The Bachelor "Week 6"

This week was hometown dates. First Sean went to Houston to meet Askee's family. The visit seemed to go really well. Her parents were nice and her dad even gave Seanhis blessing if he chooses to propose to Ashlee. I feel bad for her because I feel like she has had a really tough time dealing with things that happened in her childhood and it has led to some serious control issues. I think she is sweet, but not right for Sean.

Sean's next date was in Seattle with Catherine. Her sisters were pretty tough on her. They doubt that Crherine is read to settle down and they weren't shy with their opinions to either Catherine or Sean. Catherine's mom was receptive to Sean, but when he asked for her blessing she skirted around the answer which I don't think he liked.

Sean then visited Lindsey's family on the military base her father, the general, is stationed. Lindsey isn't my favorite, maybe I'm still not over her bad first impression, but she is probably the best fit for Sean. Her mom seemd like the sweetest lady, and even Sean commented that she would be a great mother in law. Lindsey's dad made Sean really nervous, but he was less scary than expected and gave Sean his blessing.

The last date was in LA with Des. They started things off great, but the even was tense. She hired an actor to pretend to be her boyfriend and he showed up telling Des he still loved her and provoked Sean a little. Her prank worked much better than his previous museum one. Desiree's family came over for dinner after that. Her parents were very sweet and soft spoken, her brother on the other hand was not. He told Sean that he could tell Sean wasn't as into Des as she was into him and called Sean a playboy. He ruined everything for Des. I felt sorry for her after that. She could tell Sean was upset, but the damage was done.

Sean had a hard time deciding what to do at this rose ceremony. He said he couldn't decide whether to send home Catherine or Desiree. I thought it was really interesting that he shared his thought process and revealed his front runners (at least as of this week). Before he started handing out roses, Des pulled Sean aside to apologize for their date. That made it hard for Sean to make his final decision, but ultimately he still sent Desiree home. I think he should have sent her when she took him outside to talk instead of making her stand through the rose ceremony. I don't like how he handled this at all. He kept telling her how he wasn't sure of his decision, that he may regret it tomorrow and how much he will miss her. Those things may all be true, but it makes it harder for her to move on which isn't fair. She just kept telling him he was making a mistake. It was hard to watch.

Next week is Thailand. I'm excited for the "Fantasy Suite" episode! I think Ashlee will be the next one to go. And I still like Catherine most, but I think he has more in common with Lindsey.

-Avalon

The Good Wife "Red Team/Blue Team"

This has been a shaky season for The Good Wife, but this episode felt like the quality of previous seasons and I hope it continues.
Lockhart Gardner had been experiencing major financial trouble and decided to offer partnership to all of the fourth years so that their combined buy in would help solve their money trouble. However, things turned around and the partners decided to delay their offers. Alisha and Will got into a heated argument over this and in a moment of weakness kissed! I had only been waiting for that the whole season!
Cary and Alisha come up with a scheme to make the partners nervous that all of the fourth years are jumping ship. Cary even suggests to Alisha that they start their own firm and take their big clients with them. In response the partners offer only Alisha partnership splitting the fourth years. I felt really bad for Cary, I really like him. I don't think this show gives him enough screen time. Maybe that's just leftover feelings from his Logan Huntzberger days on Gilmore Girls. This episode however, showcased him really well.

-Avalon

The Vampire Diaries "Down the Rabbit Hole"

This episode was heartbreaking. I knew it was coming, but even as prepared as I was for Jeremy's death, it was still horrible. Next week looks like it will be really hard to watch. Jeremy was the only family Elena had left. And besides the obvious departure of Jer, we lost Tyler too. I wasn't that sad until I heard that he is leaving the show, and if he does return it will be as a guest star. I wonder why they chose to write him off? My only guess is that it has to do with Klaroline. I am really excited to see what develops there and there was no chance of Caroline and Klaus with Tyler in the picture.

I do miss Damon's bad side sometimes, but I love his sweet and selfless side that we have seen so much of this season. And he still has his hilarious snarky comments like, calling Vaughn Shrek, and Bonnie "Bonnie the Teenage Witch" and saying "Does it look like i know anything about tattoos? look at my skin, its flawless" I don't know why everyone is so shocked when he does something selfless. I think we should be shocked if Stefan ever does something selfless. When Damon told Stefan to leave him and go with Elena, Stefan barely hesitated before jumping down the well. I loved when Damon said "I'm going to find the cure, and give it to the girl I love."

I hope Rebekah and Stefan aren't over, but I'm not sure that she will get over him wanting to give the cure to Elena and he will get over her breaking his neck. We'll see though. Looks like next week Rebekah will be teaming up with Damon, so it might be a while before Stebekah or Delena for that matter are reunited.

I had a feeling that Shane wasn't really as bad as we thought, just doing bad things because he was tricked by his "wife". I feel like there is still a lot that he doesn't know. He gave that headstone away, but Katherine stole it. She must know something about it that Shane doesn't. This is the second time she has taken it.

There are so many questions left unanswered like:

What does Katherine want with the cure and the headstone?

How will Elena cope with losing Jeremy?

What will happen with Silas?

Is there still hope for any of our remaining couples Stebekah, Delena and Klaroline?

Will Silas be affected with the hunter's curse?

Will any of the main characters be cured of vampirism?

I cannot wait to find out! Comment below if you have any theories.

-Avalon

Modern Family 'Heart Broken"

      
This week's episode was really funny. One of the best in a while. I am in a rush due to Valentine's Day, but I wanted to share a couple of the funniest lines:

"I can make any kind of knot. It's like I have a sailor in my mouth." -Phil

"He's being a real Pritchett." -Gloria

"Sometimes when we're sround them, we feel a little guilty for having found each other...like we're waving our love in their faces." -Cam

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

-Avalon

The Bachelor "Week 6"

   
     Finally Tierra is gone! Thought it might never happen, but Sean got some sense and sent her on her way. Something that has puzzled me with Sean and Tierra, is that she hasn't necessarily been the front runner, sure Sean likes her and gave her the first impression rose, but she hadn't even had a one on one date until this week. And Sean heard from every girl he asked that Tierra was Tierrable and even saw a lot of her craziness first hand, yet he kept her around. In comparison to Ben and Courtney, Ben never saw Courtney acting crazy, she was confident and fun around him and she was the clear front runner. So it made sense why he would be deceived. But either way I'm glad Sean isn't going to end up with Tierra and I'm ready for the show to be about something other than Tierrarism.
      Tierra, Lesley and Ashley got one on one dates this week, and Catherine, Lindsey and Desiree went on  group date. Seems like he gave one on ones to the girls he isn't as sure about. I won't get into all of the details, but I will say that I felt bad for Lesley. I really liked her, and I could tell she really wanted things to work with Sean, but it was so forced and awkward. Lindsey got the rose on the group date.
      Sean's sister came to visit and talk some sense into him about Tierra. Sean wanted to have Tierra meet his sister, but when he went to get Tierra he walked into turmoil. Ashlee and Tierra had just gotten into a fight. Tierra doesn't ever have a reasonable argument in these situations, despite how smart she always says she is. She just went off about how big her heart is, how she can't control her facial expressions because she hasn't had Botox, and how no one can take away her sparkle! Ok then... At least that part was funny. So after her final meltdown Sean told her it would be best for her to go home. Hallelujah!
      At the rose ceremony I thought Ashlee might go home after "throwing Tierra under the bus", but Leslie was the one to go. She was sad, but oddly, Catherine seemed more upset that Lesley did. She said that if Sean doesn't want to be with Lesley, who he has the most in common with, then she questions everything. Weird. Does that mean that Catherine doesn't feel that Sean is the right fit for her? I hope not, she is my favorite. But really I like everyone that is left. I predict that Ashlee will be the next to go.

-Avalon

Grey's Anatomy

I love Grey's but for some reason both last week's and this week's episode are all choppy and the sound and video keep cutting in and out... I will try to watch them and post soon but if not we will just pick up next week with my post.

Sorry!

-Meg

Scandal “Nobody Likes Babies”

So Pope Associate’s is trying to figure out who tried to kill the President. It wasn’t Hollis and Olivia figures out it was Verna. They know that David has the memory card that proves the election was rigged. Abby steps up and steals it from him after sleeping with him. Cyrus comes clean to his partner about it all but is could be a bad thing because he says he has been indicted and will tell the truth so what does Cyrus do, send someone to kill him. In the end Cyrus does the right thing and tells the shooter not to kill him, which was a good call because he doesn’t tell the truth in court anyway.

The episode ends with Verna’s funeral and it shows her telling Fitz the truth about the rigging. He in turn kills her so she won’t tell David. He then tells Olivia not to wait for him and go with Edison, which is a little late for that advice because she already broke it off with Edison.

The quote I loved from the episode was when Olivia was breaking up with Edison:

Olivia: I don't want normal, and easy, and simple. I want..
Edison: What? What do you want, Olivia?
Olivia: I want painful, difficult, devastating, life-changing, extraordinary love. Don't you want that, too?
Edison: Love is not supposed to be painful or devastating. Love isn't supposed to hurt, Liv.

I love that because her mind is so messed up from being with Fitz that I think she really thinks she deserves to be second choice and a secret. I love Edison for loving her enough to tell her she deserves more. She shouldn’t be in pain or sad and if she is then that isn’t love. The episode ends with Fitz kissing Mellie and telling her it is him and her no one else...