Wow, go Jeremy! He really acted like a badass this episode. I was happy to see him acting strong rather than just brooding and miserable. I loved the moment when Elena slapped Stefan for being a jerk. I love that her character is getting stronger too.
Man these writers really love to kill Alaric. I’m glad they never follow through with it, since his man candy is one of the main reasons I watch this show. Well that and Damon.
I can’t believe Elena had Damon compel Jeremy again. WTH? Does that mean he’s not going to be on the show anymore? Also where the heck was Caroline? I actually missed her, which goes to show how much her character has grown on me. I used to hate her. Now Bonnie? She can just go ahead and leave and not come back. That chick bugs me!
I’m so happy there is new tv programming on. I’ve been really tired of reruns!

I’m so excited that one of the people of storybrook is remembering his real life! Not just any person, but the sheriff of storybrook, the ever hunky Graham. He remembers his past and how he was a hunter for the queen. I was beginning to fear that this was the kind of show that wouldn’t progress through the story, much like the writers did with the show LOST.
But this episode marked some pivotal story changes and showed that the mayor does know that she’s the evil queen, something that was hinted at but only just now confirmed. It also showed why she has such control over Graham. Because she literally has his heart in a box.

Meanwhile Emma is realizing that she’s in love with Graham. Since she’s the key to saving the town, every time he kisses her he remembers more, until he finally remembers everything. But then the most horrible thing happens-the queen squeezes his heart, killing him, just as he remembers everything. I’m so sad that they killed him off! But also excited that they’re moving the story forward.

I love this show. It’s getting better and better. Does anyone else watch it? I love the mix of modern day with fairy tales. This episode centered around Snow White and her Prince Charming. It shows the history of how Prince Charming was forced to become engaged to King Midas’s daughter. He was even given titanium rings for their wedding. Luckily he met Snow White and ended up with her instead.

Then there’s the modern day version of Snow White and Prince Charming. He’s David, he has amnesia, and doesn’t want to be with his wife. He leaves her for Snow, aka Mary, is conflicted because David has professed his love. She wants to be with him, but she doesn’t want to be a homewrecker.

Of course the evil witch, aka Mayor, gets involved and tries to lead him astray. So he ends up in Rumpelstiltskin’s shop where his memory is jogged. He ends up going back to his wife and breaking Mary’s heart. Not the happy ending I was hoping for at all. Hopefully next week brings better luck for the folks of Storybrook.

I know it’s cheesy, but I am loving the new ABC show Once Upon a Time. It’s all of my favorite old stories combined in one show. I think when this show comes out on dvds they’ll make great romantic birthday gifts for girlfriends and wives. We’re probably the main viewers. Well, that and teenager girls. I think that’s why I like the show so much. It reminds me of when I was a dorky teen.

The little boy who searches for his birth mother is adorable. The actress who plays Snow White’s daughter Emma was Zoey on How I Met Your Mother. I hated her on that show, but so far I really like her on this show. Check it out, it’s worth a peek.

This week in TV awesome sauce:

-Desperate Housewives: It drives me nuts that Lynett broke it off with Tom. He was the only good husband on that show, and she treats him like garbage. It’s the last season of the show, all I can hope is that she will take him back before it’s over. Meanwhile Carlos and Susan are getting close over the murder. I really hope there is no cheating there because that would be so gross.

-How I Met Your Mother: This episode didn’t do much to move the story along, but it was entertaining. Poor Ted is a third wheel creeper: “Our baby” as he kept calling Lily and Marshall’s bun. And Robin showed the green monster inside her with her jealousy of Nora and Barney. The teaser for Lily’s birth was torture. I can’t wait to see what happens! Enough fluff episodes, let’s move the story along folks!

-The Lying Game: Ethan is all bummed because he caught Emma making out ( or so he thought) with her foster brother but he doesn’t realize he’s scum and she was disgusted. Meanwhile Sutton is stuck in the mental hospital and no one knows she’s in there. She gets sprung by Emma’s bff but of course doesn’t know her at all. Luckily Ethan figures out that Emma isn’t into said foster bro bro and ends up smacking the guy up.

-Tia & Tamara: The baby! Tia’s baby boy finally arrives. He’s so sweet. And honestly, I don’t blame Tamara for wanting a baby. She’s 30 fing 3 for crying out loud. Chop chop doesn’t begin to cut it. She should have started trying 3 to 4 years ago. I’ll be annoyed if she has to resort to fertility drugs. And omg how much does Tamara’s therapist bug the crap out of you? It bugs me! The woman doesn’t even BLINK!

-Up All Night: I love how Reagan is fighting the mom car so badly. I feel her pain! When we start a family I don’t want some ugo mom car, but I’m also way too practical to resist it. I put my foot down on mini vans though. No mini van! I love that her hubby helps her trick out her mom car and make her feel cool again.

-The Secret Circle: OMG terrifying! I was sooo freaked out. This episode was definitely more on the scary scale of witch craft and dark magic. Wow. I can’t even describe it.

Loved the silly little ducky tie story with Barney, Marshall and Lily. I love that he has to wear that tie for an entire year. It was a great way to break up the story of Ted and Victoria reuniting.

Oh Victoria and Ted…so glad the writers didn’t have them actually go down that road again. As much as I enjoy Victoria, we all know she’s not the mother, and I don’t think I could handle watching Ted in another dead end romance. The bomb Victoria drops on him at the end of the episode was pretty big. She said that Robin was the reason that none of his relationships have worked out, and that their just friendship status isn’t working.

Now we know from past episodes that Robin has something to do with Ted meeting the mother. It makes the whole Barney/Robin wedding seem even more likely. It’s what I’m hoping anyways. What are your theories?

It’s here, it’s finally here!! How I Met Your Mother season premiere, woohoo! We left off with the jaw dropper that Barney is getting married in the future, before Ted! Also Marshall and Lily just found out they are having a baby!! The opening starts with Ted and Barney where we left off. Barney is nervous about his wedding, and they relived Punchy’s wedding. This is where much of the episode takes place.

I can’t believe M&L thought they could keep their pregnancy a secret. With the amount they drink? I love the plan of Marshall drinking for two at the wedding. I’m totally stealing that when the Hubs and I have a little one. Plus it made great drunken Marshall. And Lily’s slip ups-”now that I’m pregnant in my mind uterus.” Bawhahahaa! Marshall ends up getting hammered, and all through the episode you think he’s going to mess up the wedding by accidentally breaking the cake, or hitting the bride. Instead he accidentally outs her pregnancy when he’s pointing to Lily and saying this beautiful woman is pregnant. Whoops!

I knew Robin still had feelings for Barney, but I was surprised she let Lily know in the first episode. I love their dance scene together. That must have been so fun to shoot. Love Robin’s new trimmer figure but I’m not liking the hair that much. She manages to pull it off though. But back to Barney and Robin: those two have great chemistry. Get back together already! But of course just as she about tell Barney how she feels, Nora calls him back. So she tells him how she feels so that he can repeat it to Nora. It was a heartbreaking moment. Almost as heartbreaking as Ted telling Robin that he’s lost his belief in fate and love. Marshall and Lily announcing that they’re pregnant renews his faith.

Of course the writers bounce us back to Barney’s wedding for more teasers and it’s pure torture. We see that Barney isn’t sure if he chose the right girl. Will it be Nora or Robin? My hope is Robin, but we’ll see.

In the second half hour, Ted has two dates after a bit of a dry spell. He then realizes he gets invited to an Architect’s Ball, and has to choose between the two girls.

Marshall gets a call from his dream job, and pending a background check and google search they said he’s hired. Unfortunately Marshall discovers he has some pretty embarrassing videos floating around in cyberspace. When he goes to beg his old college buddy to take the video down, he winds up getting trashed again and makes another video. Luckily his new boss has a great sense of humor and hires him anyways.

Meanwhile, Barney is screwing things up with his second chance with Nora. She makes him come clean about his lying. But she also makes him list all the ways he’s lied to get laid, and ends up leaving disgusted. He vows he’ll stay in the diner until she agrees to go on a second date with him. Towards the end of the episode, Barney wakes up in the diner booth with Nora gazing down at him. Awww!

Back to Ted’s story. He can’t choose which girl to take to the ball, so he takes Robin as his date. While he’s there, he sees Victoria! Remember her avid fans? Season 1? She was so adorable, the baker! They had the perfect night, and then she went off to Germany and they couldn’t survive the distance. The end of the episode shows the two of them locking eyes. ACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK! Sooooo exciting!

As usual, I’m equally happy and frustrated with this episode. All of the cliff hangers, none of the answers, but it was oh so good.

I wish the Fall 2012 television season would hurry up and get here. There have been a few shows to keep me entertained this summer, but nothing nearly as good as what is in store for me this fall.

My number one favorite show I’m most anxious to watch is How I Met Your Mother. We have the big question on How I Met Your Mother of who Barney is going to marry. Then there is the excitement of Lily’s pregnancy. Speaking of the character Lily, did you see the latest pictures to pop up on the internet of Alyson Hannigan? She sure looks pregnant, at least in this photo. I know photos can be edited, but what do you think?

Photograph courtesy of E online

I read up on my favorite celebrity news sites and it looks like Alyson is denying the rumors and blaming it on being bloated. Now I’ve been there so I know how that goes, and it would be terrible to be scrutinized so closely by the public eye. Still, I couldn’t help but be a tad bit disappointed. I think it would have been perfect timing if Alyson were pregnant in real life while her character on the show was pregnant as well. I’m sure she’d prefer it to wearing a fake baby bump.

I’m such a huge fan of fall. It’s the start of everything I love. It means my wedding anniversary, my birthday, and then of course the holidays soon after. I’m already getting my Christmas Party Invitations ready for Christmastime. And then of course there will be new tv episodes to watch!

My DVR is going to be so delightfully full this fall. I can’t wait for the return of my favorites and some juicy new shows to curl up and watch. I’m alone weeknights while the Hubs works so Mama needs some entertainment! Wait, that sounded dirty. Ok you know what I mean!

Here’s what’s on my DVR schedule:

• How I Met Your Mother-absolute #1 favorite show. Last season was incredible and full of growth for the characters. I can’t wait to see what’s in store for the McClaren gang this season.
• Modern Family-word on the street is they’ve replaced the baby Lily actress with a new toddler that actually smiles and interacts with the rest of the family. With parents like Mitchell and Cam, she needs to have a personality. I’m excited about the change!
• The Middle-I love this wacky family. The Hubs and I have decided if we ever have a son he will probably turn out like Brick. A little quirky but adorable just the same.
• Happy Endings-Great show and the first season started out strong. I love this show because it always makes me laugh.
• Up All Night-I am such a huge Christina Applegate fan. I’m also hoping to one day become a first time parent. This show is tots for me.
• Community-Abed always cracks me up.
• Cougar Town-supposedly a midseason premiere (uhoh, I smell a future cancellation, way to screw up ABC). Love Courtney Cox and the whole culdesac crew!
• Free Agents-Looks like a funny new show. It’s got Phoebe’s science guy in it. It’s gotta be good!
• Parks and Recreation- Love me that Leslie Noppe.
• 30 Rock-I think if I’d never met my husband I would have become a trainwreck like Liz Lemon.
• Grey’s Anatomy-I’ve been a faithful viewer since the beginning. And even though the show basically blows, I still watch it out of loyalty. It’s almost like some of their episodes and the medical tragedies you don’t want to see but can’t look away.
• Desperate Housewives- I’m pissed that the Skavos split up. That was the worst storyline ever. They better get them back together.
• Private Practice-I think I watch this show just so I can yell at the tv. They’re all idiots.
• Parenthood-I’m still annoyed that Christina’s pregnant. We’ll see what the writers manage to do with that storyline. Hrmmmm.
• The Secret Circle-I want to see what this circle is all about.
• The Vampire Diaries-Only watch it for the eye candy. Oh Damon. Yuhummm.
• The Big Bang Theory-Gotta get my nerd fix somehow. Cliffhanger last season, Penny slept with Raj. What’s going to happen next?

I think that’s enough to keep me quite entertained. What’s on your tv schedule this fall?

This week my TV watching was a bit distracted. We put an offer in on a house and we’re waiting to hear back. EEEEEE!!! In the meantime I’ve filled up my idle time with a lot of tv but in the back of my head I just keep thinking I hope I hope I hope we get it.

 

1. The Secret Life of the American Teenager-Some story lines were downright annoying, but the one I cared about was Ricky and Amy. She’s sucking up to him big time hoping he’ll propose and he’s milking it. The good news is he has a plan to propose on graduation night! But this episode just felt like a time waster leading up to next week’s episode. All of the side stories just bugged me. Who cares about Madison? That girl is just plain aggravating.

2. Tia & Tamara- This is the epitome of a chick show for me. Totally girlie and over the top fake drama. These girls are so silly! But I love watching the circus unfold. Tamara is such a stress case over the wedding and worrying about way too much. Tia is kind of wrapped up in her own world, which is kind of a bummer. At the same time, she’s super pregnant and not in the wedding spirit, which is understandable but also frustrating since when it was her day, Tamara was there for her. The whole baby moon thing that Tia wants to do, the same weekend as Tamara’s wedding is a little F’d up. If she really has to have one, couldn’t she go up a day early? Oh and modeling lingerie for her twin sister is kind of creepy. I also feel like the baby moon story line was a little bit staged. I also feel bad for Tia because it seems like her husband Cory doesn’t care much about about her. He just has this aloof presence. Is it just me who thinks that?

3. The Lying Game-The pilot ended on a suspenseful note when Sutton is in a car and lets out a gasp when someone gets in the car, but we don’t see who it is. I was confused when I saw it and actually thought it was Emma. The second episode starts with Emma waking up in Sutton’s bed and still being distracted and worried about where Sutton is. She’s now in cahoots with Ethan, Sutton’s secret boyfriend. It’s good that Emma has at least one person to talk to. Only problem is Laurel overheard some of their convo. Sutton finally contacts Emma, and we now know she’s in LA with one of Sutton’s friends’ brothers. There are some family secrets still being hinted at, and Sutton’s parents catch Emma with Ethan.

You know what bugs me about this show? Why couldn’t they just use actual identical twins? It’s like the Parent Trap all over again. It just bugs me! The other part that killed me was the ballet dance scene where Sutton’s friend has her hips sticking out like she’s in dire need of a burger. It’s sooo gross. What is wrong with girls today? EAT SOMETHING!

 4. Million Dollar Rooms- I stumbled across this show while I was channel surfing and it was awesome! They show these over the top lavish rooms that these crazy rich people have spent millions on. I love shows like that.