SUPERNATURAL Spoilers – “The End”

I have been a selfish, selfish blogger.  I’ve been holding off on posting SUPERNATURAL spoilers and pics thus far this season because I was afraid I would be majorly spoiled so close to the end of Project Supernatural.  But now that I’m done, and finally caught up will the entire series of SUPERNATURAL, I will gladly pass along spoilers and pics from upcoming episodes. That is if there is interest.

If you like these kinds of teases for the upcoming episodes of SUPERNATURAL please be sure to let me know. As a proud new member of the SUPERNATURAL fandom (yay!) I’m not sure what the appetite is for this info among SUPERNATURAL fans that read GMMR. (I know that I’m kicking myself that I read the episode description)

WARNING! SPOILERS for this Thursday’s episode “The End” (9/8c on The CW) after the break. And seriously, do you really want to be spoiled? Wouldn’t it be more fun just to wait until Thursday?

I will say this.  I was shown a scene from this episode last week and I was blown away. Such good stuff coming up.

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Win HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER Season 4 on DVD

The cast, crew and creative team of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER did something right in Season 4.  For the first time ever, the series was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series.  They might not have brought home the award, but being recognized as being one of TV’s best had to be thrilling.  Especially when you think back a few seasons when we the fans were biting our nails hoping that the show would be renewed.  HIMYM has grown in audience size over the past two seasons, something that rarely happens these days.  There’s a reason…it’s that good.

Now’s your chance to win the Emmy nominated Season 4 of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER on DVD. I have one copy to give away to a lucky winner. The DVD and Blu-ray set, both available on September 29th, includes all 24 episodes, plus hilarious special features, commentaries and gag reels,

‘Season 4 picks up from Ted’s (Josh Radnor) marriage proposal to Stella (Sarah Chalke) in the third season cliffhanger (we all know where that ended up) and continues following Ted, Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) and the rest of the gang through their hilarious misadventures. How could we forget Ted losing his job and starting his own company, Barney celebrating his 200th female conquest and Robin (Cobie Smulders) moving to Japan? And then of course there was slow realization that Barney Stinson had (gasp) fallen for his good friend, Robin.

So many fantastic episode to enjoy a second time around, or fort he first time if you are just discovering the series.

How to enter…

One of the best episode of Season 4 was “Intervention”.  We learned that sometimes being a friend means holding an intervention when your friends go down the wrong path. And sometimes even interventions need interventions.

To enter, tell us one intervention you would have to hold for a friend, or better yet an intervention your friends would need to stage for YOU!

Only one entry person, but you can be entered twice if you send out the following Twitter message (exactly as is or else I won’t be able to track it).

“RT this tweet for a chance to win #HIMYM Season 4 on DVD. Enter at GiveMeMyRemote.com http://ow.ly/qIrn”

The contest will end at 11pm EST on Friday, October 2nd.

Tonight’s TV Spotlight…Monday, September 28, 2009

It’s just another manic Monday.  And if you don’t believe me, check out the TV schedule below.  If you haven’t left for work/school/life yet, be sure to double check that DVR to make sure everything is in fine working order. I heard so many stories last week from GMMR readers who were betrayed by technology and missed out on their favorite shows.  My DVR is set. I’m ready to go. (I think…let me check just one more time).

How I Met Your Mother | 8pm on CBS
“Double Date”
Ted realizes that the girl he goes on a blind date with is actually someone he dated years earlier, and that they still have nothing in common..

House | 8pm on FOX
“Epic Fail”
House has surprising news for Cuddy; an ailing video game creator opts for treatments suggested by people on the Internet rather than listening to the doctors; Foreman tries to get House’s job.

Dancing with the Stars | 8pm on ABC
Celebrities are paired with professionals in a ballroom-dance competition, with one pair typically eliminated each week. This week director Baz Luhrmann serves as a guest judge. Competitors include Donny Osmond, Melissa Joan Hart, Michael Irvin, Chuck Liddell and more.

Heroes | 8pm on NBC
While facing the unexpected consequences of his heroic acts, Peter meets a reluctant new hero (Deanne Bray); Claire tries to adjust to college life and the revelation of her ability; Samuel does everything in his power to recapture memories of Joseph.

(the rest of tonight’s TV spotlight is after the jump)

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DEXTER Season Premiere: Living the Dream

Welcome back to Miami. It’s time once again to drop in and get a glimpse into the life of America’s favorite serial killer, Dexter Morgan. It seems like yesterday that I was writing my first ever post for GMMR about last season’s premiere, so to think it was a year ago is insane. So much has happened since then, so let’s get started.

Dexter and Rita had a bouncing baby boy, Harrison. Cody became infatuated with Marco Polo (and, really, when you think back to your childhood can you blame him?) and Astor is jonesing for an iPod to listen to her emo music on. Angel and LaGuerta are going the workplace affair thing, Deb and Anton are all lovey dovey, and Masuka is still telling crappy jokes.

Oh, and Dexter hasn’t killed anyone in a while. Which, you know, never really ends well.

The ball really got rolling this episode when Dexter botched a testimony for Quinn and let a killer go free. But, as anyone who has ever watched the show before knows, that person will not be free for long.

But, before we can tackle Dexter’s shenanigans, we must introduce ourselves to the baddest bad guy on the block, the Trinity Killer, played by an extremely naked John Lithgow. He kills in very ritualistic groups of three, or so we hear from Fmr. Spec. Agent Frank Lundy, who returns to Miami retired, with a hobby for catching fish and the one serial killer who alluded him in his career. Dexter redeems himself from his early snafu by catching on to the fact that the Trinity Killer has been killing for decades, making him the most successful serial killer who never got caught…YET!

Sorry. It had to be done.

One of the big themes this season is going to be how Dexter is going to balance what used to be a façade and what is truly inside him. He is committed to being a better father than the one he believes Harry was, but he also isn’t easily settled sitting at home and being a family man every night. He has to kill, it’s in his blood (no pun intended) and he must find the time and the means to do it.

I think all of the major characters will be dealing with conflicts of self-identity this season. Is Deb devoted to the freewheeling spirit of Anton or the cop dedication of Lundy? Who is more important in Deb’s mind: the Harry that was or the Harry she thought she knew? Is LaGuerta an administrator or lover? Does Rita really believe in the dream she claims to love? This is where the beauty of “Dexter” comes into fruition: Dexter isn’t the only nut job on the show. He just shows it in the most creative way.

The team behind “Dexter” has always done a wonderful job of mixing in humor to the show. If there weren’t bits of levity here and there, it would become daunting and depressing. Usually, those laughs come from Masuka or Dexter’s inner monologue, but the biggest laughs of the night, for me, came from the redux of the opening theme. To see everything that is done with precision done sloppily was fantastic.

A lot of other ideas were started tonight and they will continue to unravel throughout the course of the season. Some will have to be resolved quicker than others. After Dexter’s car crash at the end of this episode, body parts are somewhere…if only Dexter could remember where. This can’t last for too many episodes, as it will become increasingly unrealistic for evidence to be sitting somewhere with no one stumbling on it. Also, any “Grey’s Anatomy”-esque office relationships need to either stay completely separated from the work, or just disappear altogether.

What we WILL have to look forward to is the hunt for two different killers, or so it looks at this moment. On one hand, we have the Vacation Killer, someone killing tourists. On the other, much less official hand, we have the Trinity Killer, someone who has been doing this for more than thirty years, we can assume.

This hour of television flew by for me, which is a good thing. I’m really looking forward to watching the rest of the season and discussing it with all of you fine readers.

What’s your favorite new storyline of the season? Trinity? Vacation Killer? Dexter the family man?

Philboy is a Midwesterner who spends his days doing PR for a small Catholic university. His can’t miss shows are “24”, “HIMYM” and “Dexter”. His thoughts for the week are, “COLTS WIN!” and “Where could those bags of body parts be?”

THE AMAZING RACE Season Premiere

Can you imagine how devastating it must be to be completely amped for a race around the world only to be Philiminated before your first destination? Such was the heartbreak for Eric and Lisa, yoga instructors from California, who were sent home after not being able to complete the first task of this, the 15th season of THE AMAZING RACE.

One of the most important factors in running a good race is paying attention to detail. The first task of the new season was to search a wall full of license plates and find one of the eleven plates from Tokyo.  Producers counted on the adrenaline of the racers to overpower their common sense.  A visual clue indicating the correct license plate was actually printed on their clue card. Those who paid attention to the entire clue and noticed the mark were quick to get their plates and head off to LAX for their flight to Tokyo.  But in the end it came down to Lisa & Eric and Lance & Keri with the latter pair finding the plate to secure the last plane tickets.

With the first task out of the way, the 11 teams left took off for the adventure of their life.  They will criss-cross the globe on a race to win $1M dollars. Be the first to the pit stop and you move on to the next destination. Arrive last and face being eliminated by the race by host Phil Keoghan.

Professional poker players, Maria & Tiffany, got their game on early. Not wanting to people to discount them because of their wealth, the two created a backstory in which they worked at a homeless shelter.  Uh oh, is THE AMAZING RACE turning into BIG BROTHER?

Upon arriving in Tokyo the teams were ushered right into an infamous Japanese game show.  Things got off to a hot start when one of the teammates was forced to eat a Wasabi bomb under two minutes in order to receive their next clue. It might sound easy, but clearly you’ve never ingested a large quantity of wasbi in one sitting.

Once the eating challenge was complete, the teams then had to usher members of the studio audience through the bustling streets of Tokyo in order to find a specific shrine.

Meghan and Cheyne, the all American boyfriend and girlfriend from San Diego, were the first to arrive to the mat and the winners of the first leg of THE AMAZING RACE. This twosome have been friends since elementary school and marriage is in their sights. Let’s just hope their relationship lasts the Race.

Zev and Justin, long time friends from Sherman Oaks, CA came in second.  Zev suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder. People with this syndrome often show significant difficulties in social interaction which often manifests itself in not being able to hold back from saying whatever is on their mind at any given time. Some, like Zev, also have a difficult time with breaking from routines and patterns. Time will tell if the frantic pace of TAR will be more difficult for Zev than others.

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Tonight’s TV Spotlight…Sunday, September 27, 2009

It’s a rainy, cold day here in Boston, but I’m not complaining.  Sometimes those are the best kinds of Sundays. Today is all about being lazy and watching some TV.  Tonight’s TV lineup is anything but lazy. It’s starting to feel like every night require multiple DVRs. So much to choose from.

It’s a BIG premiere tonight with DEXTER, CALIFORNICATION, THE AMAZING RACE, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, BROTHERS & SISTERS, COLD CAST and others kicking of their new seasons. And if animated comedies are your thing then definitely check out Fox for the season premieres of THE SIMPSONS, the series premiere of THE CLEVELAND SHOW, THE FAMILY GUY, and AMERICAN DAD.

What will YOUR Sunday night TV lineup look like? Definitely leave a note in the comments so I know which Sunday night shows you are most interested in.

The Amazing Race 15 | 8pm on CBS | Season Premiere
“They Thought Godzilla was Walking Down the Street”
Twelve teams begin their race around the world; only 11 teams make the journey to Tokyo after the contestants face a heart-breaking surprise elimination.

The Simpsons | 8pm on Fox | Season Premiere
“Homer the Whopper”
Season 21 opener: Homer gets the lead in a movie about a superhero who can take on the powers of every superhero in any comic book he touches. To whip Homer into superhero shape, the studio hires a celebrity fitness trainer (voice of Seth Rogen). It won’t be an easy job.

The Cleveland Show | 8:30pm on Fox | Series Premiere
“Pilot”
Cleveland decides it’s time for him and Cleveland Jr. to leave Quahog; Cleveland reunites with an old high school crush, Donna Tubbs.

Family Guy | 9pm on Fox | Season Premiere
“Road to the Multiverse”
Brian and Stewie travel through alternate universes, including a world run by dogs where humans are pets, and a post-apocalyptic world.

Desperate Housewives | 9pm on ABC | Season Premiere
“Nice is Different than Good”
Mike Delfino’s bride is revealed; Lynette faces another pregnancy; Bree tries to break free from her inhibitions; Carlos’ niece puts Gaby to the test; a new family moves to Wisteria Lane.

More of tonight’s lineup after the break…

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F-Bomb on SNL…Oops

It seems someone forgot to tell SNL newbie Jenny Slat that the “L” in SNL stands for live. Live as in it’s not ok to be dropping the F-bomb on NBC. Tsk. Tsk. Well at least people are talking about her today. Unfortunately it’s not for her stand out talent.

SNL won’t face any FCC fines as the curse was aired during a period of time where such language is allowed without fault.

You’ve heard people swear a million times over, but here’s the video all the same.

PROJECT SUPERNATURAL: Done and Done

Bring on the apocalypse. Project Supernatural is done and done. What a journey.

I need to watch the three episodes already aired of Season 5 to be all caught up.

Go me!

SMALLVILLE: Savior

Hey GMMR SMALLVILLE fans! It feels good to be back. I loved summer but Fall TV is my favorite! Smallville has returned for what will be its last season and on a new night. Hopefully you loyal fans tuned in to last night’s premiere and what remains of the Super boy tales.

Overall I thought it was great start to a new season. There a few new faces added into the mix, the writers even gave Tess a new sidekick super villain played by Callum Blue. The actor will be playing General Zod this season. Brian Austin Green also made an appearance and is said to be returning for one more episode. The former 90210 star is portraying John Corbin, a Daily Planet reporter and closet cyborg out to kill Clark. I did like Lois and John together. There’s a bit of a spark there between the two. It was sad to see him sit in Clark’s chair at the planet though! I haven’t read anything about what the plans are for season 9. I don’t even know if Clark will be returning to the Daily Planet as a reporter or if he has officially checked out from all humanity. I’m going with the latter. But who really knows after last night’s episode. His lack of self control with Lois was evident and sweet. Not so much to Chloe’s liking though!

We also found out bit by bit where the rest of the Smallville resident’s have been since last season’s end. Lois has been missing for three weeks and didn’t even realize it until John Corbin told her. She had traveled to the future and didn’t return alone. The fight seen on the mono rail was pretty cool. While Oliver had his own as well in an underground fight club. He is still in despair over the events that happened weeks ago. Lois with her rough edges pretty much put him in check. Tess is still in the same place but with a slew of new visitors! Badly beat up, she’s already back to manipulating the soldiers with General Zod.

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THE VAMPIRE DIARIES: Friday Night Bites

You know, I’m kind of loving this show. I feel a little bad about it because I’m definitely not a teenager anymore, but then I also have no shame so I don’t feel THAT bad. I’ve been excited for it to come back on all week—it’s basically the fall equivalent of summer beach reading, and who doesn’t love that?

I continue to love Stefan, but once again, Damon (and more to the point, Ian Somerhalder) stole the show. And while I thank the editors for the shirtless Damon sleeping shot, it was more the subtleties of the character that drew me in this week. There has been some discussion over the past few weeks about the dialogue being uneven and sometimes a little cheesy.  There are many who find  it all a bit on the hammy side, which I can see, but I feel like this week eased those concerns for me, at least when it comes to Damon.

I had been hearing a bit about how the Stefan, Elena, Damon connection was going to form into a love triangle of sorts, but I wasn’t seeing how it was going to come together.  I just wasn’t feeling it between Elena and Damon in either direction.  I thought maybe we’d see Damon tricking Elena into a false romance for his own evil entertainment, but then again I really didn’t the show was going to go there.  But with no real connection between Elena and Damon, what was going to be the catalyst to draw these two together.

But then this week happened.  The turning point came when Elena shared her condolences for Damon with regards to the loss of Katherine.  Not one to usually receive human sympathy, Damon looked genuinely shocked. And it was SUCH a great moment of acting—I REALLY bought it. That look, coupled with Stefan’s accusation that Damon was torturing Stefan because big brother too loved Katherine really gave us some important insight into Damon. But none more so than the sweet (or was it evil) way Damon stroked a sleeping Elena’s cheek. But if Damon’s really feeling for something for Elena, it’s not going to be easy to win her over.  Although, that slap in the parking lot was pretty major – the thin line between love and hate?

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BONES: Bond in the Boot

“Brain and Heart, Bones…brain and heart”. That is what this episode was about. I know that I tend to be optimistic about BONES episodes, but I think this one came just about as close to perfect as any episode I can think of. The case was whip smart and scientific. Booth was FBI-special and kicked butt. Brennan was brilliant and confident. But that’s not all…

All in all, I loved every moment. I’ll even excuse what has to be the MOST DISGUSTING BODIES EVER! I mean…seriously. Welcome back to gross, and ‘welcome back’ to the dinner I ate before watching this ep. Getting your hand cut off with your own knife sucks. Getting run over by James Bond’s car…not cool. But THEN you are eaten by cats? Sick, sick, sick.

The case:

The show really made an effort to showcase the case, and so I’ll make an effort to actually discuss it, haha. A Russian gems dealer arrives in the US with a briefcase only to be killed (see above) by a James Bond imposter. But then old J. Bond ends up being the ‘Bond in the Boot’ of his own car. AND he’s a CIA analyst. But still…where’s the briefcase? And what’s in it? What COULD be more valuable than diamonds? Come to find out the CIA analyst was rolling on his own, trying to solve his own lead. He sends the secretary a secret message, only the squint squad can decipher.

Intrigue, skeletons, accents, posturing heads of departments, and plumbing. Who could ask for more?

The Squints:

I’m going to lump them all together this time, since I discussed more of the case and want to cover all of B&B. I liked the teamwork about getting Wendell his scholarship back. I LOVED the part where Wendell comes up to the platform, and they all greet him cheerily. Brennan’s frozen face at that moment was so funny and so perfect for her. Like “Everyone is pretending to be happy, but it’s a lie, but I don’t want to give it away, but…it’s a LIE, but…” and probably a million more thoughts. Awesome. AWESOME!

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PSYCH Opening Credit Theme Song by Boyz II Men

I know it’s so hard to say goodbye to yesterday, but it’s not so hard to enjoy this Boyz II Men cover of the PSYCH theme song.

Psych Opening Credits – Boyz II Men!Tonight on PYSCH Gus must re-team with his estranged college singing buddies when a member of the old quartet is murdered. Kenan Thompson and Jaleel White guest-star in “High Top Fade Out”, premiering tonight at 10/9C!

SUPERNATURAL: Free to Be You and Me

I’m right in the thick of a pretty nasty flu and my head feels like it’s full of cotton, so please forgive me if I ramble or stop making sense at any point. Last night we saw the first episode post-breakup (not a Wincest reference, chillax), and it was a doozy. There was a lot of set up for the future, but it was more than simply an exposition (i.e. boring and heavy on the info) ep; there was a lot of excitement, darkness, humour and a moment that may or may not have caused me to pump my fist in the air out of pride (I will deny the fist pumping if I’m ever questioned about it, lol).

As we know from last week’s episode, Sam and Dean have decided to part ways, since Sam isn’t able to trust himself and Dean concurs. In the opening of FtbYaM (even the acronym is unwieldy), we saw intercut scenes showing us what each of the boys is now up to, and it was done so well! Sam working at a pub, Dean working a case, Sam cleaning the bar, Dean washing the Impala, Sam chopping lemons, Dean chopping vampires (“Eat it, Twilight”). From there, the story was pretty much split between the brothers and there was zero interaction between the two, although we did get new dream team with Dean and Cas who are as good a substitute as one could hope for until S & D are reunited.

The two were searching for the archangel Raphael who was the one responsible for killing Cas. Cas claims that Raphael may have information about God, but I’m not sure that revenge wasn’t just as important to him. When they see that the vessel is now empty and essentially catatonic, Dean asks if that’ll be his fate if Michael ever gets inside him (I just realized that this is going to be one long season of trying to avoid innuendo in terms of the vessel storyline, isn’t it?). Cas reassures him that Dean won’t face the same repercussions – it’ll be much worse. Well, that’s a relief.

Cas is pretty sure he’s going to be toast once they summon Raphael back to his vessel, and he plans to spend the night sitting in quiet contemplation. Well, obviously the Dean we know and love is not having that, especially once he finds out that Cas has never made sexy times with a lady friend. They (Dean) find a whorehouse and Dean provides money and instructions for Cas before sending him on his way with Chastity (haha). Not two minutes later, Chastity is screaming and running away from Cas, who apparently decided that this would be an opportune moment to discuss her father abandoning her as a child. Smooth move Cas – hard to imagine why you’re the 4,000-year-old virgin. It was sad to see Dean’s realization that he and Sam hadn’t been having fun like that in years, and it’s true. There have been lighthearted moments, but for the past couple of seasons things have been so heavy that they haven’t really been able to just have fun together.

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BRIEF INTERVIEWS WITH HIDEOUS MEN – The Making of Featurette

In this special behind-the-scene featurette, Hulu takes us back stage with some not so hideous men as they talk about the making of of John Krasinski’s BRIEF INTERVIEWS WITH HIDEOUS MEN.  The film, which premiered at Sundance earlier this year, is based on the David Foster Wallace book of the same name and was written and directed by Krasinski, who also stars in the film.

We’ve been following the development of this film from its early days and we are excited about finally being able to see it…soon.  BRIEF INTERVIEWS is having its NYC premiere this weekend at the IFC Center.  If you’re one of the luck ones to attend, you might be able to meet Mr. Krasinski himself as he’ll be attending a few of the screenings. (For more information on the NYC screenings click here.) Hopefully information about other screenings will be coming soon. After its theatrical release, the movie will be available for viewing on Hulu.

UPDATE: Thanks to GMMR reader Austin for letting us know that it’s also available right now via cable @ IFC On Demand. Hopefully I’ll be able to check it out tonight then. Win! Thanks, Austin.

Brothers | 8pm on Fox

Series Premiere: Retired NFL player Mike Trainor leaves the high life behind when he is called home to help deal with family issues, only to find the change of venue has become a necessity when his financial picture suddenly changes. [First Lookat BROTHERS on Fox]

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