All Caught Up

This one's for you, Fibby! I meant to invite you up here for the Survivor finale, but it snuck up on me (because I haven't been watching). I hope you're going to be watching with friends in Beantown. If not, give me a call. We'll teleconference it!

In any case, it was Mother's Day today, so N miraculously took G out for breakfast at first light, allowing me to wallow around in bed for hours. Because I can no longer actually sleep past 7 am, I whiled away my time by streaming the episodes of Survivor that I missed in favor of Ugly Betty this season. The season finale is tonight, and now I'm all caught up. I'm rooting for Yau Man because he's so damn smart and wily (giving away the truck was pure brilliance), but I think Earl is probably the odds-on favorite. Does anyone know why Cassandra is still around? She must be nice because she has to be the most uncoordinated Survivor ever to make it to the top 5.

Why I Love Sweeps

What a good week in TV! This is a post for true TV geeks like me.

Since last Sunday, there have been some big doings in my favorite fantasy worlds on the small screen. Some of the highlights:

• Emily Gilmore made me cry. The show has been such a disappointment this season, but this episode was perfect. Simply perfect.
  
• Meredith Grey went for an unexpected swim. Yikes. I love that this twist was never leaked on the spoiler sites. (I know, it would be simpler if I just didn't read the spoiler sites, but what fun would that be.)
  
• Lucas Scott has apparently written a novel. I want to read it. How cheesy is that?
• An earthquake has obliterated Orange County. Has any other show ended its run by literally blowing up the set? Oh, maybe 24, but I think they actually began the season by blowing up the set! With only two episodes left, Josh Schwartz and co. are going all out!
  
• After more than 12 weeks with the tension lurking below the surface, this week's episode was the first to really explore the racial issues in Dillon, Texas: a white assistant coach said way more than he should have to a crafty reporter and the black players walked off the field in disgust. It was a great way to get the conflict between Riggins and Smash to come to a head without either of them really doing anything wrong.
• There's a couch on Survivor!? Really?
• And finally, tonight, Kitty and the Senator kissed (and more)... and he's running for president. This show has really hit its stride with great characters and great writing. Plus, I love Rob Lowe. (And the line about him always liking Demi Moore was hilarious! Did anyone else catch that?)