Heroes Season 4 Episode 7 Strange Attractors airs Monday October 26 at 8/7c on NBC.

“HEROES”

“STRANGE ATTRACTORS”

10/26/2009 (08:00PM - 09:00PM) (Monday) : THE HEROES ATTEMPT TO RESCUE THEMSELVES AND OTHERS WITHOUT THE USE OF THEIR POWERS- Matt (Greg Grunberg) goes to extreme measures to extinguish Sylar (Zachary Quinto), who continues to torment him. Elsewhere, H.R.G. (Jack Coleman) calls in a favor from Tracy (Ali Larter) to save a troubled young boy whose misfortunes resemble her own. While Claire (Hayden Panettiere) and Gretchen (guest star Madeline Zima) are being hazed by their new sorority sisters, they realize pledging might not be their biggest problem. Robert Knepper also stars. Lisa Lackey, Tessa Thompson and Rick Worthy guest star.

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Brothers & Sisters Season 4 Episode 5 Last Tango in Pasadena airs Sunday October 25 at 10:01/9:01c on ABC.

JUSTIN AND REBECCA GET DANCE LESSONS FROM AN UNEXPECTED EXPERT, ON ABC’S “BROTHERS & SISTERS”

“Last Tango in Pasadena” The entire Walker family, except Nora, are literally swept off their feet by the charms and tango lessons of Sarah’s new lover, Luc Laurent (Gilles Marini). But Nora quickly finds that her new French houseguest is a great comfort during a very difficult time. Meanwhile, Robert puts forth his most romantic efforts to distract Kitty from cancer, and Kevin and Scotty stumble on an unexpected surrogacy candidate, on “Brothers & Sisters,” SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25 (10:01-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

“Brothers & Sisters” stars Dave Annable as Justin Walker, Maxwell Perry Cotton as Cooper Whedon, Kerris Lilla Dorsey as Paige, Sally Field as Nora Holden, Calista Flockhart as Kitty Walker, Balthazar Getty as Thomas Walker, Rachel Griffiths as Sarah Walker, Luke Grimes as Ryan Lafferty, Luke Macfarlane as Scotty Wandell, Rob Lowe as Senator Robert McCallister, Matthew Rhys as Kevin Walker, Ron Rifkin as Saul Holden, Emily VanCamp as Rebecca Harper and Patricia Wettig as Holly Harper.

Guest starring are Ken Olin as David Caplan, Gilles Marini as Luc Laurent, Roxy Olin as Michelle McCormack and Cooper Thornton as Felix Newsome.

“Last Tango in Pasadena” was written by Molly Newman and Jason Wilborn and directed by Bethany Rooney.

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Desperate Housewives Season 6 Episode 5 Everybody Ought to Have a Maid airs Sunday October 25 at 9/8c on ABC.

GABY IS DETERMINED TO PROVE SHE’S A RESPONSIBLE MOM, ON ABC’S “DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES”

“Everybody Ought to Have a Maid” People are quick to pass judgment on others, on ABC’s “Desperate Housewives,” SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25 (9:00-10:01 p.m., ET). When Juanita’s party is on the verge of being ruined after Gaby is deemed a bad mom, Gaby is determined to prove she’s a responsible parent; Bree gets defensive when she’s judged by a motel maid for having an affair with Karl; Lynette is put off by her new handyman when he defers to Tom for approval on all things; and Susan and Katherine come to blows over Mike. Meanwhile, a lapse in judgment on Danny’s part leads to a terrible mishap that Angie and Nick must cover up.

“Desperate Housewives” stars Teri Hatcher as Susan Mayer, Felicity Huffman as Lynette Scavo, Marcia Cross as Bree Hodge, Eva Longoria Parker as Gabrielle Solis, Ricardo Antonio Chavira as Carlos Solis, Doug Savant as Tom Scavo, Kyle MacLachlan as Orson Hodge, Dana Delany as Katherine Mayfair, Drea de Matteo as Angie Bolen, Maiara Walsh as Ana Solis, Brenda Strong as Mary Alice Young, James Denton as Mike Delfino, Andrea Bowen as Julie Mayer, Kathryn Joosten as Mrs. McCluskey, Jeffrey Nordling as Nick Bolen, Beau Mirchoff as Danny Bolen, Charlie Carver as Porter Scavo, Joshua Logan Moore as Parker Scavo, Kendall Applegate as Penny Scavo, Madison de la Garza as Juanita, and Mason Vale Cotton as MJ Delfino.

“Everybody Ought to Have a Maid” was directed by Larry Shaw and written by Jamie Gorenberg.

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Foa Foa lost as usual in Survivor: Samoa Episode 5 and decided to vote Ashley off the island as the weakest link.

It has been raining since day 10. It’s now day 15.

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that the tarp would have protected them from the rain, but nonetheless, we do have a rocket scientist weighing in on the issue. John blames Russell S for their current wet conditions, and he’s not the only one. Taking it a step further, his tribe is worried that he’s trying to do too much, which they fear is both unnecessary and will run him down.

The way Russell H sees it, this bunch of babies needs to grow up and get over the fact that it’s raining because it probably won’t stop raining anyway.

When they wake up the next morning, they see a rainbow.

At the challenge, one person from each tribe will be strapped to a large sphere, and that person will guide two blindfolded tribemates through a course to a table maze. The person inside the sphere will then guide the rest of their blindfolded tribemates to navigate balls through a table maze. Reward is pizza. But there’s a twist. Win or lose, both tribes will be going to tribal council. Boo. If Foa Foa sucks, just let them get decimated. No evening the odds. The winning tribe will be allowed to sit in at the losing tribe’s tribal council.

Monica, Kelly, Shambo, and Dave sit out for Galu. Liz will be pushed by Russell H and Jaison; Laura will be pushed by Russell S and Erik. Galu’s off to an early lead. I’ve seen this before. Somehow, though, Foa Foa manages to take the lead and they are the first ones to the puzzle. An exhausted Russell S, who insisted on participating in this challenge even though he knew he was getting weaker, is holding them up. When he gets to the table, his head lies down on it. Then he collapses. Medical is coming in to check on him. He says he’s good. Then he collapses again. His blood pressure is really low. Even lower than Mike’s was.

Jeff is making a call right there. Neither tribe wins reward. Since both tribes were going to go anyway, they will both still go to tribal. If Russell is able to return to the game, he will be there waiting for them. His blood pressure is fine, but when his heart rate drops 30 beats in an instant, they decide to remove him from the game.

Liz and Natalie assume it’s going to be one of them. It certainly won’t be one of the guys. Russell H wants Liz to go. He hopes to talk Mick into voting with him. Jaison takes this time to pout.

On the other side, Shambo’s proved to be the outcast, one that likes the other tribe better anyway. Her defense is that she’s a worker and a competitor. Monica wants to know why she should vote for someone to stay who wrote her name down already. However, the guys, especially John, consider Monica to be a weak person in the challenges. They fail to realize that Shambo will flip to the other side immediately if given the opportunity.

All 13 people go to tribal council together, where they mostly focus on Russell’s departure and the miserable weather (as the rain picks up again). After all the talk, Jeff has news. There will be no vote from either tribe. This meeting will merely serve as a war of words in which Foa Foa believes they won and Galu knows they’re still in the lead 8-5.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Survivor: Samoa Episode 7, which airs Thursday at 8/7c on CBS.

Vegas week concluded with So You Think You Can Dance Season 6 Episode 8, and tonight we find out who the top 20 dancers are.

Nathan Trasoras, who got through last season when he was still 17, is the first person to get into the top 20.

David Hovhannisyan was shown briefly in the LA auditions as part of a going to Vegas montage. He has been eliminated.

Kathryn McCormack is a new face, and she will be joining the top 20.

Channing Cooke needs to work on her chemistry with a partner, but she has been voted into the top 20. Ellenore Scott and Ariana DeBose join her.

Billy Bell made Adam cry during his final solo. Juilliard is willing to let him out and hold his scholarship so he can be on the show, and the judges are willing to oblige.

Amber Jackson was warned about her performance in her first audition, despite her strong technique. She’s going to have to work on her ability to connect with the audience and try again.

Krumper Russell Ferguson has surprised the judges by being able to do more than they would have expected. He will advance. Hip hop dancer Kevin Hunt will also be advancing.

Bianca Revels is the first tap dancer to get the news. She’s been on this show a few times now, the last time saying she was not going to return after she got cut at this stage. This time, she will advance to the top 20. The next tapper, Phillip Attmore, who was Ryan Kasprzak’s roommate on tour, is also going to the next round. The final tap dancer, Peter Sabasino, has also joined the top 20.

Victor Smalley, who chopped off his hair because the judges said it was too distracting (and they were right that the new look is a lot better), has joined the top 20. Jakob Karr has as well.

Noelle Marsh and Mollee Gray were inseperable roommates in Vegas. They fear they will be separated. Mollee is up first and is told she dances too young, but she joins the top 20. Noelle has also made it.

Pauline Mata injured herself and was unable to finish Vegas week. Nonetheless, she has made the top 20.

B-Boy Jonathan “Legacy” Perez has made it to the top 20, despite the stupid nickname.

Paula van Oppen will also advance.

There are four people left in the holding room for two remaining spots. Two of those people are husband and wife.

The guys go into the room first. Ryan di Lello is up against fellow ballroom dancer Gene Bersten. Ryan advances.

The girls are next. Karen Hauer also auditioned with her husband, Matthew, who was cut previously. She, too, is a ballroom dancer and squaring off against Ashleigh di Lello. Karen Hauer is in the top 20.

Wait, there’s more. Ashleigh di Lello is also in the top 20. No, it’s not a lame extra person twist. I think they learned their lesson with Anoop Desai.

Paula turned them down. Seriously? Why even bother getting this far then? Her explanation is that she’s been offered a contract for a movie. I sure hope it’s a worthwhile movie and not some made for TV one that will play at 2AM. I wouldn’t bet on it.

To summarize, the top 10 girls are:
Ariana DeBose
Ashleigh di Lello
Bianca Revels
Channing Cooke
Ellenore Scott
Karen Hauer
Kathryn McCormack
Mollee Gray
Noelle Marsh
Pauline Mata

And the top 10 guys are:
Billy Bell
Jakob Karr
Jonathan “Legacy” Perez
Kevin Hunt
Nathan Trasoras
Peter Sabasino
Phillip Attmore
Russell Ferguson
Ryan di Lello
Victor Smalley

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of So You Think You Can Dance Season 6 Episode 10, which airs Tuesday at 9/8c on Fox.

The teams split into blue and black in The Biggest Loser Season 8 Episode 5, and after the blue team fell below the yellow line, the plan was to take revenge and vote out Tracey. However, realizing that Mo was the weakest link, they made the best decision for the team and voted him out instead.

The black team is not happy to see Tracey still in the game either. They were completely looking forward to seeing the blue team make the decision that would harm them on the scale.

Tracey has finally been granted clearance to get into the gym.

Allison is waiting for them at night. Each team has four keys buried in the sand, which they must dig up to open their box. They’re going to have to wait to find out what they’re playing for, but she tells them it will determine who stays on campus and who goes home. Tracey and Abby are sitting out, and Amanda sits out for the black team to avoid having to dig in sand. After 10 minutes, they haven’t found anything. Shortly thereafter, a few people start to strike something. So apparently this won’t be like the challenge in The Amazing Race that took like 8 hours. Allison tells them to remember what they’re playing for. If only they knew. At 20 minutes, everybody has found what they’re looking for, but nobody’s managed to uncover it. Danny is the first person to dig his key up, which will allow him to go help his teammate Daniel. Allen is the next person, putting the blue team on the board, so he will go to help Rudy, who is also close. They take the lead 2-1 for blue. Around the half hour mark, Daniel ties it 2-2. The two blue team members who have finished go to help Liz and take the lead 3-2. 40 minutes have elapsed, and blue team’s got their final key to win the challenge.

So what is the prize? Yeah, it’s obvious. By going home, they mean plane tickets home. They’re celebrating, but this is a punishment. No trainers and having the temptations of home puts them at a disadvantage. Allison gives them the option of not going home and to instead give the tickets away to the black team. Their decision is to send the black team home.

The emotional reunion is tempered by the fact that they now realize they’re on their own and must make some smart choices, which is something most of them have not done in a long time, if ever. Danny has the advantage of having done this at home on his own previously. Abby has an added disadvantage that she’s limited to where she can go, which means she must find a gym with a pool about 30 minutes away, but that’s okay because it is a priority. Danny’s wife goes to the gym with him. Dina has to drag her son off to the gym. Amanda’s struggling to figure out what the heck she’s doing. Shay feels as if she’s being stared at, which is probably true.

Everybody goes out to a restaurant. Their families obviously haven’t changed any (and each person from the looks of it has an enabler or two or a dozen), but there’s time to worry about that later. Danny resists the temptation, however. He will be cooking out back on the grill, and he’s seeing that his family is already learning and willing to change. Dina and Shay see that nothing’s changed. Their families are (over)eating the same things they were before.

Inspired by the challenge from last year, the blue team has asked Bob to bring them down to the food bank to volunteer. They will be filling backpacks to help feed kids.

Jillian hasn’t had anyone to beat up all week, so she’s looking forward to kicking the crap out of some people. From his visit home, Danny says that something’s changed, and he feels like the kryptonite has been removed. Jillian’s getting tired of Daniel’s low numbers relative to the others, and she wants to see if she can get him to live up to his potential. He has realized that his mom tried to get him to lose weight because she cared.

In theory, the weigh-in should be a win for the blue team. Their loss last week combined with staying on campus this week should make this easy.

Allen: 270 pounds (-8, 2.88%)
Rebecca: 232 pounds (-5, 2.11%)
Tracey: 202 pounds (-4, 1.94%)
Liz: 228 pounds (-4, 1.72%)
Rudy: 355 pounds (-14, 3.79%)
Blue Total: -35 pounds, 2.65%

Not the most impressive numbers from the blue team, but Rudy’s big number should provide enough of a cushion.

Amanda: 218 pounds (-6, 2.68%)
Shay: 411 pounds (-5, 1.20%)
Abby: 204 pounds (-4, 1.92%)
Dina: 218 pounds (-5, 2.24%)
Danny: 357 pounds (-15, 4.03%)
Daniel: 277 pounds (+1, 0.36%)
Black Total: -34 pounds, 1.98%

Danny did better than anybody despite the visit home, but it was not enough to overcome the other numbers. Aside from Daniel, most people on the black team are pleased, however, as they managed to lose a fair amount at home. The harsh reality is that Shay is weighing the team down, but I think we’ve all gotten the hint about how much more she deserves to be there than the others. The question is whether they can break away from that mentality when she’s still over 400 pounds. Having gained weight, Daniel is another potential target, but that would be a short-sighted decision because next week he should be able to knock it out of the park. Then again, it may just come down to the three women who weigh the least, and Abby should be safe because she’s proved to be strong.

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Daniel: Dina
Dina: Daniel
Abby: Dina
Danny: Daniel
Amanda: Dina
Shay: Dina

With 4 votes, Dina is not The Biggest Loser. I’d have gone with Amanda before Dina, but her elimination is not entirely surprising. She is now down from her starting weight of 253 pounds to 188 pounds today. She’s finally managed to overcome that step she couldn’t jump on while she was on the ranch. She has also recently completed her first half marathon (hopefully without the assistance of a producer).

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of The Biggest Loser 8 Episode 7, which airs Tuesday at 8/7c on NBC.

With the growing popularity (and profitability) of The Biggest Loser, NBC has decided to do a new show called Losing It with Jillian to go along with it. Jillian Michaels will host the show, and she will be joined by Curtis Stone, the chef who occasionally appears on Loser.

Jillian will be living with a different family each week and whip them into shape physically and mentally, hoping to prove that it’s not necessary to be on the ranch to lose weight, an excuse that I often hear from people about why they couldn’t do what the people on TBL do.

Although she will be on a new series, Jillian has no plans to leave The Biggest Loser (again).

Sylar began his path toward rediscovering himself in Heroes Season 4 Episode 5.

Peter’s at the hospital overseeing Hiro, who collapsed in his apartment the night before. So the question now is whether Peter’s there to help Hiro, or if Hiro’s there to fix Peter.

Sylar awakens with no memory, including that of the name Sylar. The police told him his name is Gabriel. He’s opting for neither of the two. You can call him Nathan. The memories are returning, but they’re someone else’s memories.

Peter goes to HRG, who recalls Jeremy Greer, a kid with a healing touch ability. Years back, he was healing insects with a leg still twitching. Perhaps he could save Hiro.

Edgar introduces himself to Sylar by attempting to attack him. This does not go well, and Edgar ends up sitting in a wheelbarrow of cement.

Samuel decides to introduce Sylar to Damien, claiming his gifts will allow his true memories to return. Sylar is ready to know the truth.

At Peter’s suggestion, Emma goes to talk to Hiro about her power. She has just one question. How does she turn it off? His not helpful answer: it’s not a light switch.

HRG and Peter arrive at Jeremy’s house, where everything seems to be dead. Apparently, Jeremy can control the flow of life and has opted to take away rather than give.

Sylar heads into the house of mirrors with Damien. He remembers his mom, more specifically how he killed her.

Hiro wants to chat with Emma. He is the master of time and space, or at least he was. So what about her? She just wants it to stop.

In addition to his power, Jeremy has himself a shotgun. What happens if somebody approaches him? Everything he touches ends up dead. Like how he killed his parents. So, like, did he consider burying them? If Noah comes one step closer, he swears to god he will shoot him. Peter pops in, a shot is fired, and Peter ends up on the ground. Well, now would be a good time to start the healing. If he doesn’t, he’ll die anyway. With some encouragement from HRG, he agrees to use his powers for good and brings Peter back.

Hiro has decided to show Emma his power. It’s like time is standing still. Pretty much because it is. His lesson to her is that there are no bad powers and that she should learn to understand her power and do good things for the world.

Seeing more of his past, Sylar runs out of the house of mirrors screaming. So how many people did he kill? A dozen? Two dozen? Oh, you might want to think of a higher number. With this newfound power, where’s he going to go from here? Samuel promises to bring him into a community who loves him for who he is. His first act will be to find the police officer who was hunting him, the one who has conveniently showed up and is in the house of mirrors (thanks to Samuel’s invitation).

Peter’s shooting was no accident. Having been healed, he is now a healer. HRG sends Peter off to do his thing, while he will remain behind with Jeremy until he knows he’s okay. He’s ready to pick up the ball again and return to helping people.

Sylar is not quite ready to go back to his old ways. He warns the cop to leave while there’s still time. The counteroffer: be shot to death in cold blood. Sylar’s counter is to electrocute him, but not to death. If Sylar won’t kill him, Edgar will.

Hiro disappears, but he leaves behind a message. Save Charlie. He returns to three years ago at the Burnt Toast Diner in Midland, TX.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Heroes Season 4 Episode 7 Strange Attractors, which airs Monday at 8/7c on NBC.