The TV Junkie: The Doctor is IN!

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Memo to Me! There I was watching the “American Experience” documentary on Dolley Madison (you know I’m a history freak!), and who popped up portraying Dolley? None other than my darling Eve Best, Edie Falco’s BFF Dr. Eleanor O’Hara, on “Nurse Jackie” and my not-so-secret-anymore big crush. There’s something about that British accent I just can’t resist. The fact that she’s also a Tony nominated and Olivier Award winning actress, doesn’t hurt either.

Our Girl Kirstie – renewing the “Chubby Buddy” love!

Oh my, Jim has a cold. So what does our girl Kirstie do? She plunks him in her bed and decides to nurse him back to health.  Jim decides that Kirstie is going to wait on him hand and foot, and you know how well that’s going to go over with her. I personally counted 14 “I’m going to f*$^&#g kill him” bellows, until she decided that she’d had enough. Nursing old “Hugh Heifer” through his traumas was hilarious, with Kirstie and old “Buddha Belly” fading off into the sunset as they hiked on up the trail. Then it was True’s turn. Kirstie decided that her son needed to commit himself to his music if he was serious about a career in show business, so she ordered him to secure a gig for the end of the week, on five day’s notice. As she said to him “look at it as a challenge, not an impossibility.” And no, I won’t tell you what happened. This past Sunday, Kirstie decided to see how prepared everyone would be in case of an emergency. Evacuate the house! Evacuate the animals! Evacuate EVERYONE!!! Not fast enough? Do it again. I’m sorry, but Kirstie, with her daughter Lillie, yelling into a bullhorn and making everyone rescue the animals, including the clueless Kyle (he can’t be real…nobody is THAT stupid!), was beyond the valley of the insane. Gotta love her, doncha? Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Jim tries to teach True how to be a “real guy,” complete with camping. Well, camping with a twist. Film at eleven.

The TVJ’s “TV Family of the Week”

Well, here we go again….Nancy Lee Grahn from “General Hospital.” Can’t help it, she’s awesome as Alexis Davis, a character so complex and well, so f%&#$d up that, in the hands of a lesser talent, it would be laughable. But Grahn makes us love Alexis, arguably one of the worst, a) judges of men, b) mothers, c) drivers on the planet. Alexis has 3 daughters on the show; Molly (Haley Pullos), the youngest, is pragmatic, yet romantic with an endearing innocence; the eldest, Sam (the ever hot Kelly Monaco, “DWTS” first winner and first “costume malfunction on the show), has just the right combination of right hook and slutty way about her (I mean that in the best sense of the word); her middle child, Kristina (the remarkable Lexi Ainsworth), is a mess, a train wreck you can’t NOT watch. This kid is one hell of an actress and when in scenes with Grahn, the set explodes. As much of a mess as the Davis clan can be, their loyalty to each other and their honest interaction, makes them one of my favorite TV families.

“Dr. Who”

Can the new Doctor possibly ease the loss of David Tennant? As the eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith has big shoes to fill, and he fills them so well! The BBC America premiere on April 17, was preceded by one of their “Ultimate Dr. Who” specials, complete with the history that led to this incarnation of The Doctor. With Karen Gillan as his new partner in time, Amy Pond, Smith slowly eases into role as the last of the Time Lords, and the youngest. Although the TVJ is devoted to David Tennant, Mr. Smith might just work out. Only time will tell. Get it? Time? Whatever.

“Lost” Report

“The Last Recruit” was interesting, with more characters jam-packed into one episode, that one would think it was a study session, so we’ll remember who’s who when we take the quiz. Since this week’s column seems to have a hospital theme, I must mention the scene at the hospital with Jack, Locke, Jin, Sun, Ben, and the list goes on. Side time fascinates me, since I have no clue where it’s going. Part of me loves the ride, but part of me wants this finale already, since I can’t stand the suspense. And why did Desmond run over Locke? In his wheelchair, yet! What’s that all about? In real time, Sayid the zombie and Claire the nutcase (or is that Sayid the nutcase and Claire the zombie?) keep us guessing what their motives are. One thing we do know, Not Locke has been many people on the island and nobody seems to know who he really is, most of all me. Hey, maybe Bill knows. So, as I do every week through the end of “Lost,” I now hand you over to my pal Bill Ervolino’s “Completely Lost” site. Enjoy! http://blogs.northjersey.com/blogs/completelylost

Quote of the Week: Don’t Mess with Carly!

“If I could rip your hair out of your head and smack you silly, you’d be bald and unconscious, you little bitch!” as only Carly Jacks (Laura Wright) can put it on “General Hospital.” How many people has the TVJ wanted to say THAT to? You know who you are!

Soapbox Moment of the Day:

“All My Children” had a wonderful “funeral” for the late, great James Mitchell, who played Palmer Cortland on the daytime drama. It was a glorious sendoff which paid homage to Mitchell’s life on the Broadway stage in Oklahoma and Brigadoon, and in films such as The Bandwagon and Turning Point. You could see the affection that Mitchell’s co-stars had for him; that wasn’t acting, that was love.

See you next week…

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