The Voice Quarterfinals (Part 2) Review- Redzone Gives You Wings

Blake- "I could have done without Captain America swinging around back there."

The Voice's Quarterfinals continued this week, as Team Adam and Team Cee Lo were a bit of a disappointment in comparison to last Monday's competitors. Thankfully, one young lady - Juliet Simms - stood out from the crowd, putting on yet another fantastic performance.

Other than the coaches wasting a ridiculous amount of time laughing about passed gas, and nobody telling Jamar's mom to take the gum out of her mouth before going on live television, there weren't a lot of extracurricular activities going on, so let's get to the performances...

Jamar Rogers - "It's My Life"
They really dug even deeper into the emotion of Jamar's HIV status before the performance, and he certainly allowed some of his feelings to shine through on stage, but this wasn't my favorite of Jamar's. He hit all the notes, but nothing about his performance was special, especially the strange fire people on stage behind him.

Adam thought Jamar was amazing. Blake said the pairing of the song and the person was perfect. Christina liked that he sang with his life on the line, and she's rooting for him. Cee Lo told Jamar that he is such a strong spirit, and that he would die with him.
Grade: B

To read the rest of my review of last night's The Voice, head over to TV Fanatic.

Mad Men 506 Review- I Find Your Product Boring

Bert- "You've been on love leave. It's amazing things are going as well as they are with as little as you are doing."

Many of the main players went to "Far Away Places" in an interestingly structured episode of Mad Men this week. Some left on an physical trip, others took a journey thanks to some killer drugs, and one... well for one, the place she went wasn't so much far as her act there was the furthest from what I ever expected out of her.

I'm still trying to wrap my brain around what happened here. Has Mad Men ever played with structure like this before? With three stories occurring simultaneously, but showing each one separately, this was quite the intriguing strategy. Why do you think Matthew Weiner and company decided this was necessarily the best way to plot this episode?

For one reason or another, it had me even more involved than normal, and "Far Away Places" left me thoroughly entertained. The one story of the three that had me a bit annoyed, however, was Don and Megan's, and it wasn't only because the video effects in the car were so bad.

They were pretty awful, and the fake Howard Johnson's wasn't much better, but it was the constant bickering between the newlyweds that lost me early on. Whether it was over work, sherbet or the fact that Don thinks he is Megan's master, I became a bit uninterested until he just left her on the side of the road like a piece of dirt.

To read the rest of my review of last night's Mad Men, head over to TV Fanatic.

Mad Men 506 - "Far Away Places"
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The Borgias 203 Review- Say Hello To My Brittle Friends

Lucrezia- "You must cry for me, for I have no more tears."

The second season of The Borgias is not taking its time out of the gates. Following last week's exciting installment in which Juan figured out what was going on between Lucrezia and Paolo, and subsequently murdered the latter, "The Beautiful Deception" played as a thrilling next chapter.

There were two major arcs driving the story of the hour: Lucrezia and Juan's family feud, and Cesare's bold strategy to fool King Charles into retreating.

The former was a fantastic continuation of the main focus in "Paolo," and continued the running theme of the season thus far that the Borgias are fighting just as much with themselves as they are against those outside the family.

Rodrigo has made numerous announcements to his children that the family would not tear each other apart, but recently that seems like all they want to do. This recent battle between brother and sister may have been my favorite yet.

To read the rest of my review of last night's The Borgias, head over to TV Fanatic.

The Borgias 203 - "The Beautiful Deception"
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American Idol Top 7 (pt. 2)- One More Time?

I'm out...good luck everybody.

Fantasy Idol

Larry
Phillip Phillips: Safe (+28)
Skylar Laine: Safe (+28)
Erika Van Pelt
Adam Brock
Brielle Von Hugel
Top 7 (pt. 2): +56, Team Total: 202

Rizzo
Jessica Sanchez: Safe (+28)
Shannon Magrane
Elise Testone: Bottom 3 (-9), Safe (+28)
Aaron Marcellus
Johnny Keyser
Top 7 (pt. 2): +47, Team Total: 160

Jack
Deandre Brackensick
Baylie Brown
Joshua Ladet: Safe (+28)
Chelsea Sorrell
Creighton Fraker

Top 7: +28, Team Total: 101

Tyson
Heejun Han
Hollie Cavanaugh: Bottom 3 (-9), Safe (+28)
Jeremy Rosado
Hallie Day
Chase Likens
Top 7 (pt. 2): +19, Team Total: 98

Me
Colton Dixon: Eliminated (-18)
Reed Grimm
Eben Franckewitz
Haley Johnson
Jen Hirsh
Top 7 (pt. 2): -18, Team Total: 58

The Office 821 Review- Just Say No

Ryan- "I'd rather she be alone than with somebody. Is that love?"

The main premise of "Angry Andy" was a smart, if extremely late, idea. Get rid of the Andy Bernard we have been forced to watch in this season of The Office. He has been lame and has never very funny.

Bringing back his anger management issue was a pleasant change of pace for a character that desperately needed something different. Will this be a permanent fix for the character and/or the series? Probably not, but it worked for this half hour.

Andy from the rest of this season would have taken the beating from the conference room impotence meeting, letting it roll off his back. That wouldn't have been nearly as entertaining as watching him yell and scream, throw things and finally punish the wall in the exact same spot he did back before his first stint in anger management.

I'm not saying this was comedy gold, it was just an upgrade from the disasterous arc Andy and Erin were going through up to this point in the season.

To read the rest of my review of this week's The Office, head over to TV Fanatic.

The Office 821 - "Angry Andy"
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30 Rock 618 Review- Negotiating a Nickname

Spokesman- "When did gum get so soft you sons of b*tches?"

Although I am too young to know what a Murphy Brown is, apparently she lied to the good working women of America. Yes, in "Murphy Brown Lied to Us" Liz Lemon took yet another step towards growing up, something she's been doing more and more of lately.

It was mostly thanks to Jack, who set Liz up with Kev's awesome daughter. The girl wasn't just beneficial for Liz, because she helped Lemon realize that she still might want to have kids in this life time. Kat was also extremely entertaining, which is rare for an actress of her young age.

Between her obsession with To Kill A Mockingbird, her understanding that a short haircut would make her look like a lesbian, and her negotiating a new nickname, Kat portrayed a Manny Delgado-esque maturity that played very well opposite Tina Fey.

By the end of it all, Liz realized that she didn't want to throw out that baby Leia costume, and might want to have a kid after all. Thankfully Criss might feel the same way, and if 30 Rock's lifespan isn't all that much longer, it wouldn't be a bad route to take with the series.

To read the rest of my review of this week's 30 Rock, head over to TV Fanatic.

30 Rock 618 - "Murphy Brown Lied to Us"
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Survivor Week 10 Review- Troyzan, The Ultimate Terror

Troyzan- "This is just Troyzan versus everybody else."

Troyzan was on a war path as Survivor went from nine to eight this week, and it was not only because he won the immunity challenge. He was also responsible for some extremely entertaining trash talk - and for causing a very strange vote at tribal council.

After Jay was voted out last Wednesday, and Troy realized he had been lied to and was all alone in the game, he kind of lost it a bit in "I'm No Dummy." He took on a “me against the world” ideology, and took out a lot of his frustrations against those that wronged him most.

The first way he got back at the ladies of Survivor was by winning immunity and forcing them to eliminate a weaker competitor in Leif. Troyzan helped his cause in the competition by refusing to play the Reward Auction with either his heart or his stomach, but rather his brain.

He passed on a number of delicious food items, and a letter from home, in order to wait on an advantage in the challenge that he highly suspected was coming. Although he naively didn't just bid $500 immediately, Troyzan finally outbid Christina (and the entire group goading her on) with $420.

To read the rest of my review of last night's Survivor, head over to TV Fanatic.

Then come back and check out the fantasy standings, in which I'm falling quickly.

Champions League

Larry

Michael -17
Kat +91: W10 (+46)= +137
Jonas +9
Tarzan +141: Votes (-12), W10 (+46)= +175

Last Week +224: Team Total= +304

Jack

Troyzan +158: Immunity (+20), W10 (+46)= +224
Christina +84: W10 (+46)= +130
Kourtney -45
Bill -45

Last Week +152: Team Total= +264




Me

Jay +71
Chelsea +65: W10 (+46)= +111
Monica -5
Colton +25

Last Week +156: Team Total= +202

Jaydon

Matt -100
Kim +71: Votes (-8), W10 (+46)= +109
Alicia +148: W10 (+46)= +194
Nina -24

Last Week +95: Team Total= +179




Free Agents
Leif +162: Vots (-16)= +146
Sabrina +185: W10 (+46)= +231

Developmental League

Mags

Matt
Kim: Votes (-8), W10 (+46)= +38
Alicia: W10 (+46)= +46
Tarzan: Votes (-12), W10 (+46)= +34

Week 10= +118, Team Total= +589

Marsh

Jay
Chelsea: W10 (+46)= +46
Bill
Christina: W10 (+46)= +46

Week 10= +92, Team Total= +587

Tippy

Troyzan: Immunity (+20), W10 (+46)= +66
Kat: W10 (+46)= +46
Colton
Monica

Week 10= +112, Team Total= +527




Rizzo

Michael
Jonas
Kourtney
Nina

Team Total= +49

Free Agents
Leif: Votes (-16)= -16
Sabrina: W10 (+46)= +46

The Voice Quarterfinals (Part 1) Results- A RaeLymination

Two more contestants had to leave The Voice on Tuesday. Did it go down as you expected it would? Let's take a look at what happened on the most recent installment of the NBC hit's live results show.

The Wanted performed with Team Blake I hate that not only do they give the team members nothing to do in these guest performances, but they wait until the last 15 seconds of the song to even bring them out. It is so incredibly worthless.

The Biebs was in the house! He had the Zack Morris haircut from that one episode where the gang becomes a huge rock band, and his pants were around his knees so the world premiere of his music video "Boyfriend" was the last thing we should have been talking about.

Oh yeah, there were also results!

Team Xtina
America picked Chris Mann, so he is moving onto the Semifinals! Ashley De La Rosa and Lindsey Pavao then had to sing for their lives on The Voice.

To read the rest of my rundown of last night's The Voice results, head over to TV Fanatic.