November 30 through December 5

Glee: Sectionals this week! The club competes against the Dalton Academy Warblers (of which Kurt is now a member) and The Hipsters (old people who are trying to get their GED). Emma and Carl grow closer but some couples hit rough patches.

16&Pregnant: Christinna and her (maybe) baby daddy Isiah have drama over whether or not he is the father and being newlyweds.

OTH: Brooke and Julian go skydiving, while Haley sets up a concert at Tric featuring Kid Cudi. Meanwhile, Quinn sneaks out of town to visit a familiar face.

ANTM: It's finale time! Ann and Chelsey (my pick to win) face off in a Roberto Cavalli runway show.

*Soon, most of these shows will either be over or on hiatus so this may be a little empty in the coming weeks*

Aubrey (16&Pregnant) Overview

I actually felt a little sorry for this week's family in the making. They had good goals and hopes, but not a lot of ambition to get them accomplished. Aubrey and her baby daddy/husband live in Arizona and her parents are divorced so only her mom is around. She was having trouble keeping up in school so she dropped out. She and Brandon lived together on their own until he lost his job. They then moved in with her grandma because she was the only person who would take them in.

Because neither of them have jobs they are in debt and not really doing a whole lot to take care of it. Aubrey is trying to get on track to get her GED but since she has been out of school for so long, she isn't succeeding. Brandon finally gets a job as a mall security guard so they have a little bit of security themselves. Ha no pun intended. Aubry wants to help out and get a job as well, but Brandon would much rather her stay home and take care of their son. After 30 hours of labor, baby Austin Carter arrives. Though the family is excited, their grandma still wants them to move out soon.

Aubrey gets a job at a pizza place so now there are two incomes for the couple. They are currently working hard to get their own place and keep saving their money up. She feels like their relationship has grown stronger since the birth of their child. While Aubrey wishes she had stayed in school, she plans to start working hard to get her GED so she can go to college and help support their son.

Furt (Glee) Overview

Wedding bells are ringing! Burt and Carole are getting married! They told Finn in the middle of the hallway with Kurt in tow. Kurt takes it upon himself to plan out the whole thing and enlists New Directions to be the entertainment. Sue has also decided that she is going to marry herself. And officiate the ceremony. All at the same time. Yeah, I don't know how that's supposed to work either. Sam decided that he is in love with Quinn and gave her a promise ring. At first she didn't except, but he is waay too cute to say no to. But more on that later.

Sue's Nazi hunting mother returns home for her daughter's "wedding" and tries to make amends for being an absentee parent to both Sue and her sister, Jean. Sue attempts to reconcile, but Doris is continuously being critical to Sue. She eventually calls her a bully and disinvites her to the wedding while it is taking place.

Karofsky is still terrorizing Kurt so Rachel enlists the glee girls' football-playing boyfriends to confront him. Finn and Puck do not participate in said confrontation. Finn's reason is that he would like to continue winning football games and if Karofsky is mad at him, he'll get sacked on just about every play. Puck's is a little less self-centered in that he really doesn't want to go back to juvie. When Kurt and Karfsky (and their dads) meet with Sue to discuss the situation and the punishment, Sue says that the only thing that the school board can do is give him a verbal warning. Kurt is not satisfied with this and announces that he is going to transfer to Dalton Academy (where Blaine goes). Quinn is impressed with Sam's bravery and that is when she accepts his promise ring.

Finn is concerned with his dwindling popularity so Santana's tells him that he should just tell people about their secret (he lost his virginity to her back in season 1). He refuses to do so after learning that Rachel never slept with Jesse (also season 1) and telling her the truth would break her heart. At the wedding, He uses his best man speech to apologize to Kurt for not standing up for him. He vows that from now on, a new union has been formed, Furt (combo of their names), and that he will always be there for him.

Thanksgiving Week Previews

House: Science and faith are called into question when a patient is admitted to the hospital following his reenactment of the Crucifixion. The patient, Ramon Silva, refuses to undergo the prescribed treatment, and the team learns that after his daughter's cancer was cured, he pledged an oath of self-sacrifice to God. With little time to save Ramon's life, the team struggles to understand his reasoning and seemingly extreme religious convictions, but eventually learn that faith is not an argument.

Glee: Carole and Burt are getting married! Also, Sue's Nazi hunting mother returns home to pay a surprise visit to her daughter.

OTH: No new episode. But, they did get picked up for a full season!

ANTM: This week ANTM is doing a recap of all the most memorable moments so far this season. This is good for me since I have missed just about every episode due to work. Next week is the finale!

Friday Night Lights: I will also be home in time to watch this as well. I have to say, FNL is one of my favorite shows. Watching it reminds me how much I love the atmosphere that comes with a good football team and I hate that I have missed so much of it. There is no information anywhere on the web because it's exclusively on DirecTV right now. But, that means no commercials for me :)

I will actually be home in time to watch all of these so I will have a busy couple days posting their recaps. Thankfully, we break for the holidays tomorrow so I will have more time that I usually do.

The Substitute (Glee) Overview

Well in the spirit of flu season, both Figgins and Mr. Schue are both out. The most terrifying part about this is that Sue has been instated as the new principle. The lovely Gwenyth Paltrow is standing in for Schue as Spanish teacher and glee coach. We also see the re-appearance of Terri trying to win Schue back by nursing him back to health

Rachel is trying to take over the glee club in Mr. Schue's absence and Kurt is sick of it. Thus enter Holly Holiday as new glee coach. but not until after she was done talking about Lindsay Lohan and her numerous trips to rehab in Spanish. She changes things up a bit when she asks the kids what songs they want to sing. *Cue very rad performance of Cee Lo Green's "Forget You".*

Sue is using her power to try and disband the football team but after Beiste reminds her that her Cheerios won't have anyone to cheer for, she bans tater-tots instead. *Cut to Mr. Schue performing "Make 'Em Laugh" with Mike Chang in a dream sequence.*

Rachel is not in love with Holly and her teaching methods so she goes to voice her concers to Mr. Schue. Terri has said that she is moving on with her life but she is still trying to get back with Will. In his sickly state, they end up kissing and Terri thinks that it meant something when in reality, it was a mistake.

Kurt is setting Mercedes up on a date so that maybe she will forget about the lack of tots. But she doesnt want a lover, she wants tots. Aparently Rachel didnt hate Holly that much because they did a duet of "Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag" from Chicago. *Love* Will returns to school but he is not completely healthy. And Sue fired Figgins! And Will! That leaves Sue as prnciple and Holly as Spanish/glee club teacher. This leads to a throwdown between Holly and Will about how the kids need to be able to express themselves through music.

Mercedes is in trouble for shoving tots up the tailpipe of Sue's Le Car. After careful consideration, Holly goes to visit Will to tell him that she is resigning. They talk about her "no consequences" lifesyle and how that makes her a bad choice as his replacement. Mercedes tags along on Kurt and Blaine's date and is relatively bored. Afterward, Kurt tells Mercedes that she is substituting food for love and Kurt for a boyfriend.

To close the episode, Mr. Schue wants to do a cover of "Singin' In The Rain". The kids are not thrilled with his song choice so he goes to Holly, who is subbing for a history teacher dressed up like Mary Lincoln, to help him modernize it. They end up putting it together with Rhianna's "Umbrella" and the performance was super cool.

Wish you well,

St.  Ann

Markai (16&Pregnant) Overview

This week's mom-to-be is Markai from Florida. She is 16 and is a senior (home schooled I think). Her whole story came about because she and her lover James didn't have protected sex even though they were educated. They have a good support system from their friends but not from her mom. But, it's totally understandable because she was a teen mom as well.

She has a weird craving for soap and for some reason she makes a lot of excess saliva. James is out on the job hunt but so far has been unsuccessful. They tried to secretly move James into Markai's house but her mom was against it.

After a while, James quit looking for a job and his ex-girlfriend has been trying to hook up with him on Myspace. (Really...who uses Myspace anymore?!) After a painful labor, Za'karia is born.

Markai has been talking with her dad, trying to find them a place to live but in the meantime, her mom had a change of heart and James is living with them. But once she finds out that he cheated on her in the beginning of their relationship, the mega fight ensues. And not just a verbal fight. After this, they declared that they were through. But it didn't last long because they reconciled realizing that they do love each other and have to work on their relationship for Za'karia. The main issue was a lack of trust and a lot of fear.

I am hoping that they can work this out because there is nothing I dislike more than the guys on this show that don't care about their child. You will be a part of that kids life whether you like it or not so you might as well have a good relationship. I'd say that we are now 2/4 on supportive baby daddies because I really feel like Daniel from last week was just a pain and not any help to her at all.

Wish you well,
St. Ann

November 15-19 Previews

House: After a 200-year-old medicine jar found on an off-shore shipwreck shatters in a teenage girl's palm, she is admitted to Princeton Plainsboro for symptoms closely linked to smallpox. When the Center for Disease Control's Dr. Dave Broda institutes a lockdown on the hospital and suspends House's team's ability to diagnose, Masters grows suspicious of Broda's motives and becomes convinced that the patient is suffering from a different disease. The girl's father soon experiences similar symptoms, and House is forced to make a precarious decision that puts his own life in jeopardy.

Glee: Gwenyth Paltrow makes a guest appearance as Holly Holiday when Mr. Schue takes a sick day.

OTH: Thanksgiving ep. The gang gathers at Nathan and Haley's house for the holiday.

16&Pregnant: Markai is our mom this week. From the looks of the preview, there are some serious trust issues going on.

ANTM: The final 4 girls meet one-on-one with Vogue Italia's editor-in-chief, Franca Sozzani and the girls are challenged to pose with emotion through movement. Double elimination this week!