Heroes Pilot Review: Part 1

Continuing on with my review of the fall pilots I'm looking forward to, here is my review of Heroes which will air at 9pm eastern on NBC Mondays. The pilot episode will be two hours long so this review will be broken into two parts.

Suresh (left) is a professor in India who gets alerted in one of his classes by a man named Nirad. Suresh dismisses class and knows immediately what it is about. Nirad informs Suresh that his father, a New York City taxicab driver, has been murdered. Surseh is upset but not entirely surprised. Then Suresh and Nirad go to his father's apartment and talk about how Suresh had been receiving letters from his father about someone following him and trying to take his research documents. Suresh says that his father had been following a crazy theory and found Sylar, a "Patient Zero". Nirad tries to convince Suresh that his father was crazy, Suresh isn't so sure. They see a map with various markings all over the world and old newspaper articles strewn about. Nirad wonders what would be so important for his father to die for and vows to find this man named Sylar. Nirad tried to talk Suresh out of this decision, he does not want Suresh to give his life away like his father did. Suresh looks at an old photo of him and his father and knows what he has to do.

Peter is at the bedside of an old man named Charles who is very ill. It is Peter's job to tend to Charles. Peter reads Charles the daily stock prices and Charles give him a hard time but it turns out they have a good relationship and they are just teasing each other. Peter reveals to Charles that he can fly and Charles does not believe him. Just as Peter walks to the window to show Charles his skill, Charles' daughter Stella comes in the room. Peter and Stella have a conversation about Charles who is unconscious. Apparently Peter had been having a dream when he was talking to Charles. Then Peter flirts with Stella and asks her out. Stella declines because she is dating someone.

Niki (right) is a single mother of a 10 year old boy named Micah. She tells him to get ready for school and Micah is excited for the solar eclipse that is set to happen that day. There is a knock at the door and Niki tells Micah to get to the rear of the home. Outside there are two guys wearing leather, not good.

D.L. is a prisoner at the Sing sing prison. A prison guard finds him sleeping on the floor out of his cell in the boiler room. The guard is very upset that D.L. is not where he is supposed to be and orders D.L. to tell him how he got there. D.L. can't answer because he really has not clue how he got there. D.L. is taken to the Warden's office for a little chat.

Peter is visiting his brother Harrison at his campaign headquarters. Harrison is running for public office and is a very uptight man. Peter is trying to describe to Harrison about the dreams he has been having, these dreams about flying. Harrison does not have time for this and tells Peter to go see a doctor for his problems. Just then Harrison gets a phone call about their mother who has been arrested for shoplifting.

Isaac is a drug addict and a painter. Isaac is really disturbed by the fact that he has been painting the future on his canvas. Stella finds Isaac in a frenzy trying to paint a picture of an eclipse. Stella wants him to put the paintings in a show or something. Isaac says that he can only paint when he is high but can't remember doing so. Isaac explains to her that he painted the outcome of a horse race weeks before it took place. Isaac also painted a picture of Stella as she looks today. Stella is trying to convince Isaac to get help for his addiction but he won't listen.

Hiro (left) is a Japanese corporate cubicle worker. Hiro has been staring at a clock for quite sometime when he finally gets the second hand to stops moving and goes back one second. Hiro is triumphant in accomplishing this task and runs down to another cubicle where his friend Ando sits. Hiro tries to explain to Ando what just happened with the clock. Ando is not too impressed with Hiro's story and thinks that Hiro has lost his mind. Hiro tries to explain that he was the one who caused the train to arrive 14 seconds late earlier that day. Suddenly Hiro's boss breaks up the storytelling time, back to work.

Niki is called to the Principal's office at Micah's school. Principal Kearns explains that Micah's test scores came back too low and that he is not upholding the standards of the private school. Niki gets very upset and demands her tuition back. The Principal agrees to refund the unused portion of the tuition but not the $25,000 entrance fee that Niki made to get Micah into the school. As Niki storms out of the room and grabs Micah, she notices something weird about her reflection. Niki sees her reflection move out of the mirror and then smashes the mirror on her way out of the door.

Claire (right) is a Texas high school cheerleader and sits next to another teen named Zach. Zach has been video taping Claire doing all sorts of stunts to hurt herself but nothing is happening as her skin keeps healing right in front of their eyes. Zach is impressed with all the stunts and is glad to be a part of the experiment. Zach is also glad that Claire is talking to her since Zach is a bit of an outsider and Claire is popular. Claire is upset by her special gift because she thinks all the people in school will think she is weird. They notice that on Claire's last stunt she broke her leg very badly and the bone is sticking out of her skin. Claire pops her bone back into place and then takes the video tape from Zach. Claire walks off with only a slight limp.

That is all for part 1, part 2 is posted above this one.

Amazing Race 10 Sightings

The Amazing Race is currently filming its 10th edition to air in the fall. There are some small bit of information that have leaked due to some sightings. Once I find out more of the route spoilers after filming has completed, I'll make a new more detailed post. In the meantime here is what is known so far:

The race began filming on May 27th in Seattle. There were signtings at the Seattle-Tacoma Airport that day. Speculation is that the race then stopped in Beijing and Mongolia before heading to New Zealand and then Singapore. There also has been another sighting in the Kuwait airport around June 8th. There were also 7 same model type SUVs spotted in the airport parking lot, speculation is that this would be somewhere around the 5th episode if the teams begin with their usual 11 teams. The race lead the teams to the Kuwait Towers. This race will go around the world in the opposite direction, heading west from the United States.

Nip/Tuck 4.03 Spoilers

This episode should air on October 3, 2006.

Christian is at the gym with Fabio, his trainer. Christian finds out he is not in the best shape possible. Christian tells Fabio that he has a real job and does not have time to workout that much but then notices another plastic surgeon named Dr. Mike Hamoui having a much easier time working out. Christian later finds himself in the showers at the same time as Mike and checks out his very fit body. Mike notices Christian's staring and starts a conversation with him. Mike knows who Christian is and praises what McNamara/Troy has done for the plastic surgery business. Then Mike reveals that his business is booming and Christian becomes jealous of Mike's body and success. Christian asks Mike how he makes time for both and Mike confesses that he does not eat and goes to the gym any time he has a spare moment.

Just as Christian is about to leave the gym, he spots Matt and confronts him about not calling. Matt is not in a mood to talk and they have a confrontation. Christian makes some reference to Kimber as "Hari Kimber", it seems that she is on some sort of spiritual mission perhaps.

Meanwhile, Sean and Julia are interviewing nurses to help with their soon to be born son. It appears that the baby will be handicapped and need reconstructive plastic surgery. They speak to a woman named Monica Wilder who says all the right things and impresses the McNamaras. After the interview, Monica needs a ride home and Sean offers to take her. Monica and Sean have some small talk in the car but seem to have bonded during their conversation. Suddenly we see that Sean and Monica are at a motel having sex.

Later on Sean calls Julia and tells her that he has run out of gas and will get home as soon as he can. Julia hopes that Monica got home first so that she does not have a bad impression of them. Sean feels the guilt about what he has done and tells Monica that it would not be the best idea if she worked for them. Monica agrees but blames herself for ruining a great opportunity. Sean feels sorry for her and agrees to give her a nose job as a parting gift.

The next day Christian visits Mike's office for a quickie "lunchtime liposuction" procedure. Christian notices that Mike's operating room is better than his. During the procedure, Christian realizes that he feels degraded by having such a successful and toned man see his flaws. They get into a testosterone sparring match and then Mike asks Christian why Sean is not able to perform this procedure on Christian. All Mike gets in response is an excuse.

RW/RR Challenge Scoop

Filming of the next upcoming Real World/Road Rules Challenge is already underway in Brazil. No word on when an airdate but it would likely be after The Real World Key West has its finale on August 8th and the Fresh Meat Challenge has its finale on September 11th. Castmembers we can expect on the Brazil challenge are from Real World Beth S., Aneesa, and another quad group from the most recent Real World season Paula, John, Svetlana and Tyler. Derrick and Tina are the only members from Road Rules known at this time with an exception of Casey (Wes' partner) from the Fresh Meat Challenge, who will potentially become considered part of the Road Rules gang. Further speculation is that Derrick and Casey end up hooking up so I guess that does not mean well for Derrick's romance with Diem. Those people who are already revealed to have made the return trip home from Brazil are John and Paula (big surprise) as well as Tina. No word on weather or not anyone from Austin decided to try their luck again on this challenge.

As for the Fresh Meat Challenge, there is speculation that the winner has already been leaked. Stop reading now if you don't want to know. Ok, fair enough. Supposedly Darrell's winning streak does not end as he and Aviv walk away with the $250k.

TV on DVD Release Dates: 05-06 Season

Over the last couple of weeks I have seen a lot of questions around the net about when our favorite TV series from the 2005-2006 season will be available on DVD. Here is what I have so far and I'll update once more information becomes available.

June 13: Medium (S1)
June 27: Project Runway (S2)
July 11: 30 Days (S1)
July 18: Carnivale (S2)
August 8: Prision Break (S1)
August 22: House (S2), Veronica Mars (S2)
August 29: Arrested Develop. (S3), Desp. Housewives (S2), Nip/Tuck (S3)
September 5: Lost (S2), Supernatural (S1)
September 12: Grey's Anatomy (S2), The Office (S2), Smallville (S5)
September 19: Gilmore Girls (S6)
September 26: One Tree Hill (S3)
November: Alias (S5)

30 Days News & Update

One of the summer's best reality TV shows is coming back soon! 30 Days will be back on air on Wednesday, July 26th at 10pm eastern on FX. If you have not heard of this show or watched it when it was on last summer, it is a documentary about someone who lives a life drastically different from their own for 30 days. This show is produced by Morgan Spurlock, who is the genius behind the movie Super Size Me. If you want to catch up on last season's 6 life changing episodes, the first season DVD will be released on July 11th in anticipation of the season 2 premiere. Those of you who are familiar with the show will be happy to know that Morgan was the subject of one of the episodes again for the upcoming season. While there are no details yet about what the topic of this episode entails, it is sure to be a great follow up to Morgan and Alex's minimum wage experiment last season. Speaking of Morgan and Alex, you all will be happy to know that they got married in Fiji on May 3rd this year. Best wishes to them!

Update on 6.15.06: Want to know where Morgan Spurlock will be spending his 30 days in season 2? That would be at the Henrico County Jail in Virginia. The episode was filmed in February and will focus on drug addiction rehabilitation as well. Some other topics that will be covered in the second season of 30 Days are immigration (immigrant family living with border patrol officer), abortion and outsourcing. This six episode season will end on August 30th.

Update on 7.21.06: I'm anxiously awaiting the premiere of this wonderful and thought provoking series. I have learned the topic of this season's 6 episodes, they are in order: Immigration 9anti-immigation man living with immigrant family), Outsourcing (man who los job due to outsourcing goes to India to live with the people who replaced him) , Athism (Athiest mom lives with evangelical christian family) , New age therapies (man with anger issues learns new age techniques), Abortion (pro choice woman who has had an abortion lives and works in a pro life center) and Incarceration (Morgan gets thrown in jail).

Nip/Tuck 4.02 Spoilers

This episode will air on September 26, 2006.

The episode opens with Christian at a strip club and has taking a liking to a huge breasted woman named Blu Mondae. Blu is talking about how her breasts are natural and they bother her. Christian tells her to stop talking. When Blu finds out that Christian is a plastic surgeon, they end up in Christian's bedroom having sex. Blu proposes working out a deal with Christian to get her breasts reduced but Christian says he does not do favors anymore. They continue to have sex.

Sean and Christian are getting used to having Michelle (from 4.01) involved at the office. Then Christian meets with a man named Mitchell and his much older sugar daddy boyfriend named Arthur. Turns out that Arthur wants work done on Mitchell but Christian senses that Mitchell is not too interested in having plastic surgery. Christian asks Mitchell to come back another time for a private consultation.

After the credits we see Sean and Matt are having a conversation at home. Sean and Julia want Matt to attend a gym so that he can become more social and give him something to do. Matt is not too interested, he'd rather work out in the garage.

Mitchell comes to visit Christian in private and Mitchell confesses that he is not sure that he is gay, he just likes the perks that come with a rich boyfriend. Christian tries to convince Mitchell that receiving those perks is not worth going through surgery. Mitchell asks Christian if he is "bi" as well. Christian says no, he just does not like to see people getting taken advantage of. Christian offers to help get Mitchell out of the situation and asks Mitchell to hang out with him sometime, to show him some options.

Meanwhile, Sean meets a man named Alex at a coffee shop who has a facial deformity. Sean offers his help. At first Alex is not interested but then Alex takes Sean's card and visits Sean at the office. Sean asks Alex why his parents never took Alex to get corrective surgery but Alex says that his parents did not have the money. Sean then offers to perform corrective surgery on Alex for free.

Later on Christian and Mitchell go to the strip club. Christian spots Blu Mondae and asks her to help out Mitchell and get him to leave the gay boyfriend. Blue agrees but then Christian asks her to have sex with Mitchell. Blue is appalled but when Christian offers to do her breast reduction for free, Blue has a change of heart. Blue and Mitchell end up having a good time but they only pretend to have sex for Christian's sake.

Sean performs Alex's surgery but during the procedure he discovers that Alex's deformity is too severe to be fixed all in one surgery. Once Alex wakes up, Sean explains the problems and offers to do a number of procedures and braces to fix Alex completely. Alex declines because he would not want to go through the pain and look even worse than he already does for a payoff in the far future, he is used to the way he looks anyway.

Michelle is surprised by a woman named James. Michelle does not like the surprise and makes sure nobody is watching but then gives James a bottle of pills. James unbuttons her shirt then first caresses and kisses Michelle. Liz watches from afar.

Sean and Christian are talking about some sort of intervention with Matt. Christian wants to tighten the purse strings but wants Julia on board with the plan so that everyone is united. Sean agrees to the plan. When they talk to Julia, they find out that she has already given Matt some money.

Mitchell comes to visit Christian at his apartment and tells Christian that Arthur found out about the strip club and threw him out. Christian feels for Mitchell and gives him some money and offers to set Mitchell up in a nice hotel for a while until he gets back on his feet. Mitchell asks to use the bathroom and Christian lets him in. Mitchell then appears out of the bathroom completely naked and offers to give Christian a blow job. Christian freaks out and tells Mitchell to leave. Once Mitchell continues to pursue Christian, Mitchell gets punched in the nose and Christian throws him out.

Later on Julia talks to Sean and agrees to the plan about Matt. Julia is toughened by the fact that the baby is going to have some developmental problems and reveals that she has decided to name the baby Conor.

Christian goes to visit Blu at the strip club after she has her breasts done. Blu is wearing a black wig and has decided to change her persona to Ashley Wednesday. Christian displays ambivalence as the show ends with him in contemplation of what he has become.

Rescue Me 3.10 Spoilers

This episode will air August 8, 2006.

Tommy hires a cab driver to take him to Rockaway when he sees that an Escalade belonging to him is stolen. Tommy gets into the driver's seat of the cab to chase after the Escalade. The cabbie is upset but when Tommy agrees to give him $100, he lets Tommy take over the wheel. When Tommy catches up with the Escalade and has a confrontation with the driver. Jerry is in a club dancing with Karlene when he is offered some weed, Jerry declines. Later on Tommy visits Stack who is still in the hospital. Stack's wife Deb asks Tommy to do her a favor. The crew also learns that Probie wants to transfer.

Big Brother Top 20 Update

I'm updating my previous post about the potential list of Big Brother Top 20 candidates. This week CBS has made another mistake and revealed the identity of those potential contestants that was supposed to be kept secret until the June 21st special edition of Big Brother. CBS has made similar goofs like this in the past so its fairly certain that these 20 will be the ones we can vote for. The link has since been taken down or else I would provide it so you could see for yourself but this fact adds more credibility to the mistake. If you also go back to the post I made a week or so ago, you will see that most of the 20 I had is listed here and gives us another reason to believe this is the top 20. The ones with ^ by their name are assumed from my previous list because of some common names that could be several people.

BB1: George
BB2: Bunky, Mike^, Monica, Will^
BB3: Danielle, Lisa, Marcellas
BB4: Alison, Dana, Erika
BB5: Diane, Jase, Nakomis
BB6: Howie, Ivette, James, Janelle, Kaysar, Michael^

As for who I'm voting for and would like to see in the house are Diane, Nakomis and Janelle for the women and George, Kaysar and Marcellas for the men. It was a tough choice for me and I would like to see most of the 20 on BB7 but I have to make a selection because I can't vote for all of them. I am not voting for previous winners because I think they will be targeted and ousted early anyway but Alison and Will would certainly make for an interesting house dynamic.

Stanley Cup Finals

With the television season and its spoilers being on hiatus for the time being, it is time to look at one of the more exciting final match ups in the world of sports and make some predictions. The NHL finally has their Stanley Cup finals schedule and teams set. In keeping with my tradition of looking at the odds, here are the current series odds courtesy of bodog.com:

Edmonton to win in 4 games: +1500
Edmonton to win in 5 games: +700
Edmonton to win in 6 games: +400
Edmonton to win in 7 games: +500
Carolina to win in 4 games: +1200
Carolina to win in 5 games: +450
Carolina to win in 6 games: +425
Carolina to win in 7 games: +350

My take on these odds: The best odds to make a bet would be Edmonton in 7 for sure. I think either team has a shot to win the Cup and a 7 game series is very possible. I'm worried about the rust factor that has plagued each team in the Western Conference coming off of convincingly winning the previous series. That is why I look for Carolina to have the edge coming out of the gates at home. I'll guess Carolina in 5 because I think Edmonton may have to much rust and pressure on them. Either way, I'm looking forward to the first game tonight and a very good match up for the finals.

Rescue Me 3.09 Spoilers

This episode will air August 1, 2006.

This episode pretty much picks up where the 3.08 left off. Tommy is visiting Stack in the hospital. Stack's wife Deb is crying because his other leg has been amputated. Tommy tells Deb that he will stick around and watch Stack for he so she can go home for a little while.

Franco finds out that his new girl Natalie is living with a guy but it turns out that its her brother Richard who has some disabilities. But when Natalie is out of the room Franco finds out that Richard has it out for him. Later on the three of them go out to dinner and when they are walking back Richard calls Franco a black racial slur. Franco says the he is Puerto Rican while Natalie blames her brother's outburst on Tourette's. In the end they all pretty much offend everyone on the street.

Jerry visits his wife at the nursing home and Jerry becomes upset because she does not have any idea who he is, she won't even call him Bud anymore. Kathleen, a woman who works at the home, tells Jerry that it may be better if he forgets about his wife. Jerry is offended and the next day Kathleen comes all the way down to the station to apologize.

Meanwhile, Lou is still doing yoga with Epiphany, Mike is trying to break up with Chris and Sheila also appears.

List of CW Affiliates

One of the concerns I hear about the most from TV viewers is whether or not they will be able to get the new CW channel in the fall. I found a great list of all the announced CW affiliates and will name the specific channel that the CW will be on in that market. This list is updated all the time as the CW adds more stations and is a great resource for information. Here is the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_CW_affiliates

Another thing that is important to note is that the WB or UPN station that is not going to carry the CW will likely contain either the FOX owned My Network TV or local programming and syndicated shows. So, its not like one channel is going to go black or disappear on the launch date of September 18th.

If you have any questions about what channel your CW will be on, I'll be happy to answer them. Some states have a lot of different markets and I have a great resource for finding out which market people are in. This is a big change merging two networks and I know we all want to make sure we will be able to watch the CW in the fall.

Nip/Tuck 4.01 Spoilers

Here are some spoilers for the first episode of the new season of Nip/Tuck that will premiere on September 19, 2006.

Christian and Sean meet a couple of pretty women in a bar. Turns out they are a mother-daughter pair named Jill and Riley. Sean decides to go home to Julia while Christian takes the ladies back to his place. Sean and Christian trying to have sex at the same time in each of their respective houses. Sean tries to have sex with a six months pregnant Julie but she is too uncomfortable and asks him to stop. Christian gets Jill and Riley in bed but gets into a fight with them as soon as Riley realizes Christian won't kiss either of them. Christian then throws the girls out because Jill tells him he is going to die alone because he won't let anyone get close to him.

The next day at the office, Sean and Christian are interviewing a man named Burt Landau who is in his 70's and his young wife named Michelle. Burt had testicular cancer and is not happy with the small size of testicular implants. Burt has something larger in mind and asks the guys for help. Later on it appears that Sean and Christian have made a business deal with the Landaus concerning the practice.

Julia goes to the doctor and they discuss something that may be wrong with the baby. Julia reveals that she has not told Sean because he may have not wanted to continue the pregnancy had he known.

Sean interviews another patient named Cindy Plumb who is in her 50's. Cindy's request is to get a voice lift because she is a phone sex operator. Cindy has been a drinker and smoker for many years but has found joy in the 1-900 business to get over a painful divorce. Sean sympathetically agrees to perform the surgery.

Christian decides to see a therapist named Faith to talk about his issues after observing Sean and his family happy together. Christian and Faith discuss the fact that Christian only likes to have sex with women doggy style because he does not want to be intimate with them and see their faces. The next day we see that Christian is having sex with Faith in her office doggy style.

The episode ends with Christian alone at a bar. When a young beautiful woman approaches him, Christian declines and continues to sit alone.

Bachelor 9: Lorenzo

After taking last fall off, ABC is bringing back the ninth edition of The Bachelor to its fall 2006 schedule airing 1t 9pm eastern on Mondays. ABC has also decided to reveal the identity of the next Bachelor and he is Lorenzo Borghese, a member of an Italian royal family. The Borghese family is also famous for its cosmetics business where Lorenzo oversees a line of pet care cosmetic products. No word yet if Lorenzo's career will be gone into detail on the show. The season will be filmed in Rome in keeping with the Italian theme. I'm not so sure that this is the proper set up for an actual successful match but we'll have fun watching the crazy women think they are going to become royalty overnight.

Six Degrees Pilot Review

I'm going to give a little sample and review of a couple of the more interesting fall pilots as we wait for the summer TV to really begin. I'll write up what the first episode is about and my review at the end. This process should give us all a good idea if we will be interested in watching the show come fall.

The main characters are Carlos (a public defender), Mae *pictured* (a troubled and mysterious woman), Whitney (a powerful executive), Damian (a gambler and chauffeur), Laura (a mom with a failed marriage), and Steven (a recovering addict and a photographer).

Carlos is assigned to help Mae out of trouble when she is charged with indecent exposure. Carlos makes a deal with a judge to get Mae out of trouble because he feels something for her. Later on Carlos tells his friends with benefits girl Sandy that he has met someone and wants to break it off.

We meet Whitney as she finds out that she has made partner at her PR firm. Whitney's boyfriend Roy helps her celebrate as she asks him to marry her. Roy likes the idea but wants to be the one to surprise her with a ring.

Steven appears as he has snuck to his son's school to see him. It seems that his ex will not let Steven see his son, Max. Steven gets upset and goes to a bar where Damian is as well, they do not know each other.

Damian is at the bar watching a race that he has bet on. He loses and then goes to pick up a client in his Town Car. The client is none other than Roy on his way to see Whitney.

Later on Mae is on a pay phone talking to an Eric who is upset that she got in trouble with the law because she is supposed to be on the run. Mae tells Eric she has a plan.

Laura is at lunch with a friend Bonnie about how she is going back to work. Laura is hiding the reason of her broken marriage as the reason she needs to back to work.

Damian is waiting for a client who actually turns out to be his brother Michael. Its seems that Michael wants to help Damian out of his gambling debt. Damian does not take the offer but keeps it in mind.

Whitney has found one of Steven's photos by coincidence and has asked to have a meeting with him. Whitney offers Steven a job for a perfume client but Steven becomes upset and walks out. Whitney goes after him but instead sees one of her co-workers looking at a profile of Roy on a dating website. Whitney confronts Roy who says it was done as a joke and he is not looking for someone to date.

After Mae changes her appearance with a drastic haircut and color, she goes in for a live-in nanny interview at Laura's house. Laura is impressed with Mae and offers her a job since her references checked out . Later on Mae talks to Eric on the phone and commends his fine job pretending to be a reference. They talk about how the job is great because Mae will get paid cash and does not have to sign a lease to live anywhere, no trail. Later on Mae goes on a walk with Laura's daughter Eliza and gets scared because she thinks someone is following her. Mae considers quitting the job, it may be too dangerous.

Steven goes back to a gallery where his work used to be shown and regrets that his addiction had ruined his old life. Steven asks the owner to show his old photos but the owner suggests that Steven make new work to make people forget about what happened. Steven says that he does not have the inspiration anymore and doubts this idea would work.

Later on Whitney coincidently talks at a nail salon with a stranger who happens to be Laura. They talk about the dating website Whitney found Roy's profile on and Laura agrees to help Whitney.

After trying to call Mae and finding the number disconnected, Carlos sees Mae go into a nightclub and tries to get in but the bouncer won't let him. Carlos spots Damian and his Town Car and asks for a ride down the street back to the nightclub in order to look like a VIP. Damian offers Carlos some advice and clothing to look more the part of a VIP.

The next day Carlos' boss finds out about the deal with the judge and is not happy but admires his passion for wanting to help Mae out. He suspends Carlos but does not fire him.

Laura finally decides to confront her failed marriage and sends her husband's things away in a moving van. Once the van is out of sight, Laura breaks down on the street.

Steven runs home and turns his bathroom into a darkroom. It seems that he has captured something on film that inspired him. As the image develops we see that it is Laura during her break down.

That night Laura and Whitney have set Roy up by getting him to come to a fake date to meet Laura. Once Roy arrives, Whitney gets upset and knows that Roy was lying and is a cheater. Roy says that he knew it was a set up and he came to surprise Whitney with an engagement ring and pops the question.

Damian is off to pick up Michael and wants to accept his offer for help. Michael appears out of a building with another man and what appears to be a body bag. Michael asks Damian to pop the trunk. The next day Michael thanks Damian for helping him out the previous night and pays him a large sum of cash. Damian is dealing with the fact that he shot someone. Michael asks Damian to keep working with him and asks Damian to keep an eye out for a girl he is looking for, the photo reveals that it is Mae.

My take on the pilot: I liked reading this pilot more than I expected. I liked the characters right away and it was interesting how they were all slightly connected. There were several other coincidental ways that the character's crossed paths that I did not write about. I am interested to see where this story is going but I don't know if it is going to evolve into a big mystery or if all six are going to finally meet and become one big group of friends. I'll have to wait and see the show to really grasp the tone and direction but so far so good. And with a slot after Grey's Anatomy, Six Degrees has a good chance to become a hit.

Updated 5.27.06

Upfront Review

Since I missed the boat on all the upfront news while I was away, I'll spare you all with the endless recap of all the schedules and pickups. I'm sure you all have seen the list and grids 10 times by now anyway. But, I will highlight some things I found interesting and newsworthy.

First of all, one of the biggest surprises came with the pick of 7th Heaven, which will be back on the CW in its 8pm eastern slot on Mondays. After the super lame finale I am a little glad that the show will be back in hopes of a decent ending but I'm upset that we were tricked into thinking this was the real series finale we saw. Too bad for the Everwood fans who got the shaft with this move but we'll have fun watching the writers get out of the hole they wrote themselves in with the multiple twin pregnancies and the ambiguous Sandy-Simon storyline. I should also not that I heard that there may only be 13 episodes of 7th Heaven's eleventh season. That makes no sense to me at all since I have no idea why they would bring this show back from the dead for half a season. But, its something to keep our eyes and ears open for nonetheless.

Another pickup that was a surprise is that What About Brian will be back in the fall. I like that the show is sticking around in its 10pm eastern slot on the ABC Monday schedule and I'm glad that the network decided to give the show another chance. What About Brian seemed to get stronger as the season went on so I have high hopes for the next season. No word yet about what will become of the 3 unaired episodes.

It was interesting to see ABC move Grey's Anatomy to the ultimate competition spot at 9pm eastern on Thursdays. I will be fun to see if this mega hit show will be able to knock CSI down a peg. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy CSI but it could stand to lose a little hype and actually have to work a bit harder to captivate the audience.

The OC will also remain in 9pm eastern Thursday slot for FOX but its going to be impossible to get better ratings against both Grey's and CSI. I'm just hoping that the fourth season's storylines will be better than the ones we had to endure this season. It will be also fun to wait and see how long it will take before the inevitable Marissa flashback/dream/alternate universe scenes happen once Mishca Barton realizes her movie career isn't going to take off. I heard that Volchok will be back for the aftermath, I wonder where they are going witht that one. Its also important to note that rumor has it that season four of the OC will not premiere until after the World Series concludes, which means mark your calendars for November.

Going back to the CW, I like the pairings for the most part. Especially Gilmore Girls with Veronica Mars on Tuesday. America's Next Top Model with One Tree Hill should work out nice too. I was a bit disappointed to see the pilot "Split Decision" did not make the cut but maybe it will be resurrected at some point.

Over at NBC, the one of only interesting things going on is Sunday Night Football begins fall this season. I still don't understand which game will be the "big game of the week". Is it the Sunday one on primetime national television or the one on the traditional Monday night slot on ESPN? My gut tells me the Sunday night one will end up getting the biggest billing and hype, thus becoming the big game of the week but its still a toss up.

Also on NBC, I like the concept of the Heroes pilot. I'm not big into Sci-Fi or anything that is too high concept but I know that Heroes sounds like a good character study so I'm going to give it a chance. Anyway, I'm going to review the pilot script and post about it sometime soon. Its not exactly a spoiler per se but since it has not aired yet some of you might find it interesting to read about anyhow.

Another thing to note about NBC is that they are only going to have one cycle of the Apprentice next season as it will not premiere until the spring and will be one of the shows to replace Sunday Night Football. I wonder how the Donald feels that his "hit show" is getting reduced to once a year. I'd love to hear his ridiculous spin on this issue.

Another show that is moving to Sundays is The Amazing Race. I like that the show is still in a 8pm eastern slot but being against football is not going to be pretty. I like its chances better once football is over and makes a nice combo with Desperate Housewives on ABC at 9pm. The Amazing Race is one of my absolute favorite reality shows and I hope it will be on for a very long time. Here is to hoping it can find a good home on Sunday.

Just a last general comment is that I am surprised that the networks are trying to block program their shows more. Meaning that some are being rolled out late or held off until midseason in order to keep the audience's attention and repeat less. I also noticed less new shows will premiere this fall and more favorites with less than stellar ratings given a chance. If all this means less cancelled shows, I am all for it. So far it is shaping up to be a great fall!

Big Brother All-Stars Voting Update

Its almost time to get out to the polls and vote for your favorite former Big Brother contestant to compete on this season of Big Brother All-Stars. CBS has announced that on Wednesday, June 21st at 8pm eastern there will be a Big Brother preview show where Julie Chen will reveal the 20 candidates to vote for and will kick off the online vote that night. Rumor has it that the top 3 guys and girls with the most votes will be automatically on the show while the producers get to select the other 6 to round out the cast. Here is to hoping that there will be some great people to choose from!

Updating this one day later, I found a list of potential Big Brother All-Stars contestants who will comprise the top 20 for the audience to vote for. This list is not sent in stone as all of these contestants might not have commited to the season yet or CBS may change their minds but here is what the top 20 looks like now. The 5 with * by their name have appeared on another list, alternates perhaps? We'll find out on June 21st.

BB1: George Boswell
BB2: Will Kirby, Mike “Boogie” Malin, Bill “Bunky” Miller, Monica Bailey, Shannon Dragoo*, Sheryl Braxton*
BB3: Lisa Donahue, Danielle Reyes, Marcellas Reynolds
BB4: Jun Song, Erika Landin
BB5: Diane Henry, Jase Wirey, Holly King, Scott Long, Will Wikle*, Lori Valenti
BB6: Ivette Corredero, James Rhine, Ashlea Evans*, Janelle Pierzina, Howie Gordon, Kaysar Ridha, Michael Donnellan*

Veronica Mars Renewed!

Just a quick update from the high seas to shout from the rooftops that Veronica Mars will be back for a third season. I hope this comes as wonderful news if you have not already heard. Veronica Mars will be a part of the new CW schedule on Tuesday nights at 9pm eastern following Gilmore Girls. But, the renewal comes with one catch, the season (and presumably the show) can be cancelled after 13 episodes if the ratings are low. This would be such a huge disappointment so please get everyone you know to watch Veronica Mars this fall!

Going Away

Just so you know I'll be gone on vacation for about a week and there will not be any updates. When I get back there should be plenty of news about the upfronts and the fall schedule. In case you missed my earlier posting of the upfront schedule I have it posted below. Also in the meantime, here is a repost of the remaining finales that are sceduled to air this season.

2006 Network Upfront Schedule
Monday, May 15th (4pm): NBC
Tuesday, May 16th, (morning): MyNetworkTV
Tuesday, May 16th, (4pm): ABC
Wednesday, May 17th, (4pm): CBS
Thursday, May 18th, (mid to late morning): The CW
Thursday, May 18th, (4pm): FOX

Finale Schedule
May 14 (Sunday): L&O: CI, Malcom, Simpsons, Survivor, West Wing
May 15 (Monday): How I Met YM, Grey's Anatomy, Medium, Prision Break
May 16 (Tuesday): Boston Legal, L&O: SVU, NCIS, Scrubs, The Unit
May 17 (Wednesday): Amazing Race, Bones, CSI: NY, Invasion
May 17 (Continued): America's Next Top Model, Law & Order
May 18 (Thursday): CSI, ER, The OC, Will & Grace, Without a Trace
May 19 (Friday): Close to Home, Conviction, Numbers
May 21 (Sunday): Charmed, Cold Case, Desperate Housewives
May 22 (Monday): 24, Alias, The Apprentice, CSI: Miami, Deal or No Deal
May 22 (Continued): King/Queens, Medium, Old Christine, Two & Half Men
May 23 (Tuesday): House
May 24 (Wednesday): American Idol, Lost
June 4 (Sunday): Big Love, The Sopranos
June 5 (Monday): Everwood

Veronica Mars Season 2 Repeats

I just wanted to let you all know that beginning Tuesday, May 16th at 9pm UPN is rerunning the complete second season of Veroncia Mars. From what I have heard the entire season will be shown this summer with some back to back showings to get all 22 episodes in before fall. This is a great opportunity to catch up on missed episodes or a way to watch and catch clues about the mysteries and Beaver's evilness. Either way its a chance to watch a great show and get ready for season 3 (fingers crossed).

RW/RR Fresh Meat Challenge Update

The premiere date for this Real World/ Road Rules Fresh Meat Challenge has been set and it will begin on Monday, May 29th. The cast list has been released as well. Here is the list of returning favorites and new "fresh meat" members courtesy of rrrwblog.com. It appears that one "fresh" will be paired with a veteran.

Returning Cast Members:
Coral (Back To New York)
Danny (Austin)
Darrell (Campus Crawl)
Derrick (Extreme)
Johanna (Austin)
Katie (The Quest)
Melinda (Austin)
Shane (Campus Crawl)
Theo (Maximum Velocity Tour)
Tina (South Pacific)
Tonya (Chicago)
Wes (Austin)

New Cast Members:
Aviv, 21 - Columbus, OH
Casey, 18 - Houston, TX
Chanda, 21 - Huntington, NY
Diem, 25 - West Hollywood, CA
Eric, 23 - Nicholasville, KY
Ev, 18 - Harrison, NY
Evan, 20 - Ithica, NY
Jesse, 19 - Albuquerque, NM
Johnnie, 24 - Brooklyn, NY
Kenny, 22 - Cedar Grove, NJ
Linette, 21 - Palmetto, FL
Ryan, 24 - New York, NY

Survivor Panama Episode 14 (finale) Spoilers

CBS did a nice little trick by not showing us the outcome of the fire making tiebreaker challenge but its very likely that the spoiler I posted yesterday will come true and Cirie will be the one who does not make it to the final 3.

This would confirm my long range spoilers it will be Aras, Terry and Danielle in the final 3. It appears that Aras wins the final 3 endurance immunity challenge on a colored incline and chooses Danielle to go to the finals with him. As for who wins, there was been information for both Aras and Danielle taking home the $million but my money is on Aras. Danielle has a few too many enemies to make the vote come out in her way. The winner on Survivor is always hardest to spoil because very few actually have that information but I'll trust the spoilers on this one and say Aras will be the winner.

Survivor Panama Episode 13 Spoilers

Its time for the final 4 on Survivor. Usually the final 4 would be part of the finale but CBS has decided to go back to season 2's format of beginning the finale with 3. The finale will air on Sunday.

Unfortunately, I do not have any information about the challenges but its rumored that the winner of the reward challenge gets to visit the Panama Canal.

At tribal council its speculated that there is a tie in the vote between Cirie and Danielle. They are forced to compete in a sudden death fire making challenge and it seems that Danielle wins and sends Cirie packing. It is possible that the hidden immunity idol will come into play at this tribal council because it will be useless once they hit the final 3. Aras and Terry are for sure making the final 3.

The OC Death

There is rampant speculation about who is going to be the big death on the season finale of the OC next week, That 70's Show is having a 2 hour series finale this week. My information tells that Sandy is going to have a heart attack and will be in bad shape for most of the episode. Weather or not Sandy is the one who dies is another story and one I do not have an answer to. Other theories have come out saying that Marissa is the one who dies from a drug overdose because Mischa Barton is unhappy playing a teen in angst and wants to get her movie career started. Personally I don't think either of these two are going to die. The OC has a tendency to let some characters die but they have never been main ones. With a main cast list so small I doubt they would let either Sandy or Marissa go, although Marissa may not be a series regular next year. My prediction for the big death is that Volchok's stay on the OC will have a dramatic end if you know what I mean.

Rescue Me 3.08 Spoilers

This episode will air July 25, 2006.

The episode opens with the crew on a call. Tommy and Lou have a conversation with a police officer Lt. John Stackhouse, Stack for short. They give each other just general pleasantries and friendly ribbing.

Later on Lou is drunk at a bar being pretty miserable. Mike is there too as they continue to drink. Meanwhile, Tommy is at the hockey rink still sobbing away. The guys at the rink think he is nuts.

Maggie and Sean are talking about getting married. Maggie wants to elope and just go down to city hall but Sean gets a little sentimental and actually wants a wedding. Another wedding is taking place as well. This one is Teddy and his conjugal visit bride named Ellie. Tommy is at the ceremony that takes place at the prison. Since Ellie does not have any family, it is her ex prison husband named Snake to walk her down the aisle. Ellie divorced Sanke once he got off of death row and became a free man. Snake is still upset about Ellie leaving him and he keeps making snide comments during the ceremony. Teddy gets upset and has a scuffle with Sanke. That promptly ends the ceremony and Teddy loses his conjugal "wedding night" visit but makes sure they are hitched before going back to his cell. It seems Ellie will be back the following week.

Meanwhile, Lou for some reason has just found an abundance of happiness and spies a couple going into what looks like a regular gym. When Lou gets inside he sees that it is an Asian style yoga gym. A yoga instructor named Epiphany greets Lou and offers a free workout. Lou thinks yoga will be easy but soon will find out he does not know what he got himself into.

At the same time, Franco goes into a bar hoping to meet a chick to take home for one night. Instead he meets someone named Nicole who he really likes. The end up in the sack later on and Franco is surprised at his feelings of intimacy and honesty. Nicole gets up to use the restroom and finds Keela's room instead. Keela's room is still just the way it was left in episode 5, it seems something has happened to Keela.

Mike and Chris seem to be having a rough spot in their relationship. Mike isn't honest to Chris about what he is doing but at the same time Chris is having an affair with some neighbor guy.

Tommy is having issues of his own as Angie has some guy named Sebastian beat him up. Angie is also upset that Tommy told Johnny to divorce her. Later on Tommy goes to visit Stack in the hospital. It seems that something went very wrong on a call and he is in the burn unit with both legs missing. The episode ends with Tommy at Stack's bedside.

Its Veronica Mars Finale Day

Today is the day we have all been anticipating, its the day of the Veronica Mars finale and nobody is more excited than me. If even half of the spoilers come true, this episode is sure to be a wild ride. I do not know how they plan to get everything into a 40 minute show but they always do and it amazes me. Ratings have not been great but last week Veronica Mars has 2.33 million viewers, which is decent considering the show was preempted in New York again. Tonight there will be no preemptions that I am aware of and hopefully the show will draw in great ratings. This has been your weekly reminder to watch at 9pm on UPN. Hopefully you did not need to be reminded though!

Here is the official press release from UPN: "After learning the identity of the perpetrator responsible for the bus crash, Veronica hurries to warn others, but ends up putting herself in an extremely perilous situation. Meanwhile, Keith enlists Veronica's help in his ongoing investigation of Woody (guest star Steve Guttenberg) and asks her go undercover to get some vital information from Woody's lawyer. Later, when graduation day finally comes around, Neptune seniors celebrate at a huge party at the Neptune Grand on the season finale of VERONICA MARS, Tuesday, May 9 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on UPN.. John Kretchmer directed the episode from a script written by series' creator and Executive Producer Rob Thomas, and John Enbom."

And please don't forget to look to the skies if you live in the Los Angeles area for the renew Veronica Mars plane!

CSI Episode 23 Spoilers

This is part one of the two part finale that will air on May 11, 2006. I already wrote up part 2 and posted it on 4.17.06.

The episode opens with gunfire and a chase in a casino. Warrick is there and he is helping the security officers chase down the guy. The guy being chased shoots a security officer and then grabs a woman and heads into an elevator. When security gets the cameras up they see that all elevators are empty and the guy is missing.

Then the episode shifts to what happened 15 hours ago. The crew is all at a suburban house where there has been a very messy gruesome murder. The dead body is of a woman named Janice and it appears she was shot in the face.

Later on Grissom is talking to a Dr. Robbins about the one that got away. Grissom had given his grandmother's ring to a woman named Corinne Daly and asked her to marry him. It all ended when Grissom got the ring back.

Back on the case Sara and Brass interrogate a man named Timothy Johnson who was Janice's gardener. After a couple rounds if questions we learn that Timothy was sleeping with Janice. Her husband came home while they were in the middle of something so Timothy hid in the closet and lost his sock. Once the coast was clear Timothy left but did not see if Janice was dead or alive at that time.

Meanwhile, Nick and Warrick are lifting some finger prints and Nick calls a hooker named Sally to come meet him. Once she arrives, Nick interrogates her and comes to find that one of Sally's clients was Janice's husband, Willie. Sally says that Willie had a lot of cash with him and offered to take her to Hawaii and she still has the brochure. Catherine goes to the travel agency but it is closed.

Later on the crew goes to investigate a taxi company. A taxi driver says that he drove some guy around all night who just kept giving the driver money. The crew assumed it was Willie in the cab all night but instead it was someone related to him named Sammy. A close up reveals that this passenger had a gun with him.

By this time al 15 hours between the casino chase scene and the investigation have elapsed and both plot lines are running at the same time as each other. Warrick is investigating at the casino. Meanwhile Willie enters the casino and gets into a scuffle with a random person at the casino. This is when a security officer intervenes and gets shot. Willie takes off running through the casino.

We find out that Willie has the woman from the elevator held hostage in one of the casino hotel rooms. Brass is going in to try to negotiate with Willie.

Back at the lab Catherine and Nick track Willie's casino play from earlier in the day. It seems that Willie was winning at blackjack but the pit boss lowered his limit because they suspected something fishy. This upset Willie who then later explains to Brass that he started losing after the encounter and called up his brother Sammy. Sammy came to pick Willie up and take him home but then that is when Willie found Janice in bed with the gardener. Willie and Janice had a fight and Sammy kills Janice. Brass tells Willie that Sammy has been arrested and Willie wants to speak with him by phone. Brass asks Willie to point the gun at him instead of the hostage.

Meanwhile, Warrick is investigating the table where Willie was playing at earlier and the pit boss who spoke to him. Warrick is also looking for his wife Tina. Later on Warrick spots Tina and freaks out when he sees someone suspicious approaching her. False alarm, they are still looking for Sammy.

Spoiler Hints for Veronica Mars Finale

Just a couple more spoilers to tide us over until the big Veronica Mars finale on Tuesday. These are the fill in the blank statments that the media has been asked not to reveal about the finale. Michael Ausellio from TV Guide was kind enough to give us the statements in a fill in the blank game. All the spoiler information has been collected and this seems to be the best guess for what we can expect in the finale. The bolded words are filling in the blanks.

1. Weevil is arrested at graduation.

2. Mac tells Veronica that Beaver has made a call.

3. What transpires at the Neptune Grand rooftop.

4. Anything that would indicate that Beaver is the suspect.

5. That Veronica looks at the little league picture and figures out who the missing person is.

6. Anything that reveals that Veronica and Logan are romantically linked at the end of the episode.

7. Keith captures Woody.

8. Vinnie Van Lowe is in jail.

9. Aaron and Kendall have sex.

10. Aaron is killed by Clarence Weidman.

11. Duncan has ordered the hit on Aaron Echolls.

12. Kendall's lawyer tells her she’s rich.

13. Please do not reveal anything of Jackie in New York.

14. Keith fails to show up at the airport and leaves Veronica waiting.

Rescue Me 3.07 Spoilers

This episode will air July 18, 2006

The episode opens with Jerry arriving at the firehouse and finds out that the crew has been exiled from the building while people from headquarters are doing a porno search. Jerry becomes upset when he sees someone he knows is running the search. Jerry knocks the clipboard out of this man's hands and then Jerry gives him a lecture about how his men save lives and deserve to have access to porn on occasion. But in the end the search turns up nothing and the people from headquarters leave.

Tommy and Colleen are having a meeting with her school therapist. The therapist, Dr. Klien, is getting nowhere with Colleen and she leaves the room. Once Colleen is gone Tommy asks Dr. Klein about a sudden uncontrollable crying condition that Tommy has but is pretending that Colleen is the one who is experiencing it. Tommy rules out the doctor's suggestions of hormones and inability to express emotion and settles on the reason of survivor's guilt. Tommy asks for medication to fix it.

Meanwhile, the crew is at the firehouse and it appears that something has happened that is going to cost at least $1,800 to fix. It seems that a large amount of money is missing. Later on it appears that Birdie took Jerry's money and Tommy is going to come up with something to get it back. Even later we find out that Birdie's car is missing but he still isn't willing to negotiate with Jerry.

A couple of detectives visit Lou. It seems that Candy has been arrested but they need someone to press charges against her or else she will get out of jail. Lou is their last chance to get Candy but Lou wants doesn't want to deal with it. The detectives ask Lou to at least consider it. Later on Lou has decided to stick it to Candy and testify against her.

Maggie and Sean are still trying to have a relationship. It seems that Maggie likes it when Sean is really aggressive so Sean roughs up some stranger on the street to impress Maggie. Later on Sean gets a little too cocky and ends up getting in a scuffle with a guy larger than him and a guy with mace.

Later on Mike is out at a bar and is chatting with a girl named Paula. Chris comes over and threatens Mike not to do anything with Paula. Mike confronts Chris about some underwear he found under the bed but Chris says they don't mean anything. Later that night Mike and Paula are in bed and he confesses that he has been living with Chris and receiving blow jobs but is not gay. Paula then offers to help Mike through his situation.

Love Veronica Mars? Look to the Skies!

In honor to celebrate the second season finale and to ensure a season 3 on the CW, a group of Veronica Mars fans on Television Without Pity and Live Journal have banded together and are planning some pretty cool things to happen in the next couple of days. Veronica Mars inspired t-shirts, care packages, and floral bouquets will be sent to decision makers at the CW, its parent companies, and influential people in the media. This is all leading up to the big Cloud Watchers (CW) event on May 9th. During the peak rush hours (along the 405), an airplane will fly the skies between the UPN offices in Los Angeles and the future site of the CW headquarters, showing network officials the way to their new home in Burbank. The banner will read "RENEW VERONICA MARS! CW 2006! It should be quite a treat for those of you who live in Los Angeles and can witness this first hand.

Over $5,000 has been raised by fans at TWoP and in addition to the Cloud Watchers campaign, these fine folks have set up a DVD campaign as well. They are going to donate DVD sets to local libraries in some of the largest television markets in the US. If you would like to help out with a monetary donation or a set of Veronica Mars DVDs please visit this website for more information. http://community.livejournal.com/cloud_watchers/

These efforts need as much media and internet coverage as possible so please forward this post or let as many people know about Cloud Watchers and the DVD campaign as possible!

What About Brian Unaired Finale Spoilers

Originally I was hoping to post spoilers for the unaired episode that was supposed to be 107 but the information has since disappeared before I could get it. However, I do have information on what was supposed to happen in the original finale of What About Brain that would be episode 108. Currently its not looking good for a pick up next season of this show so perhaps this can be used as closure.

The episode opens with Dave and Deena hosting a dinner party for the couples Brain & Lisa B and Adam & Marjorie. Both couples are absent and the kids have filled their seats with stuffed animals. Dave and Deena have no idea why everyone is late.

It seems that Marjorie and Adam have had some sort of fight and they are broken up. Marjorie is working straight shifts at the hospital and won't go home, she hasn't been there in 5 days. Later on Adam goes to find Marjorie at the hospital but she had a Dr. Gael drive her to a friend's house. We also find out that Adam does not get the partnership but neither does Piedmont.

Dave sees Richard and starts a fist fight with him. The kids' nanny comes over and breaks it up. Later on Dave comes home with the kids looking pretty bad and has to explain to Deena what happened. It seems that the cops got involved. Dave also gets a huge job offer from Suzanne to leave Zap Monkey and his partnership with Brian. Later on Brian finds out about Dave's job offer and is hurt but seems ok with it. We also find out Dave and Suzanne had an affair but Dave thinks its less hurtful to Denna than hers with Richard because Deena can't visualize Suzanne and Dave together. Dave and Deena are trying to make it work but are having a hard time getting over the affairs.

Meanwhile at work Nicole receives news that a woman named Brenda is going to let Nicole and Angelo adopt her baby. They must rush out of town for the birth of their daughter. Just as the baby is born, the birth father named Caleb comes to see Brenda and tells Nicole and Angelo that they had no reason to come. Caleb pretty much wants Angelo to pay his off so that they can keep the baby. Angelo agrees but calls someone and speaks Italian but its just Brian on the other end. It seems like Brain and Angelo are figuring out a plan.

Veronica Mars Season 2 DVD Info

Warner Brothers has just announced that the season 2 set of Veronica Mars DVDs will go on sale on Tuesday, August 22nd. Season 2's DVD set will have the bonus features we were all missing in season 1's set such as a behind the scenes featurette and gag reel in addition to some deleted scenes. In the press release it was stated that the timing of the DVDs is supposed to coincide with the launch of the CW on September 18th and premiere of season 3 of Veronica Mars. While no official pick up has been announced by the CW, it is very encouraging news that the DVD release is timed this way in order for new viewers to catch up on seasons 1 and 2. What is even more encouraging is that Warner Brothers mentioned a season 3 in their own press release. I for one as very excited about this news and am marking my calendar for the season 2 release date.

Updated 5.07.06

Survivor Panama Episode 12 Spoilers

Its time for the family visit in Survivorland and this time more than one tribemate gets to see their family. The twist is that whomever gets set to Exile Island will not be able to spend time with their loved one. It appears that Aras is the one who gets the short end of the stick and is angry that everyone, especially Terry, did this to him. As for the immunity challenge, it is speculated that Terry wins again and it is Shane who is the one to go home just missing out on the final 4.

Veronica Mars Graduates!

Here is a photo from the Veronica Mars finale courtesy of Warner Brothers/UPN. Leading up to next week's finale I hope to share some more pictures from the graduation with you all. It should be a week of anticipation as we count down the minutes until what should be the best finale of the year.

More Top Chef

More great news about one of my new favorite Reality shows! BRAVO has announced that they will be extending the finale of Top Chef for one week from Mat 17th to May 24th and adding a reunion show which would likely air the following week. The best part of this news is that BRAVO has also renewed Top Chef for a second season. How delicious!

Don't miss Veronica Mars tonight!

This is your weekly reminder to watch Veronica Mars tonight at 9pm eastern on UPN. Ratings were more of the same last week at around 2 million due to more preemptions in NYC and the same is happening tonight. Veronica Mars really needs your support if you want to see a season 3 so make sure you get everyone you know to tune in tonight. I'm really looking forward to this episode because there will be a lot happening and we will finally get some answers!

Here is the official episode description and press release about tonight's episode from UPN:

"Happy Go Lucky" -- "As Aaron Echolls' (guest star Harry Hamlin) trial is about to conclude, tensions rise as Veronica, Keith and Logan take the witness stand to testify against him. Meanwhile, after Veronica finds a suspicious e-mail in Woody's (guest star Steve Guttenberg) computer, Keith turns to Sheriff Lamb with evidence to arrest Woody, but Lamb refuses, believing that Keith is trying to turn him into a laughing stock. Also, to everyone's surprise, Neptune High's janitor Lucky brings a gun into school with the intent to find Gia, on VERONICA MARS, Tuesday, May 2 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on UPN. Steve Gomer directed the episode from a script written by Diane Ruggiero."

Desperate Housewives 2.24 Spoilers

This is the second part of the two hour season finale that will air on May 21, 2006.

Susan needs money badly and is pitching a children's book idea about a green jelly bean to a man named Topher. He seems to think the idea is nice but kids won't believe it because they will just want to eat the jelly bean. Susan continues attempting to sell her idea but in the end Topher does not change his mind.

A man, possibly Karl, is shopping for a very large engagement ring.

There is another flashback to when Andrew was young. This time he is 8 years old and brew is making Andrew read a written apology over the intercom at a store after he his caught stealing. At the end of his speech, Andrew says that he hates his mother but not his father.

A female has been checked into a mental hospital, it appears to be either Bree or Felicia. She checked herself in voluntarily but is being treated like a psychopath. She must be restrained by leather straps but tried unsuccessfully to convince an orderly to loosen them. She then has a conversation with a Dr. Barr about how she is not crazy and should not be treated as such.

What About Brian Unaired Episode A Spoilers

This episode should have been aired next and is episode 104. However, ABC is skipping this one and is showing episode 105 on Monday, May 1st. I guess they really are not spoilers if the episode is never going to air! But, I'm sure you all who watch the show would like the additional information so that when you see 105 it makes sense.

Nicole is helping some band set up for a concert. She is having a discussion with Brian about her marriage to Angelo and if she wants to continue to her marriage if Angelo does not want to have kids. Nicole is apprehensive about doing daily fertility injections in order to get pregnant so she is really conflicted. Dave talks to Suzanne about his open marriage and his concerns about having an affair. Richard and Deena are still continuing their affair as they go to Santa Monica for the day. Once Richard leaves, Deena discovers that she locked her car keys in the hotel room but since her name was not on the reservation the hotel staff won't let her back into the room to get them. Deena calls Nicole and asks for her help to pick up her kids from school and not to tell Dave about anything. Meanwhile, Brian and Adam play a game of basketball with a guy from the gym named Boomer for the right to date the girl Boomer is currently seeing, Lisa. Adam and Brian win the game at the last second and Boomer still thinks that Lisa is going to want to be with him anyway. Later on, Nicole goes to pick up Larissa from school in a limo. The girls then have a great time with Nicole at the concert site but she is a bit overwhelmed. Angelo comes to rescue Nicole and awkwardly takes care of the girls. At the same time, Adam and Marjorie are getting ready for a big dinner with the partners. Before the dinner Marjorie goes to visit Brian at the concert and they get into a fight about who Brian is dating. Then we see Adam alone at the fancy dinner and the partners are upset that they could not meet Marjorie because they want to evaluate the character of their potential partner's personal lives. To make matters worse, Piedmont seems to have the perfect wife and personal life. Just as Adam begins to make excuses for Marjorie's absence, she shows up to save Adam's day. In the end it looks like Brian gets the girl, Lisa.

Help Your Shows

Its the second round of E!Online's Save One Show poll. The 5 finalists are Veronica Mars, One Tree Hill, Everwood, Supernatural, and What About Brian. The winner of this poll will get a strong campaign from Kristin at E!Online and will make the powers that be at their networks take notice. To vote send an email to tvdiva@eonline.com and put the name of the one show you want to save in the subject line. Check back here after Friday to find out who the winner is and my thoughts about it. I'm voting for Veronica Mars because she needs your support the most!Get voting!

Just updating this previous story to let you all know that the poll is now closed and the winner has been revealed. Congratualations to One Tree Hill for taking this year's crown. The voting break down is as follows:

One Tree Hill - 44%
Veronica Mars - 32%
Supernatural - 14%
Everwood - 7%
What About Brian - 3%

Updated: 5.07.06

NFL Draft

The NFL draft is about to start any second now and there is sure to be a lot of drama. The first pick has already been signed and announced by the Texans but I'll offer my predictions for the first 10 picks anyhow. Once the draft is over I'll post the real top 10 and my thoughts. The following top 10 are just my guesses.

1. Houston Texans: Mario Williams (confirmed)
2. New Orleans Saints: Reggie Bush
3. Tennessee Titans: Vince Young
4. New York Jets: Matt Leinart
5. Green Bay Packers: D'Brickshaw Ferugson
6. San Francisco 49ers: AJ Hawk
7. Oakland Raiders: Santonio Holmes
8. Buffalo Bills: Vernon Davis
9. Deroit Lions: Michael Huff
10. Arizona Cardinals: Jay Cutler

Here is how the actual top 10 turned out: Actually I added the 11th selection as well, you will see why in a second.

1. Houston Texans: Mario Williams
2. New Orleans Saints: Reggie Bush
3. Tennessee Titans: Vince Young
4. New York Jets: D'Brickshaw Ferguson
5. Green Bay Packers: AJ Hawk
6. San Francisco 49ers: Vernon Davis
7. Oakland Raiders: Michael Huff
8. Buffalo Bills: Donte Whitner
9. Detroit Lions: Ernie Sims
10: Arizona Cardinals: Matt Leinart
11. Denver Broncos: Jay Cutler

My take on the draft: For the most part I like all the picks and think that they will help their respective teams. It was a surprise that Bush did not go number one and if that fact hadn't leaked last night my top 10 would have looked a lot different and I most likely would not have guessed one selection correct. The only real surprise was how far Leinart fell, I was sure Oakland would take him if available. I had to add the pick my Broncos made at eleven. I like the pick a lot and will have Broncos fans excited for the future. Not only did the Broncos draft a future potential star QB but they also traded for WR Javon Walker. I'm glad the Broncos focused on offense in day 1 and I look for them to take a running back and someone for the defensive line on Sunday. I am also keeping my eye out for when and where some of my hometown favorites WR Jeremy Bloom and QB Justin Holland land. Bring on the 2006 season!

What About Brian Episode 5 (finale) Spoilers

Like I said in my previous post that this is actually episode 106 since ABC is skipping 104 but I'm calling it episode 5 because that is what everyone knows it as. In addition, I have spoilers available for 107 and 108 which will not be shown this season. If What About Brian gets picked up for next season we may see those 3 missing episodes but I'll go ahead and post about them in the near future anyway.

This episode will air on May 8, 2006.

Dave, Brian, Adam and Angelo are at a Girl Scout car wash. While getting Dave's minivan washed they are all in the vehicle and are looking at a video on the flip down DVD monitors. The video appears to be from last episode's birthday party but the guys are more interested in a fight that was caught on camera. Dave is concerned about the fight because it appears that it involves Deena and some other man. The guys seem to think that nobody would have a fight like that intense unless something else was going on. Meanwhile, Deena and Richard talk at the park and he apologizes for showing up to the party but he was just trying to act natural. Deena then talks about how happy she was to see Richard so she starts to forgive him.

What About Brian Episode 4 Spoilers

Please note that this actually should be episode 5 but for some reason ABC is skipping the real episode #104. I'll post the unaired episodes at a later time.

Marjorie and Adam are shopping for place settings at Crate and Barrel but they can't seem to come to agreement on anything. Dave is planning for a birthday party and is having some issues at a costume shop who then proceeds to offends a lot of people in the store. Dave asked for Barney but it is unavailable then has to take the only costume left which is a Stegosaurus named Stan. Meanwhile, Brian and Lisa are having some fun in the shower. Later on, Dave is trying to get the party ready but Deena is at the store so he has to take care of everything himself. Dave is also instant messaging with a woman named Suzanne at the same time. Then Dave has to deal with a power outage due to an inflatable bouncy that is being set up on his lawn. Deena gets home just in time to save the day.

Survivor Panama Episode 11 Spoilers

Its win a car time on Survivor as the reward challenge splits the 6 remaining tribemates in to 2 teams. Those teams are Aras, Cirie and Shane against Courtney, Danielle and Terry. It appears that the latter group wins the first portion of the challenge. Of course it is Terry who prevails and wins the second part against the two ladies and gets to take the car home. It is assumed that Danielle and Courtney drive away with Terry in his new car for the second part of the reward, most likely some food and a chance to clean up. Aras is the one who is sent to Exile Island by Terry's choice. That leaves Cirie and Shane back at camp and it looks like Cirie does a great job at fishing and brings home a huge catch. The immunity challenge this week is another endurance one with everyone kneeling on a platform and having to hold a lever that keeps them out of the water. Terry appears to win immunity again, forcing the Casayas to pick one of them to go home. In the end its Courtney who gets the sort end of the stick. Can't wait to see how that decision develops.

Project Runway 3

Bravo has finally decided that Project Runway is a big enough hit to start producing two seasons a year now. Casting and preparations are now underway for a third season of Project Runway that is going to premiere on Wednesday, July 12th. The finale will focus on Spring Fashion Week in September instead of the usual Fall Fashion Week in February. If the show continues to be a success as the first two seasons have been, there is no doubt that we will see a season 4 sometime in the winter.

Gilmore Girls Pregnancy

The previews for next week's episode reveal that someone is pregnant but I just learned that it is not the person most would expect. Its not Lorelai or Rory, the one that gets pregnant is Liz.

Also in next week's Gilmore Girls episode Emily will get LASIK surgery on her eyes and Lorelai will help drive Emily around. Sookie and Jackson find out someone planted marijuana on their land and they have to get rid of it. Rory deals with Mitchum and some things he said about her in a newspaper article. Rory also takes care of Logan when he gets out of the hospital.

Tuesday is Veronica Mars Day

This is your weekly reminder to watch Veronica Mars tonight. Last week's ratings were around the 2 million mark again but VM was preempted in New York City and Philadelphia last week so what can you expect? I also want to point out that a repeat of Veronica Mars will NOT be shown on Wednesdays anymore so if you want to see tonight's new episode I suggest you plan to watch or tape it tonight.

Tonight we are going to have our alternative prom, Veronica learns she has an STD, Veronica helps Gia with her stalker problem and Keith helps Woody with an affair. This episode should be a great one and there should be lots of Logan tonight.

What About Brian Episode 3 Spoilers

I realize that this episode is airing tonight but it took me a while to catch up on things. I'll try to get to some more episodes from this show posted later on this week!

The episode will air on April 24, 2006.

Its moving day as Marjorie and Adam are moving in together. They both get caught at a store trying to "borrow" some boxes for their move. Marjorie has some problems with her movers and is worried about what is going to happen to her stuff that is sitting in the street if they don't come. Adam calls Brian to help Marjorie but Dave and Adam end up helping as well. Later on Marjorie confronts Adam about his night with Lisa. Brian also fixes the broken down moving truck. After all the moving is completed and everyone has left, Brian and Marjorie have a moment but nothing comes out of it, they can just both feel the feelings between them.

Adam is also working very hard to make partner. Adam's nemesis, Piedmont suggests that they work together on the big Bowers case. Adam refuses and ends up meeting D.B. Bowers and they get to talking and bond over Adam's mishaps but D.B. tries to talk Adam out of marriage and convinces him to slow things down.

Meanwhile, Brian and Dave are having a meeting about their gaming company and Dave is trying to get Brian's mind off of the ladies. In the end, the meeting does go well but Dave and Brian anxiously await a phone call all day. They end up not getting the phone call and over analyze the reasons for their failure.

Deena is trying to get Larissa to go to the park and makes a deal with her. But before leaving Larissa throws up on Deena. After making Larissa feel better, Deena goes to the park with the kids to have another meeting with Richard but they end up missing eachother by seconds. Later on Deena and Nicole talk about children and how each has the better luck and situation. After her talk with Nicole, Denna ignores a call from Richard and instead focuses on Dave.

America's Next Top Model 6 Spoilers

I found some little tid bits of information to share with you all regarding this current cycle of America's Next Top Model. Enjoy!

1. The girls will be traveling to Thailand in the 4.26.06 episode.

2. While in Thailand one of the girls goes to the emergency room.

3. Furonda does not stick around for very much longer.

4. Danielle and Sara make it far.

5. One of the final 2 will likely be Joanie.

Rescue Me 3.06 Spoilers

This episode will air on July 11, 2006.

Lou, Tommy, Sean and everyone are at a party. It seems that Sean has gotten really wasted and the guys carry him into the bunk room.

Uncle Teddy is still in prison and he has figured out that if he is married to someone it entitles him a conjugal visit every 10 days. To make things even better, the visitor only gets to stay for up to an hour so Teddy thinks that is just enough time to get what he wants without having to listen to her talk. It seems like Teddy and a woman have an agreement and that she likes the arrangement too. A guard tells Teddy that he has a good chance of getting off of death row because a lot of people are protesting because Teddy shot a drunk driver. Teddy think this development might ruin his plans.

There is a fire at an abandoned warehouse. It seems like Lou made a mistake and Tommy had to come back to save Lou and Franco. Lou is pretty upset about it and goes to see Uncle Red, who is a retired firefighter. Red takes Lou downtown to a diner. The cook at the diner is a guy named Georgie. Red explains that many years ago he saved Georgie in a fire and tells Lou that he should not be so hard on himself, that Lou makes a difference in people's lives.

Meanwhile, it appears that Sean is on some sort of rampage. He is going all over town being a menace to society. Sean has a run in at a convenience store where he steals some candy and calls the people in the store fat and ugly. Outside of the store a cop is trying to give Sean a parking ticket and then Sean proceeds to unrinate in front of the cop and then gets in his car and speeds away. (This scene is hirlarious, I can't do it justice). Later on Sean goes to Maggie's apartment and punches a guy out. Meanwhile, the crew is called to the convenience store where Sean had his episode because the clerk recognized his Ladder 62 FDNY shirt. None of the guys can believe that Sean would do these things and plus they left his asleep in the bunk hours ago. Just then, Sean pulls up still on his thing with a white bunny and continues to harass the cop.

Tommy and Angie are at an Italian restaurant. Angie wants Tommy to make out with her so Shirley, who works at the restaurant, can see them. Then Angie sees her ex Fred in the window and Tommy goes outside to confront him. After Fred backs off Angie comes outside to join Tommy and they continue to kiss.

Chris and his boyfriend are still exploring their issues.

Save Our Show Poll

Its that time of year again, time when Kristin from E! Online conducts her Save Our Show poll. The winner will receive first rate treatment, all the promotion in the world and a handwritten letter from Kristin herself. This type of prize could mean the difference between renewal and cancellation so please make sure your opinion is heard.

All you have to do to vote is to email Kristin at tvdiva@eonline.com and put the title of the show you would like to be saved in the subject line. Keep in mind that this is the only way she can count the votes so make sure you do it correctly!

I would also like to ask you all to consider voting for Veronica Mars. I know a lot of positive buzz has been going around lately but this show is still in need of our support. Nothing is set in stone in show business and another month of poor ratings may eventually take their toll on Veronica Mars. All I'm saying is don't assume anything and if you love Veronica Mars make sure your voice is heard. Also, it won't help to vote for a show that has already been picked up for next season (CSI) or will for sure be back (Lost, Grey's Anatomy, 24). No reality shows either. This vote is for scripted shows that have a real chance of being cancelled.

Now, go vote!

NHL Playoffs & Odds

Recently I posted the odds to win the Stanley Cup, so I know I'm repeating myself a little. Hockey is one of my favorite sports and the playoffs are set to begin tonight so I thought that the odds (courtesy of bodog.com) and matchups should be revisited! As always, my opinions will follow the odds at the bottom.



Eastern Conference:
#1 Ottawa Senators (3-1)
#2 Carolina Hurricanes (15-2)
#3 New Jersey Devils (8-1)
#4 Buffalo Sabres (9-1)
#5 Philadelphia Flyers (7-1)
#6 New York Rangers (20-1)
#7 Montreal Canadiens (35-1)
#8 Tampa Bay Lightning (25-1)

Western Conference
#1 Detroit Red Wings (5-2)
#2 Dallas Stars (7-1)
#3 Calgary Flames (7-1)
#4 Nashville Predators (33-1)
#5 San Jose Sharks (11-1)
#6 Anaheim Mighty Ducks (25-1)
#7 Colorado Avalanche (33-1)
#8 Edmonton Oilers (35-1)

My take on these odds: Hockey is so fun because a case could be made for any of these teams to win the Stanley Cup. I'm a little disappointed (trend?) in Colorado's low odds. While the odds are on par for the 7th seed team I feel like they should be given a little more respect. Ottawa and Detroit are looking strong but their odds are so high they can't be considered a good bet. Buffalo is too high at 9-1. Calgary and Philadelphia at 7-1 are good bets. I'm also liking New York at 20-1 as a team with potential to go all the way and make some big money those odds.

NBA Playoffs & Odds

Its that time of the year when the NBA kicks it into high gear and brings on the championship. Here are the current odds to win the NBA Championship (don't you think they need a better name for it?) courtesy of fieldgoal.com. As always, my opinions are following the odds at the bottom.

Eastern Conference:
#1 Detroit Pistons (2-3)
#2 Miami Heat (8-1)
#3 New Jersey Nets (10-1)
#4 Cleveland Cavs (40-1)
#5 Washington Wizards (100-1)
#6 Indiana Pacers (60-1)
#7 Chicago Bulls (100-1)
#8 Milwaukee Bucs (150-1)

Western Conference:
#1 San Antonio Spurs (7-2)
#2 Phoenix Suns (10-1)
#3 Denver Nuggets (50-1)
#4 Dallas Mavericks (10-1)
#5 Memphis Grizzlies (60-1)
#6 LA Clippers (40-1)
#7 LA Lakers (30-1)
#8 Sacramento Kings (40-1)

My take on these odds: Starting in the east, the Miami is not a bad bet at 8-1 for a team that has a great chance to be in the finals. New Jersey is a smart bet at 10-1 also. A little riskier bet would be Cleveland at 40-1 but would pay off nicely in the end. At the 6th seed, Indiana's odds are a little high. In the west, I'm disappointed my Nuggets were not given a better odds to win. I don't think they will win the championship but they should be given a little more respect as a #3 seed. At 10-1 Phoenix and Dallas are smart bets. Anyone placing their money on either LA team or Sacramento is setting themselves up for a let down, these odds are way to high at 40-1 and 30-1.

Gilmore Girls Creators Leaving

I guess this gets as official as news can get, Warner Brothers is reporting that Amy-Sherman Palladino and her husband Dan have decided not to accept Warner Brothers' offer of 5 million dollars to return for Gilmore Girls' 7th and possibly final season. The person to fill those large shoes has already been named and is none other than current Gilmore Girls writer and producer Dave Rosenthal.

I am not overly upset about this news. Sure it is hard to lose the show's orignal creator and executive producer but I'm sure the Dave Rosenthal will keep the theme and feel of the show the same. Some new and more interesting storylines would not hurt either. Put me on the side of people who are ready for a change.

The OC Season 4 News

While nothing is official yet, the producers of The OC are getting ready for season 4. Creator Josh Schwartz revealed that Marissa's sister Kaitlin will be back next year. In fact, Kaitlin will be moving back to Newport and will attend school there. Schwartz anticipates that there will be a whole new crop of characters and storylines revolving around Kaitlin. Meanwhile, Taylor will be made a series regular as well.

I find this to be good news and I'm glad that the OC has decided to keep some interesting characters around. Season 4 should be an improvement and something to look forward to.

Survivor Panama Episode 10 Spoilers

This week it is Thanksgiving time on the island and we finally get to see the medical emergency that was shown in the previews from recap week. Bruce is the one who will be leaving due to an intestinal medical condition and it appears that this happens very early on in the episode. By the time the castaways get to the reward challenge Bruce will be gone. The reward challenge is the traditional pecking order rope chop challenge but this season's twist is that in order to earn the right to chop someone's rope they must answer a personal question about their tribemates. Terry loses this challenge and gets sent to Exile Island. It appears that Danielle wins the reward and possibly takes Aras with her. The reward is a getaway with a chance to eat and clean up. It also looks like there will be no immunity challenge this week due to Bruce's departure as the we see a whole lot of filler footage of the Casaya members bickering. Lets hope that Bruce has made a full recovery!

For all the Lamb Fans...

I just heard that Michael Muhney, who plays Sheriff Don Lamb on Veronica Mars, is in talks with Warner Brothers to strike a deal that will have him as a regular next season and appear in the opening credits. This is great news on two fronts! First, we would love to see more of Sheriff Lamb. And second, does this really sound like something Warner Brothers would be doing for a show that isn't getting a season 3? I'm liking Veronica's chances more and more as each day goes by but I am still cautious in my optimism. Things can change fast in show business.

Veronica Mars Needs You!

Veronica Mars needs you to watch tonight! Don't forget that tonight is a new episode of Veronica Mars at 9pm eastern on UPN. This is the one where Veronica gives her deposition for Aaron's trial, suspects Weevil for the bus crash, and investigates a dead pooch case. Keith will be investigating Kendall and Jackie will be getting a job at Java the Hut. I'm sure we will be getting plenty of clues to boot. You don't want to miss it!

Last week's ratings were back at the 2.07 million viewers mark. I blame this on the time change and the mass preemptions, the one in LA especially hurt. More than anything, Veronica Mars needs your viewership and support if we are all going to get good news on May 18th and see a season 3 in the fall.

This has been your weekly reminder!

CSI Episode 24 (finale) Spoilers

I'm trying something new with CSI. I'm going to post the finale and work my way back from there because they take such a long time to compile and I find the new episode comes around too soon!

This episode will air May 18, 2006.

Due to unknown circumstances we discover that Captain Jim Brass has been shot twice in the chest and one bullet made it passed his vest. Warrick calls for the paramedics. Brass is in bad shape as we learn that Grissom and McKeen are at the hospital. Grissom tells the doctor that he holds Brass' medical power of attorney and will make all the decisions pertaining to Brass' condition.

While at the hospital, Grissom learns of a decapitated head that was discovered in a remote location on some train tracks. The train engineer gives his version of the story and says that he saw the man and tried to stop, it was an accident.

Meanwhile, Catherine is working on another case that has to do with a body that was found in a high end apartment complex. The body is of a Manny Rupert and he is found among a sea of party reminants that include food, drugs, booze, and bodily fluids.

Grissom talks to a doctor at the hospital about Brass' condition. Grissom needs to make a decision about weather or not to perform surgery to remove the bullet from Brass' chest. It is a risky surgery but the chances of survival are equal to the option of leaving the bullet where it lies. Grissom opts for surgery but has doubts.

The crew discovers that the decapitated head belongs to a body that used whalebone corsets. There is only one place in town that sells said product. Sara visits a Mr. Phillipe at an antique type store. They discuss why someone in this day in age would need a corset but Mr. Phillipe offers the head's identity, a Charles Carson.

Grissom relieves McKeen at the hospital as Brass heads into surgery. Grissom later does some research on the internet and finds out that those in Brass' condition have a 62% chance of paralysis after surgery. Grissom continues to doubt his decision. At the same time Sofia visits Grissom's office and announces that Brass' wife called the department and inquired about her husband's pension and death benefits. Sofia is not happy with daughter Ellie Brass as well but Grissom defends Ellie's feelings.

Catherine interrogates a hooker named Sindee who was last seen with Manny. Sindee's blood was also found at the crime scene. Sindee's story is that Manny paid for a full night of affection but was so doped up that he wouldn't get tired. Sindee tried to leave and Manny shot the bedroom mirror and that is when Sindee cut her foot on some glass. The crew tries to prove Sindee's story wrong but find that her story fits the evidence and that her fingerprints are not on any of the booze and drugs.

Back to to the Carson case and Sofia is interrogating a Gregory Kimble, Carson's driver. Kimble tells the crew that Carson was passionate about civil war reenactments and that is exactly where Kimble last saw Carson.

Grissom and Sofia interview a Union Soldier who got into a disagreement on the battle field. The two had a private "battle" and Carson came prepared with real bullets. Carson shot the Union Soldier in the arm and then the soldier ran away. The crew thinks the soldier is a good candidate for the revenge motive and confiscate his revolver. However, back at the lab the revolver is cleared from being the murder weapon.

Meanwhile, Warrick talks to Manny's sister, Rachel. Warrick informs Rachel that her brother died from a diabetic shock due to the insane party he held at his apartment. Warrick concludes that Manny's death was self inflicted.

The crew discovers that the key to the decapitated Carson case is someone who is wearing a toupee. Sofia knows who that Kimble is the culprit. Sofia interrogates Kimble about this revelation and Kimble confesses that Carson's death was an accident. Kimble says that he confronted Carson at the private battle and told him not to continue to pursue the soldier. They wrestled with the gun and Carson got shot. Then Kimble placed Carson's body on the train tracks to honor an old civil war tradition just the way Carson would have wanted it.

Network Upfront Dates

The day when we finally find out all of our show's fate is fast approaching. Recently I have seen a lot of people ask about the scheduled dates of the May upfronts so I decided to list the dates here. Mark your calendars and get prepared, there is sure to be a lot of joy and heartbreak that week. Times are listed as eastern as all the upfronts take place in New York.

Monday, May 15th (4pm): NBC
Tuesday, May 16th, (morning): MyNetworkTV
Tuesday, May 16th, (4pm): ABC
Wednesday, May 17th, (4pm): CBS
Thursday, May 18th, (mid to late morning): The CW
Thursday, May 18th, (4pm): FOX