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Digital TV Not Delayed

Three years ago, Congress outlined a plan in which we would shut off analog signals for TV and switch to digital television only. Despite that and the barrage of media coverage on the subject especially over the past year or so, 6.5 million homes remain unready for the switch. Following a unanimous vote in the Senate in favor of the delay, the House was only able to get a 258-168 majority (about 60%), shy of the 2/3 majority needed to push the switch to digital back from February 17 to June 12. We’ve had plenty of time to prepare, and anybody not ready already probably won’t be ready by this summer either.

Kyle XY Season 3 Episode 3

Kyle spent his time trying to save his soulmate in Kyle XY Season 3 Episode 2. Now it’s just a question of whether his soulmate is Jessi or Amanda.

Kyle’s moving his room, which of course means relocating a tub. The Tragers are taking Jessi in, so Josh gets a roommate. Everything should be okay, but they might need to think about knocking before entering the bathroom from now on. Jessi might also need to be more subtle, not asking Josh right in front of his parents if Andy’s going to reopen the store and be generous with the merchandise.

While Kyle is eavesdropping on Amanda’s music, she stops playing. She collapses but says she’s okay, though not before Kyle and Jessi storm over to see what’s wrong. Amanda’s not happy that Kyle and Jessi are living together.

Lori’s forbidden from seeing Mark, but that won’t prevent her from accidentally running into him. She plans to accidentally run into him again tomorrow, too.

Michael Cassidy runs into Kyle at the park. Latnok wants to make sure they have a relationship with Kyle because they consider him their greatest achievement. They’re the good guys. Really. Kyle’s not interested but does take the business card.

Jessi’s coming in handy for Josh. She unscrambled the adult programming for him. Everything was going fine until his dad caught him watching it. Kyle wants him to give her time to adjust to living with a family. Josh is becoming more of a horndog than he was to begin with. While he’s talking about his problem (being a teenage boy being unable to get his mind off sex) with Kyle, Jessi overhears the part about Amanda being Kyle’s soulmate.

Amanda keeps messing up in the same place, unable to hold the piece in her head for the first time ever. She hasn’t felt like herself since prom. Kyle is worried that Latnok did something to her. It’s not like he can just scan her brain, though. Or can he?

Lori accidentally runs into Mark, who bought some flowers just in case he accidentally ran into someone. It seems they’re accidentally kissing and making plans to go out for pizza as well.

Using Josh’s Xbox controller, Kyle has created a scanner and heads to Amanda’s rehersal. Problem is he brought Jessi with him, which Amanda’s not too happy about. When he’s alone, Amanda plays fine, but as soon as she sees him together with Jessi, Amanda stops playing and runs off. The two of them are always together like two peas from pods.

With the results back from his device, Kyle finds out that something’s in Amanda’s brain. Cassidy tells him it should have dissolved by now, but that he can help.

If she’s willing to keep a secret about Lori sneaking around with Mark, Jessi can be part of the group with Lori and the others under legal voting age to take on the parentals.

Like Stephen, Cassidy doesn’t want Mark to see Lori either.

Kyle hopes to eliminate the block without electrocuting Amanda, a risk Jessi’s totally up for taking. He tests regulating the voltage on a light bulb… which explodes. Jessi suggests that he pass the electricity through a kiss. He’ll have to practice, and what better subject to practice on than her? As they’re about to kiss, Stephen walks in and asks where Lori is. Jessi’s response draws Kyle’s “I know you’re lying” look. Stephen knows Lori’s with Mark. Kyle is having second thoughts because he doesn’t want to kiss Jessi, despite his full frontal view of her earlier in the shower, but she convinces him he doesn’t have a choice. When he kisses her, he blows her across the room.

Mark calls Lori to tell her the bad news that he can’t see her any more in order to protect his future.

Nicole tells Amanda that she has nothing to worry about with Kyle and Jessi. Then she walks in on Kyle and Jessi kissing. Good luck explaining this. He wants to tell Amanda everything, but she storms out.

Andy’s moms have decided to extend their vaction another three weeks. Bad news for Josh, but he realizes he misses her for more than just her body.

Kyle arrives at the recital and is confronted by Amanda’s mom, who is her usual chipper self. Amanda insists she’s lost him, even if he doesn’t realize it. He has no choice but to kiss her, whether she wants to or not. Despite the crying, she’s still standing, a good sign. Although she gets through her recital in good form, her words have Kyle believing he has lost her.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Kyle XY Season 3 Episode 4 In the Company of Men, which airs Monday at 9/8c on ABC Family.

Lost Season 5 Episode 2

On Lost Season 5 Episode 1, we learned what happened to the island after it disappeared. It went through a time loop. In order to save everybody from dying, Jack and Ben hope to gather those who escaped the island all up and go back.

Three years ago as they were on their way to rescue, the six plus Frank are trying to agree to lie to protect those who remain from Charles Widmore. Hurley doesn’t like the plan, but Penny tells him there’s no calling her father off. The truth is crazy, unless somebody backs him up, but nobody else is willing to tell it.

Back in the present, Hurley gets pulled over by a cop. Luckily it’s Ana Lucia, who tells him it was dumb of him to pull over and that he needs to pull himself together. And Libby says “Hi.”

Dan needs to calculate a new bearing in order for them to leave, which requires him to figure out when the hell are they.

Hurley stops at a convenience store, where he sees himself on TV. The girl at the counter recognizes him, but at least she doesn’t know he’s wanted by the police.

Kate gets a call from a mystery friend and is on her way there.

Ben tells Jack that, if there’s anything he wants, he needs to pack it because he’s never coming back. Jack responds simply “Good.” Ben’s going to move John somewhere safe. He’s dead, isn’t he?

Hugo shows up at home wearing an I Heart Shih-Tsu shirt and with an Iraqi over his shoulder. He tells his dad David that he’s in danger, though he’s not sure from whom. LAPD arrives to have a little chat. He didn’t kill three people, though. Sayid did. David tells him they’re not going to be able to wake Sayid up from having been shot by a dart and that they need a doctor.

Kate arrives at mystery friend’s place. It’s Sun.

Ben pays a visit to a butcher. He doesn’t want the porterhouse… just for a corpse to be watched.

The island crew has been trying to get fire all day. Neil the frogurt guy is growing impatient with them. Charlotte can’t seem to shake her headache, and she’s having memory loss. Dan knows what’s wrong, and she knows it. Before he has to answer to her, Miles has brought them all dinner, a boar. This sets Neil off. They can’t even get fire. All he had to do is ask. A flaming arrow hits him. Since more are on their way, it may be time to run. Frogurt guy’s a goner, though. We hardly knew him. Some other people who aren’t particularly relevant die as well.

David says he’s either crazy or he’s lying. He’s not crazy, and he has a really good reason for lying. Before he can tell the reason, Hugo’s mom Carmen shows up to find a not breathing guy on her couch.

Kate tells Sun about the lawyers. Sun doesn’t think they’re interested in exposing the lie, just getting Aaron.

Since they’re in need of a doctor, Hugo sends his father with Sayid to Jack, who wants to get him to the hospital. Getting their hands on Sayid was pretty easy. David’s got another request: stay away from Hugo.

Carmen’s now pushing Hugo for answers. He admits it was all a lie, then he tells her the truth, which sounds nutty. She believes him anyway, which could quite possibly be because the story doesn’t make a lot of sense.

Sawyer and Juliet get grabbed in the jungle by people who want to know what they’re doing on their island.

Jack begins his work on Sayid. He hooks him up to some machines and injects him with something. Shining a light in his eye is what really gets to him and causes him to wake up.

Ben arrives at Hugo’s house. He can get him out of there, but Hurley doesn’t trust Ben because Sayid warned him not to. They all want the same thing. To go back to the island. A convincing argument, but Hugo says “Never, dude” and runs outside to the cops. He admits to being a murderer. He killed four people… or three people… or however many people are dead.

As the men are about to cut off Juliet’s hand, someone comes to save the day. That could only be Locke.

Ben’s told he only has 70 hours, and if he can’t get them all to come back, God help them all.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Lost Season 5 Episode 3 Jughead, which airs Wednesday at 9/8c on ABC.

Lost Season 5 Episode 1

At the end of season 4, the Oceanic Six (Jack, Kate, Sayid, Hurley, Sun, and Aaron) got off the island, which seemed to be a good thing since it disappeared and all. They decided they had to lie to everybody about everything in order to protect those who remained on the island.

Ben has told Jack that they need to go back to the island, all of them. First they’ll grab Locke’s body. Since he’s dead, he should be easy to convince. Next, Hurley should be pretty easy since he’s in a mental institution. Jack believes he needs to go back to the island because John told him that, if he didn’t, everybody on the island would die.

Going back three years to the day the island was moved, we see that Locke was standing there next to Richard until a bright light flashed. Then Richard disappeared. Dan and the others heading back on the boat were inside the radius and were moved with the others on the island. The freighter, however, is gone. Sawyer’s plans to go back to the camp are dashed when Bernard tells him there is no camp. Dan tells them the camp isn’t gone and that he needs to go somewhere manmade. He says the camp isn’t gone. It just hasn’t been built yet.

Some lawyers show up on Kate’s doorstep and ask for blood samples from her and her son to determine whether they’re actually related. They don’t divulge who they’re working for, but it’s enough to scare her. She throws them out and says to come back with the sheriff. While they’re off getting him, she tosses some stuff in a bag and grabs Aaron. Farewell house.

Dan doesn’t want to explain, so Sawyer slaps him. He compares the island to a skipping record, saying that Ben’s actions at the orchid station dislodged them from time.

Elsewhere on the island, Locke almost gets hit by a plane, the Nicaraguan one where Boone died. Not having learned his lesson from Boone’s collapse, he tries climbing up to it until shots are fired, striking him in the leg. It’s their old pal Ethan. John decides to tell him the truth, which is a bad idea. As Ethan prepares to shoot him, the bright light flashes again. At least the crazy guy with the gun is gone now, although the sun has gone down with it. Sawyer asks Dan when they are now. His response is that they’re either in the past or in the future. Brilliant answer.

Sun’s at an airport flying to LA. When the airport agent is checking her in, she asks her to wait there after taking her passport. Then they lock her in a room with Widmore. He wants to know about their “common interests.” She wants to kill Benjamin Linus, too.

As they’re watching the news, Ben and Jack hear that Hugo is being accused of killing someone. As for Hurley, he’s at a drive thru with Sayid, who Hugo suggests should get some more comfort food so he doesn’t have to go around shooting people. Sayid says he’s been working for Ben. To clear up any confusion about this, he tells him to do the opposite of whatever Ben tells him, should he ever have the misfortune of running into him again. After a shootout in which Sayid kills someone else, Hurley’s spotted with a gun in his hand. Hurley says they never should have left that island.

Dan and the others arrive at the hatch to find it’s all blowed up, which at least means they’re at a point after when they crashed on the island. He warns them that it’s not possible to change anything. If they try to do anything different, they will fail every time.

Locke gets up to find the plane upside down on the ground. Richard’s back, and he knows there’s a bullet in Locke’s leg. He told him he was shot. Or he will tell him that anyway. Like Dan, Richard doesn’t want to explain anything, but he warns him that he won’t recognize him the next time they meet, so he gives him a compass. Oh, and by the way, he’s going to have to die. Then there’s another flash, and the plane’s back where it was before.

The others are also back in time, and the hatch is back, albeit closed. Sawyer heads to the back door for some supplies, and he plans to get Desmond to let him in, except Desmond didn’t know him back then since they never met. Dan tells him to stop wasting his time because if it didn’t happen, it can’t happen. Sawyer doesn’t like that answer because everybody he cares about just blew up. Juliet wants to head back to the beach. When they get started, Charlotte’s nose begins bleeding. She says it’s nothing, but Dan doesn’t seem to agree. Having just told Sawyer not to bother banging on the door, he does so for 20 minutes, and Desmond finally answers, gun in hand. The rules don’t apply to Desmond because he’s special. Dan tells him that everybody is in danger and that he has to go back to Oxford and find his mother. Desmond wakes up from his island nightmare and knows it was real. He has to get to Oxford.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Lost Season 5 Episode 2 The Lie, which airs next on ABC.

Jericho Movie

Jericho wasn’t on the air for very long before it was cancelled (twice), which means there’s still more story to tell. Jericho executive producer Jon Turteltaub told iFMagazine that work is being done on a feature film.

“We’re developing a feature for JERICHO,” says Turteltaub. “It would not require you to have seen the TV show, but it get into life after an event like this on a national scale. It would be the bigger, full on American version of what’s going on beyond the town in Jericho.”

Would the TV cast return? “Oh yeah!”

Kyle XY Season 3 Episode 2

Kyle found out that Amanda’s kidnapping was just a test in Kyle XY Season 3 Episode 1. Latnok wanted to know how he’d be able to control his powers under stressful situations.

Kyle’s at the restaurant with Amanda as she cleans up after her shift. The lights go out, and he hears a noise. For some reason, she wanders off and is captured Cassidy. Then he wakes up. Safe and sound in his tub.

Lori has written 9 songs about Declan and Hillary making out, and she decides to hang out with Mark, who she forces to ask her out. He would asj her out if he weren’t afraid of her father, but he’s willing to take the risk and ask for permission.

When Kyle arrives at the fair to look for Amanda, she arrives late, but the bad news is that Cassidy happens to be there.

Nicole pays a visit to Jessi to talk to Sarah. She’ll be happy to wait, but she could be waiting a long time. Jessi tells her to go, but Nicole insists. The knife covered letter is probably a good place to start. Jessi asks her to not tell Kyle.

Amanda said she woke up not feeling well, but she just thinks it’s a spiked punch headache. She can’t remember anything about being at the afterparty. Josh, who is under the impression he’s a man now that he’s done the deed, covers up the fact that she really wasn’t there. Amanda wants Kyle to tell her the truth, so he makes up a story about how she wandered away from the school and passed out. Now she’s mad at him for lying to her. She’ll probably be mad again when she figures out that he lied to her again. At Andy and Josh’s recommendation, Kyle agrees to go see the psychic they just went to. She knows the only way to get to him is through those he loves, warning that his soulmate is in danger and that a white rabbit will swim tonight.

Strangely, Amanda decides to see Hillary for some advice and female bonding. Clearly the first woman she’s run into today. As for Hillary, she’s still pretending that kissing Declan didn’t mean anything. So they plan to shut themselves indoors and wallow in chocolate.

Nicole breaks and enters into Sarah’s apartment by pretending to be her and asking her landlord to let her in. She’s waiting for Jessi so that she can as her to come home with her and work on getting over her trust issues.

As Amanda and Hillary are preparing for girl’s night, Lori arrives.

Josh’s not so subtle routine of being all growed up isn’t lost on his dad, who finally figures out why Josh is acting the way he is. As Stephen’s letting out his anger, the doorbell rings. It’s Mark. He has the worst timing in the history of the universe, and Stephen denies him without hearing the question.

Kyle invites a fourth wheel to girl’s night, asking Jessi to do him a favor and go over there and keep an eye on Amanda. Bad timing for Lori, who had decided to bail about two seconds before getting the text that Jessi’s arriving. When Kyle calls to apologize to Jessi for not noticing she needed him, Amanda overhears their conversation, doesn’t want to be babysat, and wants to go out instead. At least Lori will be the babysitter instead.

Kyle calls Lori, who pretends it’s really Mark on the other end. Then Mark shows up. So Amanda’s mad at Lori, and then Hillary’s mad as well when she finds out Lori’s got a DJ on the side despite her Declan protests. Since Mark knows where they’re going, so does Cassidy.

Now that Josh’s dad knows (and he believes consequently his mom), Andy’s cutting Josh off.

When Hillary and Lori are having a chick fight with colored syrup, Kyle arrives to ask where Amanda is. She’s in line for the boat: White Rabbit. Kyle makes a mad dash for the boat when he sees something collapse. Amanda is fine. It’s Jessi who gets struck by the beam. As she’s recovering, Kyle tells her that, unlike Sarah, he would never just leave on her. Then she tells him she was looking after Amanda like he asked because she didn’t want to let him down.

Amanda’s wondering about the psychic’s prediction. The psychic said Kyle’s soulmate would be in danger, and it was Jessi who needed saving.

It turns out that the psychic was just paid off by Cassidy after all, though she did at least know that Kyle is special.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Kyle XY Season 3 Episode 3 Electric Kiss, which airs Monday at 9/8c on ABC Family.