This is going to be a straight up pick blog because I forgot about the Thurs game this week.  Douchetard? DeAngelo Hall, because he is one.

Bears over 49ers

Titans over Bills

Saints over Rams

Dolphins over Bucs

Vikings over Lions

Jets over Jags

Steelers over Bengals

Broncos over Redskins

Falcons over Panthers

Raiders over Chiefs (ICK)

Cowboys over Packers

Cardinals over Seahawks

Eagles over Chargers

Patriots over Colts (yes, breaking my In Manning I Trust motto, I am an idiot)
Those of you have cable companies or satellite and can watch tonight’s game, enjoy.  I’ll have a more detailed blog next week and update my results then.

I'm confused too, Parkman. An actual good episode, who knew the writers were capable?

Regular readers may have noticed that last week I did not do a Heroes blog.  This was not due to my usual laziness or even disinterest.  It was due to the terrible crapfest that last week was.  It was so bad that I couldn’t remotely think of anything to say about it other than a lot of swear words.  Hiro’s stuff was beyond annoying, making Sylar look stupid at Hiro’s expense was just ridiculous and the HRG non-affair was a waste of time.  Period.  If Samuel wanted Hiro to work with him, he didn’t have to go to the trouble of taking Charlie.  All he had to do was tell Hiro that he would be saving the world.  Doofus would be there with bells on.  Done.  Nuff said.  I did like that when Future Hiro appeared everybody wondered where his cool sword was.  Too bad that future has been changed because I actually liked Future Hiro.  Jackass.

It may be a loveless marriage but it's filled with hotness like sweaty Peter.

Anyway, last weeks fuckery was enough to make me not want to watch the show ever again but love Sylar plus Pretty Peter keeps me coming back like like a yo-yo.  If they’re ever stupid enough to remove them from the equation, I will be gone.  But alas, I’m stuck in this almost loveless marriage.  I say almost because shows like this week give me a glimpse of what once was and what still could be.  I realize how ridiculous that sounds but honestly, it’s a metaphor that fits.  Can’t help it.

There are many reasons why this week was not only better but was actually downright good.  We’ll discuss them on a case by case basis.

Oh no, my would-be lover has left me! I have nobody!

1.  Gretchen is gone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, I thought about doing a whole paragraph of exclamation points to show just how very excited I am about this development but I will refrain, for now.  I will say that when she left, about twenty minutes into the episode, I was nervous every time they showed Claire or her room, fearing that Gretchen would return to her would-be lover.  But, we got through the episode and she appears to be gone for good.  Hooray!!!  She realized, after Becky tried to kill her and all, that maybe hanging out with Claire might not be good for her health.  Claire actually got teary and begged but Gretchen showed no mercy and took off.  Thank God.  Extra points to the return of the Haitian, wiping out the memories of the other sorority girls.  Haitian up!

That's my HRG!!!!

2. The Return of HRG!!!!

This season, HRG has been listlessly wandering around without a purpose, babysitting emo-teenagers and talking to Angela and thinking about boning Tracy.  Last week, of course, was the most egregious use of Noah Bennett, with his potential affair with random blond chick in the hotel room that time forgot.  I swear, it felt like he was only there so the whole episode would not be about Hiro.  It was made of suck.

HRG actually foiled Samuel, for now, not for long though.

But no more!  This week, Claire called him to tell him about Becky, he Haitianed up the sorority, burst in on Samuel and interrupted his attempt to coerce Claire into joining the circus, shocked Becky, nearly killed Becky and Samuel…yes, it was awesome!  I loved him staring down Samuel with his gun cocked at the ready and Samuel’s realization that Claire had been stalling him until her dad got there.  I love Samuel but up til now he’s been more or less a puppetmaster, getting his way at every turn.  Since most of our heroes are stupid, it’s nice to see someone stand up to him.

Why hello pretty Pasdar!

3. The Return of Nathan!

I am not as excited about this as I am other things and Pasdar is as good as gone, probably in the next episode or two, so this only got one exclamation point.  But, let’s be honest here, Nathan is hot and right now Sylar’s hair is an abomination so I prefer to limit some of my exposure to it.  Nathan’s brand of pretty is a nice break from that.  Plus, he put another crimp in Samuel’s plans by flying back into his brother’s loving arms.  Side note:  Hooray for the return of the hoyay.  The Petrelli boys were about half an inch from full on making out when they reunited.  Their love is a beautiful thing.

You're going to mess with me? Watch while I kill this guy using your body!

4.  Sylar vs. Matt: Battle To The Death!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For the first time in forever, Heroes not only did something awesome, they actually managed to surprise the hell out of me while doing it.  All episode we had Matt and Sylar battling one another for control.  Matt would attempt to thwart Sylar’s plan to get to New York to reclaim himself by planting guns in his baggage and sabotaging his car and Sylar would rebound by doing what Sylar does:  killing people and threatening to kill people.  I loved seeing real Sylar, who delights in toying with others, all over this episode.  Okay, Matt, you won’t let me drive to New York?  Fine, then I’ll kill the guy who kindly came over to help change my tire.  Okay, you won’t tell me whose idea the switch was?  Then I guess I’ll kill a waitress.  Side note: that little diner in Odessa, Texas is sure a haven for powered people.  They always end up there.  Loved Sylar remembering that he came there to kill a waitress. hehe

Parkman watches himself, as Sylar, die, except they didn't really.

Anyway, the snark flowed on Sylar’s part and Matt was not his usual stupid self, he actually out-thought Sylar (and I can handle that from Matt way better than Hiro any day) and had Sylar doodle a threat on the napkin that he gave to the waitress.  They went out into the parking lots and got surrounded by the cops, for the note said that he had a gun and was going to kill everyone.  Sylar pointed out to Matt that if they killed him, he’d also die but Matt planned that all along.  He told Sylar he could control his body but never his mind and made it look like he was reaching for a gun.  Bullet holes riddled Sylar’s body, Matt disappeared and we saw Matt on the ground, bloody and dying.  Fabulous surprise.  Shocked the hell out of me.

Of course, they immediately fucked that up by showing us scenes in which Peter heals Matt and he opens his eyes to Sylar grinning down at him…so that kinda negates the awesomeness a bit.  I mean, couldn’t they let us think for a day that maybe Parkman was done?  We all knew someone had been let go and they could have had us believing that Pasdar was a red herring, but no.  Stupid.  But I will not let it diminish my enjoyment of an actual good twist and good episode.

What? I couldn't let you go without a picture of Petrelli love.

Not that everything was great.  Deaf girl the doctor was nice, I suppose, but a bit boring compared to the rest of the episode.  Emma dropped out of med school, apparently right before graduation because she was able to diagnose some passed out little girl with just a glance…okay, whatever.  That didn’t do much for me, I guess she’s embracing her inner helper a la Hiro’s coaching.  Don’t care.  Oh, and the Peter’s healing power is really draining the hell out of him.  Hopefully after he finishes making out with Nathan and saving Parkman he will take Sylar’s power again.  Please?  I can’t stand him not having awesomeness.

Next week, the return of Mohinder and much more Nathan and hopefully the Parkman/Peter stuff and no more Hiro.  You noticed that it was a good episode and that Hiro was nowhere to be seen, right?  Right. hehe  Right now I’ll just bask in a good episode and maybe even rewatch it.  Haven’t said that about Heroes in forever.  Back with you next week, hopefully the Haitian won’t erase my memory of a good episode by letting them give me a crappy one again.

I know, better late than never though, right?  This is gonna be short but sweet, the parentals are in town this weekend and the time change has ruined my beauty sleep (and I need all I can get) and I ruined my own beauty sleep one night and I’m just behind.  Behind in everything and tired.  Sorry, but I will do my picks.  The Douchetard from last week was Kurt Warner, who pulled a Jake Delhomme against Jake Delhomme.  Unacceptable.  On to the picks:

Atlanta over Washington: Because Washington royally sucks.

Chicago over Arizona: Because Kurt Warner was a Douchetard last week.

Cincy over Baltimore: I don’t know why, could go either way but I took the home team.  You’re welcome for all this awesome analysis and reasoning.

Indy over Houston: Because of Peyton Manning, and because Indy almost always beats Houston.

New England over Miami: Because the Dolphins are a weird ass team I cannot figure out and the Pats have had 2 weeks off (counting playing against Tampa, haha).

Green Bay over Tampa Bay: Because Tampa is going to go 0-16, naturally.  And because they are going to blind me with those godawful creamsickle jerseys.  A word of hate for the throwbacks, I can’t stand ANY of them.  Keep them the hell out of my world.

Jacksonville over KC: Because Jax lost to a subpar team last week and needs to bounce back against another subpar team.  Thanks for that, by the way, left Tampa the only winless team.  Hate.

Seattle over Detroit: Sucky game of the week.  I think Calvin “Should have been a Buc” Johnson is still hurt, so picking Seattle.

New Orleans over Carolina: Still don’t think they’ll go 16-0 but should handle Carolina easily.

New York Giants over San Diego: Because the Giants have to win again sometime and SD is still soft.

San Fran over Tennessee: Can’t figure out the 9ers but I don’t have a lot of faith in the Vince Young era, win last week or no.

Philly over Dallas: Because I hate Dallas.  Really, that is why I’m making this pick.  Oh and STFU Roy Williams, you can’t out TO TO.

Pittsburgh over Denver: HA! I called Denver’s loss right last week, finally.  I still don’t have faith in them.  So going with the champs, who have been weird this year too, but the infamous Ben is doing well so there you go.

Hey, I thought I picked the Packers over Vikes last week and spent a week being mad at myself but I got it right!  Awesome.  Sorry, just a moment of self-celebration.  I know this is short but I have to go meet the fam, promise this week will be more in depth, as I am considering doing a whole blog full of hate for throwbacks.  We’ll see!  Back at you later.

Last Week:  9-4

Season Record:  79-38

New chapter up at fanfiction.net.

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5390243/19/

New chapter is up at ff.net.  And yes, I will put it here, eventually!

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5390243/18/

I’m coming off an improved week, mainly because instead of going for upsets right and left I went with the hot teams and went against the cold ones.  Yay me.  9-5 is much better.  Now to this week’s Douchetard.  I’ve given it some thought and I think it’s about time that Jake Delhomme got the illustrious honor, don’t you?  No touchdowns, 3 interceptions. Actually, he might get Douchetard of the year now that I look at his stats.  4 touchdowns (through 6 games), 13 interceptions.  Holy crap.  And Carolina keeps starting him?  So yeah, Jake Delhomme is this week’s Douchetard.  He may very well win the title again this year.  P.U!

Texans over Bills: Victory is mine!  Houston FINALLY did what I said they would do.  Now, we’ll see if they can pull that off two weeks in a row.  Buffalo seems to be slightly improved with Fitzpatrick at QB so we’ll see, but I have to believe the Texans won’t sink to their opponents level.  Who am I kidding?

Bears over Browns: So glad I went with Chicago last week.  Jeez.  Cutler is such a wild card, I can’t believe Chitown gave him $30 mill.  Enjoy it.  Spectacular games mixed with spectacular flame outs.  Oh, and sideline tirades and pouting.  At least you’ll always have a show, Windy City!  The Browns suck, though, so this week should be easy.

Cowboys over Seahawks: So last week Dallas decided to show up and play like they should.  Can they do it two weeks in a row?  Seattle isn’t exactly a formidable opponent but neither was KC.  We’ll see which team appears.  Miles Austin is having a hell of a year, since nobody will tackle him.

Lions over Rams: Dear God, I would rather be stabbed in the eye than watch this game.  Not sure on Calvin Johnson’s status but I do know that the Rams are pretty damn putrid.  And they’re worse than Tampa, at least I keep telling myself this.  They need to keep that myth up so that I can lie to myself for a few more weeks.  Go Lions!

Colts over 49ers: In Manning I Trust.  This Manning anyway.  Other Manning has let me down two weeks in a row.  I do not want to have to change my motto.  This could be a pretty good game, but as always, Peyton trumps rejuvenated SF, coming off a QB change.

Jets over Dolphins: I’m not sure what in the hell happened with the Dolphins last week.  They scored like machines for most of the game but then pissed away an upset win over the Saints.  I didn’t know they had it in them to score like that so this pick makes me nervous but I have to think that was an aberration.  Right?  I dunno, I’m going with the rookie QB with a few more games under his belt.

Giants over Eagles: I am not sure why I’m picking the Giants after they have failed me two weeks in a row, but I don’t see them losing 3.  Philly has been kinda wild this season so I will go with the Manning, again.  He best not let me down.

Ravens over Broncos: Yeah, I’m doing it.  Again.  Picking against Denver.  Again.  Probably getting bit in the ass.  Again.  But look, Baltimore has lost several games now and they can’t afford another one.  And they’re a pretty good team.  And the Broncos still have Orton behind center, which somehow has not hurt them yet.  It has to eventually, doesn’t it?  Argh.  Stupid pick, I know, but I’m going for it.

Titans over Jaguars: Yep, I’m doing it. I’m picking one of the Ofer teams to get their first win.  The Titans are going with Vince Young at QB, which might give them some more pep?  Or not.  I just really don’t trust Jags, who had to go OT to beat the Rams, let’s not forget.  I’ll probably kick my own ass for making this pick tomorrow but for now, I’m going with my gut.

Chargers over Raiders: I still can’t figure out how Oak won 2 games.  I really and truly can’t.  They are godawful.  SD is not good but they are good enough to beat the Raiders.  Oh, and note to Jamarcus Russell…it is your fault.  I know you don’t seem to realize that, but it really is.

Cardinals over Panthers: This is the kind of game that the Cards lose but I’m counting on newly anointed Douchetard Delhomme (which has an awesome ring to it) to throw a few more picks and keep the Cards rollin.  Still love Fitz and Boldin.

Vikings over Packers: Favre Bowl Part 2.  Last time around I picked the Pack to win and they failed me.  This time, it’ll probably be the opposite.  I honestly don’t know who to go for here.  I figure, though, that Favre has stabbed Packer fans in the heart over and over this season so why not one more time?  I still want to have Adrian Peterson’s babies, by the way.

Saints over Falcons: I actually think Atlanta could hang here but I’m going to go with the team that keeps on winning.  I don’t think they will go 16-0, thank you very much Reggie Bush for making that prediction after week 7, but I think they’ll win a whole lot.  Oh, and since I’m talking to Reggie, I would also like to address his commentary on proving himself and becoming MVP and going to the Pro Bowl.  Um…no.  If the MVP comes from the Saints, which it might, it will be your quarterback, numbnuts.  Bush hasn’t even been that fabulous this year, Superman touchdown aside.  The guy is delusional, must be from hanging out with the Kardashian bitches too often.

So there you have it, my predictions for the week that will be.  Happily, Tampa is off so I get to watch 3 good games!  I know, novel concept.  Enjoy the weekend and I’ll be back with you soon.

Last Week: 9-5

Season Total: 70-34

Another Supernatural with an old school feel but definitely enjoyable.  This is, of course, because of snarky, grumpy old man Dean and Bobby combining forces to give Jack Lemon and Walter Matthau a run for their money.  I won’t pretend that I was not slightly annoyed that Sam, the least experienced poker player, is the one to save the day, but that’s a minor bitch that I can get over.

Sam & Dean go to a town that has a 25 year old man die of old age.  Turns out there’s a poker game where you bet years of your life and that guy lost.  Dean calls Bobby to discuss the happenings and Bobby, clearly unhappy with life, hits town himself and loses 25 years.  Dean takes on Patrick, the manwitch as Dean calls him (hee) and loses 50, 25 that he gives to Bobby to return him to normal and then 25 for himself that he loses, making him 80 years old.

We don’t get to see the loss, we just get to see Sam come back from his burger run and encounter an old man that he is about to shoot before Dean tells him to relax, it’s him.  Sam tells him he looks like Emperor Palpatine, Bobby calls him John McCain and Dean refers to himself as the old chick in Titanic.  Awesome.  Kudos to the actor playing Old Dean because he had the tone and mannerisms down.

Hilariously, Dean’s bacon cheeseburger gave him acid reflux, thus he had to give up his beloved food.  Dean wants to be Benjamin Buttoned back into burger shape and then he hits on this woman at the hotel who tells him he’s just like her grandfather.  Bobby and Sam are quite amused, as was I.  Silly girl, if she only knew what she was really laughing at.

Patrick the witch fakes getting hit by a car and then steals it, much to Dean’s amusement.  He admits to rather liking him.  They follow him to his place to try to steal back the chips.  The elevator isn’t working so Bobby can’t go up and they have to use the stairs and poor Dean is about ready to die at the second floor.  The chip plan fails, as it’s not the chips it’s the chanting and Patrick and his wife catch them in the act.  He lets slip that Dean’s heart isn’t very good since he ate like crap all those years, then claps at Sam a few times and gives him an STD.  He starts walking funny and Dean tells him he got the clap and laughs.  Hee.

All fun aside, the meat of this episode really came when Bobby railed at the boys about wishing that he had the strength to kill himself.  He wants to play again because he has nothing to live for.  He hates watching others fight while he’s stuck in the chair doing nothing.  Jim Beaver was great in this scene.  I didn’t like that Dean only said his name and didn’t do anything else but it led up to what I wanted in the end so I won’t bitch about it.

Female witch woman met the guys back at their hotel room teaching them how to reverse the spells.  It turns out she lost her child and she’s lived a long time and is just tired and wants to go.  We get to see that Patrick does have a heart, willingly giving 13 years to an old man even though he could have beaten him.  Sam goes to play Patrick while Dean & Bobby work on getting the items needed to reverse the spell.

Dean keeps whining and complaining about sore elbows and a hurt back.  He and Bobby just trade insults back and forth.  After Bobby tells Dean to stop bitching, he informs him that killing him is on his bucket list.  Meanwhile Patrick is taunting Sam about being at the kiddie table, not being respected by Dean to handle things himself.  Sam keeps eying a toothpick that Patrick is sucking on, he steals it and gives it to Dean to use in the spell.  It turns out that Dean trusted him enough to let him provide the distraction while they gathered their items.  Unfortunately, Patrick was on to him and made sure he got the wrong toothpick.  The spell failed and Dean was not yet pretty again, much to his consternation.

Patrick is pissed about Sam cheating and nearly magics him to death but wifey steps in and admits that she’s the one that told the boys how to kill them.  He orders Sam to keep playing while Dean and Bobby try to get some more DNA at the witches apartment.  Patrick taunts Sam about being a cautious player but turns out that Sam had nothing in his hand, bluffed him cold.  Patrick tells him that if they had time he could make a player out of him; Sam says he has plenty of time and Patrick tells him he has minutes.  He won’t let Sam go, so Sam has to play on as Dean collapses.

I did like that Sam’s immediate instinct was to go after Dean and he played recklessly once he knew he was in danger.  That felt like old times with the brothers, putting each other first.  He was in full on panic mode and just threw his chips in without even looking at his cards.  He wanted the game to be over so he could get to Dean.  Patrick had a full house, fours and aces, and thought he’d won but Sam had four fours to take the pot and save his brother.  Patrick tells him there’s more to him than meets the eye.  We knew that already.

Bobby’s panicking because Dean wasn’t answering him and out comes Pretty Dean, dancing and clicking his heals.  Bobby calls him an idiot in that special Bobby way, relief in his tone.  Patrick plays cards with his wife and she loses so she can die and go be with their daughter.

Dean comes in with his beloved cheeseburger while Sam runs out to get his booster shot to clear up his clap. hehe  Dean apologizes to Bobby for giving him shit and calling him an idiot.  Then he informs Bobby that he’s not useless and makes Bobby stay and listen to him.  I’ll quote again.  “You don’t stop being a soldier because you got wounded in battle.  No matter what shape you’re in, bottom line is you’re family.  I don’t know if you’ve noticed but me and Sam, we don’t have much left.  I can’t do this without you.  I can’t.  So don’t you dare think about checking out.  I don’t wanna hear that again.”  Bobby looks teary and says okay.  Dean tells him good and Bobby thanks him and asks if they’re done feeling their feelings so they can get out of the room before they start growing lady parts.  Dean throws his cheeseburger away and then calls him Ironsides again, Bobby’s a little perturbed that he seems to have acquired a nickname.  He looks up and sighs, was it a sigh of acceptance?

I loved the conversation.  I was so surprised that Dean didn’t say much of anything when Bobby talked about eating his gun but he just kept it and dealt with it when he was back to normal.  He needed to let Bobby know just how important he was to them.  I was hoping for him to say something about him being more of a father than his own was but he didn’t go that far.  Still, the family aspect was heavily addressed.  It made me fear for Bobby’s future, honestly, but he’s okay for now and that’s what matters.  Really good scene for Jensen and Jim.  All the emotion was there and I felt like I’d been punched in the gut I was so into it.

I like episodes like this, that have something so very important to say without being over the top about it.  I truly hope Bobby has more coming up that allows him to feel useful.  I think Dean will make sure of it.  So, there you have it, next week we get the TV one, with the return of Chuck it appears. Yay for Chuck!  We’ll see on the episode, it’s a few too many humorous ones in a row for my taste but I’m keeping an open mind.  Oh, and I forgot to say it, but yeah.  I totally found Old Man Dean attractive.  What can I say?  I like his attitude and find it sexy, that didn’t change even though he was wrinkly.  Don’t worry, I’m calling the psychiatrist next week.  Instead of talking, I’ll just have them read this blog and a few of my other ones mentioning my weird attractions. hehe

Sexing Janice does not bring out the best look for Sylar, in any way. NEVER AGAIN!

Last night’s Heroes was all about identity issues.  Claire apparently is thinking about hooking up with Gretchen but she’s afraid of ruining their friendship.  Not afraid of doing a chick, mind you, just their awesome friendship that thus far is based on stalking and lies.  Yay.  Matt apparently really does have Sylar inside of him, which may invoke more sexual images but that’s not where we’re going here.  Sylar’s using Matt’s mind control now and having a blast with it.  HRG doesn’t know what the hell to do with himself anymore so he wastes his time trying to save a freak.  Tracy has nothing going on so she decides to be helpful as well.  The only person not having an issue is Samuel, who is busy being awesome.  I am in love with Samuel now, even if I hate his circus of freaks.

Nothing like a little hazing...Gretchen should be forced to wear the bag 24/7.

Where to start?  With a little girl on girl?  That’ll get the attention, won’t it?  Sadly, not so much.  Actually, despite the annoying lesbian undertones, the Claire/Gretchen stuff was kinda fun.  The sorority kidnapped them and took them to a slaughter house where they had to find clues and whomever won would get to avoid hell week.  Seeing as hell week started off with kidnapping and near death, avoiding it would probably be a good thing.  For some reason, there were only 4 girls involved in said hunt, teams of two.  Not much of a competition, especially when the other two are typical ninnies screaming at every little thing.  We got a Carrie homage and had flying meathooks and all sorts of things.

They took every opportunity to bring these two closer and closer.

Of course, while Claire and Gretchen are strolling through the house of death they decide to converse about the kiss.  It seems that Gretchen swings both ways and has apparently sexed up 6 or 7 dudes.  I call foul on that cause I can’t imagine 6 or 7 dudes wanting her, but whatever.  She’s had girlfriends too.  Yay.  Claire is all virginal and embarrassed about it.  I imagine Gretchen can guide her into the world of sexual discovery, no?  That’s what they kept hinting at, from the time they were smooshed into a trunk together to Claire falling on top of Gretchen to save her from a hook.  Very subtle sexual signals, writers.

Once you got beyond all the sexual tension, the murder stuff was actually kinda fun.  Becky was trying to kill Gretchen but Claire kept saving her and then Becky pinned her to the wall with some piece of wood but Claire swung something and knocked her down and suddenly they all saw her.  Her plan of isolating Claire actually backfired because the other two sorority girls walked in and ran to help Claire and Becky took off.  So I guess she has more explaining to do, seeing as Gretchen pulled her off the wall and they all watched her heal.  More friends!  HRG will no doubt be pleased that his daughter is acclimating so well and the world knows her secret.

Tracy bonded with murder boy.

HRG, meanwhile, was in Georgia with annoying Jeremy.  His belief that if they called the cops everything would be fine didn’t so much work out, as the cops refused to release him and were charging him with the murder of his parents.  Jeremy didn’t help matters by sulking and refusing to do anything to contradict the charges.  HRG called in Tracy to pretend to be the annoying kids aunt.  She got on board and was all drawn to the kid for some unfathomable reason.  They set him up with a new life in Georgetown and had everything ready to go.

Farewell, Jeremy, you will not be missed. Go be emo in heaven or hell. Probably hell I guess.

They get him out of prison, though, and some protesters come up and start yelling at Jeremy.  He reaches out and puts his hands on one and kills him, then turns around and walks right back into prison.  What the hell? you may ask.  What the hell indeed.  Tracy is pissed that she wasted her time and HRG is shocked.  Jeremy gets led outside by some rogue cops and chained to a truck.  He doesn’t choose to save himself and Tracy and HRG find him dead in the road.  Nice.  At least we don’t have to deal with him anymore.  HRG is lost again.  Tracy, meanwhile, wants nothing to do with HRG anymore and takes out the compass that Samuel hooked her up with earlier in the episode.  Looks like she’s heading to the circus.

Why didn't she just stay away?

Sylar/Nathan saw her there and remembered how she helped him once and Samuel got pissed and told him that she helped Nathan and he needs to get the real him back.  Sylar wonders where the real him is and then we find out he’s inside Matt.  Well first he’s inside Janice, er, Matt’s inside Janice but it’s Sylar doing the deed?  Whatever, gross.  She is undeserving.  She was quite satisfied too, much to Matt’s chagrin when he realized it was Sylar.

This is what Circus Sylar was wearing. There are just no words. NEVER AGAIN AGAIN!

Sylar was on fire this episode, taunting Matt about the forbidden fruit and laughing at the irony of someone else controlling Matt’s mind.  He tries to order him to find his body and return him to normal but Matt starts drinking.  He finds that by drinking he can silence Sylar, so he gets trashed.  Prior to that he tried to send Janice and the baby away, but she just went and got his partner who told him sobriety day one starts again.  Hello, throw his ass in rehab, morons.  While Matt was passed out, Sylar took control back and seemed quite happy about matters.

Samuel takes out the police and enjoys it. Nice to have a psycho again!

Samuel, as mentioned, went to Georgia to retrieve Tracy and show her the glory of circus life.  She was unimpressed but when the kid died she seemed to be planning on using the compass to get back to him.  Samuel, unlike HRG and Tracy, decided to do a little something about the cops killing a 17 year old.  He collapsed the entire police station, tres awesomely.  It’s nice to have SOMEONE taking care of business.  If he brings my Sylar back all the way I will love him beyond all reason.

So that was all.  Next week, Hiro reunites with his girl and they sing a song.  Okay, I am lying about the song part, but it would be way more interesting than Hiro himself is.  On the bright side, we’ll get to see old school Sylar there to kill her, so that’s a good thing, right?  Right???

Yeah, really on top of sports this week aren’t I?  To be fair, I have been writing, just not about sports.  Sorry bout that, I won’t be such a slacker next week.  I thought about doing this Friday and didn’t, Sat and didn’t and here I am now.  I’d name a Douchetard but I don’t really remember what happened last weekend other than my Bucs losing again and some huge days put up by the big QB’s. I guess I’ll name the Titans Douchetards for putting up a zero against the Pats.  There, DT done.  On with the picks!

Houston over SF-  Both of these teams screwed me last week, so I’m back to picking Houston and dicking them over as they dick me over.  Hate.  Love Andre Johnson though.

Green Bay over Cleveland- Cleveland got their gift win, they’re done.

San Diego over KC-  SD dicked me over too, last time I call them soft and then pick them anyway against a good team.  Lesson learned.  They aren’t playing a good team today though.

Indy over St. Louis-  Awesome, Peyton can take a half day today, this game will be over by the end of the first quarter.

Minnesota over Pittsburgh-  Great game and I actually get it, though same time as both my teams battle in London so we’ll see how much I get to see.  I’m going with Minny’s offense because I like them better than Pitt’s and something is just missing with the champs this year.  They’re not kicking ass like they should be.

New England over Tampa-  Lock of the week.  Only question is how badly will the Bucs lose?  40?  50?  Moss should have a huge day against the shitty Tampa secondary.  It depresses me to write that.  I miss my defense.  Thank god I love the Pats too, it’ll be interesting to watch my good team vs. my crappy team and see how I handle it.  Psychological football study.

Jets over Oakland-  I don’t know what Oakland was thinking, winning against the Eagles last week and ruining one of my locks of the week.  They must have drugged the Iggles or something, only explanation I have.  Sanchez is looking more like a rookie these days, isn’t he?

Carolina over Buffalo-  Putrid game.  Carolina is on a mini run due to playing crap teams 3 weeks in a row.  Good for them I guess.  Steve Smith vs. TO for biggest sideline bitcher this week.

Chicago over Cincy-  Give Cincy the benefit of the doubt and they lose.  Thanks Bengals.  Back to not being on the bandwagon.  Man my picks sucked last week.

Atlanta over Dallas-  Dallas hasn’t impressed me all year.  Atl is decent but not surprising anybody.  I’m going with the Falcons because of Romo.

New Orleans over Miami-  The Saints ae clearly emulating the 2007 Pats.  I can’t root for them to go undefeated though, I just can’t.

NY Giants over Arizona-  I look for the Giants to bounce back after last week’s debacle vs. NO.  Another great pick I made.  Lovely.

Philly over Washington-  Still on Jim Zorn watch, still don’t believe he’ll last year the no matter what the GM says.  Wash is putrid.  Philly has to make a statement after crapping the bed vs. Oakland.

So there you have it, sorry I was rushed but you know, that’s what happens when you don’t write til 2 and a half hours before gametime.  Next week, I swear.  I’ll even do a commentary today or tomorrow.  Count on it!

Last Week:  8-6

Season Total: 61-29

New chapter is up at ff.net.  I’ll get 16 and 17 loaded here sometime today as well, lazy I know!

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5390243/17/Sacrificial_Lamb