With Fall Break giving me a four-day weekend, I was able to select two shows that I haven't had a chance to watch recently. Burn Notice, Chuck, Dexter, Dirty Sexy Money, Life, and Pushing Daises have all not been watched so far due to school taking up most of my time. I decided to pick two shows to catch up on and one impressed me to no end, while the other seems like it's losing a lot of what made it great in season one.

DIRTY SEXY MONEY - Amazing start to the second season of the show. The first epsiode began in media res, which is my favorite television tactic I grew to love watching Alias. I thought the entire episode was great to watch from beginning to end and the plot twist at the very end of the epsiode gives us a season-long arch to begin thinking about some things. The second episode kind of winded down from the first one, but it was still good. Simon Elder is a great mystery and Lucy Lui's character played a much better role (lawyer) then I thought she was going to (Edler's henchwoman). This show is amazing and Peter Krause is truly one of the greatest actors of all time.

The Birthday Present - 9.5, The Family Lawyer - 9.0

PUSHING DAISIES - Not good. I can't get into the case by case stories anymore. Olive's storyline is simply awful and I hate watching her interaction with the two old women. There was a lot of attention paid to the two women almost discovering Chuck. I thought it was pretty much bad storyteling. The narrarator dissapered for the entire middle portion of this epsiode, which is what makes the show so great. I simply don't think that this show is going on a good track. I haven't watched the next two episodes yet, but after 2x01 I'm not sure I want to.