Issue #19, 2 – 8 November 2008

Posted by AJ in Entertainment and Pop Culture TV Rewind.

This week: some of the Rock of Love girls resort to fisticuffs on Charm School and no one is surprised; John Connor gets sloppy with security on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles; The Big Bang Theory’s most socially-awkward nerd gets a girlfriend; and McCoy and Cutter respectfully disagree about a case on Law & Order.

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Show: Rock of Love: Charm School
Episode: “Every Little Thing She Does is Tragic” (2×04)
You Can Watch It: Sundays at 9pm on VH1

The commandment for this week was, “Thou shalt be takin’ care of business.”  Sharon brought in Miles Copeland, one-time manager for The Police, to teach the girls about the music industry as a business.  The girls were divided into two teams and challenged to put together a band and a showcase in 24 hours.  During auditions, it became clear that Brandi C.’s team focused on getting “hot” people while Destiney’s team went for talent.  In the end, while the camel toe of Brandi C.’s lead singer distracted the judges, Destiney’s team won because they put together a better overall package.  You know, despite Lacey’s attempts to control everything.  In drama news, Megan and Brandi C. attempted to oust Brandi M. by making it look like Brandi M. was mean to Team Brandi C.’s camel-toe-loving lead singer Maura.  Not surprisingly, Megan kicked Brandi M. in the crotch and was expelled from Charm School because Sharon does not stand for physical violence.  Brandi C., through her ridiculously labored sobs, managed to get out threats to leave with Megan because everyone else is too stupid and annoying for her to handle without her BFF.  Sharon, sadly, convinced her to stay.

Conclusions:
Brandi C. should invest in some waterproof mascara.  Like, yesterday.

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Show: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Episode: “Brothers of Nablus” (2×07)
You Can Watch It: Mondays at 8pm on Fox

The Baum house (current fake name for the Connors) got ransacked on this week’s TSCC.  All of their diamonds, money, credit cards, and fabricated identification documents were stolen.  And so was Cameron’s leather jacket (dun dun DUN!).  Derek was still over at his secret boo’s hotel room, but he quickly ditched mole-face to join Sarah and Cameron on the hunt.  John was left to do the clean-up and grocery shopping because it was essentially his fault they were robbed (girlfriend Riley didn’t reset the alarm before she snuck out!).  Cromartie took Cameron’s half-way house buddy on a ride to find her.  Riley redeemed herself a little bit by tricking Cromartie into leaving their house before he found John.  Ellison discovered that there’s a terminator out there with his face on it (literally) and Catherine Weaver helped him escape a murder charge for it by killing a detective and talking the eye witness into thinking he was crazy.  Cameron and Sarah finally tracked down the idiots who robbed their house, and Cameron executed the majority of the perpetrators.  And because Sarah has a soul and couldn’t or wouldn’t kill that fourth boy in the bowling alley, Cromartie is going to know where they live now.

Conclusions:
John gots to get his libido in check!  And Sarah needs to learn how to tie up loose ends aka kill witnesses.

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Show: The Big Bang Theory
Episode: “The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem” (2×06)
You Can Watch It: Mondays at 8pm on CBS

After giving an introduction to the science department to the new graduate students, Sheldon found out he had an admirer named Ramona Nowitzki.  Ramona became a fixture at Sheldon’s side after being welcomed into Sheldon and Leonard’s humble abode by bringing him Thai food.  She stroked his ego and urged him to use his brain for only furthering the progression of science, which translated into no Wednesday night Halo parties, no comic book reading, and no Saturday paintball.  It didn’t take too long for Sheldon to reach his limit, but it did take longer than humanly possible for him to realize he was in, and I quote, “some sort of relationship.”  Sheldon attempted to avoid Ramona by asking Penny for sanctuary, which he was denied.  It wasn’t until Ramona asked to be given credit for helping Sheldon prove the theory he was working on that Sheldon finally kicked her to the curb.  But, by the end of the episode, another admirer emerged, Sheldon was enticed into socializing with her by the promise of free food, and the vicious cycle began all over again.  In the meantime, we learned that the other guys had each come up with theories about Sheldon’s possible ways of reproducing since no one thought he would or could ever have a girlfriend.

Conclusions:
Leonard’s theory about mitosis and eating too much Thai food was the best and the least disturbing.

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Show: Law & Order
Episode: “Rumble” (19×01)
You Can Watch It: Wednesdays at 10pm on NBC

This week, the nineteenth season of Law & Order opened up with a bang.  Well, actually with a brawl.  A construction worker beat a stockbroker to death during a Fight-Club-esque street match, during which the stockbroker tapped out.  Cutter and Rubirosa pleasd the guy out to criminally negligent homicide right before Lupo discovered damning evidence that could have gotten them a conviction on a more serious charge.  The victim’s brother and pals decided to take justice into their own hands by organizing a gigantic stockbroker and FDNY versus construction worker riot in the middle of a park.  Innocent people were killed, and a boy watched his father get bludgeoned to death.  McCoy, angry at the fact that Cutter and Rubirosa made his office look foolish, found a law to stretch to fit the crime and charged everyone involved as terrorists.  Lupo got sassy with McCoy because he used to hunt terrorists for a living and didn’t want his resume used to prove a case.  Before the jury could say “hung,” Cutter made puppy-dog eyes until McCoy okayed a plea with the defendants to avoid the terrorism charge, which carries a mandatory life sentence for all.  Most of them got 10 years.

Conclusions:
Lupo should get McCoy an Edible Arrangement and remember to check high school yearbooks before the ADAs make deals with guilty perps.

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