CC TV: The Good Wife

His scandal. Her story.

My sister has recently gotten me to watch the new procedural drama on CBS, The Good Wife, starring Julianna Marguiles, Chris Noth and Matt Czuchry (there are of course, others, but I like these three). And I'm happy to report, it's a really good show.

The story begins with state attorney, Peter Florrick (Chris Noth), resigning from his position because he was involved in corruption and also tied up with a couple of hookers. Throughout this ordeal, his wife Alicia Florrick (Julianna Marguiles) played the role of the good wife and stood by him although she hated every part of it. Her husband goes to jail, and she starts practicing law again after years of being out of practice.

That's basically the central storyline. There are of course case-of-the-week episodes like with every procedural drama but I find The Good Wife to be very compelling. I can't stand procedural dramas without storylines (the CSI franchise for example), and The Good Wife has enough intrigue to draw me in. I've only seen two episodes thus far, and I'm loving every bit of it. I first tuned in because my sister told me that Matt Czuchry was in it, but now after two episodes in, I would watch the show with or without him. He being there is of course very, very nice (I miss him so much since his Gilmore Girls days), but the general storyline of The Good Wife is good enough to draw me in without him being there (but this doesn't mean that he should be cut! I will be devastated! Now that I've enjoyed him on the small screen again, I'll be hardpressed to let him go). I hope, though, that throughout the show he will get more and more screen time (that kind of hotness should not be wasted), and I sincerely wish that his character wont turn out to be an ass of some sort.

Watch it. You'll enjoy it, I promise.

CC TV: Pretty Little Liars

And then they start milking it

With the success of movies like Mean Girls and TV shows like Gossip Girl, ABC Family have decided that they want to jump on board on the 'teen-queen drama' bandwagon and are close to picking up new TV show, Pretty Little Liars. This new show is based on a series of young-adult novels by Sara Shepard which tells the story of four girls who are continuously taunted by text messages regarding their deepest secrets, sent to them by dead person! YIKES!

The dead person mentioned is the former queen-bee of their highschool who strangely disappeared. The text messages were coming from her, and it continues to come even though her body has been found. Creepy, no? I get a much-loved Jawbreaker/Gossip Girl vibe from this story. I am such a sucker for teen dramas so I'll probably be tuning in to watch this if it gets picked up. The word is that Lucy Hale has been tapped to play one of the roles in this new show, more reason for me to tune it. I loved her on Privileged and it'll be nice to see her on the small screen again.

So tell me, will you be tuning in?

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CC TV; Dollhouse, Grey's Anatomy & Bones

Mannequins, doctors, FBI & lab rats.

Now I know I've been MIA for a couple of days, but I assure you it's been for a very good reason. I had a modeling gig and that practically took most of my time. I come home exhausted and in dire need of sleep. When I wake up, I had to get ready to go again and the vicious cycle continues. But anyhow, it's done and I'm back. I'll update ClickCliqueOnline first before I do any of my other stuff that I have at hand. First of all, it's time for another round of CC TV, as promised by my tweet.

Dollhouse:
The most recent episode is the one about Sierra's (Dichen Lachman) past and how she ended up being in the Dollhouse. She's the only one who is there without her own freewill (although, I guess that've changed). It was a heartfelt episode, especially the bits that had Victor (Enver Gjokaj) in it. I mean, how touching was it when Victor took all the black paint because Sierra didn't like it? And how cute was it when Echo (Eliza Dushku) gave Topher (Fran Kranz) the painting that Sierra made? All the scenes that had Topher in it was really awesome too (he's my favourite :D). All in all, it was a nice change from the usual Echo "assignment-of-the-week" episodes.

Now, I really, really, REALLY hope that Dollhouse does not get cancelled. I mean, it's a lot better than a lot of junk that's on American TV right now (hello One Tree Hill?). It definitely deserve to stay on the air. It's smart TV, I guess that's why lots of people don't like it? I also understand that it is because it's on Friday nights and that's taboo TV night in America? Whatever the reason is, I sincerely hope it'll stay on.

Grey's Anatomy:

So the most recent episode of Grey's didn't really do anything to progress the storyarcs. It was just one of those 'fun' episodes that didn't really add to anything. It was enjoyable to watch though, a bit of laughs in there too. I always knew that Dr. Kepner (Sarah Drew) would be the first of the Mercies to go (is it Kepner? I honestly can't be bothered to remember). She was the least likeable of the bunch.

Next week's episode will be a Derek (Patrick Dempsey) episode. It's been a while, but I can't say I'm excited. Derek episodes were only good when it had Addison (Kate Walsh) and Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) in it. Well, I don't think that that's the case for next week's ep. He's dreamy though, so I guess that's reason enough to tune in.

Bones

There's nothing much to report on the Bone's front. It was yet another usual "case-of-the-week" episode with slight teases of Booth (David Boreanaz) and Brennan (Emily Deschanel). I like the whole Mummy thing, I've always been a fan of ancient Egypt (those who know me long and well enough should know that by now).

I say cut the tease and bring on the whole romance! We can only wait for so long people; give us Booth and Brennan 2.0!