Vampire Diaries
Season Two, Episode 2.4, Memory Lane
Original Air Date: September 30, 2010
Katherine reveals secrets from 1864 to Stefan that he didn't know. Jenna holds a barbecue that Damon uses as a chance to prove Mason Lockwood is a werewolf. Caroline puts ideas into Elena's head about Stefan's concerns for Elena. Katherine gives Stefan an ultimatum about his relationship with Elena.
Stefan has a nightmare where he is in 1864 at a party at the Lockwood Mansion with Katherine. A jealous Damon looks on as they dance until Katherine points out that Damon has found someone else to spend his time with. Stefan looks over and sees it is Elena. As Damon and Elena leave, Stefan runs after them and ends up in the Mystic Grill watching Damon and Elena play pool together. Katherine tells Stefan that it hurts to see Elena with Damon and now Stefan knows how she feels and that he loved her once and he will again. Stefan awakens holding Katherine.
Damon is going to be attending Jenna's barbecue much to the surprise of Elena. Actually, the barbecue was his idea and he is using it as a means to get to know Mason Lockwood better and prove he is a werewolf.
Tyler is worried that he might be at risk for the Lockwood curse and Mason isn't really much help. Mason feels Tyler is safe because he won't trigger the curse but he provides no details as to how the curse can be triggered. He insists it is better for Tyler if he knows very little about the curse in the first place.
Katherine provides Stefan with more information about werewolves in Mystic Falls. She tells him about George Lockwood and werewolf attacks in the 1860's. In an exchange of information, Katherine asks Stefan why he didn't burn her picture and why he really came back to Mystic Falls. She believes he came back to fall in love with her all over again. When Katherine kisses him, he stabs her in the back--literally. Stefan takes her to the cellar and chains her up. He wants the truth and will even resort to torturing her with vervain in order to get it.
Katherine relates more of what happened at the Founder's Party at the Lockwood Mansion in 1864. She and George Lockwood speak at the party and it is clear they both know the secrets they both hide. She reminds Stefan of when he brought her home to the Salvatore house that night after the party. Of how he declared his love for her. When she retired to her room, she compelled a waiting Damon to leave her. She said she never had to compel Stefan for his love and only compelled after she showed him who she really was to take away the fear he had of what she is.
George Lockwood used the vampires to cover his own tracks but he did strike a deal with Katherine. He will set her free from the church so she doesn't die in the fire with the other vampires. She confesses that she sold her friends and family (the other vampires) out without even blinking.
Katherine orders Stefan to not see Elena anymore. If he disobeys, she will kill everyone Elena loves while Elena watches then kill Elena. Enraged, Stefan threatens Katherine with a stake but Katherine is able to overtake him. She has been sipping vervain every day for the past 145 years to build up a resistance. He caught her by surprise once and she will let it pass, but not a second time. When they hear Elena has arrived, Katherine plunges the stake into Stefan's leg then heads upstairs to introduce herself to Elena. Stefan runs into the room and Katherine disappears.
Damon arrives at Jenna's party and is clearly an welcome guest. Mason introduces himself to Damon saying he'd heard great things about him. Caroline is at the party and she is dealing with her new life but it is a struggle. She tells Elena that Stefan hates that Elena is a constant temptation; the desire to rip out her jugular.
Damon sets a pie down in front of Mason with a silver server in it. Rather than touch the silver, Mason takes a piece of pie by hand. The action isn't lost on Alaric or Damon. Elena wants to leave the barbecue to go to Stefan but Caroline insists she shouldn't claiming there isn't anything worse than a clingy girlfriend. When Elena insists on leaving anyway, Caroline offers to drive her. Before leaving, she lets the air out of the back tire. While waiting for the tow truck once the tire is completely flat, Caroline and Elena disagree when Caroline says that the relationship between Stefan and Elena will never work. Caroline runs down a list of everything that will never be with the relationship. The attitude surprises Elena who wants to walk to Stefan's home once the two truck arrives. Caroline grabs her arm to stop her from leaving but she does anyway when the tow driver pulls up.
Mason confronts Damon and tells him he means no harm to him or Stefan. The incident in the woods was because Mason didn't have enough time to chain himself up properly before changing. Mason extends a hand to Damon wanting them both to be above an age-old feud that applies to neither of them. Damon shakes but goes immediately for a silver knife once Mason leaves the room.
Mason and Damon leave the barbecue and Damon stabs Mason with the knife. Mason pulls the knife from the wound and tells Damon that now he's made an enemy and walks away.
When Mason arrives home Tyler pushes him into telling him what triggers the curse: human blood. If he takes another human life then the curse is his forever.
Katherine accosts Caroline at the Mystic Grill and makes it clear that she can and will kill Caroline a second time. When Stefan and Elena arrive at the Grill later, Caroline apologizes but Elena admits she was right in what she said. Stefan and Elena argue over Katherine. Elena doesn't want Katherine to get between them but Stefan says she already has prompting Elena to leave. Both Caroline and Damon overhear the argument between Stefan and Elena. Damon leaves the Grill and Katherine is waiting outside. She warns him not to try and be the hero or he will end up dead.
At Elena's home, Stefan is there and the fight was staged for the benefit of Caroline. They suspected that Katherine was using her. Stefan feels it is best that not even Damon knows the truth, that everyone believes they have broken up for good.
Katherine's deal with George Lockwood was that he save her from dying with the other vampires and she gives him the moonstone. The same moonstone Mason Lockwood has been wanting since his return to Mystic Falls. Before she left Mystic Falls the first time, Katherine knelt over Stefan's dead body and promised him she loved him and that they would be together again.
This episode gave us more of the back story from 1864. I like that little bits of the back story are being given to us at a time rather than one or two huge episodes that lay it all out. Mason Lockwood appears to be a good guy. He didn't want any trouble between he and Damon--until Damon started it. If Damon had left well enough alone and not been so Damon then the Salvatore's might have had quite an ally against Katherine because you just know she's going to cause some massive trouble in future episodes. Just how did Mason trigger the Lockwood curse. Who did he kill to start it and why? An accident or something that happened on purpose? Just like with the 1864 back story, little bits heighten the mystery!
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
US Television: Vampire Diaries, Episode 2.4 "Memory Lane"
Vampire Diaries
Season Two, Episode 2.4, Memory Lane
Original Air Date: September 30, 2010
Katherine reveals secrets from 1864 to Stefan that he didn't know. Jenna holds a barbecue that Damon uses as a chance to prove Mason Lockwood is a werewolf. Caroline puts ideas into Elena's head about Stefan's concerns for Elena. Katherine gives Stefan an ultimatum about his relationship with Elena.
Stefan has a nightmare where he is in 1864 at a party at the Lockwood Mansion with Katherine. A jealous Damon looks on as they dance until Katherine points out that Damon has found someone else to spend his time with. Stefan looks over and sees it is Elena. As Damon and Elena leave, Stefan runs after them and ends up in the Mystic Grill watching Damon and Elena play pool together. Katherine tells Stefan that it hurts to see Elena with Damon and now Stefan knows how she feels and that he loved her once and he will again. Stefan awakens holding Katherine.
Damon is going to be attending Jenna's barbecue much to the surprise of Elena. Actually, the barbecue was his idea and he is using it as a means to get to know Mason Lockwood better and prove he is a werewolf.
Season Two, Episode 2.4, Memory Lane
Original Air Date: September 30, 2010
Katherine reveals secrets from 1864 to Stefan that he didn't know. Jenna holds a barbecue that Damon uses as a chance to prove Mason Lockwood is a werewolf. Caroline puts ideas into Elena's head about Stefan's concerns for Elena. Katherine gives Stefan an ultimatum about his relationship with Elena.
Stefan has a nightmare where he is in 1864 at a party at the Lockwood Mansion with Katherine. A jealous Damon looks on as they dance until Katherine points out that Damon has found someone else to spend his time with. Stefan looks over and sees it is Elena. As Damon and Elena leave, Stefan runs after them and ends up in the Mystic Grill watching Damon and Elena play pool together. Katherine tells Stefan that it hurts to see Elena with Damon and now Stefan knows how she feels and that he loved her once and he will again. Stefan awakens holding Katherine.
Damon is going to be attending Jenna's barbecue much to the surprise of Elena. Actually, the barbecue was his idea and he is using it as a means to get to know Mason Lockwood better and prove he is a werewolf.
UK Television: Law & Order: UK, Episode 3.4 "Confession"
Law & Order: UK
Season Three, Episode Four, Confession
Confession, Original Air Date: September 30, 2010
Based on Law & Order (US) "Bad Faith", Season 5, Episode 20 (26th April, 1995)
A police officer is found shot in a park and Brooks and Devlin are called in. The case is extremely personal to Devlin as the officer was his good friend. The investigation soon begins to focus on the former parish priest of both Devlin and his friend.
Pete Garvey, the deceased officer, wasn't working the night before despite leaving a note for his wife that he was working late. He had also illegally removed a firearm the property store and the gun wasn't found at the crime scene. A courier saw two men arguing outside the park.
A question is raised as to whether or not Pete was a dirty cop. Devlin insists Pete was straight as a string but Brooks states that there are only two reasons someone goes to a meeting armed: to protect himself or to kill the other person. Both Brooks and Chandler worry that Matt Devlin might be too close to the case. Chandler orders them to go through Pete's closed cases since they've already gone through his active cases.
Devlin and Brooks talk with Tommy Morgan, a former police officer who was brought up on charges of stealing cocaine from a drug bust. The charges were dropped but Matt insists that Morgan could still have been guilty despite Pete's case falling through. Morgan claims that, on the night of Garvey's death, he had called in sick from work. Morgan admits that he wasn't sick and wasn't home; he was with one of the girls he works with and the alibi checks out.
Brooks doesn't feel that the answer to the case is in the files. Matt mentions how Pete was drinking before he died and this leads Brooks to believe that they will find the answers by looking into Pete's private life. They return to talk to Pete's widow (Ruth Gemmell) and she tells them he had been having problems sleeping for about six months or a year. The last couple of months, he'd been having nightmares. She'd found him crying in the dark the week before. She said he'd gone to see a priest for counseling; Father Jonathan Nugent (Matthew Marsh), Pete and Matt's old parish priest.
Devlin and Brooks go to see Father Nugent and he denies that he was counseling Pete. Nugent is no longer a priest and now has a wife and kids. When they leave, Matt tells Brooks about the good things Nugent had done as a priest but also tells him that Nugent was a pedophile.
When the investigation turns to Nugent, Brooks and Devlin go to speak with some of Pete and Matt's other friends. Harry Lucas (Johnny Harris) informs them Pete had tracked Nugent down and started watching him. Nugent had offered Pete £10,000. Lucas said Pete was building a case against Nugent. Lucas knows that Pete was still suffering with what had happened to them as kids at the hands of Nugent. Matt believes that Pete had gotten over it.
Upon recovering the bullet, it was determined that it had come from the gun Pete had taken from the property store. All evidence points to the fact that Pete killed himself instead of being murdered. The gun wasn't found at the scene and there was no GSR on Pete's hands. Brooks wants Pete's gloves checked for GSR because of the looming question of how he could have killed himself with a missing gun and no gun shot residue on his hands. A forensics report later reveals there was GSR on the gloves. Brooks and Devlin call the first responding officers in for a chat. Brooks wants to know why they destroyed a crime scene. Sgt. Morrow (Martha Cope) insists the crime scene was altered to prevent Pete's widow from losing his pension and insurance. They dumped the shell casing and the gun in the Thames after work.
Since Nugent didn't kill Pete and since there isn't anyone who can testify against Nugent about the abuse, Steel doesn't feel there is a case. Phillips continues to dig into things and comes up with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and Nugent can be charged with manslaughter if they can prove his abuse caused Pete's PTSD. George Castle is reluctant to give the green light to the case but he agrees and Brooks and Devlin arrest Nugent for manslaughter.
After Pete's funeral, Matt asks Harry Lucas if he will testify against Nugent. Lucas doesn't want to because he's finally gotten his life back together and feels testifying will set him back. Lucas refuses to talk about what Nugent did to him but he agrees to testify about what he saw Nugent doing to Pete.
The Church sends Father Aiden Browne (Struan Rodger) to talk with Castle, Steel and Phillips. Browne feels that the Church shouldn't be brought into the ordeal since Nugent is no longer a priest. Steel feels quite differently since Nugent was a priest for twenty years and committed his crimes while a priest. Browne warns that they step lightly since the Church can afford the best lawyers. Castle wants steel to put Nugent in prison without making the Catholic Church angry.
On the stand, Henry Lucas relates what he saw happening between Nugent and Pete. When Nugent's lawyer begins his questioning, he chips away at Lucas' honesty. He questions Lucas about whether Nugent had ever done anything to him (Lucas) and Lucas says "no" after saying "I can't" in court referring to not wanting to speak about his own abuse. While listening to the lawyers argue, Lucas breaks down in court and yells to Nugent "tell them" and pleads with everyone as to why no one will believe him.
Nugent, close to breaching his bail conditions, goes to see Devlin wanting him to sign the form. Nugent has the gall to ask Devlin if he would want an innocent man to go to jail and looks him in the eyes and tells Matt he didn't abuse him. Matt signs the form, reluctantly.
In court, Nugent's attorney presents evidence claiming that Pete was blackmailing Nugent for £10,000 and shows that the money was indeed deposited into an account in the name of Pete's son, Danny. Nugent claims that he was trying to protect Pete and his family and didn't want him to be known as a blackmailer. The case is dismissed.
Still working on the case against Nugent, Steel and Phillips want to know where Nugent is finding his victims now that he's no longer in the priesthood. Steel feels the Catholic Church is hiding something and wants to know what it is. Steel threatens the Church with a civil suit and Browne turns over a list of names abused by Nugent Browne had collected since talking to Steel the first time.
When presented with the list of 44 names and the threat of 44 counts, Nugent and his lawyer want to plead to some of the counts. Steel refuses and wants the case to go to court so every one of Nugent's victims can face him there.
Matt Devlin goes into court and testifies about when he was a boy Pete had come to him about a pornographic magazine Nugent kept at the church and things Pete had said to him about what he and Nugent had done. Nugent's lawyer is able to rattle Matt on the stand but despite what appears to be damage to the prosecution's case, the jury finds Nugent guilty on all counts.
Matt is left to deal with the agony of whether he could have prevented Pete's death and even questions what he does and doesn't remember clearly about his own childhood with Nugent.
Law & Order: UK airs on Thursday nights at 9:00 p.m. on ITV1 in the UK.
For more information:
Law & Order: UK ITV1 Official Site: http://www.itv.com/drama/copsandcrime/lawandorder/
Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1166893/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-18198
Season Three, Episode Four, Confession
Confession, Original Air Date: September 30, 2010
Based on Law & Order (US) "Bad Faith", Season 5, Episode 20 (26th April, 1995)
A police officer is found shot in a park and Brooks and Devlin are called in. The case is extremely personal to Devlin as the officer was his good friend. The investigation soon begins to focus on the former parish priest of both Devlin and his friend.
Pete Garvey, the deceased officer, wasn't working the night before despite leaving a note for his wife that he was working late. He had also illegally removed a firearm the property store and the gun wasn't found at the crime scene. A courier saw two men arguing outside the park.
A question is raised as to whether or not Pete was a dirty cop. Devlin insists Pete was straight as a string but Brooks states that there are only two reasons someone goes to a meeting armed: to protect himself or to kill the other person. Both Brooks and Chandler worry that Matt Devlin might be too close to the case. Chandler orders them to go through Pete's closed cases since they've already gone through his active cases.
Devlin and Brooks talk with Tommy Morgan, a former police officer who was brought up on charges of stealing cocaine from a drug bust. The charges were dropped but Matt insists that Morgan could still have been guilty despite Pete's case falling through. Morgan claims that, on the night of Garvey's death, he had called in sick from work. Morgan admits that he wasn't sick and wasn't home; he was with one of the girls he works with and the alibi checks out.
Brooks doesn't feel that the answer to the case is in the files. Matt mentions how Pete was drinking before he died and this leads Brooks to believe that they will find the answers by looking into Pete's private life. They return to talk to Pete's widow (Ruth Gemmell) and she tells them he had been having problems sleeping for about six months or a year. The last couple of months, he'd been having nightmares. She'd found him crying in the dark the week before. She said he'd gone to see a priest for counseling; Father Jonathan Nugent (Matthew Marsh), Pete and Matt's old parish priest.
Devlin and Brooks go to see Father Nugent and he denies that he was counseling Pete. Nugent is no longer a priest and now has a wife and kids. When they leave, Matt tells Brooks about the good things Nugent had done as a priest but also tells him that Nugent was a pedophile.
When the investigation turns to Nugent, Brooks and Devlin go to speak with some of Pete and Matt's other friends. Harry Lucas (Johnny Harris) informs them Pete had tracked Nugent down and started watching him. Nugent had offered Pete £10,000. Lucas said Pete was building a case against Nugent. Lucas knows that Pete was still suffering with what had happened to them as kids at the hands of Nugent. Matt believes that Pete had gotten over it.
Upon recovering the bullet, it was determined that it had come from the gun Pete had taken from the property store. All evidence points to the fact that Pete killed himself instead of being murdered. The gun wasn't found at the scene and there was no GSR on Pete's hands. Brooks wants Pete's gloves checked for GSR because of the looming question of how he could have killed himself with a missing gun and no gun shot residue on his hands. A forensics report later reveals there was GSR on the gloves. Brooks and Devlin call the first responding officers in for a chat. Brooks wants to know why they destroyed a crime scene. Sgt. Morrow (Martha Cope) insists the crime scene was altered to prevent Pete's widow from losing his pension and insurance. They dumped the shell casing and the gun in the Thames after work.
Since Nugent didn't kill Pete and since there isn't anyone who can testify against Nugent about the abuse, Steel doesn't feel there is a case. Phillips continues to dig into things and comes up with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and Nugent can be charged with manslaughter if they can prove his abuse caused Pete's PTSD. George Castle is reluctant to give the green light to the case but he agrees and Brooks and Devlin arrest Nugent for manslaughter.
After Pete's funeral, Matt asks Harry Lucas if he will testify against Nugent. Lucas doesn't want to because he's finally gotten his life back together and feels testifying will set him back. Lucas refuses to talk about what Nugent did to him but he agrees to testify about what he saw Nugent doing to Pete.
The Church sends Father Aiden Browne (Struan Rodger) to talk with Castle, Steel and Phillips. Browne feels that the Church shouldn't be brought into the ordeal since Nugent is no longer a priest. Steel feels quite differently since Nugent was a priest for twenty years and committed his crimes while a priest. Browne warns that they step lightly since the Church can afford the best lawyers. Castle wants steel to put Nugent in prison without making the Catholic Church angry.
On the stand, Henry Lucas relates what he saw happening between Nugent and Pete. When Nugent's lawyer begins his questioning, he chips away at Lucas' honesty. He questions Lucas about whether Nugent had ever done anything to him (Lucas) and Lucas says "no" after saying "I can't" in court referring to not wanting to speak about his own abuse. While listening to the lawyers argue, Lucas breaks down in court and yells to Nugent "tell them" and pleads with everyone as to why no one will believe him.
Nugent, close to breaching his bail conditions, goes to see Devlin wanting him to sign the form. Nugent has the gall to ask Devlin if he would want an innocent man to go to jail and looks him in the eyes and tells Matt he didn't abuse him. Matt signs the form, reluctantly.
In court, Nugent's attorney presents evidence claiming that Pete was blackmailing Nugent for £10,000 and shows that the money was indeed deposited into an account in the name of Pete's son, Danny. Nugent claims that he was trying to protect Pete and his family and didn't want him to be known as a blackmailer. The case is dismissed.
Still working on the case against Nugent, Steel and Phillips want to know where Nugent is finding his victims now that he's no longer in the priesthood. Steel feels the Catholic Church is hiding something and wants to know what it is. Steel threatens the Church with a civil suit and Browne turns over a list of names abused by Nugent Browne had collected since talking to Steel the first time.
When presented with the list of 44 names and the threat of 44 counts, Nugent and his lawyer want to plead to some of the counts. Steel refuses and wants the case to go to court so every one of Nugent's victims can face him there.
Matt Devlin goes into court and testifies about when he was a boy Pete had come to him about a pornographic magazine Nugent kept at the church and things Pete had said to him about what he and Nugent had done. Nugent's lawyer is able to rattle Matt on the stand but despite what appears to be damage to the prosecution's case, the jury finds Nugent guilty on all counts.
Matt is left to deal with the agony of whether he could have prevented Pete's death and even questions what he does and doesn't remember clearly about his own childhood with Nugent.
Law & Order: UK airs on Thursday nights at 9:00 p.m. on ITV1 in the UK.
For more information:
Law & Order: UK ITV1 Official Site: http://www.itv.com/drama/copsandcrime/lawandorder/
Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1166893/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-18198
UK Television: Law & Order: UK, Episode 3.4 "Confession"
Law & Order: UK
Season Three, Episode Four, Confession
Confession, Original Air Date: September 30, 2010
Based on Law & Order (US) "Bad Faith", Season 5, Episode 20 (26th April, 1995)
A police officer is found shot in a park and Brooks and Devlin are called in. The case is extremely personal to Devlin as the officer was his good friend. The investigation soon begins to focus on the former parish priest of both Devlin and his friend.
Pete Garvey, the deceased officer, wasn't working the night before despite leaving a note for his wife that he was working late. He had also illegally removed a firearm the property store and the gun wasn't found at the crime scene. A courier saw two men arguing outside the park.
A question is raised as to whether or not Pete was a dirty cop. Devlin insists Pete was straight as a string but Brooks states that there are only two reasons someone goes to a meeting armed: to protect himself or to kill the other person. Both Brooks and Chandler worry that Matt Devlin might be too close to the case. Chandler orders them to go through Pete's closed cases since they've already gone through his active cases.
Season Three, Episode Four, Confession
Confession, Original Air Date: September 30, 2010
Based on Law & Order (US) "Bad Faith", Season 5, Episode 20 (26th April, 1995)
A police officer is found shot in a park and Brooks and Devlin are called in. The case is extremely personal to Devlin as the officer was his good friend. The investigation soon begins to focus on the former parish priest of both Devlin and his friend.
Pete Garvey, the deceased officer, wasn't working the night before despite leaving a note for his wife that he was working late. He had also illegally removed a firearm the property store and the gun wasn't found at the crime scene. A courier saw two men arguing outside the park.
A question is raised as to whether or not Pete was a dirty cop. Devlin insists Pete was straight as a string but Brooks states that there are only two reasons someone goes to a meeting armed: to protect himself or to kill the other person. Both Brooks and Chandler worry that Matt Devlin might be too close to the case. Chandler orders them to go through Pete's closed cases since they've already gone through his active cases.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
AUS Television: City Homicide, Episode 4.13 "Once Bitten"
City Homicide
Season Four, Episode Thirteen, Once Bitten
Original Air Date: September 29, 2010
An off-duty Rhys finds himself in trouble when he pursues two kids he witnessed committing a robbery. One of the men bite him and they both get away. Upon investigating the scene closer, Rhys finds that the owner of the business was murdered. The case gets complicated and Rhys faces a danger that could cost him his life.
While listening to a witness relate what he'd seen (or not seen) to Nick, Rhys sees an onlooker in the crowd that draws his interest but the man disappears into the crowd. Matt orders Rhys back to headquarters to get an ID on the men. Once there, he finds that his bitten arm is in a pretty bad condition. He gets a call from Matt and, ignoring his injury, he heads out to work on the case.
No one seems to be able to identify the photo Rhys has of the guy he saw flee the scene of the crime. Nick and Rhys end up in the home of the onlooker that drew Rhys' attention at the scene, Murray Denton. Denton is strange, to say the least and Rhys feels he is borderline Aspergers.
When one of the teenagers, the one who bit Rhys, is brought in he certainly gives the officers a fight! While struggling with the uniformed officers, Rhys notices track marks on the kids arm causing him concern over his injury. The boy admits to bashing the deceased man and taking the money but he insists they didn't kill him. While searching the kids belongings they learn that his accomplice was a girl.
Rhys ends up telling Nick he was bitten and Nick insists he must get a blood test and put in a report because the kid is a user. However, Rhys is still reluctant to get the injury taken care of.
While brainstorming, the team concludes the attack was part of a protection racket. While everyone else goes off to investigate that lead, Nick goes back to talk to the suspect. Nick warns him that if he doesn't go in and get a blood test he will be speaking to "old school" Jarvis who will not be as nice about the issue as he (Nick) is.
At home with his aunt, Bernice, Rhys expresses his doubts to her about his capabilities of working in homicide. When she touches his arm, he flinches and she forces him to show him his arm finding the bite.
Rhys questions the shop owner and Nick and Duncan question Denton about the female suspect and the protection scheme. After leaving the cafe, Rhys chases down a girl and arrests her for questioning. The girl, an obvious junkie, admits to stealing the money but she insists she and her boyfriend didn't kill the man. She implicates "eagle" and Rhys immediately knows who she's talking about.
Bernice questions Matt about Rhys' ability to handle the case and mentions the bite. An angry Matt goes immediately to Rhys once away from Bernice. He orders Rhys to have an injury report on his desk in a half hour then to find the man who committed the murder. Matt asks him if anyone other than Bernice knows about the injury and Rhys outright lies to him and tells him no.
Uniforms bring in "eagle" and Nick and Rhys go into talk with him. He claims he was "doing his shopping" and didn't kill the barber, Charlie. Rhys, thinking something is odd about Denton, goes into speak with Bernice along with Nick. Rhys looks at a complaint made against Denton alleging Denton was a pedophile. The complaint was made by the deceased barber. They bring Denton back in for another talk. Denton doesn't break even under Nick's intense questioning. They then turn their attention to Costas, the owner of the cafe next to Charlie's business.
Attention goes back to Denton when Nick and Rhys feel he might have been a witness. Rhys goes to speak to him alone. He wants to know what Denton saw because of the eye for detail he has. It doesn't seem like Denton will say anything at first, but, when Rhys is getting ready to leave, he starts to talk. He gives Rhys a photographic description as to what happened.
Knowing Costas the murderer, Rhys goes alone to his cafe so he can catch him before he gets rid of the murder weapon. Costas comes out of the cafe and sees Rhys searching the building for the knife and comes back out with another. Rhys is in a very bad position as Costas could easily overtake and kill him but Rhys is able to make the murder arrest and close down the protection scheme racket.
Rhys proves himself in this episode, I think. I also think he has earned a friend in Nick. Rhys is a bit stubborn and very naive but he should learn as time goes by. He put himself in danger with Costas and things could have gone very bad, very fast but they didn't. He was able to close the case proving he's more than just a college degree. I found it a bit crazy on his part that he seemed so reluctant to have the bite taken care of but, I guess he was probably afraid of what he might hear. The good news at the end where the junkie's blood tests came back negative was a relief to him. Imagine if he'd gotten that news earlier how much better he could have performed knowing he was A-OK?
Matt is slowly getting used to his new position. I hope that now we have Matt as a Sergeant we don't see less and less of Stanley Wolfe. Stanley has long been one of my favorite City Homicide characters and I'd miss him were he to leave again.
Music From This Episode:
Silk Suits (Kram)
As music is a great part of City Homicide, I'm going to try to make a note of the music in each episode from here on out. I can't guarantee that I'll always be able to identify every song in every show but I'll give it a shot. If I've got time, I might go back and put together a list of music from old episodes as well. (I'm not making any promises about that, though!)
For more information:
City Homicide Official Site: http://au.tv.yahoo.com/city-homicide/
Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024932/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-17228
Season Four, Episode Thirteen, Once Bitten
Original Air Date: September 29, 2010
An off-duty Rhys finds himself in trouble when he pursues two kids he witnessed committing a robbery. One of the men bite him and they both get away. Upon investigating the scene closer, Rhys finds that the owner of the business was murdered. The case gets complicated and Rhys faces a danger that could cost him his life.
While listening to a witness relate what he'd seen (or not seen) to Nick, Rhys sees an onlooker in the crowd that draws his interest but the man disappears into the crowd. Matt orders Rhys back to headquarters to get an ID on the men. Once there, he finds that his bitten arm is in a pretty bad condition. He gets a call from Matt and, ignoring his injury, he heads out to work on the case.
No one seems to be able to identify the photo Rhys has of the guy he saw flee the scene of the crime. Nick and Rhys end up in the home of the onlooker that drew Rhys' attention at the scene, Murray Denton. Denton is strange, to say the least and Rhys feels he is borderline Aspergers.
When one of the teenagers, the one who bit Rhys, is brought in he certainly gives the officers a fight! While struggling with the uniformed officers, Rhys notices track marks on the kids arm causing him concern over his injury. The boy admits to bashing the deceased man and taking the money but he insists they didn't kill him. While searching the kids belongings they learn that his accomplice was a girl.
Rhys ends up telling Nick he was bitten and Nick insists he must get a blood test and put in a report because the kid is a user. However, Rhys is still reluctant to get the injury taken care of.
While brainstorming, the team concludes the attack was part of a protection racket. While everyone else goes off to investigate that lead, Nick goes back to talk to the suspect. Nick warns him that if he doesn't go in and get a blood test he will be speaking to "old school" Jarvis who will not be as nice about the issue as he (Nick) is.
At home with his aunt, Bernice, Rhys expresses his doubts to her about his capabilities of working in homicide. When she touches his arm, he flinches and she forces him to show him his arm finding the bite.
Rhys questions the shop owner and Nick and Duncan question Denton about the female suspect and the protection scheme. After leaving the cafe, Rhys chases down a girl and arrests her for questioning. The girl, an obvious junkie, admits to stealing the money but she insists she and her boyfriend didn't kill the man. She implicates "eagle" and Rhys immediately knows who she's talking about.
Bernice questions Matt about Rhys' ability to handle the case and mentions the bite. An angry Matt goes immediately to Rhys once away from Bernice. He orders Rhys to have an injury report on his desk in a half hour then to find the man who committed the murder. Matt asks him if anyone other than Bernice knows about the injury and Rhys outright lies to him and tells him no.
Uniforms bring in "eagle" and Nick and Rhys go into talk with him. He claims he was "doing his shopping" and didn't kill the barber, Charlie. Rhys, thinking something is odd about Denton, goes into speak with Bernice along with Nick. Rhys looks at a complaint made against Denton alleging Denton was a pedophile. The complaint was made by the deceased barber. They bring Denton back in for another talk. Denton doesn't break even under Nick's intense questioning. They then turn their attention to Costas, the owner of the cafe next to Charlie's business.
Attention goes back to Denton when Nick and Rhys feel he might have been a witness. Rhys goes to speak to him alone. He wants to know what Denton saw because of the eye for detail he has. It doesn't seem like Denton will say anything at first, but, when Rhys is getting ready to leave, he starts to talk. He gives Rhys a photographic description as to what happened.
Knowing Costas the murderer, Rhys goes alone to his cafe so he can catch him before he gets rid of the murder weapon. Costas comes out of the cafe and sees Rhys searching the building for the knife and comes back out with another. Rhys is in a very bad position as Costas could easily overtake and kill him but Rhys is able to make the murder arrest and close down the protection scheme racket.
Rhys proves himself in this episode, I think. I also think he has earned a friend in Nick. Rhys is a bit stubborn and very naive but he should learn as time goes by. He put himself in danger with Costas and things could have gone very bad, very fast but they didn't. He was able to close the case proving he's more than just a college degree. I found it a bit crazy on his part that he seemed so reluctant to have the bite taken care of but, I guess he was probably afraid of what he might hear. The good news at the end where the junkie's blood tests came back negative was a relief to him. Imagine if he'd gotten that news earlier how much better he could have performed knowing he was A-OK?
Matt is slowly getting used to his new position. I hope that now we have Matt as a Sergeant we don't see less and less of Stanley Wolfe. Stanley has long been one of my favorite City Homicide characters and I'd miss him were he to leave again.
Music From This Episode:
Silk Suits (Kram)
As music is a great part of City Homicide, I'm going to try to make a note of the music in each episode from here on out. I can't guarantee that I'll always be able to identify every song in every show but I'll give it a shot. If I've got time, I might go back and put together a list of music from old episodes as well. (I'm not making any promises about that, though!)
For more information:
City Homicide Official Site: http://au.tv.yahoo.com/city-homicide/
Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024932/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-17228
AUS Television: City Homicide, Episode 4.13 "Once Bitten"
City Homicide
Season Four, Episode Thirteen, Once Bitten
Original Air Date: September 29, 2010
An off-duty Rhys finds himself in trouble when he pursues two kids he witnessed committing a robbery. One of the men bite him and they both get away. Upon investigating the scene closer, Rhys finds that the owner of the business was murdered. The case gets complicated and Rhys faces a danger that could cost him his life.
While listening to a witness relate what he'd seen (or not seen) to Nick, Rhys sees an onlooker in the crowd that draws his interest but the man disappears into the crowd. Matt orders Rhys back to headquarters to get an ID on the men. Once there, he finds that his bitten arm is in a pretty bad condition. He gets a call from Matt and, ignoring his injury, he heads out to work on the case.
Season Four, Episode Thirteen, Once Bitten
Original Air Date: September 29, 2010
An off-duty Rhys finds himself in trouble when he pursues two kids he witnessed committing a robbery. One of the men bite him and they both get away. Upon investigating the scene closer, Rhys finds that the owner of the business was murdered. The case gets complicated and Rhys faces a danger that could cost him his life.
While listening to a witness relate what he'd seen (or not seen) to Nick, Rhys sees an onlooker in the crowd that draws his interest but the man disappears into the crowd. Matt orders Rhys back to headquarters to get an ID on the men. Once there, he finds that his bitten arm is in a pretty bad condition. He gets a call from Matt and, ignoring his injury, he heads out to work on the case.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
US Television, Beast Legends, Episode 1.3 "Mega Jaws"
Beast Legends
Season One, Episode Three, Mega Jaws
Original Air Date: Thursday, September 23, 2010
In this episode of Beast Legends, the team is researching the Fijian legend of Dakuwaga, the Shark God.
While Scott, Francis and Mike stay in the lab researching the legend, Steve and Kathryn head to a small Fijian island to meet with the locals to learn more about the Dakuwaga legend. The legend states that Dakuwaga is a shapeshifter that can be a man, sea snake or giant shark. The Shark God protects the innocent and punishes evildoers. The all-knowing, all-seeing Shark God has a terrifying wrath.
Tiger, reef and bull sharks are known in Fijian waters and are used as the starting point for the team to base their creature on.
On Beqa, Steve and Kathryn gain the trust of the elders and become honorary members of the village. They go out onto the water with Manasa "Papa" Bulivou, a village elder, to learn more about the Dakuwaga legend. They go diving with the sharks even after Papa tells them of the largest shark he's seen in the waters: a 6.5 metre (21 ft.) female named "Scarface". Thirty feet down, local divers feed the bull sharks while Steve manages to get some images of the animals and their teeth for the rest of the team back in the lab. Back on land, Steve and Kathryn split up to continue interviewing the locals about the Shark God legend.
In the Beast Lab, the guys get to work constructing their Shark God. They start with the bull shark body. To learn more about the senses of a shark, Scott and Francis head to Bimini Island to see sharks up close and personal. There, they meet with Dr. Sam Gruber (Director Bimini Biological Field Station) to learn more about how sharks can detect electrical fields in the water. Francis, who can't swim, gets in the water (along with Scott) to attract the sharks so they can observe how they react around an electrical field. Dr. Gruber shows them the lateral lines and little black dots that go down a sharks body. The dots are filled with sensory cells to pick up vibrations in the water to enable sharks to hunt down prey more efficiently. The info about the lateral lines is sent back to the lab where Mike adds it to their virtual shark.
Steve and Kathryn head back into the water to search the ocean floor for fallen shark teeth. Knowing they need teeth that are larger teeth, Scott and Francis head to Gainsville, Florida at the Florida Museum of Natural History where they meet shark tooth expert George Burgess (Director, Florida Program for Shark Research). George shows the guys several different kinds of shark teeth before taking them to a reproduction of a megalodon jaw. The jaw houses teeth at large as 7 inches. All the teeth are fossils, not reproductions. The jaw itself measures 6 1/5 feet across and megalodon would be about 60 feet long. George gives them a few tips about how the shark's tail should be so that it will be super-fast in the water. Using the information and Francis' drawings, Mike updates their virtual shark.
To help visualize the shark, they go to the beach to build the shark to scale using sand. With the help of Dave Walker, a sand sculpture expert, Francis and Scott are able to build a scale replica of their massive shark.
Steve goes diving off Benau island to an underwater cave where it is rumored that Dakuwaga lives. Back in the lab, Scott, Francis and Matt size the shark on the computer. Using the data Steve collects in his dive to Dakuwaga's cave, Matt is able to finish the project so the team can watch the video of their creation.
I greatly enjoyed this episode. I've had a fascination with megalodon's for quite some time and I found all the shark research the team did in this episode extremely interesting. It was fascinating seeing all the shark jaws and teeth at the Florida Museum of Natural History and even more fascinating to see the sharks in their natural habitats during the dives. Sharks are something that I find incredibly interesting but, at the same time, incredibly frightening. This episode blended everything together to create a creature that, if it truly existed would be both intriguing and horrifying.
Beast Legends airs every Thursday night at 10 P.M. (9 p.m. Central) on the SyFy Channel. Episode Four, Winged Lion airs on September 30, 2010.
For More Information:
Official Web Site: http://www.beastlegends.com/
Official SyFy Site: http://www.syfy.com/beastlegends/index.php
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-26229/?vote=10
Francis Manapul's Official Website: http://www.francismanapul.com/
Season One, Episode Three, Mega Jaws
Original Air Date: Thursday, September 23, 2010
In this episode of Beast Legends, the team is researching the Fijian legend of Dakuwaga, the Shark God.
While Scott, Francis and Mike stay in the lab researching the legend, Steve and Kathryn head to a small Fijian island to meet with the locals to learn more about the Dakuwaga legend. The legend states that Dakuwaga is a shapeshifter that can be a man, sea snake or giant shark. The Shark God protects the innocent and punishes evildoers. The all-knowing, all-seeing Shark God has a terrifying wrath.
Tiger, reef and bull sharks are known in Fijian waters and are used as the starting point for the team to base their creature on.
On Beqa, Steve and Kathryn gain the trust of the elders and become honorary members of the village. They go out onto the water with Manasa "Papa" Bulivou, a village elder, to learn more about the Dakuwaga legend. They go diving with the sharks even after Papa tells them of the largest shark he's seen in the waters: a 6.5 metre (21 ft.) female named "Scarface". Thirty feet down, local divers feed the bull sharks while Steve manages to get some images of the animals and their teeth for the rest of the team back in the lab. Back on land, Steve and Kathryn split up to continue interviewing the locals about the Shark God legend.
In the Beast Lab, the guys get to work constructing their Shark God. They start with the bull shark body. To learn more about the senses of a shark, Scott and Francis head to Bimini Island to see sharks up close and personal. There, they meet with Dr. Sam Gruber (Director Bimini Biological Field Station) to learn more about how sharks can detect electrical fields in the water. Francis, who can't swim, gets in the water (along with Scott) to attract the sharks so they can observe how they react around an electrical field. Dr. Gruber shows them the lateral lines and little black dots that go down a sharks body. The dots are filled with sensory cells to pick up vibrations in the water to enable sharks to hunt down prey more efficiently. The info about the lateral lines is sent back to the lab where Mike adds it to their virtual shark.
Steve and Kathryn head back into the water to search the ocean floor for fallen shark teeth. Knowing they need teeth that are larger teeth, Scott and Francis head to Gainsville, Florida at the Florida Museum of Natural History where they meet shark tooth expert George Burgess (Director, Florida Program for Shark Research). George shows the guys several different kinds of shark teeth before taking them to a reproduction of a megalodon jaw. The jaw houses teeth at large as 7 inches. All the teeth are fossils, not reproductions. The jaw itself measures 6 1/5 feet across and megalodon would be about 60 feet long. George gives them a few tips about how the shark's tail should be so that it will be super-fast in the water. Using the information and Francis' drawings, Mike updates their virtual shark.
To help visualize the shark, they go to the beach to build the shark to scale using sand. With the help of Dave Walker, a sand sculpture expert, Francis and Scott are able to build a scale replica of their massive shark.
Steve goes diving off Benau island to an underwater cave where it is rumored that Dakuwaga lives. Back in the lab, Scott, Francis and Matt size the shark on the computer. Using the data Steve collects in his dive to Dakuwaga's cave, Matt is able to finish the project so the team can watch the video of their creation.
I greatly enjoyed this episode. I've had a fascination with megalodon's for quite some time and I found all the shark research the team did in this episode extremely interesting. It was fascinating seeing all the shark jaws and teeth at the Florida Museum of Natural History and even more fascinating to see the sharks in their natural habitats during the dives. Sharks are something that I find incredibly interesting but, at the same time, incredibly frightening. This episode blended everything together to create a creature that, if it truly existed would be both intriguing and horrifying.
Beast Legends airs every Thursday night at 10 P.M. (9 p.m. Central) on the SyFy Channel. Episode Four, Winged Lion airs on September 30, 2010.
For More Information:
Official Web Site: http://www.beastlegends.com/
Official SyFy Site: http://www.syfy.com/beastlegends/index.php
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-26229/?vote=10
Francis Manapul's Official Website: http://www.francismanapul.com/
US Television, Beast Legends, Episode 1.3 "Mega Jaws"
Beast Legends
Season One, Episode Three, Mega Jaws
Original Air Date: Thursday, September 23, 2010
In this episode of Beast Legends, the team is researching the Fijian legend of Dakuwaga, the Shark God.
While Scott, Francis and Mike stay in the lab researching the legend, Steve and Kathryn head to a small Fijian island to meet with the locals to learn more about the Dakuwaga legend. The legend states that Dakuwaga is a shapeshifter that can be a man, sea snake or giant shark. The Shark God protects the innocent and punishes evildoers. The all-knowing, all-seeing Shark God has a terrifying wrath.
Tiger, reef and bull sharks are known in Fijian waters and are used as the starting point for the team to base their creature on.
Season One, Episode Three, Mega Jaws
Original Air Date: Thursday, September 23, 2010
In this episode of Beast Legends, the team is researching the Fijian legend of Dakuwaga, the Shark God.
While Scott, Francis and Mike stay in the lab researching the legend, Steve and Kathryn head to a small Fijian island to meet with the locals to learn more about the Dakuwaga legend. The legend states that Dakuwaga is a shapeshifter that can be a man, sea snake or giant shark. The Shark God protects the innocent and punishes evildoers. The all-knowing, all-seeing Shark God has a terrifying wrath.
Tiger, reef and bull sharks are known in Fijian waters and are used as the starting point for the team to base their creature on.
AUS Television: Offspring, Episode 1.6
Offspring
Series One, Episode Six
Original Air Date: September 26, 2010
Nina is nervously making preparations for her date with Chris Havel. Billie is convinced that Cherie is having an affair with an older man. Geraldine has a date with a mystery man, the identity of which turns out to be shocking to Jimmy. Nina's date with Chris doesn't exactly go as planned so they plan and second date. The identity of Cherie's "mystery man" is finally revealed. Chris Havel gets some big news.
Nina goes to buy condoms for her date with Dr. Hottie. What she imagines while looking over the vast selection of condoms is hiliarious! One of the best scenes from a television show ever!
While Nina is getting ready for her date with Doc Hottie, Billie points out that Nina hasn't "de-owled" her room. She's got owls all over the place which Billie artfully points out isn't good because they're almost totally sexless as far as birds go. Nina doesn't want to overthink things but when she thinks Chris has arrived, Nina begins madly removing all traces of her owls from her bedroom.
It's not Chris who is there, however, it's Cherie. Billie has invited her over because she's convinced Cherie is having an affair with a decrepit old man. In Billie's words: "she's like a sexual archaeologist, she's got a taste for fossils". Billie is thrown for a loop when Cherie admits to Nina before leaving that she hasn't had sex for a year.
Nina takes what she believes is an anti-histamine but it turns out she's taken a pill she usually takes to put her to sleep when she flies. One pill usually does the trick but she's taken two. She completely passes out before ordering Billie to wake her in 20 minutes no matter what. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan.
Nina wakes up much later only to find that Billie was unable to wake her and Chris had been there and gone. Second best scene from a television show ever: Billie trying to awaken Nina. How Asher Keddie was able to get through that scene without laughing is beyond me. If they didn't need 1,000 takes to get the scene filmed, Asher is truly a professional! Nina is further horrified to learn that Chris heard her snoring from the living room while he was sitting in there talking with Billie.
Billie ends up staking out Darcy's house to watch Cherie. She follows Cherie all the way to where Cherie meets with the unknown man and draws attention to herself in a major way when she sets off a car alarm.
A couple has come into the hospital and their baby is way overdue. While consulting with them, Chris stops by and Nina excuses herself. She apologizes profusely. He wants to be impulsive and have their date that night. She agrees and he kisses her, which is interrupted by Kim who walks in. Nina's next big worry: her bedroom is a mess. Chris tells his mother-in-law that he will not be able to come home again that night. Nina informs the couple that she needs to get some rest but that she'll be on call in the event the woman goes into labor. Jimmy finally gets into the apartment and starts cleaning. Everything is set for a fantastic night with Chris.
Chris and Nina arrive at her apartment and meet with Jimmy who "came to pick up Wuthering Heights". Before Jimmy can leave, Billie calls and leaves a message on the machine that she thinks she has proof that "the fossil" is Ray's father instead of Darcy. Billie goes to Darcy's as Cherie arrives at Nina's. Before Billie can spill anything to Darcy, Cherie gets on the phone and confesses that "the fossil" is her father.
Once everyone is gone, Nina and Chris lock the door, unplug the phone and continue with their evening. Things go as they want until Chris' phone rings. He answers it and it turns out it's his mother-in-law. There's been a development and they think his wife is still alive and he needs to fly to Brisbane the next day.
Jimmy, ready to jump back into dating after breaking up with Odile gets ready and heads to the pub. He meets Mick who is there with Ivy. Mick bets Jimmy that, at some point in the night, Jimmy will go back to his old ways of lying to get a woman. Under Mick and Ivy's watchful eyes, Jimmy goes after a girl at the pub and things don't go very well. He is honest and admits he works at the pub and lives with his mum. After his disastrous night it gets even better when his mum tells him she's got a man coming over that might end up staying. Feeling uncomfortable, he leaves in a hurry. When he can't get Mick on the phone he goes to Darcy's.
To keep from having to tell Darcy that Geraldine is with another man, Jimmy listens to his father telling him about how hard it was for him to go on dating after the breakup of a relationship. He goes back to his mum's house to get Nina's spare keys so he can clean up her apartment and finds that the man there to see Geraldine is his former history teacher.
Mick wants to break it off with Ivy and even rehearses what he's going to say to her in the mirror. However, Ivy breaks it off with him first because she knows he's still in love with Billie.
This show was excellent! There was tons of humor (is Billie awesome or what?) and the story between Nina and Chris is getting more complicated. The previews for next week look like "complicated" is a word that will be able to be used for every aspect of the show from here on out!
Offspring airs on Sundays at 8:30 p.m. on Ten Network.
Official Site: http://ten.com.au/offspring.htm
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1530541/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-25992
Series One, Episode Six
Original Air Date: September 26, 2010
Nina is nervously making preparations for her date with Chris Havel. Billie is convinced that Cherie is having an affair with an older man. Geraldine has a date with a mystery man, the identity of which turns out to be shocking to Jimmy. Nina's date with Chris doesn't exactly go as planned so they plan and second date. The identity of Cherie's "mystery man" is finally revealed. Chris Havel gets some big news.
Nina goes to buy condoms for her date with Dr. Hottie. What she imagines while looking over the vast selection of condoms is hiliarious! One of the best scenes from a television show ever!
While Nina is getting ready for her date with Doc Hottie, Billie points out that Nina hasn't "de-owled" her room. She's got owls all over the place which Billie artfully points out isn't good because they're almost totally sexless as far as birds go. Nina doesn't want to overthink things but when she thinks Chris has arrived, Nina begins madly removing all traces of her owls from her bedroom.
It's not Chris who is there, however, it's Cherie. Billie has invited her over because she's convinced Cherie is having an affair with a decrepit old man. In Billie's words: "she's like a sexual archaeologist, she's got a taste for fossils". Billie is thrown for a loop when Cherie admits to Nina before leaving that she hasn't had sex for a year.
Nina takes what she believes is an anti-histamine but it turns out she's taken a pill she usually takes to put her to sleep when she flies. One pill usually does the trick but she's taken two. She completely passes out before ordering Billie to wake her in 20 minutes no matter what. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan.
Nina wakes up much later only to find that Billie was unable to wake her and Chris had been there and gone. Second best scene from a television show ever: Billie trying to awaken Nina. How Asher Keddie was able to get through that scene without laughing is beyond me. If they didn't need 1,000 takes to get the scene filmed, Asher is truly a professional! Nina is further horrified to learn that Chris heard her snoring from the living room while he was sitting in there talking with Billie.
Billie ends up staking out Darcy's house to watch Cherie. She follows Cherie all the way to where Cherie meets with the unknown man and draws attention to herself in a major way when she sets off a car alarm.
A couple has come into the hospital and their baby is way overdue. While consulting with them, Chris stops by and Nina excuses herself. She apologizes profusely. He wants to be impulsive and have their date that night. She agrees and he kisses her, which is interrupted by Kim who walks in. Nina's next big worry: her bedroom is a mess. Chris tells his mother-in-law that he will not be able to come home again that night. Nina informs the couple that she needs to get some rest but that she'll be on call in the event the woman goes into labor. Jimmy finally gets into the apartment and starts cleaning. Everything is set for a fantastic night with Chris.
Chris and Nina arrive at her apartment and meet with Jimmy who "came to pick up Wuthering Heights". Before Jimmy can leave, Billie calls and leaves a message on the machine that she thinks she has proof that "the fossil" is Ray's father instead of Darcy. Billie goes to Darcy's as Cherie arrives at Nina's. Before Billie can spill anything to Darcy, Cherie gets on the phone and confesses that "the fossil" is her father.
Once everyone is gone, Nina and Chris lock the door, unplug the phone and continue with their evening. Things go as they want until Chris' phone rings. He answers it and it turns out it's his mother-in-law. There's been a development and they think his wife is still alive and he needs to fly to Brisbane the next day.
Jimmy, ready to jump back into dating after breaking up with Odile gets ready and heads to the pub. He meets Mick who is there with Ivy. Mick bets Jimmy that, at some point in the night, Jimmy will go back to his old ways of lying to get a woman. Under Mick and Ivy's watchful eyes, Jimmy goes after a girl at the pub and things don't go very well. He is honest and admits he works at the pub and lives with his mum. After his disastrous night it gets even better when his mum tells him she's got a man coming over that might end up staying. Feeling uncomfortable, he leaves in a hurry. When he can't get Mick on the phone he goes to Darcy's.
To keep from having to tell Darcy that Geraldine is with another man, Jimmy listens to his father telling him about how hard it was for him to go on dating after the breakup of a relationship. He goes back to his mum's house to get Nina's spare keys so he can clean up her apartment and finds that the man there to see Geraldine is his former history teacher.
Mick wants to break it off with Ivy and even rehearses what he's going to say to her in the mirror. However, Ivy breaks it off with him first because she knows he's still in love with Billie.
This show was excellent! There was tons of humor (is Billie awesome or what?) and the story between Nina and Chris is getting more complicated. The previews for next week look like "complicated" is a word that will be able to be used for every aspect of the show from here on out!
Offspring airs on Sundays at 8:30 p.m. on Ten Network.
Official Site: http://ten.com.au/offspring.htm
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1530541/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-25992
AUS Television: Offspring, Episode 1.6
Offspring
Series One, Episode Six
Original Air Date: September 26, 2010
Nina is nervously making preparations for her date with Chris Havel. Billie is convinced that Cherie is having an affair with an older man. Geraldine has a date with a mystery man, the identity of which turns out to be shocking to Jimmy. Nina's date with Chris doesn't exactly go as planned so they plan and second date. The identity of Cherie's "mystery man" is finally revealed. Chris Havel gets some big news.
Nina goes to buy condoms for her date with Dr. Hottie. What she imagines while looking over the vast selection of condoms is hiliarious! One of the best scenes from a television show ever!
While Nina is getting ready for her date with Doc Hottie, Billie points out that Nina hasn't "de-owled" her room. She's got owls all over the place which Billie artfully points out isn't good because they're almost totally sexless as far as birds go. Nina doesn't want to overthink things but when she thinks Chris has arrived, Nina begins madly removing all traces of her owls from her bedroom.
Series One, Episode Six
Original Air Date: September 26, 2010
Nina is nervously making preparations for her date with Chris Havel. Billie is convinced that Cherie is having an affair with an older man. Geraldine has a date with a mystery man, the identity of which turns out to be shocking to Jimmy. Nina's date with Chris doesn't exactly go as planned so they plan and second date. The identity of Cherie's "mystery man" is finally revealed. Chris Havel gets some big news.
Nina goes to buy condoms for her date with Dr. Hottie. What she imagines while looking over the vast selection of condoms is hiliarious! One of the best scenes from a television show ever!
While Nina is getting ready for her date with Doc Hottie, Billie points out that Nina hasn't "de-owled" her room. She's got owls all over the place which Billie artfully points out isn't good because they're almost totally sexless as far as birds go. Nina doesn't want to overthink things but when she thinks Chris has arrived, Nina begins madly removing all traces of her owls from her bedroom.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
US Television: Outlaw, Episode 1.2, "In RE: Officer Daniel Hale"
Outlaw
Season One, Episode Two, In RE: Officer Daniel Hale
Original Air Date: September 24, 2010
Garza and his team go to Tuscon, Arizona when a uniformed police officer shoots a Latino man three times putting him in the hospital. The side of the issue Cyrus chooses to take surprises everyone, even his own team.
Cyrus, who is partying in Las Vegas flies into Tuscon to meet his team. They are all aware of the case as it has been a major headline on the national news. The team are shocked to learn they aren't there to support the man who was shot, James Reyes, but to instead defend the police officer who shot him, Daniel Hale. Al is strongly against taking the case. He doesn't feel they need to support racial profiling. Garza takes it despite Al's objections. Eddie is probably the only member of the team to agree with Cyrus in taking the case.
Eddie is told by the doctor who has been researching Reyes' injuries for the prosecution that one of the shots hit him in the back. While at the hospital, Lucinda sees his wife Melissa. She sits down with her and casually talks with her to gain her confidence. Melissa Reyes comments that her husband loved to fight and was almost arrested a year ago for a fight he had gotten into.
The prosecution plays a tape that was made from a bug placed in Hale's police car that has Hale saying "they're calling me a racist" and "I hate these people". It doesn't sound good until Garza points out in open court that the conversation was taken out of context. Hale was reading a paper at the time and was referring to the reporters who had written the article, not to individuals of another race. After making a point to the judge that Hale did have a reasonable expectation of privacy in his patrol car, the tape is stricken from evidence.
Cyrus and Al have something to eat and are accosted by a policeman who wants to see their ID. Al protests but Cyrus hands his over. When the officer sees who Cyrus is he apologizes to them and thanks him for being there to protect one of their own. When the policeman is gone, Al cannot understand why Cyrus wasn't angrier over what had just happened to them. Cyrus feels it isn't worth getting arrested over.
When the time to select the jury arrives, Cyrus is advised to pick white conservative males. Instead, he chooses a predominantly Latino jury. For James Reyes to testify, the lawyers, judge (a great appearance by Ed Begley, Jr.) and jury go to his hospital room. His testimony is fine until Cyrus begins to examine him. Cyrus is able to show that Reyes has a definite temper. Garza manages to make the doctors testimony about Reyes' injuries less damaging to his client by providing a valid alternative as to how the injuries could have occurred. Hale didn't have to shoot Reyes in the back for the injury to appear that way. Later, Cyrus is able to obtain a surveillance tape of what happened between Reyes and Hale from a local "businessman" who runs an illegal gaming casino in the back of an automotive repair shop. The tape shows that Reyes was, in fact, an aggressor in the incident as Hale maintains.
Garza wins the case and Officer Hale is found not guilty. Al doesn't believe he can continue working with the team but Cyrus tells him he needs his help. I don't foresee Al leaving the Garza team anytime soon.
Cyrus seems to do the exact opposite of everything his team advises and his actions often lead them to wonder if he really has thought things through or if he's not simply barking mad. He sees things differently than his team and what appears as a mistake (or insanity) to his team, is a carefully planned move to Cyrus.
Throughout the show, Lucinda is dropping hints to Mereta about the little ways she can get some "quiet time" with Cyrus. Lucinda, no doubt, means it as a bit of the same sort of teasing she aims at Eddie. Mereta, as we learned in the first episode, "loves" Cyrus. At one point, she is shopping for something to wear to "surprise someone she works with". Mereta might not mind the idea of getting Cyrus alone in his room in the least bit.
Arizona's new law requiring police officers to stop and request identification from anyone that might be an illegal immigrant has been a subject of debate at both the state and national levels in the United States since its enactment. I wasn't surprised to see that a dramatic series used this law as the basis for an episode. I was impressed at the handling of it. This is an issue that people feel very strongly about. Either they strongly support the law or they are strongly against it. There's very little middle ground. I didn't feel like the writers were preaching to me that "this law is bad" or "this law is good".
The issue of the muscle that was following Cyrus in the first episode wasn't addressed in this one at all. There are a lot of things the writers could do with that particular storyline. I honestly can see where Outlaw has some promise. With Jimmy Smits heading the show, I want it to do well. I want it to become a show that I can't wait to see every week. I enjoyed In RE: Officer Daniel Hale more than I did the pilot and am hoping this is a show that grows even more comfortable as everyone settles in and we progress through the season. I'll be there with Outlaw on Friday nights for a while longer, at the very least, to see if that happens.
Outlaw airs on Friday nights at 10:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. Central) on NBC.
For more information:
NBC Official Site: www.nbc.com/outlaw/
Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1592226/combined
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/Outlaw
Season One, Episode Two, In RE: Officer Daniel Hale
Original Air Date: September 24, 2010
Garza and his team go to Tuscon, Arizona when a uniformed police officer shoots a Latino man three times putting him in the hospital. The side of the issue Cyrus chooses to take surprises everyone, even his own team.
Cyrus, who is partying in Las Vegas flies into Tuscon to meet his team. They are all aware of the case as it has been a major headline on the national news. The team are shocked to learn they aren't there to support the man who was shot, James Reyes, but to instead defend the police officer who shot him, Daniel Hale. Al is strongly against taking the case. He doesn't feel they need to support racial profiling. Garza takes it despite Al's objections. Eddie is probably the only member of the team to agree with Cyrus in taking the case.
Eddie is told by the doctor who has been researching Reyes' injuries for the prosecution that one of the shots hit him in the back. While at the hospital, Lucinda sees his wife Melissa. She sits down with her and casually talks with her to gain her confidence. Melissa Reyes comments that her husband loved to fight and was almost arrested a year ago for a fight he had gotten into.
The prosecution plays a tape that was made from a bug placed in Hale's police car that has Hale saying "they're calling me a racist" and "I hate these people". It doesn't sound good until Garza points out in open court that the conversation was taken out of context. Hale was reading a paper at the time and was referring to the reporters who had written the article, not to individuals of another race. After making a point to the judge that Hale did have a reasonable expectation of privacy in his patrol car, the tape is stricken from evidence.
Cyrus and Al have something to eat and are accosted by a policeman who wants to see their ID. Al protests but Cyrus hands his over. When the officer sees who Cyrus is he apologizes to them and thanks him for being there to protect one of their own. When the policeman is gone, Al cannot understand why Cyrus wasn't angrier over what had just happened to them. Cyrus feels it isn't worth getting arrested over.
When the time to select the jury arrives, Cyrus is advised to pick white conservative males. Instead, he chooses a predominantly Latino jury. For James Reyes to testify, the lawyers, judge (a great appearance by Ed Begley, Jr.) and jury go to his hospital room. His testimony is fine until Cyrus begins to examine him. Cyrus is able to show that Reyes has a definite temper. Garza manages to make the doctors testimony about Reyes' injuries less damaging to his client by providing a valid alternative as to how the injuries could have occurred. Hale didn't have to shoot Reyes in the back for the injury to appear that way. Later, Cyrus is able to obtain a surveillance tape of what happened between Reyes and Hale from a local "businessman" who runs an illegal gaming casino in the back of an automotive repair shop. The tape shows that Reyes was, in fact, an aggressor in the incident as Hale maintains.
Garza wins the case and Officer Hale is found not guilty. Al doesn't believe he can continue working with the team but Cyrus tells him he needs his help. I don't foresee Al leaving the Garza team anytime soon.
Cyrus seems to do the exact opposite of everything his team advises and his actions often lead them to wonder if he really has thought things through or if he's not simply barking mad. He sees things differently than his team and what appears as a mistake (or insanity) to his team, is a carefully planned move to Cyrus.
Throughout the show, Lucinda is dropping hints to Mereta about the little ways she can get some "quiet time" with Cyrus. Lucinda, no doubt, means it as a bit of the same sort of teasing she aims at Eddie. Mereta, as we learned in the first episode, "loves" Cyrus. At one point, she is shopping for something to wear to "surprise someone she works with". Mereta might not mind the idea of getting Cyrus alone in his room in the least bit.
Arizona's new law requiring police officers to stop and request identification from anyone that might be an illegal immigrant has been a subject of debate at both the state and national levels in the United States since its enactment. I wasn't surprised to see that a dramatic series used this law as the basis for an episode. I was impressed at the handling of it. This is an issue that people feel very strongly about. Either they strongly support the law or they are strongly against it. There's very little middle ground. I didn't feel like the writers were preaching to me that "this law is bad" or "this law is good".
The issue of the muscle that was following Cyrus in the first episode wasn't addressed in this one at all. There are a lot of things the writers could do with that particular storyline. I honestly can see where Outlaw has some promise. With Jimmy Smits heading the show, I want it to do well. I want it to become a show that I can't wait to see every week. I enjoyed In RE: Officer Daniel Hale more than I did the pilot and am hoping this is a show that grows even more comfortable as everyone settles in and we progress through the season. I'll be there with Outlaw on Friday nights for a while longer, at the very least, to see if that happens.
Outlaw airs on Friday nights at 10:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. Central) on NBC.
For more information:
NBC Official Site: www.nbc.com/outlaw/
Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1592226/combined
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/Outlaw
US Television: Outlaw, Episode 1.2, "In RE: Officer Daniel Hale"
Outlaw
Season One, Episode Two, In RE: Officer Daniel Hale
Original Air Date: September 24, 2010
Garza and his team go to Tuscon, Arizona when a uniformed police officer shoots a Latino man three times putting him in the hospital. The side of the issue Cyrus chooses to take surprises everyone, even his own team.
Cyrus, who is partying in Las Vegas flies into Tuscon to meet his team. They are all aware of the case as it has been a major headline on the national news. The team are shocked to learn they aren't there to support the man who was shot, James Reyes, but to instead defend the police officer who shot him, Daniel Hale. Al is strongly against taking the case. He doesn't feel they need to support racial profiling. Garza takes it despite Al's objections. Eddie is probably the only member of the team to agree with Cyrus in taking the case.
Eddie is told by the doctor who has been researching Reyes' injuries for the prosecution that one of the shots hit him in the back. While at the hospital, Lucinda sees his wife Melissa. She sits down with her and casually talks with her to gain her confidence. Melissa Reyes comments that her husband loved to fight and was almost arrested a year ago for a fight he had gotten into.
Season One, Episode Two, In RE: Officer Daniel Hale
Original Air Date: September 24, 2010
Garza and his team go to Tuscon, Arizona when a uniformed police officer shoots a Latino man three times putting him in the hospital. The side of the issue Cyrus chooses to take surprises everyone, even his own team.
Cyrus, who is partying in Las Vegas flies into Tuscon to meet his team. They are all aware of the case as it has been a major headline on the national news. The team are shocked to learn they aren't there to support the man who was shot, James Reyes, but to instead defend the police officer who shot him, Daniel Hale. Al is strongly against taking the case. He doesn't feel they need to support racial profiling. Garza takes it despite Al's objections. Eddie is probably the only member of the team to agree with Cyrus in taking the case.
Eddie is told by the doctor who has been researching Reyes' injuries for the prosecution that one of the shots hit him in the back. While at the hospital, Lucinda sees his wife Melissa. She sits down with her and casually talks with her to gain her confidence. Melissa Reyes comments that her husband loved to fight and was almost arrested a year ago for a fight he had gotten into.
Friday, September 24, 2010
UK Television: Law & Order: UK, Episode 3.3 "Defence"
Law & Order: UK
Season Three, Episode Three, Defence
Defence, Original Air Date: September 23, 2010
Based on Law & Order (US) "Pro Se", Season 6, Episode 21 (8th May, 1996)
Three people are found brutally murdered in a shop with a fourth having been seriously injured. The investigation turns to a homeless man that Brooks and Devlin must find before he has the chance to hurt anyone else. Things become complicated when the man, John Smith (Rupert Graves) wants to represent himself at trial.
The murder was violent and done with some sort of sword which is later identified to be a U.S. Army issued bayonet, circa 1950. The only piece of information they have to go on is that an Italian couple had a row with the man who ran the shop. The Italian couple are arrested and brought in for a talk. They insist they didn't kill anyone but the woman does give them a tip about a crack head in an alley.
The investigation turns to the man in the alley and is bolstered when the only survivor awakens and identifies the sketch Brooks and Devlin have of him. A woman from a chemist shop provides them with a tip that the "mystery man" was following one of her customers, Linda Bowers, who was also one of the victims.
A local priest gives them a name, John, but he feels that the man certainly couldn't have killed anyone. At Campbell St. Medical Centre, they learn "John Smith" is a schizophrenic but hasn't picked up his medication in nearly three months. John has a Westminster library card and they find him in the ancient history section of the Soho Square Library. John pulls the bayonet on Brooks when they try to take him but Devlin comes to the rescue, disarming him so he can be arrested.
The eyewitness identifies him and his prints bring back a prior charge for John Patrick Smith for stalking a woman 16 months prior. The charge was amended and he was released.Smith wants to represent himself at the trial and Steel goes before the judge to prevent him from doing so. Smith convinces the judge he is on his medications and stable and is more than qualified to defend himself as he has a legal education. Smith is allowed to represent himself. The judge also allows Smith to represent himself from Counsels Row rather than from the dock.
Castle wants Steel to accept Smith's appeal of insanity but Steel insists there must be a trial. Castle backs down and Steel goes to speak with Smith. Smith feels he actually has a chance to win his case and regain his freedom and doesn't want to end up in a mental institution.
At trial, Smith is able to get the only survivor of the attack to admit she blames the CPS for what happened to her because they didn't put Smith away when they had him before. Dr. Armitage (George Anton), the psychiatrist Steel hired to evaluate Smith admits that Smith knew his delusions would return when he stopped taking his medication. However, he also admits Smith cannot predict future psychotic behavior.
Knowing they need someone who knows Smith very well, Steel wants to call his sister. Presented with knowing John needs to be in a care facility and that he might not be able to be placed there without her help, she makes the choice to testify. She breaks down on the stand and literally begs the judge and jury to help her brother.
Under questioning from Steel, Smith admits he can remember things about his delusional periods when he is on his medication. Smith becomes confused and admits on the stand that he thought everyone wanted him dead and needed to stop people, no matter how.
Smith changes his plea to guilty. Before sentencing, he starts to read a statement, but stops when he suffers an episode. He is placed on suicide watch. Smith sends Steel a copy of his closing speech which turns out to be quite good.
Rupert Graves did a beautiful job in his role as John Smith. The ending was almost heart wrenching watching him start to spiral out of control. Smith's episode could have been much worse and I'm glad the producers chose to just show him entering it rather than a full-blown episode as that would have been difficult to watch.
I remember the original Law & Order episode this was based on. The UK writers did a very good job re-working it to fit their series. As with every other episode in this series, they maintained the integrity of the original show while making it their own. I remember next week's episode very well, too. I'm looking forward to see how the UK writers have handled it.
Law & Order: UK airs on Thursday nights at 9:00 p.m. on ITV1 in the UK.
For more information:
Law & Order: UK ITV1 Official Site: http://www.itv.com/drama/copsandcrime/lawandorder/
Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1166893/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-18198
Season Three, Episode Three, Defence
Defence, Original Air Date: September 23, 2010
Based on Law & Order (US) "Pro Se", Season 6, Episode 21 (8th May, 1996)
Three people are found brutally murdered in a shop with a fourth having been seriously injured. The investigation turns to a homeless man that Brooks and Devlin must find before he has the chance to hurt anyone else. Things become complicated when the man, John Smith (Rupert Graves) wants to represent himself at trial.
The murder was violent and done with some sort of sword which is later identified to be a U.S. Army issued bayonet, circa 1950. The only piece of information they have to go on is that an Italian couple had a row with the man who ran the shop. The Italian couple are arrested and brought in for a talk. They insist they didn't kill anyone but the woman does give them a tip about a crack head in an alley.
The investigation turns to the man in the alley and is bolstered when the only survivor awakens and identifies the sketch Brooks and Devlin have of him. A woman from a chemist shop provides them with a tip that the "mystery man" was following one of her customers, Linda Bowers, who was also one of the victims.
A local priest gives them a name, John, but he feels that the man certainly couldn't have killed anyone. At Campbell St. Medical Centre, they learn "John Smith" is a schizophrenic but hasn't picked up his medication in nearly three months. John has a Westminster library card and they find him in the ancient history section of the Soho Square Library. John pulls the bayonet on Brooks when they try to take him but Devlin comes to the rescue, disarming him so he can be arrested.
The eyewitness identifies him and his prints bring back a prior charge for John Patrick Smith for stalking a woman 16 months prior. The charge was amended and he was released.Smith wants to represent himself at the trial and Steel goes before the judge to prevent him from doing so. Smith convinces the judge he is on his medications and stable and is more than qualified to defend himself as he has a legal education. Smith is allowed to represent himself. The judge also allows Smith to represent himself from Counsels Row rather than from the dock.
Castle wants Steel to accept Smith's appeal of insanity but Steel insists there must be a trial. Castle backs down and Steel goes to speak with Smith. Smith feels he actually has a chance to win his case and regain his freedom and doesn't want to end up in a mental institution.
At trial, Smith is able to get the only survivor of the attack to admit she blames the CPS for what happened to her because they didn't put Smith away when they had him before. Dr. Armitage (George Anton), the psychiatrist Steel hired to evaluate Smith admits that Smith knew his delusions would return when he stopped taking his medication. However, he also admits Smith cannot predict future psychotic behavior.
Knowing they need someone who knows Smith very well, Steel wants to call his sister. Presented with knowing John needs to be in a care facility and that he might not be able to be placed there without her help, she makes the choice to testify. She breaks down on the stand and literally begs the judge and jury to help her brother.
Under questioning from Steel, Smith admits he can remember things about his delusional periods when he is on his medication. Smith becomes confused and admits on the stand that he thought everyone wanted him dead and needed to stop people, no matter how.
Smith changes his plea to guilty. Before sentencing, he starts to read a statement, but stops when he suffers an episode. He is placed on suicide watch. Smith sends Steel a copy of his closing speech which turns out to be quite good.
Rupert Graves did a beautiful job in his role as John Smith. The ending was almost heart wrenching watching him start to spiral out of control. Smith's episode could have been much worse and I'm glad the producers chose to just show him entering it rather than a full-blown episode as that would have been difficult to watch.
I remember the original Law & Order episode this was based on. The UK writers did a very good job re-working it to fit their series. As with every other episode in this series, they maintained the integrity of the original show while making it their own. I remember next week's episode very well, too. I'm looking forward to see how the UK writers have handled it.
Law & Order: UK airs on Thursday nights at 9:00 p.m. on ITV1 in the UK.
For more information:
Law & Order: UK ITV1 Official Site: http://www.itv.com/drama/copsandcrime/lawandorder/
Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1166893/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-18198
UK Television: Law & Order: UK, Episode 3.3 "Defence"
Law & Order: UK
Season Three, Episode Three, Defence
Defence, Original Air Date: September 23, 2010
Based on Law & Order (US) "Pro Se", Season 6, Episode 21 (8th May, 1996)
Three people are found brutally murdered in a shop with a fourth having been seriously injured. The investigation turns to a homeless man that Brooks and Devlin must find before he has the chance to hurt anyone else. Things become complicated when the man, John Smith (Rupert Graves) wants to represent himself at trial.
The murder was violent and done with some sort of sword which is later identified to be a U.S. Army issued bayonet, circa 1950. The only piece of information they have to go on is that an Italian couple had a row with the man who ran the shop. The Italian couple are arrested and brought in for a talk. They insist they didn't kill anyone but the woman does give them a tip about a crack head in an alley.
The investigation turns to the man in the alley and is bolstered when the only survivor awakens and identifies the sketch Brooks and Devlin have of him. A woman from a chemist shop provides them with a tip that the "mystery man" was following one of her customers, Linda Bowers, who was also one of the victims.
A local priest gives them a name, John, but he feels that the man certainly couldn't have killed anyone. At Campbell St. Medical Centre, they learn "John Smith" is a schizophrenic but hasn't picked up his medication in nearly three months. John has a Westminster library card and they find him in the ancient history section of the Soho Square Library. John pulls the bayonet on Brooks when they try to take him but Devlin comes to the rescue, disarming him so he can be arrested.
The eyewitness identifies him and his prints bring back a prior charge for John Patrick Smith for stalking a woman 16 months prior. The charge was amended and he was released.Smith wants to represent himself at the trial and Steel goes before the judge to prevent him from doing so. Smith convinces the judge he is on his medications and stable and is more than qualified to defend himself as he has a legal education. Smith is allowed to represent himself. The judge also allows Smith to represent himself from Counsels Row rather than from the dock.
Castle wants Steel to accept Smith's appeal of insanity but Steel insists there must be a trial. Castle backs down and Steel goes to speak with Smith. Smith feels he actually has a chance to win his case and regain his freedom and doesn't want to end up in a mental institution.
At trial, Smith is able to get the only survivor of the attack to admit she blames the CPS for what happened to her because they didn't put Smith away when they had him before. Dr. Armitage (George Anton), the psychiatrist Steel hired to evaluate Smith admits that Smith knew his delusions would return when he stopped taking his medication. However, he also admits Smith cannot predict future psychotic behavior.
Knowing they need someone who knows Smith very well, Steel wants to call his sister. Presented with knowing John needs to be in a care facility and that he might not be able to be placed there without her help, she makes the choice to testify. She breaks down on the stand and literally begs the judge and jury to help her brother.
Under questioning from Steel, Smith admits he can remember things about his delusional periods when he is on his medication. Smith becomes confused and admits on the stand that he thought everyone wanted him dead and needed to stop people, no matter how.
Smith changes his plea to guilty. Before sentencing, he starts to read a statement, but stops when he suffers an episode. He is placed on suicide watch. Smith sends Steel a copy of his closing speech which turns out to be quite good.
Rupert Graves did a beautiful job in his role as John Smith. The ending was almost heart wrenching watching him start to spiral out of control. Smith's episode could have been much worse and I'm glad the producers chose to just show him entering it rather than a full-blown episode as that would have been difficult to watch.
I remember the original Law & Order episode this was based on. The UK writers did a very good job re-working it to fit their series. As with every other episode in this series, they maintained the integrity of the original show while making it their own. I remember next week's episode very well, too. I'm looking forward to see how the UK writers have handled it.
Law & Order: UK airs on Thursday nights at 9:00 p.m. on ITV1 in the UK.
For more information:
Law & Order: UK ITV1 Official Site: http://www.itv.com/drama/copsandcrime/lawandorder/
Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1166893/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-18198
Season Three, Episode Three, Defence
Defence, Original Air Date: September 23, 2010
Based on Law & Order (US) "Pro Se", Season 6, Episode 21 (8th May, 1996)
Three people are found brutally murdered in a shop with a fourth having been seriously injured. The investigation turns to a homeless man that Brooks and Devlin must find before he has the chance to hurt anyone else. Things become complicated when the man, John Smith (Rupert Graves) wants to represent himself at trial.
The murder was violent and done with some sort of sword which is later identified to be a U.S. Army issued bayonet, circa 1950. The only piece of information they have to go on is that an Italian couple had a row with the man who ran the shop. The Italian couple are arrested and brought in for a talk. They insist they didn't kill anyone but the woman does give them a tip about a crack head in an alley.
The investigation turns to the man in the alley and is bolstered when the only survivor awakens and identifies the sketch Brooks and Devlin have of him. A woman from a chemist shop provides them with a tip that the "mystery man" was following one of her customers, Linda Bowers, who was also one of the victims.
A local priest gives them a name, John, but he feels that the man certainly couldn't have killed anyone. At Campbell St. Medical Centre, they learn "John Smith" is a schizophrenic but hasn't picked up his medication in nearly three months. John has a Westminster library card and they find him in the ancient history section of the Soho Square Library. John pulls the bayonet on Brooks when they try to take him but Devlin comes to the rescue, disarming him so he can be arrested.
The eyewitness identifies him and his prints bring back a prior charge for John Patrick Smith for stalking a woman 16 months prior. The charge was amended and he was released.Smith wants to represent himself at the trial and Steel goes before the judge to prevent him from doing so. Smith convinces the judge he is on his medications and stable and is more than qualified to defend himself as he has a legal education. Smith is allowed to represent himself. The judge also allows Smith to represent himself from Counsels Row rather than from the dock.
Castle wants Steel to accept Smith's appeal of insanity but Steel insists there must be a trial. Castle backs down and Steel goes to speak with Smith. Smith feels he actually has a chance to win his case and regain his freedom and doesn't want to end up in a mental institution.
At trial, Smith is able to get the only survivor of the attack to admit she blames the CPS for what happened to her because they didn't put Smith away when they had him before. Dr. Armitage (George Anton), the psychiatrist Steel hired to evaluate Smith admits that Smith knew his delusions would return when he stopped taking his medication. However, he also admits Smith cannot predict future psychotic behavior.
Knowing they need someone who knows Smith very well, Steel wants to call his sister. Presented with knowing John needs to be in a care facility and that he might not be able to be placed there without her help, she makes the choice to testify. She breaks down on the stand and literally begs the judge and jury to help her brother.
Under questioning from Steel, Smith admits he can remember things about his delusional periods when he is on his medication. Smith becomes confused and admits on the stand that he thought everyone wanted him dead and needed to stop people, no matter how.
Smith changes his plea to guilty. Before sentencing, he starts to read a statement, but stops when he suffers an episode. He is placed on suicide watch. Smith sends Steel a copy of his closing speech which turns out to be quite good.
Rupert Graves did a beautiful job in his role as John Smith. The ending was almost heart wrenching watching him start to spiral out of control. Smith's episode could have been much worse and I'm glad the producers chose to just show him entering it rather than a full-blown episode as that would have been difficult to watch.
I remember the original Law & Order episode this was based on. The UK writers did a very good job re-working it to fit their series. As with every other episode in this series, they maintained the integrity of the original show while making it their own. I remember next week's episode very well, too. I'm looking forward to see how the UK writers have handled it.
Law & Order: UK airs on Thursday nights at 9:00 p.m. on ITV1 in the UK.
For more information:
Law & Order: UK ITV1 Official Site: http://www.itv.com/drama/copsandcrime/lawandorder/
Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1166893/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-18198
US Television: Vampire Diaries, Episode 2.3 "Bad Moon Rising"
Vampire Diaries
Season Two, Episode 2.3, Bad Moon Rising
Original Air Date: September 23, 2010
Damon, Alaric and Elena travel to Duke University to look through Isobel's research. Stefan consults with Bonnie about making a day-walking ring for Caroline. Mason Lockwood transforms into a werewolf and Tyler learns the full truth of the Lockwood secret. Caroline makes a big sacrifice for love. Katherine is back.
Alaric attends a meeting with Damon, Stefan and Elena about the Lockwoods. He reveals Isobel had "lycanthrope" in her research and that the information should still be at Duke University. Damon isn't happy at all with the possibility that there could be werewolves in Mystic Falls.
As Damon, Alaric and Elena are getting ready to leave for Duke, Damon taunts Stefan that he'll take really good care of Elena for him since Stefan is staying behind to care for Caroline. Elena makes a point of kissing Stefan in front of Damon. Poor Damon, he just can't catch a break, can he? He and Elena argue in the car about why she hates him so much.
Once at Duke, they meet Vanessa Monroe, a research assistant of Comparative Folklore and one of Isobel's former students. As the three look around Isobel's old office, Vanessa disappears. She returns a few moments later and shoots Damon in the back with an arrow as he jumps in front of Elena to protect her. Elena pulls the arrow from his back and he vows to kill Vanessa. Elena refuses to let him, however, threatening him that she'll never speak to him again if he touches her.
Elena introduces herself and Damon to Vanessa and tells her they want to see all of Isobel's research relating to Mystic Falls. When the boxes come out, there is one tracking Katherine's arrival in Mystic Falls in 1864. They also find some old Aztec legends relating to vampires and werewolves. Vanessa explains how vampires became a slave to the sun and werewolves a slave to the moon. She goes on to explain that werewolves will attack humans but they have a prey of choice: vampires. A werewolf bite is fatal to vampires. Elena calls Stefan and fills him in on what they've learned at Duke.
When they are getting ready to leave Duke, Damon extends an olive branch to Elena by giving her a book with "Petrova" written on the spine. He tells her that Katherine originally came from Europe and her name was Katerina Petrova. He agrees that she has every right to hate him but she hated him once and they got past that. He tells her it would suck if what they had before was gone forever. She refuses to answer him when he asks her if he's lost her forever.
When Tyler follows his uncle Mason on his morning run he ends up at the ruins of the old Lockwood estate. He questions his mother about it and about the underground cellar. She tells him there are some things they don't talk about since it is the South and the days of the "Old South" aren't talked about much.
Matt goes to Caroline's home to visit her but she cannot open the door for him because there is a patch of sunlight between her and the door.
Stefan wants Bonnie to witch up a day-walking ring for Caroline but she isn't sure she can even do the spell. Added to that, she doesn't want to "make it any easier" for Caroline to kill anyone since she's already killed one. Stefan insists that the longer Caroline is cut off from the people she loves the harder it will be for her to manage her condition. Bonnie doesn't know if she can trust Caroline so Stefan asks her to trust him. Bonnie agrees and they take a ring to Caroline for the spell.
Bonnie explains the rules of the ring to Caroline. The witch who spells the ring can also de-spell it. If Caroline hurts anyone, Bonnie will take the spell off the ring. Bonnie does the spell and it worked. Caroline now has a ring that allows her to walk around during the day.
Stefan takes Caroline out into the woods to teach her how to hunt animals for survival. She would much rather prefer being out with Matt than learning how to "eat bunnies". He chuckles at her reaction then explains how when someone becomes a vampire their natural behaviors get amplified. Caroline realizes that she's now "basically an insecure, neurotic control freak on crack". They make a deal: hunt then go to the swimming hole to see Matt.
Tyler has a bunch of friends together for a party at the swimming hole near the old Lockwood estate and Mason shows up. Mason orders Tyler to have everyone out of the area by dark to which Tyler reluctantly agrees. Caroline compels a girl she feels is flirting with Matt to leave, angering Matt and drawing a reprimand from Stefan. When night falls, the party is still going on at the swimming hole.
Mason heads deep into the underground cellar of the old Lockwood estate and rigs a section of it up with heavy chains and shackles. He chains himself into them and waits. Tyler brings Amy, the girl earlier compelled by Caroline, down to the old cellar where Mason is chained. Hearing them, Mason unchains himself and runs into the woods to secure himself to a tree instead. As the full moon approaches, his transformation begins.
Amy ends up leaving Tyler and Stefan comes across Mason's truck which Mason is in having fully transformed. Stefan goes closer and Mason leaps from the truck, disappearing into the woods. Matt and Caroline, alone in the woods, hear a growl. Caroline, ignoring it, pushes Matt against a tree to kiss him where he cuts his arm. She ends up feeding from his wound then biting his neck. Luckily, Stefan sweeps in and pulls her from him. As the growling intensifies, Stefan orders Matt to stay down on the ground and Caroline to run as fast as she can to lead the beast away from Matt.
Stefan and Caroline run then stop a few seconds later. When they do, they encounter Tyler. As Stefan and Tyler are speaking, Mason grabs Caroline, knocking her to the ground. Stefan pushes the wolf from her and as it is ready to attack, Tyler yells to it. The wolf stops then runs away.
Once the danger has passed, Caroline compels Matt to not remember what she did. Not wanting to hurt him again, Caroline intentionally starts her jealousy with Amy again, knowing Matt will break up with her because he doesn't want to deal with the drama.
Damon admits to Elena that he really didn't know Jeremy was wearing the ring that saved his life. Elena thanks him for his honesty and tells him that he really has lost her friendship forever.
As usual, Damon had some great lines that brought humor into the show. The writers really do a brilliant job with making him evil yet incredibly charming and funny. I was hoping that, at some point, there would be a softening in how Elena feels towards Damon because I can't see him holding onto the little bit of humanity he displayed at the end of season one very long without having her in his life. I'll adore Damon whether he's all bad or if he's got a glimmer of good in him but I admit I do love the complexity his character has. Watching him struggle with being a non-feeling vampire and actually caring for Elena is great and Ian Somerhalder does a brilliant job bouncing back and forth between the two extremes.
The whole werewolf thing was well done. Mason didn't look like some freaky half-man, half-dog once he had transformed. Instead of going the route of bad makeup and some crazy costume, they simply used a wolf. I'd much rather see that than something that looks cheesy and hastily thrown together or overdone for shock value. I confess I've never been a massive werewolf fan but I'm excited to see how the writers will be handling the Lockwood's. Tyler has a lot to digest right now and it will be interesting to see how things play out with him and Mason.
Poor Caroline. I really felt for her in this episode. She loves Matt dearly and I think it took a lot of courage for her to give him up because she couldn't trust herself around him. I think this is probably the first unselfish thing Caroline has ever done. She's working hard to control her vampire urges. Hanging around Stefan is going to be a good thing for her, I think. Now, let's just hope Katherine doesn't ruin everything he's trying to do!
This season is shaping up beautifully thus far!
For more information:
Official Site: http://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-vampire-diaries
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405406/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/The_Vampire_Diaries
Season Two, Episode 2.3, Bad Moon Rising
Original Air Date: September 23, 2010
Damon, Alaric and Elena travel to Duke University to look through Isobel's research. Stefan consults with Bonnie about making a day-walking ring for Caroline. Mason Lockwood transforms into a werewolf and Tyler learns the full truth of the Lockwood secret. Caroline makes a big sacrifice for love. Katherine is back.
Alaric attends a meeting with Damon, Stefan and Elena about the Lockwoods. He reveals Isobel had "lycanthrope" in her research and that the information should still be at Duke University. Damon isn't happy at all with the possibility that there could be werewolves in Mystic Falls.
As Damon, Alaric and Elena are getting ready to leave for Duke, Damon taunts Stefan that he'll take really good care of Elena for him since Stefan is staying behind to care for Caroline. Elena makes a point of kissing Stefan in front of Damon. Poor Damon, he just can't catch a break, can he? He and Elena argue in the car about why she hates him so much.
Once at Duke, they meet Vanessa Monroe, a research assistant of Comparative Folklore and one of Isobel's former students. As the three look around Isobel's old office, Vanessa disappears. She returns a few moments later and shoots Damon in the back with an arrow as he jumps in front of Elena to protect her. Elena pulls the arrow from his back and he vows to kill Vanessa. Elena refuses to let him, however, threatening him that she'll never speak to him again if he touches her.
Elena introduces herself and Damon to Vanessa and tells her they want to see all of Isobel's research relating to Mystic Falls. When the boxes come out, there is one tracking Katherine's arrival in Mystic Falls in 1864. They also find some old Aztec legends relating to vampires and werewolves. Vanessa explains how vampires became a slave to the sun and werewolves a slave to the moon. She goes on to explain that werewolves will attack humans but they have a prey of choice: vampires. A werewolf bite is fatal to vampires. Elena calls Stefan and fills him in on what they've learned at Duke.
When they are getting ready to leave Duke, Damon extends an olive branch to Elena by giving her a book with "Petrova" written on the spine. He tells her that Katherine originally came from Europe and her name was Katerina Petrova. He agrees that she has every right to hate him but she hated him once and they got past that. He tells her it would suck if what they had before was gone forever. She refuses to answer him when he asks her if he's lost her forever.
When Tyler follows his uncle Mason on his morning run he ends up at the ruins of the old Lockwood estate. He questions his mother about it and about the underground cellar. She tells him there are some things they don't talk about since it is the South and the days of the "Old South" aren't talked about much.
Matt goes to Caroline's home to visit her but she cannot open the door for him because there is a patch of sunlight between her and the door.
Stefan wants Bonnie to witch up a day-walking ring for Caroline but she isn't sure she can even do the spell. Added to that, she doesn't want to "make it any easier" for Caroline to kill anyone since she's already killed one. Stefan insists that the longer Caroline is cut off from the people she loves the harder it will be for her to manage her condition. Bonnie doesn't know if she can trust Caroline so Stefan asks her to trust him. Bonnie agrees and they take a ring to Caroline for the spell.
Bonnie explains the rules of the ring to Caroline. The witch who spells the ring can also de-spell it. If Caroline hurts anyone, Bonnie will take the spell off the ring. Bonnie does the spell and it worked. Caroline now has a ring that allows her to walk around during the day.
Stefan takes Caroline out into the woods to teach her how to hunt animals for survival. She would much rather prefer being out with Matt than learning how to "eat bunnies". He chuckles at her reaction then explains how when someone becomes a vampire their natural behaviors get amplified. Caroline realizes that she's now "basically an insecure, neurotic control freak on crack". They make a deal: hunt then go to the swimming hole to see Matt.
Tyler has a bunch of friends together for a party at the swimming hole near the old Lockwood estate and Mason shows up. Mason orders Tyler to have everyone out of the area by dark to which Tyler reluctantly agrees. Caroline compels a girl she feels is flirting with Matt to leave, angering Matt and drawing a reprimand from Stefan. When night falls, the party is still going on at the swimming hole.
Mason heads deep into the underground cellar of the old Lockwood estate and rigs a section of it up with heavy chains and shackles. He chains himself into them and waits. Tyler brings Amy, the girl earlier compelled by Caroline, down to the old cellar where Mason is chained. Hearing them, Mason unchains himself and runs into the woods to secure himself to a tree instead. As the full moon approaches, his transformation begins.
Amy ends up leaving Tyler and Stefan comes across Mason's truck which Mason is in having fully transformed. Stefan goes closer and Mason leaps from the truck, disappearing into the woods. Matt and Caroline, alone in the woods, hear a growl. Caroline, ignoring it, pushes Matt against a tree to kiss him where he cuts his arm. She ends up feeding from his wound then biting his neck. Luckily, Stefan sweeps in and pulls her from him. As the growling intensifies, Stefan orders Matt to stay down on the ground and Caroline to run as fast as she can to lead the beast away from Matt.
Stefan and Caroline run then stop a few seconds later. When they do, they encounter Tyler. As Stefan and Tyler are speaking, Mason grabs Caroline, knocking her to the ground. Stefan pushes the wolf from her and as it is ready to attack, Tyler yells to it. The wolf stops then runs away.
Once the danger has passed, Caroline compels Matt to not remember what she did. Not wanting to hurt him again, Caroline intentionally starts her jealousy with Amy again, knowing Matt will break up with her because he doesn't want to deal with the drama.
Damon admits to Elena that he really didn't know Jeremy was wearing the ring that saved his life. Elena thanks him for his honesty and tells him that he really has lost her friendship forever.
As usual, Damon had some great lines that brought humor into the show. The writers really do a brilliant job with making him evil yet incredibly charming and funny. I was hoping that, at some point, there would be a softening in how Elena feels towards Damon because I can't see him holding onto the little bit of humanity he displayed at the end of season one very long without having her in his life. I'll adore Damon whether he's all bad or if he's got a glimmer of good in him but I admit I do love the complexity his character has. Watching him struggle with being a non-feeling vampire and actually caring for Elena is great and Ian Somerhalder does a brilliant job bouncing back and forth between the two extremes.
The whole werewolf thing was well done. Mason didn't look like some freaky half-man, half-dog once he had transformed. Instead of going the route of bad makeup and some crazy costume, they simply used a wolf. I'd much rather see that than something that looks cheesy and hastily thrown together or overdone for shock value. I confess I've never been a massive werewolf fan but I'm excited to see how the writers will be handling the Lockwood's. Tyler has a lot to digest right now and it will be interesting to see how things play out with him and Mason.
Poor Caroline. I really felt for her in this episode. She loves Matt dearly and I think it took a lot of courage for her to give him up because she couldn't trust herself around him. I think this is probably the first unselfish thing Caroline has ever done. She's working hard to control her vampire urges. Hanging around Stefan is going to be a good thing for her, I think. Now, let's just hope Katherine doesn't ruin everything he's trying to do!
This season is shaping up beautifully thus far!
For more information:
Official Site: http://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-vampire-diaries
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405406/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/The_Vampire_Diaries
US Television: Vampire Diaries, Episode 2.3 "Bad Moon Rising"
Vampire Diaries
Season Two, Episode 2.3, Bad Moon Rising
Original Air Date: September 23, 2010
Damon, Alaric and Elena travel to Duke University to look through Isobel's research. Stefan consults with Bonnie about making a day-walking ring for Caroline. Mason Lockwood transforms into a werewolf and Tyler learns the full truth of the Lockwood secret. Caroline makes a big sacrifice for love. Katherine is back.
Alaric attends a meeting with Damon, Stefan and Elena about the Lockwoods. He reveals Isobel had "lycanthrope" in her research and that the information should still be at Duke University. Damon isn't happy at all with the possibility that there could be werewolves in Mystic Falls.
As Damon, Alaric and Elena are getting ready to leave for Duke, Damon taunts Stefan that he'll take really good care of Elena for him since Stefan is staying behind to care for Caroline. Elena makes a point of kissing Stefan in front of Damon. Poor Damon, he just can't catch a break, can he? He and Elena argue in the car about why she hates him so much.
Once at Duke, they meet Vanessa Monroe, a research assistant of Comparative Folklore and one of Isobel's former students. As the three look around Isobel's old office, Vanessa disappears. She returns a few moments later and shoots Damon in the back with an arrow as he jumps in front of Elena to protect her. Elena pulls the arrow from his back and he vows to kill Vanessa. Elena refuses to let him, however, threatening him that she'll never speak to him again if he touches her.
Elena introduces herself and Damon to Vanessa and tells her they want to see all of Isobel's research relating to Mystic Falls. When the boxes come out, there is one tracking Katherine's arrival in Mystic Falls in 1864. They also find some old Aztec legends relating to vampires and werewolves. Vanessa explains how vampires became a slave to the sun and werewolves a slave to the moon. She goes on to explain that werewolves will attack humans but they have a prey of choice: vampires. A werewolf bite is fatal to vampires. Elena calls Stefan and fills him in on what they've learned at Duke.
When they are getting ready to leave Duke, Damon extends an olive branch to Elena by giving her a book with "Petrova" written on the spine. He tells her that Katherine originally came from Europe and her name was Katerina Petrova. He agrees that she has every right to hate him but she hated him once and they got past that. He tells her it would suck if what they had before was gone forever. She refuses to answer him when he asks her if he's lost her forever.
When Tyler follows his uncle Mason on his morning run he ends up at the ruins of the old Lockwood estate. He questions his mother about it and about the underground cellar. She tells him there are some things they don't talk about since it is the South and the days of the "Old South" aren't talked about much.
Matt goes to Caroline's home to visit her but she cannot open the door for him because there is a patch of sunlight between her and the door.
Stefan wants Bonnie to witch up a day-walking ring for Caroline but she isn't sure she can even do the spell. Added to that, she doesn't want to "make it any easier" for Caroline to kill anyone since she's already killed one. Stefan insists that the longer Caroline is cut off from the people she loves the harder it will be for her to manage her condition. Bonnie doesn't know if she can trust Caroline so Stefan asks her to trust him. Bonnie agrees and they take a ring to Caroline for the spell.
Bonnie explains the rules of the ring to Caroline. The witch who spells the ring can also de-spell it. If Caroline hurts anyone, Bonnie will take the spell off the ring. Bonnie does the spell and it worked. Caroline now has a ring that allows her to walk around during the day.
Stefan takes Caroline out into the woods to teach her how to hunt animals for survival. She would much rather prefer being out with Matt than learning how to "eat bunnies". He chuckles at her reaction then explains how when someone becomes a vampire their natural behaviors get amplified. Caroline realizes that she's now "basically an insecure, neurotic control freak on crack". They make a deal: hunt then go to the swimming hole to see Matt.
Tyler has a bunch of friends together for a party at the swimming hole near the old Lockwood estate and Mason shows up. Mason orders Tyler to have everyone out of the area by dark to which Tyler reluctantly agrees. Caroline compels a girl she feels is flirting with Matt to leave, angering Matt and drawing a reprimand from Stefan. When night falls, the party is still going on at the swimming hole.
Mason heads deep into the underground cellar of the old Lockwood estate and rigs a section of it up with heavy chains and shackles. He chains himself into them and waits. Tyler brings Amy, the girl earlier compelled by Caroline, down to the old cellar where Mason is chained. Hearing them, Mason unchains himself and runs into the woods to secure himself to a tree instead. As the full moon approaches, his transformation begins.
Amy ends up leaving Tyler and Stefan comes across Mason's truck which Mason is in having fully transformed. Stefan goes closer and Mason leaps from the truck, disappearing into the woods. Matt and Caroline, alone in the woods, hear a growl. Caroline, ignoring it, pushes Matt against a tree to kiss him where he cuts his arm. She ends up feeding from his wound then biting his neck. Luckily, Stefan sweeps in and pulls her from him. As the growling intensifies, Stefan orders Matt to stay down on the ground and Caroline to run as fast as she can to lead the beast away from Matt.
Stefan and Caroline run then stop a few seconds later. When they do, they encounter Tyler. As Stefan and Tyler are speaking, Mason grabs Caroline, knocking her to the ground. Stefan pushes the wolf from her and as it is ready to attack, Tyler yells to it. The wolf stops then runs away.
Once the danger has passed, Caroline compels Matt to not remember what she did. Not wanting to hurt him again, Caroline intentionally starts her jealousy with Amy again, knowing Matt will break up with her because he doesn't want to deal with the drama.
Damon admits to Elena that he really didn't know Jeremy was wearing the ring that saved his life. Elena thanks him for his honesty and tells him that he really has lost her friendship forever.
As usual, Damon had some great lines that brought humor into the show. The writers really do a brilliant job with making him evil yet incredibly charming and funny. I was hoping that, at some point, there would be a softening in how Elena feels towards Damon because I can't see him holding onto the little bit of humanity he displayed at the end of season one very long without having her in his life. I'll adore Damon whether he's all bad or if he's got a glimmer of good in him but I admit I do love the complexity his character has. Watching him struggle with being a non-feeling vampire and actually caring for Elena is great and Ian Somerhalder does a brilliant job bouncing back and forth between the two extremes.
The whole werewolf thing was well done. Mason didn't look like some freaky half-man, half-dog once he had transformed. Instead of going the route of bad makeup and some crazy costume, they simply used a wolf. I'd much rather see that than something that looks cheesy and hastily thrown together or overdone for shock value. I confess I've never been a massive werewolf fan but I'm excited to see how the writers will be handling the Lockwood's. Tyler has a lot to digest right now and it will be interesting to see how things play out with him and Mason.
Poor Caroline. I really felt for her in this episode. She loves Matt dearly and I think it took a lot of courage for her to give him up because she couldn't trust herself around him. I think this is probably the first unselfish thing Caroline has ever done. She's working hard to control her vampire urges. Hanging around Stefan is going to be a good thing for her, I think. Now, let's just hope Katherine doesn't ruin everything he's trying to do!
This season is shaping up beautifully thus far!
For more information:
Official Site: http://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-vampire-diaries
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405406/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/The_Vampire_Diaries
Season Two, Episode 2.3, Bad Moon Rising
Original Air Date: September 23, 2010
Damon, Alaric and Elena travel to Duke University to look through Isobel's research. Stefan consults with Bonnie about making a day-walking ring for Caroline. Mason Lockwood transforms into a werewolf and Tyler learns the full truth of the Lockwood secret. Caroline makes a big sacrifice for love. Katherine is back.
Alaric attends a meeting with Damon, Stefan and Elena about the Lockwoods. He reveals Isobel had "lycanthrope" in her research and that the information should still be at Duke University. Damon isn't happy at all with the possibility that there could be werewolves in Mystic Falls.
As Damon, Alaric and Elena are getting ready to leave for Duke, Damon taunts Stefan that he'll take really good care of Elena for him since Stefan is staying behind to care for Caroline. Elena makes a point of kissing Stefan in front of Damon. Poor Damon, he just can't catch a break, can he? He and Elena argue in the car about why she hates him so much.
Once at Duke, they meet Vanessa Monroe, a research assistant of Comparative Folklore and one of Isobel's former students. As the three look around Isobel's old office, Vanessa disappears. She returns a few moments later and shoots Damon in the back with an arrow as he jumps in front of Elena to protect her. Elena pulls the arrow from his back and he vows to kill Vanessa. Elena refuses to let him, however, threatening him that she'll never speak to him again if he touches her.
Elena introduces herself and Damon to Vanessa and tells her they want to see all of Isobel's research relating to Mystic Falls. When the boxes come out, there is one tracking Katherine's arrival in Mystic Falls in 1864. They also find some old Aztec legends relating to vampires and werewolves. Vanessa explains how vampires became a slave to the sun and werewolves a slave to the moon. She goes on to explain that werewolves will attack humans but they have a prey of choice: vampires. A werewolf bite is fatal to vampires. Elena calls Stefan and fills him in on what they've learned at Duke.
When they are getting ready to leave Duke, Damon extends an olive branch to Elena by giving her a book with "Petrova" written on the spine. He tells her that Katherine originally came from Europe and her name was Katerina Petrova. He agrees that she has every right to hate him but she hated him once and they got past that. He tells her it would suck if what they had before was gone forever. She refuses to answer him when he asks her if he's lost her forever.
When Tyler follows his uncle Mason on his morning run he ends up at the ruins of the old Lockwood estate. He questions his mother about it and about the underground cellar. She tells him there are some things they don't talk about since it is the South and the days of the "Old South" aren't talked about much.
Matt goes to Caroline's home to visit her but she cannot open the door for him because there is a patch of sunlight between her and the door.
Stefan wants Bonnie to witch up a day-walking ring for Caroline but she isn't sure she can even do the spell. Added to that, she doesn't want to "make it any easier" for Caroline to kill anyone since she's already killed one. Stefan insists that the longer Caroline is cut off from the people she loves the harder it will be for her to manage her condition. Bonnie doesn't know if she can trust Caroline so Stefan asks her to trust him. Bonnie agrees and they take a ring to Caroline for the spell.
Bonnie explains the rules of the ring to Caroline. The witch who spells the ring can also de-spell it. If Caroline hurts anyone, Bonnie will take the spell off the ring. Bonnie does the spell and it worked. Caroline now has a ring that allows her to walk around during the day.
Stefan takes Caroline out into the woods to teach her how to hunt animals for survival. She would much rather prefer being out with Matt than learning how to "eat bunnies". He chuckles at her reaction then explains how when someone becomes a vampire their natural behaviors get amplified. Caroline realizes that she's now "basically an insecure, neurotic control freak on crack". They make a deal: hunt then go to the swimming hole to see Matt.
Tyler has a bunch of friends together for a party at the swimming hole near the old Lockwood estate and Mason shows up. Mason orders Tyler to have everyone out of the area by dark to which Tyler reluctantly agrees. Caroline compels a girl she feels is flirting with Matt to leave, angering Matt and drawing a reprimand from Stefan. When night falls, the party is still going on at the swimming hole.
Mason heads deep into the underground cellar of the old Lockwood estate and rigs a section of it up with heavy chains and shackles. He chains himself into them and waits. Tyler brings Amy, the girl earlier compelled by Caroline, down to the old cellar where Mason is chained. Hearing them, Mason unchains himself and runs into the woods to secure himself to a tree instead. As the full moon approaches, his transformation begins.
Amy ends up leaving Tyler and Stefan comes across Mason's truck which Mason is in having fully transformed. Stefan goes closer and Mason leaps from the truck, disappearing into the woods. Matt and Caroline, alone in the woods, hear a growl. Caroline, ignoring it, pushes Matt against a tree to kiss him where he cuts his arm. She ends up feeding from his wound then biting his neck. Luckily, Stefan sweeps in and pulls her from him. As the growling intensifies, Stefan orders Matt to stay down on the ground and Caroline to run as fast as she can to lead the beast away from Matt.
Stefan and Caroline run then stop a few seconds later. When they do, they encounter Tyler. As Stefan and Tyler are speaking, Mason grabs Caroline, knocking her to the ground. Stefan pushes the wolf from her and as it is ready to attack, Tyler yells to it. The wolf stops then runs away.
Once the danger has passed, Caroline compels Matt to not remember what she did. Not wanting to hurt him again, Caroline intentionally starts her jealousy with Amy again, knowing Matt will break up with her because he doesn't want to deal with the drama.
Damon admits to Elena that he really didn't know Jeremy was wearing the ring that saved his life. Elena thanks him for his honesty and tells him that he really has lost her friendship forever.
As usual, Damon had some great lines that brought humor into the show. The writers really do a brilliant job with making him evil yet incredibly charming and funny. I was hoping that, at some point, there would be a softening in how Elena feels towards Damon because I can't see him holding onto the little bit of humanity he displayed at the end of season one very long without having her in his life. I'll adore Damon whether he's all bad or if he's got a glimmer of good in him but I admit I do love the complexity his character has. Watching him struggle with being a non-feeling vampire and actually caring for Elena is great and Ian Somerhalder does a brilliant job bouncing back and forth between the two extremes.
The whole werewolf thing was well done. Mason didn't look like some freaky half-man, half-dog once he had transformed. Instead of going the route of bad makeup and some crazy costume, they simply used a wolf. I'd much rather see that than something that looks cheesy and hastily thrown together or overdone for shock value. I confess I've never been a massive werewolf fan but I'm excited to see how the writers will be handling the Lockwood's. Tyler has a lot to digest right now and it will be interesting to see how things play out with him and Mason.
Poor Caroline. I really felt for her in this episode. She loves Matt dearly and I think it took a lot of courage for her to give him up because she couldn't trust herself around him. I think this is probably the first unselfish thing Caroline has ever done. She's working hard to control her vampire urges. Hanging around Stefan is going to be a good thing for her, I think. Now, let's just hope Katherine doesn't ruin everything he's trying to do!
This season is shaping up beautifully thus far!
For more information:
Official Site: http://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-vampire-diaries
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405406/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/The_Vampire_Diaries
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Titanic Expedition Begins and Ends After Capturing Remarkable Images
Few names spark the imagery that "Titanic" can. The name conjures images of romance, luxury, opulence, tragedy and death. When the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage from England to New York City ninety-eight years ago in 1912, more than 1,500 souls perished in the icy waters of the Atlantic. Seventy-three years later, some 370 miles (600 km) south-east of Mistaken Point, Newfoundland, Dr. Robert Ballard of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and Jean-Louis Michel of Ifremer discovered the wreckage of the Titanic 2 1/2 miles (4 km) beneath the Atlantic's surface.
The ship has always been at the center of interest for researchers. Before Ballard and Michel discovered the ship, many wanted to do just that. Some even wanted to raise it. There have been several visits to the site with submersibles being dispatched to collect artifacts, video or photographs.
Ninety-eight years later, yet another expedition to the Titanic site has come and gone. Plagued by both Hurricanes Danielle and Igor, the research expedition was conducted in two parts. The first ended in August of 2010 when Hurricane Danielle forced the expedition to return to port in St. John's, Newfoundland. The goal of the expedition is to document little-known areas of the wreckage before it completely disintegrates. Their focus is the stern of the ship. It hasn't been studied since the Titanic was discovered in 1985. Once all danger of Danielle had passed, the expedition on the research vessel Jean Charcot returned into the cold Atlantic waters to continue their work.
Expedition Titanic used two autonomous underwater vehicles, Ginger and Mary Ann (named for the two ladies from the American comedy Gilligan's Island) and a remotely operated vehicle loaded with cameras. The team were successful in capturing both stunningly clear and eerie photographs and video of some of the areas of the ship that have become legendary in the past nine decades.
The work of the researchers aboard Jean Charcot was interrupted by Mother Nature a second time, however. News of the impending approach of Hurricane Igor forced the team to head back to land. They arrived at port in St. John's, Newfoundland on Friday, September 17, 2010.
Even though Igor forced the team to turn back ahead of schedule, their research journey was a success. The researchers brought home a bounty of photographs and video documenting the fast-decaying wreckage of one of the most famous ships in history. Areas such as the bow, first-class promenade deck and the area where the ship smashed into the iceberg that sealed its fate were among the images collected by the crew. A crystal-clear picture of what happened on that fateful night in 1912 is being painted by the new images that allow us to see in stark, high-definition clarity how severe the damage to the ship really was. Using the mountain of video and photographic data collected, the researchers hope to be able to answer some of the long-asked questions surrounding the Titanic.
Many scientists, including Dr. Ballard have raised concerns that visits to the ship are doing more harm than good and quickening the decay of the ship. Visitor damage has led the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to estimate that "the hull and structure of the ship may collapse to the ocean floor within the next 50 years." P.H. Nargeolet, expedition co-leader and director of underwater research for RMS Titanic, INC., has stated that "In a few years, all the deck will collapse. That's for sure. There's no question about that. The hull itself will be here for a long time."
Despite warnings that visitor interference is hastening the decay of the ship, Deep Ocean Expeditions is offering a 2011 "RMS Titanic Dive" that will set you back $40,000 (US Dollars) for a visit to the ship in a Russian submersible or a mere $5,000 if you don't want to go underwater but just stay aboard the ship. Bill Willard and Azamara Club Cruises will also be offering two 100th anniversary cruises. Currently, they include a topside memorial service and might offer virtual visits to the underwater site via remotely operated vehicles.
Now, this is strictly my opinion, but even if every single individual who pays the $40,000 to dive with Deep Ocean Expeditions or pays for the possible underwater virtual visit with the 2011 planned 100th anniversary cruise has a scientific goal in mind, does the Titanic really need such an intrusion right now? As rapidly as parts of the ship are decaying, only wholly serious scientific expeditions such as those performed earlier this month by the Jean Charcot crew should be allowed to invade the wreckage site, in my opinion. Every time the ship is disturbed a little more of it is lost. Is profit on a cruise really worth that?
For more information:
Article Sources:
Cosmic Log: Titanic Quest Turns to New Territory
Cosmic Log: Expedition Bids Farewell to Titanic (Page contains expedition video)
Cosmic Log: Underwater Frontiers Still Beckon (Page contains expedition video)
Cosmic Log: How the Titanic Tore Apart (Page contains expedition video and photographs)
NBC News Reports of the Expeditions (contains video)
Expedition Titanic Video and Photograph Sources:
Expedition Titanic Web Site (click on the red "navigation" button on the left of the screen to navigate the site; "The Feed" contains video footage from the site)
RMS Titanic, INC. Facebook Page (houses a collection of photographs, you do not need an account to access this page)
Expedition Blog, Waitt Institute
Expedition Titanic YouTube Channel
RMS Titanic, INC Twitter Page
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Titanic News Page
David Gallo (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute) Twitter Page
Specific Photos/Videos:
Officers Cabins
First-Class Promenade Deck
Expedition Titanic Target Planning Meeting
Titanic's "Jutting Bow"
The ship has always been at the center of interest for researchers. Before Ballard and Michel discovered the ship, many wanted to do just that. Some even wanted to raise it. There have been several visits to the site with submersibles being dispatched to collect artifacts, video or photographs.
Ninety-eight years later, yet another expedition to the Titanic site has come and gone. Plagued by both Hurricanes Danielle and Igor, the research expedition was conducted in two parts. The first ended in August of 2010 when Hurricane Danielle forced the expedition to return to port in St. John's, Newfoundland. The goal of the expedition is to document little-known areas of the wreckage before it completely disintegrates. Their focus is the stern of the ship. It hasn't been studied since the Titanic was discovered in 1985. Once all danger of Danielle had passed, the expedition on the research vessel Jean Charcot returned into the cold Atlantic waters to continue their work.
Expedition Titanic used two autonomous underwater vehicles, Ginger and Mary Ann (named for the two ladies from the American comedy Gilligan's Island) and a remotely operated vehicle loaded with cameras. The team were successful in capturing both stunningly clear and eerie photographs and video of some of the areas of the ship that have become legendary in the past nine decades.
The work of the researchers aboard Jean Charcot was interrupted by Mother Nature a second time, however. News of the impending approach of Hurricane Igor forced the team to head back to land. They arrived at port in St. John's, Newfoundland on Friday, September 17, 2010.
Even though Igor forced the team to turn back ahead of schedule, their research journey was a success. The researchers brought home a bounty of photographs and video documenting the fast-decaying wreckage of one of the most famous ships in history. Areas such as the bow, first-class promenade deck and the area where the ship smashed into the iceberg that sealed its fate were among the images collected by the crew. A crystal-clear picture of what happened on that fateful night in 1912 is being painted by the new images that allow us to see in stark, high-definition clarity how severe the damage to the ship really was. Using the mountain of video and photographic data collected, the researchers hope to be able to answer some of the long-asked questions surrounding the Titanic.
Many scientists, including Dr. Ballard have raised concerns that visits to the ship are doing more harm than good and quickening the decay of the ship. Visitor damage has led the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to estimate that "the hull and structure of the ship may collapse to the ocean floor within the next 50 years." P.H. Nargeolet, expedition co-leader and director of underwater research for RMS Titanic, INC., has stated that "In a few years, all the deck will collapse. That's for sure. There's no question about that. The hull itself will be here for a long time."
Despite warnings that visitor interference is hastening the decay of the ship, Deep Ocean Expeditions is offering a 2011 "RMS Titanic Dive" that will set you back $40,000 (US Dollars) for a visit to the ship in a Russian submersible or a mere $5,000 if you don't want to go underwater but just stay aboard the ship. Bill Willard and Azamara Club Cruises will also be offering two 100th anniversary cruises. Currently, they include a topside memorial service and might offer virtual visits to the underwater site via remotely operated vehicles.
Now, this is strictly my opinion, but even if every single individual who pays the $40,000 to dive with Deep Ocean Expeditions or pays for the possible underwater virtual visit with the 2011 planned 100th anniversary cruise has a scientific goal in mind, does the Titanic really need such an intrusion right now? As rapidly as parts of the ship are decaying, only wholly serious scientific expeditions such as those performed earlier this month by the Jean Charcot crew should be allowed to invade the wreckage site, in my opinion. Every time the ship is disturbed a little more of it is lost. Is profit on a cruise really worth that?
For more information:
Article Sources:
Cosmic Log: Titanic Quest Turns to New Territory
Cosmic Log: Expedition Bids Farewell to Titanic (Page contains expedition video)
Cosmic Log: Underwater Frontiers Still Beckon (Page contains expedition video)
Cosmic Log: How the Titanic Tore Apart (Page contains expedition video and photographs)
NBC News Reports of the Expeditions (contains video)
Expedition Titanic Video and Photograph Sources:
Expedition Titanic Web Site (click on the red "navigation" button on the left of the screen to navigate the site; "The Feed" contains video footage from the site)
RMS Titanic, INC. Facebook Page (houses a collection of photographs, you do not need an account to access this page)
Expedition Blog, Waitt Institute
Expedition Titanic YouTube Channel
RMS Titanic, INC Twitter Page
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Titanic News Page
David Gallo (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute) Twitter Page
Specific Photos/Videos:
Officers Cabins
First-Class Promenade Deck
Expedition Titanic Target Planning Meeting
Titanic's "Jutting Bow"
Titanic Expedition Begins and Ends After Capturing Remarkable Images
Few names spark the imagery that "Titanic" can. The name conjures images of romance, luxury, opulence, tragedy and death. When the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage from England to New York City ninety-eight years ago in 1912, more than 1,500 souls perished in the icy waters of the Atlantic. Seventy-three years later, some 370 miles (600 km) south-east of Mistaken Point, Newfoundland, Dr. Robert Ballard of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and Jean-Louis Michel of Ifremer discovered the wreckage of the Titanic 2 1/2 miles (4 km) beneath the Atlantic's surface.
The ship has always been at the center of interest for researchers. Before Ballard and Michel discovered the ship, many wanted to do just that. Some even wanted to raise it. There have been several visits to the site with submersibles being dispatched to collect artifacts, video or photographs.
Ninety-eight years later, yet another expedition to the Titanic site has come and gone. Plagued by both Hurricanes Danielle and Igor, the research expedition was conducted in two parts. The first ended in August of 2010 when Hurricane Danielle forced the expedition to return to port in St. John's, Newfoundland. The goal of the expedition is to document little-known areas of the wreckage before it completely disintegrates. Their focus is the stern of the ship. It hasn't been studied since the Titanic was discovered in 1985. Once all danger of Danielle had passed, the expedition on the research vessel Jean Charcot returned into the cold Atlantic waters to continue their work.
Expedition Titanic used two autonomous underwater vehicles, Ginger and Mary Ann (named for the two ladies from the American comedy Gilligan's Island) and a remotely operated vehicle loaded with cameras. The team were successful in capturing both stunningly clear and eerie photographs and video of some of the areas of the ship that have become legendary in the past nine decades.
The work of the researchers aboard Jean Charcot was interrupted by Mother Nature a second time, however. News of the impending approach of Hurricane Igor forced the team to head back to land. They arrived at port in St. John's, Newfoundland on Friday, September 17, 2010.
Even though Igor forced the team to turn back ahead of schedule, their research journey was a success. The researchers brought home a bounty of photographs and video documenting the fast-decaying wreckage of one of the most famous ships in history. Areas such as the bow, first-class promenade deck and the area where the ship smashed into the iceberg that sealed its fate were among the images collected by the crew. A crystal-clear picture of what happened on that fateful night in 1912 is being painted by the new images that allow us to see in stark, high-definition clarity how severe the damage to the ship really was. Using the mountain of video and photographic data collected, the researchers hope to be able to answer some of the long-asked questions surrounding the Titanic.
Many scientists, including Dr. Ballard have raised concerns that visits to the ship are doing more harm than good and quickening the decay of the ship. Visitor damage has led the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to estimate that "the hull and structure of the ship may collapse to the ocean floor within the next 50 years." P.H. Nargeolet, expedition co-leader and director of underwater research for RMS Titanic, INC., has stated that "In a few years, all the deck will collapse. That's for sure. There's no question about that. The hull itself will be here for a long time."
Despite warnings that visitor interference is hastening the decay of the ship, Deep Ocean Expeditions is offering a 2011 "RMS Titanic Dive" that will set you back $40,000 (US Dollars) for a visit to the ship in a Russian submersible or a mere $5,000 if you don't want to go underwater but just stay aboard the ship. Bill Willard and Azamara Club Cruises will also be offering two 100th anniversary cruises. Currently, they include a topside memorial service and might offer virtual visits to the underwater site via remotely operated vehicles.
Now, this is strictly my opinion, but even if every single individual who pays the $40,000 to dive with Deep Ocean Expeditions or pays for the possible underwater virtual visit with the 2011 planned 100th anniversary cruise has a scientific goal in mind, does the Titanic really need such an intrusion right now? As rapidly as parts of the ship are decaying, only wholly serious scientific expeditions such as those performed earlier this month by the Jean Charcot crew should be allowed to invade the wreckage site, in my opinion. Every time the ship is disturbed a little more of it is lost. Is profit on a cruise really worth that?
For more information:
Article Sources:
Cosmic Log: Titanic Quest Turns to New Territory
Cosmic Log: Expedition Bids Farewell to Titanic (Page contains expedition video)
Cosmic Log: Underwater Frontiers Still Beckon (Page contains expedition video)
Cosmic Log: How the Titanic Tore Apart (Page contains expedition video and photographs)
NBC News Reports of the Expeditions (contains video)
Expedition Titanic Video and Photograph Sources:
Expedition Titanic Web Site (click on the red "navigation" button on the left of the screen to navigate the site; "The Feed" contains video footage from the site)
RMS Titanic, INC. Facebook Page (houses a collection of photographs, you do not need an account to access this page)
Expedition Blog, Waitt Institute
Expedition Titanic YouTube Channel
RMS Titanic, INC Twitter Page
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Titanic News Page
David Gallo (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute) Twitter Page
Specific Photos/Videos:
Officers Cabins
First-Class Promenade Deck
Expedition Titanic Target Planning Meeting
Titanic's "Jutting Bow"
The ship has always been at the center of interest for researchers. Before Ballard and Michel discovered the ship, many wanted to do just that. Some even wanted to raise it. There have been several visits to the site with submersibles being dispatched to collect artifacts, video or photographs.
Ninety-eight years later, yet another expedition to the Titanic site has come and gone. Plagued by both Hurricanes Danielle and Igor, the research expedition was conducted in two parts. The first ended in August of 2010 when Hurricane Danielle forced the expedition to return to port in St. John's, Newfoundland. The goal of the expedition is to document little-known areas of the wreckage before it completely disintegrates. Their focus is the stern of the ship. It hasn't been studied since the Titanic was discovered in 1985. Once all danger of Danielle had passed, the expedition on the research vessel Jean Charcot returned into the cold Atlantic waters to continue their work.
Expedition Titanic used two autonomous underwater vehicles, Ginger and Mary Ann (named for the two ladies from the American comedy Gilligan's Island) and a remotely operated vehicle loaded with cameras. The team were successful in capturing both stunningly clear and eerie photographs and video of some of the areas of the ship that have become legendary in the past nine decades.
The work of the researchers aboard Jean Charcot was interrupted by Mother Nature a second time, however. News of the impending approach of Hurricane Igor forced the team to head back to land. They arrived at port in St. John's, Newfoundland on Friday, September 17, 2010.
Even though Igor forced the team to turn back ahead of schedule, their research journey was a success. The researchers brought home a bounty of photographs and video documenting the fast-decaying wreckage of one of the most famous ships in history. Areas such as the bow, first-class promenade deck and the area where the ship smashed into the iceberg that sealed its fate were among the images collected by the crew. A crystal-clear picture of what happened on that fateful night in 1912 is being painted by the new images that allow us to see in stark, high-definition clarity how severe the damage to the ship really was. Using the mountain of video and photographic data collected, the researchers hope to be able to answer some of the long-asked questions surrounding the Titanic.
Many scientists, including Dr. Ballard have raised concerns that visits to the ship are doing more harm than good and quickening the decay of the ship. Visitor damage has led the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to estimate that "the hull and structure of the ship may collapse to the ocean floor within the next 50 years." P.H. Nargeolet, expedition co-leader and director of underwater research for RMS Titanic, INC., has stated that "In a few years, all the deck will collapse. That's for sure. There's no question about that. The hull itself will be here for a long time."
Despite warnings that visitor interference is hastening the decay of the ship, Deep Ocean Expeditions is offering a 2011 "RMS Titanic Dive" that will set you back $40,000 (US Dollars) for a visit to the ship in a Russian submersible or a mere $5,000 if you don't want to go underwater but just stay aboard the ship. Bill Willard and Azamara Club Cruises will also be offering two 100th anniversary cruises. Currently, they include a topside memorial service and might offer virtual visits to the underwater site via remotely operated vehicles.
Now, this is strictly my opinion, but even if every single individual who pays the $40,000 to dive with Deep Ocean Expeditions or pays for the possible underwater virtual visit with the 2011 planned 100th anniversary cruise has a scientific goal in mind, does the Titanic really need such an intrusion right now? As rapidly as parts of the ship are decaying, only wholly serious scientific expeditions such as those performed earlier this month by the Jean Charcot crew should be allowed to invade the wreckage site, in my opinion. Every time the ship is disturbed a little more of it is lost. Is profit on a cruise really worth that?
For more information:
Article Sources:
Cosmic Log: Titanic Quest Turns to New Territory
Cosmic Log: Expedition Bids Farewell to Titanic (Page contains expedition video)
Cosmic Log: Underwater Frontiers Still Beckon (Page contains expedition video)
Cosmic Log: How the Titanic Tore Apart (Page contains expedition video and photographs)
NBC News Reports of the Expeditions (contains video)
Expedition Titanic Video and Photograph Sources:
Expedition Titanic Web Site (click on the red "navigation" button on the left of the screen to navigate the site; "The Feed" contains video footage from the site)
RMS Titanic, INC. Facebook Page (houses a collection of photographs, you do not need an account to access this page)
Expedition Blog, Waitt Institute
Expedition Titanic YouTube Channel
RMS Titanic, INC Twitter Page
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Titanic News Page
David Gallo (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute) Twitter Page
Specific Photos/Videos:
Officers Cabins
First-Class Promenade Deck
Expedition Titanic Target Planning Meeting
Titanic's "Jutting Bow"
AUS Television: City Homicide, Episode 4.12 "Tomato Can"
City Homicide
Season Four, Episode Twelve, Tomato Can
Original Air Date: September 22, 2010
Curtis "The Kid" Conlon is killed in the boxing ring but the death wasn't an accident, it was murder as he had been drugged. The suspects are all blaming everyone else, as usual and the list takes them to everyone from a bookie to Conlon's opponent in the ring. Matt Ryan returns with a new rank.
Matt is back this week! Not only is he back but he's now Detective Sergeant Matt Ryan. He's got a lot to get used to. Emma is gone, having moved to France for her new job. Matt's new position as Detective Sergeant is something he's always wanted. He is approaching his new rank with the same vigor he always had as a detective but he seems a bit uncomfortable at the same time. He's used to taking orders and working the cases rather than giving orders and organizing the team. On more than one occasion Jarvis has to spur him on to push the team. On advice from Stanley Wolfe, Matt knows now that his relationship with his mates and colleagues has to change. There's a lot our Matt has to deal with now!
Thanks to Rhys breaking the "code" in the bookies notebook (it isn't code at all but American shorthand), Matt and Duncan are led to Desiree Spalding, the best friend of Conlon's wife. She placed a $10,000 bet for her boyfriend, fight promoter Wayne Stiles. Stiles claims the bet was organized with Conlon's cooperation and that Conlon would even place bets himself. This was the 'big break' that turned the tide of the case.
One of Conlon's best mates and fellow fighters, and also one of the suspects, drops the bombshell on the team that Conlon was gay. This new piece of information changes the suspect pool and the tactics the team uses to find the murderer. Curtis' wife knew his secret but his father did not. Neither did Wayne Stiles. Curtis and his wife had a deal: she'd play the part of his happy wife and he would give her a child.
When Mick Conlon, Curtis' father is killed by Laura Conlon everything changes. She claims Mick tried to attack her and she killed him by accident. Duncan, Matt and Jarvis are able to easily tear her story apart. Turns out, she murdered her husband because he was wanting to finally come out and live the life he wanted to live. She didn't want him to shame her and the baby.
I'm very happy to see Matt back. He adds something special to the team and the show. It will be interesting to see how his relationships with his colleagues and mates change. Matt looked so sad when he was sitting alone in his office after Duncan had left for the pub. I know things will have to change because of Matt's new rank but I hope the changes don't end up leaving Matt on the outside looking in.
Next week's show looks great and will focus on Rhys. I'm looking forward to that as it will give me a good chance to really get to know him better. Thus far, he has kind of been in the background.
For more information:
City Homicide Official Site: http://au.tv.yahoo.com/city-homicide/
Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024932/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-17228
Season Four, Episode Twelve, Tomato Can
Original Air Date: September 22, 2010
Curtis "The Kid" Conlon is killed in the boxing ring but the death wasn't an accident, it was murder as he had been drugged. The suspects are all blaming everyone else, as usual and the list takes them to everyone from a bookie to Conlon's opponent in the ring. Matt Ryan returns with a new rank.
Matt is back this week! Not only is he back but he's now Detective Sergeant Matt Ryan. He's got a lot to get used to. Emma is gone, having moved to France for her new job. Matt's new position as Detective Sergeant is something he's always wanted. He is approaching his new rank with the same vigor he always had as a detective but he seems a bit uncomfortable at the same time. He's used to taking orders and working the cases rather than giving orders and organizing the team. On more than one occasion Jarvis has to spur him on to push the team. On advice from Stanley Wolfe, Matt knows now that his relationship with his mates and colleagues has to change. There's a lot our Matt has to deal with now!
Thanks to Rhys breaking the "code" in the bookies notebook (it isn't code at all but American shorthand), Matt and Duncan are led to Desiree Spalding, the best friend of Conlon's wife. She placed a $10,000 bet for her boyfriend, fight promoter Wayne Stiles. Stiles claims the bet was organized with Conlon's cooperation and that Conlon would even place bets himself. This was the 'big break' that turned the tide of the case.
One of Conlon's best mates and fellow fighters, and also one of the suspects, drops the bombshell on the team that Conlon was gay. This new piece of information changes the suspect pool and the tactics the team uses to find the murderer. Curtis' wife knew his secret but his father did not. Neither did Wayne Stiles. Curtis and his wife had a deal: she'd play the part of his happy wife and he would give her a child.
When Mick Conlon, Curtis' father is killed by Laura Conlon everything changes. She claims Mick tried to attack her and she killed him by accident. Duncan, Matt and Jarvis are able to easily tear her story apart. Turns out, she murdered her husband because he was wanting to finally come out and live the life he wanted to live. She didn't want him to shame her and the baby.
I'm very happy to see Matt back. He adds something special to the team and the show. It will be interesting to see how his relationships with his colleagues and mates change. Matt looked so sad when he was sitting alone in his office after Duncan had left for the pub. I know things will have to change because of Matt's new rank but I hope the changes don't end up leaving Matt on the outside looking in.
Next week's show looks great and will focus on Rhys. I'm looking forward to that as it will give me a good chance to really get to know him better. Thus far, he has kind of been in the background.
For more information:
City Homicide Official Site: http://au.tv.yahoo.com/city-homicide/
Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024932/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-17228
AUS Television: City Homicide, Episode 4.12 "Tomato Can"
City Homicide
Season Four, Episode Twelve, Tomato Can
Original Air Date: September 22, 2010
Curtis "The Kid" Conlon is killed in the boxing ring but the death wasn't an accident, it was murder as he had been drugged. The suspects are all blaming everyone else, as usual and the list takes them to everyone from a bookie to Conlon's opponent in the ring. Matt Ryan returns with a new rank.
Matt is back this week! Not only is he back but he's now Detective Sergeant Matt Ryan. He's got a lot to get used to. Emma is gone, having moved to France for her new job. Matt's new position as Detective Sergeant is something he's always wanted. He is approaching his new rank with the same vigor he always had as a detective but he seems a bit uncomfortable at the same time. He's used to taking orders and working the cases rather than giving orders and organizing the team. On more than one occasion Jarvis has to spur him on to push the team. On advice from Stanley Wolfe, Matt knows now that his relationship with his mates and colleagues has to change. There's a lot our Matt has to deal with now!
Thanks to Rhys breaking the "code" in the bookies notebook (it isn't code at all but American shorthand), Matt and Duncan are led to Desiree Spalding, the best friend of Conlon's wife. She placed a $10,000 bet for her boyfriend, fight promoter Wayne Stiles. Stiles claims the bet was organized with Conlon's cooperation and that Conlon would even place bets himself. This was the 'big break' that turned the tide of the case.
One of Conlon's best mates and fellow fighters, and also one of the suspects, drops the bombshell on the team that Conlon was gay. This new piece of information changes the suspect pool and the tactics the team uses to find the murderer. Curtis' wife knew his secret but his father did not. Neither did Wayne Stiles. Curtis and his wife had a deal: she'd play the part of his happy wife and he would give her a child.
When Mick Conlon, Curtis' father is killed by Laura Conlon everything changes. She claims Mick tried to attack her and she killed him by accident. Duncan, Matt and Jarvis are able to easily tear her story apart. Turns out, she murdered her husband because he was wanting to finally come out and live the life he wanted to live. She didn't want him to shame her and the baby.
I'm very happy to see Matt back. He adds something special to the team and the show. It will be interesting to see how his relationships with his colleagues and mates change. Matt looked so sad when he was sitting alone in his office after Duncan had left for the pub. I know things will have to change because of Matt's new rank but I hope the changes don't end up leaving Matt on the outside looking in.
Next week's show looks great and will focus on Rhys. I'm looking forward to that as it will give me a good chance to really get to know him better. Thus far, he has kind of been in the background.
For more information:
City Homicide Official Site: http://au.tv.yahoo.com/city-homicide/
Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024932/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-17228
Season Four, Episode Twelve, Tomato Can
Original Air Date: September 22, 2010
Curtis "The Kid" Conlon is killed in the boxing ring but the death wasn't an accident, it was murder as he had been drugged. The suspects are all blaming everyone else, as usual and the list takes them to everyone from a bookie to Conlon's opponent in the ring. Matt Ryan returns with a new rank.
Matt is back this week! Not only is he back but he's now Detective Sergeant Matt Ryan. He's got a lot to get used to. Emma is gone, having moved to France for her new job. Matt's new position as Detective Sergeant is something he's always wanted. He is approaching his new rank with the same vigor he always had as a detective but he seems a bit uncomfortable at the same time. He's used to taking orders and working the cases rather than giving orders and organizing the team. On more than one occasion Jarvis has to spur him on to push the team. On advice from Stanley Wolfe, Matt knows now that his relationship with his mates and colleagues has to change. There's a lot our Matt has to deal with now!
Thanks to Rhys breaking the "code" in the bookies notebook (it isn't code at all but American shorthand), Matt and Duncan are led to Desiree Spalding, the best friend of Conlon's wife. She placed a $10,000 bet for her boyfriend, fight promoter Wayne Stiles. Stiles claims the bet was organized with Conlon's cooperation and that Conlon would even place bets himself. This was the 'big break' that turned the tide of the case.
One of Conlon's best mates and fellow fighters, and also one of the suspects, drops the bombshell on the team that Conlon was gay. This new piece of information changes the suspect pool and the tactics the team uses to find the murderer. Curtis' wife knew his secret but his father did not. Neither did Wayne Stiles. Curtis and his wife had a deal: she'd play the part of his happy wife and he would give her a child.
When Mick Conlon, Curtis' father is killed by Laura Conlon everything changes. She claims Mick tried to attack her and she killed him by accident. Duncan, Matt and Jarvis are able to easily tear her story apart. Turns out, she murdered her husband because he was wanting to finally come out and live the life he wanted to live. She didn't want him to shame her and the baby.
I'm very happy to see Matt back. He adds something special to the team and the show. It will be interesting to see how his relationships with his colleagues and mates change. Matt looked so sad when he was sitting alone in his office after Duncan had left for the pub. I know things will have to change because of Matt's new rank but I hope the changes don't end up leaving Matt on the outside looking in.
Next week's show looks great and will focus on Rhys. I'm looking forward to that as it will give me a good chance to really get to know him better. Thus far, he has kind of been in the background.
For more information:
City Homicide Official Site: http://au.tv.yahoo.com/city-homicide/
Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024932/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/shows/id-17228
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