TV: Bones' Portrayal of Witches ***SPOILER ALERT

All in all, I think the episode was mediocre. While not outright insulting of witches, the show did not portray a realistic view of Witchcraft today. Bones and Sweets made a habit of correcting Booth on his misinformation about witches but they also made it seem that there are two types: bad witches and Wiccans. The Wiccan characters themselves were extremely flaky and laughable. They insisted on being called by their craft names (Rowan and Ember) and refused to give "The names society assigned to us, not while in the sacred grove". I found myself rolling my eyes at their dialogue and cringing at their strange way of speaking. And, OF COURSE, they danced naked under the moon - URG! Sidenote: what was with Booth's crack about that only happening with the ones you don't want to see naked? Those witches were HAWT!
The episode also features remains that had been robbed from a grave and (since they had been pressed to death) were OBVIOUSLY the bones of a witch in Salem and there JUST HAPPENED to be a direct descendant who was a practicing Wiccan in a local coven. They even made mention of the Ergot poisoning theory and recycled it as the cause for the new murder.
In the end, I was not highly offended by the episode but I was not impressed with the ridiculousness of the plot and the characters. Seems I am still awaiting some tv show to finally get it right.

The Witch in the Wardrobe - Tonight's Episode of Bones

Just a reminder that tonight's episode of Bones features Witches and is called The Witch in the Wardrobe. From what I can glean from the teaser it is a coven of witches that - at one point - dance naked under the moon (this already gives me misgivings - naked witches in the media is a pet peeve of mine). I do hope they do right by their subject matter as I really do love this show. Here is the teaser:



P.S: The teaser says Thursday, but the episode is airing tonight - at least according to the tv guide for my area.

True Blood Minisode 2: Jessica

True Blood Minisode 1: Pam and Eric

HBO has released the first of the TrueBlood minisodes.  This one features Eric and Pam auditioning dancers for the club.  Enjoy!

Fall TV Plans

As my last post said I am using my weekend hours on some very valuable me time and one of the things I love to do is catch up on my favorite TV shows.  So I thought I would write a little about my old (and new) favorites.  I download pretty much everything I watch because a) I can watch it without commercials (saves time and calories - all those food commercials make me want to snack) and b) most of the good shows come on later in the evening here and I am crashing by 10pm (geezzy creezy I feel old).  Currently I am trying to catch up on the last two or three seasons of Criminal Minds, Supernatural and How I Met Your Mother.  Over the summer I watched the entire first season of Big Bang Theory and I highly recommend it.  The Sheldon character is so incredibly strange and neurotic that I spend the entire episode laughing out loud.

As we creep our way into the fall I am looking forward to getting back into the swing of things with CSI (I only watch Las Vegas - couldn't stand the other two), America's Next Top Model, Grey's Anatomy and The Mentalist.  And then there is Bones.  I adore this show.  I just watched the season opener which featured Cindy Lauper playing a surprisingly skilled tarot reader.  The relationship between Bones and Booth keeps me coming back for more and the incredible character of Dr. Temperance Brennan ensures that this will never be your typical romance. 

With regard to new series, I am thoroughly enjoying and highly recommending Glee: an irreverently funny show about a high school glee club full of "freaks and geeks".  I am also intrigued by Flash Forward "When the world’s population is given a glimpse of their future due to a mysterious global event, it forces everyone to come to grips with whether their destinies can be fulfilled or avoided".  Finally, I am carefully optimistic about the new Eastwick, based on the Witches of Eastwick and starring Lindsay Price, Jamie Ray Newman and Rebecca Romijn.  I was very excited to hear about the series but am a little worried that there hasn't been much press around it that I have seen. 

So those are my tv plans, what are yours?