After yet another week’s absence thanks to the Easter holiday, I’ve once more returned to tell you what you need to be watching this week.
Classes are nearly over, finals loom over everyone’s head and if you can’t leave your home but want a little relief from the workload, here are a few options this week.
Monday once more goes to NBC’s “Chuck” and “Heroes.” Both shows are closing in on their action-packed finales and with “Heroes” already renewed for next season, “Chuck” sadly continues to struggle.
So this fan is asking everyone who reads this to give the show a try; it’s witty, well-written and definitely deserves a third season.
Now, on to what this week’s episodes are about.
At 8 p.m. is “Chuck,” in an episode entitled “Chuck versus the Colonel,” Chuck and Sarah have gone AWOL after the events of last week’s episode and now must stay on the run, one step ahead of the NSA and Agent Casey, as they try to find Chuck’s father, played by NBC veteran Scott Bakula.
At 9 p.m. is “Heroes.” This week’s episode, entitled “I Am Sylar” finds the renegade Heroes fighting to take down a super villian who has acquired the ability to shape shift into anyone after simply touching them, and now plots to take over the persona of the President using the form of Nathan Petrelli.
Skipping Tuesday all together, Wednesday holds some entertaining and distracting options.
At 8 p.m. is FOX’s new hit series “Lie To Me.” Critically acclaimed, the show revolves around a group of intelligence agents who use different methods to determine whether those they are investigating are lying or telling the truth in an investigation
At 9 p.m. on ABC is a catch-up special about the mind boggling series “Lost.” Entitled “Lost: The Story of the Oceanic Six” catches viewers up on what exactly happened to the six islanders who managed to get off the island from the time of their rescue to the moment manipulative genius Ben Linus got them to reunite and return to the island they had so desperately wanted to escape.
This is a nicely organized catch-up for anyone who may be lost this season with all the flash forwards, flashbacks and general time hopping.
Thursday once more belongs to the CW. I know, most of you probably are tired of me talking about this network, but out of all the programming on Thursday evenings, the CW tends to hold the most original in a evening of the “same ‘ol-same ‘ol” programming.
At 8 p.m. is “Smallville.” Still going strong in its eighth season and soon to head into it’s ninth this fall, this week’s episode entitled “Stiletto” finds reporter Lois Lane taking over the role as superhero this week as she fights crime as the caped crusader Stiletto in order to maintain her star reporter status with exclusive interviews with the masked marauder.
At 9 p.m. is “Supernatural” with an episode entitled “Jump the Shark.”
For those who don’t recognize the term, “Jump the Shark” is a television term coined by critic Jon Hein in reference to a “Happy Days” episode where Fonzie literally jumped a shark on his motorcycle.
Ultimately the term came to be a label for shows that have become so desperate for ratings that they have their characters do things or have story lines that are so obviously out of the ordinary for the series, they have officially “jumped the shark” and are doomed.
“Supernatural” series creator Eric Kripke once more shows his creative genius as he plays not only on the title in this week’s episode but one of the most overused “Jump the Shark” tactics, the addition of an unknown relative, most famously used by the Brady Bunch when they added “Cousin Oliver.”
In the episode, Sam and Dean are contacted by a 19-year-old boy named Adam who claims to not only have known their late father John Winchester but to also be his son. Sam and Dean agree to meet the boy but Dean is convinced he is a demon trying to trap them while Sam hopes to protect their newly found sibling. This episode is sure to not only make fun of the the concept of “Jumping the Shark” but also turn it on its head by creating an emotional story arc for the series and its characters.
For more information about what’s on television this week visit www.tvguide.com.

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