While most of this episode focused on Alex, there’s always room to continue making Amanda look weird and obnoxious. The episode revolved primarily around Alex and Dan writing an article for the paper about practicing with the football team for a day. Dumbest idea ever. They’re writing for a high school paper, why search for such a difficult article idea when you can get away with writing a movie review? Then again, I guess that’s why these go-getters are going to be snagging up jobs from bums like me one day. I admire their dedication.
Anyway, they went ahead with it. They were made fun of by the players, the coach, and even the nurse who made them turn their heads and cough. Regardless, in the end everyone gave them credit for giving it their all, and Amanda even showed up and laughed at them during the practice because she’s obnoxious. Then, when Alex confronted her about it, she went on to bitch and moan about how the sun exhausts her and she can’t sit in it for long, as if it’s relevant to the situation. Eighty guys are running around a football field in heavy padding, and this girl is bitching about how the sun exhausts her. She is a class act.
After all was said and done, Alex and some of his broskis went to a Dave Matthews concert, and Alex even brought along a lady friend he had grown smitten with. There was some flirting and then, now this is so incredibly middle school, he asked her out via text message…while sitting next to her. Pathetic.
The episode closed with Amanda continuing to call Alex and make amends, and she left us with the closing line, “I need to call a meeting.” Well, that meeting probably won’t go well because I have a feeling she’s going to be a tad jealous about Alex’s new fling, and I’m hoping she is…mostly because it makes excellent television.
Things are just changing ridiculously fast for “The Hills” girls. Last episode they brought up getting a house together, now they actually HAVE a house together! And, as suspected, “all the girls” consist of LC, Lo, and Audrina. Cue opening credits, and then we find LC and Lo getting coffee and discussing how Stephen Colletti will be at the house warming party. For those of you “Laguna” and “Hills” viewers who do not remember Stephen Colletti, you live under a rock and I cannot possibly explain his turbulent relationship with LC. In any case, Lo asked, “How long did you guys like each other during high school…and after…?” to which LC answered (dramatically), “I never really stopped, I dunno,” to which I said, “OHHHHHHHH HOT DAMN!” It’s the little things in life that satisfy me.
Anyway, the house warming party was a blast! At least it looked like a blast. And for some reason, LC now has three juicers, because apparently if you’re getting someone a housewarming gift, a juicer is the most obvious thing to give. The toaster is now the gift of the past. In any case, it’s worth noting that Stephanie Pratt was a no show at the party because Heidi showed up at her apartment and decided to pull the “I can’t believe you’re friends with her” crap.
Well, so after Stephen showed up at the party, one thing lead to another and before you know it, he’s picking up LC for dinner one evening where they discussed how everyone in the world is rooting for them to be together. It’s true. We are. But really, get the hell over yourself. It’s one thing for us to care, but the fact that you sit at dinner and discuss how much we care makes you sound quite egocentric, so just shut up.
And that was that basically. From what we can tell, the show is angling to make things look promising for Stephen and LC, but I doubt it. Can’t explain that instinct, I just happen to know the inner workings of scripted reality television.
Honestly, I’m surprised how fast the “Lost” break went, but damn am I glad it’s back. This episode was nothing short of awesome. Not only did it answer a major dangling plot thread, but it put all my issues with Ben to rest. I’ve been waiting for someone to throw this guy off a cliff since he was first introduced, but this episode made me actually like the guy. He’s an interesting character, and he was mildly badass this episode.
The first thing about this episode that’s worth responding to is that we learn how and why Sayid is working for Ben. Apparently, Sayid finally found and married his girl, but she was killed by one of Charles Widmore’s guys, so basically Ben and Sayid found a common enemy in Widmore.
Another wild thing was that Alex was killed by the mercenaries from the freighter. They attacked the village where Locke, Ben, Sawyer, Claire, Aaron, Miles, and unnamed Losties are holed up and opened fire. This is when Ben scored big points in my book. He attempted to call the merc’s bluff that he wouldn’t shoot Alex and while he put up a tough front, it was clear that despite his turbulent relationship with Alex, he really did love her like a daughter. I think Ben has always been such a dodgy character that I could never understand or identify with him, but for once he was actually being human.
Another huge pay off was the smoke monster. We found out what it is!
False. We still don’t know what it is, but Ben did something and it looked like he somehow summoned it to attack the mercenaries, because after he told everyone to start running for the tree line the smoke came storming through. After that, there was a divide and Sawyer took Claire and Miles back to the beach, while Locke, Ben, and Hurley (against his will) are heading over to visit Jacob. I guess it’s as good a time as any, we’ll see what that’s all about.
On a final note, in Ben’s flash forward he came face to face with Charles Widmore and told him he would kill his daughter (Penny!) because of Alex. Desmond may take up issue with that one, but once again, it’s another wait and see plot line. Till next week.
Jason played a stupid game. All around, this guy has been a total idiot. He lucked out last week when the girls decided to blindside Ozzie rather than pick off Jason, and he fell just the same way this week.
Jason, think about it. Eliza got voted out and you were on the chopping block immediately after that. If Ozzie did not pose an incredible threat to just about everyone, don’t you think you would’ve been gone. Your epic mistake was thinking that you suddenly had an alliance. You never did. You were solo. More than that, you find the hidden immunity idol and don’t play it? You didn’t get the slightest hint that you were going to get screwed over?
The real sad thing is that there was definitely a shred of hope for those affected by Ozzie’s blindside. If James, Amanda, Erik, and Jason looked at the situation, they would see that they have just as good a chance at taking control in this game. How far did Jason expect to get with the girls? At best, final six. And James…sitting duck. He made no strategic move this episode to salvage his place in this game. He cold-shouldered Parvati and brooded with Amanda over Ozzie. Yes, Jason’s annoying, and dumb, but at the end of the day he would’ve been another vote on your side to challenge the power girl alliance.
So Jason’s gone, falling the same way Ozzie did. Not much else to say other than mad props to James for his amazing comparison of Parvati backstabbing him and Ozzie to biting the forbidden apple. Quoting it does no justice, you really have to listen to it.
Episode 2 of “The Paper” did not disappoint. We saw many of the same things from last week, such as Amanda being weird and being on a power trip with her new Editor-in-Chief status. The other kids resent her, but the beauty of the situation is that Amanda has nothing else going for her. The other kids party and drink and revel in their youth, whereas Amanda sticks post-its on the wall full of “neat” ideas.
In any case, we got to see these kids on the first day of their senior year, and as would be expected, they all acted like they were incredibly cool and knew everything, and basically showed off in front of the underclassmen. We’ve all seen this. I’m sure I had my cocky moments throughout my senior year, but honestly, I was always mildly lost on first days of high school. Seniors always act like they run the school, and the staff of “The Paper” were no different, but honestly, senior classes come and go. It’s kind of humbling when you stop and consider that your senior class is among, I don’t know, between 40 and 50 senior classes that have come to pass, so basically these kids were being jokebags.
Anyway, Amanda was busily brainstorming via post-it notes on how to unite the newspaper staff, new and old, while her friends were out partying with each other because they have lives…and friends…and aren’t weird…like Amanda. She came up with the most obvious option:
Ice Cream Social!
Because sweets bring people together, she went ahead with this ridiculous plan and hosted it at her house. It didn’t work. She weirded out the newbies and the rest of the seniors hung out with each other, because they were in agreement that Amanda is an idiot. The party ended and it was just Amanda and Alex, Managing Editor, chilling on the couch and from what I could tell, Amanda was coming on to Alex. Not in a straightforward direct way, but she was talking as if she was drunk and sort of coaxing him to make his move, but all that happened was that they agreed to be professional in working on the newspaper.
The episode ended with all the cool kids playing laser tag, even Closeted-Gay-Adam (I failed to mention his role in the episode which consisted of him being obnoxious and screeching as if people actually like him), but it appeared that Amanda was not invited. Big surprise. She knew they were going to play laser tag, but she acted is if she was above them, as per usual. I’ll tell you one thing: this girl makes for great TV.
Here it goes, another botched night out for “The Hills” ladies, as LC gears up to hit the town with Audrina, Lo, and Stephanie. Best moment of the night hit early on when LC and Audrina are picking out outfits and Lo jokingly says, “Oh Stephanie’s coming? Maybe she’ll bring Heidi.” This was followed by a long, awkward silence filled by LC shooting daggers with her eyes at Lo. Clearly, it was too soon for this joke to be made.
Sure enough, at the club, Heidi showed up with Stephanie and there was an attempt for them to all sit together. LC refused to speak to Heidi, and for some reason, despite the fact that Heidi is hoping to become friends with LC again, Heidi was talking some serious smack to Audrina about how LC refuses to speak to her…with LC sitting right there! Bad form!
Heidi was not the only unwelcome company at the table, as none other than Justin Bobby showed up, which lead directly into a date with Audrina the following night. He went the entire evening without burping, which is apparently an achievement these days.
Outside of that, there’s talk of “all the girls” getting a house together. LC and Lo were discussing this, and I really couldn’t understand what they meant by the “all the girls.” Later on they brought it up with Audrina who agreed for them to all move in together, but that’s only three girls. Audrina and LC already lived together. Essentially, the only purpose of getting the house is to bring Lo into the mix, because that is “all the girls” at this point. They made it sound like this would be such a drastic change in their lives, but its the addition of one other person into their living conditions. Yet again, girl banter proves to consist entirely of hyperbole, over exaggerating minor details.
For those of you not hip to the Nick Jr. jive these days, “Yo Gabba Gabba” is the latest sensation. It provides our youth to boldly express themselves, their likes, and their dislikes. This is Nathaniel. He likes to dance. Nathaniel’s passion for dancing has skyrocketed him to internet super stardom.
Here’s the thing with “Survivor”…there’s always that moment. That moment when the the rag tag group of castaways realize that they actually have power in this game if they just sieze. They recognize their own potential, and hatch that epic scheme to take the game back from the power players, but in the end it falls through.
It didn’t.
Easily one of the greatest tribal councils ever because if memory serves correctly, this was one of the greatest blindsides ever. To recap briefly, Jason agreed to give up the immunity challenge to Parvati, and in exchange Jeff would give them all pizza and beer, the catch of course being that Jason asked them to promise that he wouldn’t be voted out. Smirking and finger-crossing ensued, and Jason caved.
It was a given that regardless of the agreement, Jason was done. He was gone. Everyone was sold on getting rid of him because it was so obvious and inevitable. Enter Cirie.
I hate Cirie. I think she has no business being in this game and basically she hatches schemes to get rid of more deserving players. She offers very little to the tribe, and I’m simply not a fan. But this…this was pretty good. There was never a time in which it was clearer that everyone was safe except for Jason, making it the perfect opportunity to blindside the crap out of Ozzy. Better than just hatch the scheme, they actually did it! Honestly? Brilliant!
I’ve always been an Ozzy fan through and through, but whenever talk of blindsiding him came up I’ve been admittedly excited! Not only has Ozzy been sitting comfortably in this game with a supposedly strong and tight alliance, but he’s a physical threat in challenges. He’s a winner. I mean, not so much this week, but I guess you can’t just go around winning everyday.
What does this mean for the rest of the game? Well, it means I’m officially a dedicated Parvati fan because the fact that she won immunity this week proves that she’s got more than the ability to set up a web of alliances, she’s a physical threat in this game (I sometimes forget that she’s a boxer). In any case, James, Erik, and Amanda would do well to somehow win Jason over so they have a shot at a 4-4 split, otherwise they’re looking to get picked off, and watching them simply get picked off really doesn’t make for good television.
Without a second episode of “The Hills,” I wasn’t quite sure how I would fill the void in the 10:30-11:00 PM timeslot. “The Paper” answered that dilemma.
This new MTV series couldn’t have looked dumber. Amidst all the fake reality shows MTV has shit out within the last couple of years, I actually thought this looked the dumbest. I was right. But I was also wrong.
Not only is this show awesome for starring a group of mostly nerds desperate to become Editor-in-Chief, but these kids are so damn mean to each other. Should I be enjoying this? No. Because MTV has shit this out for viewers to watch, will I? Of course. This show breaks away from focusing on California’s beautiful youth, and takes a look at American…the best words I can use are “indoor kids.”
These kids aren’t total nerds, well, except for Amanda and Adam, they are the cream of the crop as far as nerds go. The rest of the group are fairly normal, but damn are they catty. Not one of them failed to talk shit about the rest of the paper’s staff, especially when it came to Amanda.
Amanda is the reason I decided a post was absolutely necessary for this show. Amanda is not only the overachieving uber-nerd, she’s also that girl in high school that people don’t like, but she doesn’t know this. I mean, now that the show has aired, oh…now she’s got to know. Not only was she busily writing an essay on a Friday night while her peers championed each other on the beer pong table, but I believe they used the word “bitch” to describe her several times. More than that, they called her while they were out for dinner and basically made fun of her. And damn, when her name was next to the title Editor-in-Chief…shit hit the fan pretty damn fast.
Best moment of the show, and possibly ever was when Trevor is commenting to the camera about how he feels about Amanda being in charge, the classic reality TV confessional position. Barely three feet behind him, Amanda is staring right into the camera, hearing every damn word of it. Greatest. Moment. Ever.
This hot new high school series thrills me right now. I’m ecstatic about it. It captures a dark, edgy version of high school. The type of dark, edgy version of high school I really never experienced because I’ve never wanted that much responsibility with clubs. Honestly, I thought showing up to club meetings was asking a lot of me.
Things to watch out for: Adam, the obnoxious gay kid who cried after losing out to Amanda, planning a coupe de’tat against Amanda, because he’s that bitter. Clips of the season looked promising, both tragic and funny. Keep an eye on this one.
A rift has been foreshadowed. Despite Audrina vowing her loyalty to LC, this episode caught her having lunch with Heidi, and even…enjoying a Girls’ Night with none other than her lunch buddy Heidi. This cannot be good, and clips from next week show Audrina once again with Justin-Bobby, and awkwardly discussing the fact that LC and Lo have been looking at houses.
Back to the Girls’ Night though, overlooking the excitement that went down at S Club would leave this post looking quite pointless and empty. The only thing that could ruin Heidi’s Girls’ Night is of course Spencer rolling in wearing a sharp-looking suit and tie and a broski by his side. As if him being there isn’t enough, he was up at the bar drinking and chatting with some ladies, but the final straw was when they started taking shots.
“They’re taking shots?” Heidi asked.
“They’re taking shots!” Heidi confirmed.
“They’re taking shots!!!” Heidi exclaimed.
And so, apparently Heidi noticed Spencer taking shots with girls and decided the night was over and ruined, so she had to leave. Damn, though, she was pissed. And while I laughed at her, I understood. Let’s face it, when guys are slamming down shots with girls, neither party is planning on walking away with a “Well, see ya later.” Doing shots is the ultimate and most obvious flirting tactic, so Heidi’s response was quite justified, in my opinion.
Picking up from last week, LC worked with People’s Revolution for a fashion show and according to Whitney’s boss, she did a bang up job. So bang up that she was offered a job, so all our dreams are coming true and LC and Whitney will once again work together and Whitney’s role in the show can continue being reduced to asking LC to run commentary on her life! Will she take the job? Who knows? Probably. I’m excited to see further tension between her and this random chick at People’s Revolution who seemed a bit put out LC’s presence. Finally, some real drama!