Sunday TV/ Football Rewind

A quick look at Sunday.  And Dexter and Homeland Spoilers so you can skip over that if you're not caught up.

Jimmy Fallon, hosted Saturday Night Live this past weekend, which technically ended on Sunday morning so that's how I'm justifying this, and he killed it.  I mean, dude ripped the stage.  I really liked his songs.  And especially the opening monologue.  Standouts include the 1920s Holiday party, the cold open (with rachel dratch and poehler), the Tebow sketch, the Weekend Update Joke Off (with Amy and Tina), and the Christmas treat song with Sanz, Kattan, and Tracy.  Anyway,  here's a showcase of Jimmy's impression skills.  The man is a genius, and he just seems like a good dude.  Overall, great ep, check it out on hulu.

So Tebow Lost.  Which is great until you realize that it didn't really matter if he won or lost.  He just had to keep it close.   And as it turns out, 18 points is just enough for supporters to pretend like Tebow inspired the Broncos to lose close.  Ain't that some shit.  I guess haters gonna hate, and supporters are gonna talk about how great he played.  *However*, I loved that 29 yard sack Tebow at the end of the game.  Made me feel alive.  Anyway, the networks aren't going to stop covering Tebow because my friend sent me an article, and since the Pats-Broncos game got a 19.2 it appears the people have spoken.  I'm part of the problem too though, because I tuned in to hate. It's the reason why Glee will never go off the air, and there will be more singing and judging shows for years to come.  If we watch it, they'll put it on air.    

The spike was awesome.  Probably because it was so unexpected.  It'd be like if Elmo told someone to eat a dick.

Dexter is over.  And honestly, what was even the point of this past season?  They wasted 9 episodes ripping off fight club and fooling no one.  I used to give the writers the benefit of the doubt, but that's over.  I mean I heard everything from how it would be the darkest, it wasn't.  How it would make Dexter examine religion, it didn't.  Seriously, the religious theme was so poorly implemented that it was largely distracting.  Mos Def's Brother Sam was a breath of fresh air, but unfortunately he didn't make it too far along.  All this season really did was finally, FINALLY, get us to the point where Deb realizes Dexter is a killer.  And that was all I really wanted (end of post, #2).  And not to look a gift horse in the mouth, but I think that's a revelation that should be brought out in mid-season rather than being tacked on to the end of a season.  It felt like they thought they needed a cliffhanger to save the season more than anything.  Like a hail mary almost.  But this plot will get plenty of attention next year, so season 7 should bring Dexter back into my good graces.

The Homeland finale wasn't bad, but ultimately it was disappointing because my main concern with homeland was how could the series go beyond one season.  And judging from the finale, the writers don't really know that either.  It feels like Homeland is going to go into typical network hour long drama territory and refuse to kill off characters even when they would greatly serve the plot.  A lot of people think Heroes might have survived had it not become so attached to it's season 1 cast, and restarted storyline with new characters.  They didn't and ultimately the show failed spectacularly.  I think Homeland could have learned from this example, but with Brody sticking around another season and not blowing himself up, it seems like the show will toy with ideas, but ultimately never have the teeth to do anything impactful or brave.  The series has had some strong moments though so I'mma give em 4 more episodes before I decide if i'm out.  Oh but my favorite moment from the finale, and funniest, was Walker petting that lady on the head.  At that, I did laugh out loud.