DVR Purge 1/19-1/21

I know. I said I was dropping House of Lies. If that was the 10:30 show, not Californication so I didn't half a half-hour to burn, it would probably stay dropped. As it is, I'm watching it for now.

Shameless "The American Dream"
-Poor Debbie. She's way too good a person to have to be stuck in a Gallagher's life. It was heartbreaking while cathartic to see her kick the shit out of Frank.
-I must say, things didn't go as badly as I expected for Fiona running the club for the night. As soon as they mentioned the mob, I smelled a season arch. Thankfully, I was wrong. The damage done to her and Lip's relationship is enough. Adding in a financial burden would be excessive.
-It says a lot about the show that after all the bad things Frank has done (does Butterface ring a bell?), calling child services on his kids really is the most damning thing of all.
-How does Lip not get his ass kicked more often? There better be some comeuppance with the North-side kids on its way.
-When's Carl going to get another focus episode.

House of Lies "When Dinosaurs Ruled the World"
I'll admit, I got a lot of chuckles out of Doug's love/hate relationship with Vegas. There's a lot of potential in that setting so I hope as much of the season as possible is spent there. The less Jeannie and Marty love connection I see the better though. I'm not against liking this show, but it has to work its way out of a hole from season 1.

Californication "Quitters"
I'm not a fan of the small world aspect of Karen working for the wife of Hank's rock opera offer, but there's potential that it could lead to something like the season 4 dynamic which is still probably my favorite season. I'm also glad to see Stu still hanging around. So far the season has earned all of it's TV-MA rating in the dialogue. I hope that doesn't mean they're cleaning up their act.


How I Met Your Mother "Ring Up"
Well, there goes another lead for who the mother could be. I'll admit, up till last week's revelation that the mother is in the wedding band, I really thought Barney's half-sister was an angle. I'm increasingly curious how they handle the mother's introduction if there really is going to be a ninth season.



The Point of the Purge
Past Purges:
1/17-1/18
1/10-1/16
1/8-1/9
...12/22-1/7
12/17-12/21
12/16 Dexter and Homeland
12/9-12/15
12/6-12/8
12/1-12/5
11/29-11/30
11/25-11/28
11/21-11/24 (Dexter)
11/17-11/20
11/11-11/16
11/4-11/10
10/28-11/3
10/20-10/27
10/13-10/19
10/6-10/12
9/29-10/4
9/22-9/28