This Week in Television - Mar. 15-19, 2010

Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town
This was the funniest episode of the series, and the best one because they finally tied everything together. I'm not sure if it's cool or disappointing that I was right about Marny being the killer, but what is disappointing (to me at least) was my inability to put two and two together about her motives. I love that one of the deaths was the sick cat. Too bad Death fixed Rampop though - a special kid who sees people as butterflies and rides the death cycle could be its own spinoff show.

Lost
Good idea taking the sub off the island, Sawyer. All previous attempts to leave via sub were met with disaster but, you know, I'm sure it will work this time seeing as how you know lots of people who can operate a sub... You do, don't you?

Parks and Recreation
I always say that physical comedy is only good in moderation. I also say that I hate seeing old jokes recycled unless something new is being done with them. The scene where Jerry splits his pants bending over during a presentation and then farts immediately afterward was the funniest moment of the episode because they put a spin on it by having everyone trying not to make fun of him as he continues to embarrass himself. In fact this week's episode might be my favourite so far because everything about it was awesome, including Ron teaching a self defense class and Andy Samberg as a loud talking park ranger. One thing though: while I enjoyed the scenes with Ann starting to regret breaking up with Andy, it didn't seem like an appropriate time for them to take place seeing that she is still happily dating Mark. This episode didn't even have any Ann/Mark scenes, like they were trying to sweep that relationship under the rug for the time being just so that the Ann/Andy scenes in this episode would work better.

The Office
As much as I hate to say this... I think I agree with Michael Scott on this one. I mean he may have taken it a little far, but the sales staff actually were being arrogant jerks and needed to be humbled in some way. Michael himself is arrogant and selfish, but seeing as how he is almost always that way and the other staff members are not, he should be the only one exhibiting that kind of behaviour. His garbage fight with Dwight was fun though, followed by the pillaging of an extremely large and smelly beanbag chair from the dump. I'm not sure why Andy and Erin were at the dump at the end (maybe still looking for those leads), but the kiss punctuated by Andy's moronic noise was cute.

30 Rock
Now I'm stuck with a dilemma: Which movie would I rather watch based on its ridiculous title, A Blaffair to Rememblack, or Fresh-Ass: Based on the Novel "Tush" by Assfire? Tough call, friends. Tough call. Other highlights this week included Tracy attempting to seduce Liz and Don Geiss's body getting the Han Solo carbonite treatment. At this point Star Wars should be mandatory viewing for everyone just so they don't miss the myriad of pop culture references that inevitably show up in so many TV shows and movies.

Flash Forward
After an unnecessarily long break, Flash Forward is back with a lot of answers. Too many, in fact. The genius of a show like Lost is that they are able to answer questions by creating more questions, thus maintaining the suspense and ensuring viewer loyalty. Flash Forward is only in its first season and this week they answered the biggest questions already, like who caused the blackout and how, and who "Suspect Zero" is. The only thing I am now anticipating is the potential of a second blackout because that's pretty much the only thing looming other than Demetri's murder. This isn't to say that the episode wasn't fun to watch, because I did enjoy its twists and turns, but if Flash Forward is supposed to be replacing Lost when it ends, they need to work on the suspense. Part of why Lost has such a tight fanbase is because everyone likes to share and discuss theories. Right now this show doesn't have anything to discuss.

Hero of the Week: Leslie from Parks and Recreation. I know I snubbed her last week when listing my favourite Parks and Recreation characters, but she wins this week for her awesome impression of Tom ("Daaaaaamn, Jerry! You jumped into a creek for a burrito? What would you do for a Klondike Bar, kill your wife?") and for sneaking 20 extra Jerry's into the name hat "just in case". Besides, Ron Swanson will always be an honourable mention for having a framed picture of a breakfast plate hanging in his office.

Douchebag of the Week: The entire Dunder Mifflin sales staff from The Office, for being stuck up pricks. ...Maybe not Andy, he handled it well when Erin was hiding his leads.