Say What?

"Time for another drink, at least."

I'm a little behind on news, clearly. I read, somewhere, briefly, that Mad Men had been renewed for more than one series. I didn't really give it much thought beyond "good".


What I didn't read though, was that season 5 will not be airing until 2012. Really. Apparently, Weiner and AMC are having a bit of a tiff about whose turn it is to make dinner and this has delayed negotiations on his eight trillion dollar deal.


Actually, that isn't true - Weiner is standing up for not reducing show time, not adding product placements, and not cutting cast members. Basically, he's trying to keep Mad Men not shit. Which is commendable. But can he do it a bit quicker? I have trouble remembering what happened last week, let alone last season.

Once More, With a Lobotomy

This? It's only a flesh wound.

I hate these episodes. What the arse is the point of having a traumatic event that throws everything into chaos, only to have everything fine again by the end of the episode?


I assume that both Callie and the baby will suffer no long term consequences of the most unrealistic road accident in television history. She goes through a windscreen, without a seatbelt. And she wakes up. Really? As for Arizona and her quick smart denial of "the truck came out of nowhere"...is that some sort of new way of saying "I stopped paying any attention to the road whilst trying to one-up the father of my lesbian lovers' baby by proposing to her"? Come on, you know we've all done it.


And then, to make it worse (as if that were possible), there's singing. Yes, that's correct. SINGING. 


I notice that Patrick Dempsey alone seemed to have the good sense he was born with and managed to keep his trap firmly shut during any musical interludes. That man is too good for this show. I'm quite annoyed actually, as this season was actually starting to get good.


But it's ok. They're doing another one. Unless that's an April Fools. Fingers crossed.