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Ricky

Posted February 16, 2013 at 5:40 PM

CBS

BLUE BLOODS – 12 (-1)
CSI: NY – 19
THE GOOD WIFE – 24
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT – 13 (-2)
THE MENTALIST – 31
CSI – 25
ELEMENTARY – 17
NCIS: LA – 16 (+1)
PERSON OF INTEREST – 98 (+3)
MIKE & MOLLY – 38
NCIS – 38 (+2)
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER – 24 (-3)
THE BIG BANG THEORY – 93

From TBBT 3.08 “The Adhesive Duck Deficiency” -
Sheldon: The “Check Engine” light is on. We need to find a service station.
Penny: No, the light’s been on since I bought the car.
Sheldon: All the more reason to consult with a mechanic before it explodes!
Penny: It’s not gonna explode, just keep driving. Warp speed ahead, Mr. Spock.
Sheldon: Mr. Spock did not pilot the Enterprise, he was a science officer, and I guarantee you that if he ever saw the Enterprise’s “Check Engine” light blinking, he would pull the ship over immediately!
Ricky

Posted February 16, 2013 at 5:42 PM

CW

NIKITA – 59 (+2)
HART OF DIXIE – 16 (-3)
SUPERNATURAL – 78 (+3)
ARROW – 72 (-2)

From Nikita 1.14 “The Next Seduction” -
Nikita: Jurgen…it’s an alias, for Emil Voss, German arms dealer, educated at Oxford. He’s probably about 36 by now.
Ryan: Do you know him?
Nikita: I slept with him. For about 2 weeks. A Division op.
Ryan: Look, Nikita, if this intel is solid, we’re talking about a serious attack, and Voss has the weapon. But I can’t ask you to help. I can’t make you to go to him.
Nikita: No one at the CIA knows Voss the way I do. I can find him. I can do this my way.
Ryan: Nikita…
Nikita: I’ll do what I have to.
Ricky

Posted February 16, 2013 at 5:45 PM

FOX

THE MINDY PROJECT – 24 (-3)
TOUCH – 45 (+3)
BONES – 29 (+2)
BOB’S BURGERS – 35 (-1)
THE SIMPSONS – 26 (+1)
THE FOLLOWING – 40 (-2)

Victors’ Village: Raising Hope

From Dollhouse 2.13 “Epitaph Two: Return” -
Paul: The point is Topher thinks he can flip it. Create a pulse to restore all the wiped minds.
Zone: Yeah? He also thinks he’s a little teapot short and stout.
Adelle: Topher Brink is a genius! And you will keep a civil tongue in this house or we’ll put your tongue in a stew.
Caroline: Good to see you’ve mellowed.
Ricky

Posted February 16, 2013 at 5:48 PM

And again, I’ve got a vote that failed. Another attempt…

NBC

1600 PENN – 14 (+1)
COMMUNITY – 81 (+2)
30 ROCK – 43
GO ON – 45
DECEPTION – 7 (-1)
SMASH – 13 (-2)
PARKS & REC – 57 (-3)
GRIMM – 20
PARENTHOOD – 30
THE OFFICE – 19
CHICAGO FIRE – 26
REVOLUTION – 98 (+3)
Ricky

Posted February 16, 2013 at 5:54 PM

Much better. Too bad about the quote though. It was a really good one from Community. Oh well…

Basic Cable

COUGAR TOWN – 68 (-3)
PERCEPTION – 21 (-2)
THE AMERICANS – 34 (-1)
CONTINUUM – 48 (+2)
PSYCH – 42
THE WALKING DEAD – 39
AMERICAN HORROR STORY – 29
FALLING SKIES – 17
WAREHOUSE 13 – 24
DOCTOR WHO – 14 (+1)
RIZZOLI & ISLES – 41 (+3)

From Being Human UK 1.01 “Flotsam and Jetsam” -
Annie: So who wants tea?
George: Ugh.
Annie: What?
George: You keep making tea! Every surface is covered with cups of tea and coffee. I go to make myself some tea and I can’t! There’s no mugs, there’s no tea! It’s all been made! And you can’t even drink it! You can’t drink it, but you keep making it! Oh, oh, oh my God, it’s driving me INSANE!
Annie: Oh, well, I like my routine, it makes me feel normal.
George: Wha- but- wh- You’re a ghost!
Annie: Yeah, OK…
Ricky

Posted February 16, 2013 at 6:00 PM

Premium Cable:

DEXTER – 46 (+3)
GAME OF THRONES – 65 (+1)
TORCHWOOD – 41 (+2)
HOMELAND – 62
THE NEWSROOM – 44 (-3)
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM – 43
THE BORGIAS – 19
CALIFORNICATION – 23
SPARTACUS – 0 (-1) No victory here.
EPISODES – 32 (-2)

From GoT 1.07 “You Win Or You Die” -
Cersei: Jaime would have killed him. My brother is worth a thousand of your friend.
Eddard: Your brother? Or your lover?
Cersei: The Targaryens wed brothers and sisters for three hundred years to keep bloodlines pure. Jaime and I are more than brother and sister; we shared a womb, came into this world together – we belong together.
Eddard: My son saw you with him.
Cersei: Do you love your children?
Eddard: With all my heart.
Cersei: No more than I love mine.
Eddard: And they’re all Jaime’s.
Ricky

Posted February 16, 2013 at 6:05 PM

80s:

CHEERS – 38
21 JUMP STREET – 41 (+3)
STAR TREK TNG – 31 (+2)
THE COSBY SHOW – 6 (-1)
THE GOLDEN GIRLS – 4 (-3)
M*A*S*H – 12 (-2)
THE A-TEAM – 20 (+1)

90s:

SEINFELD – 32 (-2)
THE X-FILES – 30 (+2)
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER – 62 (+3)
EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND – 28 (-3)

00s:

FIREFLY – 13
SCRUBS – 28 (-3)
PUSHING DAISIES – 12 (+3)

Victors’ Village: Lost

10s:

FRINGE – 67 (+3)
TERRA NOVA – 28 (+2)
ALCATRAZ – 11 (-2)
CHUCK – 49 (-3)

From Chuck 3.19 “Chuck Versus the Ring, Part II” -
Awesome: What are we doing? We don’t have a plan!
Morgan: No plan? Never stopped me before.
Rebecca

Posted February 16, 2013 at 6:54 PM

@Ricky
Yep. And Cheers, Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond, LOST, Scrubs and Chuck will always be winners in my book no matter how the games turn out.
POIFanatic

Posted February 17, 2013 at 4:05 AM

@Ricky: The spam filter is acting up. The quotes from GOT and The Following that I posted had to be altered because certain words isn’t allowed.

Basic Cable

COUGAR TOWN – 68
PERCEPTION – 19 (-2)
THE AMERICANS – 35 (+1)
CONTINUUM – 48
PSYCH – 42
THE WALKING DEAD – 39
AMERICAN HORROR STORY – 32 (+3)
FALLING SKIES – 14 (-3)
WAREHOUSE 13 – 24
DOCTOR WHO – 16 (+2)
RIZZOLI & ISLES – 40 (-1)

Premium Cable:

DEXTER – 48 (+2)
GAME OF THRONES – 68 (+3)
TORCHWOOD – 41
HOMELAND – 63 (+1)
THE NEWSROOM – 42 (-2)
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM – 42 (-1)
THE BORGIAS – 19
CALIFORNICATION – 20 (-3)
EPISODES – 32

From Game of Thrones, 1.10 ‘Fire and Blood’:

Jeor Mormont: (after telling Jon about several disturbing reports from Beyond-The-Wall) Do you think your brother’s war is more important than ours?
Jon Snow: No.
Jeor Mormont: When dead men and worse come hunting for us in the night, you think it matters who sits on the Iron Throne?
Jon Snow: No.
Jeor Mormont: Good. Because I want you and your wolf with us when we ride out beyond the Wall tomorrow.
Jon Snow: Beyond the Wall?
Jeor Mormont: I’ll not sit meekly by and wait for the snows. I mean to find out what’s happening. The Night’s Watch will ride in force, against the Wildlings, the White Walkers and whatever else is out there. And we will find Benjen Stark – alive or dead. I will command them myself. So, I’ll only ask you once, Lord Snow: Are you a brother of the Night’s Watch, or a bastard boy who wants to play at war?
POIFanatic

Posted February 17, 2013 at 4:08 AM

80s:

CHEERS – 38
21 JUMP STREET – 41
STAR TREK TNG – 31
THE COSBY SHOW – 6
THE GOLDEN GIRLS – 4
M*A*S*H – 12
THE A-TEAM – 20

90s:

SEINFELD – 30 (-2)
THE X-FILES – 27 (-3)
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER – 64 (+2)
EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND – 31 (+3)

00s:

FIREFLY – 16 (+3)
SCRUBS – 25 (-3)
PUSHING DAISIES – 12

Victors’ Village: Lost

10s:

FRINGE – 70 (+3)
TERRA NOVA – 26 (-2)
ALCATRAZ – 8 (-3)
CHUCK – 51 (+2)

From Fringe, 4.05 ‘Novation’:

Peter: Walter, I know how strange this all is, how hard it must be for you, but I don’t know what to do. Nobody remembers me here. Olivia looks at me like I’m a stranger; like she’s afraid of me. I know what you’re capable of. I need your help, Walter, to fix this.
Walter: Every day for the past twenty-five years, I’ve tried to imagine what you would look like as a man, my son, but I don’t deserve this. I don’t deserve you. I realize now this is my punishment. You were sent to tempt me, to see if I would repeat the mistakes of the past. You shouldn’t be here.
Peter: Walter, no.
Walter: Wherever you came from, however you got here, it doesn’t matter. I can’t help you.
Peter: Walter, you don’t understand.
Walter: I tried to help a boy. A version of my son twenty-five years ago. That boy was never my son, and neither are you.
POIFanatic

Posted February 17, 2013 at 4:13 AM

ABC

BODY OF PROOF – 21 (-3)
ONCE UPON A TIME – 73
MODERN FAMILY – 58 (+3)

Victors’ Village: The Middle, Castle

From Lost, 6.09 ‘Ab Aeterno’:

Jacob:[To Richard] Imagine that this wine is what you keep calling hell. There are other names for it. Malevolence. Evil. Darkness. And it’s all down here swirling at the bottom. Unable to get out, because if it did it would spread. Now, the cork is this Island. [Puts a cork in the jug, trapping the wine] And it’s the only thing keeping the darkness where it belongs.
POIFanatic

Posted February 17, 2013 at 4:18 AM

CBS

BLUE BLOODS – 12 (-1)
CSI: NY – 19
THE GOOD WIFE – 25 (+1)
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT – 13 (-2)
THE MENTALIST – 34 (+3)
CSI – 25
ELEMENTARY – 17
NCIS: LA – 16
PERSON OF INTEREST – 100 (+2) Best damn show this season!
MIKE & MOLLY – 38
NCIS – 38
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER – 24
THE BIG BANG THEORY – 93

From Person of Interest, 2.12 ‘Prisoner’s Dilemma’

Reese: Can we just do this and go?
Kara: Okay, John. If we’re gonna be partners, you’re going to have to lighten up.
Reese: It’s my first triple-homicide. Didn’t know I was supposed to prepare jokes.
POIFanatic

Posted February 17, 2013 at 4:23 AM

From Supernatural, 8.11 ‘LARP and the Real Girl’:

Narrator: This episode is dedicated to the men, women, elves, demigods, magi, druids, and chamber pot servants who gave their lives fighting and winning for the Queen of Moons in the Battle of Kingdoms. Go bravely into the next world, fallen soldiers.

Quite 2:
Charlie making out with the fairy when the guys barge in.
Charlie: Dudes. If the tent is rockin’, don’t come a-knockin’.

Damn, I’m loving this season!
POIFanatic

Posted February 17, 2013 at 4:24 AM

CW

NIKITA – 56 (-3)
HART OF DIXIE – 14 (-2)
SUPERNATURAL – 81 (+3)
ARROW – 74 (+2)

From Supernatural, 8.11 ‘LARP and the Real Girl’:

Narrator: This episode is dedicated to the men, women, elves, demigods, magi, druids, and chamber pot servants who gave their lives fighting and winning for the Queen of Moons in the Battle of Kingdoms. Go bravely into the next world, fallen soldiers.

Quite 2:
Charlie making out with the fairy when the guys barge in.
Charlie: Dudes. If the tent is rockin’, don’t come a-knockin’.

Damn, I’m loving this season!
POIFanatic

Posted February 17, 2013 at 4:27 AM

FOX

THE MINDY PROJECT – 26 (+2)
TOUCH – 43 (-2)
BONES – 26 (-3)
BOB’S BURGERS – 34 (-1)
THE SIMPSONS – 26 (+1)
THE FOLLOWING – 43 (+3)

Victors’ Village: Raising Hope

From The Following, 1.02 ‘Chapter Two’:

Claire: Kiss me. Yeah, yeah, you heard me, I’m single, so…
Ryan: Are you sure you want me to kiss you?
Claire: Uh, yeah, I’m very sure. I–I’ve been sure for a long time.
Ryan: Well, if you’re sure…
Claire: I–unless–but–are you sure? Because if…
Ryan: I don’t think first kisses are supposed to have this much discussion.
Claire: I know, it takes the spontaneity out of it.
Ryan: Yeah, it kind of does.
Claire: Did I just ruin our first kiss?
Ryan: I think it can be salvaged.
POIFanatic

Posted February 17, 2013 at 4:32 AM

NBC

1600 PENN – 11 (-3)
COMMUNITY – 82 (+1)
30 ROCK – 43
GO ON – 48 (+3)
DECEPTION – 5 (-2)
SMASH – 13
PARKS & REC – 57
GRIMM – 19 (-1)
PARENTHOOD – 30
THE OFFICE – 19
CHICAGO FIRE – 26
REVOLUTION – 100 (+2) The finale was amazing! One of the best new shows!

From Revolution, 1.10 ‘Nobody’s Fault But Mine’:

Monroe: Did you hear we’re running out of bullets?
Miles: What?
Monroe: We’ve been shooting so many rounds for so many years, at all these bandits, all these militias, we’re running low. We’re gonna have to ration. Or start using swords. We’ll be like pirates.
Marcus

Posted February 17, 2013 at 7:04 AM

Basic Cable

COUGAR TOWN – 65 (-3)
PERCEPTION – 19
THE AMERICANS – 33 (-2)
CONTINUUM – 48
PSYCH – 42
THE WALKING DEAD – 41 (+2)
AMERICAN HORROR STORY – 33 (+1)
FALLING SKIES – 13 (-1)
WAREHOUSE 13 – 24
DOCTOR WHO – 16
RIZZOLI & ISLES – 43 (+3)

Premium Cable:

DEXTER – 48
GAME OF THRONES – 71 (+3)
TORCHWOOD – 41
HOMELAND – 65 (+2)
THE NEWSROOM – 42
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM – 40 (-2)
THE BORGIAS – 20 (+1)
CALIFORNICATION – 17 (-3)
EPISODES – 31 (-1)

80s:

CHEERS – 38
21 JUMP STREET – 41
STAR TREK TNG – 31
THE COSBY SHOW – 6
THE GOLDEN GIRLS – 4
M*A*S*H – 12
THE A-TEAM – 20

90s:

SEINFELD – 27 (-3)
THE X-FILES – 29 (+2)
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER – 67 (+3)
EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND – 29 (-2)

00s:

FIREFLY – 16
SCRUBS – 22 (-3)
PUSHING DAISIES – 15 (+3)

10s:

FRINGE – 73 (+3)
TERRA NOVA – 24 (-2)
ALCATRAZ – 5 (-3)
CHUCK – 53 (+2)

ABC

BODY OF PROOF – 18 (-3)
ONCE UPON A TIME – 76 (+3)
MODERN FAMILY – 58

CBS

BLUE BLOODS – 12
CSI: NY – 19
THE GOOD WIFE – 27 (+2)
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT – 10 (-3)
THE MENTALIST – 33 (-1)
CSI – 26 (+1)
ELEMENTARY – 17
NCIS: LA – 16
PERSON OF INTEREST – 103 (+3)
MIKE & MOLLY – 36 (-2)
NCIS – 38
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER – 24
THE BIG BANG THEORY – 93

Victor’s village: Person of interest

CW

NIKITA – 59 (+3)
HART OF DIXIE – 12 (-2)
SUPERNATURAL – 78 (-3)
ARROW – 76 (+2)

FOX

THE MINDY PROJECT – 23 (-3)
TOUCH – 41 (-2)
BONES – 28 (+2)
BOB’S BURGERS – 33 (-1)
THE SIMPSONS – 29 (+3)
THE FOLLOWING – 44 (+1)

NBC

1600 PENN – 8 (-3)
COMMUNITY – 82
30 ROCK – 43
GO ON – 48
DECEPTION – 5
SMASH – 13
PARKS & REC – 57
GRIMM – 22 (+3)
PARENTHOOD – 30
THE OFFICE – 19
CHICAGO FIRE – 26
REVOLUTION – 100
Ricky

Posted February 17, 2013 at 8:17 AM

@PoIFanatic: It’s not just GoT, I’ve had quotes from Firefly and Community get blocked on me. I can sort of understand why the Community one was blocked, but the Firefly one was clean, so it makes no sense to me.

@Marcus: Sorry, but your CBS and NBC votes are invalid. When a show enters the Victors’ Village, it’s locked there until the Winners’ Circle begins, so you can’t add any more points to PoI. Also, you only did +3 and -3 for NBC. You needed to do +2, +1, -1 and -2 as well, and also you failed to list RVN in the Victors’ Village. Next voter, go off PoIFanatic’s CBS and NBC votes.
couchpotato

Posted February 17, 2013 at 1:01 PM

Basic Cable

COUGAR TOWN – 68 (+3)
PERCEPTION – 19
THE AMERICANS – 34 (+1)
CONTINUUM – 45 (-3)
PSYCH – 42
THE WALKING DEAD – 43 (+2)
AMERICAN HORROR STORY – 33
FALLING SKIES – 13
WAREHOUSE 13 – 24
DOCTOR WHO – 15 (-1)
RIZZOLI & ISLES – 41 (-2)

Premium Cable:

DEXTER – 48
GAME OF THRONES – 74 (+3)
TORCHWOOD – 41
HOMELAND – 66 (+1)
THE NEWSROOM – 44 (+2)
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM – 37 (-3)
THE BORGIAS – 20
CALIFORNICATION – 15 (-2)
EPISODES – 30 (-1)
couchpotato

Posted February 17, 2013 at 1:09 PM

ABC

BODY OF PROOF – 15 (-3)
ONCE UPON A TIME – 79 (+3)
MODERN FAMILY – 58

Victors’ Village: The Middle, Castle

CW

NIKITA – 61 (+2)
HART OF DIXIE – 10 (-2)
SUPERNATURAL – 75 (-3)
ARROW – 79 (+3)

FOX

THE MINDY PROJECT – 24 (+1)
TOUCH – 38 (-3)
BONES – 26 (-2)
BOB’S BURGERS – 35 (+2)
THE SIMPSONS – 28 (-1)
THE FOLLOWING – 47 (+3)

Victors’ Village: Raising Hope

NBC

1600 PENN – 8 (-3)
COMMUNITY – 84 (+2)
30 ROCK – 43
GO ON – 47 (-1)
DECEPTION – 3 (-2)
SMASH – 14 (+1)
PARKS & REC – 60 (+3)
GRIMM – 19
PARENTHOOD – 30
THE OFFICE – 19
CHICAGO FIRE – 26

Victors’ Village: Revolution

CBS
BLUE BLOODS – 12
CSI: NY – 18 (-1)
THE GOOD WIFE – 25
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT – 13
THE MENTALIST – 34
CSI – 25
ELEMENTARY – 15 (-2)
NCIS: LA – 16
MIKE & MOLLY – 35 (-3)
NCIS – 39 (+1)
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER – 26 (+2)
THE BIG BANG THEORY – 96 (+3)

Victors’ Village: POI

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