The Closer 7.15 "Silent Partner" Review

Goldman (Curtis Armstrong) is in prison and talks to Reggie Moses (Dennis LA White).  He can appeal his death sentence and set up a new trial appeal for him.  All he needs to do is to prove the police officer who took his confession is corrupt, just as in the Rampart scandal.  When Reggie was arrested no one was trying to kill Turrell and he was blamed for the murder.  Reggie called his friends to tell them he was being released.  Goldman has a witness who can testify to this.  Brenda (Kyra Sedgwick) loses everything if he testifies and he'll be free.

Provenza (GW Bailey) tells Brenda and Gabriel (Corey Reynolds) they must sign in.  The Vic was parked illegally.  Taylor (Robert Gossett) was called, who in turn called Major Crimes. Cos the car was registered to Turrell Baylor.  James Turner was shot in the backseat four times.  Sanchez (Raymond Cruz) IDs him as a member of the 1-10 Cripps.  Flynn (Tony Dension) tells him Goldman's card was found in his pocket.

Pope (JK Simmons) says there's no connection to the Federal law suit and Brenda adds finding the card on his DB is a clue. Gabriel interrupts them yet again and mentions his friend who carried out a credit rating check for him, the info is untraceable.  Goldman was in Oakland and specifically at San Quentin.  Reggie made a call.  Buzz (Phillip P Keene) says the prison is sending them the audio file of the call to a disposable cell.  The audio file tells of 5 investigators on the case and one talks too much.  Gavin (Mark Pellegrino) says he is to be interviewed by Raydor (Mary McDonnell).

Goldman refuses to answer questions.  Raydor comments he signed in at the prison so his visit is a matter of public record.  Brenda says he has a good motive, meaning J Rock, the DB, was a witness to Turrell's murder.  He says he couldn't ID the gang members.  Raydor says Goldman is withholding their names.  Gabriel finds the cell is registered to a company in Seattle.

Brenda confronts Goldman, cos no one saw her leaving and offers him protection.  He refuses and she comments she'll know where to start looking if he doesn't show up for work.  He's afraid but doesn't admit it.  Gavin adds if Goldman knows the names then they can settle the lawsuit.  Raydor tells them Brenda wants to be cleared in court.  Pope wants to ensure Goldman doesn't wind up dead and he tells Brenda to also address the leak in the Division, "be aware of all the moving pieces on the board."

Sanchez finds the family already knew of J Rock's death.  Morales found he was shot by 9mm bullets.  Provenza tells Brenda that if Goldman doesn't give up the names, then he's not their problem.  Taylor says Turrell's mother would give J Rock the car.  Tao (Michael Paul Chan) found lots of prints in the car, especially inside.  Sanchez offers to show her what happened and she tells the others to listen to the audio tape as they converse privately in the car.  J Rock was killed by his own gang and this wasn't done without permission.  Brenda wants to follow the money.  Sanchez says they won't get the man in charge that way.

Brenda realizes the violence goes back to the store owner, Charlie.  They have to find out who paid for the funerals.  Sanchez suggests she should follow up without the others cos of the mole.  "if when you're not sure who you can trust Chief, don't trust anyone," which are Sanchez's words of wisdom.  She replies she knows them.  Boy they sure are making it difficult for us to figure out who the mole is with all these red herrings floating around.  It's okay for those who have watched it, but we've still got another 6 eps and I don't want to read anything until I figure it out myself 'til the end.  Provenza looks at Sanchez.

Fritz (Jon Tenney) wants her to figure out what she's doing here.  She asks if he wants her to give up "everything I own, or everything I am."  Charlie's daughter sold his store for three times it's value and was converted into a cell store by Marvin Evans (Jason George).  He covered the cost of the funerals.  Brenda tells Fritz he's the only one she can trust and he's happy he can actually help.  Adding if Goldman finds out about Marvin then so will the leak.

Brenda didn't order surveillance, it was requested by Raydor to protect Goldman.  There were 12 prints in the car belonging to Cripps' members.  Brenda wants the entire team watching the interview with Marvin.  Marvin's lawyer is Tommy Wong (Tom Choi) and Marvin isn't going to cooperate with her.  Notice how Taylor was last in the room along with Flynn.  Though don't suppose that means anything.  Brenda tells him he has to care about J Rock.  Fritz sends her a message she's 'good to go.'  Brenda tells him Goldman is implying he knows the names of Turrell's killers which could put him in danger.

Flynn says that didn't go well.  Raydor; "it all depends on what you think just  happened.  Goldman knows who Marvin is and she told him .  Marvin will put a contract out on him, which still changes nothing.  Brenda says protection can still be arranged and Goldman admits he knows the names.  Raydor tells him this isn't  a pre-trial conference.  Pope wants the list of Turrell's murderers who were Ided by J Rock.  Brenda: "so much for the conscience of the justice system.

C Jazz and Deloin have tickets to Vegas, Turner a trip to NY.  Bugsy was paid money.  Brenda goes off to finish the conversation with Marvin, her team can't know about it.  Well, she wouldn't go alone so obviously she's got something up her sleeve and it's not a wire.  She's not here to arrest him, which she wasn't but he searches her for wires.  J Rock was meant to expose Brenda and Marvin killed him for himself, not her.  Marvin ordered the hit on Turrell and that's when her troubles started.  Marvin didn't want him to talk.  Charlie was there for all of them and helped them survive.  Brenda wonders if Charlie would be proud of how he paid them back.  Goldman needs to go.  Their partnership is at an end and the FBI arrests him.  That's the message from Fritz, telling her his place was wired.

Ricky Turner shot his own brother.  Gavin has reached an agreement and Raydor wants her to read it anyway.  Brenda's name is dropped from the suit and Goldman is paid a million dollars.  Brenda doesn't agree with this.  Gavin says it doesn't matter if she agrees cos she's no longer being sued.  She doesn't want The Johnson Rule : a special order that states when the LAPD releases a suspect, they will not be released into a knowingly or hostile environment.  Brenda angrily fires Gavin.  The rule is disgraceful and "you're selling me out."  Which in effect they were.

Goldman is in danger when he leaves the building and Brenda wants Raydor to ask him to reveal the leak and order protection for him, whether he likes it or not.  Raydor calls it the 'honourable thing to do.'  Brenda: "it's the Johnson Rule."  Well, they were selling her out just to save themselves really and the LAPD.  Isn't the Johnson Rule a roundabout way of actually admitting Brenda was responsible for Turrell's death and that she knew he was in danger when she let him go.  Haven't they been denying that all along!

Another great episode of the show with yet more references to the leak but did Brenda really think Goldman will reveal who the leak is, when she told Raydor to ask him, they should be able to find this out for themselves, if they can catch criminals, surely they can come up with some sort of a trap to catch out the leak.  Loved the way Brenda used her police 'methods' she uses on suspects on Goldman, having the tables turned on him like that and putting him in danger was good to watch.  He deserved a little of his own medicine acting all high and mighty and as Brenda told him, it wasn't about justice at all.  It was making  a name for himself and taking that money too, re the settlement.

Sad to see they could hang Brenda out to dry like that with the Johnson Rule, after all she's done in her line of work and putting away dangerous criminals, she doesn't deserve this sort of treatment.  But this storyline was all for Kyra leaving the show.

Goldman mentions the Rampart case.  This was the revelation of widespread corruption in the LAPD's anti-gang division, Rampart Division of the late 1990's.  This was brought to light by Officer Perez, leading to convictions being overturned due to his testimony.  However the extent of the corruption is unknown as many cases have not been solved.

Amanda Tapping plays an Angel in Supernatural

Great news for Amanda Tapping fans and those who loved her in Stargate SG1 and Sanctuary as she has been cast as an angel in season 8 of Supernatural.  She plays Naomi and will be seen for the first time in the episode 8.7 A Little Slice of Kevin.  She is set to have a recurring role on the show.

Jeremy Carver who returned to the show this season as writer said she's "cool and mysterious, part of a new group of angels we've never seen before."  Wonder how Castiel (Misha Collins) will receive her as well as the Winchesters.  Apparently she's not altogether as she looks and has deeper issues.  Isn't that Cas all over again.  He seemed to be rational, naive and 'together' until he met the Winchesters, I jest.  Though he did unravel as the war in Heaven heated up.

Other Stargate SG1 actors who made it onto Supernatural include Michael Shanks in season 5 and Corin Nemec in season 6.  As was Kavan Smith in season 3.15 Time Is On My Side as a gym Vic.  Malcolm Stewart played Dollen on Stargate SG1 and was Aaron Fuller in Supernatural.  Ty Olsson played Col Barnes on Stargate SG1 and played Eli on Supernatural.  He returns to season 8 as Benny.  Andrew Airlie was Dr Carmichael, Kalan on Stargate SG1 and Larry Pike in Supernatural.  Colin Lawrence was Major Lawrence, Warren on Stargate SG1 and Jason, Reggie Hull on Supernatural.

Alex Zahara was Eggar, Iron Shirt, Michael, Shy One, Warrick Finn, Xe'ls on Stargate SG1 and was Vance in Supernatural.   Kwesi Ameyaw was a professor in the season 2 What Is and What Should Never Be.  In Stargate SG1 he was Olokun.  Adrian Holmes was a Special Operations sergeant in Stargate SG1 and was a Demon in Supernatural.  Garwin Sanford was Narim on Stargate SG1, one of Sam Carter's love interests and was Deacon in Supernatural.  Steve Bacic was Camulus and Major Coburn on Stargate SG1 and played Dr Sexy in the Supernatural episode Changing Channels.

Downton Abbey Series 3 Episode 1

Series/season 3 of Downton Abbey opened with news that Robert Earl of Grantham (Hugh Bonneville) has lost his investments in a pre-war railroad investment and practically all of Cora's (Elizabeth McGovern) inheritance.  Which comes as a blow especially with Mary (Michelle Dockery) and Mathhew's (Dan Stevens) wedding so close.  Spelling the arrival of Sybil (Jessica Brown-Findlay) and husband Tom Branson (Allen Leech) in tow, ensuring friction is never far behind in this show.  Not forgetting the arrival of grandmama Martha (Shirley Maclaine) to add her two cents worth.  Was that harsh? As she introduces herself as being "an American"  Just to ensure the point gets home.

Robert breaks the money news, or lack of, to Cora, who wants him to hold off telling Mary.  As we all know Mary will marry into money.  Yet another thing for the two lovebirds to argue over, as you know that's brewing too.  Seems to me there was some trouble in paradise there as soon as the show began, almost got the impression they didn't want to marry after all, which is confirmed when Mary after finding out Matthew may inherit money left to him by Swire, urges him to keep it to help poor old papa keep Downton.  Well, he's going to be part of the family now.  Their argument being overheard by Edith (Laura Carmichael).

Yes Edith who is still pining over Sir Anthony (Robert Bathurst) and seems to be throwing herself at him every chance she gets.  He however, is oblivious to this.  Lots of goings on downstairs too, with the help getting into a tizzy over having to bow to a lowly chauffeur, Branson, when he arrives!  Carson (Jim Carter) point blank refusing to play valet to him, as does Thomas (Rob James-Collier).  This is seen by his arrival and Branson clearly sticks out like a sore thumb in his 'ordinary' suit.  He won't waste money on 'appropriate' attire so as not to become "one of them."  Sybil thanks Robert for sending her the money which obviously he hasn't cos there's none to send!

Lots of goings on about Branson not having a proper morning coat or tails for dinner and he refuses to get one even when his wife asks him to.  Now he's not into all that refinery but if she asked him, he could have made an effort instead of looking like a scruff.  This was left to the Dowager Countess (Maggie Smith) to take it upon herself to get him wear a proper suit for the wedding, albeit one of Matthew's hand-me-downs.  Again he objects to this and Isobel (Penelope Wilton) and the Dowager after listening to his objections, insists he's getting the new suit.

Cue the arrival of Lord Merton (Douglas Reith) and Larry (Charlie Anson) an old beau of Sybil's so naturally there'll be lots of jibes and jokes there at Branson's expense.  Again shown when Larry remarks on Branson's luggage being lost which explains his clothes.  Branson replies it wasn't lost unlike his manners.  Sir Anthony spots Larry getting up to something, which is revealed at the dinner table when Branson goes into a rant about politics and the Brits yet again, appearing drunk.

Sir Anthony capturing Edith's heart all over again as he defends Branson when he tells everyone Larry put something in his drink, a pill, making him appear drunk.  To which Larry's father Lord Merton objects in the strongest possible terms and Matthew asks Branson to be his best man. A favour returned by Branson when he talks Matthew into marrying Mary after their blew as he wouldn't be happy without her as long "as she roamed the earth."  As he wasn't without Sybil.  They're marrying/married into the family and need to stick together.

Thomas and O'Brien (Siobhan Finneran) are at loggerheads, what happened to their conniving alliance of two series.  Thomas now valet to Robert doesn't want to help new footman Albert (Matt Milne) fast track his way into being a valet. Daisy (Sophie McShera) is in a sulk as she wasn't made Mrs Patmore's (Lesley Nichol) assistant and there was money enough to hire Albert but not a maid to take her place.

Bates (Brendan Coyle) is still in prison with scenes interspersed with Anna (Joanne Froggat)  visiting him there, just so we know he's still around. She finds a journal written in Vera's handwriting and they again discuss the issues surrounding her suicide.  He also tells her to go on the honeymoon with Mary and Matthew to the South of France for them and to make some memories for them.  Seems nothing much happened with the case then, which is being dragged out.

Robert finally accepts Branson into the family and Sybil finds out it was the Dowager herself who sent them the money so she could come over for the wedding with her husband.  Which is news to everyone.

I found this episode to be a little slow off the mark and not quite the same as the other two.  Though it did have its moments such as the arguments, over politics, over money, it didn't have the same feel to it.  Wonder if there will be any point to the marriage seeing as Dan Stevens has said he may not be back for another series, wishing to make his mark on Hollywood. He doesn't like the way in which they're only given a few scripts so they don't know what's happening throughout the series.

Still hope it does get better as we hit the roaring twenties and roaring they were as far as all the arguing, ranting and raving that was going on.

CSI:NY Personal Relationships in Season 9

Isn't it great when you can predict the future, ha, or at least what will happen with your fave character, glad to see I was right on both counts, especially with Flack (Eddie Cahill) and the upcoming new season 9.  In my last blog entry about CSI:NY season 9 stories, I mentioned a new detective Lovato (Natalie Martinez) and that hopefully she wouldn't become Flack's new love interest, agh, I'll eat my words!!  Cos that's exactly what is happening.  NOOOO and I also said she'd be like Angell (Emmanuelle Vaugier) and she is, even in terms of looks.

It's not fair maybe I should keep my mouth shut, but where's the fun in that?  Come on, the poor guy needs to get away from work and meeting women at work in a romantic capacity.  Anyway, Pam Veasey told XFinityTV.com exactly what I wrote!   Saying, "There may be a hot, little fire going on between these two...he can't resist what is just inevitable."  Yeah he can, by meeting someone else, ha.  Yes I did write my blog entry before reading this article if anyone's curious.  Also that Lavato would be Flack's type.  Oh well isn't that just transferring what feelings he still had for Angell to her instead as she is similar to Angell.

This was in response to the show taking a more in depth look at the character's personal lives, well they didn't have to get so personal with Flack, ha.
She added, "this year we thrown caution to the wind, and take a left turn - either on the concept of the episode or the lives of our characters - so the audience goes, 'Wow!  That is satisfying.'"

Also re Mac (Gary Sinise) and his shooting, he will have psychological scars from his shooting and the fallout from that to deal with.  As for his relationship with Christine (Megan Dodds) Veasey said, he needed to move on from Claire (Jamie Ray Newman) and now he will be "making a continued pursuit, driving toward that relationship.  He did need Claire to say, 'Go, don't give up on this.  Don't give up on the hard stuff.'"

Let's hope the producers and writers also do this and make the season as good as the other 8 seasons!

Actually what about poor Adam (AJ Buckley) when's he going to get a love interest, it'd be great to see him stumbling and bumbling about in his lovable character trait, trying to balance everything at once and still be the Adam we know and love!  He misses out yet again, especially since he is an important part of the show as well.  He needs to be shown some appreciation!

CSI: Miami 10.9 "A Few Dead Men" Review

1992 Tripp (Rex Linn) in uniform at the time, comes across a murder, a DB of a boy tied to a tree, tortured and murdered, that of Troy Faber (Spencer List).  With Tripp's reaction, he vomits after finding him, it appears this is his first chancing upon such a gruesome murder in his capacity as a police officer.  Three other teens were arrested and charged with his murder.

2011 the three men charged with his murder are released after the main witness recants his statement and they hold a press conference with singer, Kayla Bledsoe (Susie Abromeit) one of their supporters.  Toby's parents are disgusted and Horatio (David Caruso) has to prevent Toby's father, Bruce (David Andrews) from attacking the three.  Tripp has to lead them away to safety and he's clearly disgusted over that.

A party ensues at Kayla's mansion where she seems to be 'free' with them.  One of them, Rocco (Mac Brandt) is killed in the bathroom, the Vic of an apparent copycat killing.  He's stabbed several times, ME Tom (Christian Clemenson) counts ten wounds.  The murder is exactly the same MO as Toby's, including having his genitals cut.  A piece of info that was never released.  Walter (Omar Miller) thinks that as the crime happened a while ago, that things happen overtime, such as parents or other people talking.  There's an impression on Rocco's pants which Ryan (Jonathan Togo) analyzes as belonging to the Shadow Elite, a knife issued to members of this group of Marines.  Bruce happens to be a member, surprise, surprise.  He asks Horatio what he would do if it had been his son.  Horatio being quite flippant or arrogant replies he wouldn't get caught.  Well he hasn't thus far.

Toby's mother, Connie (Michelle Greene) admits she stabbed Rocco, but only once.  Calleigh (Emily Procter) stops Kayla's trailer as she leaves and questions her but she doesn't talk with Ryan around.  Then says Victor raped her.  A sex kit is taken at the hospital and Calleigh tells her, one thing she hates are liars.  Don't know about a male conducting the exam, especially after what she had gone through and she didn't even object to it.  That was insensitive to say the least, not to mention intrusive.  Why couldn't Calleigh do it for herself like they used to before; like Catherine and Sara in CSI or Stella in CSI:NY.

Connie didn't kill Rocco and the other stab wounds are found to be caused by a different blade.  Walter notices some trace on Rocco's leg, which ME Tom either didn't see or didn't get round to finding yet.  When analyzed, it's revealed as being dried blood belonging to Toby.  Therefore he was killed with the same murder weapon, said murder weapon never being found.

Tripp and Horatio need to find the other two and this leads them to Zach Anderson (Josh Coxx) a supporter of Darren's who was also on the same track team.  He refuses to give the location of his boat, which Victor escaped on, throwing Darren (David Meunier) into the water.  Darren having said the boat belongs to a friend.  Zack refuses to give his phone to Tripp, allowing Tripp to use some 'persuasive' measures - he grabs the phone from him and pinpoints the location of the boat.  Zack feels some affinity towards Darren as he too could have been falsely accused.

Horatio warns Calleigh that Victor is headed her way, where she wields her gun at him but he gives her the slip, not surprised in those heels, was she really going to give chase in those, no wonder she gives up at the top of the stairs.  Victor is confronted by Horatio and he shoots him as he takes hold of a woman hostage.  Calleigh and Tripp go over the old case files at the station and Tripp confesses this was his first murder case which has affected him deeply.  Calleigh thinks the murder weapon could still be in the woods, which no one thought about all those years ago.  Here Ryan finds a piece of metal embedded in the root of the tree which is coated with zinc and is identified as a javelin belonging to Darren.

Thus Horatio is convinced Darren is guilty. He tells them he overheard Rocco and Victor at the party when  found at Toby's grave.  They admitted to killing Toby and ruined his life in the process.  Toby was going to tell coach about their PCP use.  Tripp is kind of glad to see Rocco dead and he doesn't hide his contempt towards these men, believing they are guilty.  Horatio having the 'forgiveness' question asked him again by Victor before he dies, as with Memmo.  Horatio tells Victor he won't be forgiven.

Darren found his javelin at the CS and exacted his own revenge on Rocco and Victor.  Yet this revenge lands him back in prison again.  So was it worth it?  It could be said he has nothing to lose since he spent over half his life in prison anyway paying for something he didn't do, so now he'll spend time there for something he did.  He thanks Horatio for taking care of Victor for him.

Tripp takes Troy's photo from evidence and places it at the tree where he was found.  He tells Horatio he'll never get over this case with Horatio adding that's what makes him a good man.  (Can't say much the same about the others or Horatio, seeing as how their characters have changed so dramatically over the years, as they terrorize suspects and enact a kind of vigilante justice.  Not the behaviour of officers or CSIs at all.) Also seen by Horatio's reply to Bruce, "I wouldn't have got caught."  Sums up entirely what the show has become really.  Reinforcing the CSI's tactics towards suspects and also how they have fallen from being good CSIs.

Tripp doesn't get such episodes too often and when he does, he conveys his emotions strongly. The same can be said when he gets the more funny lines and scenes; as in the vampire episode 10.6 By The Book.

This episode was CSI: Miami's take on the case of the West Memphis Three.  The three also were allowed an Alford plea where they speak their innocence whilst still reaffirming that if there is a re-trial, there is sufficient evidence for a conviction.  No such problem here though.

The Memphis Three were accused of killing as part of a satanic ritual, had long hair and were listeners of heavy metal.  They were released after 20 years on the undertaking they could not sue for wrongful imprisonment.

Doctor Who 7.3 "A Town Called Mercy" Review

"When I was a child my favourite story was about a man who lived forever, but whose eyes were heavy with the weight of all he'd seen.  A man who fell from the stars."  Could also be a reference to the Doctor (Matt Smith) himself.

A craft lands on a  planet where it's met by some sort of a cyborg telling the occupant to "make peace with your gods." Before firing upon him as he reaches for his gun.  Of course Terminator would come to mind with a blue eye substituted for red.  The Doctor arrives in Mercy with Rory (Arthur Darvill) and Amy (Karen Gillan) already in tow.  Apparently they were heading to Mexico to see the Day of the Dead festival, which is kind of appropriate under the circumstances.  Especially when the gun toting cyborg will shoot anyone who crosses the line out of Mercy and threatens the entire town with this fate later on.

The Doctor notices something's not quite right in Mercy as there are electric lamps which are flickering and the Doctor puts right with he use of his trusty Sonic.  Question being, where they always flickering or did they begin that only after the three arrived?  The Doctor asks for a cup of tea in the saloon (no Custard Creams or Jammie Dodgers though.)  This is music to the townspeople's ears, well sort of, and as he's a Doctor he's marched out of town and made to cross the line.  The cyborg approaches in random flashes but he's not the Doctor he's after.  A man holds a gun and brings the Doctor back in.

In the sheriff's office he introduces himself as Issac (Ben Browder).  Amy reminds the Doctor he is still an alien.  A man behind bars admits to being the Doctor the cyborg is after.  His name is Kahler Jex (Adrian Scarborough).  His ship was damaged when he crashed here and being the Doctor and helpful soul that he is, he offers to repair his ship for Jex.

The Doctor comes up with a plan, that being Issac dresses as Jex and takes Rory along with him as bait to lure the cyborg after them, whilst the Doctor looks for the ship.  To do that, he needs a horse, who the Preacher (Byrd Wilkins) tells him is called Joshua.  The Doctor corrects him, he speaks Horse and the horse is called Susan.

The Doctor comes across an electric wire and this leads him to the ship, which isn't danged at all.  Meanwhile Rory and Issac are shot at by the cyborg and are pinned behind rocks for cover.  The Doctor access the shop's personal files after overriding the self destruct.  He realizes Jex is a scientist who experimented on people who lost their lives in the process.  Kahler Mas, the cyborg (Dominic Kemp) is his creation, which went wrong.  He is hunting down Jex for his crimes.

Here the story becomes a bit of Frankenstein's monster.  As well as being a reflection of the Doctor's own past as far as killing is concerned.  Jex even tells the Doctor that his own life mirrors that of the Doctor, in yet another dark moment.  The Doctor accuses him of being a murderer but Jex responds he's "a scientist."  Believing himself to be a war hero.  Many have been killed in the hopes of making things better, which is familiar to both.

The Doctor takes Jex from the cell and forces him to cross the  line, making himself out ot be as bad as Jex.  Amy wants him to not do this and Rory is in agreement with the Doctor.  The Doctor once again demonstrating his dark side, having no tolerance for murderers (a point he proved last episode.)  That was the only bit of darkness we saw since in no time at all, he's back into comedic Doctor mode.  The cyborg comes for Jex and Issac rushes to push him over the line, only to be shot in his place; making the Doctor sheriff before he dies.

The Doctor comes up with yet another plan but not before he's confronted by one of the men who wants to give Jex to the cyborg, as they no longer agree with Issac's decision.  The Doctor talks him out of it as he's here to help them, adding, "give me a Dalek anyday" than people.  Yeah he won't be seeing a Dalek anytime soon.  Amy reminds him this is what happens when he's without a companion for long periods of time.  So meeting at high noon, the Doctor tries to outsmart the cyborg by having as many people with painted faces similar to Jex running around the town as decoys, enabling Jex to reach his ship.

Jex however grows a semblance of a conscience and sets the ship to self destruct so Mas can't follow him anymore.  Begging the question of what the whole purpose was in getting Issac killed if he just wanted to end it all anyway.  Jex could have done that a long time ago and saved everyone the rouble. Many have asked the point of this episode.

Amy and Rory decide to head back home as they've been gone a long time and their friends will begin to notice they're ageing faster than them.  They've never had that problem before (a hint for the next episode.)

Mas decides he's fulfilled his purpose and will set to self destruct also as he's only a killing machine.  He can't go back to his world, as he's a "creature of war - no role to play during peace."
Doctor: "except maybe to protect it."  The Doctor wanted to take Amy and Rory to see the dogs and monkeys that were first sent up in space.

"By the time the gunslinger arrived, the people of Mercy were used to the strange.  Where he came from didn't matter as someone once said, 'America is a land of second chances.'  Do I believe the story, I don't know, my great grandmother must have been a little girl when he arrived, but next time you're in Mercy, ask someone why they don't have a sheriff, a marshall or a police officer there.  'We got our own arrangement' they'll say.  Then they'll smile like they've got a secret.  Like they've got their own special angel watching out for 'em.  Their very own angel who fell from the stars."

apparently they arrived in Mercy when Rory left crumbs whilst eating at the console which the Doctor disapproves of.  Matt Smith excels once again as the Doctor's dark side takes over.  The anger is always ready to implode or explode onto the scene.  At least he gets to don a Stetson once more, even if it is bullet ridden as in 6.1 The Impossible Astronaut.  Also got Issac (from Farscape and Stargate SG1) to mention his bowtie.  Many were impressed with Ben Browder actually being in a Doctor Who episode.  Which was a bit Westworld meets Terminator meets Doctor Who.

This episode was filmed in Almeria, Spain and was written by Toby Whithouse who also wrote season 6's The God Complex, one of my fave eps, School Reunion (2006) and The Vampires of Venice (season 5) (See my comments for that episode elsewhere in my blog.)

The Doctor mentioning he knows what happens when his mercy is on show: mercy towards the Daleks et al; it comes back to haunt him several times over.  A lot of mentioning of the Daleks since they are meant to be gone forever from the show.  It's also his other actions which come back to haunt him, like taking lives especially as he used to say "no one dies today" very frequently and he hasn't said it at all recently.  He says, here, "today I honour the victims first."  In much the same way he did in the previous episode.

The Wild West hasn't been seen in a Doctor Who episode since The Gunfighters (1966) so it was long overdue, even if it was cliched in places.  Matt Smith said of Ben Browder that he made " a good cowboy...with...that great drawl."  The Doctor carries a gun and he hates those as once again he battles his own morality with the situation he encounters.  It would have been better if we saw more of Amy and Rory who were relegated to the sidelines, especially since  they'll be gone soon!

By the way, was meant to mention this in my review of the previous episode but did you notice the flickering lightbulbs in each of the three eps.  In Asylum of the Daleks the light bulb was flickering just before Amy got abducted by the Dalek in her dressing room.  In the dinosaur ep, Rory and his father were replacing the lightbulbs in their home and also at the end when they returned.  This ep, the town has flickering bulbs in the lanterns.  Wonder if that's some sort of foreboding for the future, re the departure of the two, or whether it's just coincidental.  Anyway, have to look out for that occurrence in the next episode.

CSI: NY Season 9: More Photos and Guests

With less than 2 weeks to go until the season 9 premiere of CSI:NY on 28th September 2012, more photos have been revealed from the episode to air on 5th October, Where There's Smoke... continued on from the season's first episode Reignited as they chase serial arsonist, Leonard Brooks.

Gotta say, Flack (Eddie Cahill) looks positively beguiling, even when he 'dons' (my great pun!) that cute frown on his face.  Well, you know me, I had to say it!!

Don't know what to make of the new detec though, Jamie Lavato (Natalie Martinez) as long as she's not another detective love interest for Flack we're okay with that!  Come on, I mean another detective after Angell (Emmanuelle Vaugier) let's give him some credit for having a private life that doesn't revolve around work or female detects!

Yep the CSI's (Sela Ward, Carmine Giovinazzo, Hill Harper, Gary Sinise) are all gathered and ready to impart some serious forensic justice!

Other guests signed up for the show include Meredith Monroe as April, a mother whose son has been missing for 20 years, reports Zap2it.  This is the fifth ep and is also the one flashing back to Flack and his sister, Sam (Kathleen Monroe) when they were both younger, with their father.  Marilyn has been in Criminal Minds.  Another two cases the team must solve which span a multitude of years.

Tara Summers from Ringer, also guests in an ep later on where she plays a psychiatrist, Dr Carly Emerson, whose patients are killed.

Desperate Housewives - 7.22: "And Lots of Security..." Review

Susan is questioned about Paul's poisoning. Lee tells Bree that Chuck is gay and Lynette and Tom's reconciliation weekend ends in disaster, signifying the end of their marriage.

Mary Alice: (Brenda Strong) "Susan Delfino (Teri Hatcher) had always played by the rules...obeyed every label...performed her civic duties.   So when she was questioned about the poisoning of Paul Young (Mark Moses) Susan was more than a little upset." Susan is asked her age by the detective and she asks why he wants to know that.   She lies by saying she's 38 and says Felicia (Harriet Sansom Harris) poisoned Paul.   The detective still thinks Susan was Felicia's accomplice, as she was the one who delivered the food.   She liked Paul's wife, she gave her a kidney.   Which the detective adds was Paul's fault since he caused the riot in the lane and suspects Susan poisoned the school since she didn't get her job back.   Mary Alice: "Yes, Susan Delfino had always played by the rules...she was about to find out, this wasn't a game."

Mary Alice: "Sometimes it's the little things that make us feel secure...an old friend at bedtime...small comforts are up against big challenges..."  Lynette (Felicity Huffman) thinks they should have gone away ages ago.   Chuck (Jonathan Cake) wants to wait to be with Bree (Marcia Cross) until after his divorce comes through.   Bree kisses him.   Bob (Tuc Watkins) tells Susan evidence was found at her house, but Susan insists she was framed.   Mike (James Denton) admits Felicia called him from prison and offered him money to kill Paul.   He considered it and there was a time when he would've killed Paul for free.

Juanita (Madison De La Garza) is eating again and Gaby (Eva Longoria) is being watched.  Carlos (Richardo Antonio Chavira) is away on business and they both want him to bring them something back.   Gaby asks Bree for a gun and states she lets Bree borrow things all the time.   She'd like a small gun, the type Nancy Reagan would use.   The detective calls Felicia in for questioning and she gets worried.   Lynette suggests they should go candle-making.   Tom (Doug Savant) would rather work things out and talk, that's what they're here for.   They meet Lisa (Erin Hayes) and Andy (Jonathan Scarfe) who are here for the third time, agreeing to go candle-making with them.

Mike is adamant that of all the people who want Paul dead, Susan isn't one of them.   Lee (Kevin Rahm) asks Bree about Chuck and wants all the gossip, he tells her Chuck is definitely gay.  He saw "Detective Hottie at the gay bar."  Lee has a 'homographic memory.' They haven't been together yet and thinks Chuck needs a girlfriend for show.   Lee: "Time of gay: 11.21."  Tom and Lynette avoid being alone and he accuses Lynette of always stealing his punchline.   Lynette knows how to tell a story and he's always complaining about money, but she was the one who wanted him to take the job in the first place.   (Makes you wonder if Tom doesn't think he'd have been better off with Renee (Vanessa Williams.) Just a thought.)

Chuck is free for dinner and introduces Bree to his work colleagues.   She looks at photos of Chuck and Pete, they were partners for 9 years.   Bree getting the wrong end of the stick with the word 'partners'.   Pete transferred and she thinks Chuck was in love with him.   Gaby attends gun classes and the instructor asks if she could fire a gun, shoot him and live with killing him.   She leaves.   Paul cleared Susan of the poisoning and he's leaving, he doesn't belong here and the past caught up with him.   Susan believes he's a good person and he could start over.

Bree takes Chuck to a gay bar for a nightcap and Chuck attempts to explain he's not gay.  He worked here undercover and he loved Pete like a brother, but Pete had an affair with his wife.   She wants Chuck to mess up and he doesn't want to sleep with Bree until after the divorce.   Lee was wrong so much for his gaydar.   Gaby eats a snack and replaces the empty box back on the supermarket shelf.   Yeah, the number of people who get away with doing that!  A man follows her.   She wants to look at the security footage claiming someone took her purse.   It's her stepfather, Alejandro (Tony Plana)  he's meant to be dead.  Said that was him last episode.   Gaby fires a gun in class.

Lisa and Andy are fed up of Tom and Lynette who just want to tag along with them, they want to be alone.   Knew Felicia would go after Paul, this storyline wouldn't end that easily.   Tom and Lynette resort to weather speak, just grasping at straws.   Lynette recalls if they were in a room together twenty years ago, they wouldn't talk about the weather.   She doesn't think Tom's trying and he gives her a ring, he changed the stone for a real diamond.   He recalled he'd give "her a decent ring someday."  But Lynette never being satisfied with anything, liked the old ring.   She joked about the ring but still loved it.   Tom is out of ideas on what to do.   Lynette says they've survived so much, so why can't they get out of this bind.   Tom doesn't like what's happening to them.

Felicia threatens Paul with a syringe through the heart, whilst she's slowly poisoning him on the drip.   She speaks with Beth's ashes, who she claims was always here.  Susan sees them.   Felicia demands repentance from Paul for Martha, but she drove Mary Alice to suicide, Paul isn't sorry for her, Martha got what she deserved and Felicia records what he says as a confession.   They'll find him dead and this video.   Paul will always think she's crazy.   Sirens are heard but it's just MJ's car.   Anyway, Paul doesn't actually confess to killing Martha, since he only says she deserved what happened to her.   Felicia attacks Susan and Paul strangles Felicia.   Susan wants him to stop, letting her escape again in the process.   But she can't be that lucky can she.   Paul killed Martha, he wants to be that man again and gives the police a statement.

Mary Alice: "A sense of security is something we all search for; whether it's knowing we're desired...taking control of our fears or finding the strength to do the right thing - but the danger of a sense of security is that it may prove to be false."  Felicia knocks over the urn with Beth's ashes in the car and drives into a truck.   Will that be the end of her.

Coming to the end of the season, things were a little rushed to say the least.   Bree finding someone else already, whereas she would've mourned  and moped for a lot longer.   Paul admitting he killed Martha, so what happened to him and is Felicia really dead.   Also Susan conveniently getting back her house when Paul was so reluctant to leave.   Finally Tom and Lynette just fed up with each other, when not that long ago she was seducing him into taking the new job and doing his office up for him.   That was fast moving on their parts, especially after not wanting their children to be affected by their marriage failure.

CSI: NY - 7.16: "The Untouchable" Review

Mac is abducted and warned off an investigation. Finding a DB in an alley of someone he knew, he is determined to find her killers and solve the murder she told him about a year earlier.

A couple dump a hooded man in an alley, who turns out to be Mac (Gary Sinise).   That didn't come as a shock but more of  a surprise.   Since if it had been someone else, they most probably wouldn't have been dumped alive.   He was tasered in the neck and they threaten to shoot him next time.  Should've recognized his striped shirt!  He calls on the emergency phone and asks for Jo (Sela Ward) at the New York crime lab.

48 hours earlier.    A DB of a woman in an alley is found, Flack (Eddie Cahill) says by uniforms.   Jo thinks she died from an overdose.   Danny (Carmine Giovinazzo) finds traces of heroine and candy wrappers on the ground beside her.   Lindsay (Anna Belknap) doesn't find any prints on the syringe, most likely wiped down.  Mac knows her and IDs her as Tessa James (Kate Towne).   Jo questions Mac, "...enough of this quiet man crap."  Mac tells her Tessa would always find him; he met her almost a year ago, which he terms a "series of strange encounters."  Jo thinks it may have been romantic, that was funny for a brief moment.  

Tessa believed she was being followed and she can trust Mac, she saw him in the paper.   She describes a woman with purple feathers and blood on her face.   She saw bright lights and angels.   Men carried the woman away.   She is dead.   Mac couldn't find Tessa, only that she was fired from her job.   Jo thinks she could be suffering from extreme OCD.   He didn't have any proof of her story, but he believed her, because of his gut.   Jo comments about Mac telling the others to use their heads and not their hearts, but he corrects her, I said my gut."  Which is not the same thing at all.   Yes recall him telling Stella (Melina Kanakaredes) to use her head and not her heart, in one investigation all the way back to season 1 in the episode Creatures of the Night.   Mac: "City's the city...  use your head and not your heart."

Sid (Robert Joy) found heroin in Tessa's system, but no other drugs and no track marks, just one injection mark on her arm.   Mac doesn't think she was an addict.   All organs were healthy and the injection site was on her left arm, but she's left-handed so someone else injected her.   Mac says her death was disguised, she was  murdered.   Lindsay wonders if it's a grease stain on Tessa's coat.   Danny, "...hope it's that given where we found her."  That wasn't a nice thing to say from either of them and excuse me, Lindsay, urine would stink!  What, did she have a blocked nose.   Danny finds a paint chip in the seam of her jeans.   (Something or another is always found in, or on the jeans.)

Hawkes (Hill Harper) analyzes it to find layers of other paint underneath.  There was lead in the first layer, the others were more recent and lead free.  Mac guesses the building was painted before 1953-1983.   Hawkes found the more recent paints were industrial.   Cue Lindsay butting in, with sulphur dioxide being found in killer smog, between 1953-1966, the stains on her coat show she came into contact with this smog.   Danny finds the price tag on the sweater was made in the 1970's.   Mac recalls Tessa carried a 'Braggmans' paper bag.   Leading to where she lived.

Flack, Jo and Mac check out the building, a sky bridge near to Braggmans.   With lots of clippings on the wall, along with masks and photos.   (I thought of Mardi Gras before Jo says it, cos of Tessa's reference to purple feathers.)  Flack: "I don't think the elevator goes to the top floor, if you know what I mean."  Why give him that line, it implies Tessa was crazy and she wasn't.  Mac spots a green napkin with a logo, which Hawkes discovers is an 'L' and a 'T' for 'loyalty and trust,' belonging to the Vonner Club.   Lindsay has to be given yet more lines, asking Mac if there was any hard evidence indicating Tessa witnessed a murder.   Mac replies there's nothing to disprove she didn't.   (She didn't actually witness a murder, she witnessed a body removal.)  She wasn't delusional but Tessa was murdered for what she knew.   Mac comes up with Tessa not being delusional now, but was silent when Flack had that line to say earlier on.

Jo comments you need to be a billionaire boy and know the funny handshake to get in.   Mac asks her why she's got a problem with gentlemen's clubs, being a Southern girl.   It's not the clubs she has the problem with, but with gentlemen "who may have committed murder."  Mac recalls Tessa saying it was cold and asks what time of year is on the clippings.   February 17; which Jo connects to Mardi Gras.   They need to know how the club celebrated.   Mac asks the manager of the club, Keith de Young (Matt Corboy) for a guest list and they need to look around.   The club does have a room with bright lights and angels.   Mac uses ALS to search for blood.   Flack observes there being plenty of sex taking place, so the VIP room means something else.   Mac replies sex isn't a crime, oh but it can be.   He finds blood spatter on the wall, suggesting a GS wound.

A woman falls in front of Mac on the road, so we're back to what happened 48 hours later and he notices a black SUV in the mirror.   He is tasered when he gets out.   (Roadside abductions seem to be the norm for CSIs, as Calleigh (Emily Procter) and Ryan (Jonathan Togo) also got abducted in a similar fashion in CSI:Miami.)  He's put into the back and he describes what he felt and heard to Flack and Jo.   He felt the seats, he didn't see the woman, he got fibres under his fingernails from the car and he felt metal under his shoulder.   In a reversal, it's Mac who now becomes the Vic and has to be processed by Jo for evidence and there's plenty of that.   Jo thinks there could have been trace transfer onto his shoulder and takes a sample, revealing a licence plate.   Jo: "...all the little details that criminals never pay attention to...I love this job."  Which manages a smile from Flack.

Danny sends the photos from the wall to Adam (AJ Buckley) to compare with the guest list from the club, but none of them match.   Mac surmises they had a smaller party of their own.   Well they did, in the VIP room.   He recalls Tessa telling him about three men with a girl: a "crying man with white hair; muscle guy with a tiger."  Jo notices the Stratford candy wrapper on the wall, similar to the candy wrappers found at the CS.   Tessa brought them there.    The inside of the wrapper reads, 'Comisky'.   Which Danny alludes to Charles Comisky and the Chicago 'Black Sox' incident, referring to the Chicago White Sox team.   Lindsay has to get the comment about Danny being obsessed with baseball, which we already know from past episodes and also because Carmine is a huge baseball fan.   It was going to be his intended profession.   Tessa mentioned George Weaver, the third baseman for the team.   They threw the World Series in 1919.   Danny refers to them as the bad guys.  

Whittaker owned the team, like Matthew Stratford (Don Fischer) owns the confectionery company.   He's the "white-haired man" Tessa described.   Lindsay recalls all the articles on the wall are about death, except for one about Derek Perry (Jon Fleming) who is Weaver.   Perry was suspended from baseball for a year after taking cocaine.   Gleason saw Tessa.   Danny tells them Billy Gleason was the manager of the Sox, so he's the manager of the club.   This is how Tessa put together all the bad guys.   The manager of the club wanted the fact he gave Mac the list kept quiet.   They exchanged cards.

Flack says they found the luxury car service with the number plate.   Mac recognizes the man's voice and he attempts to hide between the cars.   Was he really getting out of there, apparently not.   He almost shoots Flack and he just happen to knew that Flack would look under the cars at the particular moment!  Peter (Steve Richard Harris) doesn't talk, he'll be killed.   His accomplice, the woman,  is also arrested.   Flack comments, they "work together, play together, kidnap cops together."  Lindsay throws her weight around, now they've got her conducting an interrogation with Jo, oh dear.    The manager denies seeing Tessa, but he's bad with faces.   So how come he described Tessa to them so they could find and kill her!  Tessa delivered papers to the club.   He feels sick.   Jo tells him to go ahead, she's used to it as she's got two children of her own and was covered in it for most of he life.   Lindsay has to agree.

Sid finds the Jane Doe Mac asked him to look for, a strangulation on February 16.   In the flashback, Mac says February 17.   Her DNA matches the blood found at the club.   She had cocaine in her system and blood in her nasal cavity.  She OD-ed and was strangled.   She had a tattoo on her arm, which is the symbol Tessa drew.   Hawkes examines the buttons from Jane Doe's coat and Adam finds a foreign print on one of the buttons, matching to the manager, of course.   That wasn't a surprise.   He had to know what was going on there.   He didn't kill Jane Doe, but he let them know about Tessa.

Mac says his compassion gave him away.   They matched his print from the card he gave Mac.   He let Tessa in and she saw them carry her out.   Perry and Stratford left him to clean up the mess.   The manager saw Tessa and he took his gloves off to button Jane Doe's coat as it was so cold outside, when he dumped her.   Flack's look on his face when arresting Stratford, turning his nose up at that club and rightly so.   It was left to Danny to arrest Perry, so not one of his baseball heroes!  Also the cocaine connection should have been made to Perry earlier on.   Sid tells Mac she'll be buried in a pine box as she didn't have any friends or family to make a formal ID.   Mac sees the clipping on her wall with his name and 'trust' written on it.   Mac says he's her friend and identifies her as Tessa James.   In contrast to the first Jane Doe, who will be buried as such.

An episode also showing Mac's compassion for Tessa too and especially when she became a Vic herself, of the very people she was attempting to get arrested for Jane Doe's murder in an ironic twist of fate.   One episode where the rich didn't get away with murder and the moral being, you can't kidnap and threaten Mac and get away with it.   Speaking of Jo inferring Mac and Tessa may have been romantically involved, what happened to the doctor (Madchen Amick) Mac was seeing.   Ahh, Jo she's such a romantic when it comes to other peoples' love life, what about her own!

Mac is from Chicago, but it was left to Danny to draw the necessary inferences to the Chicago White Sox.   Danny and Lindsay working together again.  Not a highlight!

Supernatural's Super Seven Years

So as all Supernatural fans know today marks the seventh anniversary of the show when it first aired back on September 13 2005.  At least for the US.  Can you cast your minds back and remember what you were doing on that day.  How many of you watched the show out of curiosity and how many watched cos they knew it'd become a sure fire hit?  Oh here's a dreaded question, what would we have done if there was no Supernatural?  OOh sorry, someone has to ask.

Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki wowed, charmed, broke hearts, fought demons, themselves, family.  Met friends, lost family, loves, each other.  Only to come back over and over.  Met an angel or two, fought Lucifer and much more. I along with many others can't really imagine a day or year going by without watching Supernatural and having it in our lives.

It may just be a show to some, but for many others, devoted followers, it's more than that.  It's a way of life, a phenomenon.  We've been there every minute laughing, crying, sharing the jokes, songs, movie refs and wish we could also share the Impala too!!

To me, it's more than a show, admittedly I watched cos of the amazing trailers we got down here and the tagline for the UK: "Scary just got sexy!"  Well, okay the tagline wasn't my main reason it was Jensen.  Having watched him in many other TV shows, films, he became a firm favourite with me over the years, so naturally I would watch anything with him.  Another reason for me which is extremely personal and painful was that at the time we got the show, I had just lost my father and season 2 In My Time of Dying, with John Winchester (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) dying struck a cord with me.  In short, it was there when I needed to see something like that.  To go through the emotions and the loss which was so real to me.

No matter what it means to each of us, we're all grateful for Supernatural being a part of our lives.

Okay, deep breath!  In essence the show has continued to capture the hearts and minds of so many, not just in its native US but also globally.  It's astonishing, but not surprising that Supernatural can unite so many people from all backgrounds, faiths and countries as it continues to go from strength to strength.  Propelling two of the nicest guys in showbiz into household names and what makes it even better is how Jensen and Jared have gotten right in there with the show, not only in terms of being there for fans, taking part in conventions and well, just being Jensen and Jared!

That goes for the rest of the cast too, in Misha Collins, Jim Beaver, to name but two out of many, as well as the excellent crew, writers and well, not forgetting Eric Kripke who brought it all together for us to begin with in his love of urban legends.

"Carry on my wayward son" to another few good years of Supernatural and here's to season 8!!  Let's keep on this never ending roadtrip.

The Closer 7.14 "Road Block" Review

Flynn (Tony Denison) and Provenza (GW Bailey) engage in a phone conversation and Flynn tells him the co-eds were too young, but they wouldn't be for Provenza.  Flynn got a professor's number.  A car driver hits a motorbike and drives away.  Gracey tells Flynn she only saw the headlights.  The driver is a woman and a drunk and she dumps the car in an alley and heads back to the restaurant.  Here she feigns having her car stolen, with her bag.  She's the Police Commissioner's wife.

Gail Myers (Elizabeth Perkins) is paid a visit by Flynn and Provenza at home as Pope (JK Simmons) would like her to come down to look at some photos.  She's taken to the Murder Room.  Taylor (Robert Gossett) tells her they're not looking into the case just cos she's the Commissioner's wife, but only two cars have been stolen in that area and they want to keep it that way.

Brenda (Kyra Sedgwick) walks in and tells Gail it'd be worse for her if her bag was stolen as she keeps everything in it.  She hasn't cancelled her credit cards.  Witnesses described her car being involved in a hit and run.  After Gail leaves, Brenda tells Pope, "what - a - liar."  She'd be crying too if she did the same.  Pope needs proof.  Brenda would "come up with a better excuse."  Pope was the one who made the case a Major Crime and the officers who took her home said she reeked of alcohol.  Pope didn't see this in the report, well obviously not if she's the Commissioner's wife.  Brenda tells him to inform the Commissioner they're investigating.

She asks Flynn to find the accident reports and he doesn't need a counsellor.  Have you noticed whenever something bad goes wrong, Flynn is either involved and helps out Brenda or it's the other way round.  Last time he told her about his sister having throat cancer.  Gail doesn't have any DUIs in California.  Provenza calls to say they found the wallet in the gutter, "where she boozed it up last night."  Buzz (Phillip P Keene) tells her the daughter's friend's stepmother is here.

She (Maggie Wheeler) wonders why Gail didn't valet the car.  Their daughter's Kelly (Aimee Lynn Chadwick) and Caitlin left and they had wine.  Gabriel (Corey Reynolds) asks how long before Gail returned to the restaurant after leaving.  The car is also found in an alley, unlocked with keys inside.  Brenda calls Fritz (Jon Tenney) to say no one at the LAPD knows about the car being found and they need the FBI's print unit - EAB.  Pope tells Provenza to get in the car after Brenda mentions he's looking trim and should get in.  Then says the seat is adjusted for a lady and Brenda fits comfortably behind the wheel.  They always come up with the old seat not adjusted in car angle in such cases.  Classical music also pays on the radio.  They can only charge her with vehicular manslaughter.  Pope asks how they plan on doing that and Fritz replies, "one day at a time."  As is the credo for AA.

Flynn finds they have a vacation place where last Summer, Gail got a ticket outside a bar.  The record was expunged but Brenda says Fritz could get the info.  Adding that having a previous DUI makes Gail smarter.  Fritz did something about his problem.  Myers (Mark Moses) tells Pope that asking their friends about her drinking habits is embarrassing.  Why cos she's an alcoholic and has been allowed to get away with it for so long.  Gail shows them photos Kelly posted which show a Latino with a tattoo, Jose and perhaps he stole her bag, which is seen on the back of her chair.  Pope writes down 'daughter Kelly - on pad.  Myers makes a jibe about Brenda and her lawsuits and "whether she's really worth it."

Pope asks why she said her bag was stolen if the keys were in there, so why did she go to the car to look for her bag, as she doesn't recall, she should say she was a little drunk.  Pope tells Myers he doesn't want him throwing his weight around.  In the last DUI she paid a fine, made a donation, hired a lawyer.  Gracey's parents arrive with her photos.  They take them out to the CS and Flynn tells them Gracey talked about them.  Her mother wants to see the person who did it but they didn't have such a scene.

Tao (Michael Paul Chan) shows the text on Gail's phone, sent by Kelly warning her of a DUI checkpoint, that's why she was driving in the opposite direction from her home.  Provenza thinks she could have got snapped on the red light camera.  She was in the car 30 seconds after the hit and run, but it's only manslaughter.  Pope says her parents won't be allowed to testify in court to convince a jury so Brenda decides they should use them now.

Kelly is left to wait with Gracey's parents as they sort through her photos and Gail is left in a separate room.  Flynn tells her he lived on candy bars when he quit drinking.  He made a choice between drink and his badge.  They show Kelly photos of Gracey and Sanchez (Raymond Cruz) tells of how her helmet came off after her mother ran into her.  Kelly was trying to protect her father.  Gail had 3 vodkas and drinks at the restaurant.  "She was bombed."  Brenda talks about Fritz and how he's a decent and wonderful man but he needs help to stay sober.

Myers tells Gail Kelly won't take the stand and Gail didn't care about the girl she ran over.  He's resigning and Gail's on her own.  Gail insists she's not a drunk.  Brenda says, no, she's "a murderer."  She asks who will help Gracey.  Then says they can't be in anymore trouble than they already are, for going after the Commissioner's wife.

Yet another emotional episode for the show and one where the suspect is close to home.  Brenda has her pegged as a liar from the onset, cos of her work and also with what Fritz has been telling her about himself as a former alcoholic, which all helps her to see the tell tale signs.  That woman was a piece of work, having a daughter of her own, she still felt no remorse or guilt whatsoever and that everyone should be at her beck and call cos of who she is.  Thus Pope's remark about this not going down well with many in the LAPD.  As Brenda rightly says, they have nothing more to lose, what with her lawsuits, as mentioned by Myers earlier on.  At least he did the decent thing and resigned and had more consideration for Kelly.

Desperate Housewives 7.21 "Then I Really Got Scared" Review

Susan is suspected as poisoning Paul when he suffers chest pains. Gaby and Juanita watch scary movies and Juanita thinks someone's watching them, which Carlos and Gaby think are the result of the movies.

Mary Alice: (Brenda Strong) "Susan Delfino (Teri Hatcher)  was charitable to a fault...couldn't resist lending a hand...so when it came to a neighbour in need, she was only too eager to help."  The doctor tells Paul (Mark Moses) he's been poisoned and he tells Susan it's just stress.  There was anti-freeze in his oatmeal.   Would've killed him eventually.

Mary-Alice: "Susan Delfino was charitable to a fault and just couldn't resist lending a hand...which was about to cause her some trouble of her own."  Just goes to show all good deeds finally catch up to you in the end.   Perhaps that should be all deeds catch up.

Mary:Alice: "No matter how secure we are, we all experience moments of dread...hand over a note from our teacher...and sometimes we have no one to blame but ourselves."  Gaby (Eva Longoria) and Juanita (Madison De La Garza) watch horror movies and Carlos (Richardo Antonio Chavira) berates Gaby for showing her these since she's going to have nightmares now.  Tom (Doug Savant) arrives home for dinner and he's bought plane tickets to Hawaii, for their annual family vacation.   Lynette (Felicity Huffman) is angry since she's planed the camping trip and put a deposit on the RV, also she wants to visit her sister.   Lynette wants things her own way as per usual.

Susan has been e-mailing Principal Hobson (John Rubenstein) asking for her job back, but he refuses due to her Internet antics, which he saw.  He claims parents have all the power in private schools.   Bree (Marcia Cross) didn't lose Chuck Vance's (Jonathan Cake) card and he won't ask her for a second chance again.   The second times means courtship.   The third time he'll be considered a stalker.   Paul gets the food tested for anti-freeze.   Renee (Vanessa Williams) invites Bree to a jazz club but she's got a date.   Renee gives her advice on always running a background check before she dates anyone.

Lee (Kevin Rahm) asks why Gaby let Juanita watch horror movies, he used to have bad dreams too, but he outgrew them.   He tells Juanita about his brother's stories, which were real.   How they found missing children in a ravine.   He was just showing her that his stories are way scarier than Juanita's fears.   Susan volunteers to help out the school, she did things she's not proud of, nonetheless was a good teacher.   Renee gets back to Bree with the background check and tells her his salary alone makes Chuck undatable.   She needs to look at Page 3 of her file.   Bree asks about Chuck in their date.   He has two children and Bree judges him for still being married.   He admits his divorce isn't finalized yet.   Being a policeman he's done the same thing on Bree, so she shouldn't be surprised and mentions Orson, (Kyle MacLachlan) the hit and run driver; or the murdering pharmacist.  She's dangerous too with her array of guns.

Lynette is angry and Tom isn't in charge of this family, he suggests they let the children decide which trip is better, after their presentations.   Chuck picks up a prostitute to drive to the woman's shelter and Bree hates him and he tells her that Bree used to be on the streets before she started her catering business.   Paul's test shows the amount of anti-freeze wouldn't have killed him, unless it continued on a routine basis.

Gaby tents out with Juanita on the lawn to prove there's no scary man there; but doesn't she have a back garden.   That was camping out on the pavement (sidewalk) practically.  Gaby has to put it right and Carlos says it's fun to sleep outside.   Gaby: "that's why the homeless are so cheery."  Chuck wants to take Bree on an ordinary first date.   Felicia (Harriet Sansom Harris) turns up at Susan's like clockwork.   Susan thinks Paul should have more tests done, Felicia was a nurse, but still no one made a connection and what if someone else ate the food.  Felicia: Susan's "doing more for Paul than she could possibly know."   Tom and Lynette present their vacations.

Gaby tells Juanita there's no killer and takes charge of her fear.   A shadow appears on the tent of a man with an axe and Gaby didn't recognize Lee, or thought it would be him.   It's just a plastic axe.   The children choose Hawaii, but Lynette brings out the shark.   She wants to be in charge all the time and is a control freak who has to have the last word on everything.   Ten years ago she said when he makes money, then Tom can make the decisions, he makes more money than she ever did.   He comments she's turned into a "raging bitch."  Penny's (Darcy Rose Byrnes) upset, she doesn't want to choose which parent to live with.   Tom is frightened to open his mouth lest Lynette shout at him.   Lynette suggests they need a vacation, alone.

Susan takes cookies for Paul but the woman at school takes them instead and Susan's allowed to return to work at the school.   Paul points out Susan never eats with him and wants her to have some lasagne, she refuses and he thinks she should just stab him with a knife and end it all.   It wasn't her or Mike (James Denton) behind it and she recalls the cookies, but when she gets to the school, she finds all the cookies are mixed, shouting out her cookies "are poison!"

Mary Alice: "No matter how secure we are, we all experience dread...when we ask ourselves will anyone believe I'm innocent, will my daughter be a child of divorce; will this man break my heart.   Are there things that go bump in the night and sometimes the answer is 'yes.'"  That man has to be Gaby's step-dad cos he had to have been mentioned for a reason in the past episode since she hasn't put her nightmares to rest either concerning him.

Susan finally realizing about Felicia whilst she's too busy seeing the best in everyone.  A man is outside the tent and Gaby thinks it's Lee.   Getting a bit tedious seeing Lynette and Tom cover the same old ground like their marriage is just a competition to score points against each other.

Stargate Atlantis 5.16 "Brain Storm" Review

Sheppard (Joe Flanigan) asks if Rodney (David Hewlett) thinks Ronon (Jason Momoa) will make a move on Jennifer (Jewel Staite) and Rodney's not interested, yeah a likely story!  He has a secret presentation and wants her to accompany him.  Rodney hasn't published a paper in almost ten years and if he showed up with a woman then he wouldn't be seen as a loser.  Jennifer says if he wants to ask her out, then he should just do so cos she'll say yes.

Malcolm (Dave Foley) will turn on the tornado device tomorrow and his staff are nervous.  Rodney and Jennifer fly out in a private jet.  Rodney can't eat strawberries.  Jennifer thinks he should be happy for his friend's success, who will just show Rodney he's more successful than he is.  Rodney eats a strawberry.  When they arrive, they must sign 200 pages worth of disclosure agreements.  Rodney and his plate of food, well it's free, like he hasn't eaten in ages.

Rodney talks with Neil  DeGrasse Tyson and Bill Nye.  The idea hasn't been stolen from Rodney.  Rodney thinks Malcolm's idea is bad.  Rodney used to be abrasive and not everything has to be a competition.  Which is what Daniel Jackson told him.  The presentation is on global warming.  Malcolm believes it's time to help the earth and cool the planet, which will just form a heat sink as Rodney says.  Jennifer thinks he's arrogant.  Rodney asks where the heat goes  in a space/time matter bridge.  Rodney says that's his idea, he came up with it along with his sister, Jeannie.

Rodney doesn't want the device turned on with them here as bridges can be unpredictable.  Rodney breaks into Malcolm's office and the temperature keeps dropping.  The bridge has to be collapsed.  It will continue to take heat from the heat sink.  Most people think Rodney's lost his mind, just like Howard Hughes.  Rodney hacked Malcolm's computer and is caught on camera.  Rodney was looking for the paper he published, Malcolm saw the project that was shut down.  He read it and ignored the warning on the original author's work.

Rodney believes they must overload the bridge when it peaks and crash it.  A man is frozen by a lightning bolt.  Rodney sees it as a cooling beam and calls it "freeze lightning."  Hey there's always some reference to Rodney having an argument over what to name things, just as with Zelenka and the forcefield, stun bubble incident in Prodigal Son.  They need to call in the military but Terrence refuses.  Rodney says they can't control it or continue with the research.  They all argue.

Jennifer interjects that they have a room full of geniuses.  Rodney and Malcolm: "that's debatable."  Rodney thinks they need to create a cold front.  Another bolt strikes.  They all bicker.  Jennifer's uncle said the planet will always be here.  His work is about saving lives.  It's too late to make the call since it won't go through.  They must introduce heat into the cold and create a vortex storm.

Jennifer takes the phone as she may get a signal.  Rodney says they must wait for the bridge to peak and  collapse it and throws everyone out.  Jennifer gets through to SGC but loses the signal, there's more lightning and the pipes burst.  Jennifer is stuck.  Rodney must starve the bridge of power and this could be done with another bridge. Malcolm says Rodney's smarter than him.  (That's what Zelenka told Rodney in their hallucinogenic state last ep.)  Rodney leaves and rescues Jennifer as she freezes.  The second bridge outed the power supply, collapsing both bridges.

Jennifer kisses Rodney, she love shim and has done so for a while now and they fly back on the jet.  Nye tells everyone Malcolm turned the device off.  It was his idea and his contract is up this year.  Jennifer adds he loves his job.  Rodney replies the horrible thing is he's a hit with the ladies.

A bit of an ep for those who love the 'sciency' Stargate Atlantis type ones, whereas everyone else goes along for the ride and a funny one it was too.  Jennifer and Rodney finally get together and she admits her feelings for him, it was bound to happen.  Not many were happy with this ep in the final season being devoted to Rodney and Jennifer, entirely and I agree to a point as I wanted me some Sheppard action!  That being said, it gave Rodney a chance to showcase his talents once more.  Ronon and Teyla seem to have vanished.  Rodney mentioned the bridge in season 3's McKay and Mrs Miller and his idea being stolen was mentioned in season 4 Trio.  Jennifer's line: "I love you, I have for some time now."  Is what Rodney told her in The Shrine ep.  Rodney: "just because I don't call anymore - doesn't mean I'm keeping my urine in jars."  When he's likened to Howard Hughes.

Also when Jennifer talks of Uncle George, this is a reference to George Carlin, a stand-up comedian who said something along those lines of the planet still being around.  Jewel's character in Firefly, Kaylee had a penchant for strawberries.  A little Stargate Atlantis homage to Firefly there.  Also Jennifer was in danger of 'falling' out of her dress anytime now.
David Hewlett posted on his blog, "I'm sad to see the episode go as it was a real high point for season 5 and [more importantly] my life as a nerd."

CSI:Miami 10.8 "Dead Ringer" Review

The CSIs surveill Esteban: the 'Miami Taunter' and Horatio (David Caruso) and Tripp (Rex Linn) arrest him for picking up a prostitute, who claims to be his cleaner.  Tripp is surprised to receive a call about another DB, Vanessa.  She's found at the beach and her DB displays the same signs of the 'Taunter's' handiwork.  The CSIs have now become Esteban's (Kuno Becker) alibi and any old fool knows it was all a ploy to get Esteban off their radar!  ME Tom (Christian Clemenson) tells them Vanessa's liver temp is 18 degrees below normal, thus she was killed within the last 12 hours.  Natalia (Eva La Rue)  says they've been following Esteban for 24 hours.  Clearly this episode can't be a continuation from the earlier one, 10.4 Look Who's Taunting since they've had other cases in between.  SO why follow him now, when he could have been up to anything in the meantime.

Vanessa's parents arrive to see her DB and are interviewed by Calleigh (Emily Procter) and Tripp.  Her mother received a call from the Taunter but didn't say anything (conveniently) as they always received similar horrible calls.  The answering machine should have picked it up.  When Tripp and Ryan (Jonathan Togo) arrive to collect it, the machine has vanished but Ryan finds blood on the back door where the glass was broken to gain entry.

Calleigh has been looking at Internet activity related to the Taunter and they could be looking for a "tribute killer."  There's a posting which has a photo of Vanessa's DB before the police even arrived at the CS, as Vanessa has both earrings.  Whereas when she was found, one had been ripped from her ear.  The IP search leads to Phil, (Greg Cipes) a man working at the dog pound.  He puts the dog away and Ryan and Calleigh don't get it into their heads that he's gonna do a runner.  Cue yet another chase.  Calleigh, beforehand, accesses the computer to see Phil was on the very same Internet page.  When they catch up to him, Ryan notices he's wearing her earring.  He heard of the murder over the police scanner and wanted a souvenir.  Ryan messes up his shoes on the dog poo!

Ryan and Walter (Omar Miller) then search Phil's van, which is also a mess and leads Walter to comment the smell may be from Ryan's shoes.  They find other souvenirs, jewellery, belonging to the other Vic's, Angela and Nikki.  Ryan also notices a hair on the earring when he processes it.  This Natalia identifies as belonging to Esteban.  Of course Vanessa was another one of his patients.  SO he's a doctor into leaving trace behind on his patients, eeww.  Esteban claim he has an alibi when Delko (Adam Rodriguez) questions him.  No surprises for guessing who that is.  Elizabeth. (Olivia Taylor Dudley)

Natalia analyzes the blood from the door and doesn't get any result as the sample's degraded.  Former nightshift, 'newbie' Sam (Taylor Cole) (for a moment there, it looked like she was in league with O'Shay (Ed Begley Jr) who also rears his head.)  Natalia suggests she should quit, so she signs out, but Walter talks her out of it, she should make good on her botch up.

Delko talks to Elizabeth and then notices the bruise when he grabs her arm.  She admits Esteban beat her and made her lie about the alibi.  Horatio suggests Walter tell O'Shay about the missing answering machine since they know he and Diego Navarro (Carlos Bernard) are also in cahoots.  It's not Esteban's voice on the recording which Diego brought in, along with a lawyer.  The machine he claims was found in a dumpster by PIs he hired since they couldn't do their jobs.

Sam analyzes the vomit on Vanessa's dress which Natalia dismissed as being Esteban's.  Why? and shows this belongs to another man as she gets a hit on CODIS.  To a Michael Galliver (Graham Shiels).  He doesn't have any priors but works in construction.  A check also reveals his mortgage was paid in full to avoid foreclosure.  The construction aspect being the Diego connection.

Esteban is arrested again and his driver, Terrence (Dwayne Adway) gets into an altercation with Tripp and punches him, ensuring he too is arrested. Natalia wants to speak with Michael again but she and Tripp find him dead in holding - an apparent (or not so) suicide.  However, ME Tom tells them the cut on his wrist was too perfect for a suicide - there are no hesitation marks as the skin is not so easy to cut.  Natalia notices the spatter on the cell bars and next door is, yep you've guessed it, Terrence, looking as pleased as punch.  He has arterial spatter on his shirt and he admits to killing Michael and they should reward him with a medal.

Esteban is released to a press conference and the media believe he's not the 'Miami taunter.'  Horatio tells Diego he's still coming after Esteban.  As for the machine being found in the dumpster, could the Navarro's be anymore guilty.

Walter and Ryan sharing another moment when Ryan comments on the smell in the van.  Delko rescuing Elizabeth again when he promises to protect her (don't believe him!)  This as we know is Horatio's forte and should remain so.  Sam, it seems, cooked the blood using too much radiation and in turn destroyed the blood.  (Sam wanting Sam in Supernatural and now gets to play a Sam too.  Groan, okay, I could have come up with "Play it Sam" instead.)  Sam then getting her own back on Natalia when she proves her evidence collecting left a lot to be desired as well as her analysis.  Touche!  Natalia's lax in doing her job and conducting a thorough investigation, especially when Esteban is one step ahead of them.  Vanessa's dress was cotton and thus the salt water wouldn't have destroyed the DNA so readily.  The DNA would be intact if the killer ate before the murder.  As for Natalia reprimanding her, what about Natalia's actions as a mole and she was accepted warts 'n' all.

Michael wasn't even a suspect and shouldn't have been seen as one since they knew Esteban was their killer.  As for being out into a cell next to Terrence - huh amateurs.

At the end the evidence boxes are placed in storage and marked as 'solved.'  Horatio tuns up and mark's Angela's case as 'unsolved.'  Walking away with shades donned.  Thought they would have continued the Walter/O'Shay ruse for a while longer especially since they still haven't got Esteban.

Doctor Who 7.2 "Dinosaurs On A Spaceship" Review

1334 BC Egypt  The Doctor (Matt Smith) is with Queen Nefertiti (Riann Steele) and finds himself in a bit of a bind.  She has him backed up against the TARDIS, as she makes a play for him - just like Amy (Karen Gillan) in season 5 when she returned home for her wedding to Rory (Arthur Darvill).  Clearly these women always have him pinned against the TARDIS - what's that about then?  (Or perhaps I should just add - who wouldn't?!!?)  He is called by the Indian Space Agency (ISA) in 2367 AD, who inform him of a spaceship due to crash into earth in 6 hours and he brings Nefi (which I shall call her majesty!).

African Plains 1902 AD.  Here the Doctor comes for explorer, John Riddell (the Indy Jones of Doctor Who).  Riddell  (Rupert Graves) tells him he went for liquorice and didn't return.  Riddell (surely a pun on riddle) claims, complains he only had two dowagers for company.  Back on earth, Rory's father, Brian (Mark Williams) is helping him with repairs and the Doctor 'materializes' around them taking them on board.  Funny moment, the Doctor not realizing he's taken Brian with him and doesn't notice him until they're out of the TARDIS and thinks he snuck on board and was sent by someone for nefarious purposes.  Amy tells him he's been away for ten months this time (that wasn't long considering how long he was away from her in the season 5 opener.)

They come across dinosaurs on the ship.  Leaving him to exclaim, "dinosaurs in space."  Then mentions he's brought the others along too, a gang and he's never had one of those before.  He accesses the ship's computer to find the engines and accidentally transports himself, Rory and Brian to the beach, or so it seems.  Brian asks if he sees a kestrel.  Well seeing as we're in dinosaur territory, it'd be a Pterodactyls.)  The beach isn't earth as the Doctor sticks his tongue out to find the air is too metallic for earth.  There's something below them and Brian gets out his trusty trowel and digs.  He's always prepared.  They are still on the ship as they're attacked by a swarm of Pterodactyls (is it a swarm, well I've called them as such).

Amy, Nefi ad Riddell explore the ship and come across an area of flora, where Amy finds the computer and accesses the ship's database, something she learned from the Doctor.  She also tells Nefi she's famous and she studied her and she's also a queen.  Though not to tell Rory she's his queen.  The ship is Silurian as they abandoned their home, bringing along dinosaurs.  Amy calls it a "Silurian Ark."

The others come across a Triceratops after they are found by two 'tantrum throwing' robots.  The Triceratops licks Brian's face, as he has some sort of floral trace on him.  I.e his balls as Brian says, with the Doctor giving him a funny look.  They are taken to an old man who was waiting for a Doctor to arrive to fix his leg after he was attacked by a dinosaur.  He's not a medical Doctor but obliges.  Solomon (David Bradley) took over the ship, being a black market trader and jettisoned the original inhabitants which the Doctor knows were Silurians after Amy's call to Rory.  The Doctor abhors his actions, as Solomon deals in "piracy and genocide."  He refuses to help him but the robot is ordered to attack Brian.  Rory helps Brian with his first aid kit he carries around, allowing him to see his nursing skills in action.  Something which he hasn't done.  Solomon knows the Doctor will have a price but he's not identified on the system, he "doesn't exist;"  which pleases the Doctor no end.  They make their escape via Triceratops ride and the use of Brian's last remaining golf ball.

Solomon arrives and demands Nefi instead as she's just as valuable.  She agrees to accompany him.  Indira (Sunetra Sarker) refuses to abort the missiles, so much for needing the Doctor's help.  He reaches the control room of the Silurian ship, which needs two people with the same genes to fly it, cue Brian and Rory, as Brian tells him they can do it.

The Doctor and Amy thus have a chance to have a moment, or an intense conversation about her giving up her work (modelling).  She hasn't seen him in so long and doesn't want that, cos something may happen to him and she'll never know, as she'll always be waiting for him to arrive, or something may happen to her.  That was ominous and that look on the Doctor's face, as if she's hit the nail on the head and said something he may already know.  Rory and Brian can't believe they're flying a spaceship.

The Doctor cunningly magnetized Solomon's ship so he can't fly.  Now did he really think he'd just let him leave with Nefi like that.  He comes to rescue Nefi and leaves behind an orb which the missiles will target.  Solomon begs to be saved and the Doctor asks, coldly, if the Silurians begged him for the same?  That look on his face where he shows 'mercy' is not his middle name.  So "don't mess with the Doctor."  Of course, some will say he shouldn't have done what he did , but it was his version of justice, vengeance, whatever you want to call it.  Solomon displayed no mercy towards the Silurians and to all the others he must have peddled in misery for the highest price.  The missiles attack his ship and he's blown to kingdom come.

Brian asks for a favour, to see earth from space.  (Wasn't that like wilf??)  Amy asking if Riddell and Nefi are "the new us?"  Doctor: " thought we might need a gang. It's new."
 Riddell was disappointed he didn't make it into the history books.

Not sure if the Doctor being 'obsolete' is a continuation from last season with him wanting to disappear and making everyone believe he really is dead (well the ISA know.)  Or whether they're making everyone forget about him.  Re the Daleks, last episode. (7.1 Asylum of the Daleks.)

The Doctor once again demonstrating his outright refusal and defiance to do what he's ordered to do (not with a gun to his head or anyone else's) and then displaying such sad emotion at the same time when the Triceratops is killed.

Amy listening out for the sound of the TARDIS, being unable to sleep and he tells her, "you'll be there 'til the end of time."
"Or vice versa" Amy responds.  Cue long pause, lingering looks.  Then when the Doctor stood behind them as Brian watched the earth, something seemed to concern him.  He appeared sad when "the Ponds" wanted to return home.  Well, they've been together for a while and obviously he knows what's coming.  He has to, right?  He's the Doctor - considering he knew of his own fate, he has to know about theirs.

Nefi being left with Riddell; the choice being a "sleeping drug for a man" or 'one with a big weapon.'

The Doctor kissing Rory on the mouth and Amy only on her forehead!!  Ooh er!  The Doctor may be a Sagittarius.  Doctor: "You don't have any vegetable matter in your pants, do you?"
Brian: "Just my balls."

Amy and Rory receive postcards from Brian, who has caught the travelling bug and one from the Doctor after he returns the dinosaurs to Siluria.

The Doctor's dark side on show with Solomon, demonstrating he sent him to his death cos he could.  Since in the past or on other occasions he hates killing, a last resort and when there are no choices.  He killed out of necessity, remember the Time Lords).  Here he he has a choice but chooses not to exercise it.  This episode was meant to be fun and light hearted, but was interspersed with darker moments, what better way to add those.

Solomon was based on a "well known nightclub owner with long hair."  David Bradley was Argus Filch from the Harry Potter movies.  Mark Williams was Arthur Weasley also from the Harry Potter franchise.
The beach scene was once again filmed at Southerndown, Wales, as seen in Doomsday as Bad Wolf Bay and Journey's End.  Also in The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone.