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So, you would think "The Lying Game" is a show I'd watch, but you'd be wrong. I mean, the main chick (or is it chyx?), Alexandra Chando is kinda cute. Some think she's the love child of the ultra babe-alicious Nina Dobrev and Mischa Barton. But some of the pics I've seen, I think she kinda looks like Charisma Carpenter's younger sister.

I did not realize the other girls on that show where chyx I knew of though. Sutton's step-sister is Allie Gonino of the now defunct girl group the Stunners. Sutton's friend/Emma and Sutton's cuz Char is played by Kristen Prout, who's character on the show seems the total opposite of her previous character on Kyle XY. And then there's her other friend, Mads, played by the cute (and some would say too skinny, but I think she's petite) Alice Greczyn.

Heh, and I realize for someone who's never watched a full episode of the show, I sure do sound familiar with it.

Anyways, while I do think the Walking Dead TV series is pretty good, I think being an avid reader of the comics hurts my enjoyment of it a little. I mean, the TV show and comic are different entities, and plenty of shows based on books and such end up varying wildly from the original work. But when I watch, there's a tiny part of me that's thinking, "Will this episode be the one where they decide to just go their own way? And if so, will I totally hate the direction they take it?"

I will also admit its hard for me to separate the TV incarnations from the comic incarnations. So when I read forums and see TV-only fans knocking this character or that, I get a little irked, because I think, just wait, this character gets way cooler later! (Though I can see how they're actually starting to set up one particular character's change on the TV show. Which is kinda good, because in the comic they never really went into that change I don't think, all of a sudden the person just became really skilled at a certain thing) Or at the very least, they think they're inconsequential nobodies in the scheme of things, but end up having a greater impact on the story and the other characters than they can apparently imagine.

That, and there are so many events I can't wait to see, that I sometimes worry I might not, because the TV does break with the comic. I mean, if they come up with a cool new story, that's cool. I mean, I think Daryl was an interesting addition (and I wonder if the TV show will end up making his brother The Governor), of all the TV-only characters they had, he's the one that seems to stand out. But part of me feels disappointed that others who have no interest in reading the comic, would miss out on this or that. Of course, there are a few events that they could never do on the TV show though.

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TV commentary:

Gossip Girl- So Dan's book is finally out. The preview last week did reveal that Dan had made Nate's character gay, but the truth is even more hilarious! He basically just merged Nate and Eric together (into "Derek", HA!). Of course, Dan was an idiot thinking Nate would accept his explanation of how its normal for people writing such works to combine folks, when everyone else in the gang had their own character! You know, in the fictional version of my life that I've been working on in my head, I've never actually considered combining people, I mean, if you were writing a book and you do base characters on your closest friends, wouldn't you think they'd be insulted if you just mashed some of them up into an amalgam.

But Chuck was still Charlie Trout (which, how could Dan's mentor not be sure that was Dan's book in the beginning of the season? I mean, the same initials is one thing, but I would think he was familiar with Dan's work and would notice the reuse of Charlie Trout). And ha, he really did name Serena and Blair, Sabrina and Claire. I would think some guy trying to be this great author would try to be a little more imaginative with the fake names! (I mean, in my fictionalized biography, there's a method to why everyone is named the way they are, and I don't feel its too obvious. Well, maybe a couple are)

I'm not sure how the Dair-shipper in me feel about this ep. I think those shippers with the rose colored glasses felt Blair looked touched after reading the book, but I'd like a little more evidence. (Though the fictional kiss was great though, although did the show really think we would be fooled into thinking that kiss took place for real?) I mean, given how Dan called Serena out and was more worried about how he effed things up for Blair shows he still has feelings for her. But Blair's pretty pissed at him. Some may read that as sublimated sexual frustration, but honestly, he hasn't been really figuring into things for her, it seems to constantly be Chuck vs Louis, with Dan being the poor sap holding her hand and not seeming to figure into her love life the way he wants to. On the one hand, maybe they are going for the whole, she thinks she has these two choices, but then she realizes the right guy was there under her nose. On the other, it could be just what it is, that despite his feelings, and their connection (and the hopes of many shippers) she won't ever consider him in that way. I mean, there have been several times on this show where it seem she may. But I swear this show gives just enough to keep the suckers hooked while never giving them a payoff.

I mean, even this ep, it wasn't Dan who fixed the mess between Blair and Louis, it was Chuck. And after Chuck had his epiphany from Dan's book on how lonely his life really is, the first thing he does is cry to Lily about Blair! It almost seems like they're setting up Chuck to be the hero when everything inevitably blows up with Louis, not Dan.

House- So House brought in hot prison doctor chick (played by the ever hot Odette Annable) as an unpaid consultant (since Foreman still isn't paying for a team for House just yet). And he ends up calling back 13 also. Alas, 13 had a girlfriend, so there was no hot lesbo anything between those two. It was an amusing twist the way House played Asian Girl and Super Hot Rich Girl off each other. I mean, it was amusing that it turned out that Adams was indeed messing with Park first to see how far she could push her with the gifts, and then "to win", and when House gave her something that would be sure to finally shut Park up, it turns out he was also tricking Adams into paying for the car repairs. But wait, given the end of the ep, is 13 gone now? Like is this just her exit ep, if House is freeing her to enjoy her life with her new gf?!

Hawaii Five-O- Heh, what's with all the Lost guests showing up lately. Alex playing a sexy volleyball player, and Reiko Aylseworth (while I'll always think of her as Michelle on 24, she was Ethan's mum on Lost) reprising her role as Chin Ho's ex-fiancee. At least they finally finished up with Kono's storyline where she was obviously undercover, where the team picks her up all, "How could you do this?!" and Tom Sizemore shows up to the surprise of no one and reveals she was working for him all along. Heh, given one of the selling points of her cover was being plastered on the news as being investigated for possibly being a dirty cop, I would think that would hurt her "desirability" to the bad guys, because her face is out there. I mean, I doubt people pay much attention to such stories that they would be able to pick her out on the street, but there's always the chance. Like when she was in the bank with Andie from DC and they were acting all sketch, its a good think the bad guy didn't realize, "Wait, aren't you that dirty cop who's been on the news?!"