Weekly TV Review: Oct 25 to Oct 31

Dexter- Dirty Harry: Dexter never delivers a bad episode. We find Dex hot on the trail of Trinity, but Deb is deeply struggling with the death of Lundy and Rita has discovered that Dex kept his old apartment. There's a lot of distractions for him, but he somehow manages to juggle it all like he normally does. What made the whole episode so interesting is how they developed Trinity even further. Despite Deter's best efforts, Trinity eludes him long enough to make his third kill, but when Dex follows Trinity away from the scene, he finds himself shocked to find that he and Trinity have even more in common than he ever imagined possible. ☆☆☆☆

Heroes- Strage Attractors: This episode was a little off balance. One of the most frustrating aspects was the Matt/Syler story line. Matt is still trying to kick Syler from his head, especially after Syler took control for a little sex session with Mrs. Parkman. Matt's solution was to literally drink his problems away. It was a really cheesy decision, though the episode redeems it a little bit when we see that it was merely a ruse for Syler to fully take over. We also see Claire in a Halloween story line that is actually not too bad. Her powers are now revealed to more people, but there is now the new dynamic now that she knows about little Miss Invsible. Noah's story line was weak, but did give us a very badass moment with Samuel ruthlessly destroying a police department. ☆☆☆1/2

Community- Introduction to Statistics: Community does a bit more to right the ship this week. The Halloween episode gets back to what made the early episodes so funny while still progressing the story quite well. Annie is throwing a Halloween party, and people will only go if Jeff is there, but Jeff is in hot pursuit of his sexy Stats professor. With his absence, Pierce tries to be cool by taking drugs, but he goes crazy and the only person that can help him is Jeff. He must decide between helping his friends and having sex with the professor, and he makes the interesting choice of helping friends. It shows that he is slowly accepting his place in community college, as well as committing himself to developing real friendships with his classmates. Between the story line and all of the funny costumes, this episode is very entertaining. ☆☆☆☆

The Office- Koi Pond: After Jim and Michael go on a sales call, Michael returns soaking wet after falling in a koi pond. With the office unleashing a relentless string of jokes (this was by far the funniest segment of the episode), Michael is getting upset. Jim tells Michael that he should make fun of himself to ease the pressure, but Michael of course takes this too far. We also see Pam and Andy making sales calls with everyone thinking they are married with a baby on the way. This makes for some awkward scenes, but then the episode takes things a little too far here as well. It's not a bad episode, but it missed some opportunities and marred some of its own bright spots. ☆☆☆

FlashForward- Scary Monsters and Super Creeps: This show continues to be very interesting despite a lack of very strong episodes. It has not wowed me yet, but I still find myself tuning in every week hoping to learn more. Whatever works I guess. The episode does a lot to show that maybe people really can change their futures. Hawk is told she can't have children after the gunshot wound, but she could very well still get pregnant. We also see Mr Simcoe end up at the Benford's house when his missing son turns up there. Him and Mark go at it, and Lloyd agrees to never come back. We finally get to see Dominic Monaghan in action, and his flashforward is quite disturbing. We also learn more about his involvement with the blackouts, and he is shaping up to be a great villain for the show. ☆☆☆1/2

*House and Glee did not air due to the World Series. Again, Dollhouse will not return until December. Coming up this week is the premiere of ABC's new show V. It looks very good, and I can't wait to review the show with the rest of them. The Scrubs spin-off show has been giving a premiere date of December 1.