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I know this spoiler will make many Criminal Minds fanatics happy. So if you are interested on JJ’s return, read below the exciting spoiler from TV Line.

A.J. Cook is back at the BAU, if only for a week.

According to TV Line, the actress whose exit such enormous viewer backlash this fall will reprise her role as Jennifer “J.J.” Jareau for one episode this spring.

It’s unclear what prompts her return, when exactly her episode airs or whether she may return for more than just that week, but she’s due on set this week.

J.J. bid farewell in the second episode of the current season to take a job at the Pentagon. The character seemed as reluctant to do so as millions of fans were to see her go.

When news broke that Cook’s contract was not being picked up by CBS, fans mounted a huge online campaign demanding the network save Cook and Paget Brewster.

Might J.J.’s comeback be tied in some way to the looming exit of Brewster’s character? It’s been speculated at length that Minds may kill off Prentiss later this spring.

CBS recently defended its casting moves, including the hiring of Rachel Nichols shortly after Cook’s exit, maintaining that Brewster’s future with the show is up to her.

So what do you think about the return of JJ?

You can check Criminal Minds Season 6 Reviews and Spoilers HERE.

For me episodes 1 and 2 are good, and the third one, “Something to Watch Over Me” is better. Seeing the three characters realized what really they are, is something that I’m waiting since day one. Finally, I saw it in this episode.

TV Fanatic: In inviting the entire neighborhood to an open house on behalf of the local neighborhood watch, Aidan feels it’s giving them more of the human life they are trying to embrace.

Aidan’s head is filled with over 200 years worth of memories, some that literally haunt him in the street. Assuming he’s lived his entire life, both vampire and human, in Boston, that doesn’t leave much room to hide.

Being inundated with so many different incarnations of yourself, he’s eager to gloss them over with a new coat of paint. The neighborhood watch was his attempt to change the color of his life one more time; meet new people, literally force himself into a situation that will bring new challenges and maybe block out some of the less savory moments.

While not as eager to jump into the fray of new faces, Josh’s journey takes him to the streets of Boston patrolling for “monsters.” He seemed exasperated, and yet oddly comforted with his fellow watchers. I hoped he might come to enjoy the new entanglement. Of all, it’s most important to me that Josh be happy. He doesn’t fully realize how heavily his roommates rely on his normalcy.

Josh is, frankly, the most likely candidate to survive their attempt at being human.

Even with a house full of people, Sally is still alone.

Aidan and Josh see this and introduce into her life Tony the ghost. Dying in the 80s gave them a lot of good material to play off of (see our Being Human quotes page).

From Tony, Sally learns the ropes of ghostly behavior. The only thing holding her back from leaving the house has truly been her own mind, as it’s with their minds that ghosts can travel in an instant wherever they wish to go.

This development gave me a new perspective on Sally. Once she stops obsessing over Danny, I think she could be a fun girl to have around, maybe taking some of the burden of their humanity off of Josh’s shoulders. After seeing her in different surroundings, Meaghan Rath was able to open up Sally into a more rounded spirit.

By this point in the series, this re-imagining is totally working for me.

Their personalities have separated from the other show I watched, and I no longer find myself comparing the American versus British versions. I know I will be able to successfully watch both as separate entities, as they both bring their own identity to what are otherwise just similar people in a familiar setting.

Aidan is greatly conflicted and wants to badly to be someone he is not. Sam Witwer has brought to the role a subtle and yet engaging sadness. As Aidan his very vampirism seems to be in complete opposition to who was as a human. He’s not coming off as as much of a smart-ass as I originally expected, and it’s with Aidan I find myself most identifying.

I’m still not liking Bishop, but he’s not as distasteful as I first found him. In his enigmatic way, he is trying to protect the vampires from harm, and has dug deeply into the community to have the right position to address whatever arises. Although he pushes at Aidan, he doesn’t force him to do anything against his will.

He cares enough to clean up his messes (albeit for selfish reasons), but still lets him make mistakes. He’s almost like a creepy father figure. Aidan not embracing life as a vampire has left him vulnerable by weakness and he doesn’t seem to have what it takes to ensure his own safety.

By participating in the watch, Josh realizes that hiding his true nature by turning in the hospital basement each month will affect everything else he does. He is an abomination, and by restraining what that animal must do, he risks resolving those issues as a man. To be a monster one night of the month is preferable to losing what humanity he has left.

It seems the more they turn away from what they have become, the more in peril they find themselves. They’re going to have to find a point where they can be what nature has created in them, but retain their humanity by trusting in each other to get through it.

Indeed, the third episode is a solid one. I believe that if Being Human continues to bring this kind of episode, they will surely end up above the ratings. What do you think?

You can check other Being Human Season 1 Reviews and Spoilers HERE.

There are rumors before that “Chuck Versus the Push Mix” will be the season 4 finale episode. But NBC says otherwise as it confirmed a 24 episodes season 4! So what happened on episode 13?

TV Fanatic: Creator Josh Schwartz Tweeted fans that this was “the episode you’ve been waiting for.”  He said “the last 5 mins of episode 13 are the best 5 mins CHUCK has ever done.” Needless to say, my expectations were extremely high. However, because of all the hype, I was a little disappointed.

If this had actually played out as the series finale, I would have been much happier with it.  Everything wrapped up nicely and all of our favorite characters finished the hour healthy and happy.

Between Mama B being there for the birth of Baby Awesome, the emotionally stable new family of Casey, Alex and Morgan, and Chuck’s quiet and successful proposal to Sarah, it should have been making me cry like a baby.  Regretfully, I wasn’t nearly as Schwartz assumed I would be.  Here are a couple reasons why:

Although this hypothetical 13 episode season brought positives – like the lack of filler eps – it also did rush things a bit.  One of the main storylines of this stretch was saving Mama Bartowski from the clutches of the evil Volkoff, but I never got into it.  We only just met Mary 12 episodes ago, and I haven’t had the chance to get to know her well enough to care about her well-being.

Then again, maybe the problem wasn’t the fact that things went too quickly, but rather that I did not enjoy the character, or the way Linda Hamilton was playing her.  Hamilton sure has been a stoic figure since joining the show in this fourth season’s premiere, but not once has she made me feel bad for the fact that Mary’s been away from her family for all of these years.

And I know that it’s possible to be a hardcore spy with a hard exterior and still open up to your fellow characters and the audience.  Case and point: John Casey and Sarah Walker.

So when Mama B was the one chosen to join Ellie and Awesome in the delivery room for the birth of baby Claire, I didn’t think “awww.”  I kind of thought, “why does this lady deserve to even be around for this?”

Also not living up to the hype was the final moments with Chuck and Sarah.  While the audio of the floor buffer leading to pure silence at the end of the episode was truly fantastic, the video it was overlaying didn’t do much in terms of heart.  Sure, it was nice to see Chuck finally propose to the woman he loves, but that isn’t as big of a deal as some other milestones in this relationship.  When they first got together and we saw them smiling and in love; that was breathtaking.  Even when we first realized Sarah liked Chuck in that way; that was fantastic.

These two adults moving their serious relationship into engagement?  Not so much.

What did work extremely well at the end was the love that was going on between Casey, his daughter, and his daughter’s boyfriend.  Since Alex first came on the scene, everything between her and Casey has been played beautifully by everyone involved.  The more time Casey has spent with her, the more in touch with his feelings he has become, and that growth has been fantastic to watch.  For Morgan to now be there every step of the way just makes it that much more glorious.

Of course, “Chuck Versus the Push Mix” wasn’t all about the final act, so let’s take a look at what else worked or didn’t work from the episode.

Chuck’s master plan to take down Volkoff was just great to watch.  From the early moments of him and Morgan plotting it out on the cork board with office supplies, to not thinking things were going his way in the middle of it, to him quietly waiting for the evil do-er in the dark cabin of his father… Chuck was certainly on his game.

How much has this dude grown as a human being in four seasons?  In every facet of his life he has become a stud, and capturing Volkoff and the Hydra certainly make him worthy of some admiration. Oh, and a chopper!

I wasn’t surprised, but a bit disappointed, that Volkoff hadn’t suspected any wrong doing by Frost this entire time.  I wanted to respect this guy as an evil mastermind.  Instead, I will respect him as an aloof evil boss with a sensitive side and a love for ice cream.  Seriously, stealth weapons and an ice cream parlor?  What else could you ask for on a huge ship like the Contessa?  When the camera cut to him with his henchmen and he was chowing down on a double scoop of chocolate and vanilla, I absolutely lost it.

What didn’t work was my favorite fictional band of all time. This was the first time that I was truly unimpressed by a Jeffster! performance.  Not only did I not enjoy the song choice (obvious and bad), but they didn’t show nearly enough drama. Although it did get them kicked out of the hospital, I didn’t feel it was the true essence of Jeffster!

Ok, this is a good episode but not a series finale material. Good thing they did not end the season with this episode?

What do you think?

You can check other Chuck Reviews and Spoilers HERE.

Sometimes, it takes some humility to set yourself free.

In the third episode of Harry’s Law, “Innocent Man,” we saw how an innocent man defends himself especially when everything is out of his lawyer’s hands already. In this episode, Harry did not do all the talking. Jeffrey, the convicted innocent man, throws some huge lines against the Parole Board to earn his most awaited “freedom.”

Adam, on the other hand, has not been a factor this episode as he was seemingly eaten out by Tommy Jefferson.  But I think he somehow won as well, because they were able to end the illegal dismissal, one child policy case, through settlement. There was no Ohio Supreme Court for him, but at least he kissed Chunhua!

Malcolm’s role this episode is a big question mark. Yes, he ended up with a great research about the liability of fastfood chains. And now what? If I will not see this issue on the succeeding episodes then Malcolm’s research in this episode will only turn out into a waste. But wait, he made a good impression to Tommy. So what?

Jenna is present but missing in this episode. You know what I mean, she didn’t do anything pertinent that contributes on the cases.

So with the end of the one child policy issue, what can we expect next on Harry’s Law? Wait, the way Harry speaks to Tommy, do they have any past relationship? What’s with them? I don’t know, only the writers do.

Overview:
Harry defends a man about to go on parole. Tao’s laundry is attacked after news of the trial’s details (the laundromat’s One Child Policy) gets out.

You can check Harry’s Law Season 1 Reviews and Spoilers HERE.

I think the February 10 episode of The Big Bang Theory will surely be a bang! Why? Read below the spoilers brought to us by TV Guide.

On the said episode, Leonard shares a kiss with a wealthy benefactor to the physics department — played by Jessica Walter, age 70. “The amount of making out I do on this show is ridiculous,” says Johnny, 35. He’s not kidding.

Next is the return of Raj’s sister. Aarti Mann returns as Raj’s sister Priya, who’ll now be dating Leonard after their previous one-night stand. “Raj is not going to be very happy about that,” says actor Kunal Nayyar. “I forgave Leonard [after they first hooked up] because she didn’t want [something serious], but now…”

In other romantic developments, Bernadette finally lays down the law with Howard (Simon Helberg) and demands that he choose between her and his overbearing mom. “That’s a big moment to see this guy who’s a mama’s boy have to make that decision,” says Simon. “I bet he’s going to mess it up.” And is Jim Parsons (Sheldon) jealous that Leonard’s getting so much lovin’?  Hardly. “I got Christine Baranski,” says the new Golden Globe winner, “so it’s only fair to share the hot women kisses.”

So what do you think of this episode? I think it will really be fun!

You can find The Big Bang Theory Season 4 reviews and spoilers HERE.

Smallville plus Hangover equals “A Very Fun Episode.” So if you want to see a different dimension of Smallville then you should watch its February 25 installment. Read below and be spoiled. Thanks to TV Guide for this news!

Blatantly describing the February 25 installment as “our fun Hangover episode,” Brian Peterson says to TV Guide: “Clark won’t remember what happened the night before.”

We know, we know: superheroes are impervious to the effects of alcohol. But Zatanna will spike champagne that will result in the “wild side of everybody,” teases producer Kelly Souders.

“We all wake up in different places in bizarre situations involving weird outfits and animals,” adds Erica Durance. “I wake up out on the train tracks with Oliver and realize I can’t find my engagement ring.”

This development will lead to encounter with casino owner Amos Fortune, a villain DC Comics initially introduced in 1961.

So what do you think on this installment of Smallville?

You can check other Smallville TV reviews and spoilers HERE.

Glee will definite hit the February with some interesting episodes. So what can we expect on the said episodes. Read below and be spoiled!

To make up for a lengthy hiatus, the network will air all new Glee episodes throughout February.  We’ve already given you an extensive look at “Thriller.” Now, Fox has released the official descriptions for the subsequent three installments.

Read at your own spoiler-filled risk.

2/8: “Silly Love Songs”
Love is in the air at McKinley High when the glee club sets up a kissing booth for Valentine’s Day. Things don’t go as planned, and hearts end up getting broken.

2/15: “Comeback”
Rachel (Lea Michele) tries to launch a comeback into the McKinley High social stratosphere with a little help from Brittany. Meanwhile, Sam starts a tribute band.

2/22: “Blame It on the Alcohol”
Principal Figgins teaches the student body about the danger of underage drinking, and the glee club is personally touched by the message. Meanwhile, Mr. Schuester and Coach Beiste indulge in a little fun of their own.

So are  you excited to see these episodes?

You can check Glee Season 2 Reviews and Spoilers HERE.

House will return on February 7 with its highly-acclaimed and “most devastating” episode.

What else can viewers expect next month? The network has released official descriptions for all four new installments, including a tease about Wilson’s love life and two unexpected individual who offer House advice about his.

Spoiler below…

2/7: “Family Practice”
When Cuddy’s stubborn mother, Arlene, is admitted to Princeton Plainsboro after complaining about unusual symptoms, she insists that House be removed from her case, forcing him to come up with unconventional – and illegal – means to treat her. House instructs his team – including Masters who is forced to re-evaluate her responsibility to practice within a code of ethics – to follow his lead, and they discover secret details about Arlene’s personal life.

2/14: “You Must Remember This”
When a waitress with a perfect memory suffers temporary paralysis, her older sister visits her in the hospital, which triggers high stress levels and even more health complications. The patient’s sharp memory proves detrimental when a grudge she’s been holding against her sibling gets in the way of receiving proper medical treatment, and Masters discovers that patching a broken sisterhood may prove to be more complex than diagnosing the patient. Meanwhile, Foreman volunteers to help Taub prepare for a medical examination, while House, determined to help Wilson get back in the dating scene, discovers Wilson’s secret new companion.

2/21: Two Stories”
House participates in a school’s Career Day and breaks a few rules by sharing explicit medical stories. Waiting outside the principal’s office, he meets two fifth-grade students, who assess House’s relationship woes and try to help him understand how his selfish antics get in the way of showing Cuddy how he really feels.

2/28: “Recession Proof”
A patient is admitted after breaking out in a severe rash triggered by caustic chemical exposure at his blue-collar job. As the team treats him, they discover that he has led his wife to believe that he is still maintaining his once-lucrative real estate career. Meanwhile, Cuddy is honored with an award and needs House to be at the charity event for support, but his attendance is threatened when his patient’s battle to survive forces him to question his practice and his own happiness, and Chase and Masters teach each other a lesson in forging meaningful personal and professional relationships.

So what do you expect on House this February?

You can check House Season 7 Reviews and Spoilers HERE.

After hearing that Zod is coming back, here is another news on Smallville returnees.

It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s the return of Supergirl!

A Smallville insider has confirmed to Michael Ausiello that Laura Vandervoort will take another break from her role on V and appear on one of the CW’s show’s final five episodes.

It will mark her second Smallville stint of the season.

There are lots of things that happened on “Reciprocity.” The most notable one is that alt-Olivia was finally given a name – “Fauxlivia.” I don’t like it actually.

Then, Peter became a some kind of a villain in this episode although we all know that what he was doing is for his own good. But still, I don’t like him sneaking and killing others.

TV Fanatic: Tonight, I was vindicated in my choice as Walter, too, has given her the moniker. It took long enough, and in a very silly way it made my day for them to choose it as the official Alter-Olivia nickname on “Reciprocity.”

The “first people” machine has been built, and from now going forth I don’t think things will be the same on Fringe, no matter what universe we are in. When Peter came in to the same room as the machine, his nose bled and the machine started moving. A machine heretofore found to have no power source or ability to produce its own power.

My first thought was that Walternate is far more wicked than I imagined, and then how much we now need our own Walter to have the full capacity of his brain, in short order, to try to save what we can of our universes.

When the computer of Fauxlivia is cracked, Astrid is finally asked to perform a task worthy of her abilities. She’s to go through the files and determine any worthwhile information or patterns within in the notes that can be used to their advantage.

Until now, our own Astrid has strictly been a sidekick to Walter and greatly underutilized. Given the incredible mathematical skills we know the other Astrid possesses, I was disappointed that the final encryption hint came from Olivia herself due to her similarity to Fauxlivia. Astrid needs, just once, to be THE AGENT who saves the day.

As shapeshifters are popping up dead all over, Olivia and Broyles determine they have a mole and start to crack down on staff at the FBI and Massive Dynamic. Unfortunately, the clues are right in front of us, just unimaginable. Peter sneaks into his home in the middle of the night, lying to both Walter and Olivia about his whereabouts. Of anyone in both universes, Peter knew Fauxlivia best. His behavior is shady throughout the episode, and part of me wanted it to be because he was uncomfortable that people were reading Fauxlivia’s notes.

ut it was not to be. Peter has fundamentally changed. He’s not holding anything back. He’s speaking out of turn, being disrespectful, and has lost the fun-loving side of his nature. Darkness has invaded him to his very core.

This is confirmed as we learn Peter is the mole. Well, not a mole, but fully capable of deciphering Fauxlivia’s notes, and in doing so he was one step ahead of everyone. He was trying to get the shifters to tell him his own personal role in regard to the machine. However, he didn’t give them much of a chance to give up information.

Question, rip out their chip, kill. Seeing Peter in this fashion was chilling. When Walter walked in on a questioning in progress, you could see both pain and fear on his face. What had happened to his son? I could feel how incredibly disappointed he was in himself that he was unable to stop the changes taking place in Peter. Because if he had his brain, and it wasn’t disabled at his own request decades earlier, he may have been able to foresee or hinder the present circumstances.

It must have been his similarity to Walternate’s depraved intellect that caused him to cut it short in the first place, but in hindsight, he must wish he had been able to handle it better.

As he tries various formulas William Bell left behind that may repair his brain and remove it’s cells inability to replicate, I wonder if this will ultimately change our Walter. What would Fringe be if Walter was an ignorant ass devoid of feeling and humor? Not worth watching, that’s for sure.

The other thing that hit me right in the face is that as Olivia is realizing Fauxlivia’s true feelings for Peter, they are both unaware of the shift that has taken place in him. At this point, the warm, loving man they both fell for is quickly slipping away. As he kills each shapeshifter in the hopes of finding information to save his life, he, himself, has become a sort of shapeshifter. His contact with the machine has altered his sensibility.

Not being used has become his sole motivation. To not stand aside and be exploited because of what the Walters did when he was a boy. What implication the first people book has in all of this is unknown, but we do know William Bell was at one time searching for it, so we should have a lot more to look forward to in that regard. I find the idea of the first people, here millions of years ahead of us, fascinating, so I’m looking forward to whatever they toss our way.

So what do you think about this episode?

You can check Fringe Season 3 Spoilers and Reviews HERE.