recaps: “week 5: guilty pleasures” (dancing with the stars 15x09 and 15x10)
This show is like going to an awesome party that happens to be at your parents’ house.
It’s fun and sparkly and there’s champagne everywhere but it is so innocent and old school that you almost can’t handle it. Especially this week - it’s like your mom put on “Call Me Maybe” and “My Heart Will Go On” and somehow convinced everyone at the party that it’s the hippest groove in the nation (“Here, put on this leopard print shirt, honey, it’s totally normal”). And I was COMPLETELY ON BOARD WITH THE MADNESS.
Episode Rating: 8 of Gilles’s discarded towels (out of 10)
Best dance: Shawn and Derek somehow made “My Heart Will Go On” kind of emotional
WHAT DID I JUST WATCH: Gangnam Style by Team Gilles
Read on for the highlights, scores, and what broke my brain.
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Kelly & Val - “Want U Back”
Score: 24.5
Thoughts: I’m always on the fence about DWTS’s live band. It provides a nice atmosphere, but half the time it just sounds like a knockoff recording (since they’re trying to make it sound as similar to the track as possible with a more generic voice). Kind of jarring. That said, Kelly and Val are going to be on the cover of People Magazine in about 2 months with the headline “How DWTS Made Us Fall in Love.” Considering their chemistry, it’s a little weird that this was my least favorite dance of the week. It was just… awkward? Choppy? -
Gilles & Peta - “I Will Always Love You”
Score: 29.5
Thoughts: Even though I was really confused by the gun holster on his costume, daaaaaaamn Gilles that was great. And Peta has a really nice back. I know this because the dress covered 0% of it. Then Carrie Ann fell out of her chair and it was amazing.
random recaps: “christina applegate/passion pit” (snl 38x04)
(Tivli has only one blogger - and I get bored easily - so this blog can’t recap every episode of every show, no matter how much it would like to. What I can do is have random recaps when I feel like it.)
(Make sure to watch SNL and everything else with Tivli!)
I don’t think I could ever stop watching SNL. Whether it’s Stefon-awesome or Gilly-awkward (sorry, never could fall in love with the bubblehair), there’s something about Saturday Night Live that makes it impossible for me to look away. The frantic energy, the politics of how they use the host, the mix of simple humor and avant-garde weirdness… I watch so closely that I feel like this cat. Staring at the SNL cat. Hoping it will be funny.
So… what about the lovely Ms. Christina Applegate? Did she lead SNL to victory?
Read on for a sketch by sketch breakdown, with a creepy cat rating system!
recaps: “no quarter” (revolution 1x03)
Well, of course there are no quarters. Money is meaningless after an apocalypse.
(You are welcome for that great joke.)
Anyway, that episode was pretty damn awesome, right?
Episode Rating: 14 swordfights (out of 15)
Episode MVP: Jeremy (aka Mark Pellegrino, aka one of the best TV guest stars in existence) stole the show with his smirky sociopathy and “One Life to Live” references. Sweet, floppy-haired Danny and his secret reserves of rage are a close second.
But seriously, let’s just talk about Jeremy for a quick second. His vicious, amused enjoyment of sacrificing his men to waste rebel bullets. His deceptively mild face. His part in that truly fantastic “General Miles Matheson” reveal. Now all I want from this season is a Jeremy/Miles/Monroe showdown. With swords, please.
Favorite trend on this show: People being complete badasses with their hands tied together.
- Remember? Last episode we got Miles snapping a guy’s neck while in handcuffs.
- This time, we get a Jeremy vs. Tied-Up Miles swordfight on an exploding bridge. Sidenote: I’m really loving the inclusion of Nora’s explosion expertise, and Charlie’s increasing usefulness/character definition.
- Also, Danny’s handcuffed sneak attack on Private Richards (Drew from Season 9 of Scrubs, whose vague recognition factor bothered me until I looked it up today).
recaps: “chained heat” (revolution 1x02)
The last line of my episode notes was just:
“WOW THIS SHOW GOOD SHOW”
Episode Rating: 8 mystical necklaces (out of 10)
Favorite Scene: “Good Cop/Stabby Cop” with General Monroe
Full recap after the jump (warning: spoilers for episode 2, obviously)
random recaps: “the new rachel” (glee 4x01)
(Tivli has only one blogger - and I get bored easily - so this blog can’t recap every episode of every show, no matter how much it would like to. What I can do is have random recaps when I feel like it.)
(Make sure to watch Glee and everything else with Tivli!)
Glee
(FOX, Thursdays @ 9)
Okay, let’s get the important stuff out of the way first:
Episode Rating: 5 knit berets (out of 7)
Best song: It’s Time
Worst song: Americano/Dance Again
Most impressively edited song (that was necessary and well-executed for story but did it really have to be that song? We get it, she’s in New York): New York State of Mind
Best thing ever: Cookie from Ned’s Declassified School Guide is one of the mean jocks!!!
