The Boob-Tube Patron has relocated

bpontv.wordpress.com

After tweaking the template and layout on Blogger many times, I just haven't been able to find one I'm happy with. The current theme is the closest I've gotten, but it still seems a bit empty to me, so I decided to go over to Wordpress. I'll still be hosting my study-abroad blog on Blogger, but just felt the Wordpress format would be a better fit for this TV blog.

I've moved all of the Greek posts over there, and will now use that space to post any new entries. Hope you'll follow me over!

Greek | "Camp Buy Me Love"

After weeks of back and forth tension between various couples on Greek, it seems like we finally (maybe) got some closure with "Camp Buy Me Love." Casey realized that she and Cappie weren't going to work outside of the college environment, Rusty chose Dana over Catherine, and with Calvin's help, Evan got back the necklace he had given Rebecca so that he could move on (but then he saw the ticket stub on her mirror, so I'm not sure this one's completely over yet). Compared to the last few episodes, it was much heavier dramatically, but it worked for the most part, except for an increasingly annoying Rusty. So let's get started -- after the jump.

Greek | "The Big Easy Does It"

So this Greek review is coming quite late, but I figured I'd write up some quick thoughts to catch up before moving on to the newest episode. "The Big Easy Does It" saw a lot of backward momentum on the relationship front, which, really is what this show is all about (well, relationships and parties). Two couples that had just recently officially started -- Evan/Rebecca and Rusty/Catherine -- seemingly came to an end, and Casey and Cappie also kept from moving forward when he told her he wasn't ready to plan for the future or graduate.

It was a strange mix of both indecision and decisiveness being the cause of these roadblocks. Rebecca, unwilling commit to Evan and admit she cares about him, and Cappie, unable to commit to a major and take the future seriously, both ended up letting down their partners, who knew exactly what they wanted. On the other hand, though, Catherine knowing she definitely wanted to have sex with Rusty led him to break things off with her.

In any case, it was still a fun episode centered around Mardi Gras. Several of the characters could have acted smarter and kept themselves from regressing back into old habits (just pick a major Cappie!), but the rest of it was entertaining enough to keep those problems from taking over.

Some other quick thoughts and favorite lines after the jump.

Greek | "Your Friends and Neighbors"

Did anyone notice any prominent themes in this week's Greek? I certainly didn't, and if there were any, they were certainly subtle... 

Oh wait! Nearly every story line beat us over the head with the "growing up is hard to do" trope, and then, just in case we didn't get it, hammered it in a little more. It's not that it wasn't effective, it just seemed at times -- like when Tom gave his wrap-up speech to Cappie -- to be a little too much. Overall, though, "Your Friends and Neighbors" saw development in most of the current plots and had a lot of Beaver (short for The Beaver), which always makes an episode funnier. So let's get started -- after the jump.

Greek | "Love, Actually, Possibly, Maybe... Or Not"

Ah Valentine's Day, the commercial holiday of all holidays (as Rusty and Ashleigh's "hip" professor reminded us). Although it was a little behind schedule, Greek focused on the special occasion in this week's "Love, Actually, Possible, Maybe... Or Not," an episode which finally gave screen time to all its regular cast members and even most of the current recurring players. Fittingly, there was development on all major relationship fronts, with Cupid's arrow even striking up a new romance, and, as always, some great and not-so-great pop culture references. So let's get started -- after the jump.

New pilots for Friday Night Lights alumni

Friday Night Lights is one of my favorite shows, thanks in no small part to the skill of its actors. Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton give two of the best performances on television as Eric and Tami Taylor, even if the major awards shows don't recognize it.

But as good as the two adult leads are, for a show that centers around high school football the younger actors have to be just as good -- and by and large, they are.

Zach Gilford was one of the best as quarterback Matt Saracen. He sold every scene 100%, and this season's "The Son" was one of the best episodes ever thanks to his performance.

Since Gilford [spoiler alert for those waiting to watch season four on NBC] recently completed his send-off arc on FNL, he was available for the upcoming pilot season, and has since been cast in the ABC pilot Matadors, a Romeo-and-Juliet style drama that "revolves around two rival Chicago-based families, one in the DA’s office and another in a high-powered law firm." The cast also includes David Strathairn (Good Night and Good Luck, The Bourne Ultimatum). I'll definitely be watching this one if it goes to series.

Greek renewed!

What great timing! After my quasi-inaugural blog post on Greek's latest episode, The Hollywood Reporter has learned that ABC Family has renewed the series for a fourth season of 10 more episodes, slated to start later this year.

The show is ABC Family's longest-running original series, and it recently premiered to 1.03 million viewers for part two of season three. Some fans were worried about its prospects (see: savegreek.com), but considering the most recent premiere posted some big gains in the key demos, as THR noted, it isn't a big surprise that Greek will be back.

It will be interesting to see how the rest of the current season plays out, though, since it seems to be heading toward graduation for several of the key characters. Maybe the timeline will slow down and season four will be plotted as the final 10 episodes? Or maybe, as I conjectured in one of my episode reviews, the graduates will move on to grad school at CRU, thus keeping intact the fictional universe?   Photo: fanpop.com