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Oh, “How I Met Your Mother,” you tease. Although the outcome of the Lily-and-Marshall (Alyson Hannigan and Jason Segel) story line was pretty obvious and I felt confident that Ted (Josh Radnor) would not get back together with Zoey (Jennifer Morrison), the show really did keep me guessing about Robin (Cobie Smulders) and Barney (Neil [...]
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‘How I Met Your Mother’ recap: Out with the old, in with the new
Posted: May 17, 2011 in articles, episode recaps, how i met your mother, l.a. times show tracker0
‘The Vampire Diaries’ recap: Ghosts of the past
Posted: May 13, 2011 in articles, episode recaps, l.a. times show tracker, the vampire diariesAfter last week’s “The Vampire Diaries,” which very much felt like a season ender, I thought this week’s episode might feel more like a coda. In some ways it did. Like Rose’s death in “The Descent,” the consequences of Damon’s (Ian Somerhalder) werewolf bite played out in drawn-out, cerebral fashion. It was more about emotion [...]
‘How I Met Your Mother’ recap: Breaking up is hard to do
Posted: May 10, 2011 in articles, episode recaps, how i met your mother, l.a. times show tracker“We’re done here.” I think the word that was missing there as Zoey (Jennifer Morrison) and Ted (Josh Radnor) broke up on this week’s “How I Met Your Mother” was, “finally!” Like Robin (Cobie Smulders), we knew the relationship was doomed, but getting there has been a long, often frustrating journey. Zoey and Ted’s differences [...]
‘The Vampire Diaries’ recap: The death count grows
Posted: May 6, 2011 in articles, episode recaps, l.a. times show tracker, the vampire diaries“The Vampire Diaries” is not kidding around. For most of this season, we’ve been hearing about a sacrifice and that Klaus (Joseph Morgan) and Elena (Nina Dobrev) would die. So what happened Thursday night? Klaus went through with the sacrifice and Elena died. So did a lot of other people. But unlike them, Elena came [...]
‘How I Met Your Mother’ recap: The cockamouse returns
Posted: May 3, 2011 in articles, episode recaps, how i met your mother, l.a. times show trackerThere’s a random B-plot from the first season of “How I Met Your Mother” that makes me laugh like no other: The half cockroach, half mouse creature known as the cockamouse. A while back, CBS tweeted that a beloved character from Season 1 was returning. I’m pretty sure they were referring to the cockamouse’s appearance [...]
‘The Vampire Diaries’ recap: Why Elena is greater than all you other girls
Posted: April 29, 2011 in articles, episode recaps, l.a. times show tracker, the vampire diariesDuring this week’s “The Vampire Diaries,” my main thought was, “Thank goodness for Elena.” It’s not very often that you get a heroine like Elena (Nina Dobrev) in the vampire genre. (“Buffy” is a very special exception since she also killed the creatures she sometimes loved.) From the beginning of the show, Elena has been [...]
‘The Vampire Diaries’: Joseph Morgan, Daniel Gillies and executive producer Julie Plec talk Originals
Posted: April 28, 2011 in articles, interviews, l.a. times show tracker, the vampire diariesKlaus (Joseph Morgan) is a name that we’ve heard a lot on this season of the CW’s “The Vampire Diaries.” He’s strong, powerful, bad, and when he finally made his entrance in last week’s episode, we learned he’s also more than just a vampire. But it was Daniel Gillies’ performance as Elijah that made the [...]
There’s a lot more going on the CW’s Nikita than romance. Michael and Nikita may finally be together (check out Shane West’s thoughts on the Michael/Nikita hookup and what’s ahead for the couple here), but it’s the surprises and intrigue in the spy world that have made the show so much fun in the past [...]
‘Nikita’s’ Shane West on the Mikita Hookup: ‘I was shocked’
Posted: April 27, 2011 in interviews, nikitaSome shows like to drag out the will they or won’t they aspect of their main couple for years, teasing and torturing viewers. Shane West is familiar with that dynamic after three seasons on ABC’s Once and Again – Eli and Grace: Just step-siblings or something more? – and then five years on ER, where [...]
My 6 Favorite Things About ‘Supernatural’s’ Visit to ‘Frontierland’
Posted: April 22, 2011 in supernaturalSupernatural goes to the wild, wild West tonight (The CW, 9 p.m.). In a lot of ways, this episode feels like it was a long in the making. Dean’s a pop culture junkie and a hunter, so it makes sense that he’d be into old Westerns. The West also plays a crucial role in the [...]
