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Hopefully Owen will get some help (I'm tired of him punching people out or losing his temper for whatever). Boy, the whole humorous 'Hashtag Lard Ass' story turned dark in a hurry, didn't it? Although I did have to laugh a little at Owen's (very seriously) 'I've always thought that this job was about more than heroic saves and larding people up.'

I love ham, so I always pick up one (or two) around Easter and then at Thanksgiving/Christmas and put them in the freezer. Then, when it's 'off-season' for deals on spiral-sliced ham and I'm craving ham, I get one out and heat it up. (and eat ham for days, since it's just me. But that's fine, because I never get tired of ham. And I always put some away for flavoring beans and soups.) But --plot twist! -- I decided to leave both of the hams I have in the freezer where they are this Easter and put a roast in the slow cooker. I've got rice cooking on the stove right now, so I'm getting ready to have a really late lunch (early supper?) of pot roast with rice and onion gravy. The house smells amazing right now! :)

I thought he was Larry David until I read your post and realized that, of course, Larry David would not be doing a cameo on this show. I think the actor was in an episode or 2 of Stargate SG1 a decade or so ago and looked the same as he does now. I don't think that actor ever ages/changes. He's been in tons of stuff, but he's probably best known (or maybe not known) as the voice of Homer Simpson.

I looked her up and I've seen her in a few shows, but she was also in 19 episodes of 'ER' (according to imdb), so that's probably where I knew her face from.

I was lying on the couch watching and the spider scenes really made my arachophobia kick in. And it didn't help that right at the part where the spider starts creeping towards the guy in bed, one of my cats tickled my foot with her whiskers (totally innocent. I was infringing on her napping spot). I jerked my foot back, which was lucky for her, because I could have instinctively moved in the other direction and punted her across the room. Good on Hen for figuring out the jumper's problem. Which reminded me--have we seen Hen attending classes lately? Is she still in medical school?

I loved this exchange between Sister MJ and Fred: Sr. Monica Joan: 'I am as the desert is.' Fred (confused): 'Dusty?' St. Monica Joan: 'Parched!' Also, I loved Lucille's dress when she was sitting with Phyllis at Nonnatus House. The blue/white (or blue-greenish white?) swirly patterned sleeveless one. Very pretty.

I love salads and can eat a big bowl of green salad every day. But, I'm trying to cut back on processed foods as much as I can, so I'm looking for some good healthy (and fairly low calorie) recipes for salad dressing so I can avoid buying bottled. I'm not a huge fan of olive oil, so I probably won't try any recipes with that ingredient at first (it's been years since I tried olive oil, so maybe my tastes have changed and I would like it). So maybe some good vinaigrette (balsamic? raspberry?) recipes. I also like creamy dressings and am looking for some that have Greek yogurt as the creamy part (because of high calorie/fat in mayo). I do have one recipe that calls for Greek yogurt, Dijon or grainy mustard, and white wine vinegar, along with some seasonings that sounds good. Any suggestions?

No Dr. Latham sighting, but at least he was mentioned.

Just a heads-up for fans of 'The Mentalist'. I noticed that Lifetime Channel will be airing the series beginning tomorrow (Thursday, April 7th). They are starting with the pilot at 10am (CST). It looks like they will be following the pattern of showing several episodes of a series in a row, but I don't know if this will be just on Thursdays or if it will be other days as well (I didn't check that far ahead).

The first time I ever heard the phrase 'meths drinkers' was in the Vincent Price movie 'Theatre of Blood' (1973-ish?) A bunch of them became Price's minions when he was hiding out and committing murders. This was way pre-google, so I can't remember if i just kind of guessed drug addicts or maybe I looked it up in my trusty Worldbook Encyclopedia.

That was the first line that popped into my head when I heard that she had passed away. Such a distinctive voice!

I just started binge-watching episodes of 'Six feet under' and it was really jarring to see Peter Krause in many scenes using extremely adult language, participating in a sex scene or two (including a glimpse of naked bee-hind) and then changing over to '911' and seeing him (a little older) all prim and proper in his captain's uniform leading the squad at the firehouse. :)

U.S. viewer here. I'm so glad this is back! I thought it was interesting that the detective (I liked her), Dr. Turner, and Nurse Crane immediately thought it was the mother who had given birth many years ago and hid the babies. My first thought was the daughter. I'm terrible at judging ages, so I didn't know how old she was supposed to be, but I assumed that she was unmarried and her mother helped her cover up a potential scandal to the family. I never suspected the mother until they asked to see her. I'm not familiar with with 'Eurovision' and will have to look it up when I have more time (although I do know the show title 'Top of the Pops' from other British TV shows and books).

Grrrr! I hate it when that happens! Oh, well. (I did go through the old forums from the defunct 'Television Without Pity' site that's on the Wayback Machine on the Internet Archive site, but it looks like TwoP shut down right before the last season originally aired, so I don't have old episode forums for that season. The threads for the earlier episodes are fun to read, though.)

On the first page of this forum, it says that it replaces the 'old Mad Men forum'. Has that forum been archived somewhere on the site? I checked the Vault but didn't find it on the list. (I just finished watching all seasons of the show for the first time, and it would be fun to go back and read the older forum threads about the episodes). Thanks!

I recently added all seasons of 'Mad Men' to my university library's DVD collection, so of course I checked them out immediately and have been slowly working my way through them (slowly because pesky things like work and home interfere). A lot of the stories are a surprise, because I just knew a little about the show and the characters from watching bits and pieces now and then and reading posts on various forums. I just got to the halfway point in season three and finally saw the episode that I had heard so much about. It contained my favorite quote (so far): 'But that's life. One minute you're on top of the world. The next minute, some secretary is running over you with a lawn mower.'

I actually gasped out loud when the woman was almost sucked out of the window. I didn't expect that to happen. I did have a little thought run through my head when they were pumping fluids into her from first class-- 'Gee, I hope she isn't allergic to coconut!' Why did the passengers still have their oxygen masks on? I thought that once you got below 10,000 feet (I think) you don't have to wear one. There was some smoke in the cabin, but only as they were landing. I agree that everything happens to TK. I'm guessing that if he and Carlos get married at some point, their honeymoon will be interrupted when their plane gets hijacked or pirates board their cruise ship.

Me, too. I fully expected him to turn out to be Shadowboxx (or whatever the guy's name was). I would like to see Wheaton come back now and then as part of the cybercrime team.

I just re-watched this episode today and this exchange gave me the giggles: Sister Julienne is helping a woman in labor. The wife is seconds away from delivering their baby and the husband-a driver for the underground (subway)-is standing near his wife's head. Sister Julienne (to husband): 'Do you want to move to the end of the bed where you can see?' Husband (terrified): 'No! I'm sorry, I don't!!' Wife (peeved): 'You'd think he'd be used to the sight of things coming out of tunnels'.

I just re-watched this episode on DVD and was disappointed that the wonderful song 'Pata Pata' by Miriam Makeba was missing. I think it should have been in the scenes where they went to the villages to distribute the polio vaccine. There was just some generic-type music. I know I remember hearing it when I originally watched it on PBS here in the U.S., because as soon as the episode was over I had to do some googling to identify the song. Maybe it was a licensing issue with the DVDs?

Oh, no! Not Johnny Fever! (And because I just feel compelled to say it: 'booger!' :) )

This is a really petty pet peeve, but I hate it when I get a hankering for a certain food and when I get to the store they don't have it in stock. I really, really wanted some Klondike Peanut Butter Chocolate Ice Cream Bars and they had every flavor except that one. I like the chocolate mint ones okay, but darn it, I wanted the PB ones! So I picked up a pack of cream horns from the bakery. Totally different, but I'll live with it. :)

Thanks, milkyaqua!

My DVR cut out right after the rocket blew up part of the roof and they broke to commercial. How did they wrap everything up?

It is now January 9th. When will the annoying Scrooge-enjoying-his-Peloton commercial go away?