TV DeathRay

By Aaron Broverman

This week’s episode of No Ordinary Family expanded the Powells’ scope of trouble as viewers were introduced to the mysterious “Ms. X,” played by Lucy Lawless.

Lawless was just as menacing here as she was as the manipulative Lucretia in Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Perhaps she is the one Joshua mentioned last week as “the person Dr. King must answer to?” Whatever her plans, she wasted little time putting them into motion with her own super-powered recruit.

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By Brad Trechak

Tonight’s episode of The Big Bang Theory had a lot of callbacks and contained the largest number of regular supporting characters to appear since the series began. We got Priya, Amy, Bernadette, Zack, Stuart and Barry Kripke. We even got a LeVar Burton cameo at the end. 

Sheldon got a lesson in humility tonight when he learned the group of friends was Leonard-centric. It’s a pity it won’t last, but Leonard, Raj and Howard showed a little humanity tonight by realizing that they missed Sheldon’s presence. I doubt he could find that with any other group of people.

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By Aaron Broverman

Nearing the end of the season, No Ordinary Family is moving away from its ‘villain of the week’ themes and toward resolving its season-long story arcs. As the Powells and their friends face bigger and bigger revelations each week, everything that was set up earlier in the season is gradually paying off.

In ‘No Ordinary Proposal’, Joshua continued to shed his past as The Watcher by proposing to his lady love, Katie – but the other shoe soon dropped…hard. To be with Katie, Joshua had withdrawn his services as Dr. King’s familial errand boy, and flatly refused to do any more of his evil bidding. Using Joshua’s vulnerable relationship as his best leverage, Dr. King tried to lure Josh back into the fold of their faux family by outing him as a memory modifier. Josh’s relationship with Katie — while genuine – always did look like a son’s rebellion against a father, so this week’s confirmation that Dr. King and Joshua are at least life-saving father and chemically-altered adopted son was hardly surprising.

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That is why we have posted them on Jan. 26, 2010:

Nicholas Brendon to return to Private Practice

McG May Direct ‘Wonder Woman’

Sarah Michelle Gellar returns to TV (why Buffy fans should care)

Look who’s the latest actress campaigning to play Wonder Woman

Being Human creator reveals: ‘I’ve never watched Buffy OR Angel’

Syfy’s ‘Face Off’ Preview: Inside the Art of Making Monsters

Sorry folks. We ran out of 5-Hour Energy shots at TV DeathRay central last week, and I’ve been in a coma for the last several days. Luckily, my wife was able to smuggle a Four Loco enema across the border and Wham-O! I’M LIKE TOTALLY AWAKE AND THINGS NOW! OH, MY GAWD, THE COLORS!!!

In celebration of my return to the land of the living, I thought I’d introduce you to the new Thundercats, who, it seems, are also energy drink fans:

Thundercats, ho!

… That is why we have posted them on

Jan. 20, 2011:

NBC Picks Up Ron Moore Drama Pilot (Deadline)

Exclusive: Glee Goes (Almost) Full-Frontal (TV Line)

Joss Whedon hints at what’s ahead for Buffy in season 9 (Blastr)

Parents Television Council Calls for Federal Investigation Into MTV’s Skins (THR)

Community Introduces Shirley’s Ex and D&D! (IGN)

Liam Neeson to voice Qui-Gon Jinn in ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ (EW)