What John's Watching

Blogging reaction to 24 as I watch.  Last week's episode recap is here. President Taylor talking to some foreign diplomat.  Tells him there was a coup attempt on Hassan from within his own inner circle. Jack on way to Renee's location in his Clark Kent costume. Dana gets an inconvenient call from her ex-boyfriend from the location of his planned robbery. Jack arrives and ... Read More

Heroes finished the season (the series?) with as much of a bang as Tim Kring could muster, given the direction the plot took this season.  Things I liked (spoilers ahead): Hiro realized his damsel (Charlie) no longer needed to be rescued and that she had had her happy ending, and also that there were real consequences to his time traveling attempts ... Read More

Last night's episode, Sins of the Father, revolves around Bill's struggle for the nomination for state senate, and the repercussions of last week's falling out with his son Ben. It seems Ben has taken the suggestion that he leave the house for a while to mean he's banished from the household, which brings up allusions to Bill being cast ... Read More

ABC has shrewdly been repeating episodes of Modern Family to build the audience for this fantastic show. On Super Bowl Sunday they played a 4-episode marathon and they've routinely been playing 2 episodes during the week. I've been working on getting my wife to watch the show, and I finally got her hooked. She doesn't like starting ... Read More

Five months later we were, four months away from having this little bundle of joy. For me it's a locker room.  For him it's a show room. We call that a splashdown. Q: What's jaegermeister?  A: Um, well you know how in a fairy tale there's always a potion that makes a princess fall asleep and then the guys starts kissing her?  Well ... Read More

Doc Jensen at EW.com breaks down Tuesday night's Lost premiere here.  Go read that and come back. A couple observations.  First, I'm wondering if the "sideways" reality is really just an alternate timeline that branched off from the established timeline at the point of The Event.  In the sideways world where the lostaways land as expected in LA, the island is ... Read More

Blogging reaction to Heroes as I watch it.   If you haven't watched it yet and are inclined to do so, be warned. Sylar:  "You've got the wrong guy. I'm not the savior kind, you should know that better than anybody." Bet Claire wishes she had spent time learning combat skills instead of going to college. HRG was married before?  And he didn't ... Read More

Lots of good twitter reaction from the east coast feed of tonight's 24.  Finally sitting down to watch it, will be blogging my reactions as I watch it.  Last week's liveblog of 24 is here.  Recap of last week's show is here. What? Jack being the voice of reason? Loved Katee Sackhoff on BSG, but the Dana character on 24 is lame. Renee ... Read More

I was too tired and/or lazy to comment on last night's Brothers & Sisters, but Popwatch was kind enough to do the heavy lifting for me. ... Read More

Ever since JJ (Zeljko Ivanek) was introduced as a minor character on Big Love I've been wondering what his motives were and what role he would play in the future storyline.  Now that Nikki's mom is going to be married to him and JJ is putting some sort of pressure on Bill's brother, will JJ make a move to become ... Read More