Watched the 3rd ep. of ‘Chuck’ and it gets an automatic A for mentioning the man, the legend, my after school buddy for like 3 years, Bob Motherfuckin’ Ross. I loved watching this guy as a kid, and get a kick whenever he gets mentioned on some show. Everyday after school, I’d come home and watch this guy. He was quite the man. Such a calm soothing voice. My favorite Bob Ross mention was in an episode of Boondocks and they had a character VERY similar to Bob, only he was a gun toting art teacher. Was a great episode. Also, he has the greatest white man ‘fro in history.

Oh, and Chuck wasn’t bad either.

Darkly Dreaming Dexter is back, and I know, I’m a week behind. Somehow I missed the premiere. But all is rectified thanks to multiple showings and the miracle of DVR. This show is the 3rd piece in my “Isosceles Triangle of Awesomeness in Television”…The “ITAT”. There’s House at the pinnacle, then at the bottom, even as the number two, is Heroes and Dexter. The first season of Dexter is tremendous. He’s easily the most likeable serial killer in the history of television.

This season however has Dexter in some serious shit quick fast and in a hurry. The walls are falling faster than Bush’s approval rating. Falling faster than Dick Cheney’s hunting buddies. Falling faster than the belief in God. Falling MUCH faster than gas prices. Falling faster than my blog readership!

With all that said, this looks to be a hell of a season and if you haven’t had the pleasure of seeing this show, check out the first season on DVD. GREAT show.

…of the shows I actually watched. First up…

House – My favorite show on TV. And even without the 3 co-stars who are no longer under the employ of one Dr. House, the show was still really good. As detailed below in an earlier post, House is awesome! (B+)

Heroes – My second favorite show didn’t fare as well in it’s premiere. No real direction yet, so the show just kinda meandered along. Nothing great about this first episode, but I expect it to get better as the season goes on. (C)

Bionic Woman – Has potential, and may just make it a full season, but some of the dialogue was just bad. Story is pretty good thus far, and like that the main character isn’t the only “Bionic Woman”. Special effects were ok, and fight scenes leave a little to be desired. Alot of that horrible camera moving and shaking crap like is so prevalent in the Bourne movies. (C-)

Chuck – The biggest surprise thus far. I really enjoyed this. Very likable character’s, decent fun story, and believable acting. Not sure how long they can stretch this show out with the plot device they’re using. Really hope this show continues on for awhile. (B)

The Office – The best comedy on TV in years, and easily the best comedy on TV now…easily. Nothing is even remotely close. The premiere didn’t disappoint. Creed was funny as always with his 10-15 seconds of airtime he tends to get. Line of the night…”You don’t know me, you just saw my penis.” Then Jim’s reaction. Also loved it when Kevin dubbed Pam & Jim “PB&J”. Good episode. (B+)

My Name is Earl – The second best comedy on TV, but just doesn’t have the same “zing” as the Office. I could miss an episode and not be upset at all. With that said it was still pretty good. Randy is usually the best part of the shows and was again here. The end was great. “Hey, I’m stealing this car!” “Bwoop, bwoop…that’s the car alarm, don’t you hear it, cuz I’m stealing this car…” LoL, good stuff. (B-)

…and it is glorious. Is there a more awesome person in the world than House? Rhetorical question. The answer is no. Shô Kosugi is close, but not quite. I think I like House, the character, so much because we are VERY similar. Minus the whole genius doctor thing and drug addiction of course. He’s sarcastic, anti-social, believes everybody has an agenda and general dislike of people, pushes those close to him away, and all-around assholery…but in a good way. Yep, peas in a pod are me & House…of course we could never be friends, cuz he’s such a dick…and fake of course.

Anyway, pretty good season premiere. I pray the black guy, sensitive chick, and Australian pretty boy returns soon though. Show seemed a tad flat without House’s interaction with his former employees. Though I could live without Chase, he mostly just annoys me. Previews for next week look…odd. What with House hallucinating or whatever the hell’s going on. Never can be sure with previews these days. Now I just need to get House season 3 on DVD(and Heroes and The Office). Damn my need for a life, and damn life for costing money! Found a good synopsis of the first episode HERE. Explained much better than I ever could.

Off topic, but sorta on, I also DVR’d the first episode of Chuck, and Bionic Woman. Chuck looked interesting, kinda fun. Bionic Woman only got DVR’d do to my love of all things superhero-ish. Not expecting much from it. Yet to watch either.

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…or some such nonsense. The best show not called House has returned to TV and it was…ok. Loved that Takezo Kensei is a gaijin(foreigner) with no intention of being a “hero”. It’s amazing how history distorts reality…I’m looking at you Christopher Columbus! I think they brought Peter back too early, though it looks like he’s got amnesia, so that can be interesting especially with how he was found/revealed.

2 new Heroes were also revealed…well 3, but lets concentrate on twin brother and sister Maya Herrera and Alejandro Herrera. I have a feeling they’re gonna be critical in this season. Maya appears to be able to cause deadly disease. Though it’s clearly a power she can’t control nor wants. Her brother appears to be able to control her power. Well, not control, but when he’s around her she doesn’t kill people with her “gift”. The whole twin thing comes into effect there I’m guessin’.

Hiro still rocks and George Takei dying makes me sad.

Thanks to the greatness that is Netflix “Watch Now” feature I watched all of the first season of the UK Office. And I must say it’s much better than I originally thought. First ep is a bit flat, second episode starts to kick it into gear and by the hilarious 5th episode it is in high gear. Gervais is just great. I need to see more stuff he’s done as The Office and Extra’s is too damn funny. I will say I still prefer the American version of the Office more, but the UK Office holds it’s own quite well. Check it out if you get a chance…as well as Extras.