Geekly Daily 49 (Saturday, January 12th):

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Sorry Yesterday's weekly was missing a number of things from my DVR. I accidentally fell asleep and lost my whole day again, which is always fun. The benefits of working night shift.But I've caught up on things and I'm gonna work on my book now.


Geekly Weekly TV Rankings ( ➤ for new):

1. ➤ The Good Place****1/2That was a really good episode of the good place. Potentially the best episode this season, though it's been a more lackluster season than the past two. I really enjoyed the depiction of people in The Good Place. They were all hilarious in how nice they were, and it quickly became clear to me what I'm glad Michael figured out by the end of the episode. That it is actually The Good Place's diligent enforcement of rules that has led to all the trouble now. Eleanor trying to break through the door to heaven seemed like a bad idea, but her plot with Chidi was fun, and he was sweet, and then they did it. Also Janet was a lot of fun, and Tahani, while her storyline dragged a little this episode, she had some of the best one liners in the episode.
   
2. ➤ The Big Bang Theory****I actually kind of enjoy Penny's ex-boyfriend every time he shows up. They have a lot of fun with making him just... so dumb. Like he would give Peter Griffen a run for his money he's so cartooney dumb. And giving him a girlfriend who works in a bookstore but doesn't read and is so smart that you could "Name any book, and she can tell you if she's heard of it." "Ooookay. Catcher in the rye." "Nope." The worst storyline, again, was Raj. Bringing the show down. Pining over the loss of his relationship was fine and could have brought out some good humour. But nope, instead he went back to her. God Damn I don't like her. She's never even seen love actually. She's terrible for Raj, like this is just dragging on torture. Thank god it was mere minutes out of this episode.
3. ➤ Gotham ***1/2
   It was a good episode of Gotham, though with all the wonderful cliches and over the top ridiculousness that comes with it. I knew from the moment Jim's first scene with Barbara ended that she would be there to save him in the end. Barbara has been so weird, and her character has been consistent this season only in its blunt force fitting her into every possible cliche, and ignoring her own motivations every step of the way. I also called that the witch would be Ivy. Can't remember if I called that last week, but the way the recap was put together it was the first thing I thought of. That one house with the cannibal woman was...weird. Oh and what was with those guys in Ivy's layer dressed and talking like their right out of some combination of Gangs of New york, Titanic, and Mary Poppins. "'ello govena. We gots us a witch over tha." So for the rcord, this show is absurd in almost every way...except for its granular plotting which seems to love to resort to cliches. Finally, the catwoman reveal was underwhelming... I think I just talked half a star off the rating.
4. ➤The Orville ***1/2
   Wow, this episode was... something. The focus on Alara was right up my alley, though I can see how some people might not be as enthused to watch a young 20 something woman scream at Robert Picardo "WHy didn't you love me, dad!" This episode wasn't great, average, heightened by being all about Alara, and then completely hit a brick wall at the end with the reveal that this is her last episode and she's leaving the show. That's a little rough, especially since she was my favourite character, and kinda the reason I was still watching this show. Apparently it was simple scheduling conflcts. And maybe she'll be back. It's not over for the show yet, this was still a decent episode despite cliched teenage girl angst writing issues. Also at the end, she gives her wounded father a mission to do during her action scene, while leaving her healthy and able sister and mother to stand around and do nothing. But that kind of cliche was par for the course with this episode. I would have brought in more humour. They could have made that weird CG creature look really ridiculous, instead of playing the cliched "Watch me pet this cg creature" scene completely straight. In fact they played almost the whole episode completely straight and if you weren't madly crushing on Alara like I am, I could easily imagine you hating this episode. But then again, that theoretical person might be excited to see her leave the show, so what do I know.
   

Geekly Weekly Talk Show Showdown:

1. ➤ Vice News Tonight
2. ➤ The Graham Norton Show