The episode starts out in the temptation room. The room is filled with cupcakes, brownies, peanut butter cups, everything yummy and sugary. The temptation is that whomever eats the most calories in ten minutes has the power to choose the teams and the trainers. It's now Blue v. Black. And another thing. They turn out the lights so no one knows what anyone else is eating.
Heba speaks up and volunteers that she will eat a donut and keep the teams the way they are. Everyone says that's a great idea. But in the cut in interview Red team seems to think that Heba tries to control and manipulate everything. Heba played the "I just lost my husband card." Jillians current team all start crying that it's unfair that if they leave the teams as is, then Bob's team has two boys. Of course they forget that Jillian has NEVER lost this game. While the women are all crying about what to do, Red guy stands up and eats, in order to control his own destiny. Red continues to eat peanut butter cups, Heba starts eating donuts. When Red takes a wrapper off of the peanut butter cup, the it makes a noise. Heba then tries to figure out how many he's eaten. Drama, drama, drama.
Heba ends up eating two donuts. Amy Purple eats one brownie, and Phil, Red ate two peanut butter cups. No one else ate anything. Heba ate the most calories and won the temptation. She is given a half hour to decide teams.
Amy Red is upset that she's going to lose Bob as her trainer, or her husband to another team. Amy Purple wants to be on a team with a guy.
Blue team is
Heba Orange
Vicky Brown
Amy Red
Amy Purple
Brady Brown
Black team is
Renee' Pink
Colleen Yellow
Michelle Pink
Phil Red
Shellay Purple
Trainer Tips: Jillian says make your eating out more healthy by making special requests look for steamed, broiled, baked, grilled, poached or roasted. If all else fails go the salad route.
Bob shows up to find the Blue Team in the kitchen. Amy and Heba both start crying. Vicky explained what was going on. Heba didn't care about the numbers she was mad at Phil. Bob is pissed off he thinks her decision was "stupid". He pulled Amy aside to get her side of the story. (Keep in mind that Heba lost 8 pounds last week, she's going to have a LOW number, I'm guessing she's going to get to see her husband soon.)
Jillian got the Black teams story. They were off to work out. Michelle wanted to talk to Jillian about her emotions. Talking more about the divorce, again. Like her parents are the first in history to divorce. It's not your fault, get over it.
The next morning at 5:55 Allison wakes everyone up and tells them to meet in front of the gym in ten minutes. Heba is complaining. The challenge will last 14 hours, from sun up til sun down. They have all day to climb the mountain as many times as they can. There are camera's on the top of the hill and in front of the gym. Every time they climb the hill they have to take a picture, if they can get all five team members in the same picture it is worth bonus points. The winning team gets a two pound pass.
Blue was having trouble staying together. Vicky was hurting. The blue team decided they would split up. Brady was going to try to make up the difference. By 10:30 it was 98 degrees out. It eventually got to 112 degrees. Both teams decided to take a break, trusting that no one would go up and down the hill during the break. Shellay decided to go and check if everyone was taking a break, she went to talk to Colleen. The game was getting to them, they were feeling guilty, and they couldn't rest during the break. But Colleen wouldn't break her word. The blue team stayed together for the first climb. Black stayed together the whole time.
With 90 seconds left Shellay was behind and had to run to make the final team picture. The black team got 162 points, Brady from the Blue team ran over 20 miles. Blue got 147 points.
Trainer tips: Bob says hiking is a great form of exercise. He says to run on the inclines, stay hydrated, bring a lunch, make a day of it.
Time for a Jello plug by the pool. Bob tells Amy to go and get the Cool Whip in a can. Ten calories here, twenty calories here.
Then they tell him about the challenge and it's off to the gym.
Jillian pulls Michelle aside to try and talk her out of leaving the campus. She has Michelle call her dad. Dad tells her to stay there, and that she's not betraying him by loving her mom. Michelle still isn't sure she's going to stay. Michelle discusses it with her mom. Mom says no matter what I'll love you. Michelle looks as though the advice wasn't helpful.
Bob then plugs milk, it has protein to build lean muscle mass. Potassium, calcium. Everything but the mustache. He didn't drink his though, yes I noticed. Go to whymilk.com to learn more.
Michelle decides to stay. Happy times. Let's weigh in
Black team
Michelle lost 7 pounds.
Renee lost 5 pounds.
Phil lost 8 pounds.
Coleen lost 5 pounds.
Shellay lost 5 pounds.
The team lost a total of 2.84% including the 2 pound weight bonus.
Blue team
Amy Purple lost 9 pounds. Putting her in the 100's.
Vicky lost 6 pounds.
Brady lost 6 pounds.
Amy Red lost 6 pounds.
Heba lost 8 pounds. Again. For the second week in a row.
The team lost a total of 2.96% sending the Black team into elimination.
Black votes
Michelle votes Shellay.
Phil votes Renee.
Renee votes Shellay.
Shellay votes Renee.
Coleen votes Shellay. Leaving the Michelle Renee alliance intact. Poor move Coleen. That makes two votes, and unless you get immunity you're going home. Yuck.
Shellay is looking hot at home. She feels young and energetic. She started out at 216. She was wearing a size 18 and now wears a size ten and hopes to wear a six at the finale.
CSI Miami 10/13/08
Who cares? I watched My Own Worst Enemy on NBC. I hope that the CSI's have good syndication contracts because it is so OVER for them. I don't even care to watch it for the hilarity that is H. I love Christian Slater. He's sexy and that other thing. He can act. And he can act convincingly like two people, in the first episode. I've been waiting to be convinced that H is H for how many years now? Too many. By this time he should be the Fonz. Never again should he be able to appear in anything without someone yelling out "Horatio Caine" you know, like when Gary Sinise was in Apollo 13 and everytime he appeared on screen the entire audience would yell "Lieutenant Dan". I don't ask for much. I want one of two things. To always associate and actor with a character that I love, Lt. Dan, or to be convinced that the actor is the person he is playing no matter what he is playing.
BTW, I find Gary Sinise to be awesome. I just really loved Lt. Dan. I am quite convinced that Gary is who he is playing in anything I've seen him in. Even more so with Christian Slater. So, I will not be staying up late on Monday's to blog about CSI Miami. I might catch up by the weekend, but don't hold your collective breath. I'm am so over it.
BTW, I find Gary Sinise to be awesome. I just really loved Lt. Dan. I am quite convinced that Gary is who he is playing in anything I've seen him in. Even more so with Christian Slater. So, I will not be staying up late on Monday's to blog about CSI Miami. I might catch up by the weekend, but don't hold your collective breath. I'm am so over it.
My Own Worst Enemy 10/13/08
BEST SHOW EVER If you missed it NBC will be repeating it Saturday night, middle hour. To some that means 9 (Eastern and Pacific) to the middle that means 8.
The show opens up with a Henry opening up his computer. On it is him. He is telling himself. "My name is Edward and by now you've forgotten all about me. First call your wife and tell her that you won't make the soccer game, your life depends on it."
So, Henry Spivey is a 40 year old corporate America guy, wife, two kids, house in the burbs. But he is really a memory created by a secret government organization, that covers for Edward Albright (I'm pretty sure, I'm not checking right now too excited.) who is a super spy. Edward was the all American boy, little league, football, then his parents were killed in a car accident. He went on to the Army and 19 years ago, to keep him securely undercover, they created a split personality, which is Henry. Henry has no idea that Edward exists. Edward knows of Henry, but reluctantly allows his controllers to put Edward to sleep so that Henry can protect him.
This episode begins in Paris, Edward is there to catch a Russian bad guy. He has arranged for his favorite Russian bad girl to meet him. Edward and Natasha spend a steamy evening in their hotel overlooking the Eiffel Tower. Edward asks Natasha to help him find Uzi, she tells him it's impossible, he gets a call she takes a shower. When she comes out of the bathroom, she shoots the bed. Edward had anticipated this, and is sitting in the chair and shoots her.
When he returns to the states, his boss, played by Alfre Woodard yells at him for killing the target. Said she was needed, and Alfre's character accused Edward of killing a target to prevent someone he cared for some torture. They agree to disagree and Edward leaves.
He is met by the computer geek who is in charge of his personalities and memories. Geek guy asks if there were any continuity problems. Edward says he cut himself shaving. Geek guy goes to the billion dollar computer in the back, implants some memories of a convention in Akron, names, the fat guy on the flight, the shaving cut. Then asks Edward if he is ready to go to sleep. Edward asks if he has a choice. They show some vision irregularities and when the elevator opens out steps Henry reporting to his boss the full events of the convention in Akron, down to the fat guy on the plane. He later meets with the staff psychologist where he says he had a dream about being in Paris, and he even has a souvenir, a matchbook from the hotel in Paris.
Henry goes home, we meet the family. Basic every day white picket fence suburban family. While trying to get to sleep that night, Henry has troubles with his vision. He gets up to make a phone call to none other than geek guy. It's Edward wondering why he's awake. He asks that he be allowed to stay up for an hour to watch some baseball highlights. Geek guy calls boss lady, and asks if they should initiate termination.
Next day Henry goes back to work, has a discussion with his boss Tom (played by the brother in law on Yes Dear) about how they never get to spend any time with the family. Henry is met by the secondary boss lady who tells him he's off to solve a problem in Albany, she's already called the wife, Henry steps on to the elevator, googly eye thing, Edward gets off the elevator and is told he's going to Russia to get Uzi.
Next scene, Edward is in Russia with a sniper rifle trained on what one would presume to be Uzi. He's told not to shoot. Googly eye thing, Henry appears, quite confused as to why he's holding a sniper rifle. Accidently discharges the weapon and starts a major gun battle that Henry cannot handle. SWAT type guy comes in and rescues Henry, but not before killing half a dozen people, and getting blood all over a freaked out Henry. When they get back in the car Henry realizes it's his boss Tom. But Tom says his name is Raymond. Raymond tells Henry he has to calm down, because he has to call Tom's wife. Raymond tells his/Tom's wife that he wished he could come home but he's needed in Cleveland. After the call Raymond puts Henry in the floor boards of the truck and smuggles him out of Russia.
Henry has the finer points of his life explained to him. He is taken to Edward's house because Henry's wife isn't expecting him home for another day. Henry gets drunk, calls his wife, finds Edward's super spy stash, and his car keys. Drunk Henry decides he's going to drive himself home. Halfway home, Edward reappears, but decides to continue on the Henry's house. He goes home, wakes up the wife....The next moring Henry wakes up, confused as to why he's naked and at home. Wondering why the wife is cooking him a HUGE breakfast feast. His wife is all over him, but is interrupted by the kids needing a ride to school. Henry then notices the note in Sharpie on his hand that says "Never touch my car again" to which Henry replies, "you slept with my wife."
Back at head quarters, Henry is struggling with the thought of having his memories erased so they can reboot the program. He wants his life to be real. Alfre Woodards says "You'll think it is."
Next we see of Henry he is coming into his house. He's talking to his wife telling her he's on his way to the soccer game. The doorbell rings and there is a Russian at the door, and one behind him. They duct tape him up and threaten to kill his family if he lies to them. After a couple of close calls Henry tells them he doesn't know what they are talking about because he is two people. They go to Henry's car, to find a GPS and a shovel. Henry says Edward must have buried the treasure they are looking for and he'll help find it.
Henry is digging a hole in the desert of California, when they find a case. The main Russian has his lackey open it. At that point he tells Henry there are worse places to be buried, and goes on about how it's a shame that Henry would never get to meet Edward, that they couldn't communicate. Henry tells the Russian they do communicate and Edward had a message. Then Henry blows up the case, killing both of the Russians. He then drives home in his unscathed Chevy that was parked not ten feet away from the blast.
The entire message from Edward to Henry is played. Edward explains that he has to follow his instructions or he and his family will die. He lays out the plan that was just played out.
Henry agrees to go along with the back and forth until they can fix whatever computer problems are causing it. He just wants his life back. Henry goes to therapy and tells the therapist that he's just going through a stage in life where he is wondering if this is really his life. Paris was just a fantasy.
Finally, a message from Henry to Edward, telling Edward there is a difference between driving a guys car and driving a guys wife. Edward shuts it off and fade to black.
Previews indicate that the wife really likes Edward. I so love this show.
The show opens up with a Henry opening up his computer. On it is him. He is telling himself. "My name is Edward and by now you've forgotten all about me. First call your wife and tell her that you won't make the soccer game, your life depends on it."
So, Henry Spivey is a 40 year old corporate America guy, wife, two kids, house in the burbs. But he is really a memory created by a secret government organization, that covers for Edward Albright (I'm pretty sure, I'm not checking right now too excited.) who is a super spy. Edward was the all American boy, little league, football, then his parents were killed in a car accident. He went on to the Army and 19 years ago, to keep him securely undercover, they created a split personality, which is Henry. Henry has no idea that Edward exists. Edward knows of Henry, but reluctantly allows his controllers to put Edward to sleep so that Henry can protect him.
This episode begins in Paris, Edward is there to catch a Russian bad guy. He has arranged for his favorite Russian bad girl to meet him. Edward and Natasha spend a steamy evening in their hotel overlooking the Eiffel Tower. Edward asks Natasha to help him find Uzi, she tells him it's impossible, he gets a call she takes a shower. When she comes out of the bathroom, she shoots the bed. Edward had anticipated this, and is sitting in the chair and shoots her.
When he returns to the states, his boss, played by Alfre Woodard yells at him for killing the target. Said she was needed, and Alfre's character accused Edward of killing a target to prevent someone he cared for some torture. They agree to disagree and Edward leaves.
He is met by the computer geek who is in charge of his personalities and memories. Geek guy asks if there were any continuity problems. Edward says he cut himself shaving. Geek guy goes to the billion dollar computer in the back, implants some memories of a convention in Akron, names, the fat guy on the flight, the shaving cut. Then asks Edward if he is ready to go to sleep. Edward asks if he has a choice. They show some vision irregularities and when the elevator opens out steps Henry reporting to his boss the full events of the convention in Akron, down to the fat guy on the plane. He later meets with the staff psychologist where he says he had a dream about being in Paris, and he even has a souvenir, a matchbook from the hotel in Paris.
Henry goes home, we meet the family. Basic every day white picket fence suburban family. While trying to get to sleep that night, Henry has troubles with his vision. He gets up to make a phone call to none other than geek guy. It's Edward wondering why he's awake. He asks that he be allowed to stay up for an hour to watch some baseball highlights. Geek guy calls boss lady, and asks if they should initiate termination.
Next day Henry goes back to work, has a discussion with his boss Tom (played by the brother in law on Yes Dear) about how they never get to spend any time with the family. Henry is met by the secondary boss lady who tells him he's off to solve a problem in Albany, she's already called the wife, Henry steps on to the elevator, googly eye thing, Edward gets off the elevator and is told he's going to Russia to get Uzi.
Next scene, Edward is in Russia with a sniper rifle trained on what one would presume to be Uzi. He's told not to shoot. Googly eye thing, Henry appears, quite confused as to why he's holding a sniper rifle. Accidently discharges the weapon and starts a major gun battle that Henry cannot handle. SWAT type guy comes in and rescues Henry, but not before killing half a dozen people, and getting blood all over a freaked out Henry. When they get back in the car Henry realizes it's his boss Tom. But Tom says his name is Raymond. Raymond tells Henry he has to calm down, because he has to call Tom's wife. Raymond tells his/Tom's wife that he wished he could come home but he's needed in Cleveland. After the call Raymond puts Henry in the floor boards of the truck and smuggles him out of Russia.
Henry has the finer points of his life explained to him. He is taken to Edward's house because Henry's wife isn't expecting him home for another day. Henry gets drunk, calls his wife, finds Edward's super spy stash, and his car keys. Drunk Henry decides he's going to drive himself home. Halfway home, Edward reappears, but decides to continue on the Henry's house. He goes home, wakes up the wife....The next moring Henry wakes up, confused as to why he's naked and at home. Wondering why the wife is cooking him a HUGE breakfast feast. His wife is all over him, but is interrupted by the kids needing a ride to school. Henry then notices the note in Sharpie on his hand that says "Never touch my car again" to which Henry replies, "you slept with my wife."
Back at head quarters, Henry is struggling with the thought of having his memories erased so they can reboot the program. He wants his life to be real. Alfre Woodards says "You'll think it is."
Next we see of Henry he is coming into his house. He's talking to his wife telling her he's on his way to the soccer game. The doorbell rings and there is a Russian at the door, and one behind him. They duct tape him up and threaten to kill his family if he lies to them. After a couple of close calls Henry tells them he doesn't know what they are talking about because he is two people. They go to Henry's car, to find a GPS and a shovel. Henry says Edward must have buried the treasure they are looking for and he'll help find it.
Henry is digging a hole in the desert of California, when they find a case. The main Russian has his lackey open it. At that point he tells Henry there are worse places to be buried, and goes on about how it's a shame that Henry would never get to meet Edward, that they couldn't communicate. Henry tells the Russian they do communicate and Edward had a message. Then Henry blows up the case, killing both of the Russians. He then drives home in his unscathed Chevy that was parked not ten feet away from the blast.
The entire message from Edward to Henry is played. Edward explains that he has to follow his instructions or he and his family will die. He lays out the plan that was just played out.
Henry agrees to go along with the back and forth until they can fix whatever computer problems are causing it. He just wants his life back. Henry goes to therapy and tells the therapist that he's just going through a stage in life where he is wondering if this is really his life. Paris was just a fantasy.
Finally, a message from Henry to Edward, telling Edward there is a difference between driving a guys car and driving a guys wife. Edward shuts it off and fade to black.
Previews indicate that the wife really likes Edward. I so love this show.
Eleventh Hour 10/9/08
Dr. Jacob hood is a scientific investigator. He is in Seattle investigating the possible cloning of babies. They have found 19 jars of medical waste they later determine to be attempts at cloning a human.
There is a pregnant woman, carrying a cloned baby. Her ex is a wife beater, he sees her in the grocery store and knocks her around. She is rescued by a strange woman, who describes herself as "your own personal nurse." They go to a warehouse where they have set up a makeshift clinic. She is in danger of losing the baby.
The man paying for the cloning is called Gipetto, like Pinocchio's father. Can't have a boy, you make your own. Dr. Hood and his body guard search the society pages and find a billionaire who has lost his son.
Meanwhile, the pregnant mom goes to the hospital after some serious bleeding. She'd been warned not to, she has a young boy and they have told her that DHS would take him if she did go to the hospital. They did. Once she is feeling better, she leaves her room, finds her boy and vanishes.
The cloning team finds her at her apartment. The police who have been monitoring suspicious pregnancies find out where she lives and go to her apartment. The ex gets there first and the personal nurse stabs him in the neck with scissors. When the Dr. and his body guard get there, the ex is still alive, the mom is gone, and the young boy is hiding in the room.
Dr. Hood asks the police to help him, but it might cost the police man his job.
The cloners are in another makeshift hospital. The girl is resting, the ob is scared he's going to jail, the personal nurse injects hims with something and he passes out.
The Dr. goes to the dad's house. They try to convince him that he needs to let his dead son go. They discuss their individual losses, the dad says when his son died his life was over. The dad says he just wants to see his son again. The doctor pulls out one of the jars with the dead cloned baby inside and opens it up and gives it to him. The doctor says his son is not his DNA, but every moment he ever spent with his father, every meal his mother had ever made him. Every moment his son lived is what made him his son.
The dad reveals to the doctor where they have taken the girl, the team goes and when they enter the clinic they hear the hum of a flatline. Another woman is performing CPR on the girl, the "personal nurse" attacks the body guard and gets beat up.
The doctor discovers that Gipetto is the woman performing CPR. She stops and leaves once her identity has been revealed. The doctor and the body guard try to revive her, which they do. But she lost he baby. She also cannot have any more babies.
The doctor gets a call on his cell and tells his body guard they have a situation they need to get to.
****Good, but not great. It is a Jerry Bruckheimer production, so we'll be giving it more chances.
There is a pregnant woman, carrying a cloned baby. Her ex is a wife beater, he sees her in the grocery store and knocks her around. She is rescued by a strange woman, who describes herself as "your own personal nurse." They go to a warehouse where they have set up a makeshift clinic. She is in danger of losing the baby.
The man paying for the cloning is called Gipetto, like Pinocchio's father. Can't have a boy, you make your own. Dr. Hood and his body guard search the society pages and find a billionaire who has lost his son.
Meanwhile, the pregnant mom goes to the hospital after some serious bleeding. She'd been warned not to, she has a young boy and they have told her that DHS would take him if she did go to the hospital. They did. Once she is feeling better, she leaves her room, finds her boy and vanishes.
The cloning team finds her at her apartment. The police who have been monitoring suspicious pregnancies find out where she lives and go to her apartment. The ex gets there first and the personal nurse stabs him in the neck with scissors. When the Dr. and his body guard get there, the ex is still alive, the mom is gone, and the young boy is hiding in the room.
Dr. Hood asks the police to help him, but it might cost the police man his job.
The cloners are in another makeshift hospital. The girl is resting, the ob is scared he's going to jail, the personal nurse injects hims with something and he passes out.
The Dr. goes to the dad's house. They try to convince him that he needs to let his dead son go. They discuss their individual losses, the dad says when his son died his life was over. The dad says he just wants to see his son again. The doctor pulls out one of the jars with the dead cloned baby inside and opens it up and gives it to him. The doctor says his son is not his DNA, but every moment he ever spent with his father, every meal his mother had ever made him. Every moment his son lived is what made him his son.
The dad reveals to the doctor where they have taken the girl, the team goes and when they enter the clinic they hear the hum of a flatline. Another woman is performing CPR on the girl, the "personal nurse" attacks the body guard and gets beat up.
The doctor discovers that Gipetto is the woman performing CPR. She stops and leaves once her identity has been revealed. The doctor and the body guard try to revive her, which they do. But she lost he baby. She also cannot have any more babies.
The doctor gets a call on his cell and tells his body guard they have a situation they need to get to.
****Good, but not great. It is a Jerry Bruckheimer production, so we'll be giving it more chances.
CSI 10/9/08
Warrick is dead. Didn't think they'd do it, but he's dead.
We all know that Under Sheriff McKeen did it, we saw it at the end of last season. When Grissom gets to the scene he finds McKeen there, McKeen claims to be a witness. He was going to the diner they had all been at to tell Warrick he could keep his job. You'll remember that Warrick had just been released from jail for killing the mob boss Gedda. He didn't actually do it, a beat cop named Pritchard had killed him, and framed Warrick.
Grissom held Warrick as he died. The team shows up one by one, Grissom tells Eckle that they will be the ones processing.
They quickly determine that Pritchard did not do it. Warrick's passenger window had been rolled down, Warrick would not have rolled down his window to speak with a guy who had just framed him for murder.
The team also determines that McKeen could not have heard a gunshot from where he claimed to be. There was a night club in the alley and their music was too loud. They determine that it must be McKeen. First witness is always first suspect.
Sarah had returned to Vegas when she heard the news, as she and lab boy were at Warrick's they find out that he had a son. We later learn his ex wife had a baby, a boy named Eli. Warrick had a video of his psychological submitted to determine who was the more fit parent. On it, he says even though his father and mother had died, he had a father figure, he never says but we can assume it is Grissom.
McKeen had been keeping Pritchard in some cheap hotel, and had gone to retrieve him. They left under the guise of McKeen helping Pritchard escape to Mexico. While enroute, Brass phones him to give him an update, and also to triangulate his cell signal. They find him and Stokes goes with Brass to nab McKeen and Pritchard.
Pritchard has figured out that he's going to die if he doesn't do something drastic, he ends up shooting McKeen while they are driving down the road, hoping he'll survive the crash, he doesn't.
Nick and Brass find the crash and Nick follows a blood trail into the woods. He finds McKeen with a major stomach wound. McKeen starts to tell Nick about how he shot Warrick, how he did it because Warrick was stupid, trying to get Nick to put him out of his own misery. Brass hears a gunshot and finds Nick standing over a motionless McKeen with a gun pointed at his head.
Nick tells Brass they need to get him a medivac. Brass asks "what was that shot?"
Nick says "A miss."
Yea! Nick for keeping him miserable, keeping him alive to live with himself. Also keeping him in a great deal of pain for the foreseeable future.
At Warrick's funeral, Grissom speaks. Says the words they are trained to offer, "I'm sorry for your loss," don't offer much. He says he'll miss him.
We all know that Under Sheriff McKeen did it, we saw it at the end of last season. When Grissom gets to the scene he finds McKeen there, McKeen claims to be a witness. He was going to the diner they had all been at to tell Warrick he could keep his job. You'll remember that Warrick had just been released from jail for killing the mob boss Gedda. He didn't actually do it, a beat cop named Pritchard had killed him, and framed Warrick.
Grissom held Warrick as he died. The team shows up one by one, Grissom tells Eckle that they will be the ones processing.
They quickly determine that Pritchard did not do it. Warrick's passenger window had been rolled down, Warrick would not have rolled down his window to speak with a guy who had just framed him for murder.
The team also determines that McKeen could not have heard a gunshot from where he claimed to be. There was a night club in the alley and their music was too loud. They determine that it must be McKeen. First witness is always first suspect.
Sarah had returned to Vegas when she heard the news, as she and lab boy were at Warrick's they find out that he had a son. We later learn his ex wife had a baby, a boy named Eli. Warrick had a video of his psychological submitted to determine who was the more fit parent. On it, he says even though his father and mother had died, he had a father figure, he never says but we can assume it is Grissom.
McKeen had been keeping Pritchard in some cheap hotel, and had gone to retrieve him. They left under the guise of McKeen helping Pritchard escape to Mexico. While enroute, Brass phones him to give him an update, and also to triangulate his cell signal. They find him and Stokes goes with Brass to nab McKeen and Pritchard.
Pritchard has figured out that he's going to die if he doesn't do something drastic, he ends up shooting McKeen while they are driving down the road, hoping he'll survive the crash, he doesn't.
Nick and Brass find the crash and Nick follows a blood trail into the woods. He finds McKeen with a major stomach wound. McKeen starts to tell Nick about how he shot Warrick, how he did it because Warrick was stupid, trying to get Nick to put him out of his own misery. Brass hears a gunshot and finds Nick standing over a motionless McKeen with a gun pointed at his head.
Nick tells Brass they need to get him a medivac. Brass asks "what was that shot?"
Nick says "A miss."
Yea! Nick for keeping him miserable, keeping him alive to live with himself. Also keeping him in a great deal of pain for the foreseeable future.
At Warrick's funeral, Grissom speaks. Says the words they are trained to offer, "I'm sorry for your loss," don't offer much. He says he'll miss him.
Criminal Minds 10-8-08
The worst EVER special effect is featured in the opening scene. Hello, is it still 1970.
Prentiss and Reid are off to Colorado, to interview a polygamist who is accused of forcing underage girls to marry older men. Prentiss tells the local not to identify them as FBI agents.
The car pulls up to the ranch, which is gated. The men open the gate, and they pull up to the main compound to speak to the leader. (Played by Luke Perry, who in no way shape or form would have to force any one to marry him. We'd all go willingly.)
He points them towards the school where the girls have been gathered to be interviewed. Reid stays behind to discuss the solar panels on the ranch. The leader asks if he's surprised that they are self sufficient, Reid says "no, impressed." The leader thanks him for admitting it.
The girls give the answer that you would expect. Except when one of the girls admits that she is married to Cyrus. (oops) She says it's an honor to bear his children. Before they can ask anymore questions, the men of the compound burst in with automatic weapons and Cyrus asks them if they have any information about a "raid maybe?" Next scene is several black Suburbans speeding down the road with SWAT coming out in riot gear. They break down the door and report that the school is empty.
Everyone has been forced down into a tunnel. The Police realize that they were expected and fearing the worst the head police guy orders everyone out, where they are met with a whole lot of gunfire. SWAT is trying to break down other doors, without any success. Inside the tunnel Prentiss and Reid discover an arsenal. Cyrus tells the families that God will protect them.
Cyrus goes back above ground and tells his men to cease fire. They cannot hear him because of all of the gun play. The State Police officer that accompanied Reid and Prentiss to the compound says she'll go up and talk to them. Prentiss tries to stop her, before she can get a word out, a bullet gets her in the stomach.
Cyrus gives the police a chance to retreat and they take him up on it. The colony announces that they are gone. Reid whispers "Not for long."
The team shows up, about the same time as the Attorney General for the state, played by (the slacker attorney from Dharma and Greg, he and Greg, I mean Hotch have a fight, FUNNY)
They verify that Reid and Prentiss are ok. Rossi takes them supplies, with bugs in them, the first thing they hear is a "celebration" where they all drink wine. Guess what? Poisoned. Reid and Prentiss did not drink, but we get a close up of all the cute little kids.
Reid and Prentiss also notice that the girl who allegedly called 911 to report that there were underage marriages taking place, worshipped the leader. It was her mother that tried to come between them.
The team is all panicked, they have to go in. "No, we can't people will die." "They are already dieing."
Prentiss and Reid determine that there was no poison. Just a test to see who was going to panic and who would follow to the end. Cyrus confirms it.
Morgan is talking to the former leader. Turns out Cyrus was raised there. When he was 17 he was kicked out for messing with little girls. He came back several years later and forced the leader out. The leader is now in jail for evading taxes and more than willing to help the FBI send that "ungrateful little bastard straight to hell."
Garcia gets info, he had spent time in prison. They deduce that he is worried about returning to prison on child molestation charges. They have to convince him that he would not go to jail.
Just then the news reports that the Attorney General's office has just told them that there are undercover FBI agents inside. Cyrus comes to where Reid and Prentiss are and asks which of them is the FBI agent. He holds a gun to Reid and Prentiss says it's her. Cyrus then grabs Prentiss by the hair and drags her off while the other men hold Reid with automatic weapons.
The team sits by and listens to Prentiss get the crap kicked out of her. She is sending subliminal messages to the team who she knows is listening, telling them not to come in.
Prentiss gets cared for by the mother of the child bride. Prentiss knows that mom is a would be defector, but the mother runs off.
Reid is asked if he knew she was FBI. He says in all the time he'd worked with Nancy, the local police who was killed, she'd never lied to him. Reid is offering tips on how to test the FBI to see if they are honest. It would require them to release Prentiss and a kid. They don't want to but he reason's that it is only one kid and it will be a good exchange for information. Cyrus offers up the orphan if they tell the identity of the FBI agent. The team was listening so they know what Reid had told them.
Morgan goes to get the girl that released. Rossi tells Cyrus that her name is Emily Prentiss. They assemble everyone in the chapel. Reid sees Prentiss and apologizes. They start reading names, Reid says it's the names of those who failed the loyalty test. Cyrus tells the ones whose names ere called to get their belongings and he releases them. Cyrus then asks for 'fried chicken with all the fixins". Sounds like a last meal request to me.
Reid communicates to the team that he is looking for a sign as to when they are coming.
They scribble a note on the Fried Chicken fixins that are coming in. 3 a.m. Prentiss sticks her foot on the window to indicate where she is in the building. Morgan goes and signals to her that they are coming at three. The mom of the child bride comes to speak to Prentiss. Prentiss tells her that Cyrus is planning a mass suicide and that she knows that the mom made the 911 call. The mom says it's all her fault, she wanted to save her daughter. Prentiss tells her that the FBI is coming and that she needs to squirrel them away in the tunnels just before then. The mom leaves without saying anything.
She passes the men laying dynamite on the stairs. Rossi and Morgan are getting on their rito gear, the mom goes to start waking the children. She tells her daughter to get the women and children to the tunnels. The mom then goes to tell Prentiss that it's about to happen. Prentiss goes to find Reid. Cyrus then goes and starts shooting into the air. About that time the FBI goes in and starts picking them men off one by one. Morgan runs into Prentiss and the women and children. The child bride freaks and breaks off to go warn Cyrus.
Cyrus accuses Reid of trying to convert his brothers because he's quoting scripture. The FBI comes in and shoots the men. The child bride picks up the remote and triggers it. Reid and Morgan were inside but are ok. The child bride is the only child not to make it.
"Reason is not automatic, those who deny it cannot be conquered by it." Ayn Rand
Prentiss assures Reid that what happened to her was not his fault and they share a little moment of hand touching.
Prentiss and Reid are off to Colorado, to interview a polygamist who is accused of forcing underage girls to marry older men. Prentiss tells the local not to identify them as FBI agents.
The car pulls up to the ranch, which is gated. The men open the gate, and they pull up to the main compound to speak to the leader. (Played by Luke Perry, who in no way shape or form would have to force any one to marry him. We'd all go willingly.)
He points them towards the school where the girls have been gathered to be interviewed. Reid stays behind to discuss the solar panels on the ranch. The leader asks if he's surprised that they are self sufficient, Reid says "no, impressed." The leader thanks him for admitting it.
The girls give the answer that you would expect. Except when one of the girls admits that she is married to Cyrus. (oops) She says it's an honor to bear his children. Before they can ask anymore questions, the men of the compound burst in with automatic weapons and Cyrus asks them if they have any information about a "raid maybe?" Next scene is several black Suburbans speeding down the road with SWAT coming out in riot gear. They break down the door and report that the school is empty.
Everyone has been forced down into a tunnel. The Police realize that they were expected and fearing the worst the head police guy orders everyone out, where they are met with a whole lot of gunfire. SWAT is trying to break down other doors, without any success. Inside the tunnel Prentiss and Reid discover an arsenal. Cyrus tells the families that God will protect them.
Cyrus goes back above ground and tells his men to cease fire. They cannot hear him because of all of the gun play. The State Police officer that accompanied Reid and Prentiss to the compound says she'll go up and talk to them. Prentiss tries to stop her, before she can get a word out, a bullet gets her in the stomach.
Cyrus gives the police a chance to retreat and they take him up on it. The colony announces that they are gone. Reid whispers "Not for long."
The team shows up, about the same time as the Attorney General for the state, played by (the slacker attorney from Dharma and Greg, he and Greg, I mean Hotch have a fight, FUNNY)
They verify that Reid and Prentiss are ok. Rossi takes them supplies, with bugs in them, the first thing they hear is a "celebration" where they all drink wine. Guess what? Poisoned. Reid and Prentiss did not drink, but we get a close up of all the cute little kids.
Reid and Prentiss also notice that the girl who allegedly called 911 to report that there were underage marriages taking place, worshipped the leader. It was her mother that tried to come between them.
The team is all panicked, they have to go in. "No, we can't people will die." "They are already dieing."
Prentiss and Reid determine that there was no poison. Just a test to see who was going to panic and who would follow to the end. Cyrus confirms it.
Morgan is talking to the former leader. Turns out Cyrus was raised there. When he was 17 he was kicked out for messing with little girls. He came back several years later and forced the leader out. The leader is now in jail for evading taxes and more than willing to help the FBI send that "ungrateful little bastard straight to hell."
Garcia gets info, he had spent time in prison. They deduce that he is worried about returning to prison on child molestation charges. They have to convince him that he would not go to jail.
Just then the news reports that the Attorney General's office has just told them that there are undercover FBI agents inside. Cyrus comes to where Reid and Prentiss are and asks which of them is the FBI agent. He holds a gun to Reid and Prentiss says it's her. Cyrus then grabs Prentiss by the hair and drags her off while the other men hold Reid with automatic weapons.
The team sits by and listens to Prentiss get the crap kicked out of her. She is sending subliminal messages to the team who she knows is listening, telling them not to come in.
Prentiss gets cared for by the mother of the child bride. Prentiss knows that mom is a would be defector, but the mother runs off.
Reid is asked if he knew she was FBI. He says in all the time he'd worked with Nancy, the local police who was killed, she'd never lied to him. Reid is offering tips on how to test the FBI to see if they are honest. It would require them to release Prentiss and a kid. They don't want to but he reason's that it is only one kid and it will be a good exchange for information. Cyrus offers up the orphan if they tell the identity of the FBI agent. The team was listening so they know what Reid had told them.
Morgan goes to get the girl that released. Rossi tells Cyrus that her name is Emily Prentiss. They assemble everyone in the chapel. Reid sees Prentiss and apologizes. They start reading names, Reid says it's the names of those who failed the loyalty test. Cyrus tells the ones whose names ere called to get their belongings and he releases them. Cyrus then asks for 'fried chicken with all the fixins". Sounds like a last meal request to me.
Reid communicates to the team that he is looking for a sign as to when they are coming.
They scribble a note on the Fried Chicken fixins that are coming in. 3 a.m. Prentiss sticks her foot on the window to indicate where she is in the building. Morgan goes and signals to her that they are coming at three. The mom of the child bride comes to speak to Prentiss. Prentiss tells her that Cyrus is planning a mass suicide and that she knows that the mom made the 911 call. The mom says it's all her fault, she wanted to save her daughter. Prentiss tells her that the FBI is coming and that she needs to squirrel them away in the tunnels just before then. The mom leaves without saying anything.
She passes the men laying dynamite on the stairs. Rossi and Morgan are getting on their rito gear, the mom goes to start waking the children. She tells her daughter to get the women and children to the tunnels. The mom then goes to tell Prentiss that it's about to happen. Prentiss goes to find Reid. Cyrus then goes and starts shooting into the air. About that time the FBI goes in and starts picking them men off one by one. Morgan runs into Prentiss and the women and children. The child bride freaks and breaks off to go warn Cyrus.
Cyrus accuses Reid of trying to convert his brothers because he's quoting scripture. The FBI comes in and shoots the men. The child bride picks up the remote and triggers it. Reid and Morgan were inside but are ok. The child bride is the only child not to make it.
"Reason is not automatic, those who deny it cannot be conquered by it." Ayn Rand
Prentiss assures Reid that what happened to her was not his fault and they share a little moment of hand touching.
The Biggest Loser 10-8-08
Last night we left off with Amy Purple getting booted from the gym for laughing during a Jillian rant, oops. She came back and everyone was happy.
The girls spent a lot of time doing "emotional work" ie, crying. OK people, you won the losing weight lottery, get over it and get with it.
Bob's team went to Subway. He made them walk from the far end of the parking lot. Subway rocks, especially when you walk.
This weeks trainer tip. Skip the High Fructose Corn Syrup. (We're trying Bob, it's in everything)
At the weigh in, we are repeating the new thing from last week, one team falls below the yellow line and they decide amongst themselves which of them will leave. Unless Yellow falls below, since Colleen is the only member left on her team, she would automatically go home.
Brown lost 12 pounds or 2.3%.
Purple lost 9 pounds or 2.19%.
Pink lost 9 pounds or 1.95%.
Red lost 8 pounds or 1.62%
Yellow lost 3 pounds or 1.54%.
Orange lost 8 pounds or 1.4%. They needed to lose more than 8. Heba lost 8 and Ed lost ZERO.
Ed and Heba had an hour to decide which of them would go home. Ed wants her to stay, so she can get healthy enough to have a baby. Heba thinks he should stay, because he'd lose a big number next week. Good points on both sides. So Ed goes home. He said sweet things as he was leaving. Basically his wedding vows, although I doubt that he said "you're the most determined damned woman I've ever met" during the wedding, but we get it.
They lost 64 pounds in one month as a family.
When Ed arrived at the ranch he weighed 335 pounds. He has lost a total of 85 pounds. He looks amazing. He would like to weigh 180 at the finale.
The girls spent a lot of time doing "emotional work" ie, crying. OK people, you won the losing weight lottery, get over it and get with it.
Bob's team went to Subway. He made them walk from the far end of the parking lot. Subway rocks, especially when you walk.
This weeks trainer tip. Skip the High Fructose Corn Syrup. (We're trying Bob, it's in everything)
At the weigh in, we are repeating the new thing from last week, one team falls below the yellow line and they decide amongst themselves which of them will leave. Unless Yellow falls below, since Colleen is the only member left on her team, she would automatically go home.
Brown lost 12 pounds or 2.3%.
Purple lost 9 pounds or 2.19%.
Pink lost 9 pounds or 1.95%.
Red lost 8 pounds or 1.62%
Yellow lost 3 pounds or 1.54%.
Orange lost 8 pounds or 1.4%. They needed to lose more than 8. Heba lost 8 and Ed lost ZERO.
Ed and Heba had an hour to decide which of them would go home. Ed wants her to stay, so she can get healthy enough to have a baby. Heba thinks he should stay, because he'd lose a big number next week. Good points on both sides. So Ed goes home. He said sweet things as he was leaving. Basically his wedding vows, although I doubt that he said "you're the most determined damned woman I've ever met" during the wedding, but we get it.
They lost 64 pounds in one month as a family.
When Ed arrived at the ranch he weighed 335 pounds. He has lost a total of 85 pounds. He looks amazing. He would like to weigh 180 at the finale.
The Biggest Loser 10/7/08
Due to the Presidential Debates we only got one hour tonight, but do not despair, the second hour will air tomorrow.
So, what happened? Red went home. Not for good, they cashed in their free pass home from the first week.
Purple went on their 24 hours with Jillian. Shellay kept holding on to the stair stepper. She got yelled at. Jillian has been trying to be nice. It's not working. It got worse. With five girls left on her team, they didn't do their homework, and they got yelled at BIG TIME. They didn't do the work, Jillian even kicked Amy Purple out of the gym for the day because she was laughing at her.
The challenge for the week was being suspended in a pool of water by chains, standing on a bar and holding on over head. Wobbly chains, like there are any other type. Easy at first, but the water was slowly draining out, making the chains more wobbly. One by one they fell until it was down to Amy Purple and Vickie Brown. The prize was letters from home. Brown won at 107 minutes. Of course she got to pick another team to get letters as well, she chose Purple.
Whose whining? Every girl on Jillians team. Which is all of them, now that the Dad's and only son went home. They aren't doing their homework, it hurts. WAhhhh. Vickie Brown is whining too, nothing new. But she did tell her husband that she felt he was pressuring her to spend less time in the gym. So, we'll give her a whine/not whine ratio of zero, because whining was cancelled out by standing up for herself. Go Vickie.
Tomorrow, we find out if Jillian's team will be depleted further. If they don't pull it together, Bob will win for the first time, when up against Jillian. Yeah, I know Red girl lost to him, but she was too easy, and conspicuously absent for several seasons now.
So, what happened? Red went home. Not for good, they cashed in their free pass home from the first week.
Purple went on their 24 hours with Jillian. Shellay kept holding on to the stair stepper. She got yelled at. Jillian has been trying to be nice. It's not working. It got worse. With five girls left on her team, they didn't do their homework, and they got yelled at BIG TIME. They didn't do the work, Jillian even kicked Amy Purple out of the gym for the day because she was laughing at her.
The challenge for the week was being suspended in a pool of water by chains, standing on a bar and holding on over head. Wobbly chains, like there are any other type. Easy at first, but the water was slowly draining out, making the chains more wobbly. One by one they fell until it was down to Amy Purple and Vickie Brown. The prize was letters from home. Brown won at 107 minutes. Of course she got to pick another team to get letters as well, she chose Purple.
Whose whining? Every girl on Jillians team. Which is all of them, now that the Dad's and only son went home. They aren't doing their homework, it hurts. WAhhhh. Vickie Brown is whining too, nothing new. But she did tell her husband that she felt he was pressuring her to spend less time in the gym. So, we'll give her a whine/not whine ratio of zero, because whining was cancelled out by standing up for herself. Go Vickie.
Tomorrow, we find out if Jillian's team will be depleted further. If they don't pull it together, Bob will win for the first time, when up against Jillian. Yeah, I know Red girl lost to him, but she was too easy, and conspicuously absent for several seasons now.
Pushing Daisies 10/1/08
Quick review of characters, who they are and where we left them.
Chuck, also known as Charlotte Charles. She'd been given the nickname Chuck, by her childhood friend Ned. They had both lost their parents on the same day, and hadn't seen each other since their parents funerals.
Ned's mother had died of a brain aneurysm, he had unknown power to bring the dead back to life. He brought his mother back when he touched her. The side effect of bringing someone back is if they are alive for longer than one minute, something else has to die. Thus, the death of Chuck's father. Later that night, when mom went to kiss Ned goodnight, the second side effect was discovered. Touch once, alive, touch twice dead forever.
Chuck,aunts Lillian and Vivian had come to live with her. Synchronized swimmers/hermits. They had grown tired of Chuck staring at the spot where her father had died, so they taught her the fine art of beekeeping.
Ned had been taken, by his father, to a boarding school. He never saw Chuck until he found out she had died. He went, and brought her back.
Lillian and Vivian were under the impression that Chuck was dead, because she had, well died. Chuck had been sending pies to them through a lady that worked at the Pie Hole, Olive. Olive was in love with Ned, but could not compete with Chuck. Olive knew that Lillian and Vivian thought Chuck was dead, she thought Chuck had faked her death to get out of the grasp of her hermitous, cheese loving aunts. Of course she hadn't. During one of Olive's visits, she learned that Aunt Lily was really Chuck's mom, Lily had told her never to return now that she knew her secret.
Ned, Emerson (a detective that exploits Ned's powers for financial gain)Chuck and Olive were in the Pie Hole one night, when aunts Lillian and Vivian walk through the front door. Vivian screaming "I thought you were dead." She was talking about Olive, since Olive had not been by in several months with her mood enhancing pie. Chuck had crawled into the back.
Olive finally snapped with all of the secrets that she was holding. Not telling the aunts that Chuck was really alive, not telling Chuck that Lily was actually her mother, not being able to tell Ned that she really loved him. She finally said she'd had enough, and quit.
Next time we see Olive she has been taken to a Nunnery, she's running through the fields ala "Sound of Music" while there, Lilian reveals even more secrets. Chuck's father had once been Vivian's fiance, and that she had come to the convent to give birth to Chuck.
Chuck meanwhile, was missing her friend Olive. Olive had also lived next door to Ned and Chuck and now that she was gone, Chuck was missing her. She was also missing the fact that she'd never lived alone. She wanted to move in the Olive's apartment. Ned was crushed. He'd spent so much time alone, he didn't want to return.
Vivian came by the Pie Hole later, wishing she could move on from Chuck, Ned suggested she get rid of all of Chuck's things, he'd even go and get them. (aaahhh) He went and got them and moved Chuck into Olive's apartment. Realizing that love does not hold back.
Chuck, also known as Charlotte Charles. She'd been given the nickname Chuck, by her childhood friend Ned. They had both lost their parents on the same day, and hadn't seen each other since their parents funerals.
Ned's mother had died of a brain aneurysm, he had unknown power to bring the dead back to life. He brought his mother back when he touched her. The side effect of bringing someone back is if they are alive for longer than one minute, something else has to die. Thus, the death of Chuck's father. Later that night, when mom went to kiss Ned goodnight, the second side effect was discovered. Touch once, alive, touch twice dead forever.
Chuck,aunts Lillian and Vivian had come to live with her. Synchronized swimmers/hermits. They had grown tired of Chuck staring at the spot where her father had died, so they taught her the fine art of beekeeping.
Ned had been taken, by his father, to a boarding school. He never saw Chuck until he found out she had died. He went, and brought her back.
Lillian and Vivian were under the impression that Chuck was dead, because she had, well died. Chuck had been sending pies to them through a lady that worked at the Pie Hole, Olive. Olive was in love with Ned, but could not compete with Chuck. Olive knew that Lillian and Vivian thought Chuck was dead, she thought Chuck had faked her death to get out of the grasp of her hermitous, cheese loving aunts. Of course she hadn't. During one of Olive's visits, she learned that Aunt Lily was really Chuck's mom, Lily had told her never to return now that she knew her secret.
Ned, Emerson (a detective that exploits Ned's powers for financial gain)Chuck and Olive were in the Pie Hole one night, when aunts Lillian and Vivian walk through the front door. Vivian screaming "I thought you were dead." She was talking about Olive, since Olive had not been by in several months with her mood enhancing pie. Chuck had crawled into the back.
Olive finally snapped with all of the secrets that she was holding. Not telling the aunts that Chuck was really alive, not telling Chuck that Lily was actually her mother, not being able to tell Ned that she really loved him. She finally said she'd had enough, and quit.
Next time we see Olive she has been taken to a Nunnery, she's running through the fields ala "Sound of Music" while there, Lilian reveals even more secrets. Chuck's father had once been Vivian's fiance, and that she had come to the convent to give birth to Chuck.
Chuck meanwhile, was missing her friend Olive. Olive had also lived next door to Ned and Chuck and now that she was gone, Chuck was missing her. She was also missing the fact that she'd never lived alone. She wanted to move in the Olive's apartment. Ned was crushed. He'd spent so much time alone, he didn't want to return.
Vivian came by the Pie Hole later, wishing she could move on from Chuck, Ned suggested she get rid of all of Chuck's things, he'd even go and get them. (aaahhh) He went and got them and moved Chuck into Olive's apartment. Realizing that love does not hold back.
Criminal Minds 10/1/08
Is it just me or does Criminal Minds have the best/worst suspense moments. We know the person is going to get killed, but yikes, it scares me.
Opening scene is a woman getting bludgeoned with a hammer.
Hotch is in trying to get approved to return to duty. Says the ringing in his ears doesn't bother him as much as the pain. He pulls the "you will sign off on my return to duty?" Jedi mind trick, and she says she will as long as he promises to stay out of noisy situations. Mmmm hmmm.
The team is off to Ohio because the woman who got bludgeoned had also been raped. The DNA came back to a man known as the Angel Maker, who had been executed a year to the day before.
Hotch has problems on the plane with his ears, and ignores Morgan's question as to whether he'd been cleared for duty.
In Ohio the murder scene is identical to the Angel Maker's previous crimes, including details not released to the public. One of the signatures of the killer is random screw driver holes punched in the stomach post mortem. All of them different in pattern and number.
To the prison where the execution took place. They interview a guard who "knows nothing" but later ends up dead. In his apartment they find all of the memorabilia that is being sold to commemorate the Angel Maker. Also found in his apartment, a bottle of Viagra, and the team deduces that the unsub is a woman. They also deduce that if the guard could smuggle out all of his creations, it would be no problem to smuggle out some sperm to give to the copycat killer.
There are rumors floating around the small town, that the Angel Maker made good on his promise to return from the dead. The sheriff in an attempt to quell the panic, has the body exhumed. Guess what. No body.
So, we know there is killer sperm floating around out there, none appears to have been sold on Ebay, or anything creepy like that. Besides planting misleading DNA evidence to exonerate a serial killer, what else can we use sperm for? Oh, yeah, babies. Garcia checks the local birth records and discover that one of the jurors who convicted the Angel Maker had given birth to a baby, it had died shortly after birth. They check the latest victims schedules and determine that both had met with said juror the day they were killed.
They found letters that had been exchanged between the Angel Maker and several local women. One revealed they were in love, and admitted that she had once received a letter that was not intended for her. Her love letters were all eloquent, and the one addressed to "My Dove" were lame. They pull the letters to the Dove and realized they are encrypted messages. Reid says he'd need the ability to clone himself and a years supply of Adderall to solve the puzzle without the key. But he did it anyway.
Morgan and Prentiss were outside, admiring the night sky when Prentiss noticed one of the constellations looked a lot like the post mortem screw driver holes on the latest victim. She looked it up and found that all of the 6 women that the Angel Maker and 2 of the women from the copycat killer had the constellations stabbed into them. They also learned that this group of constellations, contained 9 groups. Meaning they were looking for the copycat's next victim.
The team goes over to the juror's house, she's gone. She has a wonderfully decorated nursery, with all of the constellations on the ceiling. In the corner, a trunk, containing the body of dear old dad. What nursery decor is complete without a body? They discover that the killer had an appointment with her accountant that day. They race over to the accountants house, only to find that the copycat killer's car is out front. Luckily, they find that all of the windows are still closed, one of the signatures of the killer is that they opened all of the windows after the killing to release the soul to the heavens.
Just as the copycat is about to bludgeon the CPA, the team starts up the lights and sirens in the front yard (good for Hotch's ears), and Prentiss starts reading carefully crafted note cards that Reid had prepared to throw off the killer. Morgan sneaks in the back, gets the intended victim out of the house. The killer makes her way to the front yard, looks skyward and says "I'm coming baby" and pulls a gun. Causing her to get shot, also good for Hotch. They discover she had stabbed the final constellation in her own stomach, to finish the job her beloved had started.
Hotch opts to drive back to Quantico.
Opening scene is a woman getting bludgeoned with a hammer.
Hotch is in trying to get approved to return to duty. Says the ringing in his ears doesn't bother him as much as the pain. He pulls the "you will sign off on my return to duty?" Jedi mind trick, and she says she will as long as he promises to stay out of noisy situations. Mmmm hmmm.
The team is off to Ohio because the woman who got bludgeoned had also been raped. The DNA came back to a man known as the Angel Maker, who had been executed a year to the day before.
Hotch has problems on the plane with his ears, and ignores Morgan's question as to whether he'd been cleared for duty.
In Ohio the murder scene is identical to the Angel Maker's previous crimes, including details not released to the public. One of the signatures of the killer is random screw driver holes punched in the stomach post mortem. All of them different in pattern and number.
To the prison where the execution took place. They interview a guard who "knows nothing" but later ends up dead. In his apartment they find all of the memorabilia that is being sold to commemorate the Angel Maker. Also found in his apartment, a bottle of Viagra, and the team deduces that the unsub is a woman. They also deduce that if the guard could smuggle out all of his creations, it would be no problem to smuggle out some sperm to give to the copycat killer.
There are rumors floating around the small town, that the Angel Maker made good on his promise to return from the dead. The sheriff in an attempt to quell the panic, has the body exhumed. Guess what. No body.
So, we know there is killer sperm floating around out there, none appears to have been sold on Ebay, or anything creepy like that. Besides planting misleading DNA evidence to exonerate a serial killer, what else can we use sperm for? Oh, yeah, babies. Garcia checks the local birth records and discover that one of the jurors who convicted the Angel Maker had given birth to a baby, it had died shortly after birth. They check the latest victims schedules and determine that both had met with said juror the day they were killed.
They found letters that had been exchanged between the Angel Maker and several local women. One revealed they were in love, and admitted that she had once received a letter that was not intended for her. Her love letters were all eloquent, and the one addressed to "My Dove" were lame. They pull the letters to the Dove and realized they are encrypted messages. Reid says he'd need the ability to clone himself and a years supply of Adderall to solve the puzzle without the key. But he did it anyway.
Morgan and Prentiss were outside, admiring the night sky when Prentiss noticed one of the constellations looked a lot like the post mortem screw driver holes on the latest victim. She looked it up and found that all of the 6 women that the Angel Maker and 2 of the women from the copycat killer had the constellations stabbed into them. They also learned that this group of constellations, contained 9 groups. Meaning they were looking for the copycat's next victim.
The team goes over to the juror's house, she's gone. She has a wonderfully decorated nursery, with all of the constellations on the ceiling. In the corner, a trunk, containing the body of dear old dad. What nursery decor is complete without a body? They discover that the killer had an appointment with her accountant that day. They race over to the accountants house, only to find that the copycat killer's car is out front. Luckily, they find that all of the windows are still closed, one of the signatures of the killer is that they opened all of the windows after the killing to release the soul to the heavens.
Just as the copycat is about to bludgeon the CPA, the team starts up the lights and sirens in the front yard (good for Hotch's ears), and Prentiss starts reading carefully crafted note cards that Reid had prepared to throw off the killer. Morgan sneaks in the back, gets the intended victim out of the house. The killer makes her way to the front yard, looks skyward and says "I'm coming baby" and pulls a gun. Causing her to get shot, also good for Hotch. They discover she had stabbed the final constellation in her own stomach, to finish the job her beloved had started.
Hotch opts to drive back to Quantico.
America's Got Talent 10/1/08
This is the results show for the finals. So they are showcasing all of the talent from this past season. First song was performed by the Final Ten. Then they had messages for the Top Five. Il Divo cheered on Neal E. Boyd, Marc Cohn had a message for Eli Mattson. Bryan McKnight gave a shout out to Queen Emily. Andrew Lloyd Weber had a message of Donald Braswell. Last but not least Wyclef Jean had a few nice things to say for the boys of Nuttin but Stringz. (Who by the way are all over Noggin these days).
We had to relive just about every moment of the summer. The good. The bad. And especially the ugly. Then we had to have every cute moment. High lighting the favorites. Every scream of joy. Every crushing moment.
I'm glad that America proved the judges wrong and sent Donald Braswell as far as they did. What were they thinking putting the floppy doodle mascots through to a million dollar contest?
We drew it out as long as we possibly could....
5th place goes to Queen Emily. (I'm shocked by this)
4th place goes to Donald Braswell (called it, but he rocks and ALW loves him)
3rd place goes to Nuttin but Stringz (WTHeck? thought they'd upset Neal)
So, I can't believe it comes down to Eli Mattson and Neal E. Boyd. Of course my guess is Neal. And boy are they looking like they are going to puke. Eli is a little cooler though. But has a much broader audience, so he'll be fine.
Now we go over the perks. The show at the MGM in Vegas. And the "how is this going to change your life?" questions. And instead of reliving their summer after the announcement, we relive them both before the announcement. Again, they are just barely holding it together. Just staring ahead saying to themselves, "don't puke."
There was less than 1/2 of 1% difference between the two..
AND THE WINNER IS.....
Neal E. Boyd
From the beginning I called that. He rocks. And he lost it, which I would have totally done too. And a special message from Placido Domingo. And now he has to pull it together and sing.
I don't think the judges said two words all night, except for the pre-interview stuff.
We had to relive just about every moment of the summer. The good. The bad. And especially the ugly. Then we had to have every cute moment. High lighting the favorites. Every scream of joy. Every crushing moment.
I'm glad that America proved the judges wrong and sent Donald Braswell as far as they did. What were they thinking putting the floppy doodle mascots through to a million dollar contest?
We drew it out as long as we possibly could....
5th place goes to Queen Emily. (I'm shocked by this)
4th place goes to Donald Braswell (called it, but he rocks and ALW loves him)
3rd place goes to Nuttin but Stringz (WTHeck? thought they'd upset Neal)
So, I can't believe it comes down to Eli Mattson and Neal E. Boyd. Of course my guess is Neal. And boy are they looking like they are going to puke. Eli is a little cooler though. But has a much broader audience, so he'll be fine.
Now we go over the perks. The show at the MGM in Vegas. And the "how is this going to change your life?" questions. And instead of reliving their summer after the announcement, we relive them both before the announcement. Again, they are just barely holding it together. Just staring ahead saying to themselves, "don't puke."
There was less than 1/2 of 1% difference between the two..
AND THE WINNER IS.....
Neal E. Boyd
From the beginning I called that. He rocks. And he lost it, which I would have totally done too. And a special message from Placido Domingo. And now he has to pull it together and sing.
I don't think the judges said two words all night, except for the pre-interview stuff.
America's Got Talent 10/1/08
Ok, the winner is announced. I'll save the surprise for it to play out Pacific time. But it totally rocks, and I totally called it. Wahoo, congratulations to the winner. Check back at midnight central.
10/1/08 Bones- The Crank in The Shaft on Fox
The episode starts out with lots of office-y people on an elevator, talking office-y things when one person, followed by the rest start smelling something bad. Then the elevator lurches and down falls part of a woman's lower leg including high heel pump.
Bones and Booth are talking with Sweets with Booth talking about wanting his recently deceased coworker's chair when they get the call for the elevator. Cam and Bones and Booth examine the crime scene where the victim is in pieces and smears of flesh in the elevator shaft. Cam hypothesizes that she was dead before she was jammed down the shaft. Booth notices a joint at the roof opening to the elevator shaft.
Bones has a new assistant (the guy from Dodgeball who was in love with the unibrow girl on the Cobras) who has to sort through over 1000 bone fragments. Cam has Hodgins take a bow recovered from various parts found at the scene to Angela. They have an awkward exchange where they agree to be professional. The new assistant determines that the vic fell from the top floor or the machine shop above it.
Bones and Booth go back to the office. Patty, the likely candidate for the victim, was seen on Friday, but hasn't been into work since. A manager directs them to Ted who the manager knows has smoked a little marijuana. Ted denies this, but then they let him know DNA can be lifted from the cigarette paper on the joint they found and he admits he does smoke a little weed because he's an artist, man. Booth brings him for interrogation. Ted denies killing Patty.
Angela tells Bones about the tension between her and Hodgins. Bones says she is fond of both of them, but since Angela is her best friend she could fire Hodgins. Angela says no she doesn't want that and Bones says thanks she would have disliked doing that. Bones is happy to have helped.
Hodgins tells the new assistant(very emo) that the victim's sweater has dust on back and front and stains on sweater. FBI techs find corresponding stains from copy room. They also discover an angry email to Patty from Dave Farfield. The manager admits that the guy was aware of the fact he was fired because of Patty.
Dave is brought in for interrogation. Dave is ticked because "keying a car is a federal offense?" He admits he keyed her car, but didn't know she was killed. Dave says Patty is a bitch and that many of her coworkers did not like her.
New Assistant has an almost complete reconstruction of the crushed and crumbled skeleton, but thinks he sucks because he's missing a few pieces and hasn't discovered cause of death.
Angela asks Sweets for advice on dealing with Hodgins. Sweets urges her to dig deeper into why the realatioship started and why it ended. Sweets tries to set her up with twice daily therapy visits, but Angela turns him down and thanks him for the help.
Hodgins finds another stain on the skirt. While he starts to ask Cam about Angela, she discovers the stain is semen. She also found a semen stain on the carpet. Booth discovers that Patty ordered food Friday night on her boss' credit card . Booth and Bones go to the office to ask the boss for his whereabouts and a DNA sample.
Boss-man says Patty was a good employee but nothing else. The credit card charges are very provactive. Boss says Patty was blackmailing him to use the card for personal things to cover up with his overordering of supplies and reselling on-line.
New assistant determines she was pushed from the 16th floor and not disarticulated prior to fall. Copy floor and skirt semen match, but not to the boss Anglea tries to clear everything up and ease tension with Hodgins; both are smiling at end.
Booth is still in pursuit of his office chair. Theorizes it may have taken two people to hold elevator open. New assistant caqn find no cause of death, but an inrregualrity on a bone in a skull. Bones looks closer and they find she was killed by a staple in the temporal bone that aggravated an already present aneurysm. Hodgins discovers that the stain is because of a Blue Hawaiian (served at Paradise Isle where Dave had been drinking his troubles away with former coworker Chip).
They bring in Chip for interrogation. Chip admits to sleeping with Patty. Chip hit Patty in the head with a stapler and she dropped. He says he panicked and dragged her up and threw her down the shaft. Booth challenged his ability to open the elevator. The receptionist admits to a realationship with Chip and Patty threatened to turn them in and the distraught receptionist admits to killing and disposing of Patty.
Booth gets his chair and Bones says she put in a good word with HR for him to get the chair. Booth discovers the chair is not as great as he thought, but is determined to make the best of it.
Bones and Booth are talking with Sweets with Booth talking about wanting his recently deceased coworker's chair when they get the call for the elevator. Cam and Bones and Booth examine the crime scene where the victim is in pieces and smears of flesh in the elevator shaft. Cam hypothesizes that she was dead before she was jammed down the shaft. Booth notices a joint at the roof opening to the elevator shaft.
Bones has a new assistant (the guy from Dodgeball who was in love with the unibrow girl on the Cobras) who has to sort through over 1000 bone fragments. Cam has Hodgins take a bow recovered from various parts found at the scene to Angela. They have an awkward exchange where they agree to be professional. The new assistant determines that the vic fell from the top floor or the machine shop above it.
Bones and Booth go back to the office. Patty, the likely candidate for the victim, was seen on Friday, but hasn't been into work since. A manager directs them to Ted who the manager knows has smoked a little marijuana. Ted denies this, but then they let him know DNA can be lifted from the cigarette paper on the joint they found and he admits he does smoke a little weed because he's an artist, man. Booth brings him for interrogation. Ted denies killing Patty.
Angela tells Bones about the tension between her and Hodgins. Bones says she is fond of both of them, but since Angela is her best friend she could fire Hodgins. Angela says no she doesn't want that and Bones says thanks she would have disliked doing that. Bones is happy to have helped.
Hodgins tells the new assistant(very emo) that the victim's sweater has dust on back and front and stains on sweater. FBI techs find corresponding stains from copy room. They also discover an angry email to Patty from Dave Farfield. The manager admits that the guy was aware of the fact he was fired because of Patty.
Dave is brought in for interrogation. Dave is ticked because "keying a car is a federal offense?" He admits he keyed her car, but didn't know she was killed. Dave says Patty is a bitch and that many of her coworkers did not like her.
New Assistant has an almost complete reconstruction of the crushed and crumbled skeleton, but thinks he sucks because he's missing a few pieces and hasn't discovered cause of death.
Angela asks Sweets for advice on dealing with Hodgins. Sweets urges her to dig deeper into why the realatioship started and why it ended. Sweets tries to set her up with twice daily therapy visits, but Angela turns him down and thanks him for the help.
Hodgins finds another stain on the skirt. While he starts to ask Cam about Angela, she discovers the stain is semen. She also found a semen stain on the carpet. Booth discovers that Patty ordered food Friday night on her boss' credit card . Booth and Bones go to the office to ask the boss for his whereabouts and a DNA sample.
Boss-man says Patty was a good employee but nothing else. The credit card charges are very provactive. Boss says Patty was blackmailing him to use the card for personal things to cover up with his overordering of supplies and reselling on-line.
New assistant determines she was pushed from the 16th floor and not disarticulated prior to fall. Copy floor and skirt semen match, but not to the boss Anglea tries to clear everything up and ease tension with Hodgins; both are smiling at end.
Booth is still in pursuit of his office chair. Theorizes it may have taken two people to hold elevator open. New assistant caqn find no cause of death, but an inrregualrity on a bone in a skull. Bones looks closer and they find she was killed by a staple in the temporal bone that aggravated an already present aneurysm. Hodgins discovers that the stain is because of a Blue Hawaiian (served at Paradise Isle where Dave had been drinking his troubles away with former coworker Chip).
They bring in Chip for interrogation. Chip admits to sleeping with Patty. Chip hit Patty in the head with a stapler and she dropped. He says he panicked and dragged her up and threw her down the shaft. Booth challenged his ability to open the elevator. The receptionist admits to a realationship with Chip and Patty threatened to turn them in and the distraught receptionist admits to killing and disposing of Patty.
Booth gets his chair and Bones says she put in a good word with HR for him to get the chair. Booth discovers the chair is not as great as he thought, but is determined to make the best of it.
The Biggest Loser 9/30/08
Allison announced that the remaining teams were going to go to the Grand Canyon. Everyone was excited, but scared. Everyone wondered what torture lied ahead.
On the road trip they stopped at a pit stop, Allison pulled up in a nice RV. When they were inside checking it out, someone set up a cot and sleeping bag. The temptation was in a convenience store. They had to guess the closest calorie count of a convenience store food, without going over, won a pack of gum. Who ever got three packs of gum first, got to sleep in the RV. The inconvenient rule, if you don't have the winning guess, you have to eat the snack.
First, was a chocolate covered caramel. 26 calories. Orange guessed right, Purple, Pink and Red were eating it.
Second, was string cheese. Again, Orange won with 80 calories, Purple, Pink and Red were eating.
Third, a hot dog with 240 calories, no one but Orange played, they guessed 10 calories and won, because no one else played.
A twist, preview. No one will be voting in tonight's elimination.
They stood and overlooked the Grand Canyon on the west side. They had their soap opera moment where they analogized their lives with the Grand Canyon. Something beautiful will happen over time. Blargh.
They made it to the camp site, and moved into their tents, tossed the medicine ball around. They were lost without the direction of their trainers. Some of them decided to go for a walk.
The next we see the teams, they are on the river. Yellow Dad is now medically cleared to compete. The challenge is one family member starts paddling in a kayak. The other family member stays behind on the dock and tries to pull the other teams back to the dock. The last dock to touch the dock wins. The prize? A Jayco RV. Wahoooo.
Purple made a crucial error when the dock mate pushed all of the rope into the water at once instead of feeding it in. The rope got tangled under water and the kayaker was stuck. When the other mate was allowed to start pulling the ropes, coming in was Pink, Purple, Brown, Yellow. It came down to Red and Orange. Red guy was on the dock pulling Orange guy, Red girl pulling Orange girl. Orange wins the challenge and the RV.
Back at camp, Colleen from the Yellow team had a birthday. Everyone went around and said nice things about her. All the nice things being said about her made her dad cry. His crying made all of the other parents cry.
Orange is bragging, hope that doesn't come back to bite them. Meanwhile, back at the ranch. Everyone was so happy. Orange said they were going to be in the top three. (I'm guessing bottom) No one is looking forward to working out, for the first time at the last chance work out.
Bob was upset that they didn't hike, or work out while they were gone. They were telling him how bored they all were, and uninspired they were in regards to the working out.
The teams were whining to Jillian that they were outside on their own, they went for a few walks, but didn't know what to do. So, she taught them how to cook for an entire week so that they would have all the food prepared in advance. Also giving the Ziploc vacuum bags a plug.
Bob's last chance workout, was no gym, using all of the items they had when they were camping. Jillian did the same. Yellow Dad is hurting again, he's really limping. One of his legs is swollen, they think he may have a blood clot. Jillian took the rest of them to the gym, while Dad went to the hospital. Bob brought his team in to work out. Jillian was beating up the Pink daughter and she wouldn't tell her to stop, she just sat there crying. Jillian kept asking her "what do you want to say to me?" She never said anything, she just kept taking the beating and crying. Jillian told her to set some boundaries for herself, and get a voice. She said you need to tell me to "stop hitting me you crazy person." Jillian kept at it until she finally got her to say "I'm not going to kick today."
Yellow came back from the hospital, no clot, but he has a torn hamstring. His daughter was relieved that it wasn't more severe like a blood clot or infection.
Who's whining? Purple, they're not campers. Red, guessed wrong, and whined. Everyone whined while camping. Everyone whined about the kayaking. Brown is whining that they came to work out, not camp. Red was whining that her arms were going to fall off.
At the weigh in the teams learn that no one will be voting tonight. Only one family will fall below the yellow line. Only one person from that team will be going home. The family will decide amongst themselves which member goes home.
Red lost 15 pounds for a total of 2.95%
Orange lost 16 pounds for a total of 2.72%
Purple lost 9 pounds for a total of 2.14%
Pink lost 9 pounds for a total of 1.91%
Brown lost 8 pounds for a total of 1.51%
Yellow lost 5 pounds, the daughter lost 7 the Dad gained 2. For a total of .89%
Yellow team has one hour to decide who is going to go home. (I'm guessing Dad) He tells her as her father, she has to take this opportunity, his injury is going to slow him down anyway. He is ready to go home. She says he needs to be here to be healthy. She doesn't want him to die, he needs to stay. He says he couldn't take the opportunity from his child.
In the elimination room the teams gather to find out which person on the yellow team is going home. The teams take turns saying nice things to the Yellow team. Of course we have to drag it out soap opera style. How does that make you feel? Dad is going home.
Dad lost a total of 20 pounds, even though he couldn't work out to the Biggest Loser equivalent. He got off his blood pressure meds in the three weeks he's been there. He runs 1.5 miles, and does 5 miles on the bike every day. Dr. H. flies out to surprise him. He's off of four of his five cardiac medicines. He has lost a total of 70 pounds, and he looks great. A big improvement from only being able to walk for 7 minutes when he arrived at the ranch.
On the road trip they stopped at a pit stop, Allison pulled up in a nice RV. When they were inside checking it out, someone set up a cot and sleeping bag. The temptation was in a convenience store. They had to guess the closest calorie count of a convenience store food, without going over, won a pack of gum. Who ever got three packs of gum first, got to sleep in the RV. The inconvenient rule, if you don't have the winning guess, you have to eat the snack.
First, was a chocolate covered caramel. 26 calories. Orange guessed right, Purple, Pink and Red were eating it.
Second, was string cheese. Again, Orange won with 80 calories, Purple, Pink and Red were eating.
Third, a hot dog with 240 calories, no one but Orange played, they guessed 10 calories and won, because no one else played.
A twist, preview. No one will be voting in tonight's elimination.
They stood and overlooked the Grand Canyon on the west side. They had their soap opera moment where they analogized their lives with the Grand Canyon. Something beautiful will happen over time. Blargh.
They made it to the camp site, and moved into their tents, tossed the medicine ball around. They were lost without the direction of their trainers. Some of them decided to go for a walk.
The next we see the teams, they are on the river. Yellow Dad is now medically cleared to compete. The challenge is one family member starts paddling in a kayak. The other family member stays behind on the dock and tries to pull the other teams back to the dock. The last dock to touch the dock wins. The prize? A Jayco RV. Wahoooo.
Purple made a crucial error when the dock mate pushed all of the rope into the water at once instead of feeding it in. The rope got tangled under water and the kayaker was stuck. When the other mate was allowed to start pulling the ropes, coming in was Pink, Purple, Brown, Yellow. It came down to Red and Orange. Red guy was on the dock pulling Orange guy, Red girl pulling Orange girl. Orange wins the challenge and the RV.
Back at camp, Colleen from the Yellow team had a birthday. Everyone went around and said nice things about her. All the nice things being said about her made her dad cry. His crying made all of the other parents cry.
Orange is bragging, hope that doesn't come back to bite them. Meanwhile, back at the ranch. Everyone was so happy. Orange said they were going to be in the top three. (I'm guessing bottom) No one is looking forward to working out, for the first time at the last chance work out.
Bob was upset that they didn't hike, or work out while they were gone. They were telling him how bored they all were, and uninspired they were in regards to the working out.
The teams were whining to Jillian that they were outside on their own, they went for a few walks, but didn't know what to do. So, she taught them how to cook for an entire week so that they would have all the food prepared in advance. Also giving the Ziploc vacuum bags a plug.
Bob's last chance workout, was no gym, using all of the items they had when they were camping. Jillian did the same. Yellow Dad is hurting again, he's really limping. One of his legs is swollen, they think he may have a blood clot. Jillian took the rest of them to the gym, while Dad went to the hospital. Bob brought his team in to work out. Jillian was beating up the Pink daughter and she wouldn't tell her to stop, she just sat there crying. Jillian kept asking her "what do you want to say to me?" She never said anything, she just kept taking the beating and crying. Jillian told her to set some boundaries for herself, and get a voice. She said you need to tell me to "stop hitting me you crazy person." Jillian kept at it until she finally got her to say "I'm not going to kick today."
Yellow came back from the hospital, no clot, but he has a torn hamstring. His daughter was relieved that it wasn't more severe like a blood clot or infection.
Who's whining? Purple, they're not campers. Red, guessed wrong, and whined. Everyone whined while camping. Everyone whined about the kayaking. Brown is whining that they came to work out, not camp. Red was whining that her arms were going to fall off.
At the weigh in the teams learn that no one will be voting tonight. Only one family will fall below the yellow line. Only one person from that team will be going home. The family will decide amongst themselves which member goes home.
Red lost 15 pounds for a total of 2.95%
Orange lost 16 pounds for a total of 2.72%
Purple lost 9 pounds for a total of 2.14%
Pink lost 9 pounds for a total of 1.91%
Brown lost 8 pounds for a total of 1.51%
Yellow lost 5 pounds, the daughter lost 7 the Dad gained 2. For a total of .89%
Yellow team has one hour to decide who is going to go home. (I'm guessing Dad) He tells her as her father, she has to take this opportunity, his injury is going to slow him down anyway. He is ready to go home. She says he needs to be here to be healthy. She doesn't want him to die, he needs to stay. He says he couldn't take the opportunity from his child.
In the elimination room the teams gather to find out which person on the yellow team is going home. The teams take turns saying nice things to the Yellow team. Of course we have to drag it out soap opera style. How does that make you feel? Dad is going home.
Dad lost a total of 20 pounds, even though he couldn't work out to the Biggest Loser equivalent. He got off his blood pressure meds in the three weeks he's been there. He runs 1.5 miles, and does 5 miles on the bike every day. Dr. H. flies out to surprise him. He's off of four of his five cardiac medicines. He has lost a total of 70 pounds, and he looks great. A big improvement from only being able to walk for 7 minutes when he arrived at the ranch.
Life 9/29/08
"Find Your Happy Place"
We left off last season with Charlie finding out that not only is Rachel Seybolt, the daughter of his former partner, alive. But the person responsible for hiding her all of these years is the father of her current partner. Remembering that Charlie spent 12 years in prison for his former partner's murder. He was exonerated and given $50 million and went back to work as a detective to solve the crime for which he did the time.
This season has us "at the river" staring into an open foot locker with a beautiful dead body in it. Yes, when you die of heat in a box, you look gorgeous. When they remove the body they discover the number one stenciled on the bottom.
The next scene has them on a freeway staring at an identical foot locker. Another body, this one a man, with the number two stenciled on the bottom. They get another call which takes them to the roof of a building, staring at another foot locker.....
They find another beautiful girl inside along with the number three. They open her wallet, find cash, a driver's license, and a business card.
They go to the business on the card, a shipping depot type place. Charlie asks the clerk what he can put in a box, to which the clerk replies, "whatever you want." Charlie then pulls fruit out of his pocket, a kumquat, and asks if he has a box for that. Of course we know that Charlie loves his fruit, having been denied it while in prison. They go over some other possibilities of what you can put in a box. Charlie asks if he has a box big enough to hold a man, his partner chimes in, "or a woman." This freaks the clerk out, and then they reveal that they are detectives. And they find out that victim number three usually runs the counter.
The next scene is in an office building, they are talking to the widow of victim number two. They try to determine if he had any connection to the other two victims.
The first victim, was an immigrant. They are about to go and investigate when a man owning a luggage store comes in and announces that a man had come in earlier and bought 10 trunks like he'd seen on the news.
The first victim apparently was a stripper, who worked in a place where the dancers dance in boxes. The other dancers cannot think of anyone who enjoyed the boxes more than anyone else. They explained that she was happy for no reason. The other dancers said she'd just gotten a line in a movie "I've never seen a sky that blue."
The detectives get a text, the new boss, (played by Donal Logue) wants to see them. They report that they cannot find a commonality between the victims. The new boss says "so it's random?"
To which Charlie replies, "except nothing is random."
"why is that?"
"Because it is all connected."
Charlie walks out after saying maybe it's not who they were, but where.
Charlie comes and pounds on the window for Reese to come and check out what he's found. The last two victims had cars with GPS, and the only place their lives intersected was a park. Crews and Reese go and check it out.
While they are there the notice an ice cream truck. They go and talk to the guy, while Charlie is asking about which kind of fruit they might have in their ice creams Reese asks him if he's alright, he looks a little shaky. He starts to mumble out some answer, and Charlie says "I don't know what your friend on the floor is planning to do, but I'm going to count to three and then I'm going to shoot him." The bad guy on the floor has a shot gun pointed at Charlie through the wall of the truck, and Charlie has a gun pointed at the bad guy. We fade to commercial and hear a gunshot.
We come back from commercial, Reese is eating icecream and there is a man being loaded into an ambulance, screaming "you didn't count to three." They were selling crack out of the ice cream truck, happened to be in a school zone. They couldn't have committed the murders because they had just been released that morning.
In the public restroom, we see Crews trying to catch up on lost time, the bathrooms have had installed laser faucets, and apparently he's sold his soul to Milhouse for a buck, because he can't get them to work. A woman from the park identifies victims two and three as people who were at the park last week. Victim three was taking a picture of victim two. She had noticed because guys without kids in parks stand out.
Crews and Reese are discussing the possibilities of the two having an affair and the wife finding out and killing them both, adding in the stripper because the guy had likely visited there. They cannot find the wife, but the building security says she's at the office. Crews and Reese go and check it out and hear a woman in the office saying she'd "do anything you want." Guns drawn, Crews and Reese the wife having a little fun with a girl.
The wife reveals that they were splitting for obvious reasons, and that victim number two was moving to London. He was going to make a new start and try to be happy.
We then see another trunk being left at LAX. Inside is a high school senior who had just gotten a full ride scholarship to run track.
Crews realizes that all of the victims were about to be happy. He also realizes that when people are happy they want to announce it, so back to the box store, they do announcements. The clerk can't find their customer list. So Crews and Reese go and see if any of the friends and family had gotten happy announcements from the victims. Sure enough,
They get a warrant to search the clerks apartment, who lives above his mother. They get her to let them in, and inside it is set up for a birthday party for a kid. There are invitations on the table, one for each of the victims. There is another invitation for a wedding. They go back to the box shop and break through the door, in the back they find another foot locker. Inside is the clerk with a bag over his head. They notice a missing ceiling tile. Crews goes up into the attic to find four more boxes. Along with the ones the victims were in there are nine trunks accounted for.
Next scene is a woman crying, the wedding is tomorrow and they can't find their daughter. The clerk is in the interview room, he won't tell them where the girl is because the thought of her in the trunk is the only thing that makes him happy. They bring in his mom to get some answers. He's a freak, he tells his mom it's ok it's one big smile. Crews turns over the box of party favors and finds a map with a happy face drawn on it. They find the girl on one end of the happy face of the map.
With that crime solved, Crews goes to the prison to speak to the man who had killed Crews' partner and family. He'd been raising their daughter as his own. Said the Lord had told him to do it.
Crews leaves the prison and goes to a Hostel that Rachel had been seen leaving several days ago. The guy who ran the Hostel claims that no Americans ever stay there. Crews and his accountant, who had spent time in jail too, discussed that the room they were in were smaller than the others, they notice the floor is dinged up under one of the beds, they move the bed to find a hidden room, in the room they find Rachel. Rachel is freaked, Crews tells her to calm down, the "fire sent me to get you." She immediately calms down, he picks her up and walks her out of the Hostel. He tells his accountant to shoot anyone that tries to stop them.
We left off last season with Charlie finding out that not only is Rachel Seybolt, the daughter of his former partner, alive. But the person responsible for hiding her all of these years is the father of her current partner. Remembering that Charlie spent 12 years in prison for his former partner's murder. He was exonerated and given $50 million and went back to work as a detective to solve the crime for which he did the time.
This season has us "at the river" staring into an open foot locker with a beautiful dead body in it. Yes, when you die of heat in a box, you look gorgeous. When they remove the body they discover the number one stenciled on the bottom.
The next scene has them on a freeway staring at an identical foot locker. Another body, this one a man, with the number two stenciled on the bottom. They get another call which takes them to the roof of a building, staring at another foot locker.....
They find another beautiful girl inside along with the number three. They open her wallet, find cash, a driver's license, and a business card.
They go to the business on the card, a shipping depot type place. Charlie asks the clerk what he can put in a box, to which the clerk replies, "whatever you want." Charlie then pulls fruit out of his pocket, a kumquat, and asks if he has a box for that. Of course we know that Charlie loves his fruit, having been denied it while in prison. They go over some other possibilities of what you can put in a box. Charlie asks if he has a box big enough to hold a man, his partner chimes in, "or a woman." This freaks the clerk out, and then they reveal that they are detectives. And they find out that victim number three usually runs the counter.
The next scene is in an office building, they are talking to the widow of victim number two. They try to determine if he had any connection to the other two victims.
The first victim, was an immigrant. They are about to go and investigate when a man owning a luggage store comes in and announces that a man had come in earlier and bought 10 trunks like he'd seen on the news.
The first victim apparently was a stripper, who worked in a place where the dancers dance in boxes. The other dancers cannot think of anyone who enjoyed the boxes more than anyone else. They explained that she was happy for no reason. The other dancers said she'd just gotten a line in a movie "I've never seen a sky that blue."
The detectives get a text, the new boss, (played by Donal Logue) wants to see them. They report that they cannot find a commonality between the victims. The new boss says "so it's random?"
To which Charlie replies, "except nothing is random."
"why is that?"
"Because it is all connected."
Charlie walks out after saying maybe it's not who they were, but where.
Charlie comes and pounds on the window for Reese to come and check out what he's found. The last two victims had cars with GPS, and the only place their lives intersected was a park. Crews and Reese go and check it out.
While they are there the notice an ice cream truck. They go and talk to the guy, while Charlie is asking about which kind of fruit they might have in their ice creams Reese asks him if he's alright, he looks a little shaky. He starts to mumble out some answer, and Charlie says "I don't know what your friend on the floor is planning to do, but I'm going to count to three and then I'm going to shoot him." The bad guy on the floor has a shot gun pointed at Charlie through the wall of the truck, and Charlie has a gun pointed at the bad guy. We fade to commercial and hear a gunshot.
We come back from commercial, Reese is eating icecream and there is a man being loaded into an ambulance, screaming "you didn't count to three." They were selling crack out of the ice cream truck, happened to be in a school zone. They couldn't have committed the murders because they had just been released that morning.
In the public restroom, we see Crews trying to catch up on lost time, the bathrooms have had installed laser faucets, and apparently he's sold his soul to Milhouse for a buck, because he can't get them to work. A woman from the park identifies victims two and three as people who were at the park last week. Victim three was taking a picture of victim two. She had noticed because guys without kids in parks stand out.
Crews and Reese are discussing the possibilities of the two having an affair and the wife finding out and killing them both, adding in the stripper because the guy had likely visited there. They cannot find the wife, but the building security says she's at the office. Crews and Reese go and check it out and hear a woman in the office saying she'd "do anything you want." Guns drawn, Crews and Reese the wife having a little fun with a girl.
The wife reveals that they were splitting for obvious reasons, and that victim number two was moving to London. He was going to make a new start and try to be happy.
We then see another trunk being left at LAX. Inside is a high school senior who had just gotten a full ride scholarship to run track.
Crews realizes that all of the victims were about to be happy. He also realizes that when people are happy they want to announce it, so back to the box store, they do announcements. The clerk can't find their customer list. So Crews and Reese go and see if any of the friends and family had gotten happy announcements from the victims. Sure enough,
They get a warrant to search the clerks apartment, who lives above his mother. They get her to let them in, and inside it is set up for a birthday party for a kid. There are invitations on the table, one for each of the victims. There is another invitation for a wedding. They go back to the box shop and break through the door, in the back they find another foot locker. Inside is the clerk with a bag over his head. They notice a missing ceiling tile. Crews goes up into the attic to find four more boxes. Along with the ones the victims were in there are nine trunks accounted for.
Next scene is a woman crying, the wedding is tomorrow and they can't find their daughter. The clerk is in the interview room, he won't tell them where the girl is because the thought of her in the trunk is the only thing that makes him happy. They bring in his mom to get some answers. He's a freak, he tells his mom it's ok it's one big smile. Crews turns over the box of party favors and finds a map with a happy face drawn on it. They find the girl on one end of the happy face of the map.
With that crime solved, Crews goes to the prison to speak to the man who had killed Crews' partner and family. He'd been raising their daughter as his own. Said the Lord had told him to do it.
Crews leaves the prison and goes to a Hostel that Rachel had been seen leaving several days ago. The guy who ran the Hostel claims that no Americans ever stay there. Crews and his accountant, who had spent time in jail too, discussed that the room they were in were smaller than the others, they notice the floor is dinged up under one of the beds, they move the bed to find a hidden room, in the room they find Rachel. Rachel is freaked, Crews tells her to calm down, the "fire sent me to get you." She immediately calms down, he picks her up and walks her out of the Hostel. He tells his accountant to shoot anyone that tries to stop them.
What's on TV tonight? 9/29/08
Fox
Sarah Connor "Allison from Palmdale" A software glitch causes Cameron to forget who she is and she goes missing from the Connors.
Prison Break "Blow Out" Michael and the team tracks a key card holder to a racetrack; Mahone gets caught with something priceless: Wyatt Targets Agent Self: T-Bag starts to figure out Whistler's code.
ABC
Dancing with the Stars - 2 hours
Boston Legal "Guardians and Gatekeepers" Alan sues a pharmaceutical company for deceptive advertising.
NBC
Chuck " Chuck Versus the First Date" Chuck asks Sarah out on a real first date: Casey deals with a difficult assignment.
Heroes "One of Us, One of Them" Suresh finds himself unprepared when an experiment yields unexpected results. (Yeah like all his skin falls off)
Life "Find Your Happy Place" Detectives Charlie Crews and Dani Reese race to find a serial killer when three numbered trunks containing dead bodies are discovered in various locations in Los Angeles.
CBS
The Big Bang Theory "The Codpiece Topology" After seeing Penny with a handsome new guy, Leonard rushes into a rebound relationship with Sheldon's nemesis, Leslie Winkle.
How I Met Your Mother "The Best Burger in New York" Burger-mad Marshall meets Regis Philbin while on a quest.
Two and a Half Men "Pie Hole Herb" Alan crosses a line when he tries to get back money that he lent Charlie.
Worst Week "The Bird" Sam's attempt to win Dick's approval backfires when he gets involved with Dick's prized birds.
CSI Miami "Won't Get Fueled Again" (ha ha, isn't that CSI NY?) A sadistic crime ring takes advantage of high gas prices when fuel becomes so pricey that citizens of Miami begin killing for it.
Sarah Connor "Allison from Palmdale" A software glitch causes Cameron to forget who she is and she goes missing from the Connors.
Prison Break "Blow Out" Michael and the team tracks a key card holder to a racetrack; Mahone gets caught with something priceless: Wyatt Targets Agent Self: T-Bag starts to figure out Whistler's code.
ABC
Dancing with the Stars - 2 hours
Boston Legal "Guardians and Gatekeepers" Alan sues a pharmaceutical company for deceptive advertising.
NBC
Chuck " Chuck Versus the First Date" Chuck asks Sarah out on a real first date: Casey deals with a difficult assignment.
Heroes "One of Us, One of Them" Suresh finds himself unprepared when an experiment yields unexpected results. (Yeah like all his skin falls off)
Life "Find Your Happy Place" Detectives Charlie Crews and Dani Reese race to find a serial killer when three numbered trunks containing dead bodies are discovered in various locations in Los Angeles.
CBS
The Big Bang Theory "The Codpiece Topology" After seeing Penny with a handsome new guy, Leonard rushes into a rebound relationship with Sheldon's nemesis, Leslie Winkle.
How I Met Your Mother "The Best Burger in New York" Burger-mad Marshall meets Regis Philbin while on a quest.
Two and a Half Men "Pie Hole Herb" Alan crosses a line when he tries to get back money that he lent Charlie.
Worst Week "The Bird" Sam's attempt to win Dick's approval backfires when he gets involved with Dick's prized birds.
CSI Miami "Won't Get Fueled Again" (ha ha, isn't that CSI NY?) A sadistic crime ring takes advantage of high gas prices when fuel becomes so pricey that citizens of Miami begin killing for it.
The Unit 9-28-08
We start out in France, Jonas is doing his thang, trying to sweet talk somebody out of something. The woman who is translating tells the french men that she thinks he's wearing a wire, she then pushes Jonas into the water wear Bob is waiting. Jonas grabs a gun and Mac shoots one of the french guys. Bob and Jonas come up shooting. Everybody dies.
The next scene, we see the woman who was translating, changing in the back of a military air craft. Jonas comes in and introduces himself, and so does everyone else. They banter back and forth, Grey asks if we can keep her, Jonas says she goes back to her own command.
Stateside, we are at the radio station. Tiffy and Molly are discussing Tiffy's divorce and that Mac has been gone five months. Tiffy says she has to surprise him with divorce papers, he's going to fight. Molly says he won't, Tiffy said he's a warrior, when he's challenged he fights. Kim is on the air, and indicating that she is now syndicated in eight markets.
Kim takes a break to go talk to Tiffy and Molly and check on her baby, that is with the nanny in the office. Their get together is shortened by news that the Vice President has been shot.
In the war room, the colonel is getting a briefing while still in crisis. The FBI has shot a man they believe to have been planning an attempt on the President. The Vice President died in Rome. The President is secure. There has been an explosion at the VP elect's home and he is believed to be dead. The President elect's motorcade has also been attacked.
Jonas is on the phone in air. When he gets off the phone he tells the team to load up with whatever we've got, the flight is being diverted. He then gets back on the phone and says his team is himself and three shooters. They'll be on the ground in 10 minutes. The woman on board says she's a shooter too. He says they'll give her a chance.
The team is on the ground. They are looking for the President elect. They find a spike strip. They are looking for the receiver of the lojack that is on the President elect. Bob assessed the situation and says there were eight shooters. Grey finds a trail, and the team goes off looking for the President. They find a badly wounded Secret Service agent. He says "Clint has him" then "they had the code too." He then dies. The find the receiver for the lojack and take his ammo.
Redhat, the new girl, is running the command from a fire tower. She determines they were on their way to NORAD as it was the closest secure bunker. The team runs into a squad patrolling the woods. One of them grew up in the area, and Jonas snags him for the team.
Back on base Molly comes home to find her home being packed up and moved out of her home. The soldier tells her to get inside.
Kim is experiencing the same at her house. A soldier is telling her to pack whatever she'll need for a week, no identification. There are bags for each of the children. The soldier tells her to make sure there is nothing with their names on anything they pack. Kim tells them her baby is sick and has to go to the doctor. They cannot tell them when they are coming home, and instruct Kim to "pack as if you aren't."
Tiffy is seen inside a room waiting, Kim, their new baby Emily, and Molly come in. They discuss that none of them know what is happening, and that they need to pick up the kids from school. A soldier comes in and tells them to put their purses, wallets, cell phones, personal pictures, keys to their houses and cars in the bag.
Back in the woods of Colorado, Redcap calls and informs Jonas that the guy they snagged that grew up around there doesn't officially exist, he's a bogey. They lose communication. Jonas sends the bogey to check out a trailer, who gives it a once over and says it's clear. Jonas commands him to check it out more carefully and he doesn't do anything. The team has surrounded him and Bob punches him in the face at the same time Grey kicks him in the back of the knee, they take him down. Jonas asks why he would sell out his country, he informs him that he is not an American. Jonas then gives Grey the option to hog tie him or shoot him.
They've determined that the entire squad is filled with bogey's and that is how they are going to get out of the area with the President elect, by blending in. Jonas checks out the "surprise" in the trailer. They find two dead men. They also find two dogs missing and wonder why they would take the dogs. Jonas goes back to the bogey that Grey has tied to a tree, he is now speaking a foreign language. Jonas then puts a lot of beef jerky in the guys pockets and tells him he hopes the bears get to him before he returns.
The tracks lead off in one direction, the lojack in another. Mac takes the lojack while Bob and Jonas follow the tracks. Jonas then calls the Colonel and tells him that he needs all men in uniform out of the area. The Colonel tells him that it will be a big operation pulling them all out and wants to know why. Jonas tells him he won't say on the line, and adds that he's going to start shooting anyone he sees in uniform. They blow up the trailer for "misdirection."
Back on base there is a medic checking out baby Emily. A suit comes in and Kim tells him that she needs a pediatrician. He says they don't have time.
Mac finds the lojack tied to a dog. Jonas reports his position to Redcap, while they are mapping it, one of her team is shot. Redcap is getting shot at, she takes the dead guy as cover, ties a rope to him, uses him as a decoy and sneaks out the back. She ends up shooting the guy.
Back at base they've gotten a pediatrician, the kids have been brought in from school. The baby needs an antibiotic drip. The Colonel comes in and says Kim has to give them the baby and go with him. He takes the women into the office and tells them they are being relocated. They need to send the children, including the baby to go and live with relatives. He explained that the breech in the Vice Presidents protection had killed himself four hours ago, they had also found his wife and kids dead. They tracked the man who had killed the family and in his hotel room they found video of all the women at their homes, walking with the baby.
They are then given new identities.
Jonas and the team have found the President elect. He determines that they are loyal Americans and agrees to go with them. Jonas explains that they are going to have to walk out. Then people start shooting at them. I think Bob gets hit, but only in the vest. The team gets back to the house they'd passed on the way. Explaining that the bogey's have stopped shooting because they are surrounding the team and the team will need to make their stand.
Redcap runs into Mac, and they MacGyver together a fingerprint kit to send the prints of the shooter to the D.O.D. Redcap says that her radio is dead.
Kim is saying bye to the kids and telling them to be good for Grandma.
Back in the cabin the boys have put the President elect into a cast iron tub and given him all of the vests to "cover what's important" Grey says they only have .22 rounds and the bogey's will be wearing Kevlar. Jonas tells him he'd better shoot them in the head. Bob finds a bow and arrow which will apparently go through Kevlar. The bogey's are getting close, Grey has found some black powder and is making an IED. Tells the team to aim at the head and the groin. Bob shoots one with a bow and several others start firing at the house. There is an exchange of gunfire inside the house, Grey throws the IED and it explodes in the house. One of the bogey's is the first up, Jonas is laying on top of the President elect in the tub when Mac comes in and kills the last bogey. Bob comes in right behind him.
Back on base Tiffy is telling the girls they have to go live with Grandma when Mac and the rest of the team walk in. Mac comes in and kisses Tiffy. Jonas tells Molly they are going to the "mattresses". Everyone is sleeping inside the unit tonight. Mac asks Tiffy why she isn't wearing her wedding ring. She said she left in on the dresser and the MP's took everything. Mac grabs her knee and no one says anything.
Kim tells Bob that Emily has her eyes and looks like Bob's sister. Kim says she has lots of pictures, but they were all taken away.
The next morning Bob is going through all his boxes looking for a baby picture. Mac comes in looking through his boxes to find Tiffy's ring. (We all know what he finds) He finds the picture of Tiffy with the Colonel. Bob then sees it. Mac is going through his stuff for his throw away gun. Bob asks where he's going, to a trial and execution. Mac asks if he wants to come or just read about it. Bob and Mac then get into a fist fight. Bob tells him to take it to the team.
Tiffy storms into the Colonel's office and says her and Mac are divorcing and she's taking the girls. He tells her that the kids will have to stay with their father. He tells her that these people kill their own children, do you think they won't kill yours.
At the Unit hideout in the woods, Mac is drinking. He explains that it is Unit Code that if an officer sleeps with a shooters wife, that officer must be executed. Jonas tells Mac that his mission is secondary to the current attack on the country. Mac agrees to put it off with the promise that there will be a trial.
The Unit is gathered where the Colonel is briefing them that the incidents were not in public view, so the Vice President was killed by a lone deranged gunman, the Vice President elect was killed by an accidental explosion. The line of succession is now secure. He further informs them that because they were out of the country for so long they are the only team that has been vetted for duty. Redcap says she's joined the team, would like the Colonel to approve it. He informs her that there are no women in the Unit, which the enemy knows and that he could use here. The team obviously disgusted with the Colonel can't wait to get out of there, he gives them their marching orders and says they are to answer only to him.
Redcap boards the bus that is taking the women to their new location. They ask if she's part of the Unit, she says there are no women in the Unit and tells them they are not going to a base. She assigns each of them new identities, and tells them to memorize their cover and forget the truth, there is only one truth, the cover. The lives they had before are over.
The next scene, we see the woman who was translating, changing in the back of a military air craft. Jonas comes in and introduces himself, and so does everyone else. They banter back and forth, Grey asks if we can keep her, Jonas says she goes back to her own command.
Stateside, we are at the radio station. Tiffy and Molly are discussing Tiffy's divorce and that Mac has been gone five months. Tiffy says she has to surprise him with divorce papers, he's going to fight. Molly says he won't, Tiffy said he's a warrior, when he's challenged he fights. Kim is on the air, and indicating that she is now syndicated in eight markets.
Kim takes a break to go talk to Tiffy and Molly and check on her baby, that is with the nanny in the office. Their get together is shortened by news that the Vice President has been shot.
In the war room, the colonel is getting a briefing while still in crisis. The FBI has shot a man they believe to have been planning an attempt on the President. The Vice President died in Rome. The President is secure. There has been an explosion at the VP elect's home and he is believed to be dead. The President elect's motorcade has also been attacked.
Jonas is on the phone in air. When he gets off the phone he tells the team to load up with whatever we've got, the flight is being diverted. He then gets back on the phone and says his team is himself and three shooters. They'll be on the ground in 10 minutes. The woman on board says she's a shooter too. He says they'll give her a chance.
The team is on the ground. They are looking for the President elect. They find a spike strip. They are looking for the receiver of the lojack that is on the President elect. Bob assessed the situation and says there were eight shooters. Grey finds a trail, and the team goes off looking for the President. They find a badly wounded Secret Service agent. He says "Clint has him" then "they had the code too." He then dies. The find the receiver for the lojack and take his ammo.
Redhat, the new girl, is running the command from a fire tower. She determines they were on their way to NORAD as it was the closest secure bunker. The team runs into a squad patrolling the woods. One of them grew up in the area, and Jonas snags him for the team.
Back on base Molly comes home to find her home being packed up and moved out of her home. The soldier tells her to get inside.
Kim is experiencing the same at her house. A soldier is telling her to pack whatever she'll need for a week, no identification. There are bags for each of the children. The soldier tells her to make sure there is nothing with their names on anything they pack. Kim tells them her baby is sick and has to go to the doctor. They cannot tell them when they are coming home, and instruct Kim to "pack as if you aren't."
Tiffy is seen inside a room waiting, Kim, their new baby Emily, and Molly come in. They discuss that none of them know what is happening, and that they need to pick up the kids from school. A soldier comes in and tells them to put their purses, wallets, cell phones, personal pictures, keys to their houses and cars in the bag.
Back in the woods of Colorado, Redcap calls and informs Jonas that the guy they snagged that grew up around there doesn't officially exist, he's a bogey. They lose communication. Jonas sends the bogey to check out a trailer, who gives it a once over and says it's clear. Jonas commands him to check it out more carefully and he doesn't do anything. The team has surrounded him and Bob punches him in the face at the same time Grey kicks him in the back of the knee, they take him down. Jonas asks why he would sell out his country, he informs him that he is not an American. Jonas then gives Grey the option to hog tie him or shoot him.
They've determined that the entire squad is filled with bogey's and that is how they are going to get out of the area with the President elect, by blending in. Jonas checks out the "surprise" in the trailer. They find two dead men. They also find two dogs missing and wonder why they would take the dogs. Jonas goes back to the bogey that Grey has tied to a tree, he is now speaking a foreign language. Jonas then puts a lot of beef jerky in the guys pockets and tells him he hopes the bears get to him before he returns.
The tracks lead off in one direction, the lojack in another. Mac takes the lojack while Bob and Jonas follow the tracks. Jonas then calls the Colonel and tells him that he needs all men in uniform out of the area. The Colonel tells him that it will be a big operation pulling them all out and wants to know why. Jonas tells him he won't say on the line, and adds that he's going to start shooting anyone he sees in uniform. They blow up the trailer for "misdirection."
Back on base there is a medic checking out baby Emily. A suit comes in and Kim tells him that she needs a pediatrician. He says they don't have time.
Mac finds the lojack tied to a dog. Jonas reports his position to Redcap, while they are mapping it, one of her team is shot. Redcap is getting shot at, she takes the dead guy as cover, ties a rope to him, uses him as a decoy and sneaks out the back. She ends up shooting the guy.
Back at base they've gotten a pediatrician, the kids have been brought in from school. The baby needs an antibiotic drip. The Colonel comes in and says Kim has to give them the baby and go with him. He takes the women into the office and tells them they are being relocated. They need to send the children, including the baby to go and live with relatives. He explained that the breech in the Vice Presidents protection had killed himself four hours ago, they had also found his wife and kids dead. They tracked the man who had killed the family and in his hotel room they found video of all the women at their homes, walking with the baby.
They are then given new identities.
Jonas and the team have found the President elect. He determines that they are loyal Americans and agrees to go with them. Jonas explains that they are going to have to walk out. Then people start shooting at them. I think Bob gets hit, but only in the vest. The team gets back to the house they'd passed on the way. Explaining that the bogey's have stopped shooting because they are surrounding the team and the team will need to make their stand.
Redcap runs into Mac, and they MacGyver together a fingerprint kit to send the prints of the shooter to the D.O.D. Redcap says that her radio is dead.
Kim is saying bye to the kids and telling them to be good for Grandma.
Back in the cabin the boys have put the President elect into a cast iron tub and given him all of the vests to "cover what's important" Grey says they only have .22 rounds and the bogey's will be wearing Kevlar. Jonas tells him he'd better shoot them in the head. Bob finds a bow and arrow which will apparently go through Kevlar. The bogey's are getting close, Grey has found some black powder and is making an IED. Tells the team to aim at the head and the groin. Bob shoots one with a bow and several others start firing at the house. There is an exchange of gunfire inside the house, Grey throws the IED and it explodes in the house. One of the bogey's is the first up, Jonas is laying on top of the President elect in the tub when Mac comes in and kills the last bogey. Bob comes in right behind him.
Back on base Tiffy is telling the girls they have to go live with Grandma when Mac and the rest of the team walk in. Mac comes in and kisses Tiffy. Jonas tells Molly they are going to the "mattresses". Everyone is sleeping inside the unit tonight. Mac asks Tiffy why she isn't wearing her wedding ring. She said she left in on the dresser and the MP's took everything. Mac grabs her knee and no one says anything.
Kim tells Bob that Emily has her eyes and looks like Bob's sister. Kim says she has lots of pictures, but they were all taken away.
The next morning Bob is going through all his boxes looking for a baby picture. Mac comes in looking through his boxes to find Tiffy's ring. (We all know what he finds) He finds the picture of Tiffy with the Colonel. Bob then sees it. Mac is going through his stuff for his throw away gun. Bob asks where he's going, to a trial and execution. Mac asks if he wants to come or just read about it. Bob and Mac then get into a fist fight. Bob tells him to take it to the team.
Tiffy storms into the Colonel's office and says her and Mac are divorcing and she's taking the girls. He tells her that the kids will have to stay with their father. He tells her that these people kill their own children, do you think they won't kill yours.
At the Unit hideout in the woods, Mac is drinking. He explains that it is Unit Code that if an officer sleeps with a shooters wife, that officer must be executed. Jonas tells Mac that his mission is secondary to the current attack on the country. Mac agrees to put it off with the promise that there will be a trial.
The Unit is gathered where the Colonel is briefing them that the incidents were not in public view, so the Vice President was killed by a lone deranged gunman, the Vice President elect was killed by an accidental explosion. The line of succession is now secure. He further informs them that because they were out of the country for so long they are the only team that has been vetted for duty. Redcap says she's joined the team, would like the Colonel to approve it. He informs her that there are no women in the Unit, which the enemy knows and that he could use here. The team obviously disgusted with the Colonel can't wait to get out of there, he gives them their marching orders and says they are to answer only to him.
Redcap boards the bus that is taking the women to their new location. They ask if she's part of the Unit, she says there are no women in the Unit and tells them they are not going to a base. She assigns each of them new identities, and tells them to memorize their cover and forget the truth, there is only one truth, the cover. The lives they had before are over.
Desperate Housewives 9-28-08
Mary Alice takes us back to where we left off, five years ago, (how brilliant is this?????)Susan had a baby. Discussing another mom who had a baby girl in the next room, the mom's name was Lila and chronicled all of the times they almost met. The night they met, Susan and Mike were going out to celebrate their anniversary, and Lila and her daughter were going out for ice cream. When a missing stop sign brought them together. They got into a wreck that appears to have killed Mike.
Gabi, has become a mother, and chunky. She has chunky girls.
Bree is running a successful catering business along with her son and her frenemy Katherine.
Preston and Porter have broken into the Scavo's restaurant for gambling and drinking.
Susan is sleeping with someone and kicking him out. She is hiding him from her friends and son.
Next scene shows a man out of the blue handing a guy a LOT of money to buy him out of his lease. He hands him another bundle of cash and tells him to leave. The tenant explains he has no place else to go, but the mystery man helps him leave. He then goes to a car and says, "All taken care of Mrs. Williams," the window rolls down and it's Edie, who says "Why thank you, Mr. Williams."
The next morning Edie goes out and washers her car ala Edie. Lynette is the first to notice and calls everyone. They all go over to catch up. Edie tells them all she has a husband now. The obvious next question, asked by Susan is "whose?" Edie asks Gabi what happened to her, Gabi explains that she had two children. Edie says "what, for breakfast?" and her new husband tells her to be nice.
Carlos and Gabi fight over their daughter's weight, while Carlos is loading her up with cheese.
The Scavo's are fighting over the boys' behavior. Some things never change. Lynette finds out that instead of lecturing them about their behavior he is laughing it up with them. They then go on to fight over all of their other crimes. Tom tells her she's over reacting and un-grounds them for the homecoming dance.
The next scene is a party where Gabi's daughter, Juanita is having her second piece of cake. A very large piece. Gabi then over hears other mothers talking about how Gabi is one of "those" mothers.
Susan is making out with her mystery man, and turns out it's her painter, and Lynette walks in on them. The painter slips out the window and is caught on camera phone in his undies by the gay couple next door. Lynette came to complain about her boys.
Gabi is trying to get her daughter to go and play in the park, Juanita is downing a juice box and has cake all over her face. Gabi, makes her daughter chase after the car all the way home.
Bree and Katherine are fighting about whose recipes and whose, and Katherine is upset that Bree didn't include her in the book. They then fight over the finer points of minced flat vs. minced curly leafed parsley.
Lynnette breaks the news that they are ungrounded. She says they trust them, so much so that they get to take their dad's convertible to homecoming. He tries to convince them that they'd be better of in mom's car. She says that's an uncool car, especially after the dent they put in it. It's much cooler to show up in the convertible. Tom tries to lay down some ground rules. Lynnette tells them to just have fun.
Bree is doing an interview for tv, where they ask Katherine how it really is to work with Bree. Katherine "hurts" her wrist and asks Bree to finish off her "special" piece. A piece that Katherine contends is really her creation. And on live tv, Bree splashes the host in the eye with liquid sugar.
Gabi and Carlos continue to fight over Juanita's weight. Gabi admits that she doesn't feel beautiful. Carlos says she will always be beautiful. And that he sees her face every time he kisses her.
Back to the kitchen where Bree has made the sugar netting for her dessert and in finishing it, she catches it on her jewelry and turns it into a disaster. Katherine comes in and tries to do it despite her injury.
Back on the Scavo front porch, the 'rents are fighting over the boys being late. Tom is worried about his precious convertible and how he spent so much time restoring it. Lynnette says they have to be in sync in order to properly parent the boys. Who show up then, Tom then comes down on the hard and grounds them for a month. They say he's only worried about his car, at which point Tom goes and kicks off the mirror, which he was doing for effect because the mirror was already scratched and he'd already ordered a new one.
The next scene we see Edie and her new husband talking to Mrs. McCluskey at the Scavo's restaurant. Susan has run into her "painter". Edie and the other girls are fighting over whether the party is a "we're sorry" or a "we forgive you" party. Mr. Williams comes in to break it up. Susan's painter then starts to sing Karaoke "I wanna be your boyfriend" Susan then trips the breaker. She pulls him off stage and he wants to know why she's hiding him. She tells him he doesn't want to be in a relationship, maybe she doesn't deserve to be happy. She then tells him about the accident.
Edie and her husband are fighting over why they had to come back to Wisteria Lane. She says she never should have let him talk her into it.
Susan and the painter decide to take it slow.
Bree is at home teaching herself to make the dessert that she failed to do on tv, when she comes across a sippy cup. It flashes back to where Danielle comes to claim her son, Bree tells her that "Orson is gone, you kids are grown, Benjamin is all I have." Back in the present Orson interrupts and says she needs to come to bed as it is after 2:00 in the morning. She tells him that the cooking show has agreed to redo her segment and she needs to get it right.
The next morning Susan is in her kitchen reliving the accident. She looks out of the window and sees Mike. He comes in and asks if MJ is ready. They flash back to a fight that they had about getting the breaks fixed, and the family they killed. Mike says that they didn't kill them, they died and then shows him walking out on her. Then we get to endure the awkward ex living room I might be dating someone talk. She then pulls out a picture of her, Mike and their son.
We then get the narration, wrapping up the show. Mr. Williams answers a phone call, from his doctor. His doctor reminds him that a condition of his release is to check in once a month. He promises to. The doctor then views a video tape of Dave, Mr. Williams, asking what he needs to say to get released. The doctor says he needs to get his rage under control. The audio from the tape continues to play as he walks out of his house and looks down Wisteria lane. The doctor says he wants to make sure that he isn't a threat to himself or others, Dave says he's not a threat to himself and as for the others, there is only one person who should be afraid.
Gabi, has become a mother, and chunky. She has chunky girls.
Bree is running a successful catering business along with her son and her frenemy Katherine.
Preston and Porter have broken into the Scavo's restaurant for gambling and drinking.
Susan is sleeping with someone and kicking him out. She is hiding him from her friends and son.
Next scene shows a man out of the blue handing a guy a LOT of money to buy him out of his lease. He hands him another bundle of cash and tells him to leave. The tenant explains he has no place else to go, but the mystery man helps him leave. He then goes to a car and says, "All taken care of Mrs. Williams," the window rolls down and it's Edie, who says "Why thank you, Mr. Williams."
The next morning Edie goes out and washers her car ala Edie. Lynette is the first to notice and calls everyone. They all go over to catch up. Edie tells them all she has a husband now. The obvious next question, asked by Susan is "whose?" Edie asks Gabi what happened to her, Gabi explains that she had two children. Edie says "what, for breakfast?" and her new husband tells her to be nice.
Carlos and Gabi fight over their daughter's weight, while Carlos is loading her up with cheese.
The Scavo's are fighting over the boys' behavior. Some things never change. Lynette finds out that instead of lecturing them about their behavior he is laughing it up with them. They then go on to fight over all of their other crimes. Tom tells her she's over reacting and un-grounds them for the homecoming dance.
The next scene is a party where Gabi's daughter, Juanita is having her second piece of cake. A very large piece. Gabi then over hears other mothers talking about how Gabi is one of "those" mothers.
Susan is making out with her mystery man, and turns out it's her painter, and Lynette walks in on them. The painter slips out the window and is caught on camera phone in his undies by the gay couple next door. Lynette came to complain about her boys.
Gabi is trying to get her daughter to go and play in the park, Juanita is downing a juice box and has cake all over her face. Gabi, makes her daughter chase after the car all the way home.
Bree and Katherine are fighting about whose recipes and whose, and Katherine is upset that Bree didn't include her in the book. They then fight over the finer points of minced flat vs. minced curly leafed parsley.
Lynnette breaks the news that they are ungrounded. She says they trust them, so much so that they get to take their dad's convertible to homecoming. He tries to convince them that they'd be better of in mom's car. She says that's an uncool car, especially after the dent they put in it. It's much cooler to show up in the convertible. Tom tries to lay down some ground rules. Lynnette tells them to just have fun.
Bree is doing an interview for tv, where they ask Katherine how it really is to work with Bree. Katherine "hurts" her wrist and asks Bree to finish off her "special" piece. A piece that Katherine contends is really her creation. And on live tv, Bree splashes the host in the eye with liquid sugar.
Gabi and Carlos continue to fight over Juanita's weight. Gabi admits that she doesn't feel beautiful. Carlos says she will always be beautiful. And that he sees her face every time he kisses her.
Back to the kitchen where Bree has made the sugar netting for her dessert and in finishing it, she catches it on her jewelry and turns it into a disaster. Katherine comes in and tries to do it despite her injury.
Back on the Scavo front porch, the 'rents are fighting over the boys being late. Tom is worried about his precious convertible and how he spent so much time restoring it. Lynnette says they have to be in sync in order to properly parent the boys. Who show up then, Tom then comes down on the hard and grounds them for a month. They say he's only worried about his car, at which point Tom goes and kicks off the mirror, which he was doing for effect because the mirror was already scratched and he'd already ordered a new one.
The next scene we see Edie and her new husband talking to Mrs. McCluskey at the Scavo's restaurant. Susan has run into her "painter". Edie and the other girls are fighting over whether the party is a "we're sorry" or a "we forgive you" party. Mr. Williams comes in to break it up. Susan's painter then starts to sing Karaoke "I wanna be your boyfriend" Susan then trips the breaker. She pulls him off stage and he wants to know why she's hiding him. She tells him he doesn't want to be in a relationship, maybe she doesn't deserve to be happy. She then tells him about the accident.
Edie and her husband are fighting over why they had to come back to Wisteria Lane. She says she never should have let him talk her into it.
Susan and the painter decide to take it slow.
Bree is at home teaching herself to make the dessert that she failed to do on tv, when she comes across a sippy cup. It flashes back to where Danielle comes to claim her son, Bree tells her that "Orson is gone, you kids are grown, Benjamin is all I have." Back in the present Orson interrupts and says she needs to come to bed as it is after 2:00 in the morning. She tells him that the cooking show has agreed to redo her segment and she needs to get it right.
The next morning Susan is in her kitchen reliving the accident. She looks out of the window and sees Mike. He comes in and asks if MJ is ready. They flash back to a fight that they had about getting the breaks fixed, and the family they killed. Mike says that they didn't kill them, they died and then shows him walking out on her. Then we get to endure the awkward ex living room I might be dating someone talk. She then pulls out a picture of her, Mike and their son.
We then get the narration, wrapping up the show. Mr. Williams answers a phone call, from his doctor. His doctor reminds him that a condition of his release is to check in once a month. He promises to. The doctor then views a video tape of Dave, Mr. Williams, asking what he needs to say to get released. The doctor says he needs to get his rage under control. The audio from the tape continues to play as he walks out of his house and looks down Wisteria lane. The doctor says he wants to make sure that he isn't a threat to himself or others, Dave says he's not a threat to himself and as for the others, there is only one person who should be afraid.
The Amazing Race 9-28-08
The teams start out at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Everybody showing up in their matching outfits, 'cept the frat boys. Phil goes over the rules, in case someone has never seen the show.
The first clue sends them to Salvador, Brazil. They don't indicate how much money they got.
On the first flight.
The Geeks, Mark and Bill
Mom and Dad, Ken and Tina
Terence and Sarah
Brother and Sister, Nick and Starr
Aja and Ty
Kelly and Christy
Scheduled to arrive three hours before
On the second flight.
Mom and son, Toni and Dallas
The Frat Boys, Andrew and Dan
The Hippies Anita and Arthur
Marisa and Brook
Anthony and Stephanie
The first flight is delayed in Rio, but still arrives first. They are looking for a sandwich shop. They must drive a cart filled with candy through a busy street market. The teams liken it to the worst shopping cart ever. Kelly and Christy end up with the bad cabbie and get hopeless lost.
The next clue sends them to a Brazilian military base where they will spend the night outdoors under mosquito netting. They will sign up for one of three buses the next morning 45 minutes apart.
9:00 bus has
Terence and Sarah
Nick and Starr
The Geeks
Ken and Tina
9:30 bus has
Aja and Ty
Kelly and Christy
The Frat Boys
9:45 bus has
Mom and Son
The Hippies
Marisa and Brooke
Anthony and Stephanie
Terence is the first whiner at the mini pit stop. Sarah is networking and he wants her to "connect with me." Starr was flirting with someone I think it was Dallas.
After they get off the bus they have to take a taxi to a church. However, it is difficult to find a taxi, and more whining about how people aren't nice. They all walk by the detour clue. The choices are Hard Way Up, or Soft Way Down.
In Hard Way Up the teams have to climb a staircase, Escadario de Paso, on their hands and knees and answer a spiritual question. If they get the question wrong they have to go down and do it again.
In Soft Way Down. They have to go to the top of a building and climb down a rope netting 240 feet. There can only be three teams on the netting at one time. The first team there misses a critical clue and goes up the elevator and not through the marked doorway to the service stairs. All teams choose this one, except for the Frat Boys who climb the stairs and get have to answer "How many steps have you climbed?" They guess for and get it wrong. The next time they guess 53 and get it right.
They need to go to the Pit Stop. First there was Nick and Starr. As the winners of this leg of the race they win a trip from Travelocity to Belize. The last team to arrive is the Hippies.
The first clue sends them to Salvador, Brazil. They don't indicate how much money they got.
On the first flight.
The Geeks, Mark and Bill
Mom and Dad, Ken and Tina
Terence and Sarah
Brother and Sister, Nick and Starr
Aja and Ty
Kelly and Christy
Scheduled to arrive three hours before
On the second flight.
Mom and son, Toni and Dallas
The Frat Boys, Andrew and Dan
The Hippies Anita and Arthur
Marisa and Brook
Anthony and Stephanie
The first flight is delayed in Rio, but still arrives first. They are looking for a sandwich shop. They must drive a cart filled with candy through a busy street market. The teams liken it to the worst shopping cart ever. Kelly and Christy end up with the bad cabbie and get hopeless lost.
The next clue sends them to a Brazilian military base where they will spend the night outdoors under mosquito netting. They will sign up for one of three buses the next morning 45 minutes apart.
9:00 bus has
Terence and Sarah
Nick and Starr
The Geeks
Ken and Tina
9:30 bus has
Aja and Ty
Kelly and Christy
The Frat Boys
9:45 bus has
Mom and Son
The Hippies
Marisa and Brooke
Anthony and Stephanie
Terence is the first whiner at the mini pit stop. Sarah is networking and he wants her to "connect with me." Starr was flirting with someone I think it was Dallas.
After they get off the bus they have to take a taxi to a church. However, it is difficult to find a taxi, and more whining about how people aren't nice. They all walk by the detour clue. The choices are Hard Way Up, or Soft Way Down.
In Hard Way Up the teams have to climb a staircase, Escadario de Paso, on their hands and knees and answer a spiritual question. If they get the question wrong they have to go down and do it again.
In Soft Way Down. They have to go to the top of a building and climb down a rope netting 240 feet. There can only be three teams on the netting at one time. The first team there misses a critical clue and goes up the elevator and not through the marked doorway to the service stairs. All teams choose this one, except for the Frat Boys who climb the stairs and get have to answer "How many steps have you climbed?" They guess for and get it wrong. The next time they guess 53 and get it right.
They need to go to the Pit Stop. First there was Nick and Starr. As the winners of this leg of the race they win a trip from Travelocity to Belize. The last team to arrive is the Hippies.
What's on TV tonight? 9/28/08
Showtime
Dexter - Season Premiere - "Our Father" Dexter targets a dope dealer who is also in the sights of ADA Miguel Prado: Internal Affairs puts pressure on Debra.
Fox
Simpsons (that show is still on?)
King of the Hill
Family Guy
American Dad
ABC
2 Hours Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - A single mother of four who took in her sister's 10 children after her death takes her brood to Florida on a vacation while the crew makes over the home donated to them by the community. Jennifer Hudson and Chris Cooley appear. Designers Paul DiMeo and Paige Hemmis
Desperate Housewives - "You're Gonna Love Tomorrow" Susan tries to hide her new relationship: Gaby doubts her abilities as a mom. ****Apparently we've jumped ahead five years. BRILLIANT****
Brothers and Sisters - "Glass Houses" Justin and Rebbecca try unsuccessfully to hide their feelings.
NBC
NFL Football - Philadelphia at Chicago
CBS
The Amazing Race - Season 13 Premiere
Cold Case - "Glory Days" New evidence prompts the team to reopen the 1973 case of a murdered football player, whose death may have been linked to a steroid cover-up.
The Unit - "Sacrifice" While women are being secretly relocated and moved off the base for their own safety. Jonas and the team must unravel an assassination plot against the vice president and the president elect.
And I must reiterate, football early in the day sometimes goes long. If you want to be sure to see all of your favorite shows DVR the entire night. If not, check back tomorrow to find out what I've watched. Hint TAR 13 and The Housewives.
Dexter - Season Premiere - "Our Father" Dexter targets a dope dealer who is also in the sights of ADA Miguel Prado: Internal Affairs puts pressure on Debra.
Fox
Simpsons (that show is still on?)
King of the Hill
Family Guy
American Dad
ABC
2 Hours Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - A single mother of four who took in her sister's 10 children after her death takes her brood to Florida on a vacation while the crew makes over the home donated to them by the community. Jennifer Hudson and Chris Cooley appear. Designers Paul DiMeo and Paige Hemmis
Desperate Housewives - "You're Gonna Love Tomorrow" Susan tries to hide her new relationship: Gaby doubts her abilities as a mom. ****Apparently we've jumped ahead five years. BRILLIANT****
Brothers and Sisters - "Glass Houses" Justin and Rebbecca try unsuccessfully to hide their feelings.
NBC
NFL Football - Philadelphia at Chicago
CBS
The Amazing Race - Season 13 Premiere
Cold Case - "Glory Days" New evidence prompts the team to reopen the 1973 case of a murdered football player, whose death may have been linked to a steroid cover-up.
The Unit - "Sacrifice" While women are being secretly relocated and moved off the base for their own safety. Jonas and the team must unravel an assassination plot against the vice president and the president elect.
And I must reiterate, football early in the day sometimes goes long. If you want to be sure to see all of your favorite shows DVR the entire night. If not, check back tomorrow to find out what I've watched. Hint TAR 13 and The Housewives.
The Office 09/25/08
Review-Season finale
Toby's leaving for Costa Rica and it is his last day at the office. He starts training Holly his replacement in HR. Michael is overjoyed with Toby's leaving, but suspicious about Holly since all HR people must be evil. Holly quickly wins him over by offering Michael sympathy when Ryan (the former temp turn corporate VP and Michael's perceived best buddy-only on Michael's part) gets arrested for fraud(the entire office watches on YouTube) and Michael is upset. His initial reservations about Holly take an abrupt 180 when she responds with a Yoda voice and Michael decides he's in love.
Jim advises Michael to take it slow and become her friend first. He says that's what happened with him and Pam. They got to know each other and joke and become friends right here at the office. In the next talking head segment, Jim decides that Toby's goodbye party is the place for him to propose to Pam. Pam has some good news that she got accepted into a 3 month graphic design program in New York.The goodbye party is growing more and more elaborate as Michael contributes money (because he is excited to see Toby leave) and Jim adds in money (for fireworks so he can propose) as Phyllis oversees everything after Michael asks her to when Angela refuses to increase plans from the cake and slide show she had planned.
The party's going along well and everyone is incredibly impressed (Darryl from shipping has his band playing, moonwalk, barbecue). Kevin runs to the store for more sauce and calls Michael and tells him to come down immediately. He has run into Jan (Michael's recent ex) and she is very pregnant. Michael thinks the baby is his and Jan says no, but she didn't cheat on him. Her talking head confesses that at her age, she didn't want to take a chance and she went to a sperm bank. At the party, the fireworks have started and Jim reaches into his pocket and is starting to speak. Then Andy grabs the microphone and proposes to Angela who responds with "yeah, I guess" and Jim puts the ring back in his pocket. Phyllis returns to the office to put away some things and walks in on Angela and Dwight in a compromising position.
The new season!
The various branches of Dunder Mifflin are having a weight loss challenge. All the employees step onto the freight scale and weigh in on Monday morning. At the end of the challenge whichever branch loses the most weight gets three extra vacation days. Andy keeps trying to plan the perfect wedding to Angela who shoots him down and then texts Dwight and they meet for some extracurricular activity in a room in the warehouse.
Pam leaves for New York and starts her classes. The office gets a new receptionist Ronni briefly. Michael decides she's no fun though and Ronni doesn't last long. The new receptionist is none other than temp-turned corporate VP-turned arrested for fraud.. Ryan! He makes a little speech about how he knows he did wrong and now he's returning to his favorite branch and hopes that the can accept him again. Kevin and Jim both make comments and Ryan mentions that he's keeping a list of people who have wronged him in someway and he'll remember when he's back on top. Phyllis is now the official head of the party planning committee since catching Angela in her compromising position.
Meanwhile the weight loss competition is heating up. The first week they lose 30something pounds. The next week they gain 4 lbs. Kelly shares her dedication to her lemon juice, cayenne pepper and something else drink diet. The next weigh in Kelly faints and has to be on IV fluids for 2 days. Stanley has decided to diet on his own and shares his weight loss on the talking heads and starts taking the stairs and doing exercise at his desk. Corporate ups the prize to five vacation days because every branch is doing dismally. Dwight lectures the office and suggests that three people should get weight loss surgery and will randomly call out three names-Phyllis, Stanley, and Kevin- and announces that they will be responsible for their own expenses. Later Dwight apologizes to Phyllis and says to make amends he will include her on a sure-fire sale and they can split the commission 60-40.
A few scenes later, Phyllis comes in sweaty and enraged. Dwight dropped her off in a bad neighborhood and made her walk five miles back to the office. He says she should thank him for making her exercise. She calls corporate and the competition is suspended for a week and sensitivity training is scheduled instead. Michael, per usual, begins by wearing his Sumo suit and saying being fat is okay and beautiful and being generally offensive. Then he has Kelly stand up on her chair and tells everyone how beautiful she is and has others compliment her as well (including Ryan who stands up and states that she is perfect) and this scene really shows how big Michael's heart can truly be.
Oscar tells Holly that his yoga instructor is really hot and offers a fix-up since Holly is into yoga as well. Holly initially declines (maybe because of the flirting with Michael?), but when Jan shows up at the office and is getting her feet massaged by Michael , she gives Oscar her number to pass onto the yoga guy. She goes on a couple dates with him and is supposed to go to a concert with him the night on the day of the last weigh-in, but he hasn't called her back yet. Jim IM's Pam and arranges to meet her for lunch between Scranton and New York. They meet and Pam jokingly complains about how she had to drive farther when Jim drops to one knee and tells her "I can't wait any longer. Will you marry me?" Pam, of course, accepts and then they have to drive back to Scranton and New York.
Holly tells Michael that yoga dude stood her up and how she hates to waste the tickets and Michael offer to buy them from her and she's smiling saying ok, when Michael rips the tickets up. Scranton loses by eight pounds to another branch.
Next week the VP debates are on so no new Office.
Toby's leaving for Costa Rica and it is his last day at the office. He starts training Holly his replacement in HR. Michael is overjoyed with Toby's leaving, but suspicious about Holly since all HR people must be evil. Holly quickly wins him over by offering Michael sympathy when Ryan (the former temp turn corporate VP and Michael's perceived best buddy-only on Michael's part) gets arrested for fraud(the entire office watches on YouTube) and Michael is upset. His initial reservations about Holly take an abrupt 180 when she responds with a Yoda voice and Michael decides he's in love.
Jim advises Michael to take it slow and become her friend first. He says that's what happened with him and Pam. They got to know each other and joke and become friends right here at the office. In the next talking head segment, Jim decides that Toby's goodbye party is the place for him to propose to Pam. Pam has some good news that she got accepted into a 3 month graphic design program in New York.The goodbye party is growing more and more elaborate as Michael contributes money (because he is excited to see Toby leave) and Jim adds in money (for fireworks so he can propose) as Phyllis oversees everything after Michael asks her to when Angela refuses to increase plans from the cake and slide show she had planned.
The party's going along well and everyone is incredibly impressed (Darryl from shipping has his band playing, moonwalk, barbecue). Kevin runs to the store for more sauce and calls Michael and tells him to come down immediately. He has run into Jan (Michael's recent ex) and she is very pregnant. Michael thinks the baby is his and Jan says no, but she didn't cheat on him. Her talking head confesses that at her age, she didn't want to take a chance and she went to a sperm bank. At the party, the fireworks have started and Jim reaches into his pocket and is starting to speak. Then Andy grabs the microphone and proposes to Angela who responds with "yeah, I guess" and Jim puts the ring back in his pocket. Phyllis returns to the office to put away some things and walks in on Angela and Dwight in a compromising position.
The new season!
The various branches of Dunder Mifflin are having a weight loss challenge. All the employees step onto the freight scale and weigh in on Monday morning. At the end of the challenge whichever branch loses the most weight gets three extra vacation days. Andy keeps trying to plan the perfect wedding to Angela who shoots him down and then texts Dwight and they meet for some extracurricular activity in a room in the warehouse.
Pam leaves for New York and starts her classes. The office gets a new receptionist Ronni briefly. Michael decides she's no fun though and Ronni doesn't last long. The new receptionist is none other than temp-turned corporate VP-turned arrested for fraud.. Ryan! He makes a little speech about how he knows he did wrong and now he's returning to his favorite branch and hopes that the can accept him again. Kevin and Jim both make comments and Ryan mentions that he's keeping a list of people who have wronged him in someway and he'll remember when he's back on top. Phyllis is now the official head of the party planning committee since catching Angela in her compromising position.
Meanwhile the weight loss competition is heating up. The first week they lose 30something pounds. The next week they gain 4 lbs. Kelly shares her dedication to her lemon juice, cayenne pepper and something else drink diet. The next weigh in Kelly faints and has to be on IV fluids for 2 days. Stanley has decided to diet on his own and shares his weight loss on the talking heads and starts taking the stairs and doing exercise at his desk. Corporate ups the prize to five vacation days because every branch is doing dismally. Dwight lectures the office and suggests that three people should get weight loss surgery and will randomly call out three names-Phyllis, Stanley, and Kevin- and announces that they will be responsible for their own expenses. Later Dwight apologizes to Phyllis and says to make amends he will include her on a sure-fire sale and they can split the commission 60-40.
A few scenes later, Phyllis comes in sweaty and enraged. Dwight dropped her off in a bad neighborhood and made her walk five miles back to the office. He says she should thank him for making her exercise. She calls corporate and the competition is suspended for a week and sensitivity training is scheduled instead. Michael, per usual, begins by wearing his Sumo suit and saying being fat is okay and beautiful and being generally offensive. Then he has Kelly stand up on her chair and tells everyone how beautiful she is and has others compliment her as well (including Ryan who stands up and states that she is perfect) and this scene really shows how big Michael's heart can truly be.
Oscar tells Holly that his yoga instructor is really hot and offers a fix-up since Holly is into yoga as well. Holly initially declines (maybe because of the flirting with Michael?), but when Jan shows up at the office and is getting her feet massaged by Michael , she gives Oscar her number to pass onto the yoga guy. She goes on a couple dates with him and is supposed to go to a concert with him the night on the day of the last weigh-in, but he hasn't called her back yet. Jim IM's Pam and arranges to meet her for lunch between Scranton and New York. They meet and Pam jokingly complains about how she had to drive farther when Jim drops to one knee and tells her "I can't wait any longer. Will you marry me?" Pam, of course, accepts and then they have to drive back to Scranton and New York.
Holly tells Michael that yoga dude stood her up and how she hates to waste the tickets and Michael offer to buy them from her and she's smiling saying ok, when Michael rips the tickets up. Scranton loses by eight pounds to another branch.
Next week the VP debates are on so no new Office.
What's on TV tonight? 9/27/08
Fox
Cops
America's Most Wanted
ABC
College Football
Virginia Tech at Nebraska
NBC
Heroes - Repeat of Season Premier "The Second Coming: The Butterfly Effect" ***If you didn't see it, the Patrelli boys have a brother***
Law & Order SVU - Trials - Guest starring Sarah Gilbert
CBS
CSI: Miami - Repeat Horatio tries to find his newly discovered son after a prison break.
Criminal Minds - Repeat - The tragic ending to Garcia's date. I reviewed it the first time it was on here
CABLE CHANNELS
There is a House Marathon on USA from 3:00 - 11:00 Central time.
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector is on Comedy Central
Purple Rain on VH1
And lots of College Football
Cops
America's Most Wanted
ABC
College Football
Virginia Tech at Nebraska
NBC
Heroes - Repeat of Season Premier "The Second Coming: The Butterfly Effect" ***If you didn't see it, the Patrelli boys have a brother***
Law & Order SVU - Trials - Guest starring Sarah Gilbert
CBS
CSI: Miami - Repeat Horatio tries to find his newly discovered son after a prison break.
Criminal Minds - Repeat - The tragic ending to Garcia's date. I reviewed it the first time it was on here
CABLE CHANNELS
There is a House Marathon on USA from 3:00 - 11:00 Central time.
Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector is on Comedy Central
Purple Rain on VH1
And lots of College Football
Without a Trace 9-23-08
We see two men running through the streets. The chaser disappears.
Sam is back from maternity leave, struggling to hide the multitude of stains. There is a new agent. Medina reports that a Ryan Mitchell was reported missing by his ex-wife. Mitchell's daughter disappeared three years ago and was never found.
Medina starts asking for strategy and assigns different interviews, but leaves Jack out of the loop. Jack looks pissed.
16 hours missing. They are interviewing the ex-wife. Wondering why he'd chase a guy wondering if there would be anything he wouldn't tell the police. She said yes, he was very involved in finding his daughter. During a flashback we find out that he was with the daughter when she went missing. The wife tells him to let her go. She then reports that every Sunday the dad and daughter would go for icecream. The dad hasn't been able to revisit the street, but the mom goes every week.
They are listening to the first interview that the dad gave after his daughter's disappearance. They flash back to where the girl goes missing. They had just left the ice cream shop when someone bumps into him, he drops his stuff and when he reaches down to pick it up she vanishes. No one saw the girl after she went missing. They discuss whether or not the girl may have known her abductor.
Ryan, the dad, paid a psychic and at 18 hours missing the team is at the psychic's place of business. They ask the psychic where Ryan is, the psychic says he can't talk about it. They ask if he's hiding behind "Psychic/Client Privilege"
The psychic tells them that things are not always as they seem. During the flashback the psychic is telling of a black wall. He asks Mr. Mitchell, "what are you hiding?" Then says "you killed your daughter." Says he didn't report that to the police because he was afraid he'd be killed.
19 hours missing we're back in the office. Jack and Sam are discussing the liklihood that he killed the daughter. Sam argues that he wouldn't have kept up the search for three years. She then offers up Ryan's Easy Pass log they match his sales calls except for one. Then they discover he's joined a support group for parents with missing children. The support group leader says she doesn't think he killed her. He was starting to help other parents deal with their loss.
The team speaks with parents who were being helped by Ryan. One of the parent's disclosed that Ryan had hated the psychic and hadn't seen him in a long time. However, the last check to clear Ryan's bank was to that psychic and it was quite large. The team had assumed that the large check was for keeping the secret. The parent said Ryan intended on exposing the psychic as a fraud.
Jack is in therapy discussing the new boss. Jack says he's a "good soldier" the therapist asks if he can be a soldier when he has been a general. Jack says the job is about finding people. The therapist says the Universe gives us advice. She advises him to examine why he does the things he does. She asks if this job is supposed to cost this much. He says self awareness does not lead to transformation, it leads to self justification. She asks why he keeps coming back, he's not required to be there.
20 hours missing. They have the psychic in the interview room. Accusing him of killing Ryan. They remind him that he committed a felony by lieing to a federal agent and he's going to lose everything fighting to keep himself out of jail. They flash back to a scene where Ryan is handing the psychic a check and telling the psychic to leave the other parents alone. It's not the grief that kills you, it's the hope.
The team finds a lead in the another kid's disappearance. They track it back to a guy that looks exactly like the sketch of the guy being chased by Ryan. It was also a guy who had been visited by Ryan several weeks prior, and had a recent arrest for kiddie porn. Sam and Martin go to check him out only to be told that he'd left an hour ago. They see him on the street. Sam chases after him on foot, Martin blocks him with his car, and Sam punches him in the face knocking him out.
21 hours missing Jack goes into Medina's office and tells him of a lead up in Albany where the body of the missing boy may have been buried. Sam asks Jack to cover for her while she runs home to check the baby. Medina asks who should go to Albany. Medina tells Jack "let's take your car."
When they get up to Albany, they run into a kid who saw Ryan digging lots of holes on his father's farm. The kid asked Ryan what he was doing, he answered that his friend had lost something and he was looking for it. Ryan tells him, it's not here, I made a mistake. Asks the kid to tell his dad he's sorry for digging all the holes.
He then gives up the search for that kid as well as his own. But the team has found his daughter. All the little puzzle pieces lead to a substitute teacher the girl had right before her disappearance. But now they have to find Ryan as well. The get an Easy Pass hit and discover him at the icecream shop. They take him back to the office where he sees his daughter and his ex-wife.
Sam is back from maternity leave, struggling to hide the multitude of stains. There is a new agent. Medina reports that a Ryan Mitchell was reported missing by his ex-wife. Mitchell's daughter disappeared three years ago and was never found.
Medina starts asking for strategy and assigns different interviews, but leaves Jack out of the loop. Jack looks pissed.
16 hours missing. They are interviewing the ex-wife. Wondering why he'd chase a guy wondering if there would be anything he wouldn't tell the police. She said yes, he was very involved in finding his daughter. During a flashback we find out that he was with the daughter when she went missing. The wife tells him to let her go. She then reports that every Sunday the dad and daughter would go for icecream. The dad hasn't been able to revisit the street, but the mom goes every week.
They are listening to the first interview that the dad gave after his daughter's disappearance. They flash back to where the girl goes missing. They had just left the ice cream shop when someone bumps into him, he drops his stuff and when he reaches down to pick it up she vanishes. No one saw the girl after she went missing. They discuss whether or not the girl may have known her abductor.
Ryan, the dad, paid a psychic and at 18 hours missing the team is at the psychic's place of business. They ask the psychic where Ryan is, the psychic says he can't talk about it. They ask if he's hiding behind "Psychic/Client Privilege"
The psychic tells them that things are not always as they seem. During the flashback the psychic is telling of a black wall. He asks Mr. Mitchell, "what are you hiding?" Then says "you killed your daughter." Says he didn't report that to the police because he was afraid he'd be killed.
19 hours missing we're back in the office. Jack and Sam are discussing the liklihood that he killed the daughter. Sam argues that he wouldn't have kept up the search for three years. She then offers up Ryan's Easy Pass log they match his sales calls except for one. Then they discover he's joined a support group for parents with missing children. The support group leader says she doesn't think he killed her. He was starting to help other parents deal with their loss.
The team speaks with parents who were being helped by Ryan. One of the parent's disclosed that Ryan had hated the psychic and hadn't seen him in a long time. However, the last check to clear Ryan's bank was to that psychic and it was quite large. The team had assumed that the large check was for keeping the secret. The parent said Ryan intended on exposing the psychic as a fraud.
Jack is in therapy discussing the new boss. Jack says he's a "good soldier" the therapist asks if he can be a soldier when he has been a general. Jack says the job is about finding people. The therapist says the Universe gives us advice. She advises him to examine why he does the things he does. She asks if this job is supposed to cost this much. He says self awareness does not lead to transformation, it leads to self justification. She asks why he keeps coming back, he's not required to be there.
20 hours missing. They have the psychic in the interview room. Accusing him of killing Ryan. They remind him that he committed a felony by lieing to a federal agent and he's going to lose everything fighting to keep himself out of jail. They flash back to a scene where Ryan is handing the psychic a check and telling the psychic to leave the other parents alone. It's not the grief that kills you, it's the hope.
The team finds a lead in the another kid's disappearance. They track it back to a guy that looks exactly like the sketch of the guy being chased by Ryan. It was also a guy who had been visited by Ryan several weeks prior, and had a recent arrest for kiddie porn. Sam and Martin go to check him out only to be told that he'd left an hour ago. They see him on the street. Sam chases after him on foot, Martin blocks him with his car, and Sam punches him in the face knocking him out.
21 hours missing Jack goes into Medina's office and tells him of a lead up in Albany where the body of the missing boy may have been buried. Sam asks Jack to cover for her while she runs home to check the baby. Medina asks who should go to Albany. Medina tells Jack "let's take your car."
When they get up to Albany, they run into a kid who saw Ryan digging lots of holes on his father's farm. The kid asked Ryan what he was doing, he answered that his friend had lost something and he was looking for it. Ryan tells him, it's not here, I made a mistake. Asks the kid to tell his dad he's sorry for digging all the holes.
He then gives up the search for that kid as well as his own. But the team has found his daughter. All the little puzzle pieces lead to a substitute teacher the girl had right before her disappearance. But now they have to find Ryan as well. The get an Easy Pass hit and discover him at the icecream shop. They take him back to the office where he sees his daughter and his ex-wife.
The Presidential Debate 9/26/08
Where do you stand on the economic recovery plan?
Obama -
#1 Oversight of $700 billion
#2 Assure tax payers can get their money back
#3 No Golden Parachutes
#4 Protect Homeowners
Says trickle down economics do not work.
McCain -
Transparency
Accountability
Need to create jobs
Eliminate dependence on foreign oil
Are you in favor of economic bailout?
Obama - Haven't seen it. Says he wrote to Secretary of Treasury to point out problems.
McCain - Also warned about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and corporate pay. We need to reward people who succeed. Not reward greed and corruption. He'll hold people responsible accountable.
McCain says we need to get spending under control. He says he will veto any spending bill. He says Obama has asked for almost a million dollars a day for every day he was in the Senate.
Obama says he suspended everything for his state. Ear marks account for $18 billion he says McCain is asking for $300 billion dollars in tax breaks for corporations. He wants to grow the economy from the bottom up.
McCain says Obama only suspended pork barrel spending in his state after he began to run for President. Says Obama has proposed $800 billion in new spending.
Obama says he's closing corporate loopholes. He says eliminating earmarks will not get the middle class back on track.
McCain says the business tax is the second highest business tax in the world 35% - if you go to a country where the rate is 11% you'll make money. If you cut the tax rate you'll keep jobs here, and create more. He wants to give every family a $5000 refundable tax credit to buy health care. Double the dependant child dividend from $3500 to $7000.
Obama's definition of rich. If you make less than $250,000 you will not see a tax increase. He says business tax loopholes have an effective tax rate that is one of the lowest in the world. Says the $5000 tax credit but the tax benefits will be taxed. He doesn't believe that the market can solve everything.
McCain says they had an energy bill that had billions of dollars of breaks for the oil corporations. He voted against it, Obama voted for. Obama has voted to raise taxes on $42,000 -
Obama says not true, but doesn't defend it.
The financial rescue - As President of whatever financial rescue plan, what are you going to have to give up to pay for the rescue plan?
Obama - doesn't know what the budget will look like next year. Has to have energy independence. 10 years we'll be free of international oil. Have to fix health care. We have to compete in education, science and technology. Have to make sure our children are keeping pace. Make college affordable. Rebuild our infrastructure. Also make sure electricity grid is capable of getting new energy to places it's needed.
McCain - WE HAVE TO CUT SPENDING Government is completely out of control. Can't reach across the aisle as far left as Obama is. He would eliminate ethanol subsidies. We have to do away with cost plus contracts for defense. Fixed cost contracts. Defense spending is very important, but we have to get the cost overruns under control. We have to examine every agency in government and get rid of anyone who isn't doing his job.
Obama we give away $15 billion to private insurers through the Medicaid program. Says he's not super liberal, just opposes Bush. He wants to make a Google for Government to list for the taxpayer what they are spending on.
McCain a spending freeze on everything except national defense and caring for veterans.
Obama wants to increase early childhood education. We're currently spending $10 billion a month in Iraq, need to bring war to a close.
McCain says we're sending $700 billion to countries that don't like us. We need offshore drilling and nuclear energy. We could create 700,000 jobs by building 45 nuclear power plants by 2030.
Obama the bailout will affect our budgets. Even if the economy recovers and we get the money back, we won't see the money for awhile. The tax revenues will be down.
McCain doesn't want to hand the health care system over to they federal Government. We have to cut spending. Obama has $800 billion in new spending programs. We can adjust spending to take care of current programs. A healthy economy with low taxes, without raising any ones taxes, is the best recipe for economic recovery along with spending restraint. We're here because spending is out of control. Has plans to reduce wasteful spending.
Obama brings up that McCain agrees with Bush 90% of the time.
McCain says he has opposed the President on climate change, Guantanamo, how the Iraq war has been operated.
What are the lessons of Iraq?
McCain You cannot have a failed strategy that will lead you to nearly lose a conflict. The war was mishandled after we took Baghdad. Says new strategy has succeeded. Troops will come home not in defeat. Consequences of defeat are greater Iranian influence. Thanks to General Petrais, we will come home, not in defeat.
Obama six years ago he opposed the war. Not only did we not know how much it would cost, or how it would affect our relationships around the world. Hadn't caught Bin Laden, haven't finished Afghanistan. Spent $600 billion and 4,000 lives. Al Qaeda is as strong as it's been since 2002. $79 billion military surplus during the economic crisis at home. Military needs to be used to keep Americans safe.
McCain will have to decide when we leave and what we leave behind. Says Obama said troop surge wouldn't work, then said it exceeded his expectations, but still would not have voted for surge.
Obama says issues of Afghanistan and Iraq don't go through his committee. Violence has been reduced due to our troops and military families. Surge was a tactic to contain damage of mismanagement. War has only been successful since 2007. "Who is best equipped as to how we use our military?"
McCain says Obama doesn't understand the difference between tactic and a strategy. He's been to Iraq. Says troops tell him to "let us win, we don't want our kids coming back here." Obama voted to cut off funding for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Obama says McCain opposed funding for troops in legislation with a time table. He says he opposed funding for troops without a timetable. Didn't want to give a blank check to George Bush. We should end the war responsibly, in phases. Wants to capture and kill Bin Laden.
McCain says Obama's plan is dangerous according to General Patrais. Iraq is the central battle ground. Says Obama's timeline would have pulled the troops out before the troop surge. If we adopt Obama's plan we will have a wider war.
Do you think more US troops should go to Afghanistan, how many and how soon?
Obama - Highest fatalities among US troops in 2007 since 2002. 2-3 additional brigades to Afghanistan. We have to deal with a growing popply trade. We have to deal with Pakistan. We've been giving Pakistan $10 billion.
McCain - A new strategy has to be employed in Afghanistan. Need cooperation of the people in the country.
What is your reading of the threat from Iran?
McCain -They are a threat to Israel, we cannot have a second Holocaust. We could impose significant, painful sanctions on the Iranians that would have a beneficial effect. We can with a League of Democracy control them. They are on the path to nuclear weapons. They are putting the most lethal IED's into Iraq. They are a threat to security in the world, and with our friends can contain them.
Obama - The single thing that has strengthened Iran is the war in Iraq. The policy over the last 8 years has not worked. We need tougher sanctions. We need to include Russia and China as allies against Iran. We need tough direct diplomacy. Our efforts of isolation has increased their path to nuclear weapons.
***Last half hour on a later post***
Obama -
#1 Oversight of $700 billion
#2 Assure tax payers can get their money back
#3 No Golden Parachutes
#4 Protect Homeowners
Says trickle down economics do not work.
McCain -
Transparency
Accountability
Need to create jobs
Eliminate dependence on foreign oil
Are you in favor of economic bailout?
Obama - Haven't seen it. Says he wrote to Secretary of Treasury to point out problems.
McCain - Also warned about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and corporate pay. We need to reward people who succeed. Not reward greed and corruption. He'll hold people responsible accountable.
McCain says we need to get spending under control. He says he will veto any spending bill. He says Obama has asked for almost a million dollars a day for every day he was in the Senate.
Obama says he suspended everything for his state. Ear marks account for $18 billion he says McCain is asking for $300 billion dollars in tax breaks for corporations. He wants to grow the economy from the bottom up.
McCain says Obama only suspended pork barrel spending in his state after he began to run for President. Says Obama has proposed $800 billion in new spending.
Obama says he's closing corporate loopholes. He says eliminating earmarks will not get the middle class back on track.
McCain says the business tax is the second highest business tax in the world 35% - if you go to a country where the rate is 11% you'll make money. If you cut the tax rate you'll keep jobs here, and create more. He wants to give every family a $5000 refundable tax credit to buy health care. Double the dependant child dividend from $3500 to $7000.
Obama's definition of rich. If you make less than $250,000 you will not see a tax increase. He says business tax loopholes have an effective tax rate that is one of the lowest in the world. Says the $5000 tax credit but the tax benefits will be taxed. He doesn't believe that the market can solve everything.
McCain says they had an energy bill that had billions of dollars of breaks for the oil corporations. He voted against it, Obama voted for. Obama has voted to raise taxes on $42,000 -
Obama says not true, but doesn't defend it.
The financial rescue - As President of whatever financial rescue plan, what are you going to have to give up to pay for the rescue plan?
Obama - doesn't know what the budget will look like next year. Has to have energy independence. 10 years we'll be free of international oil. Have to fix health care. We have to compete in education, science and technology. Have to make sure our children are keeping pace. Make college affordable. Rebuild our infrastructure. Also make sure electricity grid is capable of getting new energy to places it's needed.
McCain - WE HAVE TO CUT SPENDING Government is completely out of control. Can't reach across the aisle as far left as Obama is. He would eliminate ethanol subsidies. We have to do away with cost plus contracts for defense. Fixed cost contracts. Defense spending is very important, but we have to get the cost overruns under control. We have to examine every agency in government and get rid of anyone who isn't doing his job.
Obama we give away $15 billion to private insurers through the Medicaid program. Says he's not super liberal, just opposes Bush. He wants to make a Google for Government to list for the taxpayer what they are spending on.
McCain a spending freeze on everything except national defense and caring for veterans.
Obama wants to increase early childhood education. We're currently spending $10 billion a month in Iraq, need to bring war to a close.
McCain says we're sending $700 billion to countries that don't like us. We need offshore drilling and nuclear energy. We could create 700,000 jobs by building 45 nuclear power plants by 2030.
Obama the bailout will affect our budgets. Even if the economy recovers and we get the money back, we won't see the money for awhile. The tax revenues will be down.
McCain doesn't want to hand the health care system over to they federal Government. We have to cut spending. Obama has $800 billion in new spending programs. We can adjust spending to take care of current programs. A healthy economy with low taxes, without raising any ones taxes, is the best recipe for economic recovery along with spending restraint. We're here because spending is out of control. Has plans to reduce wasteful spending.
Obama brings up that McCain agrees with Bush 90% of the time.
McCain says he has opposed the President on climate change, Guantanamo, how the Iraq war has been operated.
What are the lessons of Iraq?
McCain You cannot have a failed strategy that will lead you to nearly lose a conflict. The war was mishandled after we took Baghdad. Says new strategy has succeeded. Troops will come home not in defeat. Consequences of defeat are greater Iranian influence. Thanks to General Petrais, we will come home, not in defeat.
Obama six years ago he opposed the war. Not only did we not know how much it would cost, or how it would affect our relationships around the world. Hadn't caught Bin Laden, haven't finished Afghanistan. Spent $600 billion and 4,000 lives. Al Qaeda is as strong as it's been since 2002. $79 billion military surplus during the economic crisis at home. Military needs to be used to keep Americans safe.
McCain will have to decide when we leave and what we leave behind. Says Obama said troop surge wouldn't work, then said it exceeded his expectations, but still would not have voted for surge.
Obama says issues of Afghanistan and Iraq don't go through his committee. Violence has been reduced due to our troops and military families. Surge was a tactic to contain damage of mismanagement. War has only been successful since 2007. "Who is best equipped as to how we use our military?"
McCain says Obama doesn't understand the difference between tactic and a strategy. He's been to Iraq. Says troops tell him to "let us win, we don't want our kids coming back here." Obama voted to cut off funding for troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Obama says McCain opposed funding for troops in legislation with a time table. He says he opposed funding for troops without a timetable. Didn't want to give a blank check to George Bush. We should end the war responsibly, in phases. Wants to capture and kill Bin Laden.
McCain says Obama's plan is dangerous according to General Patrais. Iraq is the central battle ground. Says Obama's timeline would have pulled the troops out before the troop surge. If we adopt Obama's plan we will have a wider war.
Do you think more US troops should go to Afghanistan, how many and how soon?
Obama - Highest fatalities among US troops in 2007 since 2002. 2-3 additional brigades to Afghanistan. We have to deal with a growing popply trade. We have to deal with Pakistan. We've been giving Pakistan $10 billion.
McCain - A new strategy has to be employed in Afghanistan. Need cooperation of the people in the country.
What is your reading of the threat from Iran?
McCain -They are a threat to Israel, we cannot have a second Holocaust. We could impose significant, painful sanctions on the Iranians that would have a beneficial effect. We can with a League of Democracy control them. They are on the path to nuclear weapons. They are putting the most lethal IED's into Iraq. They are a threat to security in the world, and with our friends can contain them.
Obama - The single thing that has strengthened Iran is the war in Iraq. The policy over the last 8 years has not worked. We need tougher sanctions. We need to include Russia and China as allies against Iran. We need tough direct diplomacy. Our efforts of isolation has increased their path to nuclear weapons.
***Last half hour on a later post***
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