Reminder: All day "The Closer" marathon on Monday, December 3, followed by the two final eps.

Last aired episode --

41. 'Til Death Do Us Part (Part II) First aired: 9/10/2007 Production Code: 3T6513

Still experiencing the strain of her case, Brenda finds herself under another time crunch when she must disprove a questionable alibi within 48 hours to prevent the investigation from falling flat. As Brenda searches for the truth in her case, she discovers some inside information that may have an unfortunate effect on her relationship with Fritz.

42. Next of Kin (Part I) Production Code: 3T6514 Brenda finds an opportunity to visit home when she attempts to track down a witness who disappears to Atlanta. Unfortunately, once she finds the witness, her holidays with family take on a whole new meaning. Are these spoilers? White tag just in case.

43. Next of Kin (Part II) Production Code: 3T6515 Returning to L.A. proves to be a challenge when Brenda's witness remains hesitant, causing her to be creative. The fallout left behind in Atlanta leaves Brenda's parents picking up the pieces while Fritz becomes buried underneath all the stress. End white font

Thanks Java cat!

I really like Katie now. The look she gave...

Oh man, the look she gave when told to leave the house after Dan arrived... wow. Stubborn, angry, defiant, hateful. I loved her for not wanting to leave.

She irritated me in a low-level way until last night. I'm a huge fan of the character now and now, in retrospect, I think ... er, whoever the actress is... I just closed those links... has played it really well with good development over the arc and nothing overplayed at all. I'm not a fan of the oost relationship [feh on Moonlighting]; this looks like it could be one of the really good relationship shows on TV, with Dan and Katie being solid enough that Dan and Livia can continue having their past and present relationship play out. I never watched Quantum Leap so I don't know what this is being compared to, but they've got such a rich source of material for stories with the 4 adults and all their relationships and the time leaping. Except for the time travel itself, nothing has been that asspully, has it? Okay, last night's was pretty psych 101, I saw that coming right away and the creep was awfully broad and why did he strip to a wifebeater, come on, but that's the only one, I think?

sn't Idol starting up soon?

t ptui "Filthy people, we will speak no more of them.

Bones: I wasn't upset by the kiss. And I got teary too, with Christmas as the prison. And no tree because of shiv materials. "Don't commit murder, don't go to prison, you can have a Christmas pageant of your own at home!"

House: No Conniving Bitch! Yay!!! And Wilson's getting sued! Agh!! But more Wilson angst he can mope with House over. I quite like the Cuddy bit at the end. "Wait! This was your game all along! Well, at least the game is over." "How long have you known me?"

I don't watch Idol, but I'm still going to have to suffer through the commercials for the damned thing. I could deal with it, if they didn't insist on doing the Gong Show bits with the poor folk who blow their auditions. I despair of my species, that there are those who revel in people with dreams but no talent.

Fox has decided to space their remaining episodes out is my guess.

Sweeps ends this week, so we probably wouldn't have seen another new episode until the new year anyway, strike or no strike.

The patient on House was Angel's old buddy, Penn.

The patient on House was Angel's old buddy, Penn.

That's why he looked familiar, but not overly so! Thanks for that heads up.

I really liked Bones last night, the kiss was...not as bad as I was... not horrible. But I liked that Brennan was with her family and then Booth showing up with a tree did get me a little teary eyed.

It was a nice Christmas episode.

Bones did a Christmas episode, I think the first season, that was also very well done. Such a Little Show That Could.

sigh ... a friend called and we spent almost all of Bones on the phone. I can hope for a rerun, right? And last year's Christmas show was delightful - DB is SO GOOD at being goofy!

Oh man, the look she gave when told to leave the house after Dan arrived... wow. Stubborn, angry, defiant, hateful. I loved her for not wanting to leave.

This is what irritated me the most. Why would she not want to leave? Why did Dan have to remind her about their son? It just pissed me off. The way they write the wife makes her seem at once very capable and supportive, but also whiny and irritating. I hate for the first few eps that she kept complaining about his time travel. As if this is a smoking habit that he can quit with a patch.