Game of Thrones - 2x04 - Garden of Bones

Danearys returns this week and she gets to do something besides wander through the Red Wastes.  However, that means no Jon, Bran, or Theon.  Overall it wasn't as strong as last week, but better than the second episode.  This week certainly had a crazy ending, though.

The Legend of Korra - 1x03 - The Revelation

Our antagonist, Amon, gets a showcase and Korra now sees what she's up against.

NBC Thursday Comedies - Week 25

Parks and Recreation returns!  It was nice to get this show back, even though it was only gone for five weeks.  Once again the four NBC comedies that I watch are back on Thursday together where they belong.  While NBC is doing things for me, they should definitely not cancel Community, and bring back Bent, and then replace The Office with it.  Yeah, that would be nice.

Game of Thrones - 2x03 - What is Dead May Never Die

I planned on writing this this yesterday afternoon to have it in before the new episode aired, but you know the many things people say abut plans and how they never work out.  In any case, I think this is the strongest episode of the season so far, due to some great maneuverings in King's Landing.

The Legend of Korra - 1x01/02 - Welcome to Republic City/A Leaf in the Wind

Avatar: The Last Airbender was ostensibly a series for kids, but, like the best of the Pixar movies, had a depth of characters and themes that made it resonate with a much larger and older audience.  It also had a lot of awesome bending battles.  Being the sequel series to Avatar: The Last Airbender, this show had a lot to live up to, especially after the truly terrible live-action movie adaptation by M. Night Shyamalan.  I'm happy to report that it does, in spades.  I've watched these first two episodes four times now, and each viewing it seems better than before.  Out of all the shows I watch, right now this is the show I look forward to watching the most every week.

NBC Thursday Comedies - Week 24

The Office returns!  Community does a "normal" episode!  30 Rock does what it always does!  I'm not always great at writing the intro paragraph!

Game of Thrones - 2x02 - The Night Lands

Another week in Westeros, and this second installment isn't quite as strong as the premiere.  There was no more shots of the comet to link all our stories together and it made the episode feel a little more scattershot.  There are a lot of characters in a lot of different places, and it's going to be tough for the writers to make coherent throughlines.  This week they didn't quite live up to the standard they have set so far, but it was only a small drop in quality.

NBC Thursday Comedies - Weeks 22 & 23

I thought with Community being a two-parter and The Office still on break, I'd take a week off and do another double-up post.  It turns out that while Community continued the Abed and Troy at odds story, the second episode was so radically different from the first that waiting didn't really mattered.  Ah well, it was mostly and excuse to be lazy anyway.

Game of Thrones - 2x01 - The North Remembers

Game of Thrones has returned in fine form this year.  I enjoyed the first season so much last year that it prompted me to read the A Song of Ice and Fire book series that it's based on.  So unlike last year where I knew nothing about anything, I now have five (very large) novels worth of information.  That means no more speculation this year, I already know what's going to happen, unless David Benioff and D.B. Weiss change up some things.  Let's look at how they've done so far in adapting the second novel, A Clash of Kings.

Breaking Bad - Season 3

I read an interview with Vince Gilligan, the creator and showrunner of Breaking Bad, where he said that "this show is going to take Mr. Chips and turn him into Scarface."  Walter White was probably no Mr. Chips when he first started out and it's doubtful that he'll reach the level of Scarface, but the transformation from unassuming chemistry teacher to drug kingpin is in full force this season.