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The Best Thing I Saw on TV This Week (3/3 – 3/10)

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This was a relatively slow week in the world of TV for me. Most of my shows were on hiatus, although Once Upon a Time was new and incredibly well-acted and well-paced. However, “The Queen Is Dead” was just too sad for me to think of it as the best thing I saw on TV this week. It was beautifully executed, but it was such a heavy hour of television.

With that in mind, I chose something lighter and more fun for this week’s pick for TV’s best moment of the week. Last night, Justin Timberlake came back to host his fifth episode of Saturday Night Live, and it was as enjoyable as I’d hoped it would be. I was always more of a Backstreet Boys fan growing up, but ever since Timberlake began his solo career, I’ve become a major JT fangirl. Apparently I’m just a sucker for a good song-and-dance man (with the emphasis on dance).

Timberlake’s performances of “Suit and Tie” and “Mirrors” on SNL showed off his characteristic style of performing—making doing it all look almost ridiculously easy.

What was your favorite thing on TV this week?

 

The Best Thing I Saw on TV This Week (2/24 – 3/3)

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This week was a fantastic end to what has been a great February sweeps period for all of the TV shows I regularly watch. Nick and Schmidt celebrated their 10th anniversary as roommates. Once Upon a Time ripped my heart out tonight with its Snow White storyline. Even the repeats shown this week were worthy of consideration for the best things on TV: Parks and Recreation offered a second showing of “Halloween Surprise” (and yes, the proposal did make me cry once again), and Saturday night gave up a second look at Once Upon a Time‘s excellent “Manhattan.”

The best of the best, though, came from Castle. “Hunt” was a suspenseful, dramatic, perfectly-acted hour of television. Combined with last week’s “Target,” this arc gave us Nathan Fillion’s strongest performances to date. His gift for subtle, real emotion was never more evident than in his scenes with his father, brought to life by the equally wonderful James Brolin. The two actors gave their scenes a depth and gravitas that lesser actors could never have found in such a common “long-lost father” storyline.

From Casino Royale to one of the most well-placed “Always” lines in the series, the scenes between Fillion and Brolin were the most affecting, layered, and all-around-best moments I  saw on television this week.

 

 

What was the best thing you saw on TV this week? And what are you looking forward to most in the coming week in the world of television?

The Best Thing I Saw on TV This Week (2/17-2/24)

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This was a phenomenal week in the world of television. February sweeps has been beyond good to me as a viewer. From Nathan Fillion’s heartbreaking performance in the first part of this season’s Castle two-parter to a very meaningful interaction involving fish sticks and a no-nail oath on New Girl, this was a week filled with amazing acting, shocking plot twists, hilarious comedy, and heartwarming moments.

But there’s nothing better than a wedding, and, this week, Parks and Recreation gave us the most perfect television wedding imaginable. This was the feel-good episode to beat all feel-good episodes, and it’s one that I know I won’t be deleting from my DVR until I get Season 5 on DVD.

“I love you and I like you.” It’s the perfect way to describe Ben and Leslie’s beautiful, inspiring relationship. And it’s the perfect way to describe how I feel about Parks and Rec.

 

What was the best thing you saw on TV this week?

The Best Thing I Saw on TV This Week (2/10-2/17)

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Only one week into starting this new feature, and I’m already behind! Sorry, everyone, for my tardiness, but I hope I can make it up to you with my choice for the best moment on TV between Sunday the 10th and Sunday the 17th.

There were several moments in the running from this past week in TV. There was Beckett giving Castle a drawer for Valentine’s Day, Ron Swanson curing hangovers one pan-seared flank steak at a time, and everything Louis is doing lately on Suits.

But my favorite moment of the week came from this Sunday’s “Manhattan” episode of Once Upon a Time. Family reunions are always a source of great TV drama, and this reunion was one of the most dynamic, emotional, and electric things I’ve seen on TV in a long time. This is what happens when you put strong actors in a small space and let them go. The result was pure—pun intended—magic.

 

What were your favorite things from the last week in the world of TV?

The Best Thing I Saw on TV This Week (2/3 – 2/10)

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In the spirit of starting new things around here, I was inspired by Heather’s fantastic “Episode of the Week” posts over at TVexamined to write a little something each week about my favorite thing I saw on television. Sometimes it’ll be serious; sometimes it’ll be silly. Sometimes it’ll be a huge moment; sometimes it’ll be a little detail. Television has the power to make us really happy, and I want to take a minute each week to single out something that brought me joy.

This week, New Girl introduced us to the “panic moonwalk,” and we’ll never escape awkward situations the same way again:

 

 

So tell me, what was the best thing you saw on TV this week?