Sherlock: Season 3 News

Air dates for the three episodes of season 3 of Sherlock have not been officially announced, but Martin Freeman (John Watson) mentioned that we should expect the first episode to air in Britain in December 2013 or January 2014. Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock Holmes) revealed on the red carpet for Star Trek Into Darkness that he is trying to get the series to air in the U.K. and the U.S. at the same time so those of us in the States don't have to wait to see it after it originally airs, and we don't come across spoilers accidentally on the internet.

The titles of the first two episodes have been announced, "The Empty Hearse" and "The Sign of Three." The title of episode 3 will probably be announced when filming of the episode begins.

Freeman and Cumberbatch have signed on for a fourth season. I'm so excited about that! It's great that we'll have at least six more episodes of this really smart series.

Pippin: New Broadway Cast Recording

Pippin is one of my favorite musicals. I love the music by Stephen Schwartz (who also wrote the score to Wicked), and I love the theatricality of the show. The first ever revival of the musical opened recently on Broadway, and it's getting great reviews from audiences and critics. The cast recording will be released in July, but you can hear the album now here. My favorite songs are "Magic to Do," "Corner of the Sky," "Morning Glow," and "Finale."

I want to go to New York and see it... now!

Pic of the Week: Day and Night

Once Upon a Time: I'm Glad Someone Took the "Time" to Do This

The flashbacks in Once Upon a Time can get really confusing. I've wondered many times when certain flashbacks happened. Were they after Snow met Charming, or before Bae went through the portal. I hope that eventually, after the series is done, the producers will release a DVD with just the flashbacks in Fairy Tale Land in the order they happened.

However, until then (if they ever do it), someone has taken the time to create a timeline for Once Upon a Time. It's so nice to see it written out. There are some gaps, and season three may show that some of the timeline isn't correct, but at least there's some continuity and questions answered about when things happened.

Thank you very much!

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: season 3, ep. 8, Quippy Quotes

Spike comes back to Sunnydale after Drusilla leaves him. And a dumped Spike is not a happy Spike. No one expects Spike to kidnap Willow to cast a love spell to make Drusilla love him again, and no one expects the consequences that occur. The end of this episode is pretty sad. Although, it is pretty funny watching Spike sing along to a rock version of "My Way."

There's another great scene with Spike and Joyce in this episode. Spike spills all of his relationship woes to Joyce over a cup of hot chocolate. And Joyce, not knowing how dangerous Spike really is, listens to him and gives him advice. When Angel shows up, and is unable to come into the house, Joyce thinks Angel is the dangerous one, and Spike loves it.

Quotes:

Willow: This is a nightmare. This is... my world is spinning.
Xander: It's not that bad, Willow. Really.
Willow: 740 verbal? I'm pathetic! Illiterate! I'm Cletus, the Slack-jawed Yokel.
Xander: That's right. And the fact that your "740 verbal" closely resembles my combined scores in no way compromises your position as the village idiot.

Oz (to Willow): I can see why you'd be upset. [pause] That was my sarcastic voice.
Xander: You know, it sounds a lot like your regular voice.
Oz: I've been told that.

Willow: Buffy! Did you get your SAT scores?
[Buffy nods her head]
Xander: By the look on your face, I'm guessing you and I are going to be manning the drive-thru windows, side-by-side.

Cordelia: Well, I think this is great! Now you can leave and never come back. Well, I mean that in a positive way. Get out of Sunnydale. That's a good thing. What kind of moron would ever want to come back here?
[cut to Spike coming back to Sunnydale]
Spike: Home sweet home.

Xander: Come on. It'll be fun.
Cordelia: I don't know. I just thought we were going to do something... you know, classy.
Xander: What's classier than bowling?
Cordelia: Apart from everything ever?

Xander: There's pictures.  Of me... in your locker. I never knew I was locker-door material.
Cordelia: Well, just barely. And besides, I look really cute in those pictures.

Willow: They don't stand a chance. I'm really good. Or I used to be when they had the inflatable things in the gutters.

Willow: What's this?
Oz: It's a gift.
Willow: What's the occasion?
Oz: Pretty much you are.

Willow: We have to find a little Pez werewolf, so little Pez witch can have a boyfriend.
Oz: I don't think they make a werewolf Pez. You might have to settle for a wacky cartoon dog.

Buffy: Okay, but you're just going for a few days, right? I mean, you're not going to settle there and grow crops or anything.
Giles: What? Oh, my gear. No. This is just basic necessities.
Buffy: Giles. You pack like me.

Giles: I suspect your mother will want to put it on the refrigerator.
Buffy: Yea, she saw these scores, and her head spun around and exploded.
Giles: I've been on the Hellmouth too long. That was metaphorical, yes?

Buffy: She started with all this crazy talk about me going to college. Maybe someplace else. I know. I said that you were going to have a goat. Responsibilities and all. I know the drill.
Giles: She may be right.
Buffy: Yea, I know, I figure you'd... Okay. Be kind. Rewind.

Willow: It's a very intimate situation. It's all sexy, with the smoke and the sweating, and the shoe rental.
Xander: You're turned on by rented shoes?

Willow: No! Pez!
Xander: Maybe bowling might be too much to handle.

Buffy (to Joyce): All day it's been like, "Congratulations!" "Go away!"

Joyce: You belong at a good old-fashioned college with keg parties and boys, not here with hellmouths and vampires.
Buffy: Not really seeing the distinction.

Joyce: I spoke with Mr. Giles, and he said --
Buffy: That Faith could be Miss Sunnydale in the Slayer pageant. I know.

Spike: This is just too much.

Magic shop owner: We don't carry... leprosy.

Mayor: I would sell my soul for a decent short game. Of course, it's a little late for that.

Mayor: Loose cannon. Rock the boat. Is that a mixed metaphor? Boats did have cannons, and a loose one would cause it to rock. Oh, honestly. I don't know where my mind goes these days.

Angel: She wants you to get out.
Buffy: Someplace a little less hellmouthy.

Willow: You said you wished that these feelings could just go away.
Xander: Yea, I wish for a lot of things. I told you I wished I was a fireman when we were in the sixth grade, but you didn't follow through on that!

Spike: She wouldn't even kill me. She just left. She didn't even care enough to cut off my head or set me on fire. I mean, is that too much to ask? You know? Some little sign that she cared?

Spike: I said, "I am not puttin' up with this anymore." And she said, "Fine." And I said, "Yea, I've got an unlife, you know!" And then she said... she said we could still be friends.

Spike: Well, if at first you don't succeed... I'll kill him, and you try again.

Cordelia: Was Willow messing with her magic tricks again? Maybe they disappeared. Maybe she turned Xander into something "ishy."

Buffy: Either they were taken, or they ran, or maybe --
Cordelia: You're having too many "or's." Pick one.

Joyce: She sounds very unreasonable.
Spike: She is. She's out of her mind. That's what I miss most about her.

Angel: You touch her and I'll cut your head off.
Spike: Yea? You and what army?
[Buffy enters]
Buffy: That would be me.

Spike: You do me now, you'll never find the little witch.
Joyce: Willow's a witch?
Buffy: And Xander?
Spike: Him too.
Joyce: Xander's a witch?

Cordelia: Is this some sort of residual werewolf thing? This is very disturbing.
Oz: I really agree.

Spike: I wish I was dead.
Buffy: Well, if you close your eyes and wish real hard --

Spike: We killed a homeless man on this bench. Me and Dru. Those were good times.

Buffy: Spike can get the rats eyes.
Spike: I used to bring her rats. With the morning paper.

Willow: Drusilla broke up with him.
Xander: Gee, and we'd all hoped those crazy kids would make it work.

Xander: If he's so drunk, he'll get sloppy, and then I'll make my move. As long as my move doesn't involve standing up or using my limbs we'll be okay.

Spike: This should be a kick.
Buffy: I violently dislike you.

Spike: Now that was fun. Don't tell me that wasn't fun.

Spike: Oh yea, you two. Just friends. No danger there.

Spike: I want Dru back, I just gotta be the man I was, the man she loved. I'm going to do what I should have done in the first place. I'll find her, wherever she is... tie her up, torture her until she likes me again. Love's a funny thing.

Smash: What Season 3 Would Have Been

Now that Smash is over (and yes, I will be posting my thoughts on the series finale, eventually), the series' showrunner, Josh Safran, has talked about what season 3 might have been if the series has been renewed. Click here to read the article.

I don't know how I would have felt about the show moving from the theatre to the characters making a movie musical. What I loved about Smash to begin with was it was about the theatre, a medium that I love. Yes, I love movies too, but there's nothing like live theatre.

Doctor Who: The Crimson Horror

For me, Stephen Moffat's time as head writer for Doctor Who has been hit and miss. As much as I love Doctor Who, some of the episodes in seasons five, six and seven just haven't been my cup of Doctor Who tea. Sometimes the episodes start out promising, and then seem to derail toward the end. "The Crimson Horror" was one of those types of episodes for me. I really liked the episode until we met "Mr. Sweet." He just didn't quite work for me.

Having said that, I do have to say that I love Matt Smith's characterization of the Doctor. He is the reason I continue to love Doctor Who in spite of some scripts that "miss" for me.

At first I thought this would be a "Doctor-lite" episode. We don't see the Doctor until about 15 minutes into the episode. There were a few Doctor-lite episodes in Russell T. Davies time as head writer, the best of those being "Blink," written by Stephen Moffat. However, Stephen Moffat hasn't had any Doctor-lite episodes during his time as head writer. This episode one is probably the closest he's come to one.

Observations:

Interesting facts: Edmund and his brother, Mr. Thursday are played by the same actor. And Mrs. Gillyflower and her daughter Ada are played by real mother and daughter, Diana Rigg and Rachael Stirling.

I wonder why Mr. Thursday went to Madame Vastra about his brother's strange death. Does she have an advertisement in the newspaper saying she investigates business of the "dark and queer," as Edmund put it?

I like Madame Vastra, Jenny and Strax. I know many fans have mentioned they would love to see a spin-off with these three. It could be an entertaining series, if done correctly. Vasennytrax. Now, there's a title for you. *wink*

I love it when Edmund's brother faints after seeing Madame Vastra.

Strax is simply hilarious.

And, Mr. Thursday faints when he sees Strax. Good show.

Strange that Mrs. Gillyflower puts salt down her blouse. Hmm.

Jenny is definitely going through every locked door and ignoring "keep out" signs.

The Doctor has become a victim of the Crimson Horror.

The Doctor walks like Frankenstein's monster. However, he was Ada's monster, not Frankenstein's.

That kiss really annoyed me. The Doctor isn't one to go around kissing women, even if they just saved his life. It was very out of character to me. I'm just so glad that she slapped him.

It's interesting how the episode comes alive when the Doctor comes out of his Crimson Horrorness. Matt is such a charismatic actor.

I like the style that the flashback was filmed. Like an old movie, interspersed with shots of black and white (or sepia) still pictures.

I wonder who did Clara's hair like that. Did she really take the time to fix it up when she learned they were going to Victorian London?

I love that when the Doctor and Clara go to Sweetville he introduces themselves to Mrs. Gillyflower as "Doctor and Mrs. Smith," and they both speak in a Yorkshire accent.

So, the "crimson horror" puts them in some kind of catatonic state, except for the rejects, who retain the crimson hue and are thrown into the canal. Interesting that the Doctor is a "reject," while Clara is not. However, the Doctor lives through it, and Ada takes the Doctor, where he becomes her "special monster."

Why didn't the Doctor's white "union suit" turn red like Edmund's did?

And now we know how an image of the Doctor was burned into Edmund's eye when he died. T

Okay, I'm not sure if I like the Thomas Thomas (TomTom) joke or not. It was funny, but I don't think it had any place in a Doctor Who script. Just sayin'.

When Clara got out of the mixture, her hair was down. And the next we see her, her hair is exactly the same as it was when she and the Doctor came out of the TARDIS. Good thing they fixed it for her exactly the same way she had it, right? *wink*

Poor Ada. She really lucked out when it came to a mother. (I'm using the British form of this phrase - there "luck out" means to be unlucky - and Ada certainly is.)

If we were going to see Jenny fight, I wish it would have been a longer and more exciting fight.

A rocket in Victorian Yorkshire. Interesting.

When Mrs. Gillyflower started pulling out all the stops (literally, on an organ), I was hoping she was going to play some menacing music. Darn.

And Mr. Sweet is revealed! That "repulsive red leech."

And daughter turns on mother. I just have to say, I wonder what it was like for Diana and Rachael - playing that scene.

How did Mrs. Gillyflower get her minions to follow her? Those who were dipped in the venom were placed in a catatonic state, so what is it with the others? Were they just brainwashed?

The Doctor's response to seeing Mrs. Gillyflower fall was very strange. He just said, "ouch." As bad as she was, that was pretty cold of him.

Mr. Sweet certainly got what he deserved, but it was quite a way to go.

And Mr. Thursday faints again. I love it.

Okay, the pictures of Clara on the computer - who took those pictures?

Why does Angie say that the picture of the "other" Clara is in Victorian London? How does she know it's London? There is nothing in the background to say it's London.

Those kids are quick to believe in time travel.

Quotes:

Edmund: We must get to the bottom of this dark and queer business, no matter what the cost.

Mr. Thursday: I have no interest in the deplorable excesses of the Penny Dreadful.

Vastra: According to my research, Sweetville's proprietor holds recruitment drives for her little community. She is only interested in the fittest and the most beautiful.
Strax: You may rely on me, Ma'am.
Vastra: I was, in fact, speaking of Jenny.
Strax: If this weak and... fleshy boy is to represent us, I strongly advise the issuing of scissor grenades, limbo vapor, and tripleblast brain spitters.
Vastra: What for?
Strax: Just everything. Remember, we are going to the North.

Strax: How will she locate the Doctor?
Vastra: To find him, she need only ignore all "keep out" signs, go through every locked door, and run toward any form of danger that presents itself.
Strax: Business as usual then?
Vastra: Business as usual.

Strax: He asked permission to enter, and then he fell over.

Abigail: Only the best for Sweetville. I hope me teeth don't let me down.

Vastra: I think I have seen these symptoms before.
Coroner: Oh, aye?
Vastra: A long time ago.
Coroner: Oh, aye? How long?
Vastra: About 65 million years ago.

Doctor: Ah! Miss me?

Doctor: Just when you think your favorite lock-picking Victorian chambermaid will never turn up - Jenny!

Jenny: How long have you been like that?
Doctor: Days. Weeks. Don't know.  Long story. I'll keep it short.

Doctor: Oh, grand! Smashin'. Eh, the missus and I couldn't be more chuffed, could we luv? Eh?

Doctor: Yes, Clara. Gotta find Clara.
Jenny: But, Doctor, Clara's dead. Isn't she?
Doctor: It's complicated.

Strax: Horse. You have failed in your mission!

Thomas Thomas: Sweetville, sir?
Strax: You know it?
Thomas Thomas: Turn around when possible. Then, at the end of the road, turn right.
Strax: What?
Thomas Thomas: Bear left a quarter of a mile and you'll have reached your destination.
Strax: Thank you. What is your name?
Thomas Thomas: Thomas, sir. Thomas Thomas.
Strax: I think you will do well, Thomas Thomas.

Doctor: Oh, great, great. Attack of the supermodels.

Clara: What's going on?
Doctor: Oh, haven't you heard, luv? There's trouble at the mill. [pause] She's a lizard.

Doctor: Ooh, "the repulsive red leech." No, on balance, I think I prefer "the crimson horror."

Doctor: Yucky red parasite from the time of the dinosaurs pitches up in Victorian Yorkshire. Didn't see that one coming.

Clara: A chimney that doesn't blow smoke.
Doctor: Clever clogs. (this is British slang for "smarty pants.")
Clara: Miss me?
Doctor: Yea. Lots.

Mrs. Gillyflower: You do seem to keep turning up like a bad penny, young man.
Doctor: Force of habit.

Doctor: I'm the Doctor. You're nuts. And I'm going to stop you.

Doctor: Mrs. Gillyflower, you have no idea what you're dealing with. In the wrong hands, that venom could wipe out all life on this planet.
Mrs. Gillyflower: You know what these are? (holds out her hands) The wrong hands.

Doctor: Hang on. Hang on. I've got a sonic screwdriver.
Clara: Yea? I've got a chair.
Doctor: Yea. That worked.

Doctor: Chairs are useful.

Mrs. Gillyflower: Forgive me, my child. Forgive me.
Ada: Never.
Mrs. Gillyflower: That's my girl.

Doctor: Well, thanks a million, you three. As ever, have some pontefract cakes on me. I love pontefract cakes. See you around, I shouldn't wonder.

Jenny: But, Doctor. That girl. Clara. You haven't explained.
Doctor: No, I haven't.

Arrow: The Undertaking

It was great to see flashbacks from before the island. To see the relationship between Robert Queen and Malcolm Merlyn, and find out how this whole "failing the city" came to be. It was also great to see Oliver and Laurel before the sinking of the yacht. To see their relationship. But it made it sadder when we see Oliver go off on the yacht and you know that he's taking Sarah.

The show is really amping up toward the finale. The show has really gotten good. I love all of the characters (I even liked Laurel and Thea in this episode). I'm glad that the show has been renewed and will be back next season.

Observations:

Moira really does look five years younger in the flashbacks. And all it took was straightening her hair. *wink*

So, the "undertaking" was originally supposed to clean the city of crime by trying to rid it of those who were corrupting it, but Malcolm felt it was futile, and decided he wanted to just wipe-out the Glades, where most of the crime was happening.

It's so hilarious to see Felicity flustered. And she certainly got flustered when she met Laurel. Jealous much?

I'm so glad they finally have a lead to find Walter. It's about time. The whole reason Felicity agreed to join Oliver's "merry band" was to find Walter, and now the time is here.

John Barrowman is a great actor. You know that Malcolm is the villain, but you feel sorry for him. Sorry for losing his wife the way he did. You can understand his motive. That's the thing about villains - to them they're not a villain. They usually have a reason for doing what they're doing that can make sense, at least to them.

Felicity is trying to get that bromance between Oliver and Diggle back on track.

If Detective Lance ever found out that Malcolm sabotaged the yacht to get rid of Robert (and killed Sarah along with him), I wonder what he would do?

Malcolm apologized to Moira for taking Robert from her. But why does she say that she's really to blame for his death?

If it only takes straighter hair for Moira to look five years younger, it only take longer hair and a clean-shaven face for Oliver to look five years younger.

When Oliver and Laurel are talking in the flashback to five years ago, Oliver says that Laurel's dad threatened to tase Oliver when he closed the door to her bedroom. If he threatened to tase him then, wouldn't he threaten to kill Oliver if Oliver and Laurel moved in together? *wink*

Oliver found out that not only was Malcolm the one that had Walter kidnapped, but that is Moira has been in on it with Malcolm, and knew what happened to Walter all along. Poor Oliver. What a horrible thing to learn.

Don't get in the Hood's way when he's on a mission. *wink*

Yay! Walter is finally going home.

It's horrible seeing Oliver with Laurel right before he got on the yacht, since she doesn't know that he's cheating on her with Sarah.

So, Oliver decided to cheat on her because he freaked out about Laurel wanting to move in together.

Frank knew that Malcolm had sabotaged the yacht. Oh, Frank, Frank, Frank. It doesn't end well for you, does it?

Oliver is clean shaven in the present in some of scenes. I guess they shot those scenes after they shot the flashbacks and Stephen Amell didn't have time to grow his five-o'clock shadow again.

I'm so glad that Oliver went to Diggle to ask for his help. He didn't apologize, but at least he said he needs his help.

Quotes:

Hood: Harold Backman, you have failed this city.
Harold Backman: I'm only an accountant.

Backman: You think you scare me more than the people I work for?
Hood: No. They can deal with you.

Felicity: I wish someone would send me off to the Caymans.

Malcolm: How is Oliver?
Moira: Still in bed. It's only noon.

Robert Queen: Get lost trying to find the house?
Malcolm: You say that as if your driveway's not longer than most roads.

Robert: You've always had something of a "god complex," Malcolm. It's part of your charm. But even you can't create a natural disaster.

Oliver: "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, and she walks into mine."
Laurel: This coffee's terrible, Oliver.
Oliver: That's what you get for ordering coffee at a bar.

Felicity: I just totally walked in on a thing, didn't I?
Laurel:  I'm sorry, uh, who are you?
Felicity: Nobody. I mean, I'm not nobody. I'm someone, obviously. And so are you. You're Laurel, right? That Laurel. Gorgeous Laurel.

Felicity: How many arrows do you think you'll have to put in him before he gives up Walter's location? Say a lot?

Felicity: I can count cards. It's all probability, theory and mathematics. Have you met me?

Malcolm: That place took your soul, Robert.
Robert: Doing this won't give it back. It won't bring back Rebecca, either.

Diggle: What do you want?
Felicity: Is that any way to treat someone who just walked up six flights of stairs?
Diggle: No it's not. Where are my manners? Come on in.

Felicity: You gotta know that if it were your life that was on the line, and not just your... very understandable vendetta, he would be there for you. No hesitation.

Felicity: I know Oliver's religiously against admitting he's wrong. Truth is, he needs you.

Felicity: No slot machines. I mean, how do you call yourself a casino without any Lucky 7s?

Henchman: Get up!
Felicity: Oh, since you asked so nicely.

Felicity: You're gonna be really upset when you meet my partner.

Alonzo: I heard you never miss.
Hood: I don't.

Moira: You're a miracle worker, Thea.
Thea: Oh, when it comes to shopping it's not work, really.

Oliver: Dad! Do you have any cash? Jerk pizza guy can't break a $100.

Laurel: We can't hang out at my house.
Oliver: Why? Because you're father threatened to tase me the last time I closed the door to your bedroom?

Felicity: This is totally a family thing, isn't it?
Moira: I'm sorry, who are you?
Oliver: This is Felicity. She's my friend.
Walter: Mine too.

Oliver: Mom, let me keep Dad company.
Moira: Oliver, you're in school.
Oliver: Not really. I tried to tell you that.

Robert: Moira. Let the boy take the boat out with the old man.

Diggle: I guess you do know where I live.
Oliver: I've always known where you live.

Grimm: Endangered

So, I guess there are some species of Wesen that are endangered. And there's a pretty good reason why the Wesen in this episode are endangered. Gluhenvok have a blue glowing skin when it "woges" that's very valuable. I love how excited Rosalee and Monroe are excited to learn that there are some Gluhenvok still out there. They heard about them when they were young wesen, but thought they were actually extinct. When they finally find the Gluhenvok it's like they've come face-to-face with a legend. The Grimm world just continues to became more vast and more interesting.

Observations:

That murder was really grim.

I love that it takes Nick a few minutes to get a clue about Monroe and Rosalee when he comes into the kitchen. Awkward!

Nick said, "supposably." Okay, supposedly, "supposably" is a real word, but as far as I know, they are not interchangeable. It really bugs me when people say "supposably" when they really mean "supposedly." End of rant.

I love that Monroe knows something about the key - or about the map that the seven keys make. However, if he knows what the map is of when all the keys are put together, does one of the keys actually mark the spot where this treasure is supposed to be? It will be interesting to find out.

The map the keys make is in the Schwarzwald, or the Black Forest, in Germany. In the last episode we learned that the woman who might be able to help Adalind restore her powers, and who wants the baby, is the Queen of the Schwarzwald. I wonder if that has any significance.

Juliette remembers the moment she and Nick said they loved each other. We're making progress. Finally.

That is just gross - to watch her eat that.

I just love all of the folklore of the Grimms and the Royal Families that the writers created. That's quite a bit of backstory. It's so Indiana Jonesish.

The alien hunter calls himself a UFologist. Yes, you read that right, the study of UFOs. That's hilarious.

I'm so glad that Juliette is finally remembering her feelings for Nick. But she's scared to tell Nick about it because she thinks she's treated him so horribly he won't love her anymore. I can't say that it was Juliette's fault that any of this happened, but I agree with her. She has treated him pretty poorly.

And the question finally comes out of Juliette (although she asks Monroe instead of Nick); she wants to know what a Grimm is. Poor Monroe. He's been stuck in the middle of this for quite a while. Unfortunately, the answer Monroe gives Juliette is pretty engimatic. He should be a little more specific.

If the Gluhenvok knows that people may be after his "skin," why would he woge and give himself away? Does he have to be in that state in order to take the ovaries from the cows? Hmm.

The alien hunter is no UFologist. He's a Gluhenvok hunter. And, ooh, he can turn his head all the way around.

Having Monroe is like having your own personal bloodhound. *wink*

Rosalee is definitely the person you need in the event of an emergency. Calm and collected, and she knows how to deliver a baby.

Oh, slow motion bullet.

Sometimes Nick's job as a Grimm becomes a conflict of interest with his job as a cop. What a way to live.

Quotes:

Monroe: Bottom line, my Dad was very old-school, okay? I mean, very old-school.
Rosalee: Your Dad still hunts?
Monroe: Well, let me put it this way - I don't ask and he knows better than to talk to me about it. But their not getting any Meals-on-Wheels, I'll tell you that much.

Monroe: Bottom line, I don't want Nick to kill my parents. Not that they wouldn't give him plenty of reasons.

Nick: This is me intruding, isn't it? [awkward pause] I'm going to my room now.

Monroe: It's called a ward-lock, and I'm not talking about a male witch.

Renard: My family, as you call them, would have been happier had I never been born.

Sergeant Wu: The truth is out there... east of Portland.

George Lazure: Was the victim probed?
Wu: Nobody was probed... yet.

Nick: What is it?
Dr. Harper: Luciferase.
Nick: Please tell me that has nothing to do with the devil.

Wu: Apparently we have another witness. This one's claiming alien abduction.
Nick: So, are we talking spaceship?
Wu: No. Bronco.

Monroe (to Juliette): Look, I'm not an expert in these things, although, when it comes to you and Nick I'm certainly privy to more than most...

Monroe: A Grimm is someone who can see into the heart of darkness.

Wu: What is it about cows and aliens?
Nick: I got nothin'.

Monroe: I see you two have a book open there, which more or less portends some sort of catastrophic disaster, which in turn can only mean my date with Rosalee has been put on hold.

Nick: I'm living in an alternate universe.
Monroe: No, you just have a better understanding of the one we're in.

Monroe: Don't you need a warrant for that?
Nick. You're right. You open it.
Monroe: Oh. Okay.

Monroe: Oh, Nick. I think you put her over the top.

Monroe: We're, uh, helping, so just join in anytime.

Rosalee: What about me? What am I worth?
Lazure: More than a Blutbad.
Nick: What about a Grimm?

Once Upon a Time: The Evil Queen

I was a little annoyed that the flashback in this episode revisited the plot line of Regina looking for the hated Snow White so she could kill her. We've been down this path so many times before, and nothing new was revealed, except that "The Evil Queen" still had some good left in her, only to have that goodness die when Snow White revealed that she didn't think Regina could ever be good. If we're going to have flashbacks, give us something new to chew on.

Observations:

I don't care if Hook is bad or good, I only know that Colin O'Donoghue is one mighty good-lookin' fella.

Greg and Tamara are just annoying. Simple as that. I like good villains. They are not good villains. Hook - now he's a great villain.

It's so convenient that Rumpelstiltskin and Lacey (Belle) walk by right at the moment that Greg and Tamara tell Hook that Rumpel is alive and tell him to look out the window to prove it.

In the flashback, Regina talks like an "evil queen," not like a queen who wants her subjects to love her and believe that Snow White is the bad one. It's all in your tone of voice.

Why does David still call Snow "Mary Margaret" even though the curse is lifted? He knew her longer as Snow, not Mary Margaret. Everyone goes back and forth with the names. And I miss Snow calling David "Charming." It's so endearing.

Rumpel is the voice of reason when he tells Regina she'll never make the people love her if she slaughters entire villages. Regina can't seem to get this fact through her thick head. She's so clueless and out of touch with reality. And it's so hard to root for her in Storybrooke when she murders all of these people just because one little girl told Regina's mother that Regina was in love with the stable boy. Storybrooke Regina is even more clueless, thinking that after she kills everyone in Storybrooke and takes Henry back to the Enchanted Forest that Henry will think of her as a hero. Why do they make Regina so dense?

So, Regina built a fail-safe into the curse. However, how was she ever going to be able to use the fail-safe trigger without magic? She didn't know that magic would be brought to Storybrooke.

It's interesting that Regina tells Henry about her plan to use the trigger to take both of them back to the Enchanted Forest and kill everyone else, and tells him that she told him because she didn't have anyone else she could tell, and then she makes him forget everything she just told him (whew, run-on sentence, I know). The real purpose for her to tell Henry was so that we, the audience, could learn her plan. Because, as she told Henry, she couldn't tell anyone else, and we had to learn somehow.

Regina trusts Hook pretty quickly. All he had to do was say some nice things about Cora.

It think it's funny that Emma tells Snow that Tamara knows their "fairy tale" names. To Snow and everyone else, they aren't their fairy tale names, they are their real names. So, Emma should have said that Tamara knows their real names.

Those chickens are so CGI. I guess no real chickens were harmed, or stepped on, in the making of this episode. *wink*

Snow White certainly is the warrior. Girl power!

It's so funny that Regina faints when she see that it's Snow that saved her.

I wonder at what point in the timeline this flashback happened. Was it just after the Huntsman tried to kill her and before she met Charming?

Why would Regina put the trigger where she couldn't get to it easily by herself?

Ah, Maleficent. Good to see you again. You look different. *wink*

It's interesting that Regina hid the trigger in Snow White's glass coffin. At least I think that's what it is.

Did Regina get her Storybrooke last name, Mills, from this moment when she tells Snow White that her family works in the mills?

Emma and Henry are hiding from Greg and Tamara in Emma's car. Not that her bright yellow VW Bug is a dead give-away that she's there.

Snow's words to Regina are so powerful that it makes Regina want to change. But the sight of all of the slaughtered villagers is even more powerful that it makes Snow say that she could never forgive Regina and doesn't think Regina will ever change.

There's no suspense when you know that Regina isn't going to kill Snow and Snow isn't going to kill Regina.

I really didn't like Ginnifer Goodwin's performance as Snow in this episode's flashback. She seemed so uncomfortable.

Didn't Regina need to use magic to go back up the elevator from below the library? Wouldn't she have realized then that her magic was gone? Unless she thought, "Oh, what the heck, I'll just push the buttons this time." *wink*

Regina thought that she gave Hook the double-cross, only to discover that she's been double-crossed herself. Oh, I guess it's true that what goes around comes around. (I must say that Hook's lucky that Regina recognized her mother's cuff, and that she wanted it back, or his plan never would have worked.)

I'd like to know where Owen was able to get "the toughest metals and machinery known to man" that can counteract magic and put them in a little cuff. Where did Owen go after he escaped from Regina's maternal little fingers all those years ago?

Why did Tamara have to ask Greg "which one" Regina was? Didn't she have the list already? How could she not know the Mayor was the Queen? I guess they just wanted to remind us again that she is "the Evil Queen."

Quotes:

Berkeley: It's empty, Your Majesty.
Regina: Thank you, Berkeley, I can see that.

Mary Margaret: Henry won't like it. She is his mother, despite all the horrors.

Regina: Jail cell? I don't think so.

Rumpel: You did just slaughter an entire village, maybe that's why they call you, "Evil Queen."
Regina: I am not evil. They call me that because of her. She's the evil one.

Regina: When she is gone... when Snow is dead, then they will see my kindness.
Rumpel: Through the charred remains of their homes? Yes, I'm sure that will be perfectly clear.

Rumpel: Perhaps in a week you'll be able to, uh, change your hair? Highlights? Maybe.

Regina: Time is of the essence.

Regina: About as regal as a potato.

Rumpel: Careful, dearie. A Queen striding among peasants. You might not like what you hear.
Regina: It won't matter. When I'm done, they'll be singing my praises over her smoldering, villainous remains.

Regina: They only see the evil queen, which they made me.

Henry: But what about everyone else?
Regina: They die.
(Way to sugar-coat it, evil queen.)

Guard: How dare you address a knight of the Queen's guard thusly.

Emma: Tamara has a list of people who live here. What their fairy tale names are.

Emma: She lied.
Mary Margaret: But your super power has been known to be unreliable, Emma. Especially when you're emotional.

Regina: Morning already?
Snow: We have one every day.

Snow: Regina wants to hurt people. I think she's in constant pain and is looking to figure out whom to blame for it. We lived in the same household, and still she could never see that I was on her side. She's wanted revenge more than she wanted love, and can't imagine living that way.

Regina: You don't think it's too late for her.
Snow: Oh, I don't think it's ever too late for anyone.

Snow: I never said it was her.
Regina: I read between the lines.

[Regina tries to summon a magic fire ball, but to no avail.]
Greg: Yea, sorry. That's not going to work. Not anymore.

Henry: You know, I believe you - about Tamara.
Emma: You should. I'm right.

David: You know, when we get back Leroy, we're going to need your help restoring the palace.
Mary Margaret: It's in pretty bad shape.
Leroy: Cosmetic or a total tear down?
Mary Margaret: Burn it down.

Leroy: Nobody steals from a dwarf.

Regina: Why didn't you come when I called you?
Rumpel: I'm sorry, dearie. Do I know you? I already have a maid. Promising girl, actually.

Regina: They'll never love me.
Rumpel: So sad, and yet, so true.

Regina: The Queen is dead. Long live the Evil Queen.

Regina: So, little bitty Owen does grownup magic of his own now?
Greg: It's not magic. Actually this is something much, much better. Science.

Tamara: Which one was she?
Greg: She was the Queen. The Evil Queen.
Regina: Yes, I was the Queen.
Greg: But now. Here. You're nothing.

Greg: Bag her.

Smash: The Producers

And the TV recaps resume.

In my TV recaps update post yesterday I mentioned that I would recap the episodes of the shows I've missed in one post per series. Well, I changed my mind. I had so much to say about this episode that I'm going to have a post per episode just as I have in the past. Go figure.

Now that Bombshell has opened on Broadway, Eileen has to make sure that it stays open. At least long enough to get Tony nominations. And Hit List just wants to get to Broadway. Unfortunately, Jimmy is the biggest obstacle since he can't seem to get over his breakup with Karen.

Observations:

Kathy Lee Gifford as a platinum blonde. I don't think so. But she is pretty funny.

We get it. The cast is tired.

It's fun to see "The Twentieth Century Fox Mambo" again. We haven't seen it since early in the first season.

Scott announced to his board that they would be doing Julia's version of The Great Gatsby at his theatre, but does Julia have the rights to it yet?

Why would Hit List give a big plot line away in a major magazine? Having the Diva pointing a gun at Amanda is really a strange thing to do.

I love all of the fictional musicals they've made up to be against Bombshell for the Tony awards.

I thought that shows could be nominated for a Tony even if they close before the actual Tony awards (which are in June). I thought the nominations could be any show that opened during the season. So, why wouldn't the fictional Lloyd Weber musical not be eligible just because it was closing in April? Hmm.

I'm sure Marisa Tomei was shocked to learn that she broke her leg, and that Andrew Lloyd Weber was surprised to find out he had a show close that he didn't even know opened. *wink*

Why can't Julia still make The Great Gatsby into a musical with Tom? At least this show would have a script to begin with - unlike Bombshell.

Scott has only read one scene of The Great Gatsby and he says that it's "not just an adaptation. It stands on its own." How can he tell from one scene? And the only way it wouldn't be an adaptation is if Julia was writing a whole different story. If it has Fitzgerald's story, it's an adaptation.

How would Julia be breaking her promise to Scott if she turns it into a musical? Does he only want to do a play, not a musical? This plot line is just so strange to me. It's that circle of Smash. One person does something to make someone mad, and then just as they make up, the other person does something else to make the first person mad. It just doesn't stop, does it?

It's really horrible that Scott is making his career hang on Julia. If she doesn't give him what he wants, his career is over again. That's a lot of pressure to put on someone.

Why would Jimmy be shocked that they are auditioning understudies for his role? Most shows have an understudy for the leads, it's not like it's a new thing.

I like Leslie Odom, Jr, but he can't sing "Rewrite This Story" like Jeremy Jordan.

Everything is always about Karen. She think the show is probably going to be ruined because she broke up with Jimmy. She just has so much power doesn't she?

Eileen is scheduling to do a number from Bombshell at the Brighton Beach Senior Center. Wow, I'm sure that's going to sell a lot of tickets. *wink*

I love Kyle's mother's reaction to seeing Kyle's name on the poster outside the theatre. What a happy mamma.

I have this love/hate relationship with both Tom and Julia. They do the same things to each other, and then complain about each other doing the same thing. Julia gets mad at Tom because he wants to direct on his own. Tom gets mad at Julia because she wants to write Gatsby on her own. Children, children, grow up and stop fighting!

Why would Jimmy be late after all of that? Passive-aggressive much?

The announcement at the beginning of Hit List that using cell phones and other recording devices is permitted and encouraged is pretty revolutionary (I'm sure that was the point), and it's also very unlikely a show would actually permit that. I just hope they didn't mean that audience members could also use their cell phones to text and tweet during the show too. Now, that would just be rude  to the other audience members. Also, if they don't own the show any more than the audience, does that mean the audience will get a cut of the profits? *wink*

Love "Rewrite this Story." I wish they didn't cut to another scene just as the song started. I'll have to go back and watch the episode that has the number again.

It looks like Tom just broke up the partnership of Houston and Levitt.

I love the blocking and choreography for "Don't Let Me Know." I would be interested in seeing a full production of Hit List, just for the songs and choreography. Click here for a synopsis of and list of songs for Hit List. Reading the synopsis, I can't see how this could be a through-sung musical. So much happens between the songs, and we haven't heard any songs that are "recitative" that could take the place of dialog. The lyrics of the songs are very popish, not very musical theatre. I have some more issues about the plot, but I'll have to leave that for another post.

The stage manager says that Jimmy is usually "down left" when they notice he's not where he should be. Then, seconds later, when the Diva shoots Amanda, the stage manager asks why Jimmy didn't catch her. He couldn't have caught her anyway if he was supposed to be "down left" since Amanda is up center on a platform that he has to run up stairs to get to. There was a disconnect there.

So, "The Goodbye Song," the last song in Hit List is very a very interesting way to end a show where one of the main characters just died. Everyone is jumping doing a happy dance as Amanda goes off into heaven, or wherever.

I love how the producers are talking about Rent with Agnes (played by Daphne Rubin-Vega, who originated the role of Mimi in Rent on Broadway). It's so flippy.

Andy Mientus (Kyle) has a great voice. Why didn't they give him more songs to sing?

That big billboard of Bombshell outside of Eileen's office window is so cool.

I have so many thoughts and opinions about that last one minute of this episode. I'll get to those in subsequent posts.

Quotes:

Karen: So, you're still seeing him?
Anna: Yes, I am. Adam's funny. He makes me laugh.
(Side note: I know this is random, but this line, and the way Krysta Rodriguez delivers the line, reminds me of Cinderella's line to her Fairy Godmother in Faerie Tale Theatre's Cinderella, "I like you. You make life fun.")

Derek: Tell you what... if a bomb goes off tonight, Broadway as we know it will probably cease to
exist.

Agnes: Marisa Tomei broke her leg, which means...
Eileen: Moonstruck won't be going to Broadway this season.

Blake: How's he doing?
Kyle: He's detoxing, I hope.
Blake: Let me know if you need any help.
Jimmy: I'm right here.

Kyle (to Jimmy): Don't blow everything up just because somebody broke your heart.

Derek: The good news is I've found your understudy, so the next time you decide to go on a bender, the show won't suffer.
Jimmy: No, only the audience.

Julia: We never really disagree about lyrics.
Tom: Hmm. Because she writes them.

Julia: Maybe we're just going in different directions.
Tom: Or, maybe this partnership only works when it's all about you.

Anna (to Jimmy): You are stronger than you look.

Eileen: Oh, you know how most producers are. Taste doesn't motivate them, money does. And they just see the money.

Derek: What do you think it means if a women you thought you were seeing that you've called five times in a day doesn't answer the phone.
Karen: Ooh. Goodness. She's probably on the other line getting a restraining order.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: season 3, ep. 7, Quippy Quotes

In "Revelations," Faith meets her new watcher, Mrs. Post. Faith, of course, doesn't think she needs a watcher. And the new watcher wastes no time in taking complete control from the get-go. I have to say that just the mention of "The Council" has a way of making Giles feel like he is inadequate as a watcher. I hate to see him feel that way. After all, he is the watcher to a real slayer, not just sitting in a large mansion in England having retreats. All of the other watchers are so puffed up and egotistical, it just burns my purple peeps. I just want to slap Mrs. Post (and I'm not a violent person).

According to Mrs. Post, a demon named Lagos wants the Glove of Myhnegon, which is highly dangerous (and hidden in a tomb in one of Sunnydale's 12 cemeteries) and if it were to fall into the wrong hands (so to speak), the results could be extremely deadly. It's up to Buffy and Faith to make sure said demon does not obtain the Glove and most of all, that it does not put the Glove on his hand.

Quotes:

Willow: I think it's great when two people like two people and want to be close to them instead of anyone else.
Xander: Hear, hear!
Oz: Yea, well put.

Xander: Thank you! Thank you! We're here through Saturday. Enjoy the veal.

Cordelia:  When your last steady killed half the class, and then your rebound guy sends you a dump-o-gram? It makes a girl shy.

Xander: But we're the best of Buffy's bestest buds.

Buffy: Synchronized slaying.
Faith: New Olympic category?
Buffy: What do you think?

Faith: I'm telling you, I don't need a  new watcher. No offense, lady. I just have this problem with authority figures. They end up kind of dead.

Faith: Excuse me, Mary Poppins, you don't seem to be listening --

Mrs. Post: The Council wishes me to to report on the entire situation here, (to Giles) including you.
Buffy: Hmm, academic probation's not so funny today, huh, Giles?

Mrs. Post: The fact is, there is talk in the Council that you have become a bit too... American.
Giles: Me?
Buffy: Him?

Giles: What do you propose?
Mrs. Post: Well, if it's not too radical a suggestion, I thought we might kill him.

Giles: That was bracing.
Buffy: Interesting lady. Can we kill her?

Buffy: Big night for us slayer types. People to see... demons to kill.

Buffy: Some demon looking for some all-powerful thingamabob, and I gotta stop him before he unleashes unholy havoc, and it's another Tuesday night in Sunnydale.

Xander: Hey, you're not the watcher of me.

Faith: Ronnie, deadbeat. Kevin, klepto. Kenny... drummer. Eventually, I just had to face up to my destiny as a loser magnet.

Faith: You can't trust guys.
Buffy: You can trust some guys. Really. I've read about them.

Xander (to himself): Hey, Giles. Here's a really nifty idea. Why don't I alleviate my guilt by going out and getting myself really, really killed?

Angel: I think I have what you're looking for.
Buffy: Great. Just, wherever this was gift-wrapped, remind me not to shop there.
Angel: The Glove of Myhnegon.
Buffy: The world's ugliest fashion accessory.

Mrs. Post: The pictures are fun to look at, Mr. Giles, but one really ought to read the nice words as well.

Buffy: It's not what you think.
Xander: Hope not. Because I think you're harboring a vicious killer.
Willow: This isn't about attacking Buffy. Remember, "I" statements only. "I feel angry." "I feel worried."
Cordelia: Fine. Here's one. I feel worried... about me.

Buffy: What is this? Demons Anonymous?

Buffy: It was an accident.
Xander: What? You just tripped and fell on his lips?

Willow: Giles, no one's doing the "I" statements.

Mrs. Post: A word of advice? Vampires rarely knock. Especially in daylight.

Mrs. Post: So, this is your home?
Faith: Yea. The, uh, decorator actually just left.

Mrs. Post: Faith, do you know who the Spartans were?
Faith: Wild stab... a bunch of guys from Spart?

Mrs. Post: You will probably hate me a great deal of the time.
Faith: You think?

Buffy: So, on a scale of one to a million, how much are you hating me right now?
Willow: Zero. You were scared, you kept a secret, you know? It's okay. I mean, secrets aren't bad, you know. They're normal. Better than normal. They're good. Secrets are good. Must be a reason why we keep them, right?

Faith: I say I deal with this problem right now. I say I slay.
Xander: Can I come?

Giles (to Mrs. Post): I have the utmost respect for your methods... in my own American way.

Buffy (to Willow): Look, if you're feeling any demon-o-phobia, please... splitting is totally an option. You're not the one in trouble with Giles.
Willow: That's true.
Buffy: How long do you think he can stay mad at me, anyways?
Willow: The emotional Marathon Man?

Willow: Keeping secrets is a lot of work. One could hypothetically imagine.
Buffy: You have no idea.
Willow: None whatsoever.

Willow: You know, I always considered myself a good person. Floss, do my homework, never cheat. But lately - and please don't judge me on this - but I want you to be the first to know that, that... there's a demon behind you.

Buffy: Sorry about that. What were you saying?

Xander: Good old Sunnydale Library. Fully equipped with reference books, file cards, and weapons.
Faith: Beauty.
Xander: I call crossbow.
Faith: You got it.

Mrs. Post: That's what I love about this town. Everyone's so helpful.

Xander: You think we got it?
Willow: Well, it's either the catalyst for living flame or just some really smelly sand.

Oz: Sounds like we missed a lot of fun.
Xander: Then we're telling it wrong.

Xander (to Buffy): I trust you.
Cordelia: I don't. Just for the record.

Giles: They swear there was a memo.

Buffy: The place looks nice.
Faith: Yea. It's real Spartan.

Buffy: How are you?
Faith: Five by five.
Buffy: I'll interpret that as good.

TV Recaps: An Update

I know I'm a bit behind on my TV recaps. I was behind to begin with, but then I started having issues with my DVD recorder. The machine began to error out on me. Then it completely erased the DVDs I made of the last four episodes of Once Upon a Time when I recorded the season finale, as well as erasing two episodes of Doctor Who after I recorded Nightmare in Silver. And then it wouldn't play any DVDs at all. To put it lightly, I was extremely upset about it. Luckily, I bought a four year warranty on the machine when I bought it at Best Buy, and I now have a new DVD recorder (and if this one breaks down, I'll get another).

I was able to rerecord the episodes of Doctor Who that I lost (thank you BBC America for airing all of season 7 part 2 prior to the season finale). Unfortunately, I wasn't so lucky with Once Upon a Time. However, I can watch them on my iPad using the ABC app. I'll just have to do it soon before they remove them.

So, to make a long story short (believe me, there is much more to the story), I will probably recap the remaining episodes of each series in one post per series. Some of these last few episodes have been really, really good, while others left me a bit disappointed. So, until I get to the recaps, please enjoy the quippy quotes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer!

Thanks for your readership. I hope you enjoy the posts as much as I enjoy watching and rewatching the episodes.

Doctor Who: Matt Smith and David Tennant Together

I am completely geeking out right now.

Tommy and Malcolm Merlyn Sing!

I just discovered that Colin Donnell, who plays Tommy Merlyn in the CW's series, Arrow, is a musical theatre performer. John Barrowman, who plays his father, Malcolm Merlyn, is also a musical theatre performer (among other things, such as Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who and Torchwood).

Both Colin and John played Billy Crocker in Anything Goes. Colin was in the latest revival on Broadway with Sutton Foster, and John played the part at London's West End in 1989 and again in 2003.

Colin & Sutton

John & Sally Ann
(John tap dances!)

Reign: Preview

I really don't know what I think of this preview. Unfortunately, it looks like a poorly written CW soap opera with the main character masquerading as Mary, Queen of Scots.

I don't know if it will bear any resemblance to the real life of Mary Stuart. I'm not betting much on this series.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, season 3, ep. 6, Quippy Quotes

"Band Candy" is one of those episodes that asks a simple "what if" question and runs with it. The question is this: What if all of the adults in Sunnydale ate candy bars being sold by students to raise money for new uniforms for the marching band that made them revert back to their teenage selves? Answer, Buffy has to be the adult to keep a demon from doing something unthinkable.

I love how Giles's perfect English accent turns to Cockney when he reverts to his younger self.

Giles: "Which of the following best expresses the theme of the passage? A) Violence breed violence; B) All things must end; C) --"
Buffy: B! I'm going with B. We haven't had a B in forever.
Giles: This is the S.A.T.s Buffy, not connect-the-dots. Please pay attention. A low score could seriously harm your chances of getting into college.
Buffy: Gee, thanks. That takes the pressure right off.
Giles: It isn't meant to be easy, you know. It's a rite of passage.
Buffy: Is it too late to join a tribe where they just pierce something or cut something off?

Buffy (after staking a vampire with her pencil): Hmm. I broke my number two pencil. We'll have to do this again sometime.
Giles: C) "All systems tend towards chaos."

Mr. Trick: It's a little out of my element, but I can get you what you need. I know a beast who knows a guy.

Buffy: And then I was being chased by an improperly filled-in answer bubble screaming "None of the above!"
Willow: Wow. I hope that wasn't one of your prophecy dreams. Probably not.

Willow: Oz is the highest scoring person ever to fail to graduate.
Buffy: Isn't she cute when she's proud.
Oz: She's always cute.

Xander: I hate they make us take that thing. It's totally fascist, and personally I think it discriminates against the highly uninformed.

Cordelia: Actually, I'm looking forward to it. I do well on standardized tests. What? I can't have layers?

Principal Snyder: You will sell it to raise money for the marching band.They need new uniforms.
Xander: Yea, those tall fuzzy hats ain't cheap, huh?
Oz: But they go with everything.

Joyce: But you're not in the band.
Buffy: And yet...

Joyce: Buffy, what would I do with 40 chocolate bars?
Buffy: You could hand them out at the gallery. "Buy something pre-Columbian, get a free cavity."

Angel: How did you get away?
Buffy: It was easy. Started a fire in the prison laundry room. Rode out in the garbage truck.
Angel: Oh.
Buffy: I'm joking. No garbage.

Buffy: It's Giles's turn to watch study hall. He'll be here. He's allergic to late.

Willow: We're raising a lot of money for the band.
Xander: The band. Yea. They're great. They march.
Willow: Like an army. Except with music instead of bullets. And... usually no one dies.

Cordelia: Where is Giles? I'm bored, and he's not here to give me credit for it.

Snyder: Everybody expects me to do everything around here 'cause I'm the principal. It's not fair.

Joyce: Take the car, and Mr. Giles can drive me home.
Buffy: What? Excuse me, I meant what?!
Joyce: Keys. Take them.
Buffy: You don't have to tell me twice. Well, actually you did, but... Bye!
Buffy: I think she wanted me otherwhere.

Joyce: You like Seals and Croft?
[Giles give her a look]
Joyce: Yea, me neither.

Willow: Are you okay, Ms. Barton?
Ms. Barton: Oh, I'm cool Willow. Willow... that's a tree. Huh. You're a tree. Yea, are there any nachos in here, little tree?

Snyder: Call me Snyder. Just a last name, like... Barbarino.

Willow: I don't like this. They could have heart attacks.

Willow: They're acting like a bunch of...
Buffy: They're acting like a bunch of us.

Buffy: No vampire has ever been that scary.

Snyder: Whoa, Summers! You drive like a spaz!

Joyce (to Giles): You're so cool. You're like Burt Reynolds.

Oz: Something's happening. Someplace that's else.

Buffy: You guys get Xander and Cordelia. Go to the library and look it up.
Oz: Candy curses?
Willow: Disturbing second childhoods. Got it.

Snyder: Hey, Brit-face, wait up!

Xander: I don't get this. The candy's supposed to make you all immature and stuff, but I've had a ton and I don't feel any dif... Never mind.

Buffy: Look, a box full of farm-fresh chicken.

Giles: He's lying. Hit him!
Buffy: I don't think he is, and shut up!
Giles: You're my slayer. Go knock his teeth down his --
Buffy: Giles! (to Ethan) What demon?
Ethan: I don't remember.
[Buffy hits Ethan]
Giles: Yes!

Buffy: Which brings us to the bonus question, and believe me when I say a wrong answer will cost you all your points.

Snyder (to Ethan): She whupped you good, huh?

Giles: "Larconis dwells beneath the city, filth to filth."
Buffy: What?
Giles: Ooh, I know this.  Uh, I knew this.

Trick: You and me, girl. There's hard times ahead.
[leaves]
Buffy: They never just leave. Always gotta say something.

Joyce: Can we go home now?
Buffy: Yea, we can go home. I got the S.A.T.s tomorrow.
Joyce: Oh, blow them off. I'll write you note.
Buffy: No. It's okay.

Xander: Hey, Snyder. Heard you had some fun Friday night. Have you come down yet?
Principal Snyder: That's Principal Snyder.
Xander: And that's a big "yep."

Willow: "Kiss rocks"? Why would anyone want to kiss... Oh, wait. I get it.

Buffy: It was just too much to deal with. It was like nothing made sense anymore. The things that I thought I understood were gone. I just felt... so alone.
Giles: Was that the math or the verbal?
Buffy: Mostly the math.

2013 Fall Previews: Videos

I don't think I've ever seen so many previews for the fall season this early before. I like it.

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Welcome back to TV, Joss Whedon! 'Nuff said.


Crazy Ones Not only is Joss coming back to TV, but so is Buffy. Well, actually, Sarah Michelle Gellar is returning to TV in a CBS sitcom with Robin Williams called Crazy Ones. Williams and Gellar play a father and daughter who work together in an advertising agency. No preview for that one.

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland This needs a new name. How many series titles have six words? Do any have more than six? Regardless, I am very excited to see this one.


Ironside This is definitely not my mother's Ironside. (Side note: I don't think Brian D'Arcy James is going to sing in this series.)


Sleepy Hollow It's has a little bit of National Treasure, every TV cop show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and yes, Sleepy Hollow. I'm intrigued.


Star-Crossed This show is so CW (especially the music). Not quite sure how interested I am in it anymore. (Side note: Remember, this one used to be titled Oxygen.)


I haven't seen a preview for Reign yet. I'm really interested in seeing that. I just hope it isn't too "CW" like Star-crossed looks.

Did Any Pilots I'm Interested in Make it into the 2013 Fall Season?

In February I made a list of TV shows I was interested in seeing that were being considered for the 2013 Fall season. The networks have finally made their choices of what pilots will be airing come September (or October, who knows).

I'm excited to see the following pilots in Autumn:

ABC

Marvel Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

(very brief preview):


NBC

Ironside

FOX

Sleepy Hollow

CW

Reign
Star-crossed (formally titled Oxygen)

The following didn't make the cut:

ABC

Big Thunder
Gothica

CBS

The Surgeon General

NBC

Bloodline
Wonderland (I couldn't find this pilot in NBC's list)

CW

The Selection

Additionally, it looks like the inevitable happened, Smash has been canceled. I'm mostly sad for what the show could have been if given another season; it has so much potential. But then again, it may have gotten worse, who knows. I will miss the new music and seeing inside the world of Broadway (even if much of it was quite unbelievable). I won't miss the horrible soap opera plots, and how annoying Karen became. Oh, and I'll certainly miss Jeremy Jordan's voice.

All of the other shows I watch regularly have been renewed for another season. I am happy about that.

And finally... it looks like ABC really is spinning off Once Upon a Time into Wonderland. I'm interested to see how that goes.

Doctor Who: The Name of the Doctor Prequel

Things That Make Me Smile

Pic of the Week: Neuschwanstein

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: season 3, ep. 5 Quippy Quotes

Ah, Buffy. How you warm my heart. I hate to admit that I am one who came to the Buffy fandom late in the game (about 15 years late), but that doesn't mean I love it any less than those of you who have been with her since the very beginning. Revisiting all of the episodes to post my favorite quotes is the ultimate in geekiness, but I am proud to say I am a Buffy the Vampire Slayer geek!

"Homecoming" is another episode where our teenage slayer wants a normal high school experience devoid of any vampires, demons, or supernatural event. However, no high school milestone can ever be "normal" for Buffy. This time Cordelia is an unwilling participant as Buffy fights against new foes who conspire to destroy the Slayer. And there are a lot of foes.

Quotes:

Cordelia: I think we should get a limo.
Xander: A limo? A big, expensive limo?
Willow: That sounds like fun. And it is our last homecoming dance so maybe we should make a big deal of it.
Xander: You wanna talk fun? Public bus. You meet the funnest people.

Cordelia: What's going on here? Did Scott not ask her to the homecoming dance yet?
Buffy: Thanks Cordelia. Humiliation's really good for my color.

Buffy: How are you feeling?
Angel: It hurts... less.

Buffy: From now on, you are gonna see a drastic distraction reduction. "Drastic distraction reduction." Try saying that 10 times fast.

Mayor: You have all my faith.

Buffy: I'm like a nonperson. Am I invisible? Can you see me?
Oz: Big as life.

Cordelia: Buffy, you look so cute in that outfit.
Buffy: I'm not voting for you.
Cordelia: Then make it snappy.

Buffy: Sorry Cordy, but you have no idea who you're messing with.
Cordelia: What? The Slayer?
Buffy: I'm not talking about the slayer. I'm talking about Buffy. You've awakened the prom queen within, and that crown is going to be mine.

Mr. Trick: Ladies, gentlemen, spiny-headed looking creatures... Welcome to SlayerFest '98.

Willow: It must be the clothes. It's a fluke.
Xander: It's a clothes fluke, that's what it is. And there'll be no more fluking.

Buffy: Now, this is just like any other popularity contest. I've done this before. The only difference being this time, I'm not actually popular. Although I'm not exactly unpopular. A lot of people came to my welcome home party.
Willow: But they were killed by zombies.
Buffy: Good point.

Xander: She's my girlfriend.
Willow: It's just that she's needs it so much more than you do.
Oz: As Willow goes, so goes my nation.

Buffy: Hey.
Willow: Hi. How are you? You good? You look good. Anything new? Hey, did I mention you look good?

Cordelia: This whole trying to be like me really isn't funny anymore.
Buffy: I was never trying to be like you, and when was it funny?

Buffy: Your brain isn't even connected to your mouth, is it?

Cordelia: Hello, how stupid are you people? She's a slayer. I'm a homecoming queen.

Giles: We have to find Buffy. Something terrible's happened. Just kidding. Thought I'd give you scare. Are those finger sandwiches?

Cordelia: I know what you're up to. You think if you get me mad enough, I won't be so scared. And hey... it's working! Where's a damn weapon?

Buffy: You really love Xander?
Cordelia: Well, he kind of grows on you, like... a Chia Pet.

Cordelia: Why is it every time I go somewhere with you it ends in violence and terror?
Buffy: Welcome to my life.
Cordelia: I don't want to be in your life. I want to be in my life.

Buffy: Cordelia, the gun! [Cordelia shoots wide] Cordelia, the spatula.

Cordelia: Those animals! Hunting us down like poor defenseless... well, animals.

Gorch: I'm gonna kill both you slayers for this. You hear me?
Cordelia: I hear you, you redneck moron. You got a dress that goes with that hat?
Gorch: I'm gonna --
Cordelia: Rip out my innards, play with my eyeballs, boil my brain and eat it for brunch? Listen up, needle-brain. Buffy and I have taken out four of your cronies, not to mention your girlfriend.
Gorch: Wife!
Cordelia: Whatever. The point is, I haven't even broken a sweat. See, in the end, Buffy's just the runner-up. I'm the queen. You get me mad, what do you think I'm gonna do to you?
Gorch: Later.

Xander: What did you two do to each other?
Buffy: Long story.
Cordelia: Got hunted.
Buffy: Apparently not that long.

Cordelia: After all we've been through tonight, this whole "who gets to be queen-capade" seems pretty --
Buffy: Damn important.
Cordelia: Oh, yea.

Doctor Who: Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS

There were some great things about this episode, and some things that I didn't care for particularly. I loved seeing more of TARDIS. We got to see the library, the swimming pool, and a book about the The History of the Time War, among other things. I didn't really like the "monsters." It was a bit confusing as to what (or who) they were. And I felt the Van Baalen brothers and their "robot" didn't bring much to the story. It would have been interesting if it were just the Doctor searching for Clara inside the TARDIS and if there were a different kind of threat. However, it was still an entertaining episode, and I loved much of the dialog, as usual. I like Matt Smith's Doctor more and more. I also still like Clara.

Observations:

The key that the Doctor uses to shut the TARDIS own to "basic" mode has "Smiths" written on it. This is Matt Smith's TARDIS  Not any of the other 10 Doctors. Okay, maybe that's pushing it bit too far, but this is my observation on my blog, so... there you go!

So, it's when the TARDIS is in basic mode and the shields are down that you can actually see it flying through space.

How did the Doctor get thrown out of the TARDIS, but Clara didn't?

Good thing that piece of - whatever - that landed on Clara wasn't too heavy. And, she doesn't look like she was hurt by it. That's good. But a little unrealistic. It would have been more dramatic if she had been hurt a bit (other than the burn on her hand). And why is she in a corridor of the TARDIS when she and the Doctor were both together in the console room when the Van Baalen brothers brought the TARDIS in as salvage? How did she get there and the Doctor was outside of the TARDIS?

When Clara sees a red light flashing above a door, she wonders if she should open it or if the red flashing light "means something bad," or "whatever you do, don't open this door." Well, she decides to open it and flames come bursting out of the door. She runs away, and... that's it. The danger is over. Quite anti-climactic.

It looks like this is the first time Clara sees the library and swimming pool. So, what has she seen in the TARDIS so far? I'm sure she doesn't spend all of her time in the console room. She has to have a place to sleep and such.

Clara sees some cool things as she's trying to find her way back to the console room. (I'm sure there are some cool things I missed from the classic Doctor Who days.)

• The Doctor's cradle (the one he gave to Amy for baby Melody)
• The TARDIS Amy made when she was a little girl
• The Encyclopedia Gallifrey in bottles
• A book called The History of the Time War

It's cool that when Bram is in the console room, we hear voices of previous Doctors and companions. We hear Susan's (the Doctor's granddaughter) voice when she named the TARDIS. We hear Amy and Martha, and I was so happy to hear the ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston).

I wonder who wrote that large tome, The History of the Time War? Isn't the Doctor the only one to survive that war (other than the Master, and he doesn't seem like the type of person to write a large history - and if he did, would it be true?)? Was it written before the end of the war?

Clara finds out the name of the Doctor. However, she says "So, that's who..." If you discovered someone's name, wouldn't you say, "So, that's what... [his name is]"? You wouldn't say "that's who... [he is]" unless the discovery is about finding out he's someone she's heard of before, not just discovering what his name is.

The TARDIS must not dislike Clara totally, because it takes Clara to the "safest place in the ship," and where she needs to be for the Doctor to find her.

The Doctor knows what the zombie creatures are. And he's not telling.

I really hate that Gregor says they made Tricky think he was a robot to relieve the boredom. That it was a joke. What kind of  sick people would do something like that to their brother? It makes Gregor and Bram more unlikable.

The Doctor takes them where the Eye of Harmony is. Why does he stop them to explain what it is when they need to get past it quickly? Won't it burn them up? Well, burn them up quicker than it's happening.

I wonder which of the zombie creatures killed Bram.

The Doctor asks Clara to explain herself. Why he's met her twice and she's died twice. But Clara doesn't know. She's just "Clara."

I want to know why the Doctor doesn't want people to know his name. If the majority of people he runs into don't know anything about Gallifrey or Time Lords, then why does his name have to be such a secret?

So, it doesn't really matter that Clara read his name in the book. She won't remember it anyway.

I'm not sure how I feel about the ending. Cop out? Or, "well at least they aren't all going to get burned up." Hmm.

Quotes:

Doctor: You said --
Clara: I know what I said, I'm the who said it.

Doctor: It's important to me you two get along. I could leave you alone together.
Clara: Now you're creeping me out.

Clara: Please tell me there's a button you can press to fix this!
Doctor: Oh, yes, big friendly button.
Clara: You're lying.
Doctor: Yep.
Clara: To stop me freaking out?
Doctor: Is is working?
Clara: Not so much.

Doctor: Hi. I'm the Doctor. And you are... (looks at their uniforms) Van Baalen and... Van Baalen. Van Baalen and Van Baalen. That's going to get confusing later.

Van Baalen (not sure which one): I thought she (the TARDIS) was lying on her side.
Doctor: The TARDIS is special. She has her own gravity. I'd explain if I had some charts and a board pen.

Van Baalen: Whoa. Awesome!
Doctor: Well put. Whoa and awesome.

Doctor: My ship! My rules!

Doctor: Don't get into a spaceship with a madman. Didn't anyone ever teach you that?

Doctor: "Salvage of a lifetime." You meant the ship. I meant Clara.

Doctor: Don't touch a thing. The TARDIS will get huffy if you mess.

Clara (re: the Library): Now, that's just showing off.

Doctor: I can feel a TARDIS tantrum coming on.

Doctor: Ever see a spaceship get ugly?

Doctor: It doesn't know Lancashire.
Gregor: What?
Doctor: It doesn't know sass.

Doctor: Okay, so we're not doing hugging. I know that now.

Clara: What do you keep in here? Why have you got zombie creatures? Good guys do not have zombie creature. Rule 1, basic storytelling!
Doctor: Not in front of the guests.
Clara: Who are they?
Doctor: Friends. Well, people who aren't trying to kill us.

Doctor: And the face. You've got to do the face. "Save her or we all die." I thought I rushed it a bit, but...

Gregor: So, you're telling us we're safe?
Doctor: Ish.

Doctor: Okay, don't panic. Or maybe panic.

Gregor: Where are we going?
Doctor: Detour. Centre of the TARDIS.

Clara: Run?
Doctor: I'm liking how you're thinking.

Doctor: We can only survive a minute or two in there.
Clara: Um, what happens if we stay longer?
Doctor: Our cells will liquefy and our skin will start to burn.
Clara: I always feel so good after we've spoken.
Doctor: Marvelous. Keep this door shut.
Clara: That will not be a problem.

Doctor (to Gregor): Now, you. Don't ever forget this.

Clara: How can you be so sure?
Doctor: Well, I can't.
Clara: Okay, then, well, that's watertight.
Doctor: Hey! Now, Clara, I have piloted this ship for over 900 years. Trust me this one time, please. Okay. Okay. As well as all the the other times.

Doctor: Ready? Geronimo.

Clara: The library. I saw it. You were mentioned in a book.
Doctor: I'm mentioned in a lot of books.
Clara: You call yourself "Doctor." Why do you do that? You have a name. I've seen it. In one corner of that tiny --

Clara: You're being weird.
Doctor: I need to know if you feel safe. I need to know you're not afraid.
Clara: Of?
Doctor: The future. Running away with a spaceman in a box - anything could happen to you.
Clara: That's what I'm counting on.

Deanna Durbin: Passing of a Real Star

I was surprised to hear that Deanna Durbin, the girl with the golden voice who saved Universal from bankruptcy in the 1930s, passed away in April. She was 91 years old.

Deanna starred in her first film with Universal in 1936 and made 21 films in 12 years. She left Hollywood in 1948, moved to France (where she lived until her death), and never made another film after that. Deanna had many offers to return to Hollywood through the years, including offers to star in the MGM films, Kiss Me Kate and The Student Prince, and Deanna was Alan Jay Lerner's first choice to play Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady on Broadway (the part went to Julie Andrews). I'm sure many fans were disappointed that Deanna left show business so completely, but I'm sure Deanna was happy in the life she chose.

I feel a Deanna Durbin marathon coming on. Don't be surprised to see future posts on my favorite Deanna Durbin films.

Click here to read a previous post about Deanna.

Grimm: Volcanalis

The Demon came home, and he declared that the air was not clear. "I smell the flesh of man."

"Volcanalis" had nothing in common with the fairy tale that contains the quote shown at the beginning of the episode. I'm not sure what the quote has to do with the fire demon in this Grimm story at all. In fact the quote is similar to what the giant says in Jack and the Beanstalk, "Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman."

Oh well, let's get to the episode.

Observations:

I love how the entire precinct helps Hank out to start his vacation. I also loved seeing Renard wave goodbye to him. It was such a laid-back gesture that I don't remember ever seeing with Renard. But sending Hank off on vacation means no more Hank in the episode. Aw. I'll miss him.

I would think that if Juliette were remembering Nick that he would be talking directly to her, as would have happened at the time. She wouldn't see him as if he were talking to someone in another room. However, I did like watching him walk through himself (I never thought I would ever write that phrase, "walking through himself"). But, then she goes all crazy again. You may be tired of me saying it, but I'm tired of this plot line. Please resolve soon!

Adalind didn't look like someone who felt sick enough to throw up. If that's all her morning sickness is, I'm sure it won't be too difficult. And, why didn't she flush the toilet? Just sayin'.

I turned on the subtitles to see what Frau Peck had said when she told Adalind who she's taking her to see, and this was the word that came up on the screen: Gebirgeleutewortfuhrein. I couldn't find the word on the internet, so I broke it down. Gebirge is a group of mountains in Austria. Leute is a German word for "people." Wort is "word." Fuhr is a form of the verb "fahren," which means to travel. And ein is the article "a" or "an." So, I'm taking a wild guess that Frau Peck is telling her they're going to see someone who wants to have a word with her in the Gebirge mountains and they have to travel to get there. *wink* Actually, they're going to see the Queen of the Schwarzwald Romas. Why didn't she say that in the first place?

The Schwarzwald is the Black Forest in Germany. So, what is the Queen of the Romanians of the Black Forest doing in Austria? Or, did they actually drive from Austria to the Black Forest in Germany? Hmm.

I liked how Frau Peck says that in order for Adalind to learn the true value of motherhood is to find out how much her unborn child is worth. That's a different way of looking at the "value of motherhood."

Juliette's initial response to Nick when he comes to the hospital to see her is funny. She doesn't know at first that it's really him. She thinks that he's just another hallucination. She has to touch him to realize that he's not a part of her imagination (or her onslaught of new memories). Her first clue should have been that he was actually talking directly to her. *wink*

It's sad when Juliette tells Nick she can't see him anymore. Especially since he doesn't know that she's talking about seeing "hallucinations" of him all over the place. Poor Nick. He's been so patient, and that's what he gets from her.

Bud's hanging out with Monroe and Nick now at Monroe's house.

I'm so glad that Juliette has someone she can turn to, to tell everything that's happening. And that Pilar gives her good advice that will help her deal with it and get pass the multiple Nicks everywhere. I wonder what Pilar gave her to drink.

So, I guess there are Romanian Gypsies in the mountains of Austria, eh?

As much as I don't like Adalind, I definitely felt sorry for her when the "Queen of the Schwarzwald Romas" was getting the "proof" she needed that the father of Adalind's child was one of the Royal Family. Especially since her sons were helping her. How humiliating and painful.

Way to go Wu, tackling the suspect.

Talk about blue blood.

Adalind wants to trade her baby for her Hexenbiest powers back.

I guess Renard is totally over Juliette.

I liked how Juliette relives the memory with Nick. I also like how the memory is all in black and white except for the green blouse she is wearing in the present. Now we're getting somewhere!

I like Juliette so much better when she remembers (and is in love with) Nick.

Love Wu.

Renard finally gets a look at one of the Grimm's books. Nick really is trusting him.

Volcanalis caused the eruption of Vesuvius that buried Pompeii.

I love that when Volcanalis comes, Monroe starts to freak out and he "woges." And then he tells himself to "get a grip."

That eye is freaky.

It's nice that Juliette is finally feeling peace. And I finally feel peace too. And relief. *smile*

Quotes:

Renard: And, back to work.
Everyone: Ah.

Juliette: You're everywhere.

Bud: Hey, we've all been there. Well, maybe not exactly having been forgotten like you've been forgotten.

Bud: I'm just kind of surprised that a Grimm can hurt like that. But, you know, Nick - he's a sensitive Grimm.

Monroe: You got something?
Nick: Dead body.
Monroe: That'll take your mind off her.
Bud: It takes my mind off -- off her.

Pilar: You must enter your past to fix your present. If you don't, you will have no future.

Sergeant Wu: Looks like somebody had a bad hair day.

Stefania: Good news. She didn't lie. Now we don't have to kill her.

Nick: He's Wesen.
Renard: Who isn't these days?

Markus: When the earth cries, that's when he wakes.

Nick: So, we doing this one off the books.
Renard: Yea, might have to. You good with that?
Nick: Let's just say I've learned how to be flexible.
Renard: As have I.

Nick: Where should we put this?
Juliette: In the trash.
Nick: This... this is my Elvis lamp. I got it in Mexico.
Juliette: I see that, and that doesn't make it any more valuable.

Monroe: If we're gonna be spending this much time here, you should really invest in a decent sound system and an espresso machine.

Renard: Do you have a lot of these books, by the way?
Nick: A few.

Markus: I'm not afraid of dying.
Nick: I know you're not, Markus. So, what's it going to take?
Markus: What do you mean?
Nick: To make hell freeze over.

Monroe: Maybe we should have brought, like, a priest, or a Rabbi or something, you know. Just to be on the safe side.

Nick: Let's go.
Monroe: Took the words right out of my mouth.

Monroe: Okay, so what do we do with the rocks?
Markus: Put them in the middle of the room. He'll go for those first.
Monroe: What will he go for second?
Renard: Us.

Monroe: I wonder how long before he'll... I mean, maybe he won't even... Is it getting hot in here? [earth starts to shake] What the hell? I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say, "hell."

Renard: Think we should read him his rights?
Nick: Yea. Last rites.

Monroe: Keeping Portland weird.