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I am in show love like I haven't been in years. Partly because the Artful Dodger was my first love when I was nine years old and saw Oliver! for the first time. I've been obsessed with this character ever since. Fagin was perfectly cast and the pair had the fun banter of a vaudeville routine down pat. Easy to hand wave wild historical inaccuracies and unlikely plots and simply to enjoy the entertainment for what it was. A very satisfying outing into adventure and romance. and yes, the ladies' costuming was awful lol.

I think a relationship could still be managed as long as both partners acknowledge the space he's in right now. ie. Why didn't Claire just text and say good luck tonight. Cant wait to see you. ? Clearly a phone message during one of the most important days of his life was not the way to go. AS an ER nurse, she, if anyone should know about stress jobs and when and where is a good time for deep conversations. If there's any reason they shouldn't be together, it's not because of work. It's because he is an emotional basket case with mother issues, who needs some serious therapy and solo work before he's ready to take on a romantic partner to share a life with.

I find myself wondering whether the tears are staged in some of these heart to heart talks with Karamo. Not his, but the clients'. Many times the breakdowns are believable, but sometimes (like the frat guys) I have my doubts. Guess we'll never know.

Ditto. It is possible to have a relationship without sex. But maybe she didn't want to burden him with her increasing deterioration, or have him see her as she knew she would be toward the end.

Better yet, jump in and say I'll go with you so I can explain how I had this thumb drive. I thought perhaps he didn't feel he should betray the man's confidecne, but such criminal info any confessional sort of protocol goes out the window. I'm certain he could have easily convinced authorities about the genesis of this thumb drive. So, because the premise was so dumb I had a hard time going along with the entire chain of events which followed. Thanks for sharing that there is more after the credits. I'm tired of this new habit of forcing people to stick around through credits lest they miss some important aftermath. Sheesh!

No witness no proof. Who would even find the remains in those jagged mountains, and if they did, it would have taken days. AND, who's to say it wasn't one of the wild dragons that attacked? Would have been better to have the larger dragon bump the smaller, making the boy fall to his death as if by accident, but then I don't believe Aemond intended to actually kill Luke considering his expression after the fact.

I'm ashamed to admit I gobbled this up in two days while hating every bite. I despise entitled youngsters and blame their parents for their needy, spoiled behavior. But it was a guilty pleasure watching them improve their characters. However, a lot of the challenges seemed very set up and that irked me. In the second episode it began with the "chopping down a tree for tonight';s firewood" scenario. Anyone who knows anything about campfires knows you have to have dry wood. A fresh, sappy tree will only create smoke and a mess. So clearly they did not use the tree they "chopped down" and supposedly stripped and chunked and split into appropriately sized pieces of firewood. So fake that from that point on I had trouble buying most of it. Another example, you don't suddenly trudge all the way up a mountain with no hiking experience. A body has to be conditioned for that. Just no. Anyway, it was enjoyable enough to keep my attention and I would have chosen the same winner as the kids did.

And that's Randall to a T. I despise "think I know besters" because there are a few too many in my family. Playing devil's advocate on the topic of Miguel's kids shuttng him out, I believe if we saw the story from their POV, it would be about a mostly absent father who was so focused on getting ahead in the world he didn't forge important bonds when they were young. He improved as he aged, but they did not witness it, nor did they have a history with him that would make it at all easy to forgive those lost years. And it sounds as if he let the situation fester rather than really reaching out and trying to make amends. Miguel and Rebecca= a mature, adult relationship. That's why they're the best.

Glad to know I'm not the only one that:

So many flaws it would be like whack-a-mole to hit them all. What I loved about season 1 Dexter was the care with which he planned and covered his tracks. This Dexter is a return to how they left him at the end of the series--SLOPPY and irrational AF. He explains to sonny boy about putting up plastic to provide no trace of blood, meanwhile leaving tracks in the snow, fingerprints probably pretty much everywhere, and shedding DNA with every hair that might flutter down from his un-netted head. Plus the afore-mentioned no lookout while in a one exit bunker. ALSO, he got shot in the leg and it was never mentioned again. He showed no pain, no limp, nothing. As much as I loved seeing Dexter again, the erratic writing drove me too crazy and reminded me why I barely made it through that last season.

Agreed. So victim is involved with that somehow, AND the family clearly has some illegal aspect to their business as well just from the vibe they put out

Two things really bugged. One is that the trio of women in the know went in with no battle plan in mind at all!!! They deserved to be eaten for that stupidity. No plan! AT ALL! Two: why would the vampire overlord wish to turn an entire community? What will they feed on now??? He could have sat back and happily snacked for quite a while. And yes, the many monologues did wear thin after a while. As much as i liked the atmosphere of this show. I was disappointed by this episode and the easy way all the lambs, including our heroines, walked to the slaughter.

For sure its the best episode this season. For the Radcliffe's performance alone, I'd rate it the highest, and then the rest of it hit all the right notes too. Loved the gunslinger/bounty hunter romance. And the whore makeover. And the ankle fever dream. All of it!

for some reason my recording cut out just as Perry was giving his big speech to Mo. What happened? Why the breakup? Fill me in please.

Oooh, good hypothesis! I can get behind that. I laughed so hard during the karaoke. Best thing I've seen on a show in weeks. Really, it demonstrated all that is great about this show. That and the entire convention. Loved, loved, loved. I watch a lot of true crime stuff so I too would immediately have wanted to check the freezer for a dead body.