Five Drinks Into Reality TV: Big Brother Canada Game and Show Week 5

Tom's Take:

This week was a consequence of the Canadian Power Shift. A bad player got to stay two extra weeks, but she contributed nothing to the game and was quite frankly an annoyance to the show. But we can move on now, although unfortunately  we've got feed blocks ruining what should be the most interesting weekend of the game so far. Shame on BB Canada for absolutely sucking on these twists so far

Five Drinks Into Reality TV: Survivor Season 26 Episode 7 "Tubby Lunch Box"

Tom's Take:

The Butchery continues in what has been quite frankly a boring season...

Five Drinks Into Reality TV: Big Brother Game and Show Week 4

Tom's Take:

This was a great week for the game that proved you don't need a freaking twist to create drama. You just need people with social interactions and jealousy to create drama. Also, Tom got evicted! Woooh!

Five Drinks Into Reality TV: Survivor Season 26 Episode 6 "Operation Thunder Dome"

Tom's Take:

The game shifted this week, but not for the better. The Favorites were crushing the Fans, and now....They're just flat out embarrassing them. Now we don't even have fun competitions. It's just going to be a massacre.

Five Drinks Into British TV: Doctor Who Series 6

Tom's Take:

So the first half of Series 6 of Doctor Who was so good that I honestly thought it would be my favorite series of the show. Then it stumbled somewhat, and so now I would have trouble saying it's better than Series Four, but the last three series have been better than the first three and I am looking forward to finally catching up with the rest of the world and watching Series 7 of Doctor Who.

Five Drinks Into Reality TV: Big Brother Canada Game and Show Week 3

Tom's Take:

This week actually sucked, and ultimately the twist of Canada having a veto lead to a boring eviction that kept Suzette, my least favorite player in the game. That's a backfire if ever there was one.

Five Drinks Into Reality TV: Survivor Season 26 Episode 5 "Persona Non Grata"

Tom's Take:

 Jesus, this episode was a travesty. Survivor needs a tribe swap because I am sick of where the season is right now. This episode was more like an episode of Jerry Springer than Survivor, and Brandon's insanity had NOTHING to do with the game. That's not to say it was not entertaining, but I like the GAMEPLAY

Five Drinks Into British Television: Doctor Who Series 5

Tom's Take:

Wow. I am surprised how much I liked this series. Is it as good as Series 4? I'm going to tentatively say no, but this is Matt Smith's first season as the Doctor, and he accomplished the most important task he had. He made it so that I didn't regret losing David Tennant. That's not to take anything away from David Tennant and the Tenth Doctor, but it is a testament to how well this series did to help me move on.  Good work Matt Smith, I don't hate you, and with such big shoes to fill it would have been very easy for me to.

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

Tom's Take:

This week was surprisingly eventful despite it really being irrelevant who went home since the alliance in power remains in a position of total control.

Five Drinks Into Survivor Season 26 Episode 4 "Kill or Be Killed"

Tom's Take:

This episode sort of pissed me off. It was clear before this season even began that the Favorites would crush the fans, but I didn't think it would happen like this. I underestimated how strong the Favorites would be in the challenges, and now they're just steamrolling the fans. Shamar's exit was also a huge disappointment, and it feels like the pre-swap portion of the game has played itself out. I'm ready for a swap! The only hope the fans have honestly is Brandon Hantz, and the breakdown that he's going to have next week. 

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.

Five Drinks Into British Television: Torchwood Series Four "Miracle Day"

Tom's Take:

I'm not sure if Torchwood moving to Starz had anything to do with the change of this series from the others, but this was not like any prior series of Torchwood. I hesitate to call this British Television as there were so many American actors in this series. And it was so good, especially the second half of the series, that I ended up staying up until 5:00 am to finish it. Wow.

Five Drinks Into British Television: Torchwood Series Three Review

Tom's Take:


So Torchwood Series Three is actually a mini series, which focuses on Earth dealing with a large scale Alien Encounter. I actually watched it a couple of weeks ago, so I'm actually kind of foggy on all the details of the series, but I'll just bring up a couple of key points.