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By Michal

How I Met Your Mother – Definition

For some reason, this premiere of HIMYM didn’t really do anything for me.  Ted is still an idiot I tolerate because I love the other characters so much. Marshall is awesome…especially with a whip and wearing a suit.  The Lily and Barney friendship is still sweet.  While I’m not invested in the Robin/Barney (Barbin?  Robney??) relationship, I’m willing to see what they do with it.  Plus you have to love any episode where one of the main characters admits to having a whip guy and a first day gift consists of an Indiana Jones hat.   I’m not giving up on the show, I’m just not loving it as much as I once did.

Big Bang Theory – The Electric Can Opener Fluctuation

Oh Big Bang Theory, how I have missed you over the summer.  I originally started watching the show because it was on before HIMYM, but it has become a favorite in it’s own right.  Jim Parson is amazing and he was fabulous in this episode.   The hurt he was able to convey at being betrayed by his friends was kind of sweet and Ii laughed out loud when Penny started to sing the “Sad Kitty” song to try and make him feel better and then referenced the new Star Trek  movie.  (“”Remember the scene in the new Star Trek movie, when Kirk has to take over the ship, so he tells Spock all that stuff he knew wasn’t true, like saying Spock didn’t care his mom died?”)

I’m looking forward to watching the relationship between Penny and Leonard develop this season.  However, I have to say each week I laugh hardest at the Howard/Raj exchanges.  This week, the tie is between:

Howard: I call it the George Clooney.
Raj: I call it a Mario and Luigi, but whatever.

and

Howard: Sheldon, you remember the first few weeks we were looking for magnetic monopoles and not finding anything, and you were acting like an obnoxious, giant dictator?
Raj: I thought we were going to be gentle with him.
Howard: That’s why I added the ‘-tator’.

Castle – Deep in Death
I said pretty much everything in my episode review. That was a whirlwind of a premiere.  I thoroughly enjoyed the episode with the exception that I wanted it to continue past the hour.  The Russian mafia/gambling/drug storyline definitely kept me guessing.  Well until Castle went under cover.  Although I give the writers credit, the surveillance van conversation in which Beckett asked if anyone had a bad feeling about the situation and both of the other detectives raise their hands was beyond clichéd, but I was still amused.  That’s pretty amazing.

I’m still blown away by Castle’s apology at the end of the episode.  I think it was perfect and Nathan Fillion did a terrific job of making the apology sincere and convey the respect Castle has for his friendship/partnership with Beckett.  I thought Beckett’s response of “I’ll see you tomorrow” ended the episode perfectly.

Community – Spanish 101

Well this episode sold the show for me.  I’ll be tuning in until it gets cancelled.  After a great pilot, there is always the concerned the next episode will suck.  I mean, Reaper anyone??   “Spanish 101” was even funnier.  Between Senor Chang (“Use your hands! It’s 90 percent of Spanish!”) and the Jeff/Pierce presentation which somehow combined tiny hats, afro wigs, massive flags, and robots, this show almost makes me want to take classes at the local community college.  My love of Joel McHale continues to grow and the other characters are delightful.  Oh and how could I forget Abed and Troy’s Spanish rap.  If you haven’t seen it, go to YouTube now.  Here’s the English translation:

Where is the library?
My name is T-Bone the disco spider.
Disco, doll, the library is in big mustache, dog, lard.
Lard, mustache, huge, little head is ice cream, beer is good.
Good day, I like cold potatoes, the goat’s mustache is Cameron Diaz.

Numb3rs – Hangman

So I watched the premiere, but the only thing I remember is that Amita and Charlie are getting married.  Yes, after six years my dream is finally coming true.  Sure the episode also involved Don and the team tried to protect an activist from an unbalanced Bill Lumbergh (Gary Cole).

Psych – High Top Fade Out

I was a bit concerned when the preview last week revealed that Keenan Thompson and Jaleel White (Urkel/Stefan on The Family Matters) were going to be on this week’s episode.  It turns out I worried for no reason.  This episode was one of the best the series has ever produced.   I mean, the musical numbers alone made the episode awesome, but the mystery plot was pretty interesting as well.

The only bad thing about the episode was the casting of Kurt Fuller on the show.  Fuller plays dickish angel Zachariah on Supernatural for the last year and it took me out of the episode.  However, that is my only complaint and that’s pretty good! Actually, I think I’ll go watch it again.