This Week in Television - Mar. 22-26, 2010

Lost
Wow, go Nestor Carbonell! Not that I thought he was a bad actor before, but this episode he cranked it up to 11 and blew me away with some hardcore character acting. Somebody get that guy an Emmy! It's also awesome that the whole idea behind the series was pretty much already hinted at back in the pilot with Locke and his Backgammon pieces, and nobody knew it! This is the kind of thing that will make Lost a classic - when the series ends, we'll all go back and watch it again and marvel at the hints that were waved under our noses for 6 seasons.

Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains
Even though both tribes had to vote someone out, it was nice to see the Villains finally come back to tribal council. Tyson's mistake wasn't necessarily changing his vote, it was trusting Russell. I think he just really wanted Parvati gone, and when Russell suggested it he figured it would be enough votes to do it, so he abandoned the much more solid split vote plan and ended up falling on his own sword. But it was still stupid, because even if Russell was going to vote for Parvati (and I assume Tyson was meant to vote for Russell), you could still sit there and let him do it without joining him and the votes would work themselves out. And as for James, he should've been gone last episode with that knee. In terms of him and Rupert I think a bad knee is more crippling than a bad toe.

Parks and Recreation
Leslie and Ron bonding over a late night breakfast was a nice moment. As was April and Andy's catalog cover and the shots of everyone looking at it. I love the running gag about how Jerry is actually awesome at certain things (like mural making earlier in the season and photography this episode) but his co-workers always find a way to shoot him down in spite of his talent. The tiny cup in the photo of Tom is made even funnier by the fact that it's tiny for him and he's already a small guy. As for Ann's apparent unhappiness: Mark is a nice guy but he's also kind of boring. Andy was fun but a lazy idiot, but now that we can cross out the lazy part I see why she's missing him. It's interesting that Andy will ultimately be the one having to choose between her and April, because in love triangles that decision doesn't tend to fall to the deadbeat.

The Office
Andy and Erin are already becoming a lot like the new Jim and Pam, complete with the attempt to keep their relationship a secret even though everyone already knows about it. But I think seeing a wedding and baby from them would be funnier because of how giddy and simple they tend to be. Date Mike was funny, because Michael trying to be likable is always less likable than Michael not trying to be likable.

30 Rock
As Liz said, Floyd was probably one of her better boyfriends, if not the funniest, so it was cool that he got a chance to be funny here. I do like Jason Sudekis though (he was the funniest part of The Rocker and gets more bonus points for appearing in The Ten). Jack and Danny were the best part of the episode though. Yes, the silver panther is the most handsome animal.

Flash Forward
So, while last week's two-hour episode revealed more than it should have, it did make for quite an entertaining episode. This week was somewhat boring because, as I pointed out, all they have left to go on is Demetri's murder and the second blackout. Well, okay, they also threw in Janis's pregnancy and Aaron going psycho over his daughter's kidnapping, but admittedly those storylines don't interest me much. This show would be awesome if every episode was like last week's, which means stealing Lost's patented "answering questions with questions" formula.

Hero of the Week: Jack Donaghy from 30 Rock. He's always awesome, but the last few episodes he had been slightly less so, until this week when he seemed to be his old self again.

Douchebag of the Week: Tyson from Survivor, because he royally screwed up what would have been a straightforward vote and, even stupider, he only screwed himself in doing so.