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Worldly Distractions: Call the Midwife 4.5 - Episode 5

Welcome back! What on earth can the midwives bring us next? Let's find out. It's a hot summer in Poplar. Jenny reminisces about it even though she wasn't there - seriously, this one is particularly egregious. Sr. Julienne attends a birth, which is particularly interesting since the parents are Christian Scientists. Dr. Turner has a ton of clients, and he and Shelagh are run off their feet. What's more, Dr. Turner is acting as locum for two others. He's already running into exhaustion,
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Worldly Distractions: Girls 4.4 - Cubbies

Ooh, is this where Hannah finally flunks out of Iowa and gets sent back to kindergarten to learn basic decency? Because I would totally watch that show. Shoshana bombs an interview at NBC (?), but won't take no for an answer. In fact, she refuses to leave, demanding that the interviewer tell her what's wrong with her. The woman calls her simplistic, insensitive and off-putting. Shosh doesn't get it. Meanwhile, Marnie plays more horrid music for Jessa, who is not impressed. Marnie even
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Worldly Distractions: The Simpsons 26.13 - Walking Big and Tall

Whatever could our favourite family be surprised about? No, seriously, it's been 26 seasons, nothing could shock them now. Maybe someone wrote a decent episode. Ralph Wiggum is Cupid! Unfortunately, there are no other opening credits to speak of. The couch gag involves the Simpsons being made into Sushi, then eaten in a trendy restaurant. For some reason, we go back to thirty years ago, where we hear a report on the disappearance of Springfield's Soviet sister city, Springograd.
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Worldly Distractions: Call the Midwife 4.4 - Episode 4

Halfway through! And more importantly, it's HOOKER NIGHT! How will our intrepid midwives deal with Poplar's working ladies? Find out here. Everyone rides on bikes while Jenny drones on about routine. Phyllis is apparently in bitch mode again and bosses everyone around. There's also a vaccination clinic planned, because people in the 1950's were way smarter than us. Trixie and Tom argue about whether or not she should meet the Bishop. As the daughter of a Bishop, I can tell you that an
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Worldly Distractions: The Big Bang Theory 8.14 - The Troll Manifestation

Hey hey and welcome back! I am coughing and sneezing and way too overworked, so this is a perfect excuse to hide from everyone for a while. Don't disappoint me, nerds. Penny asks to hear about Leonard's day, surprising him with her knowledge of the ins and outs of physics, most of which she has cribbed from her friend group. In fact, she's very driven in her half-assed appreciation. Suddenly, he stops. He's come up with a big theory! About surface tension and superfluid helium. He lea
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Worldly Distractions: Modern Family 6.13 - Rash Decisions

Well, well, well. We meet again. I can't wait to see what stunning comedic innovation is waiting for us this week. Onward! Jay brings Stella back from a walk, creeping out his whole family with his obsessive devotion to the dog. Manny is actually jealous. Just then, Gloria informs him that Joe might be allergic to the dog. This means that, in order to figure out if it's a true allergy, Stella must be sent to stay with Cam and Mitch for a week. Jay gasps and protests, Manny suggests th
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Worldly Distractions: Call the Midwife 4.3 - Episode Three

Heh, I marked last week's post as Episode Three. Please disregard. This is Episode Three. American television has basically frozen in favour of that baffling sport known as football, but the Brits will never let us down! Let's see what they have to offer. We start with a charming scene of a rat sniffing around old Blitz debris. Old Jenny narrates about the war as we see our first '60s peace sign, while Fred and a bunch of neighbours plan for a nuclear attack in the basement of a strip
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Worldly Distractions: The Big Bang Theory 8.13 - The Anxiety Optimization

No, I could not resist this picture of cat-Richard Feynman. After too long a hiatus, we are back in nerd country. Enjoy it! Penny and Sheldon go out on a date, but Sheldon asks him to help test out some noise-cancelling headphones first. The couple lobs insults his way until they're satisfied he can't hear. Sheldon explains he's trying to minimize distraction for the benefit of his work, blocking out his senses at all costs. When they're gone, he begins his work on proton decay - but
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Worldly Distractions: Girls 4.3 - Female Author

Oh, boy, more pretentious literary adventures in Iowa! Who's up for it? The previously on is all about how much Hannah hates Iowa and doesn't want to learn anything, and also Elijah's mooching. As it turns out, she's enjoying Iowa a little better now, mostly due to copious amounts of free time. Also, Elijah is still inexplicably living there. She FaceTimes Jessa, who is still perpetually bored with everything around her. She's still in AA and has been talking with Adam, unlike Ha
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Worldly Distractions: The Simpsons 26.12 - The Musk Who Fell To Earth

Yes, this is an episode where Elon Musk guest stars as himself. It's okay, you can cry. Let it out. No opening credits - just a title card and straight to "created by Matt Groening". I can't wait to see what scintillating writing was deemed more important than the couch gag. Lisa is dismayed when a bald eagle devours all the birds at her new feeder. The vicious creature even attempts to take Maggie, but is satisfied with Homer's hair instead. Bart and Milhouse manage to tr
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Worldly Distractions: Call the Midwife 4.2 - Episode Two

This week, while the show appears to be hemorrhaging characters, we join what few midwives are left for the usual life, death and '60s haircuts. What's up for the residents of Poplar this week? (No recaps for Girls and The Simpsons until tomorrow - I'm only human and no one watches either of those at the moment.) The opening credits tells us what we all were in denial about last week: CHUMMY IS GONE. Miranda Hart and Ben Caplan (Noakes) are missing from the credits. You guys,
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Worldly Distractions: Girls 4.2 - Triggering

Well, with a title like that you just know this is going to be weird and satirical and probably navel-gazing. I'm mostly here to see Hannah's precious work get torn to bits by her fellow students. Who's in? Previously on: Jessa makes fun of Hannah's insecurities, Adam and Hannah can't communicate, Shoshana has a new post-grad life (and it's not going well), Nicky Nichols takes away Jessa's boss, Marnie fails at music, Jessa is mad at Hannah for leaving. We get cornfields (oh, tha
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Worldly Distractions: Call the Midwife 4.1 - Episode 1

Well, well, well. After all the changes of the last season and Christmas special, how exactly are these new dynamics going to work? I hear rumours that they're bringing in new blood - does this mean we've officially reached the stage of a TV show where everyone is interchangeable? You decide. Old Jenny continues to narrate even though she wasn't there - it's the usual stuff about love and beginnings and stuff. The midwives are still patrolling the neighbourhood catching any babies who
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Worldly Distractions: Modern Family 6.12 - The Big Guns

As we know, every good American family has a cabinet full of guns. I look forward to Modern Family's trenchant commentary on gun control. (Oh, who am I kidding, it's probably about Gloria's breasts again.) Carry on. Claire and Phil arrive home to find an unfamiliar boat in their driveway. It turns out to belong to the awful neighbours. Everyone complains, Alex is illogically stupid again, and it is decided that Something Needs to Be Done. Except Luke, who likes to look at the teenaged
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Worldly Distractions: The Simpsons 26.11 - Bart's New Friend

I'm still wary after last week's abomination of an episode, but I will soldier on. Lend me your ears, fellow FreeJingerites. And let us pray, fervently, that this episode written by pre-Freaks and Geeks Judd Apatow can heal our broken fan hearts. Aaand we get "Snowmen don't have carrot penisies" as our chalkboard quote of the week. Dear god, someone pass me a Flaming Moe so I can repress this. The couch gag is somewhat more tame, parodying "Goldilocks" with Homer, Marge and Bar
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Worldly Distractions: Girls 4.1 - Iowa

We closed last season with a new adventure for our protagonist, and the potential for some interesting new developments. Most importantly, we have more Adam Driver. Let's do this. (I am also happy to report that this year Girls eschewed the two-episode premiere currently plaguing today's networks. This recapper is very, very grateful.) We begin at a restaurant, where Hannah's dorky parents send their daughter off to her MA with a dorky but heartfelt toast. Of course, they then
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Worldly Distractions: The Big Bang Theory 8.12 - The Space Probe Disintegration

Welcome back to the Big Bang from our Christmas hiatus! I don't know about you, but I'm ready to start a new chapter with this show. Season 8 has been pretty fun so far - but where will it lead? Sheldon and Leonard play Lord of the Rings Risk, the notorious friendship-ender. Unfortunately, this means cancelling a double date with Amy and Penny, who are not pleased with this development. Sheldon begs them to play, but Leonard gives them the opportunity to decide what to do. They chari
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Worldly Distractions: Modern Family 6.11 - The Day We Almost Died

Is it possible? Can we take this title as a sign of hope? Can it be that Modern Family might finally become... ...edgy? Let us investigate. The Dunphys, plus Manny, are going out for pancakes. Chaos reigns in the crowded vehicle. I imagine Phil is just going to drive them off a cliff to get some quiet. In fact, it's pretty close - he gets distracted and almost hits a dump truck, only saved by a drastic swerve. I have to say, kudos to the stunt drivers. Everyone sits in st
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Worldly Distractions: The Simpsons 26.10 - The Man Who Came to Be Dinner

That's right, you guys - it's the Simpsons-Are-Going-To-Rigel special, featuring everyone's favourite aliens-cum-presidential-candidates, Kang and Kodos! Yes, yes, despite myself I'm excited, too. Will anyone get eaten? How about probed? Is a half-assed Orson Welles imitation going to narrate? So many questions, and the answer is before us. Let the intergalactic hijinks begin! Short opening credits - just the title with Otto sliding down a rainbow. The couch gag involves the Simpson f
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Worldly Distractions: Call The Midwife 3.9 - Christmas Special

Has this show really only been on on for three seasons? Already, it feels like an old friend. Last season was very eventful, but the Christmas special has always been rather slow and introspective - a time of reflection, and of good old-fashioned holiday warmth. Let's all settle in for a nice evening with our favourite nuns and nurses.   I've been wondering for a while how they would get around the abrupt departure of their protagonist, and the answer is a delicious one, you guys
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Worldly Distractions: Downton Abbey 5.9/10 - Christmas Short and Special, Series 5

Yes, there's a short and a movie-length special. Aren't we blessed? I hope you forgive me for taking a day to celebrate the most famous holiday in the Western World. Call the Midwife should follow later this week. Thank you, British television, for making our holiday season that much classier. Also, I'm taking bets on who will die this episode. 2-1 on Tom Branson, anyone? We begin with the short, in which Mary proposes firing all the valets and maids, and Maggie Smith has gone
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Once Upon A time, Episode 412: Heroes and Villains

Old Friends Depart, New Baddies Emerge, and a Classic Tale is Destroyed   In the mid-season finale, we bid a fond farewell to our Frozen friends and we meet some interesting new villains.   We open at the ice wall. This is Elsa’s last episode and she’s still wearing that damned dress. Well, she’s nothing if not consistent. She’s finally able to remove the ice wall. (Because she has more confidence now? Because Ingrid is dead? Both? I know there must be a reason
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Worldly Distractions: The Big Bang Theory 8.11 - The Clean Room Infiltration

Well, it's time to bring the fall of 2014 to a close with the last episode before our Christmas hiatus. Overall, I think it's been pretty good, if not genius. Let's see how they close it out!   Raj's parents are still getting divorced (prompting a talk about superhero lawyers), and his dad is coming to visit. Amy suggests that she host Christmas dinner and invite Raj's dad. Also, it's going to be traditional Victorian themed, and Sheldon is not on board. Raj is pissed, mostly because n
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Worldly Distractions: Modern Family 6.10 - Haley's 21st Birthday

That's right, folks, it's time to celebrate that archaic American ritual - getting to drink in public several years after every other young adult on the planet. Now, granted, this is Haley we're talking about (show me a red-blooded American who hasn't had a drink while underage and I'll show you the Mitt Romney Presidential Library), so I don't see why this is such a big deal, but apparently they've made an episode about it. I think we'll all be drinking by the end. We start with Ca
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Once Upon A Time, Episode 411: Shattered Sight

She’s “Prickly†for a Reason, People! For a change of pace, we begin in Boston in 1982 where Ingrid/ Snow Queen (SQ) gallivants around town in her glorious SQ outfit. I can’t tell if she’s barefoot but I hope not because eeeew. She makes her way to a psychic. This oughta be good! And it is. Coming from a world with magic, SQ has different expectations from a psychic than, say, someone from the neighborhood. SQ is outraged when the psychic proves to be a phony. But the psychic seems
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