TV Rapid Recaps & Web-bits From Last Week
Abe Fried-Tanzer - October 5, 2009
Each week TV Tango takes you around the dial and across the web so you can read recaps of the hottest programs and catch up on the biggest TV-related news stories from the previous week.
Rapid Recaps From Last Week
| NCIS: Los Angeles – "The Only Easy Day" (9/29/2009) | |||
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Sam gets personally involved in a case when several Navy SEALs are the prime suspects in a botched robbery which leaves several dead bodies behind. His patience is tested as G takes a more diplomatic approach to conducting interviews and solving the case. | ||
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Sons of Anarchy – "Eureka" (9/29/2009) |
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SAMCRO prepares to take part in a charity event, but a minor motorcycle mishap results in the abduction of Tig by bounty hunters determined to take him across state lines. Jax and Clay disagree about whether to go after him, and Gemma tries to take justice into her own hands when she learns the identity of her rapist. | ||
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Glee – "The Rhodes Not Taken" (9/30/2009) |
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Will comes up with a way to compensate for Rachel's absence in the glee club by reinstating a former classmate of his, April (Kristin Chenoweth), who never finished high school. While she has a talent, April proves to be a mismatch for the group, and her brief stint encourages a conflicted Rachel to consider coming back to glee. | ||
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FlashForward – "White to Play" (10/1/2009) |
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Mark and Demetri investigate a lead based on a name from Mark's flash forward and find themselves up against a formidable foe. Olivia is distraught after meeting the father of her patient who she saw in her flash forward. Mark and Olivia's daughter acts out and it becomes clear that her flash forward can offer clues to Mark's case. | ||
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The Office – "The Promotion" (10/1/2009) |
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Michael and Jim find it difficult to reconcile their very different working styles, and news that Dunder-Mifflin won't be able to give raises to all employees forces them to work together to find an acceptable solution. Pam considers asking people for cash instead of wedding gifts. | ||
TV Web-bits From Last Week
- Reiko Aylesworth joins previously announced new cast members Campbell Scott, Martin Short, Lily Tomlin, and Keith Carradine for the third season of FX's Damages, premiering in January. (Source: EW's Michael Ausiello)
- Matt LeBlanc will star as a version of himself in a sitcom called Episodes produced by Showtime and BBC set to premiere in 2010. (Source: OK! Magazine)
- Omar Miller has been cast as a series regular on CSI: Miami. He'll appear on the show beginning tonight, October 5. (Source: Hollywood Reporter)
- NBC's midseason replacement show Day One will now air as a four-hour miniseries. (Source: TV Series Finale)
- Megan Mullally will guest star in the October 29th episode of Parks & Recreation as the ex-wife of real-life husband Nick Offerman's character. (Source: TVGuide.com)
- The two-hour fourth season premiere of Ugly Betty has been pushed back one week to October 16th, when it launches in its new Friday night timeslot. (Source: The Futon Critic)
- NBC has acquired J.J. Abrams' new series about married spies, slated for next season. (Source: Variety)
Abe Fried-Tanzer is a student at New York University majoring in cinema studies and journalism. He makes it his priority each year to see every Oscar-nominated film and watch every new television pilot, and writes reviews and awards predictions on his personal movie and TV blogs.
