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Tripp

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'Law & Order' Series Finale (VIDEO) (AOL TV)

May 25th 2010 11:20AM Probably a good episode to end the series on, the core cast is the best they've had in years, and watching Cutter, Connie, Bernard and Lupo interact in their rush to stop a bombing so much was a great goodbye. Ending it on Anita getting the good news about her cancer made my cynical heart smile.

But as stated before, the show really had improved and was so good these last 2 or 3 years. Great writing, great acting, and excellent chemistry between actors. Personal stories like Anita and Cutter's feelings for Connie served to give us more layers making it more than just a crime show. *sigh* I'm going to miss it.

Sync Wars: Address Book vs. Google Contacts (TUAW.com)

May 22nd 2010 3:26PM Plus, I have a need to use other services other than Macs to sync my calendar and contacts (PCs and Salesforce are two examples). So I have to keep Google apps for those services as MobileMe won't work for them.

So my issue with MobileMe is you pay a premium for something that is limited to ONLY macs. If you work across multiple platforms, it's not a good solution.

Sync Wars: Address Book vs. Google Contacts (TUAW.com)

May 22nd 2010 3:23PM I use CalGoo to sync my Mac calendars with Google calendars. It's free and works fine.

Now the address book is much harder. I've been using Soocial, but it seems to forever sync and is constantly giving me duplicates.

I've always wondered if you used the iPhone OS for various devices, it works fine syncing the contacts via your google apps account that way. What if you then set it to sync your contacts to the address book? Course then it's a manual sync.

Everyone Loves the 'Survivor' Guys (AOL TV)

May 18th 2010 6:35PM Russell is not a fan favorite. CBS (for some reason) decided to dictate him last season as a master strategist, even though his means of success was he played with idiots (and ultimately beaten by one). He makes decent decisions from time to time, but will wind up trying to control every aspect of the game, and insulting everyone else.

I'm not a Rupert fan, but I realize I'm in the minority of that. But having a contest on a cellular service to choose between tweedledee and tweedledumb does not convince America's love for either of them.

'Survivor: Heroes Vs. Villains' Finale and Reunion Report (AOL TV)

May 17th 2010 5:14PM *Women still love Colby Donaldson. And host Jeff Probst.*

Um, you can strike the women loving Probst part. At least this woman. I'm ready for a new host to be chosen.

Why It's Good That 'Law and Order' Is Over (AOL TV)

May 15th 2010 11:41AM My biggest problem with L&O being canceled, is no time to do a series finale.

Twenty years is probably never going be achieved again by another show. And with all the stories and cast that have come and gone on this show, why not give it a true send off that is properly promoted this time, and not buried a SVU episode?

Finally, your opinion on it being formulaic, actually the show had been playing with that. It had opened up to character driven plots and changed the format in a few episodes. I feel it's been the strongest quality wise in years, and its a shame the current cast and crew who made it such can't get the respect of having a real goodbye for the show they put so much effort into.

In a way L&O had always come through for NBC, even when it suffered in writing and casting, because it was always used as the show to plug a hole in the line up. With the snafu that NBC had on the Leno nonsense, I'm shocked they getting rid of their #1 substitute when they really have nothing to replace it. Idiots.

Finally, maybe NBC doesn't deserve all the blame. Dick Wolf probably spent too much time negotiating instead of realizing the writing on the wall for his show, focusing too much on "the record" versus giving the show a proper goodbye. It just breaks my heart we won't get a chance to say really goodbye to my favorite cast who renewed my love for this show in the last few years.

Ask TV Squad: What's Up With The 'Lost' Rerun? (AOL TV)

Apr 26th 2010 3:52PM I think this might have to do with trying to have all the episodes run February through May Sweeps. Survivor has always done the same thing, skip a week in the middle with their recap episode.

And Still More Fanesia Moments: Conan, 'The West Wing,' and Barney Fife (AOL TV)

Apr 8th 2010 5:14PM Actually I enjoyed CJ as the press secretary and thought she made a better choice than Toby (who never could NOT piss people off) or Josh who wasn't ready yet. My only complaint was her stepping into the role of foreign relations seemed too easy.

Five Cop Shows That Should Never Be Remade (AOL TV)

Apr 2nd 2010 9:28PM Actually, I think L&O has been having it's best season in 10 years and the cast is awesome. I hate that SVU (which is really hurting quality) gets all the attention.

Greg Grunberg says time slot change hurt Heroes (AOL TV)

Jan 26th 2010 4:43PM I do think moving the show to an earlier time slot was a bad move, but that affected most of NBC's primetime line up. Heroes could have overcome it, if the show learned from past mistakes and stop writing crap in each episode.

Did they really think we would enjoy watching a Groundhog day type episode where Hiro constantly jumps back in time trying to save some moron making him look like a bigger moron for not attempting to speak to him? What about the hiring of awesome actress Deanne Bray but regulate her to the sucky power of "colored sounds". Reinventing new characters for Ali Larter to play only to not use her and stick us with the amazingly dull Elizabeth Rohm and rewrite canon to explain her presence. Make Claire a lesbian by having her fall for her creepy stalker roommate Gretchen, the most boring lesbian of all time. Finally, giving Sylar identity crises #5 AND #6 with weeks of each other. They think this is what we want to see.

The first season was able to draw us in because there was an obvious direction. An overall plan that was able to interact with each character on a separate level but moved towards a group level. Not everything revolved around Claire or Sylar who are fine characters but what makes Heroes interesting is that the individual powers should be able to come together and make a stronger, united team. We want to root for them to get together towards a common goal that's clear from the first volume episode. Not keep us guessing with constant shuffling in of new characters who go as quickly as they come, trying to understand ambiguous motivations of the new season's villain and giving their heroes actual realistic flaws instead of just making them outright stupid (Peter, Hiro, Matt).