A Good TV Night

Well, the kids went to bed (and stayed there), and the wife is working late, so what's a boy to do? Watch the tube. And tonight had some good stuff.

First off is Prison Break (no spoilers beyond what you'd see in the previews). Man, what a jam-packed episode ("Bolshoi Booze"). Michael makes the final arrangements to get across the border, Lincoln has to make a tough choice, Sara and Kellerman square off, more and more is learned about Mahone, T-Bag tries to escape in a stomach-turning scene, Bellick threatens Geary, Geary livin' large. A horror movie-level scary visitor...

Twists, turns, revelations, foreshadowing. Only two more episodes this fall and then a too long wait for the rest of the season.

I also checked out a bunch of [adult swim] episodes from last night. Fantastic stuff.

First off was Moral Orel; my goodness, if I actually believed in Hell, I'd be afraid I was headed there after watching this. Take a kid who loooooves church, and mix in an astounding amount of naivete and the ability to COMPLETELY misinterpret the teachings he hears in church, and you get Orel.

This week, he heard that God made people in his own image, and his pastor said some are more in his image than others, so when the local Italian family 's skin doesn't match the color of his "God approved" bandaids, he decides that they are different enough to be separated from the rest of the town.

A wonderful commentary on the devisiveness of people, whether it be skin color, class, religion, or whatever.

Metalocalypse had a religious theme as well in the "Religionklok" episode from last night. William Murderface had a near-death experience and decided that he needed something more from life; something spiritual. So he decides to try out religion.

He (and the others in his band Dethklok) goes to a Christian rock gathering-- and chaos ensues. Then they visit an atheist church where they pray to "no one" and a group of protesting agnostics (with signs that say "maybe God") riot at the atheist service. But the last, and funniest, is when they visit a Church of Satan, and the service is led by a pansy and is even more boring than any other service he attended. Murderface stands up in the middle of the service and asks where the nearest bar is-- because he's so bored.

No real commentary to this one (other than worship services are boring, maybe), but it's still funny.

And my new favorite [adult swim] show now that The Venture Brothers' season is done: Frisky Dingo. Last night's episode ("Kidnapped") was the usual crazy antics of the villianous (but lazy/incompetent) Killface as he attempts to get the $12 billion he needs to finish his giant "Annihilatrix" rocket to send the planet into the sun. Since he crossed paths with billionaire playboy Xander Crews (aka super-hero Awesome X) last episode, Killface figures he should kidnap Crews to get the money. Meanwhile, the ants in the computer keyboard form the invention contest last week became super-intelligent ("because they were working with computers") and Watley, whom Xander grafted giant lobster claws onto, is charged with getting the ants-- and the nuclear waste he's got in his office-- to the dump. And hot news reporter (and Xander's girlfriend) Grace Ryan gets an interview with Killface.

All the major players converge at the end, and everything that can go wrong, does.

Check it out. It's a great show with killer lines (usually from Xander) and very realistic animation (at least the characters who are human). But as is most [adult swim] shows, it's bizarre.