Is Monday "blacker" than Sunday?

Yes, Monday is now the "Black" night. Most of the shows were better last night, excluding All of Us, which remains the weak spot. I'm considering starting a petition to bring Half & Half back...I miss those girls, and the two moms bickering...soooo much more entertaining that LisaRaye, Duane Martin and the midget. But, back to the business at hand. Taking it from the top, that was one of the best episodes of Everybody Hates Chris that I've seen. Lots of funny moments. How great to see Rog from What's Happening? He hasn't aged a bit! My two favorite LOL scenes from last night: Chris was running for class president and the white teacher asked him: "Are you going to need an organ player for your speech? In case you catch the holy ghost?" Then, Drew found $10 on the steps and immediately sets out to spend his new windfall. In his eagerness, he's easily conned by the local hustler, who sells him a $10 wallet so he can put his $10 in it. Classic.

I'll skip over All of Us, but I will say this...they're taking themselves to seriously. There's a way to make a social statement without being preachy and heavy-handed. Last night was too much of both. Makes me wonder when this show was actually funny, if it ever was? Was there another reason to bring it back other than its attachment to Will and Jada?

I still feel the void left by Toni, but I see how Maya is slowly stepping into her role as the loud-mouth, opinionated voice on Girlfriends (true, she's always been that way, but without Toni, it's full-force now). Her tongue-lashing of Joan was painful. I was literally wincing as she laid Joan out in front of everyone. But, of course, Joan deserved it. I think Maya was a little too sensitive to think that Joan was jealous of her new home as the hang-out spot, but I can understand where she's coming from. Joan has always been self-centered and wants to be in control of everything, but she lost her role as group leader and is scrambling to re-gain her position. I admire how the writers are portraying the realness of friendships between women. Yes, it's not always pretty, and we do have arguments and falling outs from which we don't speak for a while (or ever again). What is Lynn's purpose here? She has no storyline, no nothing. What a waste! Part of me thinks that William really doesn't want to get rid of Monica. Monica is slowly starting to grow on me. She showed a bit of vulnerability last night, in contrast to the brave, hard-edged front she usually puts up. Who knows, maybe her and William are meant to be together? I don't see Monica going anywhere in the near future. The jury is still out on Christina Vidal becoming the fourth girlfriend. That's the rumor, but I'm not sure if that's evident so far. There was an interesting exchange between her and Joan. She suggested that since Joan is having so many issues with her friends, why not go and get some new ones. Joan's reply is that she's too old to make new friends. Or, what I think, not that's she too old, but she knows that given her neurotic behavior and personality, it would be hard to find people who could deal with her. She already lost Toni and they had been ace-boon-coons since third grade. Plus, it's not easy making friends, especially when you're crazy and not a very likable person.

I really liked The Game last night. It's still very superficial and barely scratching the surface, but it has its moments. It was obvious that Melanie's lab partner played her for a fool. She was itching to get up in the game so she could snag herself a player. It's sad that Melanie didn't see the betrayal coming, but that's sometimes how it goes. Tasha was right - the other wives may be crazy, but at least they're loyal. At the end of the day, only other women in her position can understand the life of being attached to a professional football player. The gift-giving scenario was a bit odd, but it gave the characters an opportunity to develop. As much as I love Tia, the real star of this show is Brittany Daniel. She has a natural comedic timing - even the little things she does and says garner big laughs. Searching the floors and sofa for a missing rhinestone, telling her daughter she'll "microwave" dinner and saying it's a "good thing" that she feels hungry. It was all funny to me. And as much as I hate the "Becky" syndrome, I like her relationship with Jason. You can really tell that they care for each other and have both committed to making sacrifices to make it work. I wish I could see a bit more complexity in Melanie's relationship with Derwin. She always seems to be dropping everything to make him happy, but I just don't see it being reciprocated. Sure, they're "cute" together, but what else is going on? For the first time, I feel like a got a real NFL wife perspective when Kelly fielded phone calls from the other wives voicing their anger with Melanie. On one hand we had the gold-digging wife, commenting that she'd spent the entire day shopping and didn't get the chance to get anything for herself and being forced to "baby-sit" her own kids (LOL) and then another wife, who says that on top of her mother, sister, brother, cousin, etc. calling her for money (LOL), now she has to turn around and get gifts for the team. In those split-second scenes, we learned a lot about the NFL wife experience. Wendy Raquel Robinson is such a strong actress. It's a shame I never realized it before. When she's on screen, she commands my attention and delivers her lines cleanly and with meaning. I like her attitude. And next week we'll get to see another side of Tasha...I can't wait! Stay tuned....