Vanessa : Here We Go!

Pam : Here we go

Nikki : *scared* !!!

Pam : Wow dreary music

Pam : Typical Kol…

Nikki : Soooo Kol is just yelling into a microphone and no one else hears him ?

Nikki : BON JOVI WHO0t

Pam : ha ha ha as if they’re using this song

Vanessa : Lexi and Bon Jovi!!

Vanessa : Feisty Lexi is feisty!

Nikki : Drunk Stefan

Pam : Stefan Drunk

Vanessa : Hero hair.. LOL STEFAN

Nikki : “Are you drunk?”
“I dunno mom, am i?”
Oh Stefan <3

Pam : Oh Caroline, all about Graduation

Nikki : OMFG Bonnie, don’t suggest cancelling graduation to Caroline geez

Pam : Yey family reunion

Vanessa : It’s only the apocalypse.. geez

Nikki : Ghosts stuffing their faces in a cemetery ? AWESOME

Vanessa : Aww…. poor Bonnie. Imagine knowing you’re dead and saying goodbye forever? *cries*

Nikki : No crying rule

Pam : No crying rule.

Pam : Grrrr Connor

Nikki : Holy fucking accent.

Pam : Hating you Vampire Hunters!! Why Matt. Why

Pam : You go Alaric, protect your bar

Vanessa : “that little girl snapped my neck with her bare hands”
“Yeah, I taught her that”
OH ric, I missed you!

Vanessa : So tonight I have decided that being hot is clearly one of the pre-requisites of being one of the ‘Five’ hunters.

Nikki : YAY Matt and Rebekah !!!

Vanessa : I love Matt-Rebekah

Pam : Poor Matt always getting the short end of the stick

Pam : Bon Bon

Nikki : Damon and Elena need to “talk” … haha

Pam : Might be Cherry flavour

Vanessa : Damon’s just like “seriously, after all i went through, you’re taking this effing cure’

Nikki : Ugh, sire bond.

Vanessa : Elena… doing something for someone else … ?

Vanessa : Sirebond is dead now?! Can we party?

Nikki : Is Matt still wearing the ring ? I suppose if he blows up, that won’t count as supernatural …

Vanessa : Hmmm if it’s by an undead hunter it may be?

Nikki : AWW STEFAN !!

Vanessa : I knew stefan was pure talk when he said he was done with Elena. This is the problem with being 17 forever.

Pam : Elena there are children present

Nikki : Werewolf venom bullet. Oh no

Vanessa : We need Klaus!

Nikki : OH MY EFF “what about the cure”

Vanessa : Smart move Damon. GIve the hunters the cure so that elena can’t give it to you.

Pam : Will Klaus come back in time..Oh I hope he helps.

Nikki : Screw you iPhone !! haha

Vanessa : Klaus HAS to help. If Damon dies… just. No..

Pam : Guess we know Damon would rather go through anything else even die over taking that cure lol

Pam : Ha ha Damon tumbled through the weeds and kind of lost him in the rocks ha ha

Nikki : The ring. Plz work.

Nikki : YAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYAY

Pam : YEY Kiss

Vanessa : I think I just died.

Pam : Wow she sure loves Matt

Nikki : yep. Dead

Nikki : HAHA Jer … tell her.

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Vanessa : did his voice get hotter in the afterworld?

Pam : ha ha Caroline

Vanessa : Caroline’s innocence is so cute

Pam : OMG I forgot about her dad…

Nikki : LOL not to play favorites eh ? haha

Vanessa : Wait… mayors give out diplomas now??

Nikki : YAY MATTY

Vanessa : MATTY!!!! YAY

Pam : Oh I hate you Kol

Nikki : Grad is being taken over by ghosts …

Nikki : How can they be there and Jer and Lexi can’t ?

Vanessa : I have a love hate relationship with Kol. He should talk and look good but stop killing people.

Nikki : Whatevez, I love Kol !!! Such a badass

Vanessa : He really is a badass, and sexy as hell… he just can’t kill ppl i like.. lol

Nikki : “What’s this?”
“It’s me. I died last night”. Weeeeeird conversation

Vanessa : I would say she tricked you, Kol

Pam : Oh Bonnie, always trapping people

Nikki : HAHAHA Bonnie !!! awesome

Pam : More Werewolf Veneom..Noooo

Vanessa : he needs to stop shooting damon already

Vanessa : YAY RIC!!!!

Pam : Oh yeah that’s right Ric is a Vampire ha ha

Pam : Stupid Witches

Nikki : KLAUS

Pam : Yey Klaus

Pam : I am in love

Nikki : YAY he saved the day

Vanessa : Nice entrance Klaus!

Nikki : And Damon is all fixed

Vanessa : Ric’s like a proud papa

Pam : Klaus didn’t fight to help Damon..Interesting

Nikki : Lexi … always the voice of reason.

Pam : he he knuckle heads

Pam : Worse than her at being a vampire is stefan

Pam : She is right the human blood is a downfall

Vanessa : aww I kinda love that she gave the cure to stefan he deserves it.

Vanessa : Of course he was on the way….

Nikki : Caroline sent him a grad announcement ?! AWW

Vanessa : She sent him an announcement? awww

Nikki : OMG PLEASE GO WITH HIM

Pam : Awwe she invited him to grad with an invitation

Nikki : OMG Klaus !! What a gift !!! Tyler is free

Nikki : OMG OMG OMGGGG

Pam : Oh Klaus he intends to be her last He will wait forever

Nikki : I AM DEAD

Vanessa : KLAROLINE FEELS SO BAD!

Nikki : Ooooh, Damon

Vanessa : Oh Damon elena, just freaking kiss him. now.

Vanessa : OMg this is it

Vanessa : isn’t it?

Vanessa : OMG

Vanessa : EEEEEEEEE

Pam : OMG

Nikki : OMG

Vanessa : DELENA

Pam : Crying

Nikki : OMEFFFFFFGEE

Pam : I knew it

Pam : EEeeeeeeeeeeee

Nikki : She chooses Damon.

Pam : I still feel sorry for Stefan

Nikki : I can have Stefan then YAY

Vanessa : oh Stefan </3 He really needs to not eavesdrop

Pam : Gotta love how she insults him saying he’s made horrible choices and everything and he’s not nice, but she loves him ha ha ha

Nikki : Stefan needs a hug. A shirtless hug …

Vanessa : That’s what i love about Delena, they’re REAL.

Vanessa : He’s not really leaving. Right?

Vanessa : He’s going to take the cure, out of self pity, isn’t he?

Nikki : Stefan … I love you !!!!

Pam : I think if he takes it, he does want it, he has said many times he misses being a human

Pam : About time Damon got the girl

Vanessa : awww Defan “i’m not happy, but i’m not not happy’ that’s as close as “it’s ok” as he’s going to get.

Vanessa : Yeah, but he needs to think about the rest of the world.

Nikki : Jeremy and Bonnie

Vanessa : So..she can do magic while she’s dead?

Vanessa : Beremy get to be together

Nikki : Please don’t make us say goodbye again

Pam : Yeah a little weird huh

Vanessa : YOu got the girl man…
I got the girl
Now don’t screw it up
Dalaric

Vanessa : Lexi’s going to disappear </3

Nikki : ugh … epic love.

Nikki : OMG CRIES FOREVER

Pam : Awwww there goes his bestfriend

Pam : Ha ha Kol missed out

Pam : Ugh Katherine

Vanessa : Oh screw off Katherine. I love you, but not right now

Vanessa : Watching them all leave again </3

Pam : Yey Jeremy and Bonnie kisses

Nikki : OMG WHAT THE HELL THIS EPISODE

Pam : Jeremy is alive!

Nikki : JEREMY IS BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nikki : OMGOMGOMG

Vanessa : A beremy kiss & Jer gets to stay? This episode just righted every wrong ever.

Pam : Jeremy can see Ghosts

Nikki : But Bonnie …

Pam : Seems odd to have TVD with no witch though

Vanessa : Poor Jeremy, All his girlfriends end up dead.

Nikki : OMG Matt and Rebekah !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Vanessa : You & I, this isn’t going to work. …. Didn’t he say the same thing to Caroline?

Pam : Oh Bonnie always doing doing everything for Elena and Jeremy

Nikki : My face hurts from smiling !!!!!

Vanessa : aww Matt… he’s going to go away with Rebekah

Pam : They are going away for the summer

Nikki : SO HAPPY

Pam : Oh Katherine I hate you

Vanessa : She’s going to kill her and take over her life.. that’s her plan right?

Nikki : Stefan has the cure ?

Vanessa : No… no no…

Pam : Oh my god wait a minute

Vanessa : OH shit. i thought Elena took it.

Pam : OMG Katherine human

Vanessa : Human katherine?!

Nikki : KATHERINE has the cure.

Pam : Oh wow, total twist

Nikki : OH NO Silas isn’t dead

Vanessa : OH shit. Silas is still running around.

Nikki : OH SHIT

Pam : WHAT

Nikki : Whattt??????

Pam : SILAS

Pam : WHAT

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Vanessa : STEFAN IS SILAS’ DOPPLEGANGER?

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Nikki : WHAT THE EVER LOVING ………… WTF

Pam : Silas is going to take over Stefan’s life

Vanessa : OMFG WHAT THE EVER LIVING HELL???

Nikki : OMGOMG WHAT THE HELL ?

Pam : WOW EPIC

Vanessa : iT DID NOT JUST END THAT WAY RIGHT?

Nikki : Tell me there’s another episode ?

Nikki : I think I’m actually dying.

Pam : It totally did lol

Pam : This is awesome!

Pam : Will Damon and Elena or even Katherine notice the difference?

Pam : Ooo next season will be awesome.

Vanessa : So, Human Katherine & Silas Stefan/Stefan in the ocean.

Vanessa : Two epic cliffhangers was right!

Nikki : Holy hell, that was the worst cliffhanger so far. My poor Stefan.

Vanessa : Stefan is having the worst night ever.

Nikki : I’m super excited for Paul though, he gets to be BAD ASS !!!

Nikki : ^^ Right !?

Vanessa : ^we say that at the end of every season LOL

Vanessa : Baddass Paul….. YUM!

Nikki : OMG I can’t WAIT

Nikki : Stefan is fucking sexy as fuck in bad ass mode

Vanessa : Even I agree with that.

Nikki : Damon is going to be all sappy cuz he got the girl … blargh. HAHA

Vanessa : He deserves it already. It’s been 4 years!

Nikki : So next season we have more TVD and The Originals

The Vampire Diaries dropped the veil last night. TBH, it was better than I expected. I’ve kind of lost faith in the show after season 3 and this season was mostly ranging from meh to WTF. Graduation left me with mixed feelings.

The veil remained down for most of the episode. Hunters went all “explode everything”, angry witches came back seeking vengeance, Stefan spent some quality time with Lexi, as Damon and Alaric did and someone swallowed the damn cure. It wasn’t Damon as everyone (including me) predicted, nor Stefan, not even Elena; Katherine came in touch with her human side and this time it’s going to last. After she got all Mean Girl at Elena, blaming her for

Elena took the situation in her own hands. Are we going to see Kat going to high school next season to get her prom and graduation?

Delena finally happened and this time it wasn’t because of the sire bond. Good for them and all the Delena fans out there but I’ve abandoned this ship a long time ago.

Speaking of ships, Klaroline had a scene together. Klaus saved his blonde from a furious dead witch and then gave her Tyler as a graduation present. The man is smooth; he knows his pretty vamp is still hung up on the hybrid so he set as his new goal to become her last love. Aw.

Ding Dong! The witch is dead. That was actually sad. Bonnie sacrificed her life to give Jeremy his back. Seriously, how many times is this kid going to be brought back from the dead?

Saved the best for last. Silas is not ugly. He looks exactly like Paul Wesley! Good for you man. So, that means Stefan is a doppelganger. And now he’s at the bottom of the ocean because Silas went full Connor on him. Oh, well, at least it’s summer. Who doesn’t want to spend his summer at the beach?

What did you guys think of the finale?

  I wasn’t with the show since day one. By the time HIMYM premiered, I was totally unaware of it. During season 5 or 6 broadcast (can’t pinpoint the exact time) I stumbled upon a website that had something to do with the shoe, but for some God knows why reasons, I ignored it because I thought it was a lame title for a TV show. My attitude towards HIMYM changed completely after I accidentally saw half an episode on television, and Barney the main cast put me under a spell. Since then I have been hopelessly in love with Barney HIMYM. This is the only sitcom I’ve seen every single episode of. I didn’t even bother to look up “Friends” after two seasons. The story plot appears kind of simple: the life of a single guy in New York city with his best friend getting married, and they meet two awesome people and become a coolest gang of all time (IMO). Another angle to look at is a story of a middle-aged dad telling his kids about how he met their mother. Turns out, the kids still don’t know how their dad met their mother until nine years after (that’s it if the producers didn’t smoke something and decided to stretch the series for another season). The incredible thing is, the production team took an apparently usual idea and turned it into a legendary TV show. Accessible, intriguing script, brilliant director, amazing cast and crew, they have all the important factors that have contributed in the success of the show. Unfortunately, HIMYM couldn’t avoid the inevitable thay may occur to any popular sitcom: the over-stretching. The growing popularity means the show must continue no matter what. At this point, keeping the show going on without mismanagement is a hard, monumental task. I still find the show somehow interesting after 8 season but many viewers don’t. In fact, the show has been tailspined out of control for a few years. I remember a fan said that when you stretch something too much without careful consideration about the consequences, it may not be able to return to its original fine shape. The producers have tried their best to maintain the consistency of the show yet sometimes they fail to follow the itinerary. The jokes, red herrings and twists have lost their usual amusement, some of them are sadly flat and gratuitous. The last season was the worst, acceptable but reluctant. If it wasn’t for the acting and glimpses of the mother, I might have skipped it. Concluding the show after season 9 is a rather late but wise decision.

  I’ve been thinking about how the story should end. Would they let Ted meet a bunch of several girls throughout the season, keep the audience guessing and hanging and then reveal the mother at the last minute? Or would Ted go through some other twists and turns and bam, his dream wife suddenly appears from no where and Bob Saget says “And kids, that’s how I met your mother.” I should stop listing stupid theories. Anyway, the title of the show is “how I met your mother”, therefore they have to do something to convince us that the mother Ted, or should I say the film makers, chooses is a satisfactory choice. And what better way to show her worthiness but let her go on screen and do it herself? Ultimately the mother should have her screentime. You can’t just thrown a random chick out of nowhere and force fans to accept that she is the woman they have been looking for since episode one. Moreover, exposing the mother’s indentity at the last minute would be a perfect suspense to keep viewers thinking about the show when the final season is in production. Bays and Thomas made a right decision to give fans a little reward as  compensation for many years of waiting.

Within the HIMYM community, the confirmation that the mother is a girl Ted hasn’t met has conceded all theories about Robin or Victoria or many other women, including Barney’s sister. Now the million dollars question changes from “who is the mother” to “who should play the mother”. Honestly I wasn’t surprised when they chose Cristin Milioti, an unknown actress for this critical role. Ted has dated tons of sexy girls so the idea of him ending up with someone normal and fresh is understandable. Besides, it’s unlikely to keep a secret if you cast a famous name as the mother. Still, why Cristin? Many fans argue that she is not sufficiently attractive to be Mrs. Mosby. Probably in their mind, the woman Ted will marry must be a stunning, sultry, sexy Victoria’ Secret model who at least surpasses Robin. Well, first of all I don’t think we can find a girl who could come anywhere near Robin, let alone outrun her in the department of beauty. Above all personality is the essential element. Ted never says he wants to marry the most beautiful girl on Earth. He wants a woman who understands him, shares her life with him, read a book they both like, listen to their favorite song. The mother absolutely meets all the requirements, as we know from season 7. Some may argue that future Mrs. Mosby could be both incredible inside and out. I think a perfect woman accords with modern social  standard may exist somewhere, but choosing an ordinary girl makes the idea more perceptible, I mean people will less focus on her looks and see her personality stand out. A stunning model couldn’t have been able to produced a stronger effect. Furthermore. I know the concept of beauty is quite elastic, but come on guys, Cristin isn’t not an ugly woman. Any man would be lucky to have her.

  Pushing aside the appearance debate, I want to talk about my reaction when I first saw her. Frankly I can’t recall, she was an obscure actor so when her face was revealed, I took a few replays to process. Even from an Asian point of view, I totally agree that she is a cross of Robin and Lily. As pretty as Lily but can’t compare to Robin. The more I think about it, it makes sense: Ted finally marries a girl who resembles his best friend’s wife and the best friend whom he had a crush on for years. Certain Cristin didn’t impress me at first, but after a closer look, I found something irresistable about her: big brown eyes, bright smile which radiates enthusiam. The girl is full of life and joys, you feel warm and happy just being with her, the kind of girl you marry. I’m sure in season 9 we will be blown away by her charm and wit (in fact, we should be, I’m talking to you guys, Bays and Thomas and Pam). A male fan asserts that he definitely prefers looks, but if the mother has an amazing personality, I wouldn’t trade her for Aphrodite if I were Ted. Bottom line: Cristin passed the front porch test, at least for me.

Another good point we have around here is that Ted has loved Robin for so long that we couldn’t imagine a girl good enough to convince us that she makes Ted get over Robin. As a Robin fan, I hereby declare that Mr Mosby is not good for her. Sure, he says he would open a vein to bleed that locket out to make her smile and stuff, but I don’t think they can work out as a couple, let alone the fact that Robin doesn’t love him the way he loves her. The show’s creators are partially to blame for this. They have overused the Ted-Robin effect for so long and now they will have a hard time to make the Ted-the mother relationship convincing in the final season. That doesn’t mean I don’t have faith in Bays and Thomas. I always do. Back to the Ted-Robin thing, can we think about it in a different respect? Imagine you are a thirty something single guy in a big city, your best friend has found the love of his life since high school and just welcomed his first child, the girl you have a crush on is getting married with another best friend of yours. Suddenly you become the odd number of the gang. Looking back, you love life is a progression of failures. You used to love with all  your heart but it never works for you. There are two certain things: as Victoria stated, none of Ted’s previous relationships ever worked out because of Robin, and Ted truly loved Robin. He still does, just not that way. I firmly believe Ted already knows this himself, but I can understand why he keeps saying that he’s still in love with Robin. Many women have stepped in and out of Ted’s life, but eventually Robin is  the only one that stays by his side, not as a lover, but as a friend. Despite acknowledging that he must let Robin go, the lonely Ted can’t help but clinging on to her. He is convinced that he will never meet ‘The One’, hence he reaches out to Robin as his last hope. When Robin decides to settle down with Barney, Ted gets so devastated that he chooses to run away across the country, unaware that no matter how far he runs, he would never be free unless he found his other half. I deduce two conclusions from this. First of all, whoever becomes Mrs. Mosby will have to acknowledge the fact that Robin and Ted will always be best friends, for if she can’t fathom this complicated relationship, she never genuinely loves Ted. Victoria was the closest candidate, unluckily she failed the final test. Second of all, if there is a woman who accepts Ted as he is, who regards Robin as her friend, who make every Ted’s dream come true, why would he look over her to chase after a delusion? Why wouldn’t he love her with all his heart? Ted met a perfect girl in episode one. It just turns out that she isn’t the perfect girl for him. He realizes this since the season 7, and finally fate would stop playing with his life and let him meet the woman he has longed for. HIMYM is  a story of fate, destiny and hope. What doesn’t come easy is worth waiting for. Although I don’t really apply that meaning personally where love is concerned,  I’m thrilled to see the fateful encounter between Ted and the mother.

  There have been criticisms about this revelation that it didn’t have the wow factor. Fans always expected more from the show. I thought the same thing at first, but at hindsight, I found the scene deliver a profound meaning. When the mother buys the ticket to Farhampton, she has no idea she is getting on the destiny train which is going to change her life forever, in a positive way. The conclusion serves its part as a build-up ending, hopefully promises a satisfying final season ahead.  Incidentally, Bays & Thomas have a point in letting the other main characters meet the mother before Ted. Mrs. Mosby should be compatible with the gang, a woman of intelligence and wit, in order to be Ted’s soulmate. I wonder how she would react when she discovers every single dirty secret of this posse. And as to those who keep shipping Ted and Robin, seriously, you really mean the mother dies and future Ted just spends nine years to tell his kids that their Aunt Robin is turning into stepmother Robin? I don’t know what Bays & Thomas are up to in the final season, but I’m sure damn hell that they aren’t competing for the award of the dumbest finale of all time.

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Until the fall, arrivederci! 

I’ve had a terrible head cold this week – sore throat, runny nose, nasal congestion, the works! The best part of it all has been hunkering down with old episodes of “The Office”. The American version. I’ve watched the show on and off all of these years and it’s just fallen off the radar the past couple of years. Nothing personal, just a lack of time and perhaps other shows (“New Girl,” “The Mindy Project,” “Girls”) have taken precedence. But this week I’ve managed to get back to it, starting with Michael Scott’s farewell and continuing through Season 8.

I still remember when I first heard that Americans were remaking “The Office.” It was not long after we had moved back to the States and I couldn’t imagine a show without Ricky Gervais and his very talented cast of characters from the original. I assumed it would fall flat, but then I watched it and was pleasantly surprised by how well the American version worked! It began from the same point of the British version and then went a completely different way.

I still have a lot to catch up on and was probably cheating by skipping to the end but in my current “Office” state of mind, I couldn’t resist watching the season finale last night. Did you watch it? Great, right? After nine seasons, I loved the wrap-up, seeing all of those familiar faces and finding out where they landed. No spoiler alert. I’m just proud of what the show accomplished and am excited to go back and continue watching from where I left off.

• Metarton-I totally called that one. I knew he’d turn out evil. The whole “trials” thing seemed super suspicious from the get go. Castiel should have known better.
• Castiel- Speaking of Castiel, he has been frustrating me this season. Here he goes “trying to do the right thing”. How’d that work out for him last time? It didn’t. And now he’s caused all the angels to fall and lost his own Grace. He also should have listened to Naomi. Yes she was the “bad guy”, but in the end even Dean knew that she was telling the truth. Now he’s human. Again. I hope that he remembers everything though. When Anna lost her Grace and fell she didn’t remember that she was human. I have a feeling that this is what’s going to happen to Cas. He’s going to forget. Again. He seems to be repeating himself a lot. Why can’t he learn his lesson? I guess he is more human than angel. Especially now.
• Crowley-Going into this episode I knew that Crowley was going to be the third trial and that Sam and Dean were going to try to cure him. At first I was like “NOooo!” I like Crowley as the sassy bad guy. They can’t cure him. What would they do with him if they did cure him? We he team up with Sam and Dean to fight demons and ghosts? Or we he have his own show and have a list like on “My Name is Earl” and try to right all his wrongs? [I’d definitely watch that show. But as Sam started to making him human, I started to feel really bad for him. I wanted him to become human. He was starting to feel bad for his past transgressions. And then that tear appeared out of the corner of his eye. That’s when my tears appeared and I just wanted to hug him.

• Sam- Poor Sam. Always gets the raw end of the deal. Everything bad that can happen always happens to him. And he never feels worthy enough. When he told Dean so, it made my heart so sad. It also made me a little ticked at Dean. What Sam was saying was a little true. Dean never gives him enough credit. He didn’t think he could handle curing Crowley by himself. But he did. Even when Abbadon showed up.
• Dean- I don’t really have much to say about Dean this episode. I feel like he was just kind of there. It was mostly about Castiel falling, Crowley getting almost cured and Sam trying to finish the trials and not feeling worthy.
• Sam/Dean- Of course an episode wouldn’t be complete without the angst-y brother hug scene at the end. This one was extra angst-y. This is when I felt bad for Dean. He does always put Sam first, but apparently Sam doesn’t see it that way. Why can’t they all just get along and love each other?

There were some happy moments. Like Crowley’s ringtone for Sam and Dean. And of course the two guys that fell in love from Cupid’s bow.

Over all this episode made me sad. Sad for Castiel becoming human again. Sad because now I want Crowley to become human. Sad because Sam doesn’t feel that Dean loves him. Sad because Dean loves Sam and wants him to know it.

“There’s a lot of beauty in ordinary things. Isn’t that the point?”
— Pamela Beesly Halpert, May 16, 2013.

Our family spent this evening bidding farewell to the quotidian saga of The Office after seven solidly engaging seasons, one apocryphal season we endured out of customer loyalty, and one mostly improved bonus season to make up for that one. Of all our ongoing TV series, it was the only one we watched unanimously. Whenever the Dunder Mifflin staff spent another work day together, we spent quality time together, like the families of days past that gathered around the old-time radio, the puppet stage, the family plow, or whatever other objects past generations thought were worth gathering around. (Well, at least we did this after my son was old enough to appreciate it and binge-watched the early seasons over one summer vacation.)

The series finale, courageously titled “Finale”, contained more pathos and closure than the last five sci-fi series I watched, combined. It was a veritable Busby Berkeley choreographed extravaganza of happy surprises and even happier endings. Please allow me to insert this courtesy spoiler alert (especially for the west coast or the DVR-reliant) before marveling at all the gifts that the cast and crew brought for us in their 75-minute swan song. If you abandoned the series after Steve Carell’s departure, you might consider revisiting old friends to witness some satisfying resolutions (too, too satisfying):

* A year after the PBS documentary aired, few of Our Heroes became instant media darlings. Two exceptions: Jim, who has a couple of fans gushing over him at a public Q&A; and Andy, whose America’s Next A Cappella Sensation tantrum turned him into a viral-video icon of mixed repute, earning him the nickname “Baby Wawa”. Later this was parlayed through strange circumstances into a full-time job at the Cornell admissions office. If it’s Cornell, you can bet Andy is content.

* As expected, Dwight and Angela were married with all the Schrute family traditions carefully observed, including graves, kidnapping, and an all-strings rendition of “Sweet Child o’ Mine”. Dwight naturally settles into his manager role with gusto, a little less embarrassingly than we would’ve thought possible from him seasons ago.

* Oscar now has aspirations of running for State Senator. He’s also the doting godfather of Mr. and Mrs. Schrute’s son, Philip.

* Erin’s birth parents revealed themselves, each played by Joan Cusack and Ed Begley, Jr. Just because.

* Kevin and Toby find themselves fired because Dwight decides to have employment standards, unlike every single manager before him. While Kevin buys a bar (making him, effectively, a younger Coach from Cheers), Toby moves to New York so he can write the great American novel and fail at ignoring the misery of his entire existence.

* Meredith reveals her deep, dark secret: she’s been going to school for her psychology degree through most of the years they were being filmed. This veered closely to my wife’s pet theory (now disproved, alas) that Kevin was actually a shrewd genius who was only pretending to be a dunce so the documentary crew would pay him more attention. We’d been wondering what sorts of lives the second-string characters had off-camera. Also, if you remember Meredith’s son Jake from season two, he’s all grown up and working as a stripper. Mom’s so proud.

* Darryl remains at Athlead, now merged with another company and renamed Athleap, headquartered in Austin. As with all the other characters who escaped the confines of Dunder Mifflin, he’s living the dream.

* Nellie had moved back to Europe, but returns for one last reunion. Her reward: a surprise resolution to her dreams of adoption, albeit of questionable legality. On a related note, Ryan and Kelly reunite for the first time after their breakup and behave exactly as you’d expect.

* Stanley retires, moves to Florida, shrugs off the divorce papers, and carves birds as a hobby.

* Phyllis is…well, she’s Phyllis. Maybe a deleted scene holds the key to her destiny. Same goes for Clark and Pete, the young final-season additions that brought some much-appreciated fresh air into the building.

* Amidst a few cameos from other random characters (Val! Nate! Devon! Carol! Mose! Zeke Schrute! Elizabeth the stripper! Jake Palmer! Ravi! Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration! Showrunner Greg Daniels!), the media’s burning question is answered: yes, the Michael Scott returns for the Schrute/Martin wedding. Michael is grayer, calmer, and now possessed of a genuine family. (With children! plural!) He dances through a couple of backgrounds and has exactly two lines, both 100% befitting his legacy. Longtime viewers can guess one of the lines without even watching.

* Creed ends up on the run from the law and disguised in a frightening beard. As he’s led away by the authorities at the end, he accentuates one of the series’ two contrasting main ideas: sometimes life is about finding happiness right where you are. For that reason, the idea of moving from his claustrophobic corner desk to a jail cell ultimately doesn’t perturb him in the least. Meet the new digs, same as the old digs. Maybe jail will provide him a working Internet connection for a change, and then “Creed’s Thoughts” will return to haunt us all.

As always, the through-line connecting the fabric of the Dunder Mifflin story is Jim and Pam. Though the penultimate episode ended with Jim proving once and for all that Pam is everything to him and then some — via DVD clipfest, plus the return of a very special souvenir from season 2′s “Christmas Party” — Pam turns the tables on Jim and upholds the series’ other main idea, explored time again throughout this season: that sometimes the pursuit of happiness means you don’t have to settle for staying right where you are. When you’re blessed enough to have options, consider which one is good enough to endure, and which one resembles a dream you might’ve once had. Then choose wisely.

As if that weren’t satisfying enough, the finale — justified as the film crew’s desire to create post-show DVD extras — goes above and beyond in tying a neat bow on the whole documentary concept that’s driven the narrative since day one. As Pam dwells on the documentary’s sharp scrutiny of the joys and oddities to be found in everyday living, Jim imparts his gratitude to the crew for giving his family a true rarity: a complete, living document of their relationship from prologue to happy ending, with all the milestones and precious moments chronicled in between. Theirs was life lived as a walking scrapbook — not in shame or indignity, like participants in real reality shows, but in honesty, vulnerability, and sincere appreciation for all that’s entailed.

Thus is Jim grateful for what “a stupid, wonderful, boring, amazing job” has done for his life, recognizing how poorer his life would’ve been without it.

Thus does The Office conclude, hopefully with a few faithful followers likewise richer for the experience.

With the rest of America, I just watched the season finale of the Office with my younger sister and many tears have been shed. Clutching my blanket tightly, the past years — from finding it on TV for the first time and laughing so hard I scared my dogs to sitting in my dorm room watching the first Pam & Jim kiss over and over again — swept though my mind. Since finding the office early in high school, I was able to find something that not only made me laugh every day, but made me cry, scream, and clench my heart in happiness.

Thank you, Dunder Mifflin. Thank you for making me laugh when I wasn’t expecting it. Thank you for showing the way, to choose what I love, and follow my dreams. Thank you for giving my sister and I something to bond about each Thursday (or the given premiere dates). And most of all, thank you for making me explain to people why my favorite show for the last five years is about a paper company.

I’ll miss you.

I know I’m a little bit late but who cares? I post anything I want.

Once Upon a Time

The show has a lot to offer because of its multiple storylines and its genre as fantasy.

In this final episode of the second season, Storybrooke begins to be apocalyptic as Regina’s black diamond is set to explode with all of her strength. I actually thought that the solution for all of this—the moment Emma looked at Regina—was true love’s kiss! I mean, that was what happened last season. I kind of guessed that if Regina kisses Henry, the explosion would be stopped but no, something even cornier happened—Emma also has superpowers. I mean, if you think you have superpowers, wouldn’t you try to use it as soon as the people you love are in danger?

Well, we also have the most shocking revelation in this season—no spoilers, I promise—which is about the Captain Hook and Bey thing. It really caught me off guard. I was like, what the hell? This would also mean hell for Rumpel if he finds out. Speaking of Rumpel, didn’t he want to kill Henry because of the prophecy and all of that? Why is Mr. Gold trying to save him? (To honor his son? No. I don’t think so.)  And since the gang is now in a pirate ship, there’s this very large possibility that the Little Mermaid could finally join the show! What do you think? What do you think season three will be all about? In my opinion, I just want the writers not to navigate away too much from the original characteristic of our beloved fairytale characters. I mean, the story is really getting far and I don’t want the characters to go further away from their original persona.

Revenge

I sat with my mother when I was flipping channels one day and when I paused on one channel because it was Revenge, I said, “Mom, this show is really good. This show is the best.” And she was like, “It should be. Just look at the title. It’s Revenge.”

And in my head, I was like, “I know!”

Moving on, Revenge’s two hour finale is probably the best thing that happened to the season, of course, beside the Amanda Clarke’s death episode which was the best among the two seasons to be honest.

I just have to say that this show is out of control. During the first season, you could totally understand the show from in and out but for this season, sometimes you just go, “Wait, what just happened?”

The show has a lot of storylines that is going out of control. The plot of today’s episode which involves a lot of revelations is pretty much the climax of the two seasons (but I still like the Amanda Clarke’s death episode better). Everything just blows up.

An explosion, a character death, a killer on the loose, a police arrest, a return and plenty of revelations are what Revenge is serving us up in this season finale. It was pretty much epic because a lot of things are going on for each character—I mean, they all have their own big serious problem.

I think I said “Oh My God!” several times while watching the show. It really made me scream. Revenge is like a rollercoaster ride—it’s wild, fast and just makes your stomach turn because it is just good. I don’t really know other American soap-operas but I think basing on our local shows, I know how soap-operas work but this show is not your average soap-opera. This is Revenge.

In conclusion here is a quote from the episode Truth:

Darkness scares us. We yearn for the comfort of light as it provides shape and form allowing us to recognize, to define what’s before us. But what is it we’re afraid of, really? Not the darkness itself, but the truth we know hides within.

Hopefully today, I’d like to talk about the season finales of The Mindy Project, 90210, The Vampire Diaries, 2 Broke Girls and New Girl but then again, I’m going out to watch two films in the cinema today so let’s just see. Thanks for reading!

‘The Big Bang Theory’ finale react: Raj finally [SPOILER]!

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SPOILER WARNING: Don’t read on if you do not want to find out what happened in tonight’s finale of The Big Bang Theory!

Rajesh Koothrappali has spent 6 seasons of The Big Bang Theory in sober silence around women (and in occasional drunken chattiness). His selective mutism that renders him unable to talk to women outside his family (unless he has some alcohol in his system) has produced some of the series’ funniest moments.

But that all changed in tonight’s finale. Raj talked to Penny for the first time sans alcohol.

It was the “major breakthrough” that executive producer Steve Molaro teased for EW. In a scene that went from heartbreaking to shocking to hilarious, Raj and Penny shed some tears over Lucy and Leonard — Lucy because she had called it off with Raj and Leonard because he had left for a four-month long expedition in the North Sea. Aside from just how utterly hopeless Raj is here, it seemed like a rather normal conversation between the two — until Raj reveals he hasn’t had a drink since the previous night.

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It was a reveal that caught me off-guard in the midst of all the emotion — it was a rewarding surprise and funny, too. And the hilarity continued as the girls realized this breakthrough of Raj’s means they have to listen to the guy talk… and talk and talk and talk right on through the end credits.

What does this mean for the show going forward? If Raj is really somehow cured of his selective mutism, I will miss the comedy that always comes with him whispering in Howard’s ear. But maybe after six seasons, it was time for this change for Raj; maybe his can’t-talk-to-women comedy has run its course. And his unique problem hasn’t seemed to be much of an issue for him lately; more and more, drunk Raj has been acting as if he’s rather sober.

What do you think, Big Bang Theory fans? How do you think Raj’s breakthrough will play out in future episodes? And what did you think of the rest of the episode — Leonard’s departure, Amy’s openness about how she felt as an outsider to the group, Sheldon’s performance worthy of a toothpaste commercial? Sound off in the comments section below!

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Warning: The following contains monstrous spoilers from the Season 1 finale of The CW's Beauty and the Beast.

How does the saying go? "'This better to have loved and lost..."?

As Beauty and the Beast's freshman run drew to a close, Vincent -- despite having his beastly tendencies tempered by Gabe's pills -- attempted to infiltrate the duplicitous ADA's home and rescue Catherine, who was being held captive, as bait.

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What show has currently sent me to my grave? The Vampire Diaries. I am a die hard fan. Just one boring summer of me giving it a shot on my Netflix feed and I became addicted to this drug of vampires, blood, lust, and love. The season finale of season four came out today and I don’t know how to act. My emotions are at a tug of war inside me and it is the strangest feeling. Having to wait how many months for another season? Torture. HAVING TO UNDERGO ANOTHER SEASON OF EMOTIONS. The thought is killing me. But, I guess I am a masochist, because I cannot wait to hand my heart on a silver platter to Julie Plec so she can toy around with it. I am a Delena shipper and it took four seasons for their love to be confirmed. And then she throws a plot twist? Dammit, Plec. You keep me wanting more.

I feel like I cannot emotionally handle another season of TVD especially with this fucking plot twist, but I love it. Love is so damn scary, and so beautiful. I am in this relationship with TVD, especially with a hottie like Damon Salvatore.

Don’t even get me started on Bates Motel…

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Warning: The following recap contains major spoilers from Thursday’s season finale of The Vampire Diaries. Proceed at your own risk!

If there's one thing you can count on from a Vampire Diaries season finale, it's a crazy-unexpected cliffhanger. And this year's conclusion — featuring a humdinger of a twist that might even eclipse Elena becoming a vampire — did…

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Thursday: It’s a huge season finale night tonight for Sidecastr!

- American Idol Finale!
- Big Bang Theory Finale!
- Scandal Finale!
- On Saturday… SNL Finale!

You can’t watch all 3 live even if you wanted to… so… grab your iPad, open or download bit.ly/Sidecastr_iPad, and let us deliver you spoiler free, live or later social TV.

Said everyone when The Office stopped running.

For those of us who are soon-to-be rising seniors, The Office has been a fixture in our lives since we were greasy haired seventh graders trying to cope with the idea that there could be letters in a math problem (seriously, WTF still?). Although the last few seasons have been lackluster, we have to admit that we used to drop everything on Thursday night to invite Michael, Pam, Jim, and Dwight into our homes and our hearts. So in celebration of tonight’s series finale, let’s take a look at some of the adolescent milestones we experienced over the course of The Office‘s nine-year tenure.

2005: Received some wisdom from your middle school health teacher.

2006: Went to your first school dance. You were too scared to grind to Ms. New Booty, but you managed to blend in somehow.

2007: Guess who got his braces off…

2008: Got to second base with that chick from your AP European History class. She’s now a womyn’s studies major at Vassar.

2009: Rolled up to your prime parking spot on the first day of senior year of high school.

2010: Used your fake ID for the first time.

2011: Puked everywhere at a night-before-Thanksgiving party because you were trying to prove to all of your state school friends that you’re SO COLLEGE.

2012: Took Intro to Sociology. You still aren’t sure what sociology is because you only went to lecture twice.

2013: Your hot art history TA finally called on you in class.

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Warning: The following contains spoilers from the Season 1 finale of The CW's Arrow.

"Sacrifice" was the title and theme of Arrow's Season 1 finale, and at the end of an hour that was basically Twitter-proof -- any number of tweets of despair, anxiety and the always trusty "Oh nooooo!" could have applied to multiple characters thrust into danger in the final moments -- one key player was…

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“Elena’s gonna make a big decision,” teased the 34-year-old actor at CW’s presentation of its programming for next season. He couldn’t elaborate on what decision or decisions would be made.

The series is set in a fictional Virginia town where vampires, werewolves and witches live among humans (though not exactly peacefully). At the heart of the series is a love triangle among vampire brothers Damon (Somerhalder) and Stefan (Paul Wesley), who both love Elena (Nina Dobrev).

The show, which has been on the air since 2009, has a passionate fan following, and Somerhalder said Thursday that he feels that investment almost everywhere he goes.

“I was in Toronto yesterday and people were coming up to me, men, women, children, literally some of them in tears, bludgeoning me with what’s gonna happen (on the show). … People are very, very affected. I’m very curious to see what the reaction is (to the season finale).”

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Somerhalder’s character struck a particular chord with viewers. Introduced as an antagonistic vampire, he’s softened some over the years, largely due to his love for Elena.

Initially, he wasn’t sure about Damon losing some of his edge.

“Damon has to care about something sometimes, and I always wanted to stay the bad guy, and (series co-creator) Kevin Williamson had to pound it into my head that we didn’t want Damon to be a one-trick pony. I disagreed, but over time I realized (the writers) were right and you need a layered, dynamic character,” Somerhalder said.

“The Vampire Diaries” has a spinoff series, “The Originals,” that will air on Tuesdays beginning this fall on The CW Bay Area 44 Cable 12.

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I miss him like a bro.

Time to go to the store for tissues. Tonight is the season ending, and SERIES ending finale of “The Office”. I can’t adequately articulate how this show has been such a large part of my life. It began it’s run during my freshman year of high school and followed me through my college years. At times I felt the lives of these characters mirroring my own (feels weird to say but it’s true). I am already feeling nostalgic for this show so I can tell it’s going to be a long night.

I think the reason I connected to it so well is because I became an adult along side it. Because while we physically do most of our growing up before high school, our mental maturity only begins at this time. From age 14-22 (almost 23) I have had The Office to look forward to, to be excited about, to use as an excuse not to do homework. And each year I have anticipated the season-ending finale. Granted the last couple have been lesser than classic ‘Office quality’, they still have me as a returning customer. Because sentimental value trumps all.

So tonight will be a celebration. Not just of a show, but of the transition to adulthood. And tomorrow I’ll begin my search for the next show.

Nah, I think I’ll have an Office marathon instead.