A frank discussion on "Good Hair" ... and ghosts

Chris Rock (love him!) was back on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (KING-TV, 4:00) to discuss the fallout from last week's show when he was on to promote his new documentary, "Good Hair".

Apparently, some black women out there felt Chris Rock went a little too far in exposing our hair-care secrets. Shirley from California wrote in to say that she didn't appreciate how the movie stripped away our level playing field to compete with white women for men and jobs. Chris Rock's response: "Black women ain't in the basement gettin' they hair done." Chris says black women's hair secrets aren't really secret when you can buy the products at any drug store. He went on to say that black people of a certain age care too much about what white people think. "Do you," says Chris. As someone whose mom was born in the 1930s and brought up during the civil rights movement, I completely agree with him. I think younger generations have done a much better job of letting go of stigmas from the past. Nobody cares if your hair is real or not. You paid for it, it's yours. Moreover, today's modern woman changes hair color and length like they're in the witness protection program.

I have two wigs shivering on my bathroom counter, waiting to be worn. I've been putting it off because I didn't want to deal with the questions from my white coworkers. But Chris Rock sums it up best with this: "It's not important what's on top of your head. It's important what's inside of your head." Maybe I'll slip on that curly wig tomorrow. And no, you can't touch it.

Oprah also drill Chris Rock on a plethora of current events. Some of the highlights (not direct quotes):

• On President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize: You notice how we went from the war president to the peace president."
• On Kanye's VMA tirade: I'm not going there. His songs get played all day and there are too many things rhyme with "Rock".
• On why Chicago didn't get the Olympics bid: "Because you didn't write a check, Oprah!"
• On Roman Polanski: If he's was meeting girls who were 13, his best friend must be 12.

And now for a Friday night recap:

"Medium" (CBS, 9:00): I love the DuBois family. Besides the Taylors on "Friday Night Lights", they are the most realistic portrayal of a family on network TV. They have financial struggles, banter across the breakfast table and a solid unit despite the fact that all the women in the house see visions. Joe has way more patience than the average husband. I don't know that I could sleep next to someone who is startled out of their sleep every morning.

In this episode, Allison's friend had stage 4 cancer and is killed by "angel of death" Dr. Statler, the same oncologist who saved Allison's life. Her digging gets the doc suspended and he blackmails the hospital administrator into getting his job back. When the police confront the administrator with a search warrant, Dr. Statler kills him by lacing his drink with potassium. The good doctor manages to get away by accepting a job in Atlanta, and Allison has no solid proof to stop him.