The Week in Entertainment

Two weeks, actually ... crazy, crazy spring at work this year!

TV: The finales of several shows (Modern Family, The Mentalist, House, The Middle) which were pretty good to very good. I'm not at all sure I understand (or really believe) Cuddy's about face, but we'll see. Jane is well shut of that woman: even if (by virtue of this being television) is a genuine psychic, she's also a nut with no sense of personal boundaries, and obnoxious. Since I don't think she's genuinely psychic, she's a jerk. Were I Jane, that whole bit with the waiter would have been the signal to fake a phone call and never, ever talk to her again. And now ... the wait for the summer series - bring on Psych and Leverage! Also, Doctor Who, which isn't on the same cycle. I am glad to see the Doctor learned something from the Rose and Mickey debacle (though both of them came out of happy enough), and it's always nice with several Companions.

Read: A slew of Philo Vance novels (in an omnibus), mindless reading with a few interesting puzzles surrounded by out-dated (and often fascinating) details, an obnoxious protagonist, and a somewhat overblown style. Kathapurna, a brilliant novel by Raja Rao about India in the late 1930s and the impact of Gandhi on the rural people.