Damages get juicier and juicier. I have missed the last 2 weeks of updates so I just might go past the ten.
Episode 3: I Knew Your Pig.
1. The past comes back. Of course there was a case involving Patti and Daniel Hollis Nye was representing Daniel and her thinks Patti paid off Daniel. So this is why Hollis has been involved with the FBI. Payback!
2. Daniel is the father of Michael. The way Patti tells him is messed up. She is a piece of work. Again, William Hurt is a superb actor for how he played the reaction.
3. I like the subplot of the reporter.
4. Patti set up her own client to get at the case. She called the cops as Daniel was leaving the country. "She's cold as a tombstone" just like the Rolling Stones sang.
5. Danny boy just might be telling the truth about not killing his wife, sketchy blond dude pawns the ring. The plot thickens.
Episode 4: Hey Mr. Pib!
6. I like the opening to episode 4. The dream sequence is creepy. Even when Purcell laughs, it is a laugh that strains to be joyful.
7. The tension when Tom and Ellen look for the reporter (Josh Restin) is a nice subplot. His house is trashed, the editor of his paper is scared. Of course there is a snitch at the diner where Ellen and Tom meet with the editor. Good ole boys. the way he sneaks up on Ellen is cool. What else does he know?
8. Ellen has a heart? She finally breaks down and does the father/son meet and great with Daniel and Michael.
9. What a role twist for Darrell Hammond. He creeps out the massage woman "Stop staring, your making her nervous." His response, "Do you have instructions for me? I respond to instructions." Robotic and creepy.
10. The twist is DEVASTATING! Daniel pulls a Patti on Patti. The pause before he speaks, he reverses himself in the deposition, he is in the car the the squeezy blond guy (who, by the way, gets shanked in the prison yard). The payoff, the dumping of the water sample..oh. I still don't think he killed his wife, but he obviously was involved.
Episode 5: I Agree, It Wasn't Funny:
11. The "previously on Damages" flashbacks rock. Frobisher, the bad cop? Those guys need to be seen again.
12. "I could always get creative.." Darrell Hammond creep out factor-10 "Do you have more instructions?"
13. Walter Kendrick, bathroom bully. The face smash into the urinal never goes well for the smashee.
14. Back to the scene of the crime, Ellen has these terrible, spacey looks. I would too if I went back to the place I almost died.
15. Ellen needs to learn to shoot. By the looks of the flash-forwards, she learns.
16. Uncle Pete, paranoid old guy. After Patti's husband gets wind of an investigation, she and Uncle Pete go into full paranoid front. Uncle Pete wants to get rid of Ellen, badly. He should, since he botched the first attempt.
17. The twist on who is following Ellen is fabulous. Wes is buddies with Rick the murdering cop. Wes has this dude follow Ellen for Rick. The way Rick is brought back to the show..."You got me cheeseburger?" as he eyes a dead body.
18. Speaking of the botched hit on Ellen. That dude Ellen stabbed SURVIVED! Now Pete has to get him out of town.
19. Patti's husband PLAYA! He looks over the paperwork with his lover. "You only got one night in London!"
20. Who is the black guy with all the power, Mr. Powell?
21. Will Ellen's smooth play work to get Patti's trust? Admitting that she was approached by the FBI, using the Fiske suicide as the excuse.
22. Darrell Hammond, the murderer!
23. Wes shoots someone. Love the music bumps he gets, speed metal. Sheriff Bullock is a nasty mutha!
I don't condone violence against women. I have had a great aunt and a co-worker killed in domestic violence situations. I have to say, this incident sounds ridiculous, from my own Austin American-Statesman:
Man accused of choking girlfriend with Wii controller
By Isadora Vail | Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 01:45 PM
An Austin man has been accused of trying to choke his girlfriend with the cord of a Wii video game controller after she became angry that he had eaten all of her Girl Scout cookies, according to an arrest affidavit.
Christina Alvarado told Austin police that she woke up her boyfriend, Daniel Alvarez, 21, Monday morning after discovering her cookies were gone, according to the affidavit.
Alvarez became upset that Alvarado woke him and began to yell at her, according to the affidavit. Alvarado told police that Alvarez got her into a choke hold that lasted several seconds before she was able to hit him in the eye to break free, according to the affidavit.
The two struggled until they ended up in the living room, where Alvarez grabbed a Wii controller, according to the affidavit. He put his knees on her chest to pin her down and strangled her with the cord of the video game controller, according to the affidavit.
Alvarado was able to free herself and call 911. Alvarez fled the home but was arrested soon after, according to the affidavit. Alvarado had a faint mark from a cord around her neck, shortness of breath, trouble speaking and was coughing when police arrived, the affidavit said.
Alvarez remained in the Travis County jail today with bail set at $40,000. He is facing second degree felony charges of aggravated assault with serious bodily injury, which is punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
On this day in 1913, Sixteenth Amendment (Amendment XVI) of the U.S. Constitution was ratified. I have never had a problem with paying taxes. I have a problem with the people budgeting and spending the taxes. Taxes should go to things that make our society a better place to live. Security, education, preservation and things like that. I never understood why people are so militant about taxes. I say if you don't want to pay taxes, get your own defense, protect your own property, school your own children, pave your own roads and insure your own stupid house built in a flood plain. I have a problem with the tax system, but not the idea of taxes themselves. I also have a problem with the wealthy or powerful who feel they don't have to pay taxes (Leona Helmsly, Tom Daschle, Nancy Killefer). No matter what side you are on this report by Nina Olson, the national taxpayer advocate at the IRS, should be seen a cry for help for all of us, the U.S. taxpayers.
50 years ago today,this man was killed in tragic plane crash with The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens. The thing that is interesting to me about Buddy Holly is how focused he was at 22. The got married and moved to New York to concentrate on his songwriting. Plus, he played the Apollo Theater when white people didn't play the Apollo Theater. How influential was Buddy Holly? This is from his wikipedia page:
"Contrary to popular belief, teenagers John Lennon and Paul McCartney did not attend a Holly concert, although they watched his TV appearance on "Sunday Night at the London Palladium"; Tony Bramwell, a school friend of McCartney and George Harrison, did. Keith Richards attended one of the gigs, where he heard "Not Fade Away" for the first time. Bramwell met Holly, and freely shared his records with all three. Lennon and McCartney later cited Holly as a primary influence. (Their band's name, The Beatles, was chosen partly in homage to Holly's Crickets.) The Beatles did a cover version of "Words of Love" that was a close reproduction of Holly's version. McCartney owns the publishing rights to Holly's song catalogue.
A young Bob Dylan attended the 31 January 1959 show, two nights before Holly's death. Dylan referred to this in his 1998 Grammy acceptance speech for his 1997 Time out of Mind winning Album of the Year:
And I just want to say that when I was sixteen or seventeen years old, I went to see Buddy Holly play at Duluth National Guard Armory and I was three feet away from him...and he LOOKED at me. And I just have some sort of feeling that he was — I don't know how or why — but I know he was with us all the time we were making this record in some kind of way."
Another Monday, another episode of the awesomely audacious 24.
1. I like how the wife of Prime Minister Matobo already buys into the power of Jack Bauer, "Don't worry, Jack will be here soon." Jack has that effect on people He builds trust in you by trying to kill you first. If you survive that, then you and Jack are peeps!
2. I can't see anyone ever calling Janeane Garofolo "honey". I liked it because it simmered under her skin and he told her to "lighten up." I sometimes think she needs to do that in real life. Her appearance on this show helps with that.
3. Dubaku is a wuss. He freaks at the first sign of Bauer and the team. He bails on his plan to melt the chemical plant and drops the CIP device like a bad habit. Wassup with that? You got to represent better than that brotha!
4. The return of the death of the likable innocent people. Michael the programmer has to get himself blown up to protect his family and the plant manager who laughed in the the plant crisis dies.
5. The first gentleman? Imagine calling Bill Clinton that.
6. It's official Dubaku had the The Taylor's kid wacked.
7. I love Dubaku as the fugitive, chillin' on the train, order the husband of the president kidnapped. Where was this dude when Bauer was raining bullets on his ass?
8. Jack bucking for government intervention. This is a great subtle twist. His whole career was trying to give the finger to government, now this ragtag crew needs government, kinda like free-market capitalists.
9. Tony Almeida is always shifty. I like the way you can't ever really tell what is on his mind. He really is a wounded. I wonder how long he will keep his word to turn himself in.
10. Dubaku the Mack! The range of motions the characters have on 24 are cool. This actor has a great face-Hakeem Kae-Kazim He smiles easily at his hot girlfriend while she is at the door. Sinister one minute, sultry and sexy the next. I wonder how he is going to break her heart....
I have read a bunch of liveblogs for events so now I'm going do one myself for the SuperBowl. Since I'm in Austin, all times are Central.
5:15 PM-The awarding of the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award. Kurt Warner wins it. Walter Payton is my sports hero, before Jordan ruled Chicago, the town belonged to Walter Payton. I have a soft spot for Kurt Warner, since we are the same age and his story of perseverance gives me hope that my creative career (music and writing) will take off and gain some acceptance.
5:18 PM-The crew who landed the jet in the Hudson. Very cool.
5:19 PM-How has Jennifer Hudson not have won a Grammy? She won an Oscar. She is the only American Idol that I know and it appears the only one with real talent. It is a shame what happened to her family. She is singing the anthem well, but the arrangement makes it sound like a Dream Girls tune. She kinda oversings the last note, plus she doesn't resolve the melody. She holds the 5th and doesn't go to the tonic.
5:23 PM-First round of commercials. Avon. Really, as an answer to the economy? Please. and the first car I ever bought was a Hyundai. It was ok. Now lok at them. eat that Ford, Chevy and Chrysler.
5:26 PM- Coin toss. I guess Iraq is going well enough for Petraeus to be here for coin toss. Arizona wins.
5:32 PM-Kick Off.
5:38 PM-Wisenhunt have the stones to challenge the Roethlisberger touchdown and wins. His knee was down. I like this for the Cardinals.
5:44 PM-The Pepsi commercial just reminds me how much talent has been downgraded in the 45 years. Bob Dylan to wil.i.am? I don't think so. Plus Jack Black next to John Belushi. Man have we gone downhill.
5:51 PM-I like Conan O'Brian Bud Light commercial. He is funny.
5:53 PM-3 and out for the Cardinals. Why did they run on 2nd and 20? That was odd.
5:57 PM Roethlisbeger just made a ridiculous scramble to get a 1st down from a 3rd and 10.
5:59 PM I'm just going to call Ben, Ben because his name is too long to type and if he is going to play like this, I will be typing it a lot.
6:01 PM Another Fast and the Furious? I didn't know the world needed another one with Vin Diesel and Paul Walker. Not exactly Deniro and Pacino in Heat.
6:05 PM What is it the stupid Doritios commercials? I think the physical comedy is kinda stupid and vulgar in these commercials and Danica Patrick and Go DAddy. She started with cool girl power commercials and now she is letting nerds oogle here in the shower.
6:08 PM Pittsburgh scores- 10-0.
6:12 PM I hate the horse commercials. I guess I'm Un-American.
6:20 PM The Arizona is landing some body blows with Edge James, then comes the right cross-The 45 yard pass play to Boldin.
6:21 PM Touchdown-Warner Pass to Ben Patrick? I wonder who bet on that. Steelers 10 Cardinals 7.
6:34 PM Love the baby commercials with E-Trade. The brotha baby singing "Broken Wings" is awesome.
6:41 PM The first turnover, Ben's pass is deflected and Dansby of the Cardinals picks it out of the air.
6:43 PM Al Michaels with the smart joke about pirates since Bob Costas and the gang are in the pirate ship at Raymond James stadium. " I hope none of them are from Somalia."
6:47 PM Larry Fiztgerald sighting-11 yard reception.
6:48 PM This game is going pretty quickly. It is almost halftime already.
6:51 PM Kurt Warner picked off by James Harrison, he runs it back 100 yards, scores and is winded on the ground. The longest play in SuperBowl history. Under review now.
6:55 PM Ruling on the field stands. Steels 17, Cardinals 7.
7:00 PM I didn't have 3d glasses. I'm not sure it would not made a difference with that Sobe commercial.
7:06 PM Bruce Springsteen hams it up the intro of his show. "I want you to put down that Guacamole Dip. I want you to put down those chicken fingers." Classic. The luckiest man in the world-Clarence Clemens. Does he do anything except play a few tenor runs and hit a cowbell?
7:11 PM This when you look at the stage, no set lists, no teleprompters. The way all bands should do it. You either know it or you fake it. Just perform.
7:15 PM When you need some heavy message song to be heavy, go with the gospel choir.
7:16 PM Changes the lyrics to Glory Days to "I knew a Football Player.." very clever.
7:17 PM "It's Boss Time!" I love the fact the Bruce is having fun and wants everyone else to have fun. I love the ref with the flag.
7:22 PM The NBC commercials for they shows suck and are not funny. No wonder they are in 4th place.
7:36 PM Love the Denny's Mob Commercial.
7:40 PM What's up with the field? Willie Parker and Edge James have been slipping all night.
7:47 PM 1st bullshit call of the game. Roughing the passer on Dansby. He barely hit him Big Ben.
7:53 PM The dumbest penalty in SuperBowl history. A personal foul on a field goal try? are you kidding me? Half the distance to the goal, 1st down.
7:57 PM Now maybe the dumbest coaching series in SuperBowl History. Still can't punch in the touchdown. 3rd and goal a quarterback sneak? Steelers 20, Cardinals 7.
7:58 PM Love the CareerBuilder commercial. "Hey dummy" When your co-workers don't repect you....
8:04 PM 4th Quarter. Will Kurt Warner become legendary? I still think the Arizona defense has a big play in them.
8:08 PM Penalties are KILLING the Cardinals. This holding call brings back a nice pass play. 91 yards in penalties so far for the Cardinals.
8:10 PM 96 yards in penalties. New SuperBowl record.
8:16 PM 1st sack on Big Ben. For all the mistakes the defense is making, they are actually playing an ok game. If Warner can get the offense going, watch out.
8:22 PM Warner and Fitzgerald are warming up. Warner is 6 for 6 on this drive.
8:24 PM The commercial bumps are cool. The SuperBowl rings are swanky.
8:25 PM Larry Fitzgerald is a man amongst boys. What a touchdown catch. 3:57 on that drive so there is time left if the Arizona defense can hold Pittsburgh. Steelers 20, Cardinals 14.
8:31 PM Big Sack! and the Steelers are 3 and out.
8:32 PM I'm not sure about the McGrubber commercial. It made me chuckle, if just for the mullets.
8:36 PM James Harrison, loses his mind after running 100 yards with the 2nd dumbest penalty in SuperBowl history. Punching a guy when he is down and backing up the offense to the endzone
8:45 PM The 3rd dumbest penalty of the game, holding in the endzone, so it's a safety. Steelers 20, Cardinals 16.
8:49 PM YOU KNEW THIS WAS COMING! Kurt Warner hits Fitzgerald in stride TOUCHDOWN! Steelers 20, Cardinals 23.
9:00 PM Big Ben WHAT A PASS TO HOLMES! WHAT A CATCH! This is under review, but it's a touchdown.
9:02 PM Steelers 27, Cardinals 23.
9:05 PM Is Kurt Warner the man? Can he do it in 29 seconds? Ohhhh this is a good game.
9:09 PM Nope. The Pittsburgh Steelers wins SuperBowl number 6 for the franchise. Mike Tomlin is the youngest SuperBowl winning coach and the second black coach to win. Great Game.
9:23 PM Joe Willie Namaith walks out with the Lombardi Trophy and he didn't kiss it.
9:26 PM Dan Rooney, giving a shout out to President Obama. Love it. Hey the Rooney rule was named after the family to give black NFL coaches a chance to interview for head coaching vacancies in the NFL. Santonio Holmes is the MVP.
As far as the commercials, go here to view them all.
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