musings of an eternal optimist coping with the realities of life
I like the color pink, puppies, and cupcakes. I am a southern girl at heart, but you'll never see me eat grits. Snakes make my skin crawl and have, on occasion, caused me to hyperventilate. Bring a snake near me and trust me, when the shock wears off, I will be unhappy with you. I still haven't figured out what I want to do with my life, but I want it to be a grand adventure.
Crapmuffins: what the world gives an eternal optimist who is having a bad day (and who doesn't want to curse because it's not quite that bad).
This is going to be a two-fer post since there are a bunch of new shows starting this week! On Monday, both Castle and House have season premieres. Let me just say that I'm glad House has moved to Mondays because Mondays have been pretty light for a few years now, especially since CSI: Miami took a headfirst dive in quality and storylines.
House, M.D.
Gregory House (played by Hugh Laurie), the doctor many love to hate, whose brusque attitude and disregard for rules in favor of solving the problem of diagnosing patients, is headed to a mental hospital. At the end of last season, House hallucinated not only the presence of his best friend's dead girlfriend, but also an entire sexual relationship with his boss. At the end of the season finale, House was checking himself into the hospital while doctors Cameron and Chase finally were married after a short disagreement over her dead husband's sperm. The show has seen some upheaval since the change-up in House's assistants (and the subsequent departure of Kal Penn to work for the Obama administration), so it will be interesting how the show takes on the very real mental illness of a man who always seemed to have some kind of issues. Will Cuddy and House actually sleep together? Will House ever be more sane? What will happen to Wilson? Will 13's MS continue to be problematic or will there be some miraculous treatment?Also check out the preview site that has been established for the show at SnakesOnACane.com Stars: Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Robert Sean Leonard, Omar Epps, Jennifer Morrison, Jesse Spencer, Peter Jacobson, and Olivia Wilde Airs: Mondays, 8pm ET, season premiere on September 21 on Fox Castle
Castle was a midseason introduction for last year's TV season and tracks Richard Castle, a crime novelist who helps the local police solve crimes, often referring to his ideas of what would make a good story. Detective Kate Beckett (Stana Katic) is his unwilling (at least initially) partner. At home, he has an eccentric mother (Susan Sullivan) who is an actress, life coach...and there's-no-telling how many other things, and a daughter (Molly C. Quinn) who is perhaps more responsible and often acts like the parent in their relationship. The relationship with his daughter makes me smile and I hope that Season 2 brings some more interaction between those two, for sure!As part of the ramp-up to Season 2, ABC has been promoting Heat Wave, a novel by the fictional Richard Castle, and which will be available on September 29.
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