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So, ladies and gentlemen, what did we learn from tonight's Gilmore Girls? Well, we learned that when Emily Gilmore gets upset about how badly she messed up with her daughter, she goes shopping for airplanes. We learned that Sookie gets her menu ideas from her son's playground games. We learned that Rory can go from sullen, over-privileged brat back to her old plucky, overachieving self in a split second. We also learned that Lorelai hates wooden cherubs. And we also learned that Luke has a daughter.

Oh, yeah, that last last thing? Kinda a big deal.

So Sam finally tells Dean that he had dreams about Jessica dying days before she was engulfed in flames on the ceiling of their house. He has a feeling that he and Dean have to go back home to their own house for their next case. Dean swore he would never go back there, but he also knows that they need to go back. And off they go...

According to Variety and The Hollywood Reporter this morning, The WB has OK'ed a pilot to be filmed for an Aquaman TV series. It's going to be headed by the same team that's in charge of Smallville -- Miles Millar and Alfed Gough -- so I guess I'm not as worried by this description as I should be: "The stories will come from the environment: ocean polluters, evil oil companies and other (threats to the) environment," Gough said. Skein will be set -- and possibly lensed -- in the Florida Keys, not far from the Bermuda Triangle, which will be another major story engine". I mean, Smallville was originally pitched as "Dawson's Creek with superpowers" so I guess there's hope for this.

Another interesting note is that Alan Ritchson, the American Idol  dropout that played A.C. on Smallville, isn't even being considered for the role. The development team would very much like this show to stand on it's own.

Looks like our corporate benefactors are jumping on the "reruns on demand" bandwagon. According to this article, corporate cousins Warner Bros. and AOL are set to announce a deal where shows from WB's extensive library of vintage programs will be distributed by the online service for no charge.  The deal will cover only the Warner Bros. shows that are currently distributed though its domestic cable distribution arm. Current shows and shows on the WB network will not be distributed under this deal.

While the shows are free, they will contain 15 second ads that cannot be bypassed, according to this Wall Street Journal article.

This follows on the heels of other on-demand distribution deals by ABC, NBC, and CBS, which will either distribute shows via iTunes (ABC) or via on-demand sales on digital cable and satellite (NBC and CBS, respectively).

Joss Whedon posted a looooonnnggggg message at Whedonesque this week, and AICN has culled the tasty bits. Most relevant to our purposes is the news that Whedon is about to start writing a Darkhorse Comic that will extend Buffy's narrative beyond the fall of Sunnydale. As AICN's Hercules points out, we haven't heard from the blonde stake-weilder herself since a fifth-season episode of Angel described her as "canoodling in Italy with The Immortal (a shadowy figure who seems to live only to steal women from Angel and Spike)". Whedon says the new comic will pick up where all that left off – and, it "just might tie in to...the infamous Spike movie. Still haven't finalized anything, but I feel that very soon I'll be able to go to James and say something a lot more interesting than "Wouldn't it be cool if..."" And how do we feel about this, Buffyheads?

Alright everyone, I have to apologize but as you're reading this I'm on my way to beautiful South Carolina, so I will not be catching the adventures of Clark and company live this week. What we do know about tonight's episode is that it involves the mysterious silver kryptonite. Apparently, it makes Clark extremely paranoid. So here's what I need from our loyal readers here at TV Squad: I want you guys to catch me up. Write in the comments what you think will happen, or wait till after the show and give me a complete breakdown. I'm counting on you guys. On with the show!

They've had him as a guest star on Smallville and they've talked about a big-screen version on Entourage, but now the folks at the WB are seriously considering doing a spinoff show featuring the water-based, orange superhero.

I've always thought that Aquaman was one of the more lame superheroes. I mean, he can summon water animals with his mind? Big deal. Maybe it's just the way he's been portrayed on TV before, but it seems this guy doesn't have much to offer other Super Friends like Superman and Batman and Wonder Woman.

I used to think that I was the only male fan of Gilmore Girls in the entire U.S. of A. But since Esquire's A.J. Jacobs came out and declared it "The Best Show for Men" (part of that article is shown here), a few more guys have come out of the woodwork to admit the same, even in sports-related articles (look under item #6 in this article). I've been a big fan since Season Two, mainly due to a unrequited crush on Lauren Graham, so I was happy to see some other guys reveal themselves in print (where it can never ever be taken back -- right?).

Oh, great, an episode about a bunch of bugs killing people, going into their mouths and into their ears and noses. Why don't they just make episodes about all my fears? Maybe an episode about a monster that goes around scraping his fingers on a blackboard, or maybe clowns, or a bunch of fuzzy peaches that go around devouring people? The fuzz on peaches...yikes, that stuff just sends a chill down my spine just thinking about it. 

As I said in last week's CSI post, every year they seem to have a "creepy" episode. Smallville is almost always the same. Last year they had Chloe, Lana and Lois turn into witches and try and kill Clark. This year, Lana is flying solo and it's vampires. This episode wasn't nearly up to the caliber that the rest of the ones from this season have been in my opinion, but these themed episodes all seem to be shoehorned in. If it wasn't for the fact that the side stories were once again much stronger than the Freak of the Week (Lana in this case) and their story, this week may have been skippable all together. On with the show!

Sweeps aside, only on Gilmore Girls would a character's dream logic transpose their own mother's voice into Madeline Albright. Following in the tradition of such "big name" Gilmore guest stars as Norman Mailer, the former Secretary of State appeared in bed with Rory Gilmore on Tuesday night, as a vehicle for the voice of Rory's astranged mother Lorelai. As Rory fretted over her upcoming 21st birthday, Albright delivered the quips with the proper cadence ("Walk into Denny's before 5, and you'll get a discount"), but still – was this not the most discordant prime time dream sequence since Maddie Hayes looked in the vanity and saw Dr. Joyce Brothers? More importantly: am I the only one watching this show who is old enough to get Moonlighting references?

If you're a regular viewer of the show, you know exactly what that title means. It's another urban myth! This time it's the guy with a hooked hand who terrorizes teenagers in their cars. Usually when they're parked somewhere, making out. Not really sure why the hooked hand guy has to announce his prescence by scraping the metal on a sign, or why he can become invisible (don't remember that from the legend), or why the boyfriend gets out of the car when he hears a weird noise, or why the girl doesn't just drive off when the boyfriend disappears. But it wouldn't be a scary show without all that happening, so...

Blue Collar TV, the sketch comedy show for those who found Hee-Haw too sophisticated, is being put on hiatus. Ever since this show has been on the air I've been setting aside time not to watch it, so thank you, WB, for making it even easier. Actually, I did watch the first couple episodes, but wasn't too impressed. I can dig "red state" humor, but this show plays more like a bad parody of sketch comedy than a comedy show in and of itself. Not that the three mainstays of the show, Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, and Larry the Cable Guy should fret too much since they make more money touring than I'll ever see in my lifetime.

This week's episode was a lot like the Flash episode last year, just a bunch of cool fanboy stuff. I think I may have even liked it more than that episode, too. To tell you the truth, when they first announced who was going to play Arthur Curry (or AC, as he's known in this episode), I was more than a little worried. I mean, come on, the guy was an Americal Idol dropout. But Alan Ritchson actually pulls it off just about as good as I can imagine now. He's not some overactor and pulls off the jerkishness and self-righteousness of Aquaman perfect. Well, the guy is the king of the seas. Aquaman, not Alan Ritchson. On with the show!

A lot happened in this episode – Taylor renamed all the streets in "Historic Stars Hollow"; Emily started mailing Lorelai antiques to "smoke [her] out" of their fight; Richard accidentally pressured Logan into marrying his granddaughter. But above all else, this episode will be remembered for one thing and one thing only:

This was the one where Logan gave Rory a Birkin.

It's not as dirty as it sounds. A Birkin is a purse, made by Hermes. They are extravagantly expensive (in the four to six figure range, depending on when it was made and out of what); they are always in demand, and they never go out of style. Owning a Birkin is a big deal; getting one as a "just because" gift from your boyfriend is almost unheard of.