And yet the ending of the show was worth the wait. Who was going home was never in question. Bob played one of the all-time great pranks. Unlike the faux idol whittled up last year, Bob’s actually looked like it could have been an idol, but Randy and Corrine were the only ones who didn’t know that Sugar has the real McCoy. It looks like Bob is going to try to spin another story about the idol they threw in the ocean a couple of episodes back, trying to get someone to believe that Matty actually palmed it instead of getting rid of it. Clever plan, if it works. The behind-the-scenes stuff at the CBS web site is always fun to watch, seeing the evicted members transition to life at the Ponderosa. Randy with a mohawk, though, what was up with that?
I hope the fact that Life on Mars wasn’t among ABC’s ax victims yesterday means that they’re going to keep it around for a while. The fact that it goes on hiatus now until late January sucks, but this is a clever show. As full of mystery and intrigue as LOST.
Gonna miss Griss when he goes from CSI. He adds a level of gravitas to the show that makes it seem deeper than the spinoffs. His visit to the miniature killer’s hearing was case in point last night. It’s clear, though, that his character is mired in a kind of malaise that will ultimately culminate in his departure. I just hope they don’t decide to do something drastic. He doesn’t need to die for his departure to be final or dramatic. Shipping out to find Sara on her equatorial junket would do.
My niece had her first baby yesterday. Her generation consists completely of girls, six in total, but the next generation is now three to one in favor of the boys.
Who the heck was on the phone with Sam at the end of Life on Mars? That was crazy stuff!
Space aliens. Or maybe it was Ben from LOST? Arrrgh–now we have to wait two months for more.
Also, weird paradox in the episode: The implication seems to be that if Sam hadn’t returned to 1973, Vic would have killed Annie in the woods that day. And yet Annie makes it clear she had other plans, which she dropped to help with Sam’s stakeout. Therefore, if Sam hadn’t gone back, she wouldn’t have been in the woods at all that day but rather at Lee’s family wedding!
It looks like all my shows are going on hiatus until January. There will be no TV in December at all!
I found it interesting how Sam never got to see little-Sam, except from behind. Even the cameras only showed the back of his head. It’s like he was afraid that if their eyes met, the universe would explode or something.
I guess it’s only a paradox if it really is time travel and not some sort of psychological play going on inside his comotose mind, reassembling the things he knew about his childhood.
I liked the creepy way Sam refused to look at little Sam when the boy grabs his hand. I thought that was really powerful.