Though it was over a month ago, I can't help thinking about the array of season finales that I saw this year. Nearly all of them ended cheerfully.
One Tree Hill's season was rumored to end with Peyton pulling a Padme and dying during childbirth. OTH surprised viewers with not only Peyton living, but the baby living, and Peyton, Lucas and baby girl, Sawyer Brooke, driving away into the distance in their newly fixed up Comet. Now I, for one, am overjoyed that the new bride will live to see another day. Also, that Brooke finally opened up her heart and let Julian in by showing up on the set of his movie and proclaiming her love. Chase told Mia he would wait for her and Nathan made the NBA and Haley really didn't have much of a story line to resolve at that point in time. So, all's good!
The main delirious thing about Gossip Girl's finale that had me squealing with delight was Chuck and Blair getting together, FINALLY! It was an epic afternoon that Blair was walking home to find chuck leaning against his limo, outside her apartment. With him he had many gifts including chocolate truffles and foreign pantyhose. After an entire season of waiting, Chuck told Blair "I love you."
The two kissed and Blair said, "Say it two times," Chuck kissed her again. "Seriously."
Chuck said, "I love you."
He kissed her again.
"I love you."
Kiss.
"I love you."
Kiss .
"I love you."
Kiss. And so on.
The fifth season of The Office ended with a volleyball game in which Pam was a star. Unfortunatley, Pam sprains her ankle and Corporate demands Jim take her to the hospitol. At the hospitol, the doctor tell Pam she's pregnant. There is a heartfelt embrace shared between Jim and Pam, that brought the biggest smile to my face, you couldn't imagine. Then I thought, Oh, wait a minute, they're not married yet....WHATEVER! YAY!
Unfortunatley, Grey's Anatomy was not all that cheerful. The possibility that either George or Izzie dies is depressing to say the least. Clearly though, if you live in the real world, you know that T.R. Knight will be leaving the show (for reasons unclear to anyone) and Kathrine Heigl will not. But in all honesty, being run over by a bus and turned into a blob is really not something you can come back from. Bummer.
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Friday, September 5, 2008
Gossip Girl Season Premiere
On September 1st we were greeted once again by a favorite guilty pleasure, Gossip Girl.
The voice of Kirsten Bell returned with tons of juicy scandals. What with Dan playing the field, Nate doing the dirty with a married woman, and Blair's new boyfriend sporting a particular heart-shaped pin on his sleeve. Jenny however has taken a break from the dating life. She's decided to focus more on her sewing where she has an internship with a top designer. J Humphrey even patched things up with Eric. Together, they attended "The White Party (sponsored by Vitamin Water)" to which, Jenny wore a dress she designed. It was a hit!
Fortunately, Serena and Dan made up as well and are happily back together. Unfortunatley, Blair and Chuck are not, due to Chuck not being able to say those three short words. He got out the first one "I...I-I..." Some how his lips just couldn't form the words"love you." Dumbass. (Plus his hair looked terribble!)
The voice of Kirsten Bell returned with tons of juicy scandals. What with Dan playing the field, Nate doing the dirty with a married woman, and Blair's new boyfriend sporting a particular heart-shaped pin on his sleeve. Jenny however has taken a break from the dating life. She's decided to focus more on her sewing where she has an internship with a top designer. J Humphrey even patched things up with Eric. Together, they attended "The White Party (sponsored by Vitamin Water)" to which, Jenny wore a dress she designed. It was a hit!
Fortunately, Serena and Dan made up as well and are happily back together. Unfortunatley, Blair and Chuck are not, due to Chuck not being able to say those three short words. He got out the first one "I...I-I..." Some how his lips just couldn't form the words"love you." Dumbass. (Plus his hair looked terribble!)
Thursday, June 26, 2008
It's Not What It Seems
The shows like One Tree Hill and The O.C. are entertaining for sure. But once in a while you have to ask yourself, why is lucas scott playing ball at the river court rather in a calculus class at Tree Hill high? Why is Seth Cohen playing Halo instead of learning how to conjugate spanish verbs? The answer is yet to be found.
The characters in Friends spend their days drinking coffee, hanging out, and (50% of them) shoe shopping. Shouldn't Ross be discovering dinosaur species, Joey acting, Monica cooking, Chandler doing whatever he does, and Phoeboe messaging strangers?-Which, by the way, couldnt possibly pay enough for her to live the life she does. Rachel is at work so little that I dont even know what she does. something at Bloomingdales/ Ralph Lauren, of course. But what?
In Will & Grace, Will is supposed to be a fairly successful lawyer. But the funny thing is, he rarley works. When he does, he seems to only have one client at a time. For example, Harlin Polk, the southern-talking, loud, bazillionare. Or, Stuart Lamarack, another bazillionare who became Jack's "long term" boyfriend. At the time will was handling these clients, he wasn't working for anyone else. If we took this further, we could say that will didnt have any other clients that we were aware of. Very unrealistic.
Television can be decieving. It more likley is than isn't. There always is a desire we have when watching a juicy episode of Gossip Girl, that life might actually be that way. That perhaps we can go have breakfast at Lukes Diner before school and not be terribly late. I would like a little less false hope from the television producers and a little more realism. Now, I'm definatley not talking about reality TV (because the last thing we need is more of that.) But come on, Lucas should put the basketball down and take out a peice of paper and pencil and do what a normal person does on a weekday.
The characters in Friends spend their days drinking coffee, hanging out, and (50% of them) shoe shopping. Shouldn't Ross be discovering dinosaur species, Joey acting, Monica cooking, Chandler doing whatever he does, and Phoeboe messaging strangers?-Which, by the way, couldnt possibly pay enough for her to live the life she does. Rachel is at work so little that I dont even know what she does. something at Bloomingdales/ Ralph Lauren, of course. But what?
In Will & Grace, Will is supposed to be a fairly successful lawyer. But the funny thing is, he rarley works. When he does, he seems to only have one client at a time. For example, Harlin Polk, the southern-talking, loud, bazillionare. Or, Stuart Lamarack, another bazillionare who became Jack's "long term" boyfriend. At the time will was handling these clients, he wasn't working for anyone else. If we took this further, we could say that will didnt have any other clients that we were aware of. Very unrealistic.
Television can be decieving. It more likley is than isn't. There always is a desire we have when watching a juicy episode of Gossip Girl, that life might actually be that way. That perhaps we can go have breakfast at Lukes Diner before school and not be terribly late. I would like a little less false hope from the television producers and a little more realism. Now, I'm definatley not talking about reality TV (because the last thing we need is more of that.) But come on, Lucas should put the basketball down and take out a peice of paper and pencil and do what a normal person does on a weekday.
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