CSI: Crime Scene Investigation This is my first trip to the Watercooler, and I must say it feels good. For once I can talk about my favorite shows and not be considered a geek. It actually feels like I've got some friends now. I can suppose that's how Grissom feels as well, though his relationship with Lady Heather has seemingly reached crush status at this point. It's great to see Melinda Clarke reprise the role of the sexy dominatrix. This is the third time we've seen her, and each time we get a greater glimpse into the soul of Gil. I know this show is about the cases, but how could getting to know the personal side of William Petersen's character not intrigue you? Maybe it should be another spin-off instead — "The Secret Lives of Gil Grissom" — or something ch
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Ahhh. I felt so good, so Oprah "find your bliss" after last week's column — and episode, sure, whatever — so I've decided it's time for Round 2 of "Loathing, Liking, Loving"! And again, feel free to play along.Loathing the scenes of Jimmy's beating and Kirsten's near-relapse intercut with Ryan and Marissa's first time. Sex, violence and addiction? This isn't Rescue Me. Or a staff meeting.Liking that Ryan explained for all of us that they had in fact "done a lot," but not all of it.Loving our postcoital Coop for sending her battered pops on the run with a "stay gone" ultimatum. Girl, you are a woman now. Loathing Taylor. Still. Summer's right. Psycho Barbie's a skank. And a theater-geek skank at that.Liking that it's becoming so obvious that she and the dean have probably "done a lot," if not all of it.Loving Seth's wedgie from a sophomore. Oh, and that he didn't sell out Summer as his tik
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First off, Melinda Clarke is not married to Malcolm McDowell, or to the agent he was playing tonight. Which is a good thing, since we love Julie Cooper and hate that guy. Trying to steal Vince from Ari like that, and at the little Gold girl's bat mitzvah, no less! Of course, it's not like anyone on the guest list was on their best behavior. Don't these people know that the Beverly Hilton is a castle of class? Except when the annual Television Critics Association tour hits town, but that's a whole other column. Anyhoo, I have to say Mandy Moore's dropping that shocker about her broken engagement threw me as much as it did Vinnie, and probably for the same reasons. No good can come from these two getting back together; it totally kills our chances of Andy Roddick's making a cameo and really, the world only needs one Gigli. If that. Then again, James Cameron did turn Titanic into an Oscar winner des
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Last week, fans of The O.C. were majorly bummed, dude. How could the teen soap's best-looking bad boy, Luke Ward, be packed off to Portland? At the season's start, he made a big bang with his signature catchphrase: "Welcome to the O.C., bitch!" He bullied Ryan, cheated on girlfriend Marissa — after taking her virginity — then seduced Marissa's mom, Julie Cooper. He was bad, but he looked damn good doing it. Here, TV Guide Online asks 23-year-old Chris Carmack why Luke had to go, and learns what's next for the fan fave.
TV Guide Online: Though the producers deny it, rumor has it a salary dispute made them decide against bringing you back next season.Chris Carmack: There was no salary dispute. They were unsure where the character was going to go. He started out as an antagonist, became a bit of a protagonist — a character you cared about — and that grew. I don't know what precipitated the choices the writers made about writin
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