September 30th's Weekly TV Thoughts

The TV season, just as it is this fall, is upon us.  Can you tell by how big this got?  Actually, I can't believe with the strikes how large this is.  I'm going to be busy the next few weeks.  Although I've got to say that I can tell I've got too much reality.  By the end of Thursday night, I was dramaed out.

Ahsoka - The ambush happened slowly enough they saw it coming.  Honestly, I'm so relieved.  I was afraid Ezra was going to die right away.  Granted, that could still happen in the final episode.  Speaking of which, we have a lot to do.  Like get back to the regular galaxy and defeat Thrawn.  I don't see how they are going to pull it off in one episode.

Dancing with the Stars - It's been a while since we've seen scores this low at the premier.  Yes, that gives the stars lots of room to grow, but I feel like we've had more stars in the 20's the last couple of seasons.  Hopefully, they can develop quickly.  I don't feel like the judges were being overly harsh (they definitely found things to praise for every dancer, which was great), and I wouldn't be booing them.  Maybe they were just afraid of being accused of being too generous with Len gone?  Speaking of which I was expecting a tribute at the beginning, and it was very nicely done.

Survivor - I would not want to be on the Yellow team right now.  Two people who don't really want to be there (one of whom left, fortunately), and one person trying to get out their only hopes of winning challenges.  I know I say this every year, but why would you try to get out the strong players when it is a team game?  The more you win, the more of a chance you'll have when it comes to the individual portion because you'll have a strong alliance of former teammates.  They just makes no sense to me.  But, as they pointed out, being there is different from playing at home on your couch.  There must be something I am missing.

The Amazing Race - The real race is back.  Not sure how I feel about voting on U-Turns since I feel like this will play into alliances, and I hate alliances, but we'll see.  I would not have been eating those bugs for the express pass.  And I wouldn't have done well at the road block since I hate heights and am not that good at word scrambles.  Also a Thai massage is out because I'm a very light weight when it comes to those.  So basically, I wouldn't have made it beyond this first leg if I were trying this in real life.

Buddy Games - Wow!  Just wow.  I really don't know what to say.  Devi got blamed for something that wasn't her fault.  Yes, she wasn't reacting well, but no one in the team was really behaving well.  I think I have my first team I want to see totally eliminated.

Lego Masters - Most of the teams are off to a fantastic start.  Not surprised to see the first team out.  It was hard watching them struggle so much.  I'm impressed with what they came up with, but given what the rest of the teams had, it really wasn't a close call.

The Challenge USA - At some point, they are going to have to stop targeting Chris.  And the alliances are really to the point they are going to have to turn on each other because there isn't anyone else left.  I am wondering how close we are to the end.  I'm guessing one regular episode and then the finale?  But we'll see.