"You Know How The Story Goes"

As expected, there's little additional information in the actual press release for "Clash Of Swords" than what we already knew about it, so we're no closer to finding out what Alex's role will be in the season finale.  I doubt she won't be there, but for now I'm not optimistic about there being much for her either.  I also doubt if and when there are promo photos they will shed any more light on things.

One silver lining is Elaine Ko co-wrote it, so if Alex does have a role, it could be good.

I'll be back Wednesday to start the homestretch run (and a little vacation) unless something crazy comes up.

"I Wanna Know Everything, Everything" (First Impressions - "Clash Of Swords" - Season 9, Episode 22)

Well we don't know everything yet abut the season finale, but this mini(?)-synopsis of the finale (from a more general release press release about the end of the season on ABC) can probably be summed up in one word: Meh.

Two stories are revealed (I shouldn't be surprised that Phil is in the story that involves the title, about a superhero adventure convention), but, naturally, Alex is not mentioned in either of them.  Will they mention a third story when they issue the regular press release, probably next week?  Maybe, maybe not - the releases this season have left a lot of stories hidden until showtime.

"Hey Hey, You You, I Know That You Like Me" (First Impressions - "The Escape" - Season 9, Episode 21)

Remember at the end of my comments about the press release for "Mother!" how I thought we'd probably have no more Alex-less episodes this season?

Well, after seeing the press release for the next episode, I'm a lot less certain of that.

"I Can't Stop, 'Cause I'm Having Too Much Fun(?)"

OK, that's one adjective I wouldn't exactly use for Season 9, but since "What The Hell" was next on my list, I figured, um, well, you know...

Anyway, there were promo photos added for next week's "Mother!", and most of them involve the Dunphy story.

"Let's Talk This Over - It's Not Like We're Dead" (First Impressions - "Mother!" - Season 9, Episode 20)

So, does Alex have a big story in the next episode?  Not really.  Does she have a small one?  Yes, I guess:

"Love That Once Hung On The Wall"

Yes, this is one of those times this month when the blog title isn't going to have anything to do with the post subject - I couldn't really find a line from "Let Me Go" (my 5th favorite Avril song) to fit this one.

The last three episode titles have been released, and it's been confirmed that the Season 9 finale will air on May 16th:

“All I Wanna Do Is Lose Control(?)”

OK, I won't go that far, but I am definitely not a happy camper after tonight.

I probably should have taken it as an omen that my worst fear from this morning would come to pass when I got stuck with a “wait a second I just remembered I needed something else” customer to finish my shift (which took a lot longer than a second, of course), causing me to miss my bus. I did get home with a couple of minutes to spare before the show started, but now I wonder why I bothered to stress out about it.

So dubious history was made tonight, as Alex went missing for the fourth time this season, which has never happened before.

The worse part is I still don't think tonight is the last one, even with only three more to go. That prediction of five Alex-less episodes I made before the season started is still very much in play.

Of course we'll now have to wait three weeks (at least – no definitive word yet on what's up for May 2nd) for the first “opportunity” for that to happen.

Well at least I am getting tomorrow off for working today. That's about the best I can do for now.