We've been told Starbuck has a destiny for the last few episodes. All those episodes have been building up to this final Maelstrom. Yet somehow I feel cheated, and so should Starbuck.

We have learned recently that Starbuck has been drawing and seeing the 'eye of Jupiter' since she was a little girl. We learned in this episode that her unstableness and self-destructive streak stem from unresolved mother issues. She never had a chance to say goodbye to her dying mother and hence never had closure. That I can buy.

The whole episode is filled with not so suddle foreshadowing of the ending. Kara and Lee pick out their spots on the wall of the dead. The candle drips multicolored wax onto the floor in the shape of starbuck's visions. Starbuck gives Adama a figurehead for the model ship he is building in a 'goodbye' gesture.

But I can't accept that Starbuck's much-hyped destiny was to kill herself in a storm on some unknown planet on the way to Earth. She is too important a character to meet her end in such an unimportant manner. I truly hope that this 'ending' was simply a tactic to throw us fans off the track of her real destiny. I don't think she's dead at all.

What a complete and utter disappointment. I have been eagerly awaiting the return of Scrubs, but this episode was not worth the wait. JD's new girl friend is pregnant, Carla is ready to pop any minute, Jordan is pregnant and Elliot seems to wish she and decides to treat her interns like her babies... ik! At the same time, Dr. Cox, JD and the Janitor try to deal with their own issues and see themselves in the patients. Cos tries to comfront his anger issues (as if??), the Janitor wonders if he has thrown away his life by tormenting JD, and well JD is just freaking out about the news of Kim's pregnancy. All in all, this could have been done in a hilarious way, but somewhere along the way the show misplaced its sense of humor. I get that they are trying to make the characters evolve but the humor is what makes Scrubs so great. If the season 6 premier was an indication of the rest of the year, then I think its time to put this show out of its misery....

When I watched the pilot episode, I found this show to be stereotypical and predictable. Its still full of stereotypes, but after tonight, I officially do not know whats coming next.

The kidnappers make it seem that Sara has been killed, but we discover it was a setup. Because the Senator believes his wife is dead, he decides to vote NO for the election of Judge Ranier to the Supreme Court. The FBI must stop the senator's vote or else his wife really will be killed. The episode ends with Kelton getting shot when he is telling the senator that his wife's death was a setup and that there is still hope in finding her. So is Kelton really dead?? Looked like a pretty fatal shot to me! Very brave of the show to kill off the lead character just 7 episodes in. Can't wait to see what they do next. This time I have no predicitons, except I'm still convinced the son is the mastermind behind everything.

8 months after the shooting, House is back without his cane and without his pain. He runs. He skateboards. He smiles. He actually cares about the well being of his patients and they are thanking him for it. We meet a whole new Dr. Gregory House in the season 3 opening episode.

House even asks Cameron out on a date only to be rejected. He's not broken anymore, so there is nothing left for her to fix.

And did you notice how the entire hospital seems to reflect House's new happy outlook on life. He's not miserable anymore. The walls are suddenly colorful and everything is much more light. The hospital seems an extension of his emotional state.

But we have foreshadowing of whats to come. House does feel a slight pain in his leg. He knows the treatment might not be permanent. And after Wilson refuses to give him a perscription for Vicodin, and Cuddy refuses to let him follow his gut for a treatment for one of his patients, House takes matters into his own hands. He breaks into Wilson's office and forges a Vicodin perscription for himself.

It is obvious that the new happy House is only temporary as we witness to slide back to his miserable old self begin by the end of the episode.

Let's start with the characters. We have a senator who loves his much younger (second) wife who has plenty of secrets. We have the tormented single-father FBI agent whose previous kidnap case blew up in his face (pun intended). The senator's rebellious teenage daughter who likes to hang out with guys from the wrong side of the track just to piss off daddy. Daughter's boyfriend (said boy from the wrong side of town) also has secrets, but I recon they'll turn out to not have a major impact on the overall story. The senator's son who is desperate for attention from his divorced parents.

And let's not forget about the driven tv reporter who sees an opportunity for fame in covering the senator's wife kidnapping story. Last but definately not least, that goatee on the concierge should have been a dead giveaway! Bad guys always have goatees! If you've watched the pilot, you'll know exactly what I mean.

But inspite of the cookie-cutter characters, the storyline is captivating. And even though I guessed most of the twists and turns during the pilot episode, it still made for captivating tv. I already have my own theory on who is the master-mind behind the kidnapping (the son did it!). And now I'm gonna have to watch the entire season to see if I'm right or wrong. I just hope that this show doesn't get Foxed or we'll never know who kidnapped Sara. Just like we never knew who killed Sam last year on Reunion.