Monday, October 12, 2009

Sunday = Sad day

The night started with a disappointing loss, and the hits just kept coming. Here's your Sunday sampling.

"The Amazing Race" (CBS, 8:00): Our journey around the world continues through Phnom Penh, Cambodia. For a minute there it looked as though it was going to be a race for last place between Team Autism (Zev/Justin) and Team Annoying Idiots (Lance/Keri). But all teams managed to catch the first flight so everyone was on an even playing field. The challenges didn't strike me as all that difficult tonight, but people who were short on patience would definitely have problems.

How sad was it that the only person who recognized Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in the photo was the oldest guy on the race. You've got to be kidding me. Her face is up there with Princess Diana and Michael Jackson's nose. Pause it: EVERYBODY knows that nose. And who knew monkeys were so revered in Cambodia?

Team Autism came in first, but Zev lost his passport along the way. Unless they could find it before the last team arrived, they were going to be eliminated. It seemed like they had already come to terms with their fate. They didn't put much effort into looking for that passport, but retracing their steps did appear to be a daunting task. Too bad because they were one of my two favorite teams. In the words of Zev: single tear falling.

Geography lesson: The Pit Stop was Wat Phnom or "Hill Temple", a Buddha shrine built over 600 years ago and is the tallest religious structure in the city. Next stop: Dubai, where the teams face extremes of all kinds.

"Brothers & Sisters" (ABC, 10:00): Kitty finds out she's in stage 3 of lymphoma and a power struggle ensues between mom Nora and husband Robert over Kitty's course of treatment. They later come to a truce to support Kitty in whatever she decides. Pause it: Does a mother trump husband in a situation like this? When you're sick do you call your mom or your husband first? It's very endearing to see men cry so when Kevin, Saul and Justin all broke down over the news about Kitty, I broke down with them. But you had to wipe me up off the floor when Sarah showed up at the end. There's nothing like a sister.

William's sordid past is still haunting his family. Dennis, a man William testified against, wants revenge for the five years he spent in prison and is doing everything he can to undermine the company William started. I can see this storyline going really well if they don't turn it into a soap opera. Let's stay focused on the family.

"Cold Case" (CBS, 10:00): The title of this episode was "Jurisprudence". The dictionary defines it as "the science or philosophy of law", but in this case it was also a luxury ski cabin in Utah.

Alex Caceres was killed during a stint in Havenhurst Juvenile Detention Center. The case was reopened after another detainee came forward with information about his death. Det. Valens wanted to solve the case because he felt he'd let Alex down. The case winds through a list of guards and other locked-up teens, but it all comes back to the judge who sent Alex away in the first place. Here's the breakdown: The state pays for kids to go to Havenhurst. Havenhurst is owned by the judge's sister-in-law. The sister-in-law pays the judge for every kid he sends her way. The kids pay for the cabin, ergo, jurisprudence.

I was loving this episode until I realized they had recycled the plot from an episode of "Law & Order: SVU" called "Crush". Where's the jurisprudence in that?

A little pick-me-up from "Desperate Housewives" (ABC, 9:00):
In a bit of role reversal, one of the twins gives Lynette and Tom the speech on sexual irresponsibility: "You two are so irresponsible. You should have been using birth control. (At Tom) You're in college. Do you know what the odds are now that you'll graduate? Like zero. (At Lynette) You, you have a new job; one that you'll have to quit once the baby comes. So I hope you're both happy. You just destroyed your future for a few minutes of pleasure."
Bree, after learning her lover Karl has a lover: "So Candace, what do you do for a living?"
Candace: "I'm a dancer".
Bree: "Oh, what kind? Jazz? Ballet? Lap?"

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