Critical Outcast: The Week That Was.....A Viewer's Diary: 5/8-5/14

Welcome to another week of The Week That Was.
I apologize for the lateness. I will attempt to not let that happen again.

In the immortal words of Eric Berlin "Obey the Ray."

Sunday 5/8.

King of the Hill. Bobby gets used by the track coach as a motivator. A couple of funny moments. **.5
Malcolm in the Middle. Reese actually studies for finals, Francis tries out some games on Dewey, and Dewey's classmates take the teacher hostage. **.5
The Simpsons. Guest starring Fantasia, we get the Simpsons take on American Idol. Next. *.5
The Simpsons. Homer becomes enraptured by the coming Rapture, thoughts from a religious film burn themselves into his mind. This one was better. **.5
Family Guy. Brian becomes a substitute teacher after Chris becomes infatuated with the current substitute. The sub propositions him to participate in a murder. "What do you see?" "Two D's and an F." ***.5
American Dad. The new boyfriend is not approved of so Stan's daughter moves out and starts working at a strip club. ***
Crossing Jordan. I liked this episode a lot. The main story follows Nigel as he begins a relationship with a woman whose daughter gets kidnapped, but the motives are not what is expected. Meanwhile, Macy helps a man who appears at the morgue with amnesia. ***.5
Desperate Housewives. Keeping up the fun as a guilty pleasure, although I am not following terribly closely. ***
Grey's Anatomy. Meredith's relationship news starts to spread causing more problems. A doctor falls asleep during surgery. ***

Monday 5/9.

WWE: Raw. Decent show. Christian finally getting some attention. Kane eliminates Benoit. Shelton continues to shine. ***
24. The Chinese embassy suspects CTU's involvement, plus Marwan is discovered just in time to see a rocket ready for launch. Jack's involvement at the embassy is suspected. ****
Las Vegas. Jon Lovitz shows up with Ashani for some fun at the casino. ***
Medium. A spiritual child killer rears his head in the dreamworld. **.5

Tuesday 5/10.

Scrubs. The season finale Funny and touching, Turk and Carla are on the mend, JD is adjusting to life alone, and Eliot moves on. ***.5
House. House scares a guy into having a stroke, whose condition suddenly worsens. Cameron is back, and we get to see the interesting interaction she has on her date with House. ***
Veronica Mars. The finale was incredible. The season long mystery is front and center as Lily's murderer is discovered and Veronica is put in a powerless position, which helps to cement Kristen Bell as a fully formed actress giving us a multifaceted performance, reminds me of Jennifer Garner in early Alias episodes. Anyway this series is fantastic and I cannot wait to findout who was at the door next season! ****
Law & Order: SVU. Ya know, I waited to long to get back to this episode, and don't remember anything.
Blind Justice. This was a good episode, changing up the formula a bit. Dunbar gets sucked into a drug deal after a murder, the deal goes south and Hank is inadvertantly abducted. The closing sequence is one of the more touching things I've seen on TV in awhile. ***

Wednesday 5/11.

That 70's Show. Red's friend's son comes to stay for a few days, and soon Eric and crew have him as corrupted as they are. Plus Jackie leaves after giving Hyde an ultimatum. ***
Stacked. I am not sure why I am enjoying this but I am. ***
Lost. The end of the season is right around the corner and more questions keep coming up. Should they open the hatch? Will the raft launch be a success? Kate's dark past keeps getting darker and secrets are coming out. ****
Alias. Not quite as good as it once was, but still an entertaining show. I am disappointed that Arvin Clone was finished so soon, same for Jack's radiation problem. **.5
Law & Order. Not bad. A gun is discovered at a fire which was used in a 9 year old murder, the suspect has found God and is using it as a defense. Not sure I like the pairing of Farina and Imperioli, though. **.5

Thursday 5/12.

WWE: Smackdown. A mediocre show anchored by Eddie Guerrero's speech as to why he turned on Rey. **.5
Joey. The one hour finale was OK, the cast is growing on me, but it still needs work. We see Joey and his girlfriend make a split, and a new romance starts. ***
CSI. Another show I don't remember, but I am looking forward to next week's finale.
ER. The most interesting thread this week was Carter's trip to Paris and subsequent reunion with Kem, which shows why Wylie has been the backbone of this show for so long. ***

Friday 5/13.

Star Trek: Enterprise. This was a very good episode, pitting the Enterprise crew against Terra Prime which is essentially a terrorist group targeting aliens. It provided a nice buildup towards to creation of the Federation. ***.5
Star Trek: Enterprise. The second hour took a big dive. Bringing in Riker and Troi from The Next Generation cast. It just seemed shoehorned in and was unnecessary, it showed a lack of respect for the current incarnation and a sad way to go out. **

Saturday 5/14.