Clearing the air, kinda, on 'Grey's Anatomy'

So, wait. Are we back to normal now? Is that what just happened here? Izzie's allowed in an OR, Cristina is doing surgeries like nothing happened with Burke, and Burke himself is getting his hand fixed, or at least looked at. I think I'm with Bailey on this one: It doesn't feel like justice really has... More »

At the end of the last new episode of The O.C., a grieving Julie pulled aside an equally gloomy Ryan and asked him to talk about the dearly departed Marissa, to refresh her connection with her lost daughter. Ryan responded "I remember the first time I saw her. She was wearing this white top thing,... More »

As a fan of both the British and American Office, watching Thursday's episode -- written by series creators Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant -- was a fun when-worlds-collide exercise. There were moments where I could definitely picture David Brent delivering some of Michael Scott's lines, particularly the "Close your eyes and picture a convict" bit early... More »

There's a familiar scene from many a mafia movie in which our hero, having either decided to talk to the feds or revealed to us that he was a cop all along, goes back amongst the goodfellas for one last time. Viewers know his identity, but they don't know if the other wiseguys know, so... More »

Am I the only one out there who keeps watching Jericho 100 percent because the concept is intriguing and not the least bit because of anything the show's creative team has actually done with that premise thus far? Jericho had its fall finale -- to be replaced by the apparently interchangeable King of Queens --... More »

If you haven't watched Scrubs before, well, let's face it: You're probably not going to start with Thursday's sixth-season premiere, seeing as how it's up against Grey's Anatomy and CSI. The folks who make the show have long since made peace with their cult status, though, and just concentrate on making the funniest show they can.... More »

So did you see that coming on Veronica Mars? (And yes, if you've not yet watched Tuesday's rape-mystery conclusion, you should probably head elsewhere.) This is pretty much the first time an obvious suspect turned out not to be a red herring, yes? It was a pretty satisfying end to the first of this season's arcs,... More »

Didn't catch much of The Bachelor: Rome this fall, but based on limited viewing and a pair of conference-call interviews, this season's rose-giver, Prince Lorenzo Borghese, seems like a decent guy. So I guess I'd like to wish him and his new girlfriend, Jennifer Wilson, luck as they retreat to civilian life and try to buck... More »

Interesting -- and puzzling -- Heroes this week. If the show is, in comic-book terms, something of an origin story, then Monday's episode, "Six Months Ago," was something of a pre-origin story. We gained some insight into several characters, but at the hour's close we ended up pretty much where we started. Which is to say,... More »

So you're Prison Break, a serialized drama on the verge of taking a hiatus for nearly two months and you need to find a way to keep viewers pinned to their seats for your crucial "fall finale," give them something that will haunt them and keep them guessing until late January. Under those circumstances, do... More »