My Wife Didn't Like This Episode and I Don't Blame Her

I decided well before last night's show to try something different with the blog. Unfortunately the show was horrendous last night and that will affect the delivery and the content. Given last week's episode, this week had so much hype to it, I know everyone was feeling it. What's going to happen? Are Annie and Naomi going to come to blows? etc. etc. etc. Well this show was 12 eggs short of a dozen. Possibly it was the hype that last week brought us and the anticipated return of Brenda that made you think you were going to be in for something special. Unfortunately it was not. It was overhyped and I brought that upon myself. It's a shame because it was a down week for Gossip Girl as well, not enough Chuck Bass. I haven't even watched the Hills yet, and I am getting nervous that that might be the worst six and a half minutes of tv this week. If you noticed i started capitalizing my "i's" and making an effort in my grammar and spelling for the sole reason that my wife said she may read it if I do a better job in the grammar department. So here is hoping she reads along with us, but after last night's episode I don't know if she will ever watch again.

So here goes the first running diary for The 9-0 Report:

8:35 pm

The dvr is set and I am plotting my time when I am going to watch 90210 when Scott calls for a little pre 9-0 hype. He is pumped, I am pumped and I am getting more pumped just talking about how great last week's episode was and how it is just starting to fall into place, we have our antagonist (Naomi) and our protagonist (Annie) as our main event, the undercard is filling in nicely and the return of Brenda Walsh tonight. Brenda is coming back!!! During this conversation I am in the kitchen with the 9-0 wife and she is wondering what two 30 year old guys are talking about. All she hears is "yeah its going to be awesome, I am pumped ...... she is coming back ...... such a bitch, its great" Scott has his night planned, he is having a nice chicken dinner and going to catch up on the blog before watching this episode to build upon the hype that we have created in our minds.

8:50 pm

With dinner in front of me I pull a strategic move to watch the end of prison break while I eat so that I have free hand during 90210 to take time stamped notes for the running diary. The wife doesn't mind.

9:15 pm

Right to scenes from last week and prior relevant scenes from past weeks. More than usual to build up the hype. To take a line out of the late Gorrilla Monsoon's library "you can cut the electricity with a knife in here"

9:17 pm

We start just where we left off last week --- outside with Naomi and Annie and their "brother". That's preety cool, almost like a to be continued episode, you don't see too much of that anymore. Ethan, Silver and Dixon are just watching the fight, this goes back to my point form last week, there are no best friends on this show. If either one of them had a best friend they would have intervened. Now back in the house Wilson family meeting with the "son" and Naomi is still there. I don't get that. After what she just did, If I am Annie I am kicking her ass out of my house. Then it gets wierd, Naomi's mom comes over and rather than run to her son or be filled with any kind of emotion she says "my son, my son". I am thinking this is either really bad acting or totally fake.

9:19 pm

Opening song and right to the first commercial break. Thank G-D for dvr. My wife now just realizes that I am taking notes and tells me that I am going to have to learn how to fast forward and write.

9:21 pm

Ethan and Annie are walking through the hallways calling each other boyfriend and girlfriend -- what losers. Could you imagine Brandon or Dylan doing this. There's Naomi, would be a good time for a cat fight but ......

9:23 pm

There's Kelly sticking her nose in where it doesn't belong and ruining what could be a good scene for her own pesonal gain and benefit. By the way is she qualified to be a guidance counselor? I guess if you were addicted to coke, stole your best friend's boyfriend, joined a cult etc. etc. etc.
Why is Adriana hanging out with Dixon and Silver a little wierd, no? Oh shit, my wife just realized what i was doing, this is not going to be fun but let me take the abuse for the benefit of 90210 ---- "I am so embarrassed right now, this is not even funny, who clocks the time? what kind of loser are you? if you don't stop I am going to watch in another room" Ok its over, i still have the pad and pen, we can continue.

9:25 pm

Silver's live blog -- another idea. Looks like Annie won the friends but what about Adriana, wasn't Naomi her best friend? and was Navid just absent from school this week? I keep checking the phone for the random text from the little one.

9:32 pm

First Brenda Walsh sighting and Kelly re-gifts some flowers from her office and Brenda is keen enough to call her out on it as Kelly is asking why she doesn't return phone calls. Do we have to get into this Kelly, do we? I would venture to say it has something to do with your comment about Dylan amongst other things oh great one.

halfway throught the show so far and it sucks --- so overhyped. Same feeling i felt at WMXX.

9:39 pm

Nice hair Tracy Clark.

9:40 pm

Possibly the best line on tv since Leave it to Beaver "Ward I think you were a little hard on the Beaver last night" ---- Silver "That skirt is so short you are going to need two hairdos".

too little Brenda

9:42 pm

How come "brother" Sean doesn't hang with Dixon, Annie or Naomi?

9:43 pm

This lunch is pretty awkward with Brenda and Kelly. Brenda telling Kelly it is not like High School anymore, they have nothing in common. I would say, Brenda is cool, Kelly is not. Brenda doesn't want to fight over Dylan with Kelly, that's right she should just take her man. As awkward as this scene was, it was the highlight of the episode, and that's bad. Brenda and Kelly breaking up, WOW, sure took long enough. This is when i asked my wife what she thought now and she said "I am am supposed to be impressed?" she is a tough one to sell.

9:49 pm

The wife is not enjoying the show --- I wonder if it is me?

9:50 pm

Silver was playing with a rubics cube ---who does that? is it 1982? so retro, i love it. She is the type of girl who you will see in a bar playing Ms. Pacman.

9:53 pm

Brenda is in the hospital and Kelly is the emergency contact. Why not Donna or David? History means something to Kelly so that is why she came for Brenda but Brenda is honest and tells her she slept with Ryan. Kelly is mad, why I ask. Didn't she tell Ryan she couldn't see him and didn't want him to wait? There goes Kelly again being selfish Kelly Taylor trying to control what everyone else does for the betterment of herself. This girl is garbage, I mean really. Whore. Now I wonder did Brenda really sleep with Ryan or did she jsut say that so Kelly will finally be out of her life and she can have Dylan all to herself without the Kelly Taylor drama?

9:56 pm

The "son" is staying at the wilson house when off to bed he goes and he makes a phone call to someone to tell them he is getting in real good with the family. Who did he call? I have a theory but will save it for another post. I told my wife and 1 reader so far just in case. Being that the next episode is not until January 6th I will have to post in between as this show did not leave us off on a good note and I feel responsible to bring back some hype.

9:57 pm

Scenes to the tune of O.A.R's new song. Brenda is pregnant and a lot of recapping. Speaking of Brenda rumor has it they are going to kill her off the show with a terminal disease. If they do this would her paqrents, brother and the rest of the gang want to come say goodbye or go to the funeral? overall disappointed. It is 50/50 my wife watches the show again. Me, I am in it for the long haul.

on the rest of the random thoughts:

-Reccomendation of the weak is O.A.R. if you don't know them look them up on itunes, not a bad gig. Been to a few of their shows and they are a lot of fun. The wife even had our wedding band learn one of their sonegs to play at our wedding.
-a part of me misses GREEK.
-Gators hung half a hundred on the ol' ball coach
-my neice turned 1 this week, good times
-did some charity last week for a good cause and i ended being more profitable as I won a year's membership at equinox and a signed marty brodeuer hockey stick which was donated right back to charity. Why do i want that, would he want a signed legal pad of mine
-Watched the Wizard of Oz this weekend, i was a little off as the last time i watched i was listening to Dark Side of the Moon. It is on my list of things to do this year, watch in its entirety.


till some other time when we will throw some theories around since this show just took on a Desperate Housewives approach.

jeff