Sam finds some things out about himself, and about his friends as well as the Devil himself. There's some character development, and I was glad to see it happen, as there's only so long that he can run around being a clueless nerd.

So Sam learns that the Devil doesn't always tell the truth; although why he'd think that would be the case is beyond me, but good for him for realizing it. The problem with the Devil is that sometimes what he's saying ~sounds~ like the truth. When he told Sam that his friends were unreliable, well, that just about sums up the two guys Sam works with, Sock especially. And then when Sock let Leon out... well, there's the Devil's point proven, right?

I admit, I let out a groan when that happened, because I didn't want the Devil to be right. And I was happy when Sock proved the Devil wrong by standing by Sam when the chips were down. These guys aren't what they appear to be on the surface, and that, I think, is a good thing for the longevity of the show. The whole Andi situation... well, are they friends or are they more? What happened to the fantastic guy with the twin sisters? There needs to be some plot clean-up there, but there's still time to deal with all that in the future.

Most of the story lines in this week's episode of Corner Gas were funny, but I just didn't find the Oscar/Emma plot funny... at all. I would have thought that a couple that's been married as long as they have wouldn't have 'sharing' issues any more.

The dirty truck being used as a notepad was funny, and inevitable that the phone number, the one important thing written on it, would be washed off. Having the Scouts be the ones to ruin things for Wanda was unexpected, and so made it funnier than if Hank had just messed things up the way he always does.

Karen's unexpected sketching ability was also humorous, particularly since everyone knew it was Davis she was drawing, except Davis. Small quibble with Davis shutting down the art show... since Lacey wasn't selling the liquor, did she really need a liquor licence? Hmmm...

But overall, a fairly humorous episode, although not the best of the season so far.

This was another funny episode of Reaper. The use of a horrid sweater as the vessle was hilarious. Sam's attempts to have a relationship with Andi continue, only this time, the Devil took a much more active role in throwing up road blocks to stop it. He claims this is all for Sam's good, but can we believe him? After all, he is the Devil!

Sam also finally gets the contract that he's been asking to see; unfortunately, he never gets a chance to read it. And we find out that maybe Sam's dad isn't as nice as we thought either, as there's something in that contract that he doesn't want Sam to see, and he's made sure that Sam will never see whatever that is.

And a question that I was wondering about was also answered: what happens to those humans who come onto the Devil's radar? Well, we found out that they generally don't come to a good end, which means that Sam's friends can look forward to a firey future. The question is this: is Andi on his radar? He says she's not ~yet~... but let's face it, he ~is~ aware of her.

In this episode, Tripp Darling sends Nick off to Italy; just one of the perks of working for the Darling family. Of course, the trip doesn't go smoothly, as Karen and her finace tag along with Nick and Lisa on what was supposed to be a romantic get-away for them.

Karen revealed her true inner witch with her endless stories of her past with Nick. I was surprised that no one, other than her finace, said anything to make her shut up. And even what he said wasn't much... just a sarcastic comment to Nick reminiscing about ~their~ walks on the beach, and then his final comment to Karen after Lisa and Nick had left. Lisa waited too long to stake her claim; she should have done that at the table in the restaurant, and not waited until later. It was clear from Karen's reaction that she's taken Lisa's words as a challenge, and one that she's clearly up for. So it looks like we can expect her to pull more antics with Nick, especially when Lisa's around.

Jeremy and his 'friend with benefits'... well, the pregnancy was pretty obvious, from the first moment she said she felt queasy when she saw him eating a sausage. The surprising thing here is that they both think they're in love. And isn't it great that they have enough money that this unplanned, unwed pregnancy won't cause any problems in their lives?

Juliet seems stupid, but keeps pulling high level SAT vocabulary words out. That's always funny. Brian and his child... well, that story line is funny, but how much longer can he really keep that a secret? I loved that his son found the weakness in Brian, though.

But it's Tripp Darling (Donald Sutherland) who continues to amaze me with his acting. He is a true master. His controlled rage at Tish and how he as an actor portrays that is just amazing. It shows him to be a great actor with a great character to play.

I'm sure the writers will drag out the suspense of 'which one isn't Tripp's child?' as long as they can, which only makes watching the show even better, really... with every move that every child makes, we'll all be wondering "Is that the one?"

I look forward to seeing the next episode, as this is a show that just gets better with each installment.

This is one of two shows this fall where we have average (or even below average) guys who end up doing very specialized jobs; both guys work in drone-type go-nowhere jobs in big-box-type stores, have the nerdy friend, and have an unattainable girl of their dreams. "Chuck" is the other show; this one is the better of the two.

The pilot episode of Reaper made me laugh, although I admit that the humour was kind of juvenile. Sometimes, though, people just want that kind of humour, and it works in this show. It was good to see that Sam needed some help with his first assignment, and also good (in the tv-plot-type of way) to see that someone got hurt trying to capture the firebug. That's what made the episode believable. If he'd suddenly turned into some super-reaper, well, that wouldn't have worked for me. But he didn't; he needed help, he couldn't get his dirt devil to work, and he was scared silly by what he had to do.

And I'll be tuning in to see what he has to do next, now that I know he won't always be using the dirt devil to reap the souls. They've added some dimension to the show with that little twist, and that should make it interesting.