Five Drinks Into Reality TV: Big Brother Canada Game and Show Week 1

Tom's Take:

Wow. Two episodes and we already got an HoH, noms, Veto, and an eviction. This 1st week was rushed, and I'm still having trouble telling everyone apart, which is hard with so many people in the game. Still, it was a lot of fun, and for the most part I feel like the production quality is okay and the novelty makes up for any areas where it's lacking.

So let's get to grading everyone's game and showplay.

Five Drinks Into Reality Television: Survivor Season 26 Episode 3 "There's Gonna Be Hell to Pay"

Tom's Take:

This episode set up some things and had an interesting mislead, but ultimately was kind of disappointing. 

Five Drinks Into British Television: Doctor Who Series Four

Tom's Take:

So I'm going to start this off with a bang. Series Four of Doctor Who is the best series of the show so far. Part of this might be on purpose,  as this was David Tenant's last series as The Doctor, and also the last series helmed by Russell T. Davies. So they had the power of finality in their corner, but that didn't get in the way from telling some of the best regular series episodes here, as well as telling the strongest series concluding arc to date. So let's dive into every episode of this series!

Five Drinks Into Reality TV: Survivor Season 26 Episode 2 "Honey Badger"

Tom's Take:

I kinda felt like this episode was too short. I wanted to see more from both tribes, which is a good sign, and I almost feel like every episode this season could be double length, because there is constant gameplay going on with the Favorites. So in episodes where the Fans lose and go to Tribal Council, and the producer HAVE to show us their gameplay, things are going to seem a little rushed. A lot of people are getting left out, which is unfortunate, especially since I think the Producers' are clearly playing favorites among the favorites in terms of who's the biggest character, instead of where the gameplay is. But some characters are emerging on the Fans Tribe, which is a nice development.

Five Drinks Into Reality TV: Survivor Season 26 Episode 1 "She Annoys Me Greatly"

What an amazing episode of Survivor. I'm glad that the Favorites went to the first tribal council for two big reasons. First, the Favorites are in a sped up version of the game, so their first Tribal was already as tense and exciting as any merged tribe Tribal. Secondly, because we got the funniest vote of all time. Francesca got voted off first...again!

Five Drinks Into Reality TV: Survivor Season 26 Preview The Fans

Tom's Take:

So this won't be as in depth as the Favorites preview, mostly because we don't know the Fans as well yet, but I think I'll give everyone at least a sketch, and a prediction.

Five Drinks Into Reality TV: Survivor Season 26 Fans Vs. Favorites 2 Preview

Tom's Take:

In one week, Survivor Caramoan will begin, and I think it's going to be a great season. It's Fans vs. Favorites 2, which is not the best format, since I think I would prefer a pure all stars season, but this format does give the Favorites a lot of pawns to play with, which will be interesting to see.

Five Drinks Into British Television: Doctor Who Series Three

Tom's Take:

So this one took a while...

Seriously, I think it's been months since I watched the first episode of Series Three, but I only just finished the Christmas Special in between Series Three and Series Four "Voyage of the Damned." And that really isn't the fault of Series Three, because for the most part this series was just as good as the previous series, but other things just got in the way, namely my decision to finish Torchwood before I finished this series.