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Friday Night Lights - “Nevermind”
While Jason and Lila are trying to put their relationship back together, I can’t stop wondering about the icky warning his doctor gave him about not being able to have sex, because the semen could flow back into his bladder. Has he forgotten this already? Meanwhile, somehow I believed Matt Saracen all those times he insisted his father would make everything better when he got back from Iraq. I’m so gullible. Of course he’s a big jerk who can only make things worse; those absent TV fathers always are. Still the most satisfying part of this episode is the development of an almost-friendship between the impossibly hunky and cool Tim and the witty nerd Landry. Keep it up, boys.

Scrubs - “My House”
Television hair stylists must hate it when their actors become stars, and the aesthetic of whatever movie they’re currently working on suddenly trumps the show’s. What other explanation could there possibly be for Zach Braff’s and John C. McGinley’s hair. This annoyance aside, the show this week was amusing in its standard fashion – Cox’s rants, the Janitor’s plots against J.D., and Elliot’s rapid-fire stories about her parents – but the life lesson at the end seems forced, and what’s supposed to be a big payoff was a small let-down. Is it possible we’ve learned all we can from working in a hospital?

The O.C. - “My Two Dads”
On the one hand, it’s fund to watch Seth and Summer play wedding chicken and to see Sandy punch out Ryan’s biological father for pretending to have cancer. On the other hand, it’s sad to know we’re watching the final stages of the show, and whatever mistakes they make now are the ones that will stick forever.

Ugly Betty - “Swag”
I assume they thought nobody would tune in this week. What else would explain an episode flashing back to Betty’s second month at Mode, before she had gotten back together with Walter, before Daniel met Sophia, and before we knew Ignacio was a murderer. If the episode were clever or amusing, I might forgive it for failing to further the plot, but a saccharine story about trading a designer handbag for Ignacio’s meds, ending with a ridiculous trip to the White Castle, made me wonder if the real writers called out sick this week.

What They Said

Don’t say hate, Gandhi. You kids throw that word around so much, it’s lost all its meaning. Now I have to find a word stronger than hate to describe how I feel about others. Mmmmmmmm. I megaloathe you all. Good day.”
Dr. Cox on Scrubs

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