Monday, December 31, 2012

Incognito

Melodramatic Mondays
****

Hannah attends the launch party for Belle's book disguised as a waitress, but it's Ben who finds himself confused for the author. Meanwhile, Stephanie has a few choice words for Belle in regards to how she has been depicted within the confines of her semi-biographical narrative.

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Coming Up: Thursday, Saturday

Lundy Watches...
Gone, but not forgotten, Thursdays and Saturdays are not free yet, as there's still more to discuss in regards to both Life on Mars and Firefly.

Week Fifteen

Lundy Watches...
The theme of the week is the end of relationships, whether romantic in nature or platonic, and the struggle one has in dealing with said situation. Some are left weeping over all the lost moments they never got to have, while others manage to mend their ties and renew their bonds stronger than ever before.

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Firefly Overview

Sci-Fi Saturday
****

After the Earth was used up, humanity found a new solar system and hundreds of new Earths were terra-formed and colonized. The central planets formed the Alliance and decided all the planets had to join under their rule. There was some disagreement on that point. After the War, many of the Independents who had fought and lost drifted to the edges of the system, far from Alliance control. Out here, people struggled to get by with the most basic technologies; a ship would bring you work, a gun would help you keep it. A captain's goal was simple: find a crew, find a job, keep flying.

Friday, December 28, 2012

Battle of the Bulbs

Funny F*ckin' Friday
**½

Dr. Bhamba starts an affair with Lem's mother, creating something of a stressful work environment in the lab, while Ted and Linda argue over who has the better idea in regards to their new project.

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Life on Mars Overview: Series 02

Thriller the Thursday
****

Trapped thirty-three years in the past, Sam's chances of getting home grow dimmer every day, and, worse still, he's growing accustomed to the world of 1973. Given hints that not all hope is lost, Sam makes one last ditch effort to regain the life he thought he'd lost, but the ultimate question is if he can leave behind a reality that so desperately needs his influence.

The End of the Tunnel

Thriller the Thursday
*****

Sam is given the promise of returning home provided he's strong enough to get through one final operation: the complete destruction of Gene Hunt. Working with Frank Morgan, Sam must gather evidence to remove Gene from his position, in effect risking the lives of everyone he's come to know.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Inca Mummy Girl

Warrior Woman Wednesday
*½

Buffy's mother takes in a foreign exchange student who turns out to be more than she appears, but will Buffy and Willow be able to uncover the truth behind her past before Xander falls in love with her?

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Quinn the Brain

toonsday
***

After getting a high grade on her essay, Quinn adopts a more intelligent persona in order to get money out of her parents, but Daria quickly becomes threatened when everyone in school starts treating Quinn as one of the smart kids.

Monday, December 24, 2012

Secret Diary of a Call Girl Overview: Series 02

Melodramatic Mondays
***½

Initially worried that her secret will be outed to the public without her control, Hannah questions whether or not she can continue her double life and still look her family in the eye. However, in taking control of the situation, Hannah soon realizes that a high profile reveal could lead to many more opportunities than she had had before. It's her fear of revealing the truth that keeps her from a stable relationship, but her desire to tell the truth may prove too much for her.

End to Beginning

Melodramatic Mondays
***½

Stephanie books Belle for one last client before retirement, promising that this will get everything out of her system and allow Hannah to live with Alex happily ever after, and while Hannah is loathe to consider betraying Alex in this way again, she also has been unable to find another source of income.

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Coming Up: Monday, Thursday, Saturday

Lundy Watches...
Two finales are coming up this week, both of which will be followed by overviews for their respective series, and a third finale has just passed with it's overview due out later this week. One of them will continue on, but to two of our shows we bid adieu and remember the good (and the bad) that was to be had.

Week Fourteen

Lundy Watches...
The theme of the week is the search for forgiveness as people make mistakes and do their best to repent for them. Some are for past transgressions, some for imagined blunders, and others for mistaken identity, but in every case the characters look to be absolved of their crimes.

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Objects in Space

Sci-Fi Saturday
****½

Serenity's crew is put in danger when bounty hunter Jubal Early tracks them down in an effort to take River into custody, making her feel even more unwelcome among her friends than she already did whilst simultaneously trying to evade capture.

Friday, December 21, 2012

The Lawyer, the Lemur and the Little Listener

Funny F*ckin' Friday
***½

Linda uses Phil's likeness in her creation of a children's book about a lemur, while Veronica learns that Ted's daughter Rose has insider information on the upcoming wave of layoffs about to affect the company.

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Stacking the Evidence

Thriller the Thursday
 ***½

After one of his previous arrests unravels, Gene falls back on his reliance on alcohol, only to find himself in an even worse situation when he's accused of murder. Sam is torn between his loyalty to Gene and his determination to find the truth when he's forced to investigate his superior's activities.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

School Hard

Warrior Woman Wednesday
***

Angel's old friends Spike and Drusilla come into town just in time to crash Sunnydale High's parent-teacher conference, putting Buffy's mother in the path of danger for the first time and forcing Buffy to create a ruse in order to protect her identity as the Slayer.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

The Daria Hunter

toonsday
****

The Lawndale student body is gathered together during a school-wide paintball game in an effort to study the impact of warfare on all aspects of culture. Quinn finds herself in trouble with Sandi when she knocks her out of the game, and, potentially, out of her presidency of the Fashion Club.

Monday, December 17, 2012

Tentatively Normal

Melodramatic Mondays
***½

Hannah gives up her life as Belle in an effort to win back Alex, taking a job as an office temp and getting rid of all of her call girl paraphernalia. Her first night with Alex doesn't go quite as planned, though, when Ben appears at her door and professes his love for her.

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Week Thirteen

Lundy Watches...
The theme of the week is taking a secondary option when the first choice doesn't quite pan out, either out of necessity to the situation, or simply a desire to move on to something else. Whether it's a relationship that's better off forgotten, or a campaign that needs to be spoken for, our characters here learn valuable lessons about what it means to settle for something less.

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Heart of Gold

Sci-Fi Saturday
***

Mal and the crew are called to help a friend of Inara's whose brothel is under attack by a man trying to claim the baby from a woman he had impregnated. Some of the brothel-bound crew take advantage of their situation, delighting in the pleasures at hand, while others argue that they shouldn't even get involved.

Friday, December 14, 2012

Love Blurts

Funny F*ckin' Friday
***

Veridian Dynamics starts up an employee matchmaking service, pairing employees based on genetic compatibility in order to avoid imperfectly bred children. While Ted and Linda find themselves instantly attracted to their potential mates, Lem grows worried when he is paired with Veronica.

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Drugs on the Street

Thriller the Thursday
**½

For the first time heroin starts hitting the streets of Manchester, forcing Gene to send his officers out as a task force in order to find the culprits, though the investigation is complicated when Annie is kidnapped by the drug smugglers and the only witness is the mother of Sam's future girlfriend.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Some Assembly Required

Warrior Woman Wednesday
**½

Giles takes the night off and attends Sunnydale's football game on a date with Ms. Calendar, but that's not the only romance brewing as Cordelia's former flame Daryl also comes back into the picture.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Arts 'N Crass

toonsday
***½

Forced to enter into a school-funded art contest, Jane and Daria create a poster depicting student life at the dawn of the millennium with a commentary on the lengths to which young girls will go in order to maintain a semblance of beauty. The poster sparks debate, leading Jane and Daria to protest the injustice in an effort to bring attention to the plight of the American teenager.

Monday, December 10, 2012

In Sheep's Clothing

Melodramatic Mondays
***½

Belle and Bambi are booked for a party that quickly escalates beyond Belle's comfort zone, forcing she and Bambi to flee the party for fear of their safety. Ben comes to the rescue and, in her vulnerable state, Hannah invites him into her bed, risking their friendship in the name of brief comfort.

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Week Twelve

Lundy Watches...
The theme of the week is about dealing with death, whether literally experiencing the loss of a loved one, or symbolically losing a piece of one's self. This week high school heroes fall, reputations are tarnished, relationships are destroyed, and the nature of identity is put into question as our protagonists try to make sense of the world around them.

Saturday, December 8, 2012

The Message

Sci-Fi Saturday
****½

Mal and Zoƫ reminisce on the past when their former war ally mails them his corpse with instructions to return him to his family for proper burial. Unfortunately, there's more to his story than his message lets on, and the Serenity finds itself under attack from those with an interest in what the dead man has to offer.

Friday, December 7, 2012

Better Off Ted Overview: Season 01

Funny F*ckin' Friday
****

Veridian Dynamics is leading the way in research and development, bringing to life countless ideas that will change the course of humankind forever. Unfortunately, unless the product is thought to make a quick profit, it's not likely to hit the shelves, meaning the company's resources are used mostly for evil, much to the dismay of the employees tasked with creating them.

Secrets and Lives

Funny F*ckin' Friday
****

Veridian's new search engine reveals Veronica's secret life as a magician's assistant; meanwhile, Linda sets Ted up with her friend Rebecca and grows jealous.

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Coercion

Thriller the Thursday
****

Sam grows progressively ill during his investigation into the abduction of a mother and daughter, leading him to believe that he's suffering from an overdose in 2006. With Sam taken out of action, Annie and the rest of the team are forced to finish the investigation without him.

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

When She Was Bad

Warrior Woman Wednesday
***½

Buffy is found suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder stemming from her encounter with the Master, made worse when the Anointed One steals the Master's bones for use in a ritual that will bring him back to life.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Daria Overview: Season 01

toonsday
***

Moving to a new town allows people the opportunity to change who they are, to become someone brand new without previous misconceptions getting in the way. For Quinn this means a chance to cultivate a persona for herself that will welcome popular friends, while Daria maintains that her identity is all she has, and to change that now would be disrespectful to what she believes. Daria is a girl that knows who she is through and through, and anyone that would have her question that is not someone that's worth spending time on.

The Misery Chick

toonsday
****½

Daria confronts a Lawndale alum who belittles her peers on his visit to the school, making an enemy of him moments before he's tragically killed. The bulk of the student body is confused about their feelings, questioning whether they should mourn someone so outwardly horrible to them, and come to Daria for advice on dealing with depression.

Monday, December 3, 2012

Love is for Other People

Melodramatic Mondays
****

Belle's session with a disabled client is interrupted when Alex walks into her apartment. Unable to look at Hannah in the same way, Alex goes to Ben for information about who she really is, wondering if she ever really loved him and if he can stay in a relationship with someone who continuously lies about who she is.

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Coming Up: Tuesday, Friday

Lundy Watches...
Two more finales are coming up this week, both of which will be followed by overviews for their respective series. Now may be the perfect time to catch up for anyone wanting to have a marathon of quality television.

Week Eleven

Lundy Watches...
The theme of the week is becoming a better version of yourself, either to improve the quality of your own life, or to conform to the ideals beset upon you by others. For some it is being more attentive to those you love, or to go back to your roots and consider what had made you the person you've become today, while for others it means giving up everything that you are in the name of what's right.

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Trash

Sci-Fi Saturday
****½

While catching up with an old friend Mal runs into an old enemy in the form of his treacherous wife Saffron. Soon, the two are forced to work together to perform a high-paying heist, though both run the risk of being betrayed by the other before their payday arrives.

Friday, November 30, 2012

Jabberwocky

Funny F*ckin' Friday
*****

Ted creates a fake project for Linda to convince her that the company is trying to go green and runs into trouble when other employees want in on the project, too.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Falling in Love is Against the Rules

Thriller the Thursday
***

A murder investigation leads the team to a series of private parties, forcing Sam and Annie to pose as a married couple in an attempt to infiltrate a wife-swapping subculture.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Overview: Season 01

Warrior Woman Wednesday
***

Buffy Summers was living the dream of the typical American girl, popular, a cheerleader, and friends to spare, but everything changed the moment she was called as the Slayer. Now she battles against the forces of darkness in an effort to save the world from the threat of vampires and demons alike, destined to die young with no way to avoid her fate. Now she finds herself standing on the mouth of Hell and, with the help of her friends, makes every attempt to save Sunnydale from the rise of the Master.

Prophecy Girl

Warrior Woman Wednesday
****

Giles unearths a prophecy stating that Buffy will die at the hands of the Master, and she questions whether she has the strength to defeat him.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

The Teachings of Don Jake

toonsday
***½

Jake takes the family on a weekend camping trip in an effort to ease his blood-pressure when the stresses of work and family grow too numerous.

Monday, November 26, 2012

Three's a Crowd

Melodramatic Mondays
***

Hannah introduces Alex and Ben to one another over lunch, though the two of them develop more of an animosity than a friendship, and her struggle over how to include Alex in her life later interferes with Belle's work when Bambi invites her to perform in a threesome.

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Coming Up: Wednesday

Lundy Watches...
While every season needs to end, there is, fortunately, more to come from this series. The first season may be coming to a close this week, but from there will continue into the second, and, arguably, most popular year of this Joss Whedon series.

Week Ten

Lundy Watches...
The theme of the week is trying to be someone that you're not, sometimes in an effort to conform with what other people think about you, and other times in an attempt to be who you think other people want you to be.

Saturday, November 24, 2012

War Stories

Sci-Fi Saturday
****

Hoping to gain a better understanding of Zoƫ's relationship with Mal, Wash volunteers for a field assignment, only to find himself face to face with a crime lord looking to exact vengeance on the Serenity.

Friday, November 23, 2012

Father, Can You Hair Me?

Funny F*ckin' Friday
***½

Veronica's rivalry with her father develops into an intense battle between two opposing companies that threatens to destroy their family.

Thursday, November 22, 2012

The Bombing

Thriller the Thursday
***½

Sam's poor judgement results in serious injury for Ray, earning him the ire of the rest of the department staff.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Out of Mind, Out of Sight

Warrior Woman Wednesday
***½

Buffy comes to Cordelia's aid when an invisible assailant begins stalking her, determined to murder her before she wins the May Queen Ceremony.