December 20th's Weekly TV Thoughts

Percy Jackson and the Olympians – The books can be very episodic, which works well for this form for storytelling.  I know the story moved forward.  I just have to be patient as the quest slowly gets us to the real confrontation.  Not that I didn’t enjoy it.  But it feels like a side quest episode even though we got the information about the prophecy from Luke and made Anabeth question things.

Survivor – I finally figured out one reason why I couldn’t keep the women who wound up in the final three separate in my mind.  They all have names starting with S.  I guess I should have paid closer attention all along.  Pretty good finale, overall.  Entertaining season.  Not sure it was one of the best, but it’s hard to have a bad season of the show.

The Challenge – I fast forwarded through some of those screaming matches.  But I appreciated hearing a bit more about the mini-final.  Wish more people would have fessed up. 

Happy’s Place – I knew what the first twist was going to be, but still enjoyed how it was delivered.  And I really enjoyed how it played out.  It wasn’t quite as predictable as I thought it would be.  I guessed early on where the subplot was going, especially since they’d talked about the guest stars in the ads for this episode.  Still, enjoyed seeing them.  All told, another solid episode.