Doppelgängers Season

So first was Katherine who we heard an entire season about ,till she decide to show up and mess Mystic Falls around, then it was Bolivia who exchanged verses and passed by the original Olivia, now we have two twins exchanging lives, Bridget and Siobhan, and hey we have two more even If I don't watch the Lying Game I know enough to tell that Emma and Sutton are twins.

Now making my point, is Doppelgänger season and we all know it. Ok maybe in some cases not in the complete sense of the word, but let's just stick to the simple sense of the word, that being, a double or a look-alike of a person.

So when the Doppelgänger landed at the Vampire Diaries, it was just Elena, learning that Katherine ,the love of Salvatore's life looked just like her, and by some unexplained reason the girls were linked, then to Katherine be actually alive ( it's vampire world here, go for the 100's of years), and that she back to mess with everybody's life, but not before trying to pass by Elena and succeeding a couple of times, she isn't gone for good, but the trick remains straight hair = Elena, curly=Katherine, except when Katherine is trying her charms on the Salvatore brothers.

Then Fringe just pushed the boundaries , and hey parallel worlds where the same people that lived in the normal world had different choices over there, and entire cast with double characters Olivia -Bolivia, Walter- Walternate… ow except Peter (remember 1st Peter died), till they exchange Olivias between verses, and then is Doppelgänger season cos she had everybody fooled for quite a long time, while original Olivia was stuck over there. Now everybody is back to their verses and normal hair colors, but aware of their doubles and even working together.

Now we have estranged sisters coming together , in double doses, honestly CW (Ringer) and Abc family (The Lying Game) launching series with very similar ideas at the same time but clearly to different audiences (so weird) . Ok will focus on "Ringer" that Im actually watching.

Well at this point we have more information about Bridget than about Siobhan, making the audience have more empathy for Bridget.

Summing up the story ,basically both sisters get in touch after a long time without talking to each other, an accident happens and Bridget takes Siobhan life,believing that she is dead. While Siobhan goes to Paris and who knows what are her plans, anyway Doppelgänger is in place, and no super different hair to help here this time is about places ,at least for now, USA = Bridget, Paris= Siobhan.

So not the first time Doppelgängers appear in series, and is extremely common in Mexican soap operas (Maria del Barrio, Usurpadora…) in Buffy The Vampire Slayer they appeared quite a few times, Willow and Vamp Willow in Doppelgangland is a classic one, but then we had a Xander episode too, and even a Buffy Bot, well but that was a robot so it doesn't count.

Anyway Doppelgängers have been around for a long time, they tend to cause quite a mess when they appear, as an audience I love to see the actors in question playing a different character in the same series, it must be a challenge, but Im under the impression they love.

I know nowadays it must be easier in terms of production nonetheless still tricky every time both characters are in the same scene.

So who is you favorite Doppelgänger?

Thursday combo!!!

So it's Thursday. This week passed so fast, anyway quick one on my Thursday picks ;)

The Big Bang Theory - I confess i took a while to start watching this series, but when I did, couldn't let go, those nerds/geeks are absolutely hilarious, with their experiments and crisis,specially when you put their relationships in the spotlight.

By the end of last season we could expect their circle of friends to be a little estranged, but by the end of this season first episode, Penny and Raj were only friends again so all the others.

Who can help but to laugh when Sheldon freaks about a chair that Penny got from the trash because he thinks is infested with bugs, and guess what?! In the end he is right, just so the guys end up taking said chair from the trash to his apartment.

The Vampire Diaries - It amazes me how much the series changed from the first couple of episodes in the 1st season, to what is now. The characters developed a lot, the stories arcs are concrete and really interesting, the blends of the mythologies make sense, and not just that ,create an intriguing mystery.

I confess I like the idea of having Stephan away of Elena so she becomes closer do Damon, and loved that Stephan turning off his feelings so he could follow Klaus was completely different from when Angel lost his soul in Buffy ,and Angelus was back.

On top of all of that, I really enjoy Caroline's arc with her parents dealing with finding out she became a vampire, taking out the vampire fight, it was quite human, like a fight that you can imagine any teenager having with her parents when she did something they didn't approve. Also liked Tyler becoming nicer as he finds out he is a werewolf, and Im a bit curious to know what part will Katherine play this season. And hey Stephan diary appeared again!!!

Grey's Anatomy - For sure is not the show it used to be,

but I still have hopes it get's better and make the characters less miserable, last week , hum well they were a bit less annoying. Let's see how the season unfolds. Anyway we always have Mc Dreamy, for this season at least!!

It was Wednesday and I forgot to post ;) Revenge

Revenge - I confess I had a hard time picturing sweet Amy (Everwood) or even dubious and then nice Rebecca (Brothers&Sisters) playing such a revengeful Amanda, oppsie my mistake Emily Thorne, but Emily VanCamp is doing it pretty well, and let me add with a lot of grace. The title for the series is pretty straight forward , it's about revenge, what we still don't know exactly what was the cause for her fathers ruin, but we do know Emily will bring down one by one that helped ruin her fathers and her life.

This week episode was full of revenge as expected and as we could see that Emily is not afraid to spend as much money as needed to get what she wants, and once again Victoria didn't get her way, but we also got to see Emily's Amanda side a bit, well every time she is with Jack and Sammy (smart dog) she goes back to her roots and it's the only time when she is not plotting.

However I can't figure out what happened to Jack so he would attack Daniel on the pilot Engagement Party. I wonder??

Tuesday pick's

So following yesterday theme, here are some overviews about series aired on Tuesday, well the ones I watch at least ;)

Glee - I couldn't be happier by the "coming back to it's roots" , cos I love the musical performances but I was missing the heart on the series, and nothing better than character development and arcs for it. This is exactly what they are hoping to deliver this season, with new additions such Marti Noxon and Ali Adler to the creative staff I have no doubts they will succeed.

The season already started well, explaining why some character wouldn't appear anymore, adding others, bringing old arcs back ( Quinn's Baby, Rachel's Mom) and putting Rachel and Kurt in my favorite scene by the duo, both crying inside a car when they realize that there are performers better than them.

For this week, it seems we are going to have the best episode ever with an awesome performance by Heather Morris, I can't wait.

New Girl - Another new series, however this one I really didn't know much about it, except Zooey

Deschanel was the big name on it, however it's on just after Glee, which made me stay tuned. Glad I did, it's funny , cute and light.

A girl brakes up with her boyfriend and moves in with 3 guys she never met, and well then you have to watch to see in which kinda of situations they end up. Cool thing Max Greenfield (Veronica Mars) and Jake M. Johnson (No Strings Attached ) are in it too. =)

Ringer - It didn't really need much to convince me to watch, come on Sarah Michelle Gellar playing two twin sisters, with a lot of mystery and unresolved issues. Ok have I mention SMG back to TV thing, cos I think that was pretty much enough to convince any Buffy fan as me to give the new show a try.

So the pilot was a bit confusing, a lot to explain in a short time, but I think the major points were covered and well to understand both sisters I believe I/ we have to stick around to understand their choices better. Anyway it's for sure intriguing.

New Seasons/ It's Monday

Ok so most of the new seasons started already, unfortunately no Chuck YET, so I thought I should take this blog out of its misery and post something. So bellow you will find quick reviews/opinions of some of the series Im watching at the moment: Castle, Gossip Girl, Hart Of Dixie, Glee, New Girl, Ringer,Revenge, The Big Bang Theory, The Vampire Diaries. Grey's Anatomy and Fringe.

Today let's stick to the Monday ones ;)

Castle - ok we all knew that Beckett wouldn't die (come on leading lady), so that was no surprise, but what we didn't know was how she would react and come back after Castle " I Love you" , clearly she decided to go with the classic "I don't remember anything that happened during the shooting", but by the end we know that she remembers everything and doesn't know what to do, so... the pretending and hello therapy.

On the second episode , a kinda of funny comic book inspired episode, where Kate and Castle get to be a bit more comfortable around their new boss (ok not really,but learning how she rolls), but deliver a nice chemistry while resolving the murder in question, and seeing themselves kinda of represented in the reporter trying to protect the super heroine he loves.

Let's not forget that Castle is not dealing so well with the idea of Alexis to leave early to Stanford, and we can always count on Martha for great laughs .

Gossip Girl - honestly is just the same old same, Serena does well in something she

didn't expect, Dan is a train wreck because of a girl ( surprisingly is not Serena this time, it seems to be Blair,weird?right?!). Blair, well is plotting and seems to be having one of her many fairy tales. Chuck decided to go kinda reckless, and Nate, ow well he always bored me. I have no idea why, but for some reason I still watch it and still have a tiny very thin hope that it will go back to its roots, or at least finds a good arc for this season.

Hart Of Dixie - New series starring Rachel Bilson as Zoe Hart a very determined new doctor from New York, who has her plans derailed and end up in a small city at the South with half of a practice given to her by a mysterious men, who by the end is reveled as her father. I absolutely loved the pilot, thought it was completely adorable and had a lot of heart, some funny moments that you can always count when you put someone from a big city in a small town and a touch of Everwood, which I really miss.