Project Runway - Finale

So after all of the hoopla last week and deciding between Chris and Rami as the last designer to present at Fashion Week (and I was disappointed that Chris didn't make it to the finale, I mean anyone that has the gall to use human hair as trim has certainly got more vision than our draping queen...), we finally get down to the last hour of this season, the big Runway show, guest judge Victoria Beckham and some closure to this cycle.

I can't say that I am completely happy with this season.. maybe it was some of the awkward breaks but I wasn't feeling the energy or excitement that I usually do when it comes to the big finale.

I wasn't thrilled that Christian was the big winner either, I felt his collection was too repetitive, too black and not user friendly (for lack of a better description). Is anyone really going to wear all those puffy sleeves and pilgrim inspired collars and hats?
yeesh... I still haven't figured out what all the hoopla was with Christian over all and am not sure if it's because he was " so fierce" about the competition or his personal style. Anyways it didn't really do it for me...

Although I wasn't initially thrilled that Rami was rounding out the final 3, I was pretty impressed with what he put together and thought that this outfit (at right) was one of the nicest things that he had put together all season. The weaving was extraordinary and as usual his draping was impeccable. His collection started slow, but when it got the "evening gown" part it hit the roof and he really showed his strengths.
Jillian pulled together some nice stuff as well, and her look was reminiscent of the art inspiration challenge. I like most of her pieces but was slightly confused by the little Roman dresses that were shown. She blew me away with some of the detailing that she did and I can see her stuff being worn by tons of women.
I honestly thought that either her or Rami would win, but in the end the judges decided that her collection wasn't enough and she was the first eliminated, thus leaving it between Christian and Rami.
Of course there was no surprise that the judges went with the fan favorite and although not wearable (by most women) it oozed the creativity that they wanted and Christian can now add something else to his fierce resume. I just hope the next season flows a bit better...

The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency - Miami & the Big Finale

Another season done... and of course the HUGE cliffhanger ending... yawn ... if this episode hadn't had the requisite underwear modeling scene it would have been pretty close to being a complete write off.

Mind you, patience has it's virtues, and I do try to take into consideration the fact that there was a Writer's Strike and that the editing is horrendous on this show.

Besides the underwear runway, I absolutely loved the scene with Peter and Janice (and the lawyer) where Janice gets her lawyer to tell Peter that the Partnership is being dissolved, and seeing how Janice can hardly move her face. A little bit too much work and botox maybe?

Peter's comment that Janice has a little crazy woman running around in her head made me think that Janice has an insane Hamster running on it's wheel in her head and that made me laugh... the crap about whether or not Peter should sue and try to keep the company name made me snicker.... seriously Peter, have you not had enough crazy yet? Sucker for punishment?

Anyways... all is said and done and enough Janice for me for awhile.... I don't think I'll even check out Janice's other show since none of the hottie boys will be there, after all they make the show worth watching, and Janice really needs to highlight her boys more, and give her public what they want. It's all about beauty, hot bods, ridiculous storylines and a big heaping helping of crazy.

You can't get better than that.... see you next season Janice.

Chuck VS the Marlin

Ahh such a twisted tale of events. The season finale (damn) came too soon and this was another great episode. I love the episodes where the Buy More gang are in full geek mode and this episode was uber geeky goodness.

Some highlights:

Bad guys (Fulcrum) are looking for the Intersect (Chuck), and have started planting bugs in the Buy More to find out more. Once this is discovered, the CIA/NSA empty the store to search for clues and Big Mike discovers his store is empty in a completely oblivious and hilarious scene. Funny thing, Big Mike only cares about his Marlin (bought on EBay) and where it is.

Awesome has decided to ask Ellie to marry him, and asks Chuck's blessing before getting Chuck to hold the ring for him. In a series of events....Awesome asks for the ring as he is ready to pop the question to Ellie and Chuck thinks ring is gone when all of Buy More gets emptied by the Government, but in reality the ring was with Morgan who had taken it by accident and thought Chuck had gotten it for Sarah, and the ring ended up in the Marlin that had been hanging on the wall in Big Mike's office.....

-- take a deep breath now ---

... because the Marlin was taken before the Government emptied the store by Jeff and Lester who were drunk and thought it was a funny joke to play on Big Mike, and then thought the best place to store it was at Chuck's place. What they didn't know was that the Pita Delivery Girl (who was a spy for Fulcrum) was the one that had been planting bugs in the Buy More and the receiver for those bugs was hidden in the Marlin. Anyways.... if you have followed all that, all you need to know is that the Marlin was taken by Morgan, from Chuck's place, with the receiver and the ring in it and put in the Weinerlicious freezer.

We get a short but slightly T&A fight scene between Sarah and Pita Girl, Sarah gets locked in the freezer and Pita escapes with the ring and the receiver. Chuck arrives, is getting ready to try to shoot the lock and gets busted by fake Police who are Government Agents who are taking him into "Protective Custody"-- meaning they are planning on locking him away. We get some nice teamwork with Casey and Sarah working to save and protect Chuck (and to keep him free), and the story ends with Chuck finally getting the ring to Awesome, the marriage proposal with Ellie, and the ominous cloud that continues to loom over Chuck, whether or not he will stay free or have to go underground and lose his regular life, or will he be eliminated once the new Intersect is ready to go? Damn I hate these short seasons.....

Chuck VS the Undercover Lover

It has been way too many weeks since our last episode (damn strike), and Chuck was back this week for not one, but two episodes in the same night. I don't know why they had to play them both the same night but I am not complaining, after all some Chuck is better than no Chuck at all.

I have missed this show, it has the right balance of geeky goodness that I love and our first episode of the evening got me right back in tune with our nerd and his wild and wacky world.

Since this episode highlighted Casey (and a bit more of his back story) it was a great opportunity to see how Adam Baldwin is so fricking hilarious as the uber serious but seriously sexy spy... and everything from his affair with the Ilsa, his undercover name of Sugar bear (OMG), his drinking scotch while listening to Neil Diamond's " Love on the Rocks", the fight scene while being tied to the chair with Chuck and the whole "coming out of the pool scene in a wet tux" scene nearly put me over the edge watching this episode. Having the scene where he opens up to Chuck about his feelings for Ilsa ,and Chuck screaming " It's.... ALIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE" in response was one of those priceless moments.

In fact this episode was full of funny and priceless moments, the show is well done and they have done some great development with all the characters as well as the interaction between them.

There was a bit less Sarah in this one (Casey was the main focus) but greeting Chuck at Wienerlicious and offering him "The new breakfast corn dog with country sausage and syrup wrapped in a pancake" was insanely well written (and probably scarily true) and the whole undercover in the Russian bar and in the hotel was all very fun spy stuff.

My favorite Chuck lines of the night (besides the alive comment) was his statement that he always thought " Casey was like a Ken doll, you know, from the waist down" and his " I don't want to die a man-stewardess" during the big fight scene. We were howling with laughter at home watching this one.

Our gang at the Buy More were right on track, and there was some fun banter with the gang when Awesome and Ellie visit the Buy More to make a big purchase and learn what "Retail Therapist" means. The storyline was cute and the whole poker night with the boys was hilarious. Morgan playing all the angles with Ellie and Awesome being completely non threatened was more of the show being well, awesome, and I can't believe that it may be months before we see more... if ever....

Burn Notice - Season Finale

This was one of my favorite shows of the summer and last night was the 2 hour season finale, and what a finale it was! Tons of action, great storyline and one of the best ensemble action/comedy/drama teams that I have seen in ages.

One of the best things about the show is the dry narration by the star Jeffrey Donovan ( as agent Michael Westen ) and the great chemisty between him and his "trigger happy ex-girlfriend" Fiona (Gabrielle Anwar). Seriously, I saw the sexiest "make a sticky bomb" sequence between them that had the house rocking.Keeping with the understated sexy vibe we were all treated to some nice shots of Michael shirtless and a great running sequence in the finale... and of course lots of great action and the requisite explosions (slow moving truck!) and inventive spy technology.With Bruce Campbell as Sam and the great Sharon Gless as Michael's mother rounding out the main characters you could not ask for a better team of actors. It will be a long time until new episodes (next summer) but atleast there is that to look forward to next year. Thanks for the great season!