I packed the entire Tuesday line-up in here, minus New Girl, so it’s a long one!
Justified
Boyd figures out it’s the sister he has to talk to, not the preacher, to get what he wants done. However, when one of his men gets attacked by the snakes that surround the preacher’s room while he sleeps, Boyd discovers that the reason Billy can handle the snakes is because the sister has been milking their venom.
To try to expose his hypocrisy, Boyd catches a wild rattlesnake and dares the preacher to handle it, expecting him to admit to his false power and false connection to God.
But, Billy tries it anyway, a true believer, thinking God will protect him. Predictably, he gets bit, and the power of the venom is really fast acting as he crumples to the ground pretty quickly.
Boyd looks a little rattled (no pun intended), as he didn’t really expect the preacher to pick up the snake once he knew that the reason he’d been safe before was because any bites he might have received would have been dry bites. I think he feels a little guilty, but when it comes to something like that, he probably would write it off as the preacher’s hubris and foolishness.
Raylan and Tim track down a woman who is the wife of a fugitive. She’s a proclaimed psychic, and she does say a couple of on-par things about Raylan’s situation, but he’s not entirely convinced.
Tim: She’s a certified spiritualist.
Raylan: Certified by who?
Tim: He does something stupid every day, you’re gonna have to be more specific.
It was kind of an interesting series of events as the FBI shows up also looking for the wife and culminates the agent shooting himself in the head later on as he is afraid of the people he’s indebted to.
Raylan: I meet bad people for a living.
Private Practice
The show starts with Addison and Jake’s wedding, with a surprise visit from Naomi. The wedding goes off without a hitch, but Naomi and Sam get a little carried away with their reunion and end up sleeping together.
The show moves pretty quickly, jumping through time, and several weeks after Addison’s wedding, Naomi returns with some news: she and Fife have split up and she is pregnant with Sam’s baby.
Sheldon finally introduces Miranda to his colleagues, and he realizes that he would rather spend the rest of her life with her, so he quits and they take off to an island somewhere.
Cooper is having a hard time raising the triplets on his own, and has to confront Charlotte about getting a nanny to help. Violet is working on a new book, mainly about the practice, and cheesy and predictable, wants to call it “Private Practice”.
Charlotte: I hate everything about that smile on your face.
I was a little disappointed with it in places because it felt like they tried to hard to put closure on everything and tie up EVERY loose end.
Still, I’ve been watching this show from the beginning and it is kind of sad to think it won’t be on again. I really enjoyed the ethical debates and some of the personal storylines, usually Addison’s, were fun too.
Parenthood
I didn’t realize this was the finale until the day before it aired. While watching, it didn’t really feel like a finale. There were elements of season finale storyline–Drew getting into Berkeley, Victor’s adoption being finalized, Kristina finishing her chemotherapy, Ryan trying to get Amber back, Sarah having to decide between Hank and Mark, etc.–but it felt just like a regular episode.
Just when I was getting really frustrated that there had been no resolution of the abortion/teen pregnancy storyline, Drew stops by and visits Amy to talk about college. It looks like they’ll be attending different schools across the country from each other, but it’s still kind of a lame resolution to something that was supposed to be a big dramatic life-changing thing.
Sarah chooses Hank, which was a little predictable. Again, we all love Mark, but Hank is really a better fit for her. I just hope Jason Ritter gets on another series, a LEAD on a regular series, so we can keep seeing him! However, when Hank said they needed to talk when he got back from Minnesota seeing his kid, I had a feeling it meant he might not be coming back.
Once again, Sarah loses her job and her man, and with Drew going off to college, we’ll have to see what happens next with her. Hank asks her to move there with him, and leaves her with another choice to make. We’ll have to see if she choose him again, or if she may try to go back to Mark, but I think Mark has closure now, and will probably have moved on by that time.
Crosby and Jasmine are pregnant with child number two, and they seem to have welcomed Renee back into their home. Kristina is cancer-free, and she and Adam take a trip to Hawaii.
It was a nice wrap-up to the season, for the most part, but it didn’t leave many questions to be answered with the next season. The only real cliffhanger was Sarah and Hank’s relationship. Amber and Ryan peer into a ring shop window at the end, but other than that, they’re going to have to kick off the next season with some serious drama to hook everyone back in again.
Go On
Ryan makes a big step when Simone (Piper Perabo) rejoins the group. The whole group except Ryan and Lauren loves Simone, but Ryan gives her a chance and finds out that she is as awesome as everyone says.
Danny is finally getting a divorce and when Anne sees how he’s being taken advantage of, she steps in to help him get what’s fair.
Anne gets carried away, still resentful of her partner for dying, and seeks retribution against Danny’s wife as compensation. The group tells her to sleep in her own bed to try to move forward, and they all discover Ryan and Simone together there.
This was actually a great episode because of the progress Ryan made. He was able to open up to Simone and get past some of the intimacy issues he’s had since Janey died.
I have never really liked Piper Perabo–ever since I saw her in Coyote Ugly (I liked Bridget Moynahan and Maria Bello much better). I tried getting into Covert Affairs on USA, too, and couldn’t enjoy it. It seems right up my alley, a la The Recruit, which I loved, but it felt like it was trying too hard.
So, with all that history, I wasn’t crazy about having her as the guest star on this week’s episode. But, her character was enjoyable and did help Ryan, so I guess I can forgive some of her previous roles.
The New Normal
Shania and Bryan test out their gaydar with Nana’s new friend/colleague Bryce (guest appearance by John Stamos!) and Rocky’s new boyfriend. Both of them exhibit some of the stereotypical qualities and knowledge, but they both display some of the straight-guy stereotypes too.
Confronting those stereotypes in their own lives is the main focus, and as they realize how quick they were to judge, they all decide to become a little less focused on the stereotypes and appreciate people for who and what they are without the labels.
BONUS: It’s a Good Day To Die Hard
Saw the first TV spot for this during Justified, so I thought I’d nerd out and share. (FYI: This is the full trailer, not the TV spot.) Any time is always a good time for John McClane. Yippee kay-ay 😀
Up Next:
The recap of New Girl will have to wait because of Fox’s video permissions. But, I’ll have Thursday recaps soon including the season finale of Last Resort.
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