Cold Case - Recap & Review - "Street Money"

Cold Case
Street Money

Original Air Date: 30 Nov 2008

Amanda - TwoCents Reviewer
amanda@thetwocentscorp.com

I’m going to come right out and say that this is one of the most complicated, yet fascinating, cases I’ve ever seen. Maybe it’s the writing (Christopher Silber always keeps me guessing), maybe it’s too much leftover turkey, or maybe it’s just that I don’t understand politics. In any event, I found it full of twists and turns. So hold on tight, because we’re about to hit the streets.

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Sons of Anarchy - Recap & Review - "The Revelator"

Sons of Anarchy
The Revelator

Original Air Date: 26 Nov 2008

Tom R. - TwoCents Staff Writer
tom@thetwocents.com


Interesting opening this week…They flipped the entire opening from the pilot episode. As Jax rides into town, it’s daylight rather than night, we see a white bird rather than a crow, and instead of feeding on road kill, it’s perched comfortably on a road sign.

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One Tree Hill - Recap & Review - You Have To Be Joking (Autopsy of the Devil's Brain)

One Tree Hill
You Have To Be Joking (Autopsy of the Devil's Brain)

Original Air Date: 24 Nov 2008

Kara – TwoCents Staff Writer
kara@thetwocentscorp.com

Lucas goes to L.A. to meet with the producer of the movie, who wants to make lots of changes, including killing Haley or having Lucas end up with Haley. Can we leave Haley out of this? For added kicks, James Van Der Beek plays the cracked out producer. Thankfully, Lucas refuses to kill off or end up with Haley. Meanwhile, Peyton is suffering from major abdominal pain and goes to see a doctor who asks if she has a family history of cancer. She spends the rest of the episode blowing up at Mia, who hasn’t been writing songs for her new album. Just when it looks like Peyton might apologize, she tells Mia that maybe this isn’t the right label for her. Ouch.

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Law and Order: Special Victims Unit - Recap & Review - "Persona"

Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
Persona

Original Air Date: 15 Nov 2008

Kara – TwoCents Staff Writer
kara@thetwocentscorp.com

Olivia gets involved in a case where a young woman (Clea DuVall) claims she’s been raped by a stranger and is horribly beaten. She quickly discovers it’s the woman’s husband who is the abuser but Olivia has trouble convincing the woman and her downstairs neighbor (Brenda Blethyn) to let her help.

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Law and Order: Special Victims Unit - Recap & Review - "Wildlife"

Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
Wildlife

Original Air Date: 18 Nov 2008

Kara – TwoCents Staff Writer
kara@thetwocentscorp.com

Elliot finds himself undercover in an animal smuggling ring and it puts both him and his marriage in danger. It’s got everything to ensure it’s a crazy episode: tigers and hyenas and psychotic animal dealers, oh my! Oh, come on. I couldn’t resist.

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The New Adventures of Old Christine - Recap & Review - "Guess Who’s Not Coming To Dinner?"

The New Adventures of Old Christine
Guess Who’s Not Coming To Dinner?

Original Air Date: 26 Nov 2008

Caitlin - TwoCents Reviewer
caitlin@thetwocentscorp.com

Old Christine celebrates Thanksgiving this week! And we finally see Christine and Matthew’s infamous mother, played by Brenda Blethyn. I have to say, she’s everything we thought she’d be and more.

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Criminal Minds - Recap & Review - 52 Pickup

Criminal Minds
52 Pickup

Original Air Date: 26 Nov 2008

JD - TwoCents Reviewer
JD@thetwocentscorp.com


Oh, it's a story told throughout the ages: Girl goes to bar. Girl meets boy wearing a fedora. Mister Casablanca flirts.Girl has a few too many drinks. Girl takes boy home... Boy guts girl and makes her clean up her own blood as she dies a slow painful death. Very, very romantic. This is the kind of guy you want to call the next day, if it weren't for that you'd be dead. This felt-capped fellow is, apparently, a little more Freddie Kreuger than Indiana Jones.

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Boston Legal - Recap and Review - "Thanksgiving"

Boston Legal
Thanksgiving

Original Air Date: 24 Nov 2008

Kathryn – TwoCents Reviewer
Kathryn@twocentscorp.com

There is an old saying about death: not with a bang, but with a whimper. There is no whimpering about the death of Boston Legal. This show is practically clawing its way out of the grave and hanging onto your trouser leg like Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

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Pushing Daisies - Recap & Review - "Robbing Hood" (The Relationships)

Pushing Daisies
Robbing Hood - The Relationships

Original Air Date: 26 Nov 2008

PMB - TwoCents Reviewer
pmb@thetwocentscorp.com

The myth of Robin Hood, who stole from the rich to give to the poor, has appealed to our romantic nature for centuries. But can that same principal be applied to real life – or at least life on Pushing Daisies?

You bet it can.

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Pushing Daisies - Recap & Review - "Robbing Hood" (The Case)

Pushing Daisies
Robbing Hood - The Case

Original Air Date: 26 Nov 2008

Crystal - TwoCents Staff Writer
crystal@thetwocents.com

Our case begins with a visit from a former lawyer, spouting out legal rhetoric and terms in common conversation. He tells Emerson that his friend/client/lover Gustav Hofer was robbed and murdered. He suspects Gustav’s gold-digging wife, as Gustav was the richest man in town, his millions coming from a string of inventions that started with the mechanized yarn baller. Sounds like a case after Emerson’s heart.

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Sons of Anarchy - Recap & Review - "The Sleep of Babies"

Sons of Anarchy
The Sleep of Babies

Original Air Date: 19 Nov 2008

Tom R. - TwoCents Staff Writer
tom@thetwocents.com

In one of the most beautiful openings I have seen, it’s morning in Charming, and one by one, we see each SAMCRO member wake up with their significant others. Some are there for a night, some are there for a lifetime. The montage is set to a female rendition of Bob Dylan’s “Forever Young”. As it ends, a doctor addresses Abel, telling him that today, Abel is going to meet his family.

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The Shield - Recap & Review - "Family Meeting"

The Shield
Family Meeting

Original Air Date: 25 Nov 2008

Tom R. - TwoCents Staff Writer
tom@thetwocents.com


Congratulations and major thanks to Shawn Ryan and the staff for everything this show has been.

Oddly enough, after seven seasons, my favorite moment in this beautifully crafted episode does not involve Vic, Shane, Dutch or Claudette. Tina records a full year on the force, taking her out of “rookie” status. The other cops throw her a party, but before they can cut the cake, a call comes in and they have to scramble. That moment, balanced between hope and tension, sums up the run of the show better than anything else in the episode.

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The Mentalist - Recap & Review - "The Thin Red Line "

The Mentalist
The Thin Red Line

Original Air Date: 25 Nov 2008

Liz - TwoCents Reviewer
liz@thetwocentscorp.com

Patrice Madigan and Joe Purcell are discovered dead in a motel room in Davis, California. Joe was a state's witness in a narcotics case against Rick Carris -- although Patrick Jane thinks Patrice was the target, rather than Joe. Thus starts a trip with police partners protecting one's secret, betrayal of a wife by a husband, and an unwitting sororicide. There is always a reckoning.

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House - Recap & Review - Last Resort

House
Last Resort

Original Air Date: Nov 25, 2008

Shannon – Two Cents Staff Writer
shannon@thetwocentscorp.com

A very sick man with a gun gets tired of getting no diagnosis for his illness so he takes House, Hadley, and a bunch of clinic patients as hostages and demands that the best doctor in the hospital diagnose him. House says, “What seems to be the problem?”

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Chuck - Recap & Review - "Chuck vs. The Gravitron"

Chuck
Chuck vs. The Gravitron

Original Air Date: Nov 17, 2008

Jeff L - TwoCents Staff Writer
JeffL@thetwocentscorp.com


Last week, we left off with the unwitting Chuck being shuffled off/kidnapped for a romantic weekend/tragic funeral by his ex-girlfriend/Fulcrum agent Jill. Chuck has no idea of course and we're left to wonder when the kissing will stop and the shooting will begin.

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The Big Bang Theory - Recap & Review - "The White Asparagus Triangulation"

The Big Bang Theory
The White Asparagus Triangulation

Original Air Date: 24 Nov 2008

Theresa – Two Cents Staff Writer
theresa@thetwocentscorp.com

Sheldon Cooper is, once again, on a mission. This time his ingenious plan is to inject himself into Leonard's relationship with Dr. Stephanie Barnett with the counter intuitive goal of saving it.

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How I Met Your Mother – Recap & Review – “The Naked Man”

How I Met Your Mother
The Naked Man

Original Air Date: 24 Nov 2008

Rachel – TwoCents Associate Editor
rachel@thetwocentscorp.com

So there is a naked man sitting on Ted’s couch. I’m getting ahead of myself…

Ted meets a girl in the elevator at work. I use the term “meets” quite loosely, as it take them a whole week’s worth of elevator rides to do the actual meeting. Yet Ted, still broken after his failed almost-marriage, finally gets up the nerve to ask her out. Yay! Now, back to the naked man…

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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles – Begs the Question – "Strange Things Happen at the One Two Point"

Last night's episode was full of all kinds of double-crossing double crossers. Everyone in the show is lying to everyone else and when confronted smack in the middle of their lie, they lie some more.

Which begs the questions...

What is the worst lie you have told? Did you get caught? Did you lie some more to cover it up? Leave your confession in the comments section below. We won't tell.

Next week: Self Made Man

Prison Break - Recap & Review - "Selfless"

Prison Break
Selfless

Original Air Date: 24 Nov 2008

Tom R. - TwoCents Staff Writer
tom@thetwocents.com


This season has ranged from mediocre episodes to very god episodes, but this week, the only word I can use is Mind-blowing. Three staggering twists shoot the intensity through the roof, matching the impact of season one.

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