High School Musical 2

Tonight instead of Doctor Who I was forced to watched High School Musical 2. This is a disadvantage of having children. I found it amusing here and there, though I wasn't paying the greatest amount of attention to it. Both of my kids, though, said they liked it better than the first one. My son, who hates High School Musical, actually sat all the way through it and said he thought it had a lot more emotion than the first one.

I'm trying to force convince them to write reviews for me, but I'm not sure they're going to cave. Maybe if I offered them more allowance?

Burn Notice

I'm back from a well-deserved vacation, and just wanted to drop in to say that I'm still really enjoying Burn Notice. Not blogging it, but really enjoying it. And in spite of the fact that I like it, it's been renewed for a second season.

Saving Grace—Bless Me Father, for I Have Sinned

After a remarkably weak beginning, this week's episode grew into another enjoyable hour. Throwing priests in Grace's path--one of whom is her brother, whom we've already met--made the questions of faith far too texty rather than subtexy, at least in the beginning. As the story progressed, the presentation became more subtle, though it was still anvilicious at points. I do like the fact that Earl doesn't seem to be locked into a Christian belief system. His confession to Grace's brother was very nicely done. I also liked that Grace's brother the Father apparently has a checkered past with Rhetta (Laura San Giacomo). In any case, the murder mystery part of the plot seemed more certain of itself. It seems like the show just hasn't quite figured itself out yet. As long as it stays entertaining in its quest to find itself, though, I'll keep tuning in.

In other notes, we had the return of the Jesus cow, and I just noticed that Bailey Chase, late of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, is one of Grace's fellow police officers—the third leg of last week's love triangle, in fact.

Dresden Files on DVD

In better news on the Dresden Files front, the first season DVD set is now available for pre-order at Amazon. This of course doesn't make up for the cancellation, but at least they're going ahead with a DVD set.