I cried during The Bachelor last night

It's true. I really cried. I've watched almost all 500 seasons of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette and I had yet to feel even a little bit emotional during any episode. I watched so many girls crying in limos, so many hearts being broken, and nope nothing. BUT last night was some damn good reality television.

The waterworks:
The tears were all for one man. And that one man's son. Last night Jason took DeAnna to his hometown in Seattle. There she didn't only meet his parents and relatives, she met his adorable son. Everything was going so well, I was falling in TV-love with Jason, DeAnna was on her way to falling in real life love with him. The hometown date was going great. His parents were perfect and loved DeAnna! She really fit into the fam quite nicely! (Seriously, I never have this much excitement when talking about this show) And then it was time for DeAnna and Jason to leave. Jason's son was so upset. You could really tell how close they were and how much the little boy loved his dad. It was just so freaking emotional. The tears just came out. You knew Jason didn't want to leave his son but he had to take a chance on love. SUCH GOOD TV!!

The Rose:
Or lack their of for poor Mr. Graham. Yes, he was ridiculously hot. Yes, he was a pro basketball player. Yes, he had emotional problems and couldn't open up to DeAnna. Last night's episode proved that WOMEN know more than men. I mean Trista proved that when she picked the only relationship that lasted in The Bachelor series. Graham is the male version of every single girl that bachelor's have picked in the past. But ahhh, we women know better than that. Although we all loved him, we knew it wasn't quite right for long term love and marriage.

SERIOUSLY, this is the best season so far of the series. Plus, TV sucks over the summer. Therefore, I had to write about The Bachelorette.

Adios muchachos

Top 10 Things We Look For In A Show

This article is being written out of the slowness of summer, and the hopes that every TV show creator will read my blog and create some awesome TV shows in this much needed time. When in doubt TV geniuses, model after shows like Lost.
Warning: The following list is not in order of importance.

10. An Island (optional)- This worked for Lost. But really, I think that an island only works every 40 years (Gilligan's Island). Thus, in about 42 years, come up with another genius island show and people will be hooked. This is assuming TV still exists in 42 years of course. Maybe instead of watching we will turn on our teleporters and we will be transported to our favorite shows!
9. Comedy- Depending on the show, this is more important than other aspects. But even in shows like Lost, there are characters that bring in the humor. As long as you know when to bring it and how to do it right, then by all means, the perfect TV show needs some Hurley.
8. Ensemble Casts- Let's be honest, all of our favorite shows have ensemble casts; Lost, Heroes, Friday Night Lights, Grey's Anatomy, Brothers and Sisters, and the list goes on. This obviously isn't required to make an awesome show, but it allows each episode to focus on different characters. It gives room for a much more interesting plot line and for the next item on my list...
7. Connections- This is my favorite thing when done well on a TV show. Bringing it back to Lost, the scene where Claire's mom told Jack that Claire was his sister and that she was on his plane was probably my favorite scene and favorite connection in season 4. Weird connections on shows sometimes seem far fetched but really we live in a small world and things like that happen all the time. Usually just because we run in the same circle, not because we are going to end up stranded on an island but you know what I'm saying.
6. Secrets- This is a major given. You can't just throw everything on the table and expect us viewers to be amused. We need questions, we need secrets. But then again, too many secrets can cause people to be impatient and give up. We need a happy medium.
5. Good Looking People- This is clearly not something I just magically came up with. Let's be honest, most lead characters are beautiful people. Heck, most supporting characters are pretty darn good looking. For some reason, we Americans just would rather watch pretty people fall in love or fight off the bad guys (who are good looking). Its just who we are.
4. Romance- Those good looking people MUST fall in love. All good TV shows have some kind of love story in them. Love triangles are the trend but either way we TV fans need some "aw" moments.
3. Drama- We need some good drama. Whether it comes in the romance, or from "the others" on an island, we need it to keep us watching. Lost has set the major standard though, we don't want just normal drama anymore. We want polar bears and black smoke. So figure it out.
2. Conflict- This obviously goes with drama, but we NEED conflict. Without conflict there is no reason to watch a show.
1. Happiness- We also like our characters to be happy. NOT in a fake way, but in a relieving way. They don't always have to be perky or anything, but when we watch we are kind of living through them. We want to relate to them and be happy and excited for the characters we are watching.

TV show to look out for next season:

Fringe: This is a J.J. Abrams production. AKA cannot be bad, and probably will include everything I mentioned above. Its about a female FBI agent who works with scientists to figure out some ridiculous events that have been occurring. Check out the trailer on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAu4L5_Fl84. It looks awesome!

Oh 'My Boys'ness

I really do not know where to start. I'm going to break it down into pros and cons, although the cons list will be much longer. Don't get me wrong, I still love this show, but the season 2 premier was not what I hoped for!

Pros:
-PJ and Bobby: This will most definitely be a con too but boy is Bobby cute. He's rich but doesn't show it. He's hot but doesn't really know it. He's my perfect man and probably doesn't know it. Either way I'd love him and PJ to get together but last night showed little hope for it happening too soon. Still though, I was perfectly happy with seeing him on the plane!

Cons:
- I wanted to write more pros but too many cons came into my head.
- They developed nothing in a half an hour.
-The gang wasn't together most of the show
- I can't decide whether I have a bigger crush on Bobby or Brendan.
- The Italy scenes were poorly done and just plain lame.
- Kellee Stewart. Enough Said.

Anyways, to be fair, I will give my favorite summer show many more chances to redeem itself. I still enjoyed the humor and the boys, but it needs a little more umph. Still though I can't wait for next week!

Around the TV world update:

Rumor has it that The Bachelor has failed once again. I really did love this season until the final Rose ceremony when Matt picked Shayne and I knew that there was no way he would marry her. I think everyone knew, including Shayne, that it wouldn't work out except for him. Poor guy, hope he finds "the one".

Britney Spears is on the ballot to be an Emmy nominee for her performance on How I Met Your Mother. This is quite the shocker to me, but congrats to her although I doubt she'll make the cut.

I miss Lost.


Okay well, that's all for now, but keep readin' and believin'.

Reunions and Separations

It's true. Its the month of reunions and separations. The month when some of our favorite T.V. shows end and some of your favorite summer shows return. The month where actors and actresses part ways due to a cancellation or hiatus and where actors and actresses reunite due to cast additions. This month is bitter sweet. But T.V. is T.V. and its been this way for years. So lets reacquaint ourselves with the reunions and separations of this summer.

Reunions

1) Kristen Bell and Francis Capra AKA Veronica and Weevil AKA Elle and Jesse: Boy this real world/T.V. world can get confusing. Anyways, Francis Capra is joining the Heroes cast next season and will definitely be sharing at least one scene together. Hopefully this isn't the closest thing we get to a V.Mars reunion show.
2) My Boys: I've missed PJ and the gang so much over this long hiatus. I need to know who gets on that plane with PJ and I will wait no longer than this Thursday night!!
3) Burn Notice: Not quite this month but still, I cannot wait to get reunited with this show's action, comedy, drama and everything else it entails.

Separations
There are wayyyy too many to list them all but here are a few.

1) Lost and Us: Obviously this is a very traumatizing separation for me. I will try and make it through Febuary without this show but it will be quite hard. Luckily, I am willing to re-watch the last 4 seasons over again to help my situation and I recommend this gesture to all of you.
2) Oceanic 6 and the Islanders: Another very sad separation that we will have to deal with and our favorite characters will have to deal with. But we'll let future Losties and Lost viewers deal with that problem in Febuary.
3) The prime T.V. season: Boy, I will definitely miss all of my favorite shows. How I Met Your Mother, The Office, and so on. The summer doesn't quite bring enough heat. Well at least in terms of television, its bringing a little too much heat weather wise.

The reunions are glorious and the separations are heartbreaking but either way we will survive this summer. And when fall comes around we will be ready for a whole new set of reunions and separations.