Top Moments: Mad Men's Bittersweet Confession and Paula Deen's Bizarre Apology

Our top moments of the week 12 Coming and Going Award Rizzoli ampamp Isles is back and so is Casey Jane is stunned when she finds her nolongerparalyzed ex waiting at her doorstep His spinal surgery was a success but a romantic reunion is not in the cards just yet After spending the night together he tells her that he39s returning to Afghanistan to train in virtual therapy for combat soldiers quotWhen I get back I think it39s time you and I give it a shotquot he says 11 Best Reveal Part I On Mistresses Miranda April39s late husband39s mistress demands that April give her child support for the son she had with him She even sends her lawyer to April39s store to threaten her with a paternity suit But not so fast in the very last scene we learn that Miranda39s quotlawyerquot is actually just an actor 10 He Said He Said Award The Bachelorette 39s twoonone dates are always awkward but Desiree39s rendezvous with Michael and Ben is particularly cringy After they share close quarters on a quothot tugquot boat over dinner Michael notsosubtly attempts to discredit Ben by criticizing his parenting skills and religious views And it works Desiree eliminates Ben and gives Michael a rose You reap what you sow Des9 Best Reveal Part II A clearly innocent waiter is arrested for the murder of Flora the Powell family maid on Devious Maids But who is he And what could possibly be his motive quotI want to get out of here Momquot he says to Marisol when she visits him in jail quotI39m working on it babyquot she replies Is she ever 8 Worst Misread We39ve seen Big Brother contestants lie about their occupation to throw off their competitors but on this season39s premiere the strategy arrives with a twist Several players aren39t buying it when McCrae announces that he is a pizza delivery boy Amanda even goes so far as to call him a quotsecret geniusquot that can39t be trusted And maybe he is He wins the first Head of Household competition without breaking a sweat During his diary room session he reveals the twist to which the audience is already privy He actually is a pizza delivery boy 7 Scariest Stunt Don39t try this at home kids Broadcasted by Discovery daredevil Nik Wallenda a descendant of the famous Flying Wallendas successfully makes it 1400 feet across the Grand Canyon on a tightrope 1500 feet above the ground amp8212 without a harness or a net It39s arguably one of the most stomachchurning live TV events ever It takes Wallenda an agonizingly long 22 minutes to complete the task amp8212 wearing jeans no less all while continuously praying to God to help him He does 6 Deadliest Premonition When True Blood39s Bill starts having visions of the future he is startled to discover that Jessica Pam Eric and Tara figure largely in the latest in which a room full of prisonjumpsuited vamps bursts into flame when a huge skylight opens to the sun Dear Billith please save our fangtastic friends 5 Best New Mystery It wasn39t Miss Scarlett in the conservatory with the revolver Whodunnit39s first murder was someone by the fish tank with the slingshot right in the spinal cord The absurdity continues when a fire alarm goes off at 438 am and the guests convene outside by the pool But who39s missing It39s Dontae who comes screaming on fire out of the mansion and dives into the pool Whodunnit We cannot wait to find out 4 Holy Cow Award CBS39 new summer drama Under the Dome kicks off with a bang when the titular dome comes crashing down over the town of Chester39s Mill but not without carnage In vivid detail we see how the dome has landed on a cow cleaving it notsoneatly in two BBQ anyone3 Most Rockin39 Performance The America39s Got Talent judges amp8212 and America amp8212 have no idea what they39re in for when sweet little 6yearold Aarlyn wearing a polkadot skirt and hotpink tights strolls onstage with her 9yearold drummer brother Isaiah Instead of the usual power ballad Aarlyn launches into an insane growling heavymetal performance of an original tune called quotZombie Skinquot Judge Mel B quips quotScary Spice is officially scaredquot Not us We can39t wait to hear some of her other compositions like quotLullaby Crashquot and quotBrush My Hair in Knotsquot Rock on 2 Weirdest Apology Paula Deen stops by the Today show to do some damage control in the wake of her racism scandal and to apologize we think In a bizarre teary interview the embattled chef says she39s quotcommitted a sinquot skirts Matt Lauer39s question on whether she thinks the Nword is offensive to AfricanAmericans insists that she39s not a racist and perhaps most perplexingly presents herself as the victim saying that she would not have fired herself like the Food Network and a few other companies had up until that point quotI is what I is and I39m not changingquot she says quotThere39s someone evil out there that saw what I had and they wanted itquot Since the interview Deen has been dropped by five more companies 1 Saddest Confession On Mad Men39s Season 6 premiere Don was reading Dante39s Inferno By the finale he39s spiraled down to the ninth circle of hell After delivering one of his polished pitches amp8212 a cute pseudostory about his childhood amp8212 to Hershey executives Don who had spent the night in jail after socking a minister can39t fight his despair anymore In a devastatingly raw monologue he reveals not only to the Hershey brass but to his coworkers that he grew up in a whorehouse and his association with a Hershey bar is not as heartwarming as he had just led them to believe quotIt was the only sweet thing in my lifequot he says bleakly of stealing the chocolate from the pockets of johns The confession forces the partners to put Don on a leave of absence but frees him to do something else show his children where he came from What were your top momentsTVGuidecom with 23 million monthly unique users and the highest audience engagement metrics in its competitive category is one of the fastestgrowing online entertainment destinations 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