TV Show - How I Met Your Mother - S07E02

Marshal tries to clean up his past in hopes of securing his dream job, Ted tries to decide between two potential dates for the NYC architects ball and Barney tries to convince Nora to give him a second chance. Nice little turn of events at the end of the episode and a flash forward to a night in a casino - the season is starting out well.

TV Show - The Walking Dead - S02E01

The Walking Dead is TV adaptation of the Comic by the same name Written by Robert Kirkman, the show is developed by Frank Darabont - director of The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption. Andrew Lincoln is the main protagonist, best known probably for teachers the other side of the pond but is here flaunting his american accent.

This season follows the morning after the season 1 finale and the gang get caught out by the radiator and find themselves hiding from what can only be described as a herd of walkers. Rick must save a frightened girl but in the processes loses track of her and so they must track her through the forest.

What sets this show aside from other zombie productions is that they do not try and explain the virus in overly complicated terms that can alienate and they manage to keep the characters acting very realistically in such a scenario so it does not vecome a show about gun fights, that seem to have become a prerequsite from the Resident Evil franchise. A good show, definitely a watch.

TV Show - Man Up - S01E01

The world needs a solution to the current economic crisis. What the world does not need is another comedy about the stereotypes of men - a sentiment Christopher Moynihan does not share.

Man Up is a story about three men that try and get in touch with their inner real man. There is Will, father of two that is obedient of his wifes instructions, Craig a guy that is still hung up on an old girlfriend - crashing her wedding in the pilot and Kenny a child like guy that is also hung up on his old girlfriend - only his old girlfriend is best friends with Will's husband, who is also Kenny's sister. The concept has been done before and better, but still here we are. It can be funny to watch guys that try and be something they aren't but why does it have to be so stereotypical? Why is it not better that men now prefer pomegranate body wash to war? If the show was about power in a relationship instead of am I a man? then the show might do better, at least in my books. There are like 2 funny lines but the rest is a waste of 20 mins. Disagree?

TV Show - House M.D. - S08E01

At the end of last season House drove into the house of Cutty's boyfriend, and so this season we start with House in prison with 5 days left until release. House M.D. is a show that has not let up, although the scenes and characters have changed House is still House, I think this is a testiment to how well the character has been developed that they can have only one character continue from season 7 and its still a great first episode. This is, in my opinion, the best medical drama that has ever been made - the cases and medical jargon is great but the show also manages to have great stories that have nothing to do with medicine but just the characters development.

TV Show - Nikita - S02E01

Last season Nikita wasn't great but had a good enough season story arc to keep me watching. The dialogue is still clunky and some what cliche but there is action and there seems to be a nice new season arc starting with Alex working with Division, against Nikita, to try and find the man that killed her father. I think they need to get rid of some of the sentimentality surrounding the characters and their need to remind us that they are dreaming of a better life, I wouldn't recommend this show to people.

TV Show - Body of Proof - S02E01

Megan Hunt was one of the best neurosurgeons in the city until a car crash resulting in her resignation and subsequently became a medical examiner. At the end of last season Megan discovered that her boss, kate, was seeing her ex-husband, Todd. The show sets Dr. Hunt up to have special insights into the cases, but also manages to not alienate the other characters at the same time, allowing them to each to demonstrate how they are great at there jobs to. This way the show manages to put Dr. Hunt at the centre of the show but not make the show just about her.

TV Show - Raising Hope - S02E01

After knocking up a convict Jimmy is trying to raise his daughter Hope with the help of his oddball parents and a friend he secretly loves Sabrina. Jimmy learns that when he was younger he was an amazing piano player until a head injury made him lose his musical knowledge and after sabrina likes the old video of Jimmy playing he decides he has got to relearn so he can impress her. Although there are some disgusting and cheap jokes the show is, on the whole, funny and endearing - it is at its core a sweet story about a young dad and how he becomes closer to his parents through raising hope.