Rapid Recaps & TV Web-bits From Last Week (Dec. 6 - 12, 2009)
Abe Fried-Tanzer - December 13, 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 and best TV-related lists, news stories & fun sites/links from the previous week.
Rapid Recaps From Last Week
| Dexter – "Hello, Dexter Morgan" (12/6/2009) | |||
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Christine keeps silent during questioning and Batista is forced to cut her loose. Once she is free, she breaks down when her father refuses to even try to help her. Dexter begins to frame another killer as Trinity in order to have Arthur all to himself, and finds himself uncertain of what to do when Rita tells she him about her indiscretion. Arthur turns the tables on Dexter and follows him back to where he works. | ||
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Californication – "Comings & Goings" (12/6/2009) |
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Hank, Karen, and Becca are invited to a dinner party hosted by Felicia, where Jackie and Jill are also in attendance. An uncomfortable afternoon for Hank becomes even worse when a freshly sober Richard Bates shows up and reveals that he and Karen had an affair when he was her professor. Stacey arrives in soldier's uniform and challenges Hank to a duel. | ||
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NCIS: Los Angeles – repeat episode last week |
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NCIS: Los Angeles returns with a new episode this Tuesday (12/15/2009) at 9PM. | ||
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The Good Wife – repeat episode last week |
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The Good Wife returns with a new episode this Tuesday (12/15/2009) at 10PM. | ||
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Glee – "Sectionals" (12/9/2009) |
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Rachel tells Finn that Puck is the father of Quinn's baby. Since Will is unable to accompany the glee club to Sectionals, Emma volunteers and pushes her wedding back a few hours. At Sectionals, the club realizes that their routines have been stolen and hatches a plan to still compete -- thanks to the lifelong preparation of Rachel and a stand-up appearance of Finn. Will considers which woman he wants in his life. | ||
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Modern Family – "Undeck the Halls" (12/9/2009) |
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When Phil and Claire find a hole burned into their couch, they demand a confession from one of their children. Alex plans for them all to confess so that they'll be like Spartacus, but that plan fails and Phil cancels Christmas. Manny attempts to infuse some Colombian traditions into Jay's holiday experience, and Cameron and Mitchell invite a man over for Christmas after they accidentally get him canned from his job as Santa at the mall. | ||
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FlashForward – repeat episode last week |
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FlashForward won't air new episodes until February/March 2010. | ||
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The Office – "Secret Santa" (12/10/2009) |
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Phyllis dresses up as Santa, causing Michael to pout and don a Jesus costume to try and compete with her. The office participates in Secret Santa, which finds Dwight trying to assemble an unknown gift and Erin seeking to stop getting the twelve days of Christmas as a gift from a doting Andy. A conversation about the company with David Wallace leads the office to surprisingly positive holiday news. | ||
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30 Rock – "Secret Santa" (12/10/2009) |
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Liz wants to exchange gifts with Jack for the first time but doesn't know what to get him. Jack becomes preoccupied with the visit of his high school crush (played by Julianne Moore) who he hasn't seen in 25 years. Kenneth starts to lose his faith when Tracy informs him that the writers made up a religion to avoid doing Secret Santa, and Pete looks to exert some Christmas revenge on Jenna by giving her solo to Danny. | ||
TV Web-bits From Last Week
- We picked the top ten TV Hanukkah moments, now check out TVGuide's collection of the best holiday and Christmas TV episodes and Screen Junkies' 10 most twisted holiday specials.
- Interesting Pile points to Mania.com's six rules for rebooting a Star Trek TV show.
- AOL's Inside TV picks the top ten Glee performances so far. Zap2it expands its list to the top 25 songs.
- The Best Shows You're Not Watching highlights the top ten most annoying characters on TV.
- Time's James Poniewozik selects his top ten shows and top ten episodes of 2009.
- Want to appear on the TV series Chuck? Take part in Mission: Chuck Me Out and you can have your face appear onscreen in one of Chuck's flashes.
- Every day this week between 8-9AM EST, The Weather Channel is letting viewers play Text That Tune. If you're the first person to text the correct title of the song playing on Local Weather on the 8s, then you'll win a $200 gift card to The Weather Channel store!
- Scroll down to see a sneak peek of tonight's TLC special, MERMAID GIRL: THE FINAL SIX MONTHS, which documents the final months of the world's only living mermaid.
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.
