January 20th's Weekly TV Thoughts

Percy Jackson and the Olympians – I remembered the Casino, although not what caused the memory loss.  I mainly remembered that time sped up while they were there.  I can’t remember what comes next, however, and it’s driving me crazy.  I’m temped to dig out and book and read some of it, but I will resist and watch it unfold over the next couple of weeks.

Night Court – Overall, that was pretty good.  They are still trying too hard and putting in more jokes than they truly need, but there were some laughs and overall it was pretty wacky.  Just tone it down and it will be better.

Extended Family – Really?  We had how many bathroom humor jokes?  The rest of the episode was pretty good.  I actually enjoyed the jokes about the son’s career as a televangelist.  The daughter was pretty smart, too.  But let’s stay away from the bathroom, please.

Only Murders in the Building – What a ride!  I know they hadn’t solved the murder at the end of season 8, but I do like that they wrapped up that potential storyline with a crime.  So often red herrings turn out to be completely nothing, so that was a nice twist. I really hope there is another twist next week.  I don’t want the person they were pointing to at the end to be the killer.

The Challenge – Another person eliminated finally.  It’s been a few weeks.  And nice to see the power alliance get hit for a change.  It still gets me how personally everyone takes things.  Then again, that would probably be me.  But it’s such a change from Survivor, where people seem to get that it is part of the game.  Looking forward to seeing what happens in the new phase.  I feel like this one went on a bit too long.  Ready to start wrapping up the season.

Press Your Luck – There were LOTS of Whammys in this episode.  Two of the contestants whammied out, in fact.  And the winner might have lost that way in the bonus round if he hadn’t quit when he did.  That was definitely the smarter way to go for him.  Glad he left.