I've been a big supporter of Ringer throughout its first season in all its soapy over-the-top devilish fun… but the last two episodes are careening right on the edge of spiraling over the rails (and how's that for an over-the-top sentence?).
Lucas High's coverage of NatGeo's Doomsday Preppers has sparked a panoply of interesting reactions. Dive into the fun before diving back into your bunker.
I caught up on an interview with Cougar Town (and Scrubs and Spin City) creator Bill Lawrence on Marc Maron's WTF podcast recently (during a hike, no less), fun and interesting and illuminating stuff. Also just learned that he's married to Cougar Town's sassy Ellie (Christa Miller).
I'm gonna say it: Southland is one of the best shows of 2012, flat out and straight up.

TV Geek Army Field Guide: marching orders
Finales
Parenthood – NBC, 10:00
White Collar – USA, 10:00
Mission Imperatives
Cougar Town – ABC, 8:30
Ringer – CW, 9:00
Justified – FX, 10:00
Southland – TNT, 10:00
Weird & Wonderful
The Real Housewives of Orange County – Bravo, 9:00
Tabatha Takes Over – Bravo, 10:00
Tosh.0 – Comedy Central, 10:00
Top Shot – History Channel, 10:00
Dance Moms – Lifetime, 9:00
Doomsday Preppers – NatGeo, 9:00
Jersey Couture – Oxygen, 10:00 & 10:30
Ink Master – Spike, 10:00
Obsessive Compulsive Hoarder – TLC, 10:00
What are you looking forward to tonight? Let us know in the comments, and tell us too what should / should not be a "mission imperative"!
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