Her Tuesday must-watch (11/1)

Tonight marks the return of Glee and New Girl, which have both been on hiatus for a few weeks. So which one have I chosen as my must-watch? Neither! I've definitely missed these two shows, but there's another series returning tonight that I've been missing for months: Covert Affairs (10/9c on USA).

This show is truly one of my faves. It mixes the spy scenarios of Alias with a beautiful, charming female lead character a la Alias and gorgeous guys who help the lead character and may also be a potential love interest for her, kinda like - what show was that again - oh yeah, Alias! But this compelling show also has a few of its own unique things going on. Two of the topmost CIA peeps are married, which leads to some pretty interesting conflicts of interest. The female lead, Annie Walker (played by a perfectly cast Piper Perabo) has an attractive righthand man in Auggie (Henry from Ugly Betty), who just so happens to be blind, which doesn't slow him down one bit. While seemingly a potential future love interest for Annie, Auggie also seems to be quite the ladies man. Which leaves the door open for a bunch of other Annie suitors, from the CIA agent she didn't know was a CIA agent, to another operative she met in the field, to a doctor whom she met when he was treating one of her family members.

Between her dangerous missions and her men, Annie has her hands full. Boy, would I love to have her hands. Minus the missions.

Her Monday must-watch (10/31)

Happy Halloween TV fans! I have only two words for you on this spooktacular night: slutty - wait for it - pumpkin. This How I Met Your Mother episode (8/7c on CBS) is several years in the making. So who is she? Three hints: not the mother, traded Pacey in for Tom Cruise and gourdgeous! Grab yourself an embarrassing amount of candy and tune in.

His Monday must-watch (10/31)

Happy Halloween everybody. It's a great night for candy, costumes, kids having fun, and networks piling up forced Halloween episodes. The first 3 are great for everyone. The last one is equally terrible for everyone.

You may say I'm destroying the spirit of a fun day, but honestly, I'm just not a big fan of holiday-themed episodes on television. Who doesn't remember that terrible Dawson's Creek Halloween episode when Pacey, Joey, Jack and Gram tell their scary stories during the storm? Just brutal. It's like the real writers take a vacation and give the interns a shot - "Hey, it's a Halloween episode. Write something scary, have a killer on the loose or have a crazy thunderstorm and you can't screw it up." Wrong.

Anyway, enough ranting. Tonight my must-watch is Castle (10/9c on ABC). Did anyone see the previews last week? We're bringing things back to the drama of the season premiere (finally). Nothing like a near-death episode to hook us all back in.

Her Sunday must-watch (10/30)

There will be plenty of spooky costumes and shows and movies to be seen tomorrow. Since it is the weekend before Halloween night, I'm going to stick with the theme but dial it back a notch. I'm thinking a touch of vampires mixed with a romantic teenage love story. Know where I'm going with this? Of course you do! Obvi, my must-watch is Twilight, on FX tonight at 8pm and 10:30pm.

I've been seeing tons of trailers lately for Breaking Dawn, the next film in the series, coming out in theaters soon. Can't. Wait. So tonight's a great opportunity to tune in to the original installment and remember how the Twihard phenomenon all began. Whether you're Team Edward or Team Jacob, if you've seen this movie 87 times already or if it'd be your first viewing, tune in along with me people! Even if you think it's so not for you and you'll hate it (believe me, you wont'!), at the very least you'll get some good last-minute costume ideas out of it.