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The present time line we find our main character Ellen Parsons running out of an apartment covered in blood, ending up in police custody. The only thing she will say is get me my lawyer. Jumping back six months earlier we learn the story of how Ellen just got out of law school and becomes the protege of high-stakes litigation lawyer Patty Hewes. 

With some twists and turns by the end of this tv episode can Ellen really trust Patty Hewes?

If you missed this tv episode visit FX's website and watch TV episodes online!

Joining the summer season bandwagon with other great shows like The Closer, The Dead Zone, Rescue Me, and Phych comes a new comedy/drama ("Dramedy") from the USA Network, Burn Notice. Starring Jeffrey Donovan and actor Bruce Campbell should prove to be quite entertaining.

Donovan stars as Michael Westen a government operative agent that gets "burned" in the middle of a dangerous operation over seas. When an agent gets fired they can't risk that agent using his trained skills against them, so they freeze all of his assets, bank accounts, and his life.

Westen finds himself stuck in Miami trying to find out who "Burned" him while he scrapes by using his skills to make money by working odd "private detective" type jobs. He utilizes his ex girlfriend who is also an ex agent and his friend (Campbell) who is an ex Navy Seal to help pull off these odd jobs.

This season's Burn Notice should prove to be quite entertaining!

In the last episode the story focused on John's son JJ who now seems to be developing a pychic ability of his own. Like his father he was able to guess continuously where the Fortune Wheel would land when they were at the traveling carnival. It yet remains to be seen where these changes take us and whether they are for the better.

Stay tuned for reviews on the new series Burn Notice and the return of Phych!

The episode ends with Sgt. Gabriel solving the need to cut a detective from their department by transferring him to Counter Terrorism, by loaning him back to Priority Homicide.

The Dead Zone and The Closer both premiered this week with a bang just like last weeks premier of Rescue Me!

Just like the method we discussed with reoccurring storylines with CSI and Nip/Tuck, The Dead Zone has used this method throughout the entire show with their upcoming apocalypse scenario with character Congressman (now Vice President) Greg Stillson. Now this storyline was made easy as this show is based off of the hit book by Stephen King: The Dead Zone which uses much of the same storyline.

With this years season premier The Dead Zone seem to be straying more and more away from the book's storyline, as Johnny no longer sees his apocalypse visions when he touches the new Vice President Greg Stillson. They seem to be implying Stillson's assistant and crony was the one to blame, whom was killed in a scuffle with Rev. Gene Purdy.

The Dead Zone made another drastic and daring move by killing off popular character Walt Bannerman. Johnny had numerous visions of his death, and was able to avoid a few of these close calls, but by doing so he then saw the death of Rev. Gene Purdy to which Johnny enlisted the help of Walt to save. Walt managed to save Purdy from a fire, only to get trapped in it himself.

This leaves open a couple of questions...will Johnny and Sarah get back together with Walt out of the picture? Find out! Watch The Dead Zone!

This season starts with Tommy in an interrogation room possibly facing insurance and arson charges for burning down the house. He wakes up from this dream and we are 9 months after this incident. His new baby has been born, everyone thinks he will be going to jail, he finds out his daughter is seeing an older guy and has been drinking, smoking pot, and having sex.

During their first fire call the whole floor gives way tilts into a fire. One by one all of the firemen lose their grips and slide down the tilted floor and into the fire! They shot this scene like it was a dream sequence. After Tommy falls into the fire, we see a close up of him waking, and realize that it wasn't a dream at all! The wall had given way, and they all slid through the fire and out through the hole in the wall and to the ground unhurt

This season on Rescue Me be expecting bigger and better fire scenes with the real actors and less cuts between shots. This should prove to be more intense and have a more real feel.

This Sunday and Monday make sure not to miss the premiers of The Dead Zone and The Closer!

Rescue Me Premiered last night with a bang! Check back tomorrow to see more on this premier! While we wait for the premier of Dead Zone on Sunday and The Closer on Monday let's continue discussing CSI.

Two reoccurring storylines took place throughout this last season of CSI. Each storyline popped up here and there between various episodes and tied the whole season together. The Miniature Killer storyline started on the season premier last year, and though out the season kept popping up in between their regular episodes. Another such storyline was the romance between the CSI's main investigator Grissom and his subordinate Sara Siddle. These two storylines ended up colliding on the season finale when the Miniature Killer wanted to personally attack CSI Grissom and ends up kidnapping Sara and placing her in the next crime scene miniature.

This technique of having reoccurring storylines is a great idea for TV shows as it keeps shows from becoming stale and predicable with the same thing happening each week. Like CSI a few other shows have used this technique before including Nip/Tuck in their second and third season. Dr. McNamara and Dr. Troy face off with a sadistic masked serial killer who pops up here and there carving the faces of his victims, which these plastic surgeons helped fix.

What do you think of the reoccurring storyline technique? We would love to hear your feedback by adding a comment below!

With the season premiers of "Rescue Me" and "The Dead Zone" only a week away, let's take this time to talk about the finale for "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"

All season long they have been working one long story line with the "Miniature Killer". Starting with last year's season premier and continuing on throughout the season, the killer strikes and leaves "his" signature of a miniature model of the crime scene with such acute detail that it fascinates Grissom.

The season concluded with them narrowing down who the killer really is, but can they find "him" in time, because this time the killer strikes one of their own!

The show ends with Grissom getting yet another miniature model. This time the killer stages a wrecked car accident in the middle of the desert with the car on top of Sara Siddle, with a great camera shot of the miniature model that fades into a shot of the actual scene, where we see Sara's hand poking out of the wreckage. We were able to see her hand move just before the show ends.

Just like "House", "CSI" uses this great "cliff hanger" tactic to get viewers to come back next season!

Check back for more comments on this episode in Part 2 and comments next week about the premiers of "Rescue me" and "The Dead Zone"!