Thursday TV

[shipperx]

Whew!  What is the law that says darn near everything must air on Thursday?

 Community -   Stop Action Episode reminded me a bit of the Farscape Looney-Toons episode.  It seemed a tad long, but I did enjoy the Christmas Pteradactyl and the bit of the final song saying the meaning of Christmas was "cookies... and liquor"    

 Big Bang Theory -  God, enough with Amy Farrah Fowler.  She's not that interesting nor very funny.  Did enjoy Raj and Wolowitz 'wrestling' to who had to be Rat Man's sidekick with the "superhero zingers' though.  Too bad the main plot sucked.  

 Fringe -  Poor, poor Olivia.  I feel like I say it every week but... poor Olivia!  I rather loved (and by that I mean my heart broke) the scene where Peter worked up to telling her about his relationship with FauxLivia. You could see her heartbreak behind her eyes even as she tried to be mature and logical about it.  That's the way to pull off that sort of thing.  She knew and acknowledged that Peter had done nothing wrong and yet...  and yet...  her heart broke.  It hurt and it was awful, and I felt so badly for her.  And, I see what you did there, Fringe with the main plot being a guy trying to resurrect a dead girl with the point being she didn't come back the same.  (And creepy ballet was CREEPY!!!!)  Very good episode.   Poor Olivia. *sniff*   

 Vampire Diaries -   I just knew that the wolf bite was going to be worse than they thought it was going to be.  Too bad the Katherine/Stefan scene was just a dream.  And I'm really liking the Caroline/Tyler bit.  Who would've guessed?   But their scenes got to me, and they did make being a werewolf look horrific. 

 Being Erica -  It was more like Being Erica's "Normal Again."  Like last year I thought that the episode was penned to work as either a season finale or a series finale.   Everyone in Erica's family, and Erica herself got happiness.  I really liked Sam asking for Erica's thoughts on Lenin what with Sam having been so angry when Erica warned Sam about Josh.  Julianne got detente with Brent.... but they're really, really going to have to work to sell Brent as straight-enough to actually be into Julianne... if they come back.  If not, I think we're supposed to 'understand' why Brent did the things he did.   Erica's trip to the Alt_past also reinforced that while Erica's parents are in a bit of limbo they're in a far, far better place with one another than they were at the beginning of the show.   Adam is, I suppose, current guy.  And it works in case they end here.  There's nothing permanent about it or objectionable, so whatever.  And Erica got to be a "Therapist in training..."  wonder who was the hand that touched her shoulder at the end... 

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[enisy.livejournal.com]

I've considered starting The Big Bang Theory, but I heard that the creators are trolling the Sheldon/Penny fandom on a regular basis, and I don't want to subject myself to that.

Vampire Diaries was great, as always. Tyler/Caroline are an unexpected little jewel of a relationship. Michael Trevino and Candice Accola both pack more acting chops than I'd expected. Ah, but I hope Rose doesn't die; I like her.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

I have to admit that the Sheldon/Penny shippers confuse me. The Sheldon/Penny friendship is fun and I can see 'shipping' that (though would Sheldon even categorize it as a friendship? Penny would. But Sheldon probably explains it as an accident of proximity). But a relationship as in romantic? Physical? With Sheldon?! How would that even work? For example, last night when Penny drops hints that Sheldon's 'friend that is a girl' does in fact have a libido and because AFF is Sheldon't "friend that is a girl" maybe, you know, some physical affection might be in order. His answer is to basically pimp Amy out.Even when he's being directly told "sex" he is so totally uninterested in it, that it doesn't appeal to him on any level whatsoever and never has. Truly, the guy basically has a big case of Asberger's. We're seeing Sheldon's idea of a 'relationship' now with Amy Farrah Fowler, and it ain't pretty. He isn't interested in being touched. He's openly recoils at the thought of sex. Penny works well as a foil for the character because she brings up the real world/regular gal POV to Sheldon's completely outside normal POV. But the thought of Sheldon in a romantic relationship with Penny? It's like the trips I take to TWOP's Big Bang Theory thread where I come away wondering, why do all the posters hate Penny so much? She's a perfectly nice, well-meaning, only occasionally snarky, ordinary girl. I love her friendship with Sheldon, but the thought of her being subjected to a romantic/sexual relationship with someone who just does not function in that way... why? I just end up feeling that it would require a wholesale change of who Sheldon. I know there are folks who ship them though. I just don't think it need be romantic and I think that's where the writers resistance comes in.

I think they've done a pretty good job with pairing Wolowitz with his girlfriend though. I've liked her addition to the show, giving Penny another girl (and a friend) to talk to who both is normal enough to understand Penny, who works with Penny, and who is geeky enough and science enough that she understands the guys. They can get rid of Amy Farrah Fowler any time they wish, though. Two Sheldons is really one too many.

...Of course Wolowitz's great bromance is Raj. I love Raj. I might even consider Raj as perhaps my favorite.

And, yes, I'm actually growing interested in a Matt/Caroline/Tyler triangle, and I never thought I'd say that!