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TV gal closes the book
By Amy Amatangelo
Zap2it.com
(KRT)
'Twas the day alter November sweeps
And all through the lineup
Almost every show was one we've seen before
Except for the one featuring the Donald's pom-
padour.
As we say goodbye to November sweeps and
my TiVo settles in for a long winter's nap. let's re
flect on the month.
Most melodramatic moment: The gang on "CSI:
Miami" (Monday. CBS) rebuilding the grocery
store after the hurricane to schmaltzy music and
slow-motion effects. And you thought David
Caruso s performance couldn't possibly be more
exaggerated.
Most welcome guest star: After his untimely
demise on "24," I was thrilled to see Paul Schulze
on "The West Wing" (Wednesday, NBC) and
"Medical Investigation" (Friday, NBC).
Best guest star that we didn't even see: Madison
on "Everwood" (Monday, WB) didn’t even have to
show up to cause problems with Amy and Ephram
and make Dr. Brown realize one more time how
close his son is to finding out the truth.
Best guest star: even though I came to loathe the
NBC promos, Ray Liotta was still phenomenal on
"ER" (Thursday. NBC).
Most annoying cast addition: 1 don't think it's
Kristin C’henoweth's fault, but her Annabeth Schott
on "The West Wing" is yet another extremely ex
asperating woman on that show. After C.J., the first
lady and Donna, the series ceased being able to
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Film club screens New Tork indie
Jason Allentoff, the director of “Never Among Friends,” will be at the screening on Dec 10. After
the movie, Allentoff will be available for a question and answer session.
By Annie Sevin
staff writer
“Never Among Friends,” a drama written
and directed by Jason Allentoff, will be shown
Friday at 7:00 p.m. in Reed 117. This movie
write compelling female characters.
Bummer of a cancellation: "LAX." No, I didn't
love the show, but people, it was Heather Locklear.
At least we got to see Charisma Carpenter play her
sister.
Worst guest star: Did anyone out there even care if
Donna (Kelly Preston) and Joey got together on
"Joey" (Thursday, NBC)?
Most unnecessary cameo that still made me ri
diculously happy: There was no reason for Nick
from last season's "The Apprentice" (Thursday,
NBC) to be on "American Dreams" (Sunday,
NBC). He was the shopper buying the alarm clock
so his boss wouldn't fire him. But I was still thrilled
to see him. Perhaps you might have missed his se
cret message to me. Let's put him and Raj on the
same reality show _ maybe they can compete on
"The Amazing Race" (Tuesday, CBS)? That would
be some good times.
Most deceptive promotion: You really didn't
think they were going to kill off one of the four (or
five, if you count Nicolette Sheridan's Edie) main
"Desperate Housewives" (Sunday, ABC) did you?
Don't be mad at the series. Blame the promotions
department. They know not what they do.
That’s my wrap-up of November sweeps. What's
yours? Talk about it on the TV Gal message boards.
QUOTES OF THE WEEK
"It's 11 o’clock at night. Who are you hoping to
hook up with now? Spike and Drusilla?" Rory to
Paris on "Gilmore Girls" (Tuesday, WB). You have
to love the "Buffy" shout out.
"They reran '9021 O' on FX and the Walshes went
to live in Hong Kong. I thought it was pretty be
lievable." Hannah to Amy on "Everwood" about
stars four actors as friends and lovers; Pete
Capella (Steve Wilson), Kevin Interdonato
(Sean Ferrara), Natalie Durante (Jane
Rumsfield), and Tasha Rudolph (Tracy Jones).
The plot is about all the goings-on between
these four people. It is told through the eyes
on sweeps
why she said her parents were in Hong Kong
WHERE HAVE I SEEN THEM BEFORE?
TV Gal reader Michelle recognized a bevy of
familiar faces on "Without a Trace" (Thursday,
CBS). Jack Coleman was the son of the miss
ing juror. He was Peter Rickman on last season's
"Kingdom Hospital" and Steven Carrington on
"Dynasty." Joel Brooks played the son of the
holocaust survivor. He played Ruth's co-worker
Robbie on "Six Feet Under" (Sunday, HBO) and
Mrs. Garrett's son Raymond on "The Facts of
Life." John Kapelos, forever Carl the janitor in
"The Breakfast Club" to me, was the head of
the group tracking down Nazi war criminals.
David Garrison played the missing man's law
yer. He was Steve on "Married... with Children"
and played the faux modeling agent who
scammed Robert out of his money last season
on "Everybody Loves Raymond."
Ken Marino, the detective interrogating the
priest on "NYPD Blue" (Tuesday, ABC), was
Joey's Professor Wilder on "Dawson's Creek.’
He was also Andy on "Leap of Faith" and Steve
on "Men Behaving Badly." Dawnn Lewis,
Jaleesa on "A Different World" and Robin on
"Hangiri with Mr. Cooper," was the woman who
had an affair with Michael's father and then con
fessed to killing him. Christine Estabrook, the
dear departed Mrs. Huber on "Desperate House
wives," was the woman working at the church
who was in charge of the van.
TV Gal reader Terry recognized Christy
Carlson Romano, the voice of Kim Possible and
Ren Stevens on "Even Stevens," as the preppy
God on "Joan of Arcadia" (Friday, CBS). Mike
Starr, Kenny on "Ed," was the God who came
into the bookstore looking for a copy of "Sense
and Sensibility." Mary Mara was Grace's mom.
Among her many roles, she was Loretta Sweet,
the prostitute Dr. Greene tried to help on "ER"
and the entertainment reporter C.J. totally took
to task on "The West Wing." Kimberly
McCullough, currently playing Kevin's ex-girl
friend, Beth, was Robin Scorpio on "General
Hospital" (where she worked with Amber
Tamblyn) and Eli's girlfriend Jennifer on "Once
& Again."
TV Gal reader Jess recognized George
Newbem as the psychiatrist on "Boston Legal"
(Sunday, ABC). Newbem was Danny, the neigh
bor who had an inappropriate relationship with
his sister on "Friends," and Syd's husband,
Owen, on "Providence." Newbem was also the
groom-to-be in the "Father of the Bride" mov
ies.
That's all for today. I will be back next Mon
day with my picks for the 10 best characters
currently on television. And don't forget com
ing in December, it's my annual "Best" columns
the best quotes, the best shows and the best of
everything television. Also I'll have the scoop
on the fourth season of "24."
Have question, seen a familiar face, have an
inside scoop or want to nominate a quote of the
week? Write me at amytvgal@zap2it.com.
NEVERAMONGFRIENDS.COM
Friday, December 3, 2004
of Steve, who sometimes narrates the story.
Steve has written a book about his friend Sean
who was involved in a car accident. Sean’s
knee had been injured during the crash, pre
venting him from playing baseball in the big
leagues. This abrupt change in his life causes
Sean to almost become an alcoholic.
Steve tries to help Sean with his problems,
but Steve ends up comforting Tracy (Sean’s
girlfriend) more than Sean. Unfortunately for
Steve, he too has a girlfriend (Jane) - he tries
to fend off Tracy before anything happens be
tween the two of them, but they end up having
an affair anyway.
The affair is kept secret from Sean and Jane,
but it begins to take a toll on Steve’s conscious.
As more thing start to weigh heavily on Steve’s
mind, an interesting twist in the plot creeps up
towards the end of the movie.
This movie has a good script and good in
tentions for the message it tries to deliver -
this movie is very mindful of the effects of al
cohol and forgiveness. However, “Never
Among Friends” is full of vulgar language and
sex scenes. This movie is not shot in the tradi
tional Hollywood style; it is almost like watch
ing a home video or an after-school special.
This type of filming compliments this movie
because it is about real life situations and prob
lems.
“Never Among Friends
on Friday, Dec. 10 at
Reed 117
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