Season finales

I'll start with Dancing with the Stars first... as usual I fast-forwarded through most of it. I'm glad that Apolo won, but I'd like to know if it's because he was the better dancer (which he was), or if it was because he was the youngest dancer, or had the (arguably) hottest partner. I'm disappointed that Laila came in third, but it brings up an interesting point... I bet if they got annother female athlete -- but this time maybe someone like a former figure skater -- she might be able to finally get a win for the girls in the finals. Just for equity's sake it'd be nice to see a woman win one.

It was also very interesting to see that the Dancing finale almost beat American Idol in the ratings. Bet ABC's happy about that.

Now, 24... firstly, I love my MythTV at times. It's a pain in the ass quite often, but when it's good, it's good... and to have the ability to watch the two-hour finale in a single hour (thanks to commercial removal and 1.2x speed playback) was a big timesaver. And I'm glad I saved the time, too, because JEEZ what a snore of a finale. (SPOILER ALERT!) Even at 1.2x speed, it seemed like Doyle and the kid were standing around forever. How anticlimactic was the showdown between Jack and his dad? And he better not show up alive next season even though they left the door wide open for it. And where did they scramble those F-18s from? Kansas? 30 minutes to get to the oil platform? C'mon. Yet, when Jack gets dropped into the ocean, he's able to get to the Heller house in a couple of minutes (with no car as far as we can tell). Oh, and I forgot to mention Chloe. WHO CARES?!? They ruined Chloe this season. And the ending? Ugh. Again, this is me, not caring.

Haven't seen the Lost finale yet--yes, I started watching again, but only because of time compression and skipping. Can't be bothered that much with this show any more.