We got a LOT of ground to cover this week so...
COMMENCE LE TOUCHBASE!
On Jeopardy last week, Paolo Pasco won the Tournament of Champions in a very decisive fashion, in 3 straight games. He totally dominated in points, being out of reach by Final Jeopardy in each round. He was fast on the buzzer and knew his shit cold. He kept finding the daily doubles, went in for big bets and came through with the correct responses.
Paolo will go on to Jeopardy Masters where he is fully expected to dominate those proceedings as well. Which is fine by me. He's really super good and he's a likeable kind of guy.
Brilliant Minds reached a tipping point for Dr. Oliver Wolf heading into NBC's Olympic break. Wolf befriended Sophie, a woman who was a friend of his vanished father. They bonded over stories about his dad while Wolf treated Sophie for sleep deprivation. He brought her into Bronx General off the books for a sleep study.
Or did he?
I made a guess that Sophie does not exist but is a figment of Wolf's imagination.
When Dr. Alice Pierce (a psychiatrist at Bronx General and Wolf's best friend) reviewed the video recording of this sleep study, the room was empty except for Wolf who appeared to be talking to himself.
Suggesting the mental break that will send Wolf to Hudson Oaks as we've witnessed in the flash forwards we've been seeing this season.
Well, I guess we'll learn more when Brilliant Minds returns after the Olympics are done.
Yeah, about that....
NBC is being rather unspecific on the fate of the rest of season 2. The ratings for the show have not been great, nearly half of what the show attained in season 1.
NBC may burn off the rest of the season 2 episodes this summer or worse yet, make them exclusive to Peacock which means Andrea and I won't see them as we do not want to pay for yet another streaming service.
The other medical show we follow on NBC, the comedy series St. Denis Medical does have an assured future. It's been renewed for season 3.
The episode before the break does not set up any kind of status quo change. The theme of the episode centers around honesty as when to be or not to be. Curmudgeonly Dr. Ron reflexively will share his negative opinions about things which has caused friction with his son. During his son's visit, Ron tries really hard to resist that impulse. Meanwhile, head nurse Alex is shocked (SHOCKED, I tells ya) to realize her nurses might be lying to her about why they need unscheduled time off.
Next up on the Touchbase is Wonder Man on Disney+. Yep, it's a Marvel TV series but this is most definitely NOT some CGI riddled slugfest.
Wonder Man tells the tale of Simon Williams whose fastidious attention to such actorly details as character motivations and backstory make him a pain in the ass to work with. And gets him fired from a small supporting role in American Horror Story.
He really really REALLY wants to land the lead is a big budget reboot of a beloved science fiction franchise from his childhood, Wonder Man.
Simon is also hiding a secret: he has super powers. And super powers are a no-no in Hollywood after DeMarr Davis, aka the Doorman accidentally killed beloved comic actor Josh Gad with his dimenson warping abilities.
Here's Josh Gad with the dance club mix of Olaf's "In Summer" from Frozen.
Portrayed by Oscr winner Ben Kingsley, Trevor Slattery was the actor hired to pretend to be the terrorist known as "The Mandarin" in Iron Man 3 (2013). Trevor showed up again in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021).
Trevor with his John Lennon-esque cadence and his chill demeanor is not really into being a spy for the government but he's really also not into going back to prison. Still he's developing a rapport with Simon and doesn't want to see anything bad happen to him.
Disney+ pulled a Netflix and dropped all 8 episodes of Wonder Man at once but Andrea and I are parsing this one out at 2 episodes a week.
It's a strange ride but also a lot of fun with great character development.
Finally, Andrea and I caught up with The Muppet Show special and both Andrea and I had a great time watching this show.
With human guest stars Sabrina Carpenter, Seth Rogen and Maya Rudolph, this special captures the insane spirit of the original show with a decidedly modern energy.
I really enjoyed the cover of "Islands In the Stream" with Sabrina and Kermit.... and Miss Piggy. And the big production number with Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now".
It was a lot of fun, even with Maya Rudolph's untimely death.
Oh good! She got better!
I hope this special does well enough because Andrea and I could really go for some more NEW Muppet Show.
And whew!
That is that for this week's Tuesday TV Touchbase.
Until next time, remember to be good to one another and try to keep it down in there, would ya? I'm trying to watch TV over here.
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