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Kyle XY Season 2 Episode 18

Despite their best efforts, the kids all got busted for hiding Amanda at their house in Kyle XY Season 2 Episode 17. However, they did get away with hiding Kyle’s secret from a “social worker,” who in the end we found out was actually someone sent to the house by Latnok.

Amanda’s being forced by her mother to get a job to make her more responsible. So of course, she gets a job where Josh works. Kyle walks in and tells Amanda he wants to be her first, a statement which Josh suggests he amend. She rings up the order incorrectly, and he just pretends it right, so he ends up with a kiwi-strawberry-lime smoothie. Josh gets left in charge because “nothing ever happens on Sunday.” Immediately after that, the blender blows. It turns out the avocado is not a big lime, and the avocado seed is what caused the problem with the blender.

Taylor tells Jessi he doesn’t want her to see Kyle any more. He’s playing with her mind trying to convince her she can’t count on anybody but him. She goes to visit Nicole, who after what she heard last week about getting too close to her patients, is afraid to help her out, either as a patient or as a friend.

Andy shows up to get some money from Josh for concert tickets. He agrees to pay for the overpriced band he doesn’t like in order to live to feel her up another day.

Then Lori comes in, and she gets Kyle to thinking about taking the next step. Amanda calls him in the storage room, but she just wants something from the top shelf. It does give them a chance to talk, though. When they come out of the storage room, the place is swamped. Apparently, Sunday’s not so slow after all. Kyle volunteers to help.

Jessi walks in and wants to help Kyle. She’s able to figure out what’s wrong with the smoothie machine. Amanda isn’t happy to see her. While speaking of jealous girlfriends, Declan walks in with a girl.

The register’s short $120, and Josh blames Amanda for being careless and leaving the drawer open and walking away. Josh says $120 is exactly how much he gave for the concert tickets, but that he’s not at fault. Amanda suggests it was a customer, maybe Jessi. Josh wants Kyle to figure out a way to fix things, since they’ll both be fired if he doesn’t.

Amanda’s so sure she’s got Jessi figured out and tells her she should give back the money. Jessi’s response is that maybe she should call her mom again and tell her she’s there hanging out with Kyle. That should certainly smooth things over.

Josh has a brilliant idea. He’s opening soda bottles hoping to win a prize. Kyle convinces him to stop because 1 in 20 odds are not good. Right after he stops, a customer buys a drink, and she wins $50.

While at The Rack, a guy spilled coffee in Lori, so she responded by throwing her coffee on him. He follows her home, so she assaults him with pepper spray, only to find out it’s her father’s TA.

With everything going on, Kyle asks Jessi to wait a while longer for him. She’s mad and leaves. As he’s running after her, Amanda wants him to just let her go. Declan tells Kyle to just play along so he can move on to the makeup… hugs.

Kyle can’t make money, but he can access his holographic memory to find out what happened. He figures out the cash was missing before it was even put in the register. It turns out Josh’s boss, JT, was the one who counted the money. Andy returns with front row seats, which she got by saying she had cancer (she implied Josh has it, too), and reveals that she saw JT in line for tickets, which happen to cost $120.

Rather than follow Declan’s advice, Kyle goes with an effort to get Amanda to be okay with him hanging out with Jessi. This won’t end well. He asks Amanda to just trust her, which leads her to question why he can trust Jessi with his secrets but can’t trust her. So this time Declan advises him to tell her the truth.

Nicole calls Jessi to let her know she’s thinking about her. Brian answers the phone and pretends he’ll pass the message along. Jessi comes in and believes neither Kyle nor Nicole care about her, and he plays along with her.

Josh is still worried how he’s going to come up with the money, since if he blames his boss, it’s just his word that he’s got to go on. Andy comes up with the obvious solution: she scalps the tickets. When JT returns and counts the money, surprised it’s all there, Josh takes the opportunity to not so subtly accuse him of stealing the money.

Kyle tells Amanda the box is from Adam Baylin. She doesn’t understand. Yet. Now he wants to know something about her that he doesn’t know already. This may take a while.

Kyle gets a text message to meet at the warehouse. It’s not Foss, though. It’s Adam.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Kyle XY Season 2 Episode 19 First Cut Is the Deepest, which airs Monday at 8/7c on ABC Family.

Writers Strike Is Over

After 100 days, the writers strike, which began November 5, is now officially over. More than 90% of the writers who voted agreed to come back to work. Aside from a handful of reality shows, pretty much everybody lost in this battle. We can expect the returning shows to take 4-8 weeks to return with new episodes, and in most cases, we can expect about 4-6 new episodes before the season ends. With that in mind, some shows just simply won’t be worth starting up again until fall, while those that were borderline to begin with may not be worth starting again at all.

The whole situation is still entirely unclear. Once the showrunners, who returned to work yesterday, are able to sit down with the networks, we may get a clearer picture of what the TV landscape will look like over the days or weeks to come.

Jericho Season 2 Episode 1

After its ratings fell due to poor scheduling decisions last year, we were under the impression that Jericho had been cancelled, but an immediate public outcry led to a massive protest. Initially, CBS couldn’t care less since in the old days, something like this never would have worked, but behold the power of the Internet. 20,000 tons (8 million) peanuts later, the network finally caved in, giving Jericho an order for an abridged 7 episode season 2. It’s still far from out of the woods and really does come down to getting enough people to actually watch, but at least they have a chance now to either finish telling the story or at least allow it to progress some. Just in case, two endings have been written, one a season ender and one a series ender.

The army’s in the area and investigating the battle that went down in the season 1 finale, which ended when the air force attacked. Both sides blame the other for the attacks. They’re informed the dispute is officially over, whether they like it or not. Order will be restored. Or at least that’s the plan.

Four weeks after the New Bern war, they’re watching the news. Tens of millions are dead, dying, or homeless, and a senator from Wyoming has risen as a hero. In the small town of Jericho, meanwhile, the casualties now stand at 65, which of course includes Jake’s father.

The army manages to stop a shooting attempt believed to be from New Bern, then they raise the new flag, one which lacks about half the stars of the old one.

Hawkins believes that the new government’s tracking them but thinks they’re dead and is actually looking for the person who killed them, Sarah, who in reality is dead herself.

Stanley has now settled his debts with the IRS, which despite the destruction of the country is still collecting taxes, by agreeing to give them a portion of his crop for the next three years. Before he can get a word out about how he wants to marry her, Mimi asks him to get married.

70% of Jericho has had its power restored, with the rest of the town on schedule by the end of the month. The bad news is that New Bern has been given amnesty, even though it appears they were at fault. Jake warns there won’t be any reconciliation until Constantino is dead. Major Edward Beck’s response is that Jake is “the guy,” and he wants to appoint him to sheriff of the town. Unconvinced, Jake plans to head to New Bern later that night to get revenge.

Darcy confirmed Hawkins’ suspicions. They’re passing out wanted posters for Sarah.

Heather informs Beck that the man who they captured yesterday was one of the worst. He asks her to be the liaison between the two towns. Not at all awkward.

Mimi’s reviewing the contract Stanley signed. She informs him they’re just screwing with him. He’ll have to keep forking over his crops until a national monetary system is in place and won’t start receiving credit for the three years until then.

Hawkins doesn’t support Jake’s plan and heads home. He tells him he’s just making a big show, which is both dangerous and stupid.

Beck pulls Jake aside to show him a man in a body bag, a clear threat to put this to rest.

Mimi approaches the lawyer who tricked Stanley into signing the papers, accusing her of fraudulently taking advantage of a debt he doesn’t actually owe, as the new government has granted amnesty for non-violent crimes.

Jake heads to Emily to discuss his father’s death and how best to proceed. She already knows what he’s planning and says his father wouldn’t approve. While there, he’s given news that his brother grabbed a gun and went out with some rangers.

Jake tries to convince Eric not to go through with the plan, but he’s not real interested in listening. Maybe he’ll listen to some military men instead. Jake pretends that they were policing the border because of a rumor about an armed party on the way from New Bern. Beck’s not fooled but does let them go, advising Jake he just saved his brother’s life, and that other people will need similar saving.

Darcy made copies of some faxes but thinks she wasn’t followed. They hear a noise outside. When he goes out to research it, Hawkins has a gun put to his head. It’s a blast from the past, Chavez. He wasn’t going to shoot anyway, but Darcy makes sure of that by in turn putting a gun to his head.

Hawkins lets him know Victor’s dead from radiation, and that Sarah’s dead from other causes (Chavez gives him an “I told you so” about her). He also tells him Valente, now within Cheyenne’s government, was the one controlling Sarah.

Mimi got the contract rescinded, an offer for equipment at a fair price, and an agreement to work with the government in an actual deal. She apologizes for proposing, but Stanley tells her he was going to ask her anyway. He pulls out his mother’s wedding ring to get her to stop talking, then he proposes.

Two countries have been wiped off the map to protect Cheyenne’s secret.

The west is alligned under Cheyenne, Wyoming. The east is under Columbus, Ohio. Texas has not made a decision but is close to siding with Cheyenne, which would end everything. The goal is to expose Cheyenne before they take over the whole country.

Jake agrees to be the sheriff of Jericho, and when he does, he’s given the news that the President’s on his way.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Jericho Season 2 episode 2 Condor, which airs Tuesday at 10/9c on CBS.

Big Brother 9 Episode 1

It’s a new season of Big Brother, and thank God for that because Big Brother 8 sucked pretty bad. The story line (“estranged” 40-year-old father with the mind of a two-year-old and his self centered brat of a daughter who thought everything was nooottt faiirrrrr allegedly got over their own egos and became very close… yeah, I threw up a little bit instead of saying “awww…”) and associated blatant rigging tainted what could have been a good season but just simply was never allowed to get off the ground on its own merits because the producers were just way too in love with the power the America’s Player twist gave them to care about anything else.

Thanks to the writers strike, Big Brother is being given the best time slot it’s ever had. While going up against American Idol the next few weeks isn’t particularly a good thing, this does mark the first time the summer staple has premiered during the regular season. Here’s what we do know. There will be no America’s Player twist this year (yay), and players will be combined into teams with their soulmates (as if) and will do everything together. Beyond that, it’s anybody’s guess. We don’t even know how long the season will run, as that’s something that will probably be decided as time goes by, perhaps dependent upon how well the show does in the ratings. They could rush it and have it done before April, or they could opt to keep it on through mid-May, with twists in the game from double elimination weeks to having the pairs split up after a month.

This is what I’d like to see this year. When the producers rig the show (and they will), I want it to be less obvious. How long do you give me before I’m disappointed?

Julie Chenbot is back with a cast of 16 in Big Brother 9: ‘Til Death Do You Part. All the cast members are allegedly single and looking for love, which they’re apparently going to find on a reality show. It could happen. The houseguests will be combined in teams of two with their Big Brother appointed soulmates, with whom they will do everything together, from voting to sleeping to being evicted.

Everybody’s allowed to enter the house like any other season, but the bedrooms are locked. The seven girls are the first ones to enter, and they’re waiting for the nine guys (one’s gay, one says he’s bi but seems to lean more toward the guys). Sharon and Jacob, who dated on and off for 12 years (uh, he’s 23 now) until he cheated on her, are about to be reunited. Hey, I saw this twist already in season 4. Jen and her boyfriend Ryan are the other twist that we’ve seen already in season 6. They will work together as a team and try to get through undiscovered, and if they do, they win half a million dollars.

Sharon immediately begins telling the women she’s pissed off that her ex is there. If she’s smart, she’ll use it to her advantage. Then again, CBS may just force them to work together.

Matt already wants to sleep with every woman in the house, and probably some of the guys as well. It’s just a question of whether he’s more in love with himself than any of them.

Alex takes a page out of Kail’s book, pretending he doesn’t own a company.

Julie breaks the news to the houseguests, telling them they each have a “perfect match” sitting in the room with them. Then she tells them they’re going to play as teams.

The pairs are:

Alex & Amanda (he’s happy about this)
James & Chelsia (she likes motorbikes, not one being pedaled across country)
Natalie & Matt (he’s happy she’s… breathing)
Jen & Parker (not her boyfriend Ryan)
Joshuah & Neil (there’s a surprise)
Jacob & Sharon (she’s not happy, but he seems okay)

The last two couples are stuck in sleeping bags.

Ryan & Allison
Sheila & Adam (he calls her ma, and she can’t stand him)

Some of the partners are stupid idiots and are immediately trying to put a wedge between themselves and their partners. They better get over it, or their time in the house will be short lived. Sheila says she’s too shallow to be with Adam (at least she’s honest). Sharon’s ready to punch something.

Now that they’ve got the teams, power couple is up for grabs. One member of the couple will be suspended in the air and lowered on the other partner, then they’ll both be hoisted back up. The last ones standing will win power couple. Allison’s not impressed with Ryan’s profuse sweating but doesn’t care and wants to be a team. Sheila quits at 5 minutes because she hates Adam. This is just pathetic. Can’t they just be thrown off the show for being babies? Neil and Joshuah are out at 9 minutes. Amanda and Alex are out at 28 minutes. Sharon and Jacob give up knowing they can’t win, but they worked together pretty well all things considered.

Now that half the teams are out, Julie makes an offer: whoever can bend down and grab a pillow will get $10,000 if they win, a big risk to take. Matt & Natalie aren’t interested, but the others try for it. Not worth the risk because not only will you possibly fall or at least strain yourself, but you also get people thinking “They already have $10,000, so they don’t need to win.” Jen grabs the pillow, as does Chelsia. Allison falls in the process, eliminating her and Ryan. Likewise, Chelsia falls in this effort. Parker & Jen negotiate with Matt & Natalie, promising them safety for the week. Since they have a pillow, Parker & Jen also win $10,000, in addition to being the power couple.

Adam’s hoping he and Sheila get kicked out. I can echo that sentiment.

Parker’s thinking of targeting Ryan & Alison… good luck getting that past Jen.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Big Brother 9 Episode 2, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

The Biggest Loser 6 Casting Call

Producers are looking for couples for the sixth season of NBC’s The Biggest Loser and will be doing a casting call in 13 cities across the country.

With the exception of Miami’s casting call, which will be held from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., all casting calls will be held at the following locations from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.:

FEBRUARY 16
BOSTON, MA
FELT
533 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111

DALLAS, TX
UPTOWN BAR & GRILL
2523 McKinney Avenue
Dallas, TX 75201

CHICAGO
CHICAGO HOME FITNESS
1555 N. Halsted
Chicago, IL 60622

ATLANTA, GA
WILD BILLS
2075 Market Street
Duluth, GA 30096

FEBRUARY 23
NEW YORK CITY, NY
NBC EXPERIENCE STORE
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112

NASHVILLE, TN
THE WILD HORSE SALOON
120 2nd Avenue N
Nashville, TN 37201

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
BRICKTOWN BREWERY
1 N. Oklahoma Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73104

MIAMI
FESTIVAL FLEA MARKET MALL
2900 West Sample Road
Pompano Beach, FL 33073
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

MARCH 1
COLUMBUS, OHIO
BUCKEYE HALL OF FAME CAFÉ
1421 Olentangy River Road
Columbus, OH 43212

SUFFOLK, VA
SUFFOLK FAMILY YMCA
2769 Godwin Blvd.
Suffolk, VA 23434

MARCH 8
LAS VEGAS, NV
Location TBA

MESA
SUPERSTITIONS SPRINGS MALL
6555 E. Southern Avenue
Mesa, AZ 85206

LOS ANGELES
Location TBA

Early Renewals at ABC

With the end of the writers strike close at hand, ABC has announced renewals of the following shows for next season:

Brothers & Sisters
Desperate Housewives
Dirty Sexy Money
Grey’s Anatomy
Lost
Private Practice
Pushing Daisies
Samantha Who?
Ugly Betty

What exactly they’re going to do with these shows is anybody’s guess. They could opt to to have them up and running again by April, or they could simply hold off on them until fall.

The Biggest Loser 6 Announced

NBC has announced that The Biggest Loser will be returning for its sixth season, and it will again be a couples edition. Producers will search for contestants in America’s fattest cities.

Even with competition from American Idol, in no small part due to the now over (pending tomorrow’s vote, which is just a formality) writers’ strike, The Biggest Loser Couples has been one of most successful editions of the franchise.

Prison Break Season 3 Episode 12

After months of waiting, the gang finally broke out of prison in Prison Break Season 3 Episode 11. The episode ended with the power going out, giving them 30 seconds to make a run for it.

Lechero, Bellick, and T-Bag take their sweet time getting out. Michael knows they’ve taken too long and tells the others to wait. Ignoring the warning to stop or be shot, Lechero gets shot (but not killed). Despite this, Michael doesn’t need to go to plan B because he says this is all going according to plan.

Michael knew the generator was going to kick in sooner than 30 seconds. Lincoln tries to call Sucre, but Sucre’s caught and handcuffed.

Bellick spills the plan to the guards and promptly leads them to the tunnel. While their attention is diverted elsewhere, Michael uses the distraction to head out of the tunnel. Just as the guards reach the tunnel, the last of the guys gets out. Shortly thereafter, they realize they’re four inmates short (Scofield, Whistler, Mahone, and McGrady).

By the time the guards figure it out, the guys are already through the fence and running through the jungle. During the mad dash, Whistler falls and injures his ankle, but there’s no way they’re leaving him behind.

They meet up with Lincoln, who says they have what they need. Whatever it is, it’s buried, and they have to dig it up. While this is happening, Whistler warns that the Company’s going to kill all of them after the exchange, and he tries to convince them to just let him go. What they dig up is tanks so they can be invisible (underwater). Of course, they’ve only got four tanks since McGrady was unexpected. McGrady can’t swim anyway, so Scofield offers to share with him. There’s an added wrinkle. The bird book, with the coordinates Susan wants, was dropped in the escape.

Back at Sona, the guards are kicking the crap out of Bellick, who doesn’t know anything because obviously Scofield wasn’t going to trust him with any useful information.

When they get to where they’re going, there is no Sucre waiting for them because he’s still otherwise occupied.

Using dogs, the guards figure out something’s in the sand. They do some digging and find a cooler with shoes in it, so they know exactly where they need to look now.

They see a boat coming up to them, unsure whether it’s friend or foe. It’s not Sucre, but instead McGrady’s father has taken the boat and picks them up.

Meanwhile, the guards are getting tired of beating up Bellick, so they turn their attention to T-Bag, who just happens to be thrown down in the dirt right near the book, which he grabs.

The other four head off together, leaving McGrady to go home with his father. While they’re driving off, they get a phone call from Susan, who’s right near them. The watch Whistler got from Susan is a tracking device, and they know exactly where they are.

They cause one car following them to wipe out. The second one chases them to a dead end, a cabin in the woods, where a shootout ensues. Eventually, Susan shows up to join in, realizing they’re just faking her out (either that or they’re really bad shots, since they only hit the car three times). She barges down the door to find out it’s just sound effects. They’ve all headed out back and got another car.

T-Bag tells the guards “I know less than you do, which is hard considering how dumb you are.” So then they decide to electrocute him. When he sees Sucre, who’s finally been allowed to go, he tells them Sucre knows everything.

Susan calls Lincoln, who’s stopped at an abandoned warehouse. He demands she meet them there, telling her she’s not calling the shots any more.

McGrady and his father are headed straight for a police blockade. We’ll have to find out what happens to him next week.

Sucre plays dumb, but the information about the escaped Fox River prisoners says otherwise.

Mahone says he’s going to leave. Lincoln wants to shoot him as revenge for his father. Michael tries to convince him not to, but the noise from outside (Whistler escaping) is what actually gets him to stop. He’s running pretty fast for a guy with an injured ankle, and he steals a truck and drives off.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Prison Break season 3 episode 13 The Art of the Deal, which airs Monday at 8/7c on Fox.