December 21st's Weekly TV Thoughts

Wipeout – My TV claimed that episode was new, but it clearly wasn’t.  The obstacles were all old school, and a reference was made to 2022 (or was it 2023).  Either way, it does prove my point last week that the final course used to be harder.

Poppa’s House – Once again, the first scene is the funniest (it often is, but not always).  Some of those scenes were just painful as he was trying too hard.  I will give them this, the wigs looked great and were funny.

Night Court – So I was wrong two weeks ago when I thought we were breaking until the new year.  We had this Christmas episode still to go.  And what a fun episode it was.  Ridiculous, over the top (in the best way) and fun.  If the writers can go back to this more often, the season will be top notch.

LegoMasters – When I heard fire hydrant, I wasn’t that impressed.  I guessed what they were going for stability wise, but they really brought the character.  That was a clear winner.  All the scenes in the second hour turned out well.  And the stories were great.  Sorry to see the fun ending already.  The new regular season can’t come soon enough.

Survivor – They had four hours, yet they still barely had any time for a real reunion.  I want that!  Give me more of that!  With the entire cast from the season!  Not too surprised that Rachel won.  I felt sorry for Sue since it was obvious she was going to be ignored based on the questions she wasn’t getting.  But to go out and do that at 59?  I’m impressed.  I couldn’t do that at my age.  And Sam staying until the end despite the odds against him.  Three great finalists.

The Challenge – I’m glad Tori had to go into an elimination.  Would have been nice if she had lost, but at least she had to do one.  Has everyone been in at this point?  I’ve lost track.  What an elimination, too.  I would have been okay until the arms had to come out.  Very curious to see what the elements of the elimination are and how the voting is going to impact things.

Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking – I think I was expecting the other team to win.  Not that either team was bad.  Just going in, I felt like the other team was stronger.  But both of those show pieces were amazing.  This series has been fun.