Helix, True Detective and "The Walking Dead

                                                                    

 

 

                                                                    

If you’re a connoisseur of oddities and you need the latest "It" to add to your collection, why not make it heads? You don't have to be a Governor to collect human heads and you don't have to keep them in fish tanks

                                                                      

I’ve been hooked on Helix which you can catch on Friday nights on the Syfy channel. This science fiction thriller takes place in the Arctic and stars Billy Campbell, Kyra Zagorsky, Mark Ghanime and Hiroyuki Sanada as the mysterious Dr. Hiroshi Hatake.

                                                                   

 

I’m not quite sure if Dr. Hatake is really the bad guy or not, but like our departed governor from The Walking Dead, Dr. Hatake collects heads. Instead of fish tanks, Dr. Hatake keeps his collection hidden under the ice; headsicles, if you must call them something. On last night’s episode, he added the head of Constance Sutton played by the kick ass, ex-Seven of Nine, Jeri Ryan. I was sorry to see Jeri out of the show so soon…or is she?

                                                                           

True Detective

I can’t get enough of this show or the two actors of True Detective. Matthew McConaughey (Detective Rust Cohle) and Woody Harrelson (Detective Martin Hart) are two dysfunctional homicide detectives who are trying to track down a serial killer. They are so mismatched in personalities and beliefs, that I’m surprised that they haven’t killed each other, but this is exactly why this show works. We, the audience, are pulled into their private lives and even if we don’t like them, we find ourselves cheering for them.   

                                                                           

Fellow Biff Bam Pop writer and close friend, Glenn Walker, posted his review of the show here.  Please read his review and then catch up with the show on HBO. The next episode airs on Sunday at 9 p.m. but I’ll have to wait until Monday to catch up because I’m watching….

                                                                               

…The Walking Dead

Nothing keeps me from this show, not even vacations. Season four part two picked up with our friends of Team Prison, scattered by the now dead Governor’s attack on the prison. There is a lot of stuff going down and three new characters are now part of the cast.

                                                                                   

 If you want to know what’s happening to Rick and his merry gang of zombie slayers, then watch the show. You can catch up with my recaps on Biff Bam Pop. One word of warning…watch out for little Lizzie.
You have the scoop on good shows, now watch them and tell me what you think:)

A Taste For Syfy and Geeks

                                                                       

There are a lot of great shows on television; some are brand new like Helix. Some never seem to get old like The Big Bang Theory, which  is now in its seventh season. I never getting tired of watching the antics of my favorite geeks. Last night’s episode was about Valentine’s Day and how some men just don’t get it. I’m talking about Sheldon (Jim Parsons) who is so smart that he’s dumb. Dumb to poor Amy’s (Mayim Bialik) attempts at romance.
                                                                               

As a Valentine treat, Amy took Sheldon on a train ride and not any old train ride. She booked dinner for four on Napa's Wine Train in Napa California. I've been on that train several times with my family and let me tell you, I was just as excited as Sheldon to ride the Napa Wine Train.
                                                                               

While Howard (Simon Helberg) and his sweetie, Bernadette (Melissa Rauch) enjoy the great food on the train, Amy is left to fend for herself because Sheldon finds another train fanatic to talk to. While this is going on, Leonard (Johnny Galecki) and Penny (Kaley Cuoco) mess up big time while babysitting Rajesh's (Kunal Nayyar) dog, Cinnamon.
                                                                                 

                                                                 

In the end all is well and Amy gets her kiss.

Helix
I've finally caught up with this amazing science fiction show on demand. Helix will be on tonight at 10 p.m. and I can't wait to see what happens next. I just watched the episode called "The White Room."
                                                                               

                                                                    
You're never sure who the good guys are. One of the characters, who I thought was good, Major Sergio Balleseros (Mark Ghanime) just killed another of my favorite characters, Dr. Doreen Boyle (Catherine Lemieux). Major Balleseros is under orders to find Dr. Hvit and Dr. Hatake does away with unhappy dissenters.
                                                                          

If this wasn't confusing enough, we finally find out what the white room is. Duh, it's the artic itself. When Major Balleseros goes outside of the compound looking for the mysterious Dr. Hvit, he finds the good doctor.
                                                                                  

                                                                             

 Well sort of...Dr. Hvit's head.
                                                                              

Wow, it seems the Governor from "The Walking Dead" isn't the only one collecting heads. Watch the show it's well written and keeps you guessing.

 

Helix

 

                                                    

Thanks to a friend’s suggestion (thank you Stacey Wright) I started watching missed episodes of a new SyFy show, Helix. This is one hell of a great show. I’ve only watched the first four episodes so far, but I hope to catch up before Friday.

Plot

Helix is a Science fiction thriller that premiered on the SyFy channel in January. Where the hell was I that I missed this? Oh now I remember, I was doing the reviews on Dracula. Anyway, a team of scientists from the CDC are called in to investigate a breach at a research facility in the Artic. When Dr. Alan Farragut (Billy Campbell) and his team arrive at Arctic Biosystems, they are pulled into a life and death struggle to control an outbreak. There is just one itty bitty problem; the man in charge of the facility, Dr. Hiroshi Hatake (Hiroyuki Sanada) is holding the cards and he has all the aces.

                                                                          

Dr. Farragut must try to save his brother Dr. Peter Farragut (Neil Napier) who has been exposed to the infection.  The infection and the symptoms remind me of something right out of the XFiles.  It’s hard to tell who the bad guys are and the shocks keep you on the edge of your seat. There are 13 episodes and each episode represents a single day within the story.

                                                                         

Conclusion

Friday nights are now looking better than ever especially with these two well written and intelligent shows, Grimm and Helix. If I’m going to be snowbound in my house for the next few weeks, I might as well enjoy a night of good television. What are you watching?