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Update: the photos below have been removed.

There has been a rumor that Disney’s Imagineers whipped up a real life version of WALL-E, the star of the same named film from Pixar later this year. Well, it’s no rumor. Mr Fox was at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank when WALL-E came for a visit.

He’s as cute a fella in real life as he is in the movies. Look for him in the theaters on June 27th. He’ll probably start appearing at the parks even a little before that.

see also: WALL-E official website.

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The writer’s strike is over, and shows are returning. At least the established favorites. This year’s freshman shows either are on hold until next fall or are canceled. The only freshman show I know of that got any new episodes is Women’s Murder Club. ABC is giving it three new episodes with a new show runner before they decide whether to cancel it or bring it back. Tonight was the first of those. And it reminded me just why I love the show so much.

A drive by shooting turns into a shoot out, and a young bystander is hit. But the van involved is spotted down the road. Just as Boxer and Jacobi show up, the shooter in the hooded sweatshirt shows up and shoots the van so that it explodes. The driver was still in the van, and is burned alive. And the victim? An undercover narcotics cop.

Naturally, Lindsay and Jacobi are leading the investigation. But Narcotics is stonewalling them. And the stonewalling gets even worse when they identify the shooter as another undercover narcotics cop.

Meanwhile, Cindy has a new rival at work, Jill is enjoying the single life, and Claire is still facing marital problems.

And the Kiss-Me-Not Killer? Silent for four months. In fact, the FBI have decided that he’s gone back under ground. They aren’t guarding Lindsay and have packed up and gone home.

To be honest, I didn’t feel like that much has changed. Which is a good thing since I enjoy the show. But if it needs to change to attract new viewers, this didn’t seem like enough to do it.

The plot of the show was fine. I think it ended a little too early to allow time for the coda about hostages. It worked, but it wasn’t quite the ending I would have liked. And it seemed to be missing that twist they’d been giving the stories.

I like the idea of giving Cindy a rival at work. As I’ve said all along, she is the most under used member of the cast, so if she gets some storylines out of this, all the better.

I also liked the fact that they acknowledged the passing of time. I hope they haven’t dropped the Kiss-Me-Not killer completely, but letting us know that four months have passed for these characters was a nice touch.

And did anyone else notice that Jacobi buzzed his hair? At first glance I didn’t recognize him. Of course, as soon as he said something, I wasn’t confused any more.

As always, the main character was Lindsay. We got to learn about her relationship with her estranged father, played by Gerald McRaney. Martin Boxer was also a cop and was kicked off the force after it came to light that he was a dirty cop. The two haven’t had contact for seven years. Yet he was at her wedding. So just how long ago did Lindsay and Tom get married and separate anyway? But Martin did hint that there was more to his leaving the force than anyone knew. So I wonder if that will be an on going story if the show returns.

Lindsay also gets a potential love interest here in an attempt to soften her character. This is the biggest change I could see, and I didn’t like it. Grown adults acting like little kids? Not so fun. Frankly, it also seemed a little out of character to me. And why even introduce a character if you are just going to ship him off to another country in two weeks, which is what he claims will be happening to him. He’s an architect and will be leaving for a year to build a hotel elsewhere. Frankly, I thought it weakened the show. I’ll be interested to see where they go with it, but I’m not a fan right now.

Am I alone in thinking they should have thought through the romantic storyline a little more?

Mark

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Lots of stuff happening tonight, including “Dance Center” and an update on Cristian. Let’s jump right in.

Encore: I got this part right. Actually, if you listen to the judges, it is pretty easy to predict which dance they’ll want to see again. And Jason and Edyta’s Quickstep was the judge’s choice. However, instead of throwing papers this time, he gave Carrie Ann a high five at the end.

And there’s a new rule for next week. The couples can do one lift per routine as long as it is in keeping with the style of the dance. Frankly, I’m glad to see them change the rule like this since no one but Carrie Ann and me have been paying attention to that rule for a couple of seasons now. And it makes sense to change it part way through the season, too, once everyone has more experience. I would be behind them making it a permanent rule change part way through the season.

Dance Center was funny as always. No real one liners this time, but several laughs and a few chuckles and grins. Especially the clips of Mark Ballas’ facial expressions.

They finally updated us on Cristian and Cheryl at the very end. He has a torn tendon in his arm that will require surgery. But just before the show started, the doctor told him he can postpone the surgery until after Cristian has left the competition, so he is going to keep on dancing until it ends or he is eliminated.

Bottom Two:
Marissa Jaret Winokur & Tony Dovolani
Shannon Elizabeth & Derek Hough

I think this is the first time I’ve ever been wrong on both picks for the bottom two. I really had Cristian pegged to be down there. But looking at their scores again, it isn’t that surprising. Shannon was tied with Mario and Marissa was just one point ahead of them. I have a feeling the sympathy vote helped both Mario and Cristian in the end.

Ultimate, the star leaving was Shannon. Frankly, I thought she was better than some of the others left, and I’m sorry to see her go.

It will be interesting to see how the new lift rule effects the competition next week, especially with Cristian being injured. I honestly hope he doesn’t attempt a lift because that would just make a bad situation worse.

Looking ahead to next week, we’ll get more Dancing with the Star than ever with an extra hour on Tuesday looking at the 10 greatest dances on the show so far. Why? Because next Tuesday will be their 100th episode. Time flies when you do two shows a week, doesn’t it?

Mark

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