the week so far:

lets start with lost, because OMG IT'S SO GOOD:

this show is screwing with me. and i love EVERY BIT of it.

jack, kate, hurley, sayid, sun, and ben are all back on the island. but only sun & ben (and pilot frank!) have landed in the present. the others are in 1977 with sawyer & crew. why did they split? i have no idea. i'm sure we'll find out soon enough. but seriously, how amazing was this episode? let me count the ways:

1. juliet delivered ETHAN ROM. scary, kidnapping ethan. and her look of masked horror when she realized how the baby was.

2. kate & sawyer are back! well, at least back in the same decade. i have a feeling it's going to be a slow journey for them to get back together (and come on, they're totally getting back together), so i will take my angsty looks and awkward waves. and hey, they're neighbors!

3. sawyers verbal SMACKDOWN with jack. i actually applauded at the end, it was so glorious. of course, everything is bound to blow up in sawyers face, but it's going to be nice while it lasts. oh, and sawyer made jack a JANITOR. way to be amazing, sawyer.

4. SUN KWON. remember in season 1 was she was just this quiet little housewife who was running away from her husband? times have changed.

5. speaking of smackdowns, anyone think kate & juliet might be having one soon? i'm guessing kate has suspected sawyer/juliet are together, because she did not look amused when juliet introduced herself. although maybe jack will woo his way back into juliets heart, with all of his charm, or whatever,

6. baby ben! with little harry potter glasses! although i can't believe that sawyer & crew have gone 3 years without figuring out ben was on the island. maybe he and his dad came in with the new recruits? because you know sawyer & juliet would have been all over baby ben.

7. jacks dad is the creepiest character on this show. scarier than ben and the smoke monster. i can't wait to find out what his deal is.

okay other shows:

gossip girl:

whatever. i'm glad this arc is over. the slutty teacher (honestly, still have no idea what her name was) and that hooker chuck was with were totally killing my gossip girl buzz. but thankfully they're gone, and the episodes coming up look like some classic gossip girl. they better not disappoint.

himym:

this week focused a lot on the lily/ted dynamic, which i love. ted finds out that lily has been behind most of his failed relationships, including robin. so he teds out, and yells at lily a lot. this all happens at 4 in the am because they promised robin they would watch her silly morning show. but they're all bickering and completely miss robin delivering a baby, saving her coworkers from a heart attack & a fire, and something crazy with animals. but in the end ted forgives lily, and forms a marriage pact with robin. which did not amuse me, but we know how it ends up, so i'm not worried.

oh, also marshall and barney were nightgowns and are precious.

american idol:

i hate country week. but i LOVE kris allen. his performance is the only one i really even remember (minus adams weird sexual indian performance, which i still don't know if i like or not). everyone else can leave. i didn't mind alexis being voted off, i thought she was bland, and tried too hard. next week is motown, which will most likely be boring. stupid american idol! why do i let you suck me in?

let's call it puzzles!

monday night tv is going to kill me one day:

gossip girl.

....

um. we're in a bit of a tiff, gossip girl. 1st of all: YALE SENDS OUT IT'S ACCEPTANCE LETTERS IN A TEXT MESSAGE?! i know the show is supposed to be all hip and about the power of mass communication, but really? the ivy league texts? i don't buy it, kids.

and dan & serena still make me want to punch somebody. 

and the new shakespeare teacher plot seems dumb, and blair is way better than trying to bring her down. and we can see her & dan's hookup coming from a MILE away. (i totes don't even remember the teachers name. let's call her juliet. because you know, SHAKESPEARE teacher. hah.) 

i did enjoy chuck/lily. they were sweet and i liked them plotting together to take down jack. and THANK YOU JESUS jack bass is gone. as hot as he was, it was time to go. although it seems like attempting rape is bass family trait. charming. 

they also get points for the gilmore girls/rory-at-yale reference. and how fabulous would a paris/blair verbal smackdown be? the world would never recover. 

How I Met Your Mother:

"dude. we should start a BAR!"

i love barney/ted time. the gang spends so much time hating on barney, it's nice to be reminded why these guys are friends. especially after last week, with ted figuring out that barney <3's>

lily/marshall continue to be adorable. i love that they tried to mature (or maTOUR, as everyone insisted on pronouncing it last night) and realized that they like being the cheesy, romantic, tradition-y couple. it's a nice dynamic to the bitterness of barney & robin. (which is why they are perfect together and need to get together ASAP PLEASE) the end with the marching band and the keg of beer and the late new years ever kiss was just so adorable and is exactly why i love this show so much. it's a funny show, but at it's core it's got a huge heart.

line of the night:

blair (of course): you're the one that got into yale? CANCEL THE NELLY YUKI PROJECT.

ps. yay OBAMA! 

you know it's a good night of tv when you dream about it afterwards:

gossip girl:

i'm calling it right now, december 9th, 2008: BART BASS IS NOT DEAD.

last weeks episode, he was in an accident. now we're at the funeral? we have no idea what kind of accident it was. i think we were supposed to assume car crash, but the PI, who was in the limo, right next to bart, is fine. josh schwartz has always shown us the death. we had caleb falling in the pool, marissa getting in the car crash. it seems too neat. there weren't any hospital visits, no elaborate crash scene, no body. i'm thinking he's faking his death. why, i have no idea. but it would be fan-freaking-tastic. 

speaking of fantastic: chuck & blair. ed westwick and leighton meester brought their A game last night. their hug on the bed was awkward and perfect, and i can't wait to see how their storyline progresses. 

how i met your mother:

YES!

so robin thinks it's hot when guys fight. so when doug, the bartender (what, you don't remember doug! he's been there the whole time!) needs ted & barney to back him up in a fight, barney jumps at the chance. but, the fight it over before it gets started, so barney decides to hit himself and ted, to convince "everyone to sleep with me again!" perfect. perfectperfectperfect. the only think that drove me crazy was how obviously barney was going after robin, and ted/marshall never said anything about it! especially after robin was so into it. i mean, she was rubbing his thigh under the table! (HOT!) i also loved the date offer, and how awkward she was about it afterwards. keep it up, himym. i like your style right now.

chuck:

i love chuck. i've said this before, but it's all i can think after it's over. last nights episode focused on sarah, and those are usually my favorite. sarah's con man daddy comes into town, and has done something bad to some arab leader. i honestly didn't understand what all was going on with that, other than they wanted to buy some building. but sarah's daddy called casey "copface" and was kind of awesome, so i hope he comes back. 

and how much do i love sarah/chuck. precious. one of my favorite tv couples right now.

LINES OF THE NIGHT:

robin: "i didn't think you had it in me...you! you had it in you!" after barney got into a "fight"

blair: i'm me and you're you. we're chuck & blair. blair & chuck. the worst thing you've ever done, the darkest thought you've ever had. i will stand by you through anything. 

chuck: and why would you do that?

blair: because. i love you.

chuck: well, thats too bad.

LOVE IT.

house & fringe tonight!

playing catch up

gossip girl:

i was so disappointed. blair/chuck were in the episode for about 5 minutes, and dan/serena/boy who needs a bath took the WHOLE EPISODE WITH THEIR BORING DRAMA OMG. and aarons skanky ex can go away at anytime. honestly, if this show turned into the chuck/blair show with occasional apperances by lily/rufus/nate, i would be a happy girl. but next week looks amazing, with bass sr dying. 

chuck:

i love this show so much. this week was not it's best, though. casey's backstory was boring, but i enjoyed casey/chuck time. the sarah/chuck moments were adorable and if they do not get together this year i will be devestated. i also love the brother/sister love between ellie/chuck. i hope he is able to find their dad for her, and i think it will be a good storyline.

how i met your mother:

it was a rerun. but it was one of my favorite episodes EVER, the bracket. funnyfunny stuff and hot barney/robin action!

house:

this show is new to me this year, because i've been working on tuesdays. but i'm loving it, and i'm going to catch up on dvds over christmas. but from what ive seen, house is one of the most interesting characters on TV right now. i'll talk more about it after i watch the first few season and get more of his backstory. but house/cuddy are fascinating together. i can't wait to catch up!

and hugh laurie has pretty pretty eyes. wow.

fringe:

i need to pay more attention to this show. i just started watching it because joshua jackson is pretty. but it's finally starting to come together and get really interesting. but i'm kind of lost, so i need to rewatch. 

friday night lights:

it's downloading right now.

LOST:

about a month until it comes back and abc has released a sneak peek and a gorgeous promo poster:

hi boyfriend!sawyer! look at you all pretty in the center. and kate/sawyer are obviously meant for each other because they're totes together on the couch and all pretty by each other.

i really hope kate gets more of a storyline this year, instead of being bounced around between jack & sawyer. other than the obvious reason of kate/sawyer being superior to kate/jack, she started out as a bad ass criminal, and is now boring and strictly used to for romantic tension. but this clip is looking like they're getting back towards the badass kate. and BEN totally sent the lawyers to kate.

LOST I MISS YOU COME BACK ASAP PLEASE.