TV Rewind
AJ Star
Welcome to TV Rewind, my weekly television recapitulations. Here you will find episode summaries and status markers for various different television series. The shows will change with each issue to cover the juiciest storylines.
With the help of my trusty DVR and the interwebs, I do my best to watch a wide variety of shows so that you don’t have to. Because, let’s face it, not a lot of people devote more time to watching television than they do to sleep. But I’m not a lot of people.
So whether you missed an episode and don’t have time to catch up or you just want to know what your friends are talking about, TV Rewind is here to help. New issues premiere every Friday morning.
Issue #14, 28 September – 4 October 2008
This week: the Walkers prove even rich families can be dysfunctional on Brothers & Sisters, Tim Kring recycles powers on Heroes, Greek’s Casey Cartwright has a soul and Franny doesn’t, and the ladies of Lipstick Jungle make me feel like a natural woman. Check it out after the jump!
Issue #13, 21 – 27 September 2008
This week: John Connor acts a fool on The Sarah Connor Chronicles, the Heroes’ cheerleader gets her brain licked, Audrina and Lo refrain from killing each other on this week’s episode of The Hills, and the Lipstick Jungle ladies prove funerals can be funny.
Issue #12, 14 – 20 September 2008
This week: The Closer gives me approximately 5,000 heart attacks; The Hills girls remain vapid and hilarious; Making the Band 4 leaves New York (finally); and Fringe gives birth to a 75-year-old man. Details after the jump.
Issue #11, 17 - 23 August 2008
Show: The Hills
Episode: “We’ll Never Be Friends” (4×01)
You Can Watch It: Mondays at 10pm on MTV
During the fourth season premiere of MTV’s not-so-real reality series The Hills (YES! It’s back!), we learned a lot. First, we learned that Lauren still has the worst dating skills in the history of pretty young blondes when she ditched her hunky former prom date Whatshisface to play mediator to Lo and Audrina at the pool birthday party the blondes threw for their brunette roomie. Hello! You admitted that you haven’t had a relationship last longer than one date since Heidi and Spencer set you up with someone. That should be a clue. Maybe she’ll make more of an effort to give the cameras some romantic drama to document instead of just cat fights. Then we learned that Lo is not just a bitch, she’s psychotic. Continue reading »
Issue # 10, 10 – 16 August 2008
Show: In Plain Sight
Episode: “Stan By Me” (1×11)
You Can Watch It: On ips.usanetwork.com because the season has ended.
This week on In Plain Sight , the writers decided to give everyone a heart condition by making sure that there was not a second during which this show was airing that any loyal viewer could breathe. The silver lining, however, was that we got a ton of answers about the whole Brandi’s suitcase of meth storyline. While on her way to work, Mary notices that she’s being followed and she easily looses her tail, but not before spotting her mother walking down an Albuquerque street dressed like a hooker. Continue reading »
Issue # 9, 3 – 9 August 2008
Show: The Closer
Episode: “Live Wire” (4×04)
You Can Watch It: Mondays at 9pm on TNT
This week on The Closer , Brenda and Priority Homicide take over a case involving an unidentified man who has been shot in an alley while wearing a wire. Obviously, not so good for the unidentified man or his family, and seeing as how the victim was discovered by Brenda’s favorite LA Times reporter, Ricardo Ramos (see “Controlled Burn” 4×01), not so good for Brenda either. After spending much of the start of their investigation trying to figure out if the victim was an informant for one of the various law enforcement branches working in Los Angeles, Brenda and the rest of PHD discover that the guy was a real estate agent who got fired and turned to selling drugs to make money for his family. How…noble? Unfortunately, while trying to figure out who the victim was and because she discussed the case at home with her FBI-employed fiancé, Special Agent Fritz Howard, the FBI took a special interest in the case. Continue reading »
Issue # 8, 27 July – 2 August 2008
Show: Brooke Knows Best
Episode: “House Party” (1×03)
You Can Watch It: Sundays at 10pm on VH1
The rest of the television world came crashing down this week because of VH1’s Brooke Knows Best . After I watched this spectacle, my whole body—knowing that I would not be able to sustain anymore blows—went into full shutdown mode and I could not watch anything else besides Law & Order reruns. Oh, yeah, it was that bad (I’m sure after this week I will have made a full recovery and will be able to watch everything because of my dearly loved DVR). This week’s episode, in addition to nearly destroying my faith in the entire entertainment industry, proved that there is no doubt that the budget for Brooke Knows Best includes a writing staff. Brooke, Glenn, and new roomie Ashley decided it was time to throw a housewarming party for themselves. I mean, they’re young, beautiful, and have the most expensive penthouse in the tri-county area, so why not? Obviously, the first step is to show a montage of the brilliant trio buying party supplies. After a near fall-out between Brooke and Ashley-and-Glenn about the age-appropriateness of many party favors, the colors of pink and white were chosen at last. The second step was to find a cute stranger on the beach for Brooke to invite to the party to be her unknowing date. The trio landed a seemingly normal-looking kite surfer. The last step was to make sure that there was to be some sort of disaster guaranteed to take place during the party—not before, not after, during. Continue reading »
Issue # 7, 20 – 26 July 2008
Show: Brooke Knows Best
Episode: “Best Roommate Ever” (1×02)
You Can Watch It: Sundays at 10pm on VH1
This week on Brooke Knows Best, we learned that the show should have been called “Brooke Knows How to Make an Ass of Herself on National Television.” Glenn and Brooke were still hot on the trail looking for a third roommate. The pair, feeling desperate, decided to create hand-drawn posters and plaster all of the Miami hot spots they could think of with their ad for a roommate to which, of course, no “freaks” need apply. They went to all of the gyms and dance studios they could think of, and the amalgam of responders they received for their efforts proved to be not worth their time. Continue reading »
Issue # 6, 13-19 July 2008
Show: Brooke Knows Best
Episode: “Movin’ In” (1×01)
You Can Watch It: Sundays at 10pm on VH1
If anyone was going to press a young star into doing a reality show at the most inappropriate, awkward time possible, it would be VH1. Brooke Hogan, having just come off a hiatus from taping her life for the past four years as part of the VH1 series Hogan Knows Best that chronicled the lives of all her family members, now has a spin-off all about herself. Brooke Knows Best premiered this week, and while this seems to be the worst possible time for Brooke to be prancing around flaunting all of her now-legal goodies and promoting her sophomore album, the show must go on. Continue reading »
Issue # 5, 6-12 July 2008
Show: Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Episode: “Kissinger” (7×15)
You Can Watch It: Sundays at 9pm on USA
This week’s episode of CI encapsulated one of my worst nightmares: baby Einsteins. Three-year-olds taking Chinese language classes. Parents paying higher tuition for one year of preschool than all four years of college. The vomit on the bib—that’d be mine. Goren and Eames investigated the murders of several parents; all with children applying for admission to the same prestigious preschool (why is there such a thing?) Well, this “gateway to the Ivy Leagues” turned out to be more like a gateway to hell. Between the pressure of ensuring a youngster’s future and the demands of a beyond neurotic mother-in-law, one stay-at-home rich wife decided to take things into her own hands by targeting parents who were seemingly keeping her toddler from getting into Harvard. Continue reading »
February 2009
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