The Spoiler Roundup 01.28.09

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Welcome to the Spoiler Roundup, the most comprehensive weekly spoiler wrapup on the internet. We scour the web for all the best spoilers on some of the most popular shows on the air.

This Week: 24, 30 Rock, 90210, Battlestar Galactica, Big Love, Bones, Brothers and Sisters, Burn Notice, Chuck, Desperate Housewives, Entourage, Fringe, Gossip Girl, Greek, Grey’s Anatomy, Heroes, House, How I Met Your Mothers, Law and Order: SVU, Life, Life On Mars, Lost, NCIS, Nip/Tuck, One Tree Hill, Prison Break, Pushing Daisies, Reaper, Saving Grace, Scrubs, Smallville, Supernatural, The Big Bang Theory, The Unit, True Blood, Ugly Betty, United States of Tara and Without A Trace.

24

Jon Voight is bankrolling everything, and he is “the best villain ever” according to a source who’s seen what’s ahead. His scenes with Kiefer? “Spine-tingly,” says the source. [Watch With Kristin]

30 Rock

Producers are currently on the lookout for an actor to play a TGS announcer who’s been struck by lightning a few times. [Michael Ausiello]

The comedy’s also hiring a bunch of actors to play GE staffers that Jack has to fire. [Michael Ausiello]

90210

Donna (Tori Spelling) comes back to Beverly Hills and reveals she’s having problems with David. The upside, though, is their careers all appear to be going well (and global). Word is, Donna is thinking about opening a clothing store in Los Angeles, and she’s already a huge success in Japan. [Watch With Kristin]

Matt Lanter soon joins the cast as the new Dylan McKay, and AnnaLynne McCord says she’ll be the first to get in on that action: “He is the bad boy and Naomi starts to love herself some bad boy…[He] just throws her so off her Naomi world and off its axis, that it kind of intrigues her, so she feels challenged. He gets her into trouble.” And it looks like Shenae Grimes may also get into the mix.. “I feel like there’s going to be a triangle somewhere there,” she tells me, “and I wouldn’t complain if I was a part of said triangle.” [Watch With Kristin]

Adrianna reveals her pregnancy to the baby’s father and is shocked by his parents’ handling of the situation. Naomi stands by Adrianna’s side while they devise a plan to break the pregnancy news to Adrianna’s mother, Constance (guest star Maeve Quinlan, “The Bold and the Beautiful”). Annie and Ethan are still shaken from his accident but their relationship becomes strained when he starts spending a lot of time with Rhonda (guest star Aimee Teegarden, “Friday Night Lights”). Silver confronts Dixon and tells him the words he has been longing to hear. Rob Estes, Lori Loughlin and Ryan Eggold also star. [The CW]

As for Silver and Dixon’s recent estrangement, it won’t last long. Those two have many more trials to look forward to. As I told you weeks ago, Silver is going to have a mental breakdown – which not only brings her sister-in-law Donna Martin back to town – but also ensures a supportive Dixon at her side. [Korbi TV]

The rumors are true, Donna Martin will definitely be making her a dress for some high profile premiere. Mrs. David Silver is going to walk the red carpet with Diablo Cody. [Korbi TV]

Battlestar Galactica

Adama and Roslin finally decide to take their relationship public when they kiss in front of the entire fleet. [Michael Ausiello]

Big Love

According to Ginnifer Goodwin herself, “Margene is on a self-discovery mission this year. She’s trying on all kinds of identities and discovering she’s incapable of handling trauma, which is always very exciting. I’m not going to tell you what the trauma is. And I have to say that Margene’s powers of manipulation have perfected a bit, having Nikki as a role model.” [Watch With Kristin]

Bones

When Brennan, Hodgins and author Thomas Vega are summoned by a Federal Judge along with the United States Attorney regarding the ongoing investigation of the Grave Digger, they learn that evidence from the case has recently gone missing. With Brennan and Hodgins having been victims of the Grave Digger and Thomas Vegas currently writing a book about it, they become prime suspects in the missing evidence case. However, when Brennan and the team receive a phone call from the Grave Digger informing them that Booth has been buried alive with only 24 hours worth of oxygen, the Grave Digger threatens to leave him to die unless Brennan brings the missing evidence. The team immediately goes to Booth’s apartment to assess the crime scene, knowing from Sweets’ psychological assessment of the Grave Digger that they cannot tell the authorities about the situation or else the Grave Digger will retaliate against Booth. As Booth struggles to free himself from confinement, the team joins forces to locate him with precious time ticking away. [Fox]

Brothers and Sisters

Justin and Rebecca’s relationship will self-destruct by season’s end — right around the time Rebecca and Ryan start cohabitating. [Michael Ausiello]

Balthazar Getty will depart in April when Tommy gets into some legal trouble and skips town, but it’s the producers’ hope that he will return as an occasional guest star next season. “We intend for Balthazar to be a part of the show through its entirety,” says executive producer Monica Breen. “But to the extent that Tommy figures into the daily lives of the Walkers, that remains up for grabs.” [Michael Ausiello]

Rebecca’s loyalties between Holly and the Walkers become more divided than ever when she discovers Tommy’s plan to drive her mother out of the family business. Meanwhile Nora gets a surprise phone call from an important person in William’s past. Guest starring are Ken Olin as David Caplan, Luke Grimes as Ryan Lafferty, Nigel Havers as Roger Grant, John Rubinstein as Dr. Marc Wilson, Scott Klace as Kent Barnes, S.E. Perry as Winston, Michael B. Silver as Stu Orenbacher, John Glover as Henry Mittner and Kaitlin Doubleday as Chelsea Yeager. [ABC]

Tommy may be going bye bye on felony embezzlement charges, but the Walkers won’t just sit back and watch Holly take over the family business by herself. Word is, Sarah will peace out on Greenatopia and return to her post at Ojai Foods… where she starts hooking up with a new co-worker. [Korbi TV]

Burn Notice

According to Gabrielle Anwar (Fi), “[Carla and Fiona] have a swift interaction. It was rather intense, and it was a tremendous amount of fun to shoot.” And why is that? “Because Carla had it comin’ to her. She really did.” As for Michael and Fi, according to Gabrielle, we can expect more “neurosis, violence and a quest for continued passion. You know, like everybody else’s relationships. Nothing too extraordinary.” [Watch With Kristin]

Chuck

Chuck chief Josh Schwartz says me Chuck still doesn’t know Sarah was actually saving his life, adding, “That’s a dynamic that obviously is going to be complicated.” [Watch With Kristin]

Josh Schwartz says me, “There’s a very sexy MI6 agent, played by Jonathan Cake, who comes in to help on a mission for a couple of episodes. He’s a real sort of badass Gerard Butler-type who definitely catches Sarah’s eye. There are a couple things that are going to happen toward the end of this season that are sort of a point of no return for Sarah and Chuck. It could be a point of no return in a good way or point of no return in a bad way…you’ll have to stay tuned.” [Watch With Kristin]

Chuck Versus the Third Dimension – Airing February 2
When Chuck foils a plan to kill international rock star Tyler Martin (guest star Dominic Monaghan), the agents kidnap the musician to find out who wants him dead. Later, Tyler convinces Chuck to go out on the town, which only leads to a night of trouble. Meanwhile, Morgan wins a pair of backstage passes to Tyler’s show and holds a contest among his fellow employees, including Big Mike’s old football friend Jimmy (guest star Jerome Bettis), to see who gets to be his lucky plus one. [NBC]

Chuck Versus the Best Friend – Airing February 9
Chuck helps a heartbroken Morgan spy on Anna. After he flashes on Anna’s new boyfriend, Chuck, along with Sarah and Casey, is sent to discover his connection to a dangerous gang. Meanwhile, Jeff and Lester try to convince Ellie and Awesome to hire their band Jeffster! for the wedding. [NBC]

Chuck Versus the Suburbs – Airing Februaryy 16
Chuck and Sarah’s latest assignment forces them to pose as a happily married couple living in the suburbs. They meet some interesting characters including Brad (guest star Andy Richter), a cheerful next-door neighbor in the stationary business, and Sylvia (guest star Jenny McCarthy), a seductive and attractive woman who lives across the street and has her eye on Chuck. Meanwhile, Big Mike is on a work rampage after his wife files for divorce, so the Buy More gang sets him up on a dating website to keep him distracted. [NBC]

Robert Picardo reveals: They’re doing a very big story arc about who created the “Intersect,” which is this special super-computer system (stored in Chuck’s brain), and I think I’m not speaking out of turn when I say I figure heavily into that story. [TV Guide]

Desperate Housewives

“Katherine and Mike are going to move in together,” Dana Delany reveals. “That’s huge. We have shot a few episodes of cohabitation already, and it has been a tremendous amount of fun. Fans of the show since the beginning will remember that Mike used to live in the house that I live in now in, so it is a sort of homecoming for him,” the actress notes. “But like all things on Wisteria Lane, it will have its own set of challenges. We aren’t going to be living in complete bliss. Susan has issues, for one. And Dave is still around trying to get revenge.” [Michael Ausiello]

Mama Spent Money When She Had None – Airing February 8
Bree reaps the success of her new book by
treating herself to a new car, while Lynette and Tom resolve to sell his Mustang for some extra cash; and Susan is determined to send MJ to the best school, even though she and Mike can’t afford it. Meanwhile, Gaby joins Edie’s no nonsense boot camp to get herself back into shape, and Lee is conflicted over whether to tell Lynette and Tom some disturbing facts about Dave. [ABC]

Entourage

According to Kevin Connelly, season 6 will be all about “the guys around Vince figuring out what they’re going to do with the rest of their lives.” [Michael Ausiello]

When Season Six starts later this year, Vince’s has-been streak really is over. The filming of Scorsese’s Gatsby was a total success. We’ll meet back up with the boys just as they’re gearing up for the premiere, and by the way, Vince already has another feature project lined up… one that will force him to finally get his driver’s license. As for E, word is, he’s got a new steady lady in his life . . . even though he’s far from over Sloan. [Korbi TV]

Fringe

According to creator Bob Orci, “Sooner or later the story of John Scott will play itself out, and maybe we get to a place where [Peter and Olivia] finally notice each other in a new way.” [Watch With Kristin]

Gossip Girl

A former big-time couple that some of you love will be getting back together.Chuck and Blair fans should be weeping, because this old couple reconnecting totally means that they will not become a real couple any time soon this season. [Watch With Kristin]

Nate’s grandfather makes him an offer that’s too good to pass up, which leads to Vanessa feeling out of place, and the dynamic of that relationship shifting. Basically the whole rest of the season is relationship roulette. [Watch With Kristin]

Rufus and Lily continue to play house, which continues to sicken the kids. [Watch With Kristin]

Carnal Knowledge – Airing February 2, 2009
In retaliation for not playing by the unspoken rules of Constance Billard, Blair hatches a plan to bring down her teacher, Rachel (guest star Laura Breckenridge), and it’s going to be good. After Chuck wakes up in a hotel and only has a minor recollection of what happened the previous evening and who he spent the evening with, Nate and Vanessa try to help him fill in the missing pieces of what is turning out to be an increasingly intriguing mystery. [The CW]

Greek

Rusty is going to meet a new girl named Jordan that he falls head over heels for (literally, he falls down some stairs), but Andy (Jesse McCartney) is going to get to her first. [Watch With Kristin]

Both Rebecca and Ashleigh dabble in kissing girls this season, and they’ll like it. One of the girls even hits up another ZBZ sister. [Watch With Kristin]

Grey’s Anatomy

Beat Your Heart Out – Airing February 5
Now that Derek has the engagement ring, he searches for the perfect way to propose to Meredith, as Lexie demands that Mark go public with their relationship, and Bailey, encouraged by her work on recent cases and by Dr. Dixon, considers a new direction for her medical career.

Meredith learns from [Sam, Naomi and Addison] about a hidden talent her fiancé possessed during his years as a student. [TV Guide]

Heroes

Hayden Panettiere or Ali Larter have asked to be released from her contract. But NBC is unlikely to allow it. [Michael Ausiello]

Ellen Greene is in talks with Heroes to return as Sylar’s mom during May sweeps. [Michael Ausiello]

Jimmy-Jean Louis says not to expect a whole lot of screen time from the Haitian in Fugitives. “I don’t know too much about it, to be honest with you, because I’ve not been doing too much in this volume.” [Watch With Kristin]

It’s very likely that at least one Hero will not be coming back for the next season. It’s being sorted out right now who from the cast will go. [Watch With Kristin]

A Clear and Present Danger – Airing February 2
Months after explosions brought down Pinehurst and Primatech, our Heroes try to put the past behind them and begin new lives. Now powerless, Hiro tries to train a reluctant Ando to be a true superhero. Suresh returns to life as a taxi driver, Peter is back to saving lives, and Daphne and Matt try to live as a normal couple. Claire’s attempt to live a regular life is cut short when she uncovers a deadly plot orchestrated by Nathan to track down and capture those with abilities. Meanwhile, Sylar begins the search for his real parents. [NBC]

Trust and Blood – Airing February 9
Following a chain of unexpected events, our Heroes are on the run from their latest adversary and one of their own, Nathan Petrelli. After Matt paints a series of prophetic images, the tragic fate of someone close to him is revealed. Elsewhere, Sylar continues his search for his father and encounters a young outcast (guest star Dan Byrd) with information and an ability of his own. [NBC]

Building 26 – Airing February 16
Nathan’s plans face exposure as Homeland Security begins an investigation under direct orders from the President of the United States. Sylar and Luke (guest Dan Byrd) embark on a road trip to find Sylar’s father, but are secretly being hunted by Nathan’s agents. Life gets complicated for the Bennet family as Claire goes into action to protect a young man with abilities (guest star Justin Baldoni) from being captured by HRG. Elsewhere, Matt’s prophetic images lead Hiro and Ando to India and a mysterious ally comes to the aid of our Heroes. [NBC]

In a spring episode called Cold Wars: While being held hostage, HRG (Jack Coleman) is subjected to Matt Parkman’s (Greg Grunberg) unique brand of interrogation, revealing how he became involved with Nathan’s (Adrian Pasdar) government plot to capture those with abilities. Meanwhile, Matt’s discoveries bring Peter (Milo Ventimiglia) face-to-face with “The Hunter” (guest star Zeljko Ivanek). [SpoilerTV]

House

Kal Penn says, “[Kutner] does have an arc this season—you’ll see him more at home, with the giant bowl of cereal, for example, and we’ll see how the thing with his parents affects him.” [Watch With Kristin]

Peter Jacobson says, “There’s trouble in paradise with Taub’s marriage. Nothing too drastic at the moment, but there’s difficulties looming.” [Watch With Kristin]

Lisa Edelstein about this story line of Cuddy’s adoption: “[Cuddy] is not the mother she thought she would be. She doesn’t know how to do her job, be a mother and take care of House all at the same time. She thinks she has to give something up, but she doesn’t know what that will be. It could be any one of those things. Or none of them. She really doesn’t know. She wanted [a child] for so long, but in [this week's] episode, the reality of what mommyhood really is hits her. She’s unprepared.” [Korbi TV]

Cuddy has to come back much sooner than expected and she decides to make House as miserable as possible by pulling some nasty pranks that physically hurt him. But the cranky doc has a surprising method of dealing with Cuddy’s anger… No, not seducing her. That won’t happen till later this season. [Korbi TV]

Things between Foreman and 13 will get serious, fast. In fact, Foreman is so crazy about 13 that he is going to switch her drug trial meds from the placebo to the real deal without telling her, risking his career and the clinical trial in the process. When 13 starts experiencing serious reactions to the actual medication, Foreman will have to fess up. A good portion of the 100th episode will be spent trying to undo the damage the experimental drugs did to her. She’s far more forgiving of Foreman’s actions than you might expect. [Korbi TV]

How I Met Your Mother

The Possimpible – Airing February 2
When Robin realizes that she only has four days to get a job or she will be deported back to Canada, she agrees to let Barney produce a video resume for her. [CBS]

Law and Order: SVU

Robert Iler guest stars in tonight’s episode, while Dabney Coleman, Ron Eldard. Burt Young, and Wallace Shawn drop in next week. And on Feb. 10, former ER doc Alex Kingston plays attorney Miranda Pond. [Michael Ausiello]

Life

Re-entry – Airing February 4
When a retired NASA pilot is shot to death mid-flight, Charlie Crews and Dani Reese work to narrow down the list of suspects who include the dead pilots son and his current business partner. They must also take into consideration the pilot was about to pay the Russians 35 million dollars to take him back into space. Meanwhile, Tidwell tries to get Crews to remember who shot him. [NBC]

Mirror Ball – Airing February 11
When the lead singer
of a heavy metal cover band is suffocated to death, Charlie Crews and Dani Reese are on the hunt to find the killer. Crews and Reese question the remaining band members and learn that the previous front man had a bone to pick with the now dead singer after he was kicked out of the band. They track down the former front man who seems to have a legitimate alibi and their lead goes cold. The investigation then takes an interesting turn when the detectives stumble across a homeless man who appears to be a groupie. Could this groupie have been responsible for the murder? Meanwhile, Crews learns his father’s wedding to Olivia has been called off. [NBC]

I Heart Mom – Airing February 18
A man is found beaten and shot dead with a mouth full of money in a house with no roof. Crews (Damian Lewis) and Reese (Sarah Shahi) begin their investigation and discover the victim was running an elaborate construction scam that left his clients without roofs or money. While interviewing the duped customers, they meet an eccentric man with a violent streak and the intimidating son of an old woman with a long rap sheet. The detectives work to figure out if either of these men could be the murderer. Meanwhile, Crews has a confrontation with Mickey Rayborn (William Atherton) which sheds some light on the conspiracy against him. [NBC]

Life On Mars

Sam and Annie fans will be happy to hear that romance between the two police officers will definitely begin to develop in the second half of the Life on Mars season, which debuts tonight But that doesn’t mean Sam’s 2008 lady, Maya, will disappear. Executive producer Josh Appelbaum said that because Lisa Bonet just had a baby and has been on maternity leave, we won’t see Maya as much, however her character will return towards the end of the season with some interesting information that may rock Sam’s world. [Korbi TV]

Lost

The promo for tonight’s episode misleads. 5.3 is 100% free of Ben Linus, Kate & Aaron Austen, Jack Shephard, Sayid Jarrah, Hurley Reyes and Sun Kwon. You won’t miss them.

The woman Desmond Hume seeks is indeed Daniel Faraday’s mother.

Tonight’s episode supplies a great deal of perspective on Daniel Faraday.

Tonight’s episode supplies a great deal of perspective on Charles Widmore.

Something dramatic happens to Penny Widmore in the teaser.

Tonight’s episode was the first to make me notice that the Alan Dale and Dominick Monaghan characters share the same first name.

Juliet offers tonight a surprising revelation tied, I suspect, to The Others’ secret origin.

“Jughead” refers to neither a person, a cartoon character, a jug or a head.

According to set reports, in episode 5×09, Sawyer and Jin are reunited with the first half of the Oceanic Six in a very emotional reunion. And Jack talks to Marvin Candle. Also, by this point, Sawyer and Juliet are shacked up. [Lost Spoilers]

Dharma wants to capture/kill Sayid, and a teenage Ben helps Sayid escape. Ben gets shot, and Jin may witness this. Juliet tries, and fails, to help Ben, but she convinces Sawyer and Kate to help her carry Ben back to Richard Alpert and the Others. Locke was shooting a scene where he’s wearing a suit very similar to the one he’s buried in. And there may be a sequence where Locke sits near the injured Ben. [Lost Spoilers]

We mentioned a while back the show was looking for someone to play a younger Philip Seymour Hoffman. And it turns out this role will be filled by Brad Henke (October Road). He’s playing someone connected to Ilana, the pivotal new character played by Zuleikha Robinson, who may become a regular in season six. [Michael Ausiello]

We’ll see a young version of Charles Widmore tonight. [Watch With Kristin]

Remember how Richard Alpert showed up when Locke was born and a few other times as well? We’ll finally find out why he was there. [Watch With Kristin]

Daniel Faraday is not who he seems. He’s done some bad things with some bad people before he got to the Island. [Watch With Kristin]

The Little Prince – Airing Feburary 4
Kate discovers that someone knows the secret of Aaron’s true parental lineage. Meanwhile, the dramatic shifts through time are placing the lives of the remaining island survivors in extreme peril. [ABC]

NCIS

Tony fans are in for an exciting season finale — poignant, sad and shocking!” executive producer Shane Brennan says. “But before then, in an episode called Knockout, we’ll learn more intriguing details about Tony’s recent past.” [TV Guide]

Nip/Tuck

Matt’s starting medical school, but it doesn’t go so well. According to John Hensley, when it ends, “the way Matt exits his studies in medicine will be done with a bit of flair, for sure.” [Watch With Kristin]

One Tree Hill

Looks like Lucas’ movie is going to get shut down. [Watch With Kristin]

Prison Break

Dominoes – Airing May 8
On the run from a crime they didn’t commit, Michael and Linc are trapped in a luxury hotel with the authorities closing in. Meanwhile, Christina advances her apocalyptic agenda. [SpoilerTV]

Rate of Exchange – Airing May 15
Michael must choose once and for all between saving Sara’s life and saving Linc’s. [SpoilerTV]

Prison Break won’t return with its final stretch of eps till April, but when the crew does come back, you can expect to see a few old friends. Co-executive producer Zack Estrin and show runner Matt Olmstead recently whispered that familiar faces from the past will reappear. In the end, their goal is to tie everything together, creating the feel of one cohesive story instead of four individual seasons. [Korbi TV]

Pushing Daisies

After undergoing a major post production tweaking, the series finale is now a loose-end-tying-up extravaganza. [Michael Ausiello]

Reaper

The CW’s Presient Dawn Ostroff shares these tidbits: “The devil meets his match and winds up having a stepsister who gives him lots of fodder. A lot of the show this year is based on the relationships the guys have with women, and I think that’s going to make it feel a little more organic to what else we’re doing on the air.” [Watch With Kristin]

Saving Grace

The second half of season 2 starts March 2. Look for the plot to really start thickening in the third episode (March 16) when Christina Ricci’s character is revealed to be an IA agent, which doesn’t sit well with Grace. Meanwhile, Bobby returns after Grace, Ham, and Butch accidentally blow his undercover gig, and Rhetta decides to take on Leon Cooley’s case and get him off Death Row. [Michael Ausiello]

Scrubs

“The season isn’t about [JD and Elliot dating],” creator Bill Lawrence says. “[We got to] make everyone happy that wants them to be a couple, [but] I get to win [too, because] it’s not Ross and Rachel. The rest of the year isn’t, ‘Are we together? Are we not together?’ It just works because they’re grown-ups, and they like each other.” [Michael Ausiello]

Smallville

Tess knows all about Clark’s secret. [Watch With Kristin]

Power – Airing January 29
Clark finds Tess in Lana’s ransacked apartment and realizes Lana is missing. Tess tells him Lex is still alive and may have kidnapped Lana and finally reveals the truth about what happened to Lana after she awoke from her Brainiac-induced coma. Meanwhile, Tess breaks into a secret LuthorCorp facility and is shocked at what she discovers. [The CW]

Chloe walks in on Clark as he is rewatching Lana’s “Dear Clark” video that we saw in “Arctic.” Clark catches Tess snooping around the Talon apartment. Tess tells Clark that she is there because Lana has been poking around “secret LuthorCorp technology,” which raises his suspicion. Clark learns that Chloe has been less than honest with him about something involving Lana. [KryptonSite]

Requiem – Airing February 5
An explosion at LuthorCorp kills all the Board members and injures Oliver, who was there to announce the merger of his company with LutherCorp. Oliver believes that Lex is responsible for the blast, but Clark and Lana learn that the bomber is Winslow Schott (guest star Chris Gauthier), a toymaker and former Queen Industries employee with a grudge against Oliver. [The CW]

Turbulence – Airing February 19
Clark tells Chloe that his recent “brush with celebrity
” (in “Infamous”) might mean that having a “double identity” isn’t such a bad idea after all. The red-and-blue combo might just be saved for those occasions. Davis tells Chloe that she can’t blame herself for what happened on her wedding day. [KryptonSite]

Hex – Airing February 26
Clark’s birthday gift for Chloe is a vintage copy of “Tales of the Weird & Unexplained.” Jimmy does not attend Chloe’s birthday party. However, he does have a conversation with Chloe when she appears to be Lois. Clark learns fairly early on that “Lois” is actually Chloe. [KryptonSite]

In episode 8×19, “Stiletto,” Lois and Chloe are having some “cousin time” and hanging out. And then they get attacked by two thugs, and Lois takes one of them down with her stiletto heels. The other one gets away with Chloe’s car, which has some sensitive info inside. Lois starts to feel like a superhero, and she decides to spread rumors there’s a new heroine named Stiletto in town, in hopes of bringing the red-blue blur (aka Clark) out of hiding. She gets Jimmy to help her document her fake story. But when she tells Clark about this, he tells her she’s a better reporter than to use a fabricated story to scare up a scoop. And she may actually encounter the red-blue blur in this episode. [KryptonSite]

Supernatural

we’ll next see Castiel in March-ish. [Watch With Kristin]

Lilith hijacks the body of a dental hygienist and returns to wreak havoc on the Winchesters in episode 18. [Watch With Kristin]

Afterschool Special – Airing January 29
Sam and Dean go undercover to investigate a string of murders at their old high school. The case causes them to flashback to their time there recalling how Sam was picked on by the school bully while Dean was Mr. Popular. [The CW]

Sex and Violence – Airing February 5
Sam and Dean enter a small town in Iowa, where three men have inexplicably beaten their wives to death. The guys realize that behind the murders is a Siren, a creature that can take different forms and desperately needs love and compels people to destroy themselves as a show of devotion. The Siren eventually puts Sam and Dean under their spell and pits the two brothers against each other in a fight to the death. [The CW]

The Big Bang Theory

In the February 2 episode, Penny’s ex-boyfriend, Kurt (Brian Patrick Wade), comes back, much to Leonard’s extreme displeasure. [Michael Ausiello]

The Unit

We haven’t seen the last of Tom’s estranged wife, Charlotte (played by Rebecca Pidgeon). When The Unit reports back for duty on February 15, new light will be shed on Tom’s past as he ponders a promotion — one which would remove him from the Unit. [TV Guide]

True Blood

Michelle Forbes said that on True Blood, “I am a maenad, which is a supernatural wood-nymph creature. There are a lot of strange creatures in crazy old Bon Temps.” [Watch With Kristin]

Jason’s promotion to soldier is not without strings, and while in Texas with Bill and Jessica, Sookie discovers that she’s not the only one who can read minds. [SpoilerTV]

Ugly Betty

The February 19 episide is when Daniel Eric Gold debuts as Betty’s new love interest, Matt. He is concealing a major secret, and it’s not that he’s loaded (although he isn’t terribly forthcoming about that bit, either). [Michael Ausiello]

Even though the show is taking a break from ABC’s Thursday night schedule, Dexter’s Lauren Vélez (Laguerta) still guest stars in a four-episode arc beginning February 5. She plays Ignacio’s nurse (remember he recently suffered a heart attack), and things get a little hot and steamy! Vélez says Ignacio will survive, and Betty will have to deal with his new relationship. [Watch With Kristin]

Kissed Off – Airing February 5
Betty contemplates making a personal decision to help her family and finances. But things keep sidetracking her like the fact that sexy neighbor Jesse (guest star Val Emmich) is suddenly interested in her again. Meanwhile, Daniel tries to hide his tracks as Connor is determined to find out the identity of the mystery man who stole Molly’s heart. [ABC]

United States of Tara

Since Tara has been working on that mural for her sister’s friend Tiffany, she’s becoming good friends with her, up until the point where Tiffany forces an appearance by one of Tara’s alters. Let’s just say that’s not a good idea, and the mural suffers the consequences. [Watch With Kristin]

Without A Trace

nthony LaPaglia recently said that things are not going to be easy for Jack and Sam. “It looks like it’s going in one direction; it ends up going another direction,and then goes in another direction. There’s going to be a problem with the father of her baby.” [Watch With Kristin]