Rapid Recaps & TV Web-bits From Last Week (May 16 - 22, 2010): 24 & LOST Special Edition
Abe Fried-Tanzer - May 23, 2010
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. This week at the bottom of the post, we present a special edition of Web Bits to honor the series finales of LOST and 24.
Rapid Recaps From Last Week
Chuck – "Chuck Versus the Living Dead" (5/17/2010) | ||||
Chuck’s father comes to town after Ellie contacts him and quickly picks up on the fact that Chuck has not in fact left the CIA. Ellie continues to be deceived by the Ring, thinking she’s helping her father while she’s actually helping them to hunt him down. Chuck asks Casey to keep an eye on Ellie to make sure she’s safe. Casey and Morgan begin to believe that Ellie is having an affair.
Next new episode: Season fianle on Monday, May 24, 2010 at 8pm on NBC. |
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24 – "Day 8: 1:00PM – 2:00PM" (5/17/2010) |
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Jack hatches a plan to kidnap President Logan to learn just how high up in the Russian government the conspiracy goes and continue his murderous rampage. Pillar intensifies the hunt for Jack and sets a shoot-on-sight order. Chloe gets Cole released into her custody and sends him to talk to Jim Ricker and figure out a way to talk Jack down before he gets himself killed.
Next new episode: Two-hour series finale on Monday, May 24, 2010 at 8pm on FOX. |
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Glee – "Dream On" (5/18/2010) |
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Will’s former nemesis from his days in glee club, Bryan Ryan, comes to McKinley High School intent on cutting superfluous spending from the budget and targets the glee club. Will tries to remind him of his love for performing by trying out with him for a local production of Les Misérables. Rachel searches for her mother with Jesse’s help, and Artie contemplates his dream of being able to dance again.
Next new episode: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 9pm on FOX. |
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NCIS: Los Angeles – "Burned" (5/18/2010) |
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Callen finds his identity compromised and sends a message to Hetty to cut off all contact with NCIS, though Sam disobeys the protocol and meets with Callen anyway. He communicates by phone with an unknown person who tells him that he can help him figure out exactly who he is and what the G stands for in his name. Eric works to stop a virus from infiltrating all of the personnel files for NCIS.
Next new episode: Season finale on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 9pm on CBS. |
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The Good Wife – "Hybristophilia" (5/18/2010) |
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Colin Sweeney is found handcuffed to a dead woman and Alicia is forced to help put together his defense. A new lawyer works with Eli on Peter’s case as they try to prevent Childs from using the late Kozko’s recorded testimony, and the two make a surprising discovery that serves as a major break in the case. Cary considers what to do next after losing his job, and receives a surprising job offer.
Next new episode: Season finale on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 10pm on CBS. |
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Modern Family – "Family Portrait" (5/19/2010) |
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Claire tries to get the whole family together for a family portrait but encounters many obstacles along the way. Jay regales Luke with tales of his exploits during the 1960s for a school project while Gloria and Phil take Manny and Alex to a basketball game. Phil freaks out when the Kiss Cam lands on him and Gloria, while Mitchell ends up trashing his house when he gets scared by a pigeon.
Next new episode: Fall 2010 on Wednesdays at 9pm on ABC. Season finale. |
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FlashForward – "Countdown" (5/20/2010) |
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Mark interrogates Hellinger, who tells him that in all the futures he saw, Mark ends up dead by the end of the day. Demetri confesses to Zoe that he slept with Janis and when she leaves him, he goes to Janice and prepares to help her deal with Simon. Aaron learns the reason that Tracy was targeted by Jericho. Nicole admits to Bryce that she knows where Keiko is.
Next new episode: Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 8pm on ABC. |
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The Office – "Whistleblower" (5/20/2010) |
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Jo arrives intent on punishing the person who leaked the information about the printers catching fire to the press. While most people in the office blame Andy, Michael discovers that Darryl, Pam, and Kelly all spilled the beans. As Jo and Gabe interrogate all of the office workers, Michael tries to find a way to save all their jobs. Dwight works on securing his own business deal.
Next new episode: Fall 2010 on Thursdays at 9pm on NBC. |
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30 Rock – "I Do Do" (5/20/2010) |
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Jack convinces Nancy that he wants to be with her but encounters trouble when she runs into Avery at one of the weddings. Liz changes her mind about marrying Wesley when she meets a pilot named Carol. Kenneth finds out that he’s going to be promoted but doesn’t want to move to Los Angeles to take it. Jenna is outraged when she finds Paul impersonating someone else.
Next new episode: Fall 2010 on Thursdays at 8:30pm on NBC. |
TV Web-bits From Last Week
- Get ready for the 2.5 hour LOST series finale on Sunday night, May 23, at 9pm:
- TV Squad aggregates the Best LOST Tribute Videos.
- TVGuide.com takes a look at The Legacy of LOST.
- Weird Worm poses 8 LOST Questions That They Really Need To Answer (But Probably Won’t).
- TV Squad anticipates Five Questions LOST is Not Going to Answer.
- The Telefile runs through LOST Questions We Don’t Need Answered.
- TVGuide.com counts down the Best LOST Episodes of All Time. Inside Pulse TV has a list too: start with #10.
- TV Squad has the scoop on Favorite LOST Episodes: Cuse, Lindelof, and Staff Picks.
- Suite101.com presents the Top Ten Fan Favorite Moments on LOST.
- TV Squad remembers the 10 Most Memorable Deaths on LOST.
- Get ready for the two-hour 24 series finale on Monday night, May 24, at 8pm:
- TVGuide.com sings Hail to Chiefs: A Final Salute to the Presidents, commemorates Jack’s Allies, and revisits 24’s Most Ridiculous Storylines.
- TV Squad looks at the Top Five Heroes and Top Five Villains.
- With this season coming to a close, take a look at the schedule for next TV season:
- The Futon Critic has a handy 2010-2011 season scorecard. Watch full trailers for each of the network’s new shows: NBC, FOX, ABC, CBS, and the CW.
- The Telefile breaks down the Top 10 Most Promising Shows The Upfronts Had To Offer.
- TV Squad picks Eight New Shows That Look the Most Promising.
- Here's some of the latest casting news from the past week:
- Charlie Sheen is returning to TWO AND A HALF MEN next season.
- Allison Mack is leaving SMALLVILLE, which will end after its next and final tenth season.
- Now that HEROES is canceled, Greg Grunberg has been upgraded to series regular on the new series LOVE BITES.
- TV Squad surveys the 50 Most Shocking TV Moments.
- FOXNews.com celebrates the Top 10 TV Shows About Nerds.
- TV Squad profiles Eight Character Actresses You Should Know.
- Paste Magazine presents 10 TV Shows with Great Music.
- TV Squad enumerates Five Things We Want To See From SMALLVILLE Season Ten.
- The Zeitgeisty Report pegs the Top 10 Most Depressing TV Theme Songs of All Time.
- Both HEROES and FLASHFORWARD won’t be back next season. TV Squad suggests Five HEROES Spinoffs That Could Work and Four Reasons FLASHFORWARD Was Canceled.
- Ever want to cook like the chefs on TOP CHEF, then enroll in Top Chef University.
- Check the cool opening credits to this fall’s reboot of HAWAII FIVE-O, embedded below (spotted by The TV Addict):
Abe Fried-Tanzer is a former 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.