Covert Affairs Eps 4.09 "Hang Wire" & 4.10 "Levitate Me"

Dear Covert Affairs, you are kiiiiiilllllllllling me.  Seriously.  There are few things in this fangirl's life that are more frustrating than to watch a TV show take its HUGE potential and squander it.

My last post was for episode 4.08, because I went out of town on vacation for a week and a half after that.  I was out of the country for 4.09 & 4.10, so this is my post to link to those two reviews.  At the time of my last post for 4.08, this is what I said:

I just pray that eps 4.09 and 4.10 are completely epic because ... they seriously need to be to make up for the lameness of 4.07 and 4.08.

So ... were they epic?  Well ... no.  They were not epic.  They were not horrible, don't get me wrong, but they just, were NOT epic either.  And rather than appease the frustrations I was already having after 4.07-8, they simply compounded and multiplied them.  And it all ended in this scene:

This scene that just ... it broke my fangirl heart, because it was something that could have been SO amazing.  It could have been.  It SHOULD have been.  There's no goddamn way this should have been anything other than ass-kickingly awesome.  But it just wasn't, and the problem was NOT the scene itself.  The scene on its own was wonderful.  The problem was that very little of what led into it made sense.  And therefore, the scene itself didn't hold much weight.

UGGH.  Anyway.  Just check out my reviews for the details.  Will they fuck up the back 6 when the fall season starts??  We've had 6 good eps this season and then 4 not-great ones in a row.  Somebody wave a magic TV wand for me, please.

Ep 4.09 "Hang Wire": http://geekfurious.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-plopper-reviews-covert-affairs-409.html

Ep 4.10 "Levitate Me": http://geekfurious.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-plopper-reviews-covert-affairs-410.html

Covert Affairs 4.08: I've Been Waiting For You

Sigh.  Covert Affairs, WHY are you doing this to me??  You know how much I love our Sweet Puma Cub.  And last week's ep was so painful to watch, that I thought a Teo-heavy episode was going to be just the remedy we needed this week.  Turns out, there is actually such thing as too much Baby Teo.  Who would have predicted!?  It also turns out that Brooding Mysterious Teo is a lot sexier than Whiney Daddy-Issues Teo. 

I'm being a little unfair, because I actually liked the scene with Arthur in the woods.  But, the reason I had issues with it here was because it completely steamrolled over our MAIN characters.  Well, just read my full review and you'll see what I'm talking about:

http://geekfurious.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-plopper-reviews-covert-affairs-408.html

I'll admit though, despite all that, the Teo-punching scene in the motel room was pretty awesome.

I'll on vacay next week so my review will likely be late or very short.  And I may not get a chance to link to it from here until after I get home.  I just pray that eps 4.09 and 4.10 are completely epic because ... they seriously need to be to make up for the lameness of 4.07 and 4.08.  I'm bummed right now because I thought 4.01 through 4.06 hummed along quite nicely until the Helen twist seem to throw everything off kilter.  Oh well.  Fingers and toes and everything crossed.

Covert Affairs 4.05: Here Comes Your Man

Hot damn, this show makes me want to travel everywhere in the universe.  Well, everywhere that the show goes to, which is practically everywhere in the universe.  Like Vienna:

O.k. well I guess this particular shot isn't exactly showing Vienna's distinctive attractions or landscape, but I'm a sucker for cool graffiti walls.  Anyway this was a good episode, and the scenes in Vienna looked and sounded amazing.  Stavros was hot, another of my fave hotties made a surprise appearance, and Calder Michaels turned into the worst human being ever to walk the earth.  Here's my review:

http://geekfurious.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-plopper-reviews-covert-affairs-405.html

Until next week ...

Covert Affairs Ep 402 - 404 Reviews

Remember that time I said I would be linking to my Covert Affairs reviews at GeekFurious from this blog?  Yeah.  I guess I got a little lazy with that.  The reviews are still coming, I've just been forgetting to link to them from here.  Here they are, the reviews for eps 402 through 404:

4.02 "Dig For Fire": http://geekfurious.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-plopper-reviews-covert-affairs-402.html

4.03 "Into the White": http://geekfurious.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-plopper-review-covert-affairs-403.html

4.04 "Rock a My Soul": http://geekfurious.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-plopper-reviews-covert-affairs-404.html

Hey!  It's Barber!  Enjoy!!

¡Vamos! Covert Affairs Season 4 Begins

I've thought about possibly creating a new blog that is just for my TV-related posts, but I ended up not doing it because I'm going to be reviewing Covert Affairs over at GeekFurious instead of on my own blog for season 4.  And I can't guarantee how often I'll write posts about other shows, at least while I've still got my Bible Reviews project going on.  I've been following and enjoying Magnus's blogs (ChuckGasmic, GeekFurious) ever since the Chuck days, and let's face it, reviewing Covert there means it'll actually get SEEN by a few people!  Unlike here, where I'm lucky if I get 20 non-spam hits in an entire week.

Anyway, Covert Affairs' 4th season finally started last Tuesday.

Mmmm, yes please.  Teo Braga could be my new Simon Fischer.

If you're one of the few people who has actually read my blog before, you may recall that I got sucked into the show late last summer, and then reviewed several of the last few eps of the season.  Here is my review of the season 4 opener over at GeekFurious:

http://geekfurious.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-plopper-reviews-covert-affairs-401.html

I guess I'll keep linking to them from here the same way I do for my Bible blogs, though I'll be surprised if they bring any more hits.