So I’m back from vacation. (Yes, I was gone.) And better yet, TV is too, almost. Yes, it’s still staggering to its feet—last night we got servings of Million Dollar Password and the debut of Superstars of Dance—but this month sees the return, among others, of Damages, Scrubs, Lost, Battlestar Galactica, Big Love and Flight of the Conchords. I’m even, well, curious about American Idol and its new judge.
Of course, I haven’t yet watched Item 1 on our list: Lost. ABC put it on their streaming press website last week; I got home from vacation and settled in to watch it New Year’s Eve. To discover that my password no longer worked. And that the ABC staff was out for a long weekend. (Hey, it’s not like I can complain about other people taking vacations.) I hope to see it sometime before season 6.
In the meantime, the new Big Love is captivating; the FOTC very funny (the scripts more so than the songs); Damages surprisingly suspenseful (I thought it would be a tall order starting from scratch on a new case); and the first BSG out-and-out mindblowing. (Wall-to-wall spoilerbait on that last one, so don’t bother asking for details.) I don’t even think I still hate Nip/Tuck now, though I want to see more episodes before taking it off probation.