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NOTE: Due to a busier-than-usual weekend, I was not able to get to any full length features and didn’t even get out to Cowboys & Aliens as I had planned, but I did spend some time with six quality television episodes from two of my favorite series.

So, here is what I watched this weekend:

True Blood, Season 3 (Episodes 11 & 12)

With great disappointment, I say goodbye to season 3 of True Blood. The final two episodes didn’t go out with the bang I had come to expect from previous seasons, but the solid and even flow of the twelve episodes worked so well that it reminded me of why I loved this show. This season was more about the characters than the last, which fills me with hope for the final season. I’m hoping for a bit more drama in the next season and certain plot developments, such as the one surrounding Alcide, have led me to believe that I know where the fourth will be heading and I suspect I know what happened between Sam and his half-brother, but a lot of other questions remain to be answered. I’m ready to check out the next season without reservations, which is a nice change from how I felt heading into Season 3.

Psych, Season 5 (Episodes 1-4)

Whereas True Blood carries its stories from episode to episode, Psych, a hilariously funny detective comedy series, seldom brings one story arc forward. Occasionally, there will be through lines, but it’s a seldom occasion. Yet, watching season 5, I was beginning to think that the series might be fading. The first episode, “Romeo and Juliet and Juliet” had too few funny moments and Corbin Bernsen’s new role on the series created more frustration for the audience, but after the second, third and fourth episodes, I’m more satisfied with the direction the show is going. Previous seasons have had some very interesting storylines and the few that were serial in nature were quite engaging, but sometimes the most fun you can have with this show is just getting a kick out of the ludicrous methods Shawn Spencer and company go to in order to solve a case is all the amusement you’ll need. The geeky nature of the series has been downplayed a bit so far this season, but as episode “Not Even Close…Encounters” showed that they do still have a few geek fests left in them.