Rapid Recaps & TV Web-bits From Last Week
Abe Fried-Tanzer - November 1, 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 & fun sites/links from the previous week.
Rapid Recaps From Last Week
| Curb Your Enthusiasm – "The Bare Midriff" (10/25/2009) | |||
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Larry and Jerry decide to fire a secretary because she's showing too much skin. Larry changes his mind and visits her house to apologize, only to discover a startling resemblance between her mother's deceased husband and himself. Larry's urine gets out of control and leads to a false religious experience. | ||
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Dexter – "Dirty Harry" (10/25/2009) |
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In the wake of Lundy's death, Dexter tracks his final moments to find the Trinity Killer, and he discovers a shocking similarity between the Trinity Killer and himself. Deb breaks up with Anton, and Rita finds out that Dexter hasn't given up his apartment. | ||
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Mad Men – "The Gypsy and the Hobo" (10/25/2009) |
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Don comes clean about everything with Betty after she demands an explanation about his divorce papers. Joan lashes out when Greg complains about his job and demeans her. Roger works with a client who was also a former flame. | ||
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Californication – "Slow Happy Boys" (10/25/2009) |
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Hank's old buddy, Mike "Zlos" Zlosowski, comes to town and causes trouble. Hank takes Zlos and Charlie to Jackie's club and brings Jackie home with him. Sue hosts a party, where Charlie learns that she is married, and Daisy stops by to inform Charlie about her wealth of sexually-transmitted diseases. | ||
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NCIS: Los Angeles – repeat last week |
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Returns Tuesday with a new episode. | ||
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Sons of Anarchy – "Potlatch" (10/27/2009) |
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The club continues to be torn apart as Clay and Jax take the members in separate directions. Zobelle personally oversees shipments and dealings in Charming. Jax's attempts to protect the porn studio results in a tragic death, and Gemma's potluck doesn't go as planned. | ||
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Glee – no episode last week |
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Returns on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 with a new episode. | ||
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Modern Family – "Run For Your Wife" (10/28/2009) |
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On the first day of school, Jay and Gloria express different opinions about whether Manny should wear his poncho. Claire looks forward to a day of relaxation, but a hyper Phil challenges her to a race to determine who's faster. Mitchell and Cameron become overly concerned when they bump Lily's head on the ceiling. | ||
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FlashForward – "Scary Monsters and Super Creeps" (10/29/2009) |
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Halloween night finds Mark and Aaron trick-or-treating, while Dylan leaves the hospital to head to Mark and Olivia's home -- which he saw in his flash forward. Lloyd tracks him down and realizes his future connection to Olivia. Demetri and Gough pursue their own leads, and find a clue that appeared in Mark's flash forward. | ||
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The Office – "Koi Pond" (10/29/2009) |
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Jim is embarrassed when a client insists that Michael accompany him for a meeting. Michael accidentally falls into a koi pond and faces mockery back at the office. Pam and Andy go on the road to make cold calls because they have the lowest sales at the office, and their prospective clients all think they're a couple. | ||
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30 Rock – "Stone Mountain" (10/29/2009) |
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Jack and Liz travel to Georgia to find an All-American new cast member. In order to maintain her standing, Jenna sucks up to the writers and helps score them an invite to a gay Halloween party. Tracy takes steps to protect himself when two celebrities die and he worries he'll fall prey to the rule of three. | ||
TV Web-bits From Last Week
- Catch a glimpse of the new season of 24.
- Television Without Pity selects the 10 most truly scary people on TV this year and looks back at supernatural shows that were axed too soon.
- Zap2it surveys what your favorite TV characters dressed up as for Halloween.
- Interesting Pile reminisces about childhood with this list of WeirdWorm's list of 10 Bizarre Kids TV Shows.
- Find out if your favorite TV show is in danger with TV Guide's comprehensive list of shows at risk of cancellation.
- Alan Sepinwall shares good news about the return of three of his favorite shows: Chuck, Scrubs, and Better Off Ted.
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.
