(Wednesday, ABC, 10 p.m.): This alien invasion show gets better every week, and it was just picked up for a full season. But the best part of the show is William Fichtner's brilliantly evasive performance as the town's sheriff. Is Tom good, bad, evil or just drawn that way? In cahoots with the light thingies in the water or just as clueless as the rest of the town? Every time I think I've figured him out, the show throws me in another direction. The speech Tom gave at the end of last week's episode was a perfect example of that. I definitely dismissed this show too quickly and I heard from executive producer Shaun Cassidy himself that we'll get the answers to many of the questions posed in the pilot during November sweeps. How can we not stick around to watch?

And oh, fret not, I was totally right about "Surface," "E-Ring," "Night Stalker," "Criminal Minds" -- well, you get the idea. What shows are you watching that you thought you never would? What shows turned out to be better than you thought they would be? Talk about it on the TV Gal message board.

Anytime I think perhaps it's just me who continues the torch for "90210," you all remind me that I am not alone. (Seriously, did you ever know that you're my hero?) A slew of TV Gal readers wrote in to remind me that Cress Williams, who played Nathan Wood, the man who knew Alicia on "Veronica Mars," was D'Shawn Hardell on "90210." Williams was also Officer Reggie Moore on "ER" and Dr. Sam Magala on "Providence."

Thomas Ian Nicholas, Kevin in all the "American Pie" movies, was the patient with cystic fibrosis on "Grey's Anatomy." Katherine LaNasa, Bess on "Three Sisters," Yvonne on "Judging Amy" and Michelle on "NYPD Blue," was the woman who made herself sick.

Nicole recognized Michael McMillian, dear, sweet Henry on "What I Like About You," was Paul, the college kid who got away with murder on "Without a Trace."

"Oh, don't judge me. You aren't here because you got caught helping the poor." Gabrielle to an inmate on "Desperate Housewives." Thanks to Damian for the quote.

"Sometimes I forget how young she is, she's got that Dakota Fanning thing going on, she acts like a 40-year-old. It freaks me out." Bright to Ephram about Delia on "Everwood."

"I feel devalued. I always wanted to go out with my pride. Failing that, at least my old time slot." Denny to Alan on "Boston Legal." Thanks to Maureen and Lance for the quote.

"Aren't you that Camden who usually finds out everything last? You know, because if I change something as basic to the family structure as that, this whole family might fall apart." Simon to Lucy on "7th Heaven." Thanks to Anthony for the quote.

It's Rory 21st birthday on "Gilmore Girls" (Tuesday, WB, 8 p.m.). But because of their ongoing estrangement, Lorelai will not be spending the day with the Yale dropout. I can't wait to see how Richard and Emily react to finding out that Logan and Rory are having s-e-x.

You know what's funny about "Supernatural" (Tuesday, WB, 9 p.m.)? Every special effect is perfectly eerie, yet when the brothers are driving in the car it looks totally fake. Let's work on that boys, because your show is too good to look cheap like that.

Do you think instead of the much promoted Jack/Ana Lucia/Kate triangle, we'll instead have the not-talked-about-at-all Sawyer/Ana Lucia/Kate triangle on "Lost" (Wednesday, ABC, 9 p.m.) It certainly seems like Kate had put a note to Sawyer in that bottle (Dear Sawyer: You look cute in those glasses. If you like me back, check "yes" or "no." Love, Kate) and she seems to be so over Jack's drama. This week, ABC repeats the second episode of the season.

Carrie Fisher guest stars as the editor of The Daily Planet on "Smallville" (Thursday, WB, 8 p.m.). Meanwhile, I've got to start watching this show again because James Marsters will be heavily seen in the November sweeps episodes.

One of my favorite things about "CSI" (Thursday, CBS, 9 p.m.) this season is that we continue to see how Nick is haunted by his experience in last season's finale but it's never really talked about. So there's not a moment where Nick says, "I don't want to go into that cave because I was trapped in a coffin." But he just looks incredibly apprehensive. It's continuing to help George Eads give his best performance on the show to date.

It is so preposterous that Susan would send Zach off into the unknown on "Desperate Housewives" (Sunday, ABC, 9 p.m.). The once-hot-perhaps-soon-to-be-not series will only work if we believe in the characters, and the Susan I knew last season would never give Mary Alice's obviously deeply troubled son some cash and send him on his way. I don't care if he's still in love with Julie or if he held Susan at gunpoint, a mother would never let a child go like that. I'm thinking Mike wants to get off Wisteria Lane once in a while because there are a lot better women for him to be dating. It's hard to believe he would even be interested in Susan anymore.

It's going to be old home month on with the return of Abel Koontz, Alyson Hannigan as Logan's half-sister and Harry Hamlin as Logan's father.

Lots of familiar faces return to Milo Ventimiglia is back as Jess and he just might be the one to convince Rory that perhaps it's time to go back to Yale. Oh, and you didn't think Jess wouldn't fight with Logan, did you? David Sutcliffe will be back as Christopher. Mother and daughter will move to reconciliation. And there's a big plot line brewing in Luke's world. It involves a person he didn't know about coming into his life. Come on, you can get this one.

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