I know what you're thinking. Even if you don't watch TV you're going to die. We're all going to die. Happy New Year!

But a recent study by the Baker IDI Heart and Disease Institute and published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association (which is my second favorite magazine after Cat Fancy) says that the more we watch TV, the greater our risk of dying from all sorts of things. Every hour that we spend in front of the tube increases cardiovascular diseases risk by 18% and cancer by 9%. Overall it's an 11% increase. And these increases are across the board and not affected by heart problems, disease or any other conditions you might already have.

(S01E12) Well, you just knew that the Henrickson family secret was going to be exposed. What makes it so surprising is that they all seem shocked by it. But I guess they deluded themselves into thinking that they were a "normal" family, at least in their own community.

The season finale of Big Love certainly had its share of twists and turns but, at its core, there's no getting around the fact that Bill Henrickson and his hypocritical lifestyle of polygamy was going to get him sooner or later. In a way, you almost felt sorry for Barb, the first wife, for being devastated about being disqualified from the Mother of the Year competition, but she does support the practice of polygamy, which doesn't give her much of a moral ground to stand on.

The battle between Bill and Roman spilled into nearly tragic consequences, with brother Joey's wife Wanda poisoning Roman's psychotic son Alby with antifreeze. In addition, we learned that Wanda was one who poisoned Bill and Joey's father early on in the season, and we also learned that Wanda has a penchant for poisoning people who come across as threatening. Obviously, the war between Bill and Roman is going to get a lot nastier and it looks like someone is going to get seriously hurt. The fact that Bill now has a seat on the U.E.B. Council will lead to Roman taking drastic measures to protect his turf.