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There will be no new posts on here for 10 weeks(!) while I'm away!
So heres a quick list of things to do...
TV
LOST
For news: DarkUFO/The ODI
For spoilers: DarkUFO Spoilers
For recaps: Erika/Lukhs/Doc Jensen/DarkUFO
HEROES (if you really want...)
For everything: The ODI
FRINGE
For recaps, news etc: FringeTV
For info: Fringepedia
SCRUBS
For everything: ScrubsHQ
SKINS
General info: E4Skins
Music: musicguide
and of course Peep Show will be back with a 6th season by the time I return!!!
Music
hypem/pitchfork/elbo/pma/billboard/nme
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the songs been around a while, but this video has recently been released. diddy is still a twat, and so is akon, but still love this song. Busta is also joined by weezy and swizz beatz, as well as ron browz, whose production is brilliant on this!!! t.i. randomly turns up in the vid as well, he must be off to jail soon?
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"So you didn't make it huh?"

The long awaited "Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham" covered what we should assume to be the majority (if not the complete) of Lockes time off island. As with Meet Kevin Johnson, the episode contained a big old flashback sandwiched between 2 short on island portions.....
On island part 1
Caesar is shown rumaging through a dark room (soon shown to be the Hydra island-Jack, Kate and Sawyer early s3 if you didnt remember), finding what looks like some pages from Daniel's journal! I like both Caesar and Ilanas characters already (she has a touch of the Ana-Lucia about her i think), he seems to be searching for something specific in that room, what was it? Locke is then revealed to be alive! (we all knew that was gonna happen right?). AND Ilana reveals 2 boats, very similar to those seen in "The Little Prince", the pilot and "a woman" (Sun?) have already taken one, i dont think it would be too much of a crazy theory to guess Caesar/Ilana is the person Juliet shot...
John meets Widmore
Loved this convo, after the excrutiatingly painful operation! Even more murky now as to who is good/bad, I was so sure Ben was "good" and I still am...but only just...Widmore tells John Ben exiled him from the island. Not sure we can believe this one. Richard seems like Jacob/the Islands right hand man, and it didnt seem as though he got on with Widders, so what happened there? Was he really their leader? Locke should have pressed him more on the "war" coming!
John meets Abbadon
Widmore introduces John to his driver, none other than my favourite actor in the world Lance Reddick (Daniels in the Wire)! I love his character and I was gutted when he died, some great dialogue between him and Locke before Ben shot him up good and proper. Hoping that is not the last we'll see of him.
John meets Sayid
John and driver mission it to the Dominican Republic, where Sayid is a charity worker building a house! This is a long way from the crazed, paranoid Sayid we saw in the s4 finale/early s5. What happened in between? And what went on between Ben and Sayid to make them fall out? Both key questions imo
John meets Walt-"The Boys Gotten Big"
I seriously hope we see more Walt, but im worried we wont. Loved the mention of Micheal, i am still holding out for seeing his charcter again. And Ben seeing them was awesome.
John meets Hurley
This was classic, Hurley assuming he was dead was comedy gold! Hurley then freaked out upon seeing Abbadon.
John meets Kate
This was a very cold scene, she was so horrible to him, very disdaining and patronising. Does she think Sawyer is even alive? He doesnt even get a mention from Locke, which is a bit of a waste of a huge potential persuasive tactic...
John meets Helen...well sort of...
After denying he knew of her wherabouts, Abbadon then manages to rummage up a grave in Santa Monia. Everyone (all the recappers) thinks this was faked. I agree.
John meets Jack
Another Jac/Locke showdown. Lockes Christian comment was the first we saw of him actually making any sort of impact!
John meets Ben
Brilliant scene between 2 amazing actors. Lots of questions arise as to why Ben didnt just let Locke kill himself. Was he always going there to kill him, or did he pop to the shops to buy that bleach? Did Ben think the island wouldnt have him back if he committed suicide? Was it the mention of Hawking that got to Ben? Also, how long had passed between the scene with Jack, and him killing himself?
On island 2
We go back to the island, where Caesar has assumed leadership status almost. Locke checks out the injured people and sees Ben!

LaFleur is the last episode im gonna be able to watch before Im away for 10 weeks! Here's hoping West African internet is better than its made out to be!!!
Lafleur is apaz Sawyer centric.
Promo

Sneak peek #1

sneak peek #2

after 2 episodes without them, Iam very much looking forward to the return of Swayer, Jules, Jin, Daniel and Miles! Big questions over who the woman in the hood is, that Sawyer is taking off!

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Skins hits top form

Finally Skins has reached the heights it consistently achieved in the first 2 series. This was a fantastic episode driven brilliantly by the character of Naomi (Lily Loveless gave a great performance). Both of the "love stories" were well thought out and pretty believable for Skins. The way they are handling the lesbian storyline deserves credit, they could have made it down the line boy-fantasy lesbian kissing/more, without the complex feelings clearly involved, but they instead created a great emotional story of a confused relationship. The scene above was actually really touching, Emily has a pretty hoarse voice generally so I guess that helped with sounding emotional, but she sounded so desperate...and the last scene by the door was brilliant also...
I think all that greatness would have been ruined if Naomi had shagged Cook. We saw part of that scene in "coming up" bit of episode 1, so I was worried but thankfully she backed out!! Cook is unfortunately becoming more likeable, loved his line "You're...you know...clever", as to why he understands Naomi not having sex with him. The teacher storyline was equally great, and Olivia Colman was excellent as Naomi's crazy mum. There were a couple of things that did annoy me about this episode...but i have criticized this series enough...onto the music...

Vashti Bunyan – Diamond Day (mp3)
Audio Networks - Hard Rock
The Human League – Love Action
Art Brut – Good Weekend (mp3)
Experimental Dental School – Oakland Lake Legz
Asobi Seksu – I'm Happy But You Don't Like Me – One Little Indian
The Diskettes – Art (mp3)
Tujiko Noriko – White Film – Mego
High Places – Jump In – Thrill Jockey
Susanna and the Magical Orchestra – Believer
Electrelane – After The Call (mp3)
John Lennon - Instant Karma
Dodos – Walking
Liars – Mr You're on Fire Mr – Mute
Robert Wyatt – Just As You Are
Grouper – Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping
Gloria Jones – Tainted Love

Another bunch of great tracks there...I am gonna do my Lost recap this avo i think, last one before I go away for 10 weeks!!!

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