Here is what TV.com had to say about this episode:
"Dexter knows it's only a matter of time before the Trinity Killer's latest handiwork is discovered by Miami Metro. He has to work doubly hard to stay one step ahead of their investigation. Debra is shut out from her own case. She considers risking her career and bending the rules in the name of justice. LaGuerta and Batista realize that by playing by the rules they may have painted themselves into a corner. Dexter gleans relationship advice from a most unlikely source when the friction between Rita and Dexter comes to a head."
First of all, I'd like to begin by letting everyone know just how disturbed I am by seeing a naked John Lithgow. Not a pleasant sight. I'm almost laughing on the inside, really.
It's interesting to note that throughout this episode, Dexter continues to see parts of himself in "The Trinity Killer" (Arthur Mitchell as played by John Lithgow).
Since the season began, baby already haven been born, Dexter and Rita marital problems have only grown. In the last episode, Rita finally finds out that Dexter never rid himself of his old apartment. As usual, Dexter's people skills only worsen the situation.
In comes family therapy. Dexter admits that he hasn't a clue on how to communicate with Rita. This leads Dexter to look for answers. Back to Arthur Mitchel AKA: The Trinity Killer. Since Dexter is seeing so much of himself in Arthur, Dex decides to find some life's lessons from Arthur's own life; Managing his serial killings and his model family. Of course, this splits Dexter's focus. Family vs hunting down The Trinity Killer.
Answer: "Two birds with one stone". At least that's how I see it. In following and studying Arthur Mitchell for the inevitable chopping table, Dexter is learning the tricks of the trade. Since season 1 of Dexter, we've always known that he sees himself as mimicking life and emotions. But is learning from The Trinity Killer another lesson in imitation? Who knows. Dexter freely admits that he cannot see his life without Rita and the kids.
Back to Miami PD. La Guerta and Batista are facing transfer due to their "official" relationship statement. How to resolve. Career or relationship first. Well, the resolve on this is somewhat sad, but the obvious development if we're to keep all of our regular or favorite characters. Career before relationship. I never really was one for office romance anyway. It never ends good. At least, in this episode both La Guerta and Batista go their own ways without creating a hostile work environment.
Dexter is still on the prowl. Finding clue after clue; Pushing Arthur's buttons for a reaction. If Dexter only had a hammer? Well, it would seem that in the end The Trinity Killer gives Dexter his very own "starter kit", hammer included.
I rather liked this episode. I always like all or most Dexter episodes. I'm sure that next week we will be met with yet another suspenseful episode. And for those of us that are caught up with the slogan "Dexter: America's most likable serial-killer", we just can't wait to see Arthur Mitchell on Dexter's chopping block... errrr I mean table.
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Another Friday is upon is. This means that more of my favorite (favourite to my UK friends) shows will be airing.
Tonight we will have the following shows that I will be watching and reviewing. Keep in mind that I only watch and review the shows I can find broadcast in HDTV 720p or 1080p.
All Content to follow post-airing & enjoyed watching. ;)
*My favorite pick for the night:
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Smallville Season 9 episode 6: #Title
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Dollhouse Season 2 episode X: #TItle
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Our much awaited BSG movie has released, and audiences everywhere must be excited. I must warn you though, that this review contains MAJOR SPOILERS, so if you have not seen this movie yet, please go no further.
I was anxious and excited at receiving my promotional BluRay preview copy. I'll start off first with saying that BSG fans everywhere will not be disappointed. The movie addressed many unresolved questions. It also met every expectation I had for an endeavor of this nature. The first movie based from Battlestar Galactica, was of course, "Razor". Yet another BSG movie that I was very satisfied with.
Our opening scene:
10 months after the attack on the Colonies. Two human form cylons, John Cavil (played by Dean Stockwell), are being escorted to an air lock to be jettison off the Galactica. A familiar scene for all of us who saw the episode where Starbuck re-unites Caprica's survivors with the rest of the fleet, including a second Cavil. Before they can be thrown out the air-lock, one speaks to the other. There final words before being jettison (we don't see thiis), "We failed... our greatest error... killing the humans...." This is where we go back "10 months earlier". Here we are thrown into a ressurrection ship with the "Final 5" in stasis, or a resurrection tub-thingy. This is where our "Plan" begins. In part, I don't want to give away the actual "Plan", cylon Cavil and Cavil want to teach their parents a lesson and send them to the colonies to experience a mortal existance. In this, their children (human form cylons) will have humbled their parents. Once again, I am not revealing the "Plan", at least not completely. I told you there would be major spoilers.
Suddenly we're back to the colonies, observing the final 5 in their every day lives. In at least one SyFy released preview (Comic Con 2009) it is revealed that Cavil is traveling with Ellen, and takes her to an infirmary headed towards an outgoing vessel. No one can forget the memorable moment when Ellen is returned to her husband, Colonel Ty. Commander Adama, President Rosalind and Lee Adama are suddenly suspicious she might be a cylon. I mean, come on. All these months without so much as a peep that she is out and about any of the colonial vessels until that moment. Her story: She was saved by someone, taken to a hospital, and then he left. The small holes in this story are filled in for us. This is nothing new. SyFy told us as much in their Comic Con 2009 trailer.
Being a movie, and not an *HDTV (I will always reference TV as HDTV here since all of my reviews are for 720p shows), we see partial nudity, mostly female above the waist, and some male below the waist. Sex and booze. LOL. We get some of that here and there. More so than we'd see on television.
The actual events of the invasion on the colonies are spelled out for us, colony by colony. The locations and activities of the final 5 during the attack is shown to us, making for good back ground information. Along with this, we are shown the strategic locations of several different cylon models during the attack on the colonies. My gods. They're everywhere, it seems. Even in locations we thought were cylon free. Interesting to see, and puts certain things into perspective. I'll let you figure that out for yourselves when you get around to watching it, if you haven't already. Remember, I have a link to my "non-spoiler" blog entry for this movie.
For us guys, and some girls I'm sure, the parts that make this movie worth watching is the graphic battles, explosions, cities burning as well as the human spirit rising above this devastation. Just as we all would expect, there is a lot of this; orbital bombardment, nuclear explosions with their mushroom clouds. Also, Something that we see/hear more of, is the voice of the hybrid, enigmatically narrating; At least in the beginning.
"All this has happened before." Who can forget these words from the BSG episodes, and "Razor" the movie. I'm adding this line here, because I like it, and can't seem to fit it in anywhere else in this entry.
In order for this movie to make sense, and tie into the Battlestar 2004 series, we have to revisit many of the scenes from the series itself. Not so many that it doesn't make for an original and independent movie. It certainly is not a cut-and-paste of the mini-series with just a couple of added scenes here and there.
One of the biggest mysteries we expect to be unraveled is a question from season 1 episode 1: "33 minutes" I think one of the Galactica crew members says, "Why 33 minutes? Why not 30, or 35?" This is never really explained, however SyFy's Comic Con 2009 trailer hints that there will be an explanation.
While trying to explain the "33 minutes" cylon attack, Cavil speaks to a moribund Ellen and calls her his mother. Speaking of "father" Sam, Mother "Tori", father"Saul" et. al. and partially explaining "The Plan". Interestingly, Ellen appears to understand all of this at some level, although she is still very disoriented from having been caught in an explosion earlier in the show.
An underlying thread that we constantly see, is a cylon nation that is much more fragile than we have been lead to believe. At each campaign, each battle each stand off, we are shown how close to defeat the cylons actually are. We see the other side of things as experienced by the cylons. Some are conflicted, others close to leaving their brothers and sisters and attempting to live a human existence. As we know, Cavil is the only model who knows who the final 5 are. Because of this, only he knows the complete "Plan". The other models are still trying to piece together this plan of Cavil's.
We see a human side to many individual cylon models hidden through out the colonial fleet. In fact, some are not willing to follow through Cavil's orders of sabotage, kamikaze runs or any acts that might otherwise cripple the fleet. An unexpected twist really. It's during these moments, that we see a more vulnerable human side of our toaster friends. Even Cavil, of all people... errrrr... I mean cylons, shows us a human side for just a small moment. It's a moment where he sacrifices his own food ration to feed an unwanted child. Actually, he continues to bond with this child, up until the point that he kills him. I believe this to be a symbolic token for Cavil in finally ridding himself of any human resemblence.
Throught the movie, we see the true lack of cohesion within the cylon nation, and the efforts of one model (the number 1 AKA Cavil) constantly manipulating all the other models to his "plan". A plan that seems obvious, but continues to get more and more complicated as we go on.
Don't get me wrong. We know through SyFy that the "Plan" is about viewing the Battlestar Galactica story through the eyes of the cylons, and the inevitable choices Cavil and the rest make in an attempt to complete their genocide of the human race. This is a given. But the key elements of this plan, are in constant flux.
In the end, we're right back where we started, 281 days after the desctruction of the colonies, and aboard the Galactica. Cavil and Cavil rejoined at the air lock.
All in all, I was quite satisfied. There were several new scenes with some of the characters. However, the characters we don't see in new scenes, and to much disappointment, are the characters of Lee Adama and of course the Deanna model. I understand that Lucy Lawless was ever only a special appearance, but Jamie Bamber as Apollo shuld've been there. Actually, I think there is only one scene with Jamie Bamber, and it is a re-visit from the original mini-series.
I recommend the movie. I think all Battlestar Galactica fans will be happy with this. There is after all, only so many un answered questions that can be addressed in 2 hours. So for those of us that like a good mystery, rest assured. We still have many questions that don't need to be answered. Too much information just kills a story line in my opinion.
Another Friday is upon is. This means that more of my favorite (favourite to my UK friends) shows will be airing. By far, Sunday evening brings my favorite show: ShowTime's DEXTER.
Tonight we will have the following shows that I will be watching and reviewing. Keep in mind that I only watch and review the shows I can find broadcast in HDTV 720p or 1080p.
*My favorite pick for the night:
Stargate Universe Season 01 Ep. 03: Air (3)
Keep in mind, that last week, we saw Air (1) Air (2) back to back. It's time to resolve the first and biggest problem that the new Stargate expedition faces. Resolving their problem of running out of air aboard the latest Ancient vessel: "Destiny".
Here is how TV.com summarizes the episode: Lt. Scott and Dr. Rush travel to a desert planet to locate a mineral essential to Destiny's life support system.
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Smallville Season 9 episode 3: Rabid
Here is the skeleton of the episode as summarized byTV.com Zod releases a virus that transforms humans into zombies throughout Metropolis, with the only cure being found in the blood of a Kryptonian. When Lois is infected, Clark is forced to choose between using his own blood to create an antidote, which would reveal his presence to Zod, and doing nothing.
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Dollhouse Season 2 episode 3: Belle Chose
Here is the skeleton as summarized byTV.com At the request of a Dollhouse shareholder, Victor is imprinted with the mind of the man's nephew. The man's unstable, psychotic, homicidal nephew.
Now, just as Ballard is starting to adjust to his new role, he must call upon all of his FBI training when Victor escapes the Dollhouse to wander the streets with a killer in his head.
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Episode summary as written by TV.com: While desperately searching for Ashley, who remains in the hands of the Cabal, the Sanctuary team encounter a con artist named Kate Freelander. After her relationship with the Cabal went sour she gives Helen the location of a secret Cabal facility that may lead them to her Ashley..
To be honest, I was very much looking forward to this episode. As we all remember, Season 1's finale left us all at the tip of our chairs begging for resolution, but being left with anticipation. This is a good sign that the writers of the show know what they're doing. It's pure strategy that captivates the audience. I really rather look forward to it. Funny that, eh.
Amanda Tapping was nothing short of exceptional in her role as Doctor Helen Magnus. We saw a part of Dr. Magnus that we had not previously seen. During an interrogation she performs, Dr. Magnus walks the fine line of searching for answers vs. seeking retribution over the unknown whereabouts of her daughter, Ashley Magnus.
The plot gets better. At the end of last season, we are introduced to the secrets of Dr. Magnus longevity. Pure vampire blood. It also happens to be the source of John Druitt's powers (AKA John the Ripper).
That Ashley disappearance and that these two powerful individuals (Dr. Magnus & John Druitt)are her parents, is no coincidence. Ashley's sudden disappearance, along with a vial of pure vampire blood is the foundation of this episode's plot. The show seems to be gravitating towards the virtually extinct civilization that was vampirism.
This episode is a must watch. I'm very much looking forward to this week's upcoming episode, "End of Nights: Part 2"
I know I haven't mentioned much, but suffice it to say that Ashley's powers have increased dramatically. The powers even rival those of her father, John. It would seem that at this point Ashley has no control of her own conscience and has become a hybrid of human and vampire. To make things worse, the organization that is holding Ashley captive, have begun creating genetically pure (wiped memories & cell regeneration properties) to be vessels for Ashley's cloned conscience/powers.
Well, something like that anyway. It's enough for me to keep hanging in there episode to episode.
Oh, and please remember that these episodes are best seen in HDTV (720p or 1080p)
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So it's Thursday night. I'm all revved up and ready to go for my fave shows, and then just the extras. Here is a glimpse of some of the shows I'll be watching tonight.
I'm keeping it short, as obviously, I want to actually watch them.
Two weeks ago, I first heard the name, "FastForward". Being a big HDTV watcher, I went to TVRage and read the shows synopsis. I have to say, I wasn't very impressed by the plot line. Another week went by, and I began reading some posts @SyFy (SyFy.com). The show peaked my interest. So, last week I did an episode by episode catch up. There's something about a mystery that catches people's attention. And for me, a mystery in a sci-fi kinda way. So tonight, I'm looking forward to episode 3 of the series. I will return to give my opinion of the episode. In the meantime, I've placed some links here to some media content delivery services. ;)
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Sorry folks.
There really isn't much to say about "Vampire Diaries". It's pretty straight forward. This sudden trend of vampire stories has gotten a little over the top. I'm a big "True Blood" fan. From what I hear, it's supposed to be a comedic rip off of the Twilight series of books/movies. I didn't care much for Twilight either.
The first few episodes are pretty dry, and reveal the characters in a very adolescent sort of a way. It takes place in a high school. A long lost vampire who returns home after a hundred years or so, decides to enroll in the local high school to pursue a pretty face that is identical to his long lost love from his past.
Yeah. It doesn't leave much to the imagination. Plot lines are very simple and very predictable. For anyone that is a LOST fan, you'll recognize the antagonist of the story. Yet another vampire. The brother with a dark side. The character is played by the same actor that played "Boone" on LOST. At this point, I can't remember the names of the main characters (high-school sweet-heart, good vampire that doesn't drink human blood and the bad vampire brother out to tempt his brother and obtain global domination. Or something like that LOL)
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Sorry folks.
Supernatural. One simple word or title. It's quickly become one of my favorite (or favourite to my Brit friends) HDTV shows. If you've been watching Supernatural, you'll know that the series has slowly been building towards "The Apocalypse". As in The Biblicle apocalypse.
So that means end of the world kind of stuff. Any episodes past this, Michael & Satan, is almost anti-climactic. I mean, the devil is free and that's it.
What I like about this episode, is that the brothers Sam & Dean re-unite. Two weeks ago, they were free to go their own way. This week, they're back in the saddle again like a dynamic duo. Now that they're teaming up again, they're back on the road "on training wheels" meaning, that the brothers are going back to simple. Have I told you that I like simple?
The Supernatural producers have decided to go back to basics. Where do you go from Apocalyptic? Back to basics, baby. What I find really funny is that Sam is back to being Dean's kid brother, or his "b!T@H" so to say. He's portrayed as the "Skully" to Mulder, the side kick even. And just for fun, Paris Hilton is thrown in as well. It isn't one of Supernatural's best episode, but it brings us back to the series' roots; Hunting demons, omens, ghosts and demi-gods. I'm glad Supernatural is back to simple.
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Sorry folks.
I'm a simple person who enjoys his privacy, but loves to make friends. I enjoy learning and absorbing latest technologies and knowledge bases.
What I like most, is my Dog Jack; My friend, companion and family for the past 9yrs. Oh, and I can't forget... TRAVELING.
