This Week in Television - Feb. 7-11, 2011

The Cape
I liked the idea of Fleming hiring a duo to kill The Cape, and how Goggles and Hicks were like a bizarro Cape and Orwell, but they seemed like amateurs. I don't see the point in tagging The Cape with a tracking device when they could've just sniped him (and Scales) in the face. It was a secluded location and everything, it's not like the timing was bad. Then Hicks tries to fight The Cape (who has broken ribs) hand-to-hand and, from what I could tell, does not a scratch of damage. Come on, guys, I get that your hero needs to win at the end of every episode, but you could at least make it look like there's a chance the villain might prevail. But in spite of my complaining I did like this episode more than some of the others, for the Goggles and Hicks characters.

Glee
Not realistic that Puck would want to date the heavy girl. Not in high school, anyway. In real life she would be one of the least popular students in the entire school, no one would want to date her and everyone would make fun of her. That's just how high school is. It's not a place where people throw slushies on you for singing even though you're good looking; good looking people are NEVER unpopular. It's not even a place where all of the cheerleaders and football players are automatically popular. That's like a 1950's high school. They should call Glee a fantasy instead of a comedy. Maybe I'm just ranting because there was no Sue Sylvester in this episode.

V
I actually liked this episode. Finally they make a plan to assassinate Anna, even though I knew it wasn't going to pan out. But I was pleading with my TV for them to accidentally shoot Tyler when Marcus called him up on stage. The fact that they didn't was the biggest disappointment of the week. I did really like Chad getting a partner so that he can play devil's advocate and let the other person attack the Vistors while he stays under Anna's trust by pretending to defend them. But Ryan is being too much of a tool. Was the phrasing not suspicious when Anna said "only my bliss, and my bliss alone, can ease her pain?" There's probably some other cure she's keeping from him.

Community
The Troy and Abed story felt a little underdeveloped, but I did enjoy them yelling "BOOKS!" at the hot librarian. The Britta storyline worked the only way it could have worked: because the other girl was exactly as self-righteous as Britta, and because it tied well into Pierce's ongoing assumption that she is a lesbian. And now that Pierce has OD'ed, everyone will probably forgive him for being a douche in the last couple episodes. Nice to see "streets ahead" used again, too.

The Office
The cold opening with Andy pummeling Darryl's stomach as Darryl looks into the camera with a tear in his eye is something that should be made into an animated GIF and passed around the internet. Michael and Holly varied from gross to funny, and Jim and Pam being drunk and looking for a place to have sex was much more fun than all of the baby stories they've been having lately.

Parks and Recreation
"Ron and Tammy" was one of the standout episodes from last year in my opinion, so I was happy to see another episode involving their ridiculous PDA (as opposed to Michael and Holly's slightly more lovey-dovey PDA on The Office, Ron and Tammy's is just wildly sexual). Ron in cornrows and a dissected mustache was funny, but my favourite part was the return of Burt Macklin, Andy's FBI alias whom I'd forgotten about until his name was mentioned in a sweet attempt at a favour to April. And calzones are awesome, dammit!

30 Rock
The exchange between Jack and Liz in the cold opening was amazing, from Jack stating he doesn't sleep on planes because he "doesn't want to get Incepted" to Liz and Jack predicting each other with handwritten notes in envelopes, to Liz having a pencil sticking out of her fly. The rest of the episode was just okay, but the epic beginning makes up for that. The Liz and Carol story didn't have much room for jokes and only served as a way to end their relationship, and the one quick line explaining the delay (traffic on the runway) didn't seem enough to justify what I assume was an extremely long wait for the passengers as Carol strung them along. The joke about the "Gals on the Town" sitcom pilot, and its theme song and B-list cast, was really funny though.

Fringe
I wasn't expecting to have an episode in the alt-universe again so soon, and at first there didn't seem to be a reason for it, until the reveal that Fauxlivia is pregnant, increasing the stakes for Peter's future decision. But while Fauxlivia is probably a little more interesting than Olivia, the other universe has kooky Walter, Peter, and Broyles (and I suppose Nina, because I don't recall an alt-Nina), and thus is more entertaining overall.

Hero of the Week: Jack from 30 Rock, for predicting Liz's prediction in the opening and letting his daughter be born in Canada.

Douchebag of the Week: Ryan from V. Just grab your daughter and run already!