by Amy K. Bredemeyer
Reviews & Commentaries for "scripted" shows this week include: The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Better with You, and South Park.
Reviews & Commentaries for "scripted" shows this week include: The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Better with You, and South Park.
Monday:
How I Met Your Mother (S06Exx): Episode 22 coming up
[Season Finale May 16th]
The Secret Life of the American Teenager "Deeper and Deeper" (S03E19): Ashley shows up at school to turn in some work. The counselor wants to talk to Ricky. Grant invites Grace to his place for the night. Adrian and Ben are looking at condos. Ashley is introduced to Mr. Malkovich, who oversees homeschool. Ashley is rude to him. Ricky isn't planning to go to college. Ricky tells Adrian that they're all too young to get married. Ashley gets a study-buddy, named Toby. They both admit that they give off slight British accents to distinguish themselves from the everyday people [good. glad they decided to make note of the fact that India Eisley is getting worse and worse at performing an American accent.] Ashley lies to Toby right off the bat, but he catches it. Turns out, he's a liar, too. [great, haha] Toby offers her a ride in his car, and she takes him up on it. George goes to the butcher shop to see Nora, which confuses Bunny. Grace and Grant show up at Grace's house, and rather than ask permission, Grace just announces that she'll be spending the night at Grant's house. Her mom isn't thrilled, but lets her go. Madison wants to have sex with Jack, even though it's not in a fancy setting like she originally wanted. [that girl is just h0rny sometimes!] But, he says no because she's not on the pill, and a condom's not enough for him. Adrian runs to Amy for advice on getting Ben out of the house, but we don't hear it. [I wonder why we don't get to hear "the secret"?] George is out to eat with Nora, and he finds out she's gay when her lover walks in with Reuben, as they work together. Ben, Adrian, and Leo are out looking for a condo, and Ben says no to everything, since he doesn't want to move out of his house. Grace and Grant have sex, he says he loves her, and she makes him promise that if they stop loving eachother, they be nice about it. When George tells Ashley that he had a date with Ricky's mom, she responds, "the married one or the gay one?" which was funny.
Better With You "Better with Dancing" (S01E19): Surprise! This ran on Monday after Dancing with the Stars, which I wasn't expecting. Casey doesn't want "til death do us part" in the vows. Mia is upset that Casey is a terrible dancer. Turns out, Casey is a great dancer, it's Mia who sucks. [caught me by surprise.] So, the dance instructor helps him keep up the ruse, and invites him to a secret male dancing party. [hahaha] Ben talks to his mom on the phone, Maddie pushes it away... the next time, she does a quick 10-second convo, then makes up an excuse. [intriguing that she doesn't like to talk to her] Ben tells Maddie "your mom is a mean little booze troll!" [hahaha] Larry King is staying in Ben's hotel, and Ben asks his advice about an argument with Maddie regarding how much time they spend with Vicki and Joel. Vicki teaches Mia how to insult a man. [very awkward, and RUDE beyond words] Mia has no idea it's she who can't dance, and starts insulting Casey's dancing. Casey can't take it and demonstrates his ability with the instructor as his partner. Ben has sex with Maddie in a library, as per Larry King's advice. Vicki and Joel hear about the complaints Ben made, and get upset at him. Ben asks why Maddie told them, and he calls her a snitch. Now, Ben wants to get advice from Larry King about how to stop the Putneys from being furious. Mia confronts Casey about his dancing abilities, and Casey says that he's a great cake-icer, present-wrapper, scrapbooker, rhythmic dancer, handwriter, french-braider, and color-distinguisher. [not only is this all amusing, I hope we get to see it come to light later!!]. Between ages 11 and 14, his half-sisters raised him. [but we don't really get why...] Larry King tells Ben to get the Putneys coffee-flavored candy in a glass bowl and tell them something different. It works. [Vicki and Joel are really easy to fool, apparently. It was a funny scene.] The episode ends with Ben asking Vicki why old men like (warm) towels... she whispers something to him... Ben and Maddie leave, with Ben asking Maddie to kill him when he turns 50... [waaaay weird. no idea]
[Season Finale May 16th]
The Secret Life of the American Teenager "Deeper and Deeper" (S03E19): Ashley shows up at school to turn in some work. The counselor wants to talk to Ricky. Grant invites Grace to his place for the night. Adrian and Ben are looking at condos. Ashley is introduced to Mr. Malkovich, who oversees homeschool. Ashley is rude to him. Ricky isn't planning to go to college. Ricky tells Adrian that they're all too young to get married. Ashley gets a study-buddy, named Toby. They both admit that they give off slight British accents to distinguish themselves from the everyday people [good. glad they decided to make note of the fact that India Eisley is getting worse and worse at performing an American accent.] Ashley lies to Toby right off the bat, but he catches it. Turns out, he's a liar, too. [great, haha] Toby offers her a ride in his car, and she takes him up on it. George goes to the butcher shop to see Nora, which confuses Bunny. Grace and Grant show up at Grace's house, and rather than ask permission, Grace just announces that she'll be spending the night at Grant's house. Her mom isn't thrilled, but lets her go. Madison wants to have sex with Jack, even though it's not in a fancy setting like she originally wanted. [that girl is just h0rny sometimes!] But, he says no because she's not on the pill, and a condom's not enough for him. Adrian runs to Amy for advice on getting Ben out of the house, but we don't hear it. [I wonder why we don't get to hear "the secret"?] George is out to eat with Nora, and he finds out she's gay when her lover walks in with Reuben, as they work together. Ben, Adrian, and Leo are out looking for a condo, and Ben says no to everything, since he doesn't want to move out of his house. Grace and Grant have sex, he says he loves her, and she makes him promise that if they stop loving eachother, they be nice about it. When George tells Ashley that he had a date with Ricky's mom, she responds, "the married one or the gay one?" which was funny.
Better With You "Better with Dancing" (S01E19): Surprise! This ran on Monday after Dancing with the Stars, which I wasn't expecting. Casey doesn't want "til death do us part" in the vows. Mia is upset that Casey is a terrible dancer. Turns out, Casey is a great dancer, it's Mia who sucks. [caught me by surprise.] So, the dance instructor helps him keep up the ruse, and invites him to a secret male dancing party. [hahaha] Ben talks to his mom on the phone, Maddie pushes it away... the next time, she does a quick 10-second convo, then makes up an excuse. [intriguing that she doesn't like to talk to her] Ben tells Maddie "your mom is a mean little booze troll!" [hahaha] Larry King is staying in Ben's hotel, and Ben asks his advice about an argument with Maddie regarding how much time they spend with Vicki and Joel. Vicki teaches Mia how to insult a man. [very awkward, and RUDE beyond words] Mia has no idea it's she who can't dance, and starts insulting Casey's dancing. Casey can't take it and demonstrates his ability with the instructor as his partner. Ben has sex with Maddie in a library, as per Larry King's advice. Vicki and Joel hear about the complaints Ben made, and get upset at him. Ben asks why Maddie told them, and he calls her a snitch. Now, Ben wants to get advice from Larry King about how to stop the Putneys from being furious. Mia confronts Casey about his dancing abilities, and Casey says that he's a great cake-icer, present-wrapper, scrapbooker, rhythmic dancer, handwriter, french-braider, and color-distinguisher. [not only is this all amusing, I hope we get to see it come to light later!!]. Between ages 11 and 14, his half-sisters raised him. [but we don't really get why...] Larry King tells Ben to get the Putneys coffee-flavored candy in a glass bowl and tell them something different. It works. [Vicki and Joel are really easy to fool, apparently. It was a funny scene.] The episode ends with Ben asking Vicki why old men like (warm) towels... she whispers something to him... Ben and Maddie leave, with Ben asking Maddie to kill him when he turns 50... [waaaay weird. no idea]
Wednesday:
Mr. Sunshine (S01Exx): Episode 10 coming up.
The Middle (S02Exx): Episode 21 coming up.
Better With You "Better with Crying" (S01E20): Second episode of the week! Good, because I love this show. Bad, because it seems that they may be trying to burn off episodes. (or, maybe just trying to find a different timeslot?) Casey scares Mia by telling her she is carrying twins, to cure her hiccups. [funny!] Vicki just doesn't want to listen to Joel hiccup. Ben does something crazy to try to cure Maddie's hiccups, though it works.

[May 11 season finale]
South Park "Human CentiPad" (S15E01): The main kids have iPads (not Kenny, of course), and Cartman is making fun of anyone who doesn't. A random kid accuses Cartman of having a fake, so Cartman gets offended, runs home claiming that the battery died, and yells at his mom. [typical] Then, he even asks her for her lipstick so that he's "'pretty' the next time his mom decides to f*ck him." Kyle's telling a guy about how nice Apple stuff is, and the guy says he doesn't like the idea that he's being tracked. Next thing you know, three guys from Apple come in and take Kyle's stats, claiming that Kyle agreed to all of this stuff when he agreed to the latest terms and conditions in iTunes. Kyle runs away. Butters can't believe that Kyle didn't read the terms and conditions, and all of the kids agree with Butters. [amusing. Butters, while tending to be a voice of reason, isn't too often agreed with across the board. but then again, Cartman is off elsewhere] When Kyle runs to his dad for help, the Apple people taze Gerald. Meanwhile, Cartman is trying to get his mom to buy him an iPad, but $900 is too much. [duh] She tries to get him a Toshiba Handibook, but Cartman throws a fit about how she's always f*cking him. Everyone in the store stares, and Cartman gets nothing, so he cries on the way home. Then he apologizes, asks for the off-brand, and consequently making another joke about getting f*cked when his mom says no. Kyle is thrown into a cell with two other people who didn't read before they agreed.

Thursday:
The Paul Reiser Show (S01Exx): First, a note to mention that this show has been canceled, if you hadn't heard. Second, I'm not sure when they'll burn off the other episodes.
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Off season/Coming Up:
Switched at Birth (Monday, June 6th at 9pm)
Hot in Cleveland (June 15th picks us up at Season 2, Episode 11)
Futurama (Season 6, episode 14 on June 23rd)
Switched at Birth (Monday, June 6th at 9pm)
Hot in Cleveland (June 15th picks us up at Season 2, Episode 11)
Futurama (Season 6, episode 14 on June 23rd)
Melissa & Joey (season 2 starts June 29th, 8pm)
Terra Nova (premiering in September)
Terra Nova (premiering in September)
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