Quick Hits

Since I was on vacation, I'm just now getting a chance to see some shows from last week. I can't believe I'm about 11 hours behind!!! These are my thoughts on some of last week's highlights.

Friday
"The Oprah Winfrey Show" (KING-TV, 4:00): Mike Tyson comes face to face with Evander Holyfield for the first time since the 1997 ear-biting incident. To see Iron Mike Tyson appear as soft and vulnerable as he did was truly touching. And for Holyfield to come out and heap mounds of praise on him, even after Tyson admitted his first apology was insincere, showed an amazing amount of plain old human decency. This really was all about learning to forgive, forget and let go. Do you believe Mike Tyson is a changed man? I do. Raw emotion like that can't be faked. (Take note Balloon Boy's dad.)

"Ghost Whisperer" (CBS, 8:00): A haunted morgue? Scary. Seeing ghosts? Kind of cool. A dead body coming at you with a scalpel? Now that's just freakin' creepy! It's not even the obligatory Halloween episode and I was thoroughly creeped out. I dozed off watching this show and I kid you not, I was awakened by someone/thing shaking my foot.

Sunday
"Desperate Housewives" (ABC, 9:00): Ana falls for Gabi's ex lover/gardener John and Gabi is forced to come clean about her dirty past with him. Carlos and company suspect Lynette of having a boob job when it's really pregnancy chest. Lynette and Carlos have some weird boss/worker relationship. I know she's friends with his wife, but to flat out ask her about her "implants" was borderline sexual harassment, no? And ABC must really be on a tight budget. Did anyone notice Gabi had on the same shirt in every scene? It was just a different color.

"Brothers & Sisters" (ABC, 10:00): Justin and Rebecca decide on a destination wedding in Hawaii. Kitty undergoes her first round of chemotherapy and makes sister Sarah her "chemo buddy". Sarah keeps Kitty's mind busy by telling her lustful stories of her time in France. I liked how the filming made it look like an old movie, and I loved how Sarah dropped everything to return to her ailing sister's side. (Single tear falling).