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House House checks himself into the loony bin We were thrilled when Cuddy and House finally got together - and got it on - but of course, all was not as it seemed. House hallucinated that particular pairing, and that was the evidence he need to prove that yes, something is seriously wrong, and yes, he needs help. House does the unthinkable: he checks himself into a psychiatric ward with Wilson's help. No one else knows what he's done, and no one can tell how it will change him. Will he be cured next season? Happy? Nice? Or will he still be seeing Amber, spitting venom, and being the House we know so well? And if he is cured, what will that do to the show? We're just going to have to wait and see...

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Back to the Future Here's a cliffhanger that will just keep us dangling, since the show was (sob!) cancelled. We've got various alternate futures in play - one where Derek is alive, where John's father is alive, where everything we think we know is actually in flux. What kind of world is John in now? Can he get back to our world - and should he? What's going on with Allison and Cameron? So many questions - and, in the ultimate cliffhanger they're never going to get answered.

Dollhouse Everything changes Here's another show that left us with loads of questions - but in this case, we have a shot at finding out the answers. How will Echo deal with having multiple personalities in her head - and how is she able to resist her programming? What kind of havoc will Alpha wreak now that he's on the loose and Echo has rejected him? How will Paul Ballard fit into all of this - has he really bought into the Dollhouse's plan? So many questions -- and we're looking forward to some mind-blowing answers!

24 Jack is infected While fighting terrorists, Jack defused a biological weapon that threatened to infect the Eastern Seaboard - but in the process, he himself got dosed with the toxin. The upshot? Jack is doooooooomed! Perhaps. Yes, he's infected with a variant of Mad Cow disease that takes hold quickly and has a 100 percent mortality rate, and yes, he already started showing som syptoms in the last season. But there's a chance an experimental stem-cell treatment, using Kim's genetic material, can cure him - IF Jack will let that happen. Sigh.

Fringe Are we in for an interdimensional war? We finally get an idea of what's causing all the scientific wonkiness in Fringe when we see Walter standing over Peter's grave. That's because our dimension's Peter died as a child, and Walter apparently snatched another dimension's Peter to take his place. Poing! Is this the start of an interdimensional war? Did Peter's absence from that dimension cause all the problems they seem to be having? Is William Bell one of the good guys, or is he scheming for our dimension's downfall? Is he even from our dimension? And what's Olivia's place in all of this? We're counting the days until we find out!

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• Fringe writer Rob Chiappetta explained why the science on the show tends to focus on biology and neuroscience rather than, say, astrophysics: "Fringe is partly a horror show -- we want something creepy in every episode,  and it's easier to get to creepy and gross with biology and neurology than astrophysics." Moderator Phil Plait, creator of Bad Astronomy, disagreed: "You obviously haven't been to many parties with astrophysicists."
• Phil asked if Astrid was named after Professor Farnsworth on Futurama. No -- that would be Philo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of television. "I was close, because Futurama is one television," Phil said. Nice try, Phil!
• Rob muses that Fringe needs its own Law & Order spin-off, since they spend so much time debating the ethics of various scientific breakthroughs and concepts. Example: A company on the internet that allows you to put your belongings in escrow so, if you're reincarnated, you can "inherit" your possessions. What kind of proof do they accept, he wondered: "Can I just walk in and say 'I think I might be someone who died 40 years ago -- can I have my stuff?"
• Sometimes episodes are inspired by current science, and sometimes the writers and scientific advisors have to come up with a justification for what happen in the script. "If J.J. Abrams says he wants a head to explode, you better make sure a head explodes," Rob said. "And then [the science advisors'] heads explode, because it's not possible."
• Yes, Fringe deals with a lot of science that's only slightly out of reach today. However... "If you see walter do something on screen, do not attempt it," Rob said. "Now you tell me after I've taken LSD and gone into a isolation tank!" Phil responded.

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Dr. Saunders a Doll Dollhouse All season long, Dr. Saunders was a calming - if somewhat timid - presence on Dollhouse. But in the last few episodes, we find out that she's not what she seems: Saunders is actually Whiskey, a Doll. Alpha carved up her face because she was the number-one-requested Doll, and he preferred Echo. Then he killed the real Dr. Saunders, and Whiskey took his place. She had no idea she was an active - and neither did we.		Hallucinatory Huddy House Fox and Cuddy FINALLY give in to their attraction as Cuddy helped House detox. Squeee! One thing: It never happened. After Cuddy fires House, House discovers that his vivid recollections were just drug-induced hallucinations. That's what finally gets him to admit he needs help. We end the episode with Wilson driving House to a mental hospital while the rest of the staff is at Chase and Cameron's wedding. We never saw it coming.
Brennan's baby business Bones Brennan has never really been the warm, maternal type. Sure, we've seen her entertain the occasional tot with her "Phalanges!" trick, but she's never struck us - or anyone on the show - as mommy material. But one day, she figured out that the world deserves her spawn, and that Booth has the perfect genetic material to contribute. Where did this new baby-mania come from? Who knows - but it made Booth's amnesia all the more heartbreaking.		Peter is dead Fringe We had dark intimations that something weird happened to Peter when he was a child all season. Walter mentioned an illness, a car crash... and when he talked about the performed on children (including little Olivia), we got worried. But the reality was so much worse - Peter died as a child, but he's still here. Did Walter snatch another version of Peter from an alternate dimension? Is that what kick-started The Pattern - is it part of an inter-dimensional war? Oh, Walter, what have you done - and what's Peter going to do when he finds out?

R.I. P. Bill Buchanan 24 Tony's betrayal, rehabilitation and bigger betrayal shocked the pants off of use this season, but for our money, the bigger twist was Bill Buchanan's untimely death. Poor Bill had been a behind-the-scenes guy for so long - and he'd survived so much - that it didn't occur to us that he'd be in danger. But this IS 24, and they have a habit of killing off our favorites. So when Juma's men threatened the President in the White House, Bill made the ultimate sacrifice to help defeat him. Oh, Bill....

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24: Jon Voight as Jonas Hodges Oscar winner JonVoight joined 24 as Jonas Hodges, the corrupt, unbalanced CEO and owner of the ficticious security firm Starkwood. Jonas was a traitor, a lunatic and a very bad man - he created a nasty biological weapon, then allied himself with an African warlord to test it on innocent civilians. He wanted to set it off on American soil so he could have an excuse to use his firm to take over the country. But all of these sins weren't what got him in the end. Instead, it was revenge for one single person that he'd killed to cover his tracks. Granted, that person was the President's son, and President Taylor's daughter/Chief of Staff, Olivia, didn't take kindly to the killing. So she hired an assassin to wreak her revenge, yet she didn't tell others in the White House about this. Jonas died in a fiery explosion at the end of the series - and while he was an evil guy, he was a fantastic character, and we were disappointed to see him go.

Bones: Ryan O'Neal as Max Keenan Ryan has been a regular guest on Bones, playing Brennan's loving father Max Keenan - who also happens to be an unrepentant killer. This year, we saw a different side of Max, as he appeared as a crime boss in the hallucinatory final episode of the season. Even in this new role, Max can't disguise his eternal charm. Everyone loves both Bones and O'Neal, making the pair an unbeatable combination.

Dollhouse: Alan Tudyk as Alpha Alpha was a mysterious - and scary - presence throughout the season. We knew he had been an Active, and we knew something had gone terribly wrong, but that's it. So when we finally met him at the end of the season, it was a bit of a shock. First surprise: He carried the imprints of 48 people in his head, thought he was a god, and was comprised of pure insanity. Second surprise: He was played by Whedon regular Alan Tudyk - who we'd last seen as the loveable, charming, and utterly harmless Wash on Whedon's previous show, Firefly. What a change!

Family Guy: Lauren Conrad as Lauren Conrad Even if you don't watch The Hills, you know you've got an opinion on Lauren Conrad. Well, so did Brian - but he ended up in bed with her after a drunken escapade, where he spent time mourning the marriage of his one true love, the dim but delightful Jillian (voiced by Drew Barrymore!). But Brian - and the audience - was in for a surprise - this Lauren is brainy, cultured and utterly unlike what you'd expect from someone who is famous for being famous. We loved that Lauren played against type and had fun with her image - and made herself the love interest for a dog!

Fringe: Leonard Nimoy as William Bell Leonard Nimoy. Leonard. Freaking. Nimoy! We're talking Spock, here! So Fringe fans were all aflutter when we found out that Nimoy would be playing the mysterious William Bell, the man who may or may not have set The Pattern loose on an unsuspecting world. Because he's Nimoy, he doesn't have to say or do anything. He's just that cool. But is Bell using all of humanity as guinea pigs in his fiendish experiments, or have his ideas been corrupted? He's the lynchpin, the man in the shadows, the one who may be able to answer everything - and he's LEONARD. NIMOY! Eeeeeee!

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We're back with more from the Fringe Big Bad Bracket, where the results from the Gross Division have just come in. We had quite a contest on our hands! Our biggest upset came in the final match, where Plane Travel went down in flames in the face of the Lizard/Bat/Snake Chimera's unstoppable mojo. We were expecting Plane travel to put up more of a fight-- after all, J.J. Abrams has done more to depress major airline stocks than any measly financial crisis!

Apparently it was a good week for Beings That Do Not Exist In Nature, because the Dog/Hedgehog Thing chomped its way through Magic Blue & Red Medicine like so many tasty grubs. Things got tense in the other two matchups, where Giant Cold Bugs narrowly defeated Side Effects, and Brain-Melting Computer Virus took out Parasites Attached to Your Heart by a single vote.

Now it's time for a new round of competitors. Will Huge Location Names crush the enigmatic Dr. Bell? Can Massive Dynamics withstand the power of Stripping to Skivvies? Will Cute Kids work their doe-eyed magic on Ill-Fated Love? And can Sanford Harris survive the onslaught of The Observer? Your votes decide! Polls close on Monday, July 27 at noon, so get voting!

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24: Tony Almeida is a bad guy! In a season full of shocks and heart-breaking moments, this may have been the one that topped them all. We were worried when we saw Tony working with the bad guys, but were reassured when Chloe and Bill vouched for him. Of course! He went astray, but now he's undercover trying to bring the evildoers down! But things seemed hinky with him throughout the season. Finally, we got irrefutable evidence that Tony had crossed over to the eeeeeeevil side when he killed a helpless Agent Moss -- just as the guy was starting to grow on us! What's more, he killed Larry in them most up-close and personal way possible, looking into his eyes as he smothered him with his bare hands. We don't know if there's any way to redeem Tony now...

Bones: Booth has amnesia! For the past four seasons, we've watched Booth and Brennan dance around their feelings for each other. This season, it started looking the they'd finally figure things out. Gordon teased us with the fact that one of the pair was keenly aware of their attraction. We assumed it was Booth. In the finale, it looked like Brennan was coming around -- the story she seemed to be writing imagined a happy relationship between the two. Then Booth woke up, apparently recovered from surgery for his benign brain tumor. The good news -- he's doing fine. The bad news? He doesn't remember Brennan at all. Poing!

Dollhouse: Alpha returns and tries to imprint Echo! The Dollhouse was the site of all sorts of strange behavior and questionable characters -- none more so than Alpha, the Doll who was supposed to be long gone. First off, he's played by Alan Tudyk, who we still think of as lovable, goofy Wash -- so when he turned into a psycho killer with 40-odd personalities, that took us aback. Then he decided that all the people in his head made him a god -- and he wanted Echo to join him in divinity. Echo gets all the people loaded into her head, but declines to join Alpha in his craziness. She saves her personality disc and willingly goes back to the Dollhouse -- but she remembers much more than everyone thinks. All OMG worthy, but the biggest -- and most welcome --shock? That Dollhouse is coming back so we'll get to see how this all plays out!

Fringe: Olivia follows Bell to another dimension! Fringe was another show full of shocking twists and turns, but one of the most visceral shocks came at the very end of the season finale. After stopping Mr. Jones, Olivia finally gets her audience with William Bell -- who, Nina Sharp keeps telling her, is out of the office. She's not kidding -- Olivia tries to meet Nina for lunch, and is stood up. She stomps to the elevator, and things... flicker. Change. People appear and disappear. The elevator doors open, and a woman ushers Olivia into an office. William Bell is waiting for her. The camera pans back from Olivia and Bell, and zooms out the window. It keeps panning back, further and further... and we realize that Bell's office is in the World Trade Center. Which is still standing. It's a classic sci-fi shock move, akin to finding the Statue of Liberty buried in the sand. Wow.

House: When is a lipstick not a lipstick? Fans were squealing with glee when House and Cuddy hooked up at the end of the penultimate episode. But in the finale, something was off. Cuddy was seriously upset with House, and House couldn't figure out why. He kept playing with the lipstick he'd picked up at her place, worryig it in his hands, flipping it over and over. It was a talisman for what had happened -- and it wasn't real. Huddy never happened. House spat out an unforgivable insult to Cuddy and her adopted child, and she kicked him out. There was not hooking up. There was no lipstick. House has been playing with yet another Vicodin pill bottle this whole time. When he sees how far astray his mind as been leading him, House admits that something needs to be done. Wilson drives him to a mental hospital -- and House checks himself in for treatment.

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Seeley Booth Bones We love a tough guy with a sense of humor -- and Seeley certainly qualifies! He brings that cocky charm to any occasion, and he's always willing to break the ice with a quip. The fact that half the time he's poking gentle fun at Brennan? Well, that makes it even better!		Greg House House House is the insult comic of medicine -- and while we fear his biting wit, we love hearing what he has to say. Just so long as he's mociing Cuddy, Wilson, his minions, his patients... and not us!
Stewie Griffin Family Guy This diabolical baby is intent on taking over the world -- and ripping through the egos of everyone he ever meets. And that's just the way we like it!		Bart Simpson The Simpsons After 20 years, you'd think that Bart would run out of quips. Nope. For his chalkboard meditations alone, he's one of the funniest guys on FOX.

Walter Bishop Fringe Oh, sweet, innocent, competely-without-filters Walter... We love how he's willing to say ANYTHING on his mind, no matter how inapproriate. And his paean to poor Mr. Papaya? Priceless!

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Walter Bishop Fringe A modern-day mad scientist, Walter created a devices that bend time and space -- among other things! Plus, he can find an explanation for everything from giant cold organisms to brainwave transference. Also, he brought a cow!		Topher Brink Dollhouse OK, so he may inhabit an ethical gray area, but you can't deny his scientific chops. He's the one who oversees the personality transfers on the Dolls -- and he has a drawer of unacceptable starches!
Jack Hodgins Bones How can you not love a man who takes such pleasure in mold and bugs and ick? Plus, he's always willing to prove scientific concepts by catapulting frozen turkeys or detonating watermelon.		Gregory House House Yes, he's cranky, manipulative, socially unacceptable, and a Vicodin addict, but if you're really sick, you want House on your case. Just realize he may almost kill you a few times before he figures everything out.

Cal Lightman Lie to Me Lightman has developed the science of microexpressions to such an extent that a single eyebrow quirk or fleeting nose wrinkle reveals to him who is telling the truth and who has something to hide.

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