eric on January 5th, 2009

If you read my article 10 Shows that Need a Jumpstart in 2009, you probably saw that I thought Gossip Girl needed to step it up in the second half of this season. While the season has been far from bad, Gossip Girl really hasn’t stood out in any way so far this season. Something [...]

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eric on January 5th, 2009

Missed Last Night’s Episode: ABC.com
As evidenced by my shows that needed a jumpstart article, I thought Brothers and Sisters was going down the wrong path and really needed to turn things around the second half of the season. I actually wrote that article over the weekend before I was actually able to see last night’s [...]

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Bree and Andrew: With Andrew and Alex’s wedding approaching, Bree gets to meet Alex’s mother Melina, a beer-drinking, undignified woman who tries to steal as much time with the boys as possible. Bree quickly becomes irritated with her, especially when she starts “calling” holidays. While Bree has had many of these episodes where she faces [...]

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The Family: Frank, the dad, is a correctional officer who helped improve the life of hundreds of inmates. Unfortunately, his family’s house is very small and has structural and flooding problems.
House Photos (photos courtesy of ABC.com):

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Mort on January 3rd, 2009

Mandy Quigley (Case #16):

#20-$75,000
#4-$5
#9-$300
#17-$750
#26-$100
#11-$200,000
Offer #1-$89,000, No Deal
#8-$0.01
#19-$500
#22-$50,000
#18-$100,000
#21-$750,000
Offer #2-$71,000, No Deal
#3-$1,000,000
#24-$400
#15-$10
#25-$400,000
Offer #3-$28,000, No Deal
#7-$1,000
#13-$10,000
#23-$1
Offer #4-$49,000, No Deal. Also, since she is afraid of heights the banker gives her a heights-based challenge which she easily beats for an additional $16,000 (added to whatever deal she takes).
#10-$500,000
#5-$75
Offer #5-$22,000, No Deal
#6-$200
Offer #6-$35,000 + $15,000 from the challenge, Deal
Her case, [...]

Continue reading about Deal or No Deal S4.E18 (January 2, 2009) Recap

This week’s players were Andy Black, Lee Watkinson, Dewey Tomko, David Williams, Allen Cunningham, and Mike Matusow. The theme was “Close But Not Cigar” (players who made the final table at the “World Series of Poker” but just fell short of winning it). Recaps for all five episodes are up on our sister poker site [...]

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Mort on January 2nd, 2009

Brien Crowder (Case #11):

#21-$75
#26-$5
#1-$5,000
#6-$300,000
#5-$100,000
#14-$10,000
Offer #1-$83,000, No Deal
#4-$200,000
#3-$1
#7-$25
#19-$400
#15-$1,000
The banker shows Brien case “2009,” which he will get to open if he turns down every offer.
Offer #2-$128,000, No Deal
#12-$50,000
#23-$300
#17-$75,000
#2-$750
Offer #3-$183,000, No Deal
#9-$10
#24-$400,000
#25-$500
Offer #4-$234,000, Deal
His next case choices would have been #20 ($200) and #22 ($50), Offer=$349,000
His next case choice would have been #18 ($1,000,000, Offer=$241,000)
His next case [...]

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eric on December 31st, 2008

Missed Last Night’s Episode: ABC.com
With only a few more episodes left, Eli Stone is nearing it’s end. It’s too bad that the show has had some it’s worst episodes lately. Hopefully the show can recoup in the last couple of episodes and give all of us Eli Stone fans some good closure to a show [...]

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eric on December 31st, 2008

If your a regular reader of Leverage, you already know that we at the TV Legion love the show. Every week the show has been entertaining. The show takes a tried formula (the heist genre) and makes it unique and original every single week. Add in the fact that every single character is unique and [...]

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Mort on December 29th, 2008

Davon Clark (Case #24, playing with a top prize of $2,000,000):

#9-$25
#22-$5,000
#25-$50
#4-$2,000,000
#15-$500
#13-$200,000
Offer #1-$72,000, No Deal
#8-$300,000
#21-$300
#12-$400
#26-$100,000
#16-$75,000
Offer #2-$44,000, No Deal
#10-$1
#20-$0.01
#7-$100
#11-$10,000
Offer #3-$85,000, No Deal
#1-$500,000
#14-$5
#6-$75
Offer #4-$95,000, No Deal
#2-$25,000
#17-$50,000
Offer #5-$168,000, No Deal
#23-$200
Offer #6-$220,000, No Deal
#19-$750
Offer #7-$310,000, No Deal
#18-$10
Offer #8-$383,000 + Lakers tickets, a chance to attend Lakers training camp, a day to hang out with Kobe Bryant, and an autographed pair [...]

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