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Have you “LOST” interest?

This week I’m most looking forward to Lost, mainly to see if this episode makes up for the lackluster season so far.  We were promised in ads that the last two episodes of the fall season would change everything.  Last week we saw SPOILER START Mr. Ecko die and the possibility of another hatch with a guy wearing an eye patch inside. Funny thing about that episode is I was just complaining about the story threads that had just disappeared.  The most annoying of them for me was the dark smoke monster and Desmond’s wife.  This was a pretty cool way to bring back the monster SPOILER END.  So I’m really hoping this final episode will really pay off.  I’ve been seeing the ads for the action version of Groundhog Day taking the place of Lost called Daybreak and I just can’t get interested.  Lost doesn’t come back until the end of February. 

I’ve seen some comments about my Battlestar Galactica reviews and that I should keep them up.  The only reason I haven’t reviewed another episode lately is because so far it would just feel redundant.  How interesting is it to hear once again Battlestar Galactica is the best show on TV because that’s what it would be if I reviewed it every week.  This series is the most solid of any series on this season.  Every episode so far has been fascinating along with being perfectly acted and directed.  That doesn’t mean the entire series has been that way.  I thought a lot of the opening miniseries was weak and there were a couple of episodes in season one and two that felt a little like filler, but this season the series is firing on all cylinders.   

Speaking of shows on the SCIFI Channel they are launching another series in December called The Lost Room.  In this series Detective Joe Miller is given a key by a fatally shot young man that opens a room in a hotel.  The room though doesn’t exist in our reality anymore.  Because of this every object in the room has some sort of special ability; a comb can stop time, a pen can burn things from the inside out, and the room itself is a portal to nearly anywhere a visitor would want to go.  The only issue is, for every use of the room or objects within it comes a physical or emotional price.  Miller uses the room to take vacations from a life filled with depression over a failed marriage and he pays a critical price.  In the series he tries to recover what he has lost while running from cult groups that seek to obtain every object in the room to gain ultimate power.  SCIFI has been on a great run lately with Battlestar Galactica and Eureka, so I have high hopes for this one.  What do you think? 

Monday 

PRISONBREAK (FOX, 8pm PST) “Rendezvous”

Michael and Sara meet in New Mexico, but Mahone is there too.  Sucre goes after his girl again, and Bellick puts pressure on T-Bag to give up the money. 

HEROES (NBC, 9pm PST) “Nothing to Hide”

Things to watch for in this episode include Matt being back on the trail of the serial killer, Hiro actually begins to doubt whether he’s actually a hero, and most interesting; Claire finds her missing tape. 

CSI MIAMI (CBS, 10pm PST) “High Octane”

A stuntman is killed during one of his stunts and a documentary filmmaker follows one of the CSI’s on the job. 

Tuesday 

NCIS (CBS, 8pm PST) “Sandblast”

The team investigates a bomb that went off in a military country club killing an officer. 

HOUSE (FOX, 9pm PST) “Que Sera Sera”

A 600 pound man in a coma wakes up and wants to leave but the reason for the coma is still a mystery.  Also, look for an appearance by David Morse. 

VERONICA MARS (THE CW, 9pm PST) “High Infidelity”

Veronica works to clear her name after she is accused of plagiarizing a paper she wrote for school.  Wallace is also struggling with splitting time between athletics and academics.   

Wednesday 

JERICHO (CBS, 8pm PST) “Rogue River”

Jake and Eric make a run for medical supplies as their father’s condition worsens.  Also, Hawkins becomes more suspicious drawing Jimmy and Gray to question him. 

BONES (FOX, 8pm PST) “The Woman in the Sand”

A couple of bodies in the desert bring the team to Nevada.  I wonder if they’ll run into some CSI’s?  Well, maybe off camera…. 

LOST (ABC, 9pm PST) “I Do”

Jack makes a decision regarding the offer made to him by Ben.  Also, the mind games continue this time played on Kate who is made to fear for Sawyer’s life. 

GHOST HUNTERS (SCIFI, 9pm PST) “Best of Stanley Hotel”

Highlights from the Halloween special where the team investigates the motel that inspired Stephen King’s “The Shining”. 

CSI: NY (CBS, 10pm PST) “Consequences”

A pro paintballer is gunned down for real in a warehouse.  The team suspects a rival who has been missing since the murder. 

Thursday 

SMALLVILLE (THE CW, 8pm PST) “Rage”

Oliver is taking a drug that gives him superhuman abilities with dire side effects. 

CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (CBS, 8pm PST) “Post Mortem”

A woman is killed and a miniature version of the crime scene is left at the scene.  The investigators feel this is a serial killer based on the fact that a similar scenario happened a few weeks before.  

SUPERNATURAL (THE CW, 9pm PST) “The Usual Suspects”

Hell yeah, this episode features an appearance by the one and only Linda Blair!  She plays a detective investigating a murder that Dean has been accused of. 

Friday 

GHOST WHISPERER (CBS, 8pm PST) “The Night We Met”

Melinda deals with the ghost of an arsonist who set fore to the same restaurant twice. 

NUMB3RS (CBS, 10pm PST) “Hardball”

A pro baseball player dies after an overdose of steroids.  It appears that someone may have known about his drug use and was planning to expose him.   

DOCTOR WHO (SCIFI, 8pm PST) “The Idiot’s Lantern”

Time travelers visit 1950’s England and discover an alien secret during a celebration for Queen Elizabeth II. 

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (SCIFI, 9pm PST) “A Measure of Salvation”

Starbuck is sent to interrogate dying Cylons on a Base ship.  The second in a two parter. 

Saturday 

BACK TO THE FUTURE (BRAVO, 8pm PST)

The classic Michael J. Fox film where he travels back in time and meets his parents before they got together. 

SINGLE WHITE FEMALE (FlLIXe, 8pm PST)

Bridgette Fonda plays a woman who brings in a roommate played by Jennifer Jason Leigh who terrorizes her and even tries to steal her life by any means necessary.  

KEEP THE RIVER ON YOUR RIGHT (IFC, 8pm PST)

An anthropologist returns to Peru and visits a tribe of cannibals he had studied and even become a member of when he was young. 

REST STOP (SCIFI, 8pm PST)

A young woman is terrorized by a psychopathic killer after her husband is kidnapped when they stop at a rest stop. 

Sunday 

Casino Royale (SPIKE, 6:30pm PST)

The remake is on the way so it’s imperative that you see the original James Bond classic if you haven’t already.  

SIMPSONS (FOX, 8pm PST) “G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)”

Homer is tricked into joining the army and gets in trouble with a tough-minded Colonel played by Kieffer Sutherland. 

FAMILY GUY (FOX, 9pm PST) “Whistle While Your Wife Works”