This N That - the after Christmas edition

Christmas has come & gone. Technically. I guess for the third or fourth year in a row, my Christmas will actually be on New Year's. However, I've already received the biggest (and best) present - no snow. Yay. In my 40-something years on this earth, I don't think that's ever happened - at least that I can remember.

With the end of the year approaching, thus approaches the season endings for a few of my favorite shows.

-- Monday night was the season finale for Rizzoli & Isles. It was intriguing, It was exciting, and... it pissed me off. Yes, it's true. One of my favorite shows actually found a way to piss me off.

Kind of.

How, you ask?

It ended with angst. And even more heinously - Jane & Maura angst. Oh, the horror.

And I can blame it all on Dickhead Dean, who turned himself into a moron.

1. he is so egocentric that he follows Jane to a site (which Jane had NEVER told him, BTW) where they're trying to trap & detain a killer/arsonist - who also intentionally ran over Maura's mother, Constance (even though he was intending to hit Maura)

2. He doesn't trust Jane enough be in charge of the situation and starts shooting people (Maura's father, Paddy Doyle) after PD had shot the arsonist/killer who was ready to kill Maura. Thus Paddy retaliates and shoots Dickhead Dean, leaving Jane no choice but to return fire at him, thus hitting him in the stomach, before he falls from the catwalk of the warehouse.

3. This leaves Maura pissed at Jane for shooting him, when she screamed not to. -- and it's all because of Dickhead Dean, who invaded their takedown to begin with. Asshole.

I know the books have Dean as Jane's husband, but this show has always been so wonderfully different from the books. And, if they are going to have a boyfriend for Jane, let it be Casey, not Dickhead Dean.

I'm actually wondering if Maura's insistence of Jane not to touch PD is because he may have a broken back or neck, and not because she thinks it was Jane's fault for shooting him. At least that would be some consolation.

On another note: I really hope they don't kill off Paddy Doyle. He's such a good bad guy - and his only crime here is looking after his daughter and keeping her safe. I also want to hear more about the relationship between Paddy and Constance. Since Constance mentioned his name in the hospital, it's obvious she knows him. I'm thinking that maybe they're even siblings... or step-siblings. However it turns out, I really hope Paddy is alive - even if he has to go to prison, they can at least visit him from time to time. As long as they don't do what CSI did to Sam Braun, and ruin a great recurring storyline.


-- and now this Friday is the season 4 finale of Sanctuary - and hopefully NOT the series finale. I really wish we'd hear soon if there is going to be a season 5. I totally adore this show, which I affectionately dub "The Life & Times of Helen Magnus".

This Friday brings the conclusion to the 2-parter, Sanctuary For None. When we left last time, Helen Magnus had just announced on live TV that there were in fact abnormals (monsters) living amongst the rest of the world - and they have been for centuries. Now, we'll get to see the results of Helen's 113 years of seclusion after going back in time to her early days in Victorian Era England.

Biggie (and Kate?) is in the new abnormal Homeland. Will & Abby are with SCIU/FBI, and Helen, Tesla and Henry are holding down the fort at the Sanctuary (and Helen's trying to avoid arrest). I can't wait to see the ending to hear what Helen's agenda has been this whole time. I hope it's something worthy of all the hype.


-- and then there's CSI. And only two more episodes of this show left for me. Yes, I know there are more episodes left in the season, but only two more that will include Marg Helgenberger as Catherine Willows. When she leaves, I don't feel the desire to be a faithful weekly watcher, but may check in every now & then (probably if I see there's going to be a good Sara story - that doesn't include Grissom)


So, that means my top three shows will be done - at least until summer. Oh, what to do?