wouldn't mind a cure that said I had to eat chocolate cake!
The Foreman/Thirteen story was sad. Thirteen is already showing signs of Huntingdon's, and she is faced with seeing other patients in worse shape than herself.
The Kutner/Taub and the website "patient" subplot was pure gold. House set them up with a fake death and scared the crap out of them when she came back to "life"! That was definitely one of the best scenes of the year!
Finally, the Cuddy/House love/hate continues. After her office was shot up in the last episode, she has to share with House. They annoy each other and flirt. She hides the balls he usually tosses around ("Has anyone seen my balls?" LOL!), he destroys the bathroom of her office. They almost kiss and he grabs her boob instead! ("Can you leave these?")
This was definitely one of the better episodes of the season.
Good quote: "I just had to tell him that I have his balls and he's not getting them back."- Cuddy. She's got them, all right. He just doesn't know it yet. :p
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit: PTSD
Another decent episode. What happened? :p
Description from NBC:
A rape case involving a young female Marine stirs up painful memories from Detective Olivia Benson's past.
Yeah, it's another ripped from the headlines story (pregnant Marine goes missing, turns up dead), but it's well done without any weird twists or bizarre suplots. The Marine who at first appears to be the rapist/killer turns out to be a big brother type who was genuinely concerned about the dead Marine. The actual rapist/killer is no surprise.
Olivia continues to deal with last season's assault. She nearly loses it when trying to arrest the suspect. I liked having her partnered with Fin for a change (no Stabler this episode). They work pretty well together, and I liked how he talked her down when she had her gun to the suspect's head. Cap. Cragen finally tells Olivia to take time off. It should have been done last season! :p
From TV.com:
The team take on the case of a fitness guru on an all-natural diet who collapsed while filming a video. Meanwhile, Foreman conducts Huntington's Disease drug trials and Thirteen signs on as a subject, Cuddy is forced to move into House's office, and Kutner uses House's name to run an online medical-advice website.
This was a good episode. There were really four stories going on, but each one was solid.
The case-of-the-week was interesting, and I loved the solution. I knew the trainer would refuse the recommended treatment (reversal of gastric bypass, go on high carb diet). Being exposed as a fraud is better than death, but whatever! I wouldn't mind a cure that said I had to eat chocolate cake!
The Foreman/Thirteen story was sad. Thirteen is already showing signs of Huntingdon's, and she is faced with seeing other patients in worse shape than herself.
The Kutner/Taub and the website "patient" subplot was pure gold. House set them up with a fake death and scared the crap out of them when she came back to "life"! That was definitely one of the best scenes of the year!
Finally, the Cuddy/House love/hate continues. After her office was shot up in the last episode, she has to share with House. They annoy each other and flirt. She hides the balls he usually tosses around ("Has anyone seen my balls?" LOL!), he destroys the bathroom of her office. They almost kiss and he grabs her boob instead! ("Can you leave these?")
This was definitely one of the better episodes of the season.
Good quote: "I just had to tell him that I have his balls and he's not getting them back."- Cuddy. She's got them, all right. He just doesn't know it yet. :p
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit: PTSD
Another decent episode. What happened? :p
Description from NBC:
A rape case involving a young female Marine stirs up painful memories from Detective Olivia Benson's past.
Yeah, it's another ripped from the headlines story (pregnant Marine goes missing, turns up dead), but it's well done without any weird twists or bizarre suplots. The Marine who at first appears to be the rapist/killer turns out to be a big brother type who was genuinely concerned about the dead Marine. The actual rapist/killer is no surprise.
Olivia continues to deal with last season's assault. She nearly loses it when trying to arrest the suspect. I liked having her partnered with Fin for a change (no Stabler this episode). They work pretty well together, and I liked how he talked her down when she had her gun to the suspect's head. Cap. Cragen finally tells Olivia to take time off. It should have been done last season! :p
Monday, December 1, 2008
Oops! I'm behind in my reviews...
The last two episodes of House were okay, nothing to write home about.
Last week's Law and Order: SVU, "Persona" was good- and was a real "special victims" episode. It was almost like an old episode! Benson tries to help a battered wife, but also discovers a fugitive who had killed her own husband. Brenda Blethyn played the fugitive.
This was NBC's description:
Benson goes into hiding to find justice for an abused housewife, which in turn uncovers an unsolved 34-year-old murder case.
Not quite that simple!
The death of the abused wife (Clea Duvall, fantastic!) at the hands of her husband was really upsetting, one of the more grim scenes the show has done in years.
The whole thing with Judge Donnelly trying to settle a score (getting the fugitive to justice) was absolutely lame- I have a hard time believing she would be so vindictive after 34 years. It was completely over the top, and the main flaw with the episode.
That horrible pharmacist at the beginning who refused to give Mia the morning after pill ("Keep it in your pants!") made me sick. What a bitch. That almost could have made an episode on its own- pharmacist refuses prescription on moral grounds, turns up dead, but with some bizarre twist.
Last week's Law and Order: SVU, "Persona" was good- and was a real "special victims" episode. It was almost like an old episode! Benson tries to help a battered wife, but also discovers a fugitive who had killed her own husband. Brenda Blethyn played the fugitive.
This was NBC's description:
Benson goes into hiding to find justice for an abused housewife, which in turn uncovers an unsolved 34-year-old murder case.
Not quite that simple!
The death of the abused wife (Clea Duvall, fantastic!) at the hands of her husband was really upsetting, one of the more grim scenes the show has done in years.
The whole thing with Judge Donnelly trying to settle a score (getting the fugitive to justice) was absolutely lame- I have a hard time believing she would be so vindictive after 34 years. It was completely over the top, and the main flaw with the episode.
That horrible pharmacist at the beginning who refused to give Mia the morning after pill ("Keep it in your pants!") made me sick. What a bitch. That almost could have made an episode on its own- pharmacist refuses prescription on moral grounds, turns up dead, but with some bizarre twist.
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