Hatch: Part Deux! Plus the Scrubies, a Photo Tour of 'Mars' and Casting News

Last night's hour of Lost was one of the show's best in a quite a few episodes. I kind of liked the lack of the usual flashbacks that center on the characters' lives before they crashed on the island. Seeing what happened to Claire during those two weeks that the Others had her was fascinating. We learned that they took her because they were planning to take Aaron out of her womb, but we still don't know why they want him. Whatever the case, it seems that the Others are part of the Dharma Initiative and they had their own hatch (complete with their own medical Dharma-like logo). Kate's discovery in the locker room was very interesting. The lockers had the torn and tattered clothing that we're used to seeing on the Others, but there was also a box of straggly hair pieces, one of which looked an awful lot like the beard we've come to identify the leader of the Others with (Speaking of the leader, did you notice him wearing normal clothes and clean shaven in the flashback?). The whole thing made me think that this whole push-the-button trick is nothing more than a psychological experiment after all. If the Others are in on it, then they may be dressing up in those rugged costumes as part of the experiment. And speaking of the Others, where were they last night? I thought there was an agreement that the survivors of flight 815 wouldn't enter the Others' area of the jungle? Weird that nothing happened to Claire, Kate or Rousseau. Speaking of Rousseau, we finally got to meet her mysterious Alex who disappeared when she was only a child, and it seems that she shares her mother's pendant for hating the Others.

Was Scrubs in top form the other night or what? An hour-block of this show and we get a raccoon shower gag, Janitor and Dr. Cox love (and hate, but only at work), Elliot on rollerblades, a burning bed (Janitor has a key to JD's - awesome!), Elliot and Keith love (much to JD's chagrin), Carla finishing Dr. Cox's sentences when his mouth is full, the return of the fabled "Dr. Acula" screenplay and a running sore spot on who makes Elliot's cell phonebook. So much funny packed into one show! As usual, here's a look at the other night's best and funniest lines.

The Scrubies
"Marge, the patient should not have to be braver than you." Dr. Cox to JD

"You know where there's all kinds of equipment for women - Todd Land." The Todd to Carla and Elliot after they complained about the lack of gym equipment for women at Sacred Heart

"Where's your wife going?" Dr. Cox to Carla after Turk left

"That's why it's such a magical place." Dr. Cox to Turk after explaining to him why the hospital gym needs to stay female-free

"Welcome to Fuglyville." JD (narration) after trying to pick an intern for a booty call

"The ladies cannot resist that ivory rascal." Dr. Kelso describing the albino radiologist

"If the pear-shaped shirt fits, wear it." Elliot to JD during their argument after learning that he's upset that she told Keith that he's unhappy with his doughy physique

"Let's face facts. You're their teacher. How competent can they be?" Dr. Cox to JD regarding his interns

"I had no idea you were going to go all cotton on their asses." Carla to JD after hearing him say that he was going to crackdown on his interns

"You bested me again you little chocolate b*tch!" Dr. Kelso to the brownie he was trying to resist

"That's Keith? That kid's the best intern we've got. Hell, I'd like to bronze him, turn my office into a Keith-edral and convert to Keith-tianity." Dr. Cox to JD

BEST EXCHANGE(S) OF THE NIGHT...

Elliot: JD, I really don't want to do this. Can't we just go home and put on our PJs and watch Grey's Anatomy?
JD: Oh, I do love that show. It's like they've been watching our lives and then just put it on TV.
Elliot: Yeah

Dr. Kelso (to Janitor): Do you know the number one cause of death in a hospital?
Dr. Cox (passing through): Your breath?
Dr. Kelso (to Janitor): Infection. And do you know how quickly infection spreads in a hospital?
Dr. Cox (passing through again): Your breath.
Dr. Kelso (finally acknowledging Dr. Cox): That doesn't make any sense!
Dr. Cox: Don't care.

So there's a look at some of the best and funniest lines of Tuesday's double dose of Scrubs. If you have a line or exchange that you would like to nominate for a Scrubie, leave me a comment and I'll publish it in a future edition. Or, if you would just like to chat about Scrubs or Lost, be sure to drop me a comment at well.

As I have been telling you, I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity earlier this week to visit the set of the brilliant Veronica Mars. It was such a full day with so many interesting things going on, that I'll be splitting up my coverage of the event. On Tuesday, I brought you some initial thoughts and reactions to the visit as well as some pictures of the cast members on set that day. Today, I thought I'd give you a brief photo tour of the world of Mars. These photos are only a small handful of what we got to see Monday, but I will be sharing lots more with you in the future. In the meantime, you can click on over to any of the blogs I have linked over in the right side column of this page under "Veronica Mars Blogs" for more pictures. Here's a brief tour:

The Mars kitchen

The Mars living room (photo courtesy The Attractive Nuisance)

Veronica's desk in her room (photo courtesy The Attractive Nuisance)

Neptune High (photo courtesy The Attractive Nuisance)

Neptune High's famous bathroom where Veronica wheels and deals

Sheriff Lamb's office - quiet as usual. Maybe Lamb is off working on his abs

Table for two at Java the Hut!

So, there's just a sampling of the photos from the set visit. As I said, I will continue to bring you more from my visit in the coming days and weeks. Coming up Monday, I'll have an entire edition devoted to all the great and interesting things that creator/executive producer Rob Thomas had to say, including which episode he's very excited about, what's in the works for next season and what about Kendall? That's Monday on Pass the Remote. I would like to give a tremendous thank you to Chelsea and Sienna at mPRm for organizing this fabulous bloggers press day, Holly at Warner Bros. for answering all of our questions, giving us a wonderful set tour, and being so helpful during our visit, Rob Thomas for spending more time and answering more questions than was required of him, Kristen Bell, Jason Dohring, Ryan Hansen, Kyle Gallner and Percy Daggs (and, as Magnolia pointed out, his mom!) for taking time out of their busy schedules to chat with us and take pictures, and all the wonderful people who work so hard every day to bring us one of the best shows on television. You guys rock!

About Last Night... Fox won the first hour of the night with American Idol, followed by NBC's Deal or No Deal and two episodes of CBS' Still Standing. At 9, Fox kept its lead with the last half hour of Idol and the premiere of Free Ride, followed by ABC's Lost and CBS' Criminal Minds. The final hour of the night went to CBS' CSI: NY, followed by NBC's Law & Order and ABC's Barbara Walters Oscar special. For more on last night's ratings, visit Zap2it.

~Primetime Pass~
@8 p.m. - We find out which four contestants are leaving and last year's winner Carrie Underwood performs live on American Idol on Fox. Over on UPN, Chris resorts to desperate measures to hide his "F" from his parents on Everybody Hates Chris. The survivors find out that two members secretly ate some of the tribe's reward on CBS' Survivor.

@9 p.m. - The team investigates the murder of a man found stuffed down the chimney of a residential home on CBS' CSI. Over on NBC, Earl attempts to pay back the government for all the back taxes he owes on My Name is Earl. Fox airs the finale of Skating with Celebrities and we find out who is named the champion on this special night and time.

@10 p.m. - The team tries to find a missing 5-year old and Danny begins to notice Martin's pain killer addiction on CBS' Without a Trace. Over on NBC, Dr. Carter (Noah Wylie) returns on ER for more than just a teaser scene this time.


QUICK CUTS

*There's some BIG SCOOP on the Cold Case front courtesy of TV Guide's Ask Ausiello. [Don't read any further if you don't want to be spoiled] Meredith Baxter has just been cast to play Lilly's (Kathryn Morris) mother. She'll appear in episode 19 that is scheduled to air April 9th on CBS. [End spoiler warning] Talk about your "family ties." Cold Case airs Sundays on CBS.

*And finally, NBC will launch a new interactive web site for Crossing Jordan later this month. The web site will have webcasts, viewer polls and Nigel's latest blogs. Additionally, leading up to the May 7th season finale, viewers will get a chance to help Nigel (Steve Valentine) play Cupid to the love triangle that has come about this season between Lily (Kathryn Hahn), Bug (Ravi Kapoor) and Lily's love interest Assistant District Attorney Jeffrey Brandau (Ethan Sandler), who is played by the real-life husband of Kathryn Hahn. The site - www.nigelblog.com- will launch March 12th, with thoughts from Nigel on the latest case, immediately following that evening's episode broadcast. Crossing Jordan airs Sundays on NBC.

That's all for today. Be sure to tune in tomorrow for CSI (Bodies stuffed in a chimney? Can only be CSIThursday!) and Without a Trace (Maybe this will signal the end of the "Martin the addict" story line). Plus, all the latest television news. And don't forget to come back Monday for all the scoop from Veronica Mars creator/executive producer Rob Thomas.

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