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I don't think the writers would have given Melissa a line about managing a million pre-teen relationships if they wanted us to believe that she only got involved in that girl's relationship once she started crying. Especially because she was involved in trying to get the boyfriend to buy a new chain.

I think maybe the idea isi that the scientists went berserk and died of fright before the cold could kill them. Scratching out your eyes could be a result of hypothermia - or losing your mind because you believe that a vengeful spirit has come for you. I'm not crazy about them giving us "the scientists appear to have died before they froze to death" as a clue, when it really told us nothing. I don't like having to fanwank theories like this. And Lund surviving several days naked in the ice was a totally unnecessary, unbelievable plot twist. Also, didn't they say in episode two that he was being taken to a hospital in Anchorage? They made it seem like Danvers and Navarro drove to the hospital when he woke up, and it's not plausible that they would have driven from north of the Arctic Circle to Anchorage.

I liked the golf episode a lot better than the lawn jockey episode. The lawn jockey plotline was contrived even by the standards of this show. (Larry could have easily explained the situation to the store clerk in a couple of sentences. And he could have just reimbursed Susie for her deposit, or any other fees she had to pay.) I, too, was relieved that the dog survived the episode. The way Larry and Jeff handled the dog situation really made them seem like psychopaths, though. It didn't even occur to them to use their cell phone, to ask if the dog was okay?

Why would the cleaning women deny any involvement with the tongue, though? They had no problem coming clean about everything else. It would be interesting to see a re-telling of this season, where brilliant scientists find a miracle particle that can solve climate change, but a local activist destroys it in a fit of vengeance, and all involved die horribly before they can save humanity. A few lingering questions I have: - So Clark had some sort of supernatural understanding that Annie was "awake." But what he was sensing was that the cleaning women were on their way? - How did Annie, who was a layperson, figure out that the scientists were harming the community? Did they leave some forms lying around that said "Falsified Pollution Records?" Or was she secretly a tech whiz, and a chemistry nerd? - Connelly knew that the scientists had killed someone, and that the mine arranged for the police to help cover it up, and that Peter's father was promised the chief of police position in exchange for his participation. So why on earth would he give the chief of police position to Danvers instead? If anyone would be dogged enough to figure out the truth, it would be her. - And finally, how does Ennis have so much stuff - like a crematorium, a rehab center, and an ice skating rink? The biggest town north of the Arctic Circle is Utqiagvik (formerly known as Barrow), which only has 5,000 people. I don't expect complete accuracy, but it was really hard to suspend reality for this.

I definitely remember a trigger warning about suicide at the beginning of the episode where Julia killed herself. It made her death even more predictable than it would have been. I agree completely that this show depicted suicide in an indigenous community in a very, very odd way. I have no issue with the depiction of a character like Navarro killing herself - these things happen in real life all the time. But it was presented as if suicide was the ultimate way for her and Julia to be in touch with their indigenous roots.

On one hand, I'm really glad that they gave us some solid answers to the mysteries, rather than some "was it a microbe that drove everyone insane, or was it supernatural divine justice? Who's to really say?" nonsense. But there still are a few things that were very silly to me. Such as the cleaning women revealing what they did just because Navarro mentioned her indigenous name. And Rose is just a ridiculous wish fulfillment character. Knows everything about the physical and spiritual world, is happy to help hide a body in the middle of a blizzard, cooks an enormous feast for Christmas even though she lives alone, etc. Also, it's kind of messed up that the cleaning women tortured and killed seven people based only on the evidence of them having a star-shaped drill, and that this was presented as "hooray for these brave heroines!" We know that the scientists all killed Annie, but they certainly didn't.

This makes total sense. But the way it was portrayed on the show made it seem like Bill and his guy friend were totally enchanted by how fun and witty Truman was. And Truman didn't say anything particularly witty, unless they were bowled over by his comment about how you'd want to fly into the Bermuda Triangle if you had to listen to Harry Truman talk about economic policy.

Melissa said she was "managing a million pre-teen relationships." Managing students' relationships is a fool's errand for any teacher, and it's not appropriate, either.

I think my biggest issue with this season is that they really haven't shown why people were so drawn to Capote. He must have been witty, but we're not seeing much of his wit at all - not even in the scenes here he's in his social-climbing prime. I mean, I get why the swans might have been entertained by a sassy brunch companion who's full of gossip, but why on earth was Bill Paley so taken with him, to the point that he wanted to invite him to everything? It's not as if Truman said anything in that scene that was particularly funny.

I was really irritated that Melissa was yelling at him for daring to tell an eighth-grade boy that he shouldn't buy a gift for himself for his girlfriend's birthday. Melissa's students are pretty young. It's absolutely disturbing that she's "managing the love lives" of eighth grade girls. That sounds like the kind of thing that she should be banned from getting involved in.

I don't find Tariq nearly as likeable as others do. I certainly don't hate him, because he has some good qualiities, and he has no malice. But he's a selfish con artist/manipulator, and I don't think he cared much about Nick at all. If he did, he wouldn't have forgotten his name, and he would have noticed how much Nick hated being called TJ. What Tariq cared about was a) forcing Nick into the role of his mini-me, b) enjoying the status of being a parent, and c) using "I do the parenting" as a justification for Nick's mother paying all of the bills.

My assumption was that Gregory turning down Janine happened when the school year started back up, around September. So a few months after the Franklin Institute. It seemed like Janine took the position after Gregory rejected her, and that she took it at the beginning of the school year. I agree that Gregory's reaction wasn't realistic. Janine basically told him "I want to be with you so badly, but I need a little time," and then Gregory tells her, just a few months later, "I've moved on because when you turned me down, you put a period on it." Yeah, sure, writers. They didn't even need to show us that conversation in the first place. Janine could have just taken the district position, preventing things from moving further between them. Re: Gary and Melissa, he absolutely should not have proposed publicly - especially in front of her students! - when he wasn't sure of the answer. But it was foolish of her to tell him that it would "take a miracle" when she really meant that it wasn't going to happen. He was so googly-eyed that of course he would take that as a challenge.

He was tech-savvy enough to get into Annie's cell phone almost immediately, and he single-handedly uncovered the truth about Tsalal's funding. Yet he's dumb enough to use his son's birthday as his password for his work laptop? That was a pretty big contrivance. Also, did he have a document saved on hs laptop with the title "The Reasons Why Wheeler Couldn't Have Killed Himself?" Or was Hank so brilliant that he figured out clues like the victim's photos being flipped, in the very brief time that Peter lived with him?

His students are significantly older than the other main characters' students. If I recall correctly, they're young teenagers. Jacob's admiration for Mr. Johnson is one of my favorite parts of the show.

Who said it was murder, or unjustified? I specifically said it was justified. The only things Dot did that weren't 100% justified, IMO, were a) setting up the cancer patient to be abducted, and b) failing to let Wayne and Scottie know the danger they were in by staying in their home.

I think that was part of it. But I also got the impression that this was a long-standing battle between Liz and Leah, with Liz being uncomfortable with Leah exploring her indigenous background. Liz seemed to have contempt for those Native women, and they had contempt for her. Speaking of Liz's difficult relationship with Leah - I can't shake the feeling that this season is all too similar to Mare of Easttown. We've got a brittle middle-aged woman police offiicer who's mourning her dead son, can't get along with her lesbian daughter figure, and is taking shit about a case involving a missing/dead young woman that she couldn't crack, but obviously will. The dynamics with her and the community feel similar, too.

I had the impression that Connelly's ex-wife was the woman who ran the ice rink. That woman despised Danvers, and I assumed it was because she knew that Danvers had been screwing her husband. I also assumed that Jake was Leah's father, and that Danvers married Jake (who already had Leah from a previous relationship), and they had a kid together, and then Jake and the kid died. Question about Navarro - from her name I assume she's Latina, but is she also indigenous? I got the impression that she was part of the indigenous community, but I could be wrong.

Okay, everyone on this show is being way too blasé about Lund still being alive after two days of being frozen solid naked in the Alaskan tundra. And shouldn't they be concerned that the other scientists could still be alive, too? If their hands had fallen off, they might be screaming the same way. This case isn't just a "shitbowl." it would be one of the biggest news stories in the world, easily, if the public realized how unbelievably disturbing the details are. And Leah, who's still a child, is just kind of vaguely curious about it, as opposed to shitting her pants in terror? Hell, they should all be shitting their pants in terror that they could be next.

I found that Elordi looked very attractive in Saltburn and on Euphoria, but something about his appearance just wasn't clicking the same way tonight. Which was unfortunate, given that his looks were the only relevant thing about his performance. It's rare to see a non-athlete host given so little chance to show range. I think he had one missed opportunity, in the short king sketch, with the dirtbag character he played. He could have done more with that. If Adam Driver had been given that kind of role, he would have made it more memorable. Also, the Saltburn spoiler was totally unnecessary. They could have just shown the image without explaining it. It's not like the explanation was funny in any way.

Dot killed Munch's partner in crime in episode 1 with the booby trap in the gas station bathroom. That's not as direct as killing someone with her bare hands, but she definitely got said hands (justifiably) dirty. I understand why they chose to kill off Witt in the finale. If the FBI had just shown up and taken out Roy without any of the protagonists dying, it would have been too neat and clean. And they had established from the get-go that Witt had lovely intentions, but was way too pure for this world. A big theme of the season was male weakness. Almost all of the men were evil, pathetic, or in over their heads. In the end it made sense for Dot, Lorraine and Indira to be the ones who saved the day. I understand that the only Black character being the only casualty of the finale rubs people the wrong way, but I disagree with the argument that characters of color are red shirts on this series. Hanzee turned season two into a bloodbath and lived to tell the tale, and Mike Milligan was one of the few survivors. The Black high school student and her interracial parents got a happy ending in season four, and the Black lesbian character (please don't ask me to remember any of the S4 characters' names) survived and got her revenge. And Indira did well for herself, and was probably the most upstanding and competent character of the season.

Regarding the depiction of Frasier's relationship with his father on Cheers: he said that his father was a dead research scientist. On Frasier they explained that when Sam met Martin, and mentioned what Frasier said about him being dead. Frasier said that he was mad at Martin at the time he said it (they'd had an argument), and he made up the part about him being a research scientist because he was dead anyway, so what difference did it make?

The conclusion with Munch was primarily a reference to the end of No Country For Old Men, where Javier Bardem's character visits Kelly McDonald's character, and says that she needs to pay her husband's debt (and offers her the chance to flip a coin). She tells him that he can simply make the choice not to kill her. I guess Dot made a better argument! I really liked this season, but I don't like how they brushed aside Dot's manipulation of her husband, and her effectively sacrificing the life of the guy in the hospital. (I guess the cancer patient's death was no big deal, because he wasn't very pleasant?)

They really ought to bring back the "tape" system, in which the voters were required to watch tapes from each nominee. What's happening now is that the voters are only watching a handful of shows, leading to some very boring sweeps. Admittedly, a lot of the winners tonight deserved their wins - but I doubt they all would have won if their competitors were widely seen by the voters.

Don't the Ivys do interviews? I can't picture David hiding his nature for even 10 minutes.

My best guess is that Dot delusionally believed that Linda had left a clue for her near a windmill. If the truck accident hadn’t happened, she may have driven around indefinitely, looking for a windmill that probably doesn’t exist. And my best guess is that Indira’s husband was cheating with his physical therapist (or some similar professional). He mentioned having an appointment last week, and sprayed on some sort of cologne/body spray in anticipation, which suggested an affair.