I am a die hard Friends fan, and I adore Courtney Cox. So I had high hopes for her new series on ABC, and Cougar Town did not disappoint. I was a bit worried that all the funny parts were in the promos, but it was pretty funny throughout the show. I found myself laughing out loud at Courtney’s character, Jules, a 40 something recent divorcee and mother to a teenage son.

Her younger friend convinces her to get back out in the dating world and get her groove back Stella style. It’s funny to watch Jules because she says everything that she thinks. “Wow, you’re really black” to the big African American bouncer. It sounds terrible, but the way she says it is just adorable, and the bouncer gives her this wink and says, “Yeah baby”, and you just crack up. I am also so guilty of blurting out things without thinking, so I can relate to her.

Even through the jokes and the silly antics, there is also a serious note to the show. Jules has this hatred for her divorced neighbor (who happens to be a total hottie) who is constantly bringing over young bimbos to have his way with. She gives him a deep speech about how hard it is to be single at 40.

Now it can’t be so hard for Courtney Cox, who looks incredible at 45. I wish I knew what fat burners exercises she does because at 45, she looks better than my 26 yr old self!

She pulls off the sexy Cougar mom thing, but the show isn’t just about sex appeal. It’s also about a mom who’s struggling with this new life, trying to maintain her friendship with her still married best friend/next door neighbor, and also trying to be a good mom to her son. I hope this show makes it, because I thought it was great!

I can’t wait for the new season of my favorite shows. It feels like it’s taking forever! Don’t get me wrong, I love my summers. But why does the programming have to be so terrible? On the weeknights after a long day of work, I like to come home and unwind for an hour or two with a little TV. Sadly in the summertime, it’s nothing but reruns or bad reality shows, like Tool Academy. Do these idiots really need their own television show??
So here’s a list of all the shows I can’t wait to see, as well as some new ones that look interesting.

• How I Met Your Mother
• The Office
• 30 Rock
• Parks and Recreation
• Better off  Ted (if those jerks at ABC renew it!)
• Grey’s Anatomy
• Brothers & Sisters
• Desperate Housewives
• Private Practice
• Mad Men
• Family Guy

And for the new shows out, these look like they have potential:

• Cougar Town



• Community

• Parenthood



• Accidentally on Purpose

New shows are always hard to like, because networks are so quick to cancel them. So hopefully if any of these new shows are good, the networks will recognize that, and stop playing back to back episodes of So You Think You Can Dance.  Also, thank you to all the networks for putting TV Shows online. If they didn’t, there’s no way I’d be able to keep up with all these shows.

Coupling is a British show that briefly came to the US. I was so disappointed when it didn’t succeed here, because the whole premise his hilarious. This show is just classic funny, talking about all the real issues that come up with dating and relationships. They aren’t afraid to talk about the awkward stuff like when a man has a “failure” in the bedroom. The show is pretty old, but I haven’t seen all the episodes, so it’s like discovering a lost season of Friends. I’m hooked, and it’s great entertainment. Thank you Netflix for instant watch!
The show centers around 6 people, 3 blokes, 3 ladies. They’re all friends, and one couple, Susan and Steve. My favorite character is the ever socially awkward Jeff, who seems like he’s on ephedrine or something else that makes him twitchy. He completely falls apart around women much to the viewer’s amusement.
Here’s a clip of Jeff at his finest. Enjoy!

Since we’re headed out on vacation on Thursday, I’ve been frantically trying to empty my laundry hamper and tidy up the house. It’s been hard to do because all I want to do is sit down and read. I got the second book in the Outlander series, Dragonfly in Amber and I can’t put it down. Usually you can tell if I’ve got a good book based on the cleanliness of my house. Unfortunately the house is a mess, but I am enjoying the read.

Besides books, TV has been severly lacking in entertainment value. Right now all my favorite shows are in repeat for the summer. Hopefully the networks will kick off their summer pilots they test and I’ll have something new to watch. Thank god for laptops and wireless internet, or I’d probably never fold my laundry. I love being able to carry the laptop around and watch shows while I get stuff done.

I loved this episode so much! I loved the way the writers went with the storyline. I wanted so badly for Izzie to get married, and they made it happen. For the record, that wedding was beautiful. Having George walk her down the aisle was a great touch too.
Of course I still want to see Meredith and Derek get hitched, but I see them more as civil ceremony or backyard wedding people. Hey, the writers should have them get married on his piece of property in the woods!
Now the question is, are they going to kill off Izzie or is she going to bounce back from this? If so, what does that mean for her marriage to Alex? I do think it’s romantic that he married her, but what if she gets better? Can of worms will be opened up! But then again, isn’t that what Grey’s is so good at?
Also, I loved the sidebar with Cristina and Owen, and how he tells her his trigger for flashbacks was her ceiling fan. Cut to the end of the episode and she’s hacking the thing off the ceiling. I loved that, because I really want to see those two together.
And now for the best scene in this episode. Enjoy!

This episode of HIMYM we see Ted’s kids again, something the writers haven’t done in a long time. He tells them a story of how seemingly unimportant events lead him on the path to finding their mother. All of these events he retells lead him to standing on a street corner in the rain, and getting tapped on the shoulder by a woman. All through the episode we think maybe, just maybe it’s going to be the future mother. It turns out to be Stella, his ex that left him at the alter. Everyone’s got their theories on how Stella leads Ted to his future wife. I can’t really even begin to guess how she’s connected. We know it’s not her sister, because we’ve already met her. Maybe one of her friends? A coworker?
Either way, I’m just happy they’re back on track to telling us who in the hell this mother is.
Oh yeah, and Barney reaches his 200th sexual conquest. GROSS!

This episode is mostly about Julia moving away, and taking Elizabeth with her. The Walker family is understandably sad, and it also means that Tommy is probably not coming back. I read somewhere that the actor Balthazar Getty, was having some trouble in his personal life, and that the show didn’t renew his contract. Because of this, they didn’t renew Jane Morris (Julia)’s contract either. This is a bummer because the whole show is about brothers and sisters, and what does that mean when the oldest brother is written off the show? I’m wondering if both stars will come back and do guest appearances for upcoming episodes.

I was extremely disappointed in Kitty’s behavior. I thought her character had more morals than that, but I guess not. Remember the hot park guy? Well she kisses him. After Robert figures out that she’s been coming to the park every day to visit him. After Robert shows his extreme hurt, and after Sarah warns Kitty that this all would happen, and to not do it. I guess they’re going to write Robert off the show now? It’s weird because I liked him when he first appeared on the show. But then I hated his political campaign and all of those stupid ideas he had, about putting his career before his family. So we’ll see. In a way, I like hot park guy too, but I think Kitty still should have at least separated from her husband before sucking his face!

The side story line about Rebecca and Ryan is getting a little bit more interesting, now that Rebecca seems to realize that Ryan is a creep. I also think Holly is incredibly deceiving with the way she manipulates Ryan into working for Ojai Foods, just so she can count on his board vote. I don’t get Holly at all. She hates the Walkers, yet she wants to work for their family business. She’s an evil homewrecker is what she is. But the show wouldn’t have sauce without her would it?

This week’s episode starts out with the guys laughing about a joke. Lily sits down and asks what the joke is. Ted and Marshall insists that Lily won’t like the joke, because it’s guy funny, not girl funny. He tells it anyway, but because it’s the “dirtiest joke ever” Ted won’t repeat it. So of course I’m compelled to search the internet for the punchline to “What’s the difference between jam and peanut butter?” I googled it, and well, yeah it is definitely guy funny, and I’m not repeating it on my blog! The punchline results in Lily storming off while Future Ted narrates, “And we didn’t see Lily again for 4 weeks”.

The rest of this episode follows Ted on his journey to starting his own architecture company. He’s nervous so he’s procrastinating. He’s also set up his home office in his apartment with Robin. He even hired an assistant, PJ, who ends up in bed with Robin.

Elsewhere, Marshall is trying to come up with a “thing that makes him a guy”. He decides on becoming Sports Guy and everyone in the office places their bets with him for his fantasy baseball league. He ends up carrying a lot of money, and panicking, typical Marshall style.

Back at Mosbius Designs, Ted fires PJ because he stops being a good worker, and becomes obsessed with Robin (seriously don’t know what he sees in her). Then he becomes all needy, and Robin dumps him, so Ted hires him back. This of course creates a creepy tug of war between Robin and PJ.

Meanwhile, Barney confesses his love for Robin to Marshall, who of course already knew. He agrees to help break PJ and Robin up, because it’s killing Barney to hear that she’s sleeping with him. Watching Barney struggle with his inner player as he confesses his love is pretty funny. “No I don’t love her, I just miss her when she’s not here, I think about her all the time, and one day I dream of us running towards each other in slow motion”. Marshall ends up hiring PJ as his assistant to help him with his fantasy baseball league and helping him stay the sports guy without all the stress.

I thought this was an interesting episode, the way Lily wasn’t in it, and they excuse it away because she’s offended by the joke in the beginning credits. My theory is that she wasn’t in the episode due to her pregnancy, but I’m not sure. I thought it lacked that special dynamic that Marshall and Lily share. I still thought it was a funny episode, especially the wackiness that goes on at Marshall and Barney’s work ( I really want to work there!) but it wasn’t the best of the season.

I keep wondering what they’re going to do the for the season finale this year. I’m thinking maybe they will announce that Lily is pregnant-it seems only fitting since the actress Alyson Hannigan actually is in real life (or at least was during this season’s filming).
I think a pregnancy would just add to the growth of the show, and maybe anchor down the plotline a little. I’m sick of seeing loser Ted, I’m ready for the Ted that’s going to find his future wife.

I’m also ready to see this love story between Barney and Robin go somewhere. Robin has been just as big a loser as Ted, and it’d be good to see her back on her feet. I don’t like her character that much, but I think she works with Barney, and without her, I think the show would be lacking.

Ahhhhhh this was by far the best episode of the season. I’m not sure if it’s the finale or not, but it was incredible. Finally, finally, finally, MerDer, together, the way it was meant to be, sigh. Ok, on to the recap.

This episode started off intense! In the first five minutes of the show, Owen almost kills Cristina by strangling her while having a nightmare. I was gasping out loud, it was such a creepy, gruesome scene.

I thought it was interesting the way the writers dealt with post traumatic stress. I haven’t seen a show that wasn’t specifically about soldiers do this before, and I think it’s an important topic. Hopefully they’ll help Owen, because I really like their relationship.

There there is of course poor Izzie. She’s having her first surgery to remove 

the tumor, and all of her friends are supposed to be there for her. Instead, they all keep extra busy with work, because they can’t stand the thought that their good friend is sick. It’s sad, because the only one who comes to see her is Dr. Bailey. 

Finally, Alex gets his head out of his butt and runs to be with her before surgery, but she’s already under the knife. He’s there when she wakes up though, and he promises to be there for her from now on. He also fertilized the eggs they harvested for Izzie, which is pretty huge. I hope the writers see their relationship through, because they are right for each other.

George finally got some airtime this episode, which was good to see. It seems like he’s been just in the background for the last season. It was good to see him finally have lines with substance. Callie confronts George and gets him to open up about how upset he is that his best friend could die.

Now for the best part: Meredith and Derek. At the end of the episode, Mer goes to get on an elevator, and the Chief stops her and says she can’t get on that one. She’s confused, until the other elevator opens up. There’s Derek, with all the brain scans from every surgery they’ve done together. He talks about each one, and how he felt for her after. He then says he’s not going to ask a question, but tell her that he wants to spend the rest of his life with her, and she says she wants to spend it with him too. Ahhh! Freaking FINALLY. It was a great proposal, true McDreamy style. Hopefully Meredith doesn’t spazz out when it comes time for I dos. If she does that, I’m pretty sure I’d kick over my tv stand in frustration.

What I’ve always enjoyed about this show are the openings and closing of the show, and how it all ties together with the show’s theme for that episode. In the beginning of A Spark. To Pierce The Dark, Mary Alice (the narrator) talks about the different shocks we get in life, from steam cleaners to toaster ovens, to the shock of seeing your ex when you least expect them, like when Susan runs into her ex at her school.

Susan’s issue with her ex husband’s creepy kid were just frightening. He’s a little boy that draws disturbing images of people killing other people in her art class. Of course her ex husband just assumes she’s trying to punish his son unfairly.

There are a few plots going on with each main character as usual. Brie and Orson are dealing with marital stress yet again. I love how Orson is stealing to hurt her, because it affects her image. He knows the one way to get through to her.

Still, I think he took it to the extreme making her sell her business. It doesn’t seem fair to make her give up her dreams. There should be a balance between them.

Lynette’s boss Lucy pisses me off so much. She has a nasty attitude, and her neck looks like a pig’s jugular, ew. I wanted to smack her so bad. I LOVE how Lynette gets back at her by letting Carlos’ kids play with Lucy’s fancy figurines.

And poor Gabby is trying to get attention from Carlos, who is too exhausted to sleep with her.

I can’t believe he ties her up so he can get some sleep. So messed up! At least he realizes that he needs to be there for the family more, and he cuts back on the hours.

It was torture watching Edie forget to get her fax, which would fill her in on why her husband Dave is off on his “camping trip” with Katherine and Mike. He’s so incredibly creepy! The suspense was almost too much! Thank god she finally gets the fax and figures it out, preventing Katherine from being hurt.
I feel so bad for Edie, who finally seemed to be happy. I think she’s the strongest woman on the show in her own way. She’s not afraid to speak out and say exactly how she feels.
She was also able to get away from Dave when he tried to kill her. She’s amazing!
The finale scene does what I love, and takes us back to the opener, about shocks. Just when you think Edie is going to escape, she almost runs Orson over (who was busted stealing) and ends up crashing into a power line. The line comes down and electrocutes her. Shocking!
My theory is that Edie is going to survive but maybe she’ll have amnesia, in true Wisteria Lane fashion, and won’t remember that Dave is a psychopathic killer. I guess we’ll find out next week if I’m right.