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Travel Agent Pete would know about airport shuttles to resorts and he could probably find one going to the specific resort once he lands. Those airport transfers were probably a nice upgrade that he sold back in his day. Pete probably would be caught up on Barack Obama but it was such a great line delivery that I don't even care. He kicked Tom Brady's ass, twice! I will never forget the joy I felt watching it. My big Pete fear is what if he goes to St. Lucia and is happy enough with his family that he gets sucked off. I know it won't happen because this is a TV show and that would be a terrible end for a character, but the ghosts don't know they live in a TV show. Pete could just never come back and they'd never, ever know what happened to him. A trip into town with Jay is a little risky. Going somewhere alone for an extended period of time just seems crazy to me. Unless Pete is comfortable with the idea that every time he leaves, he may never come back. But my anxiety about the whole thing is very high.

I'm so glad someone was really thinking about what was best for Sheldon on a personal and professional level. He was ready to move on and face new challenges. One of the nice things about this is that it explains so much about the gap between when this show will end and when Leonard comes into Sheldon's life. George got him a car and driver so it makes sense how Sheldon got around before Leonard and others drove him places. George negotiated the perks that made it possible for a teenage and young adult Sheldon to live independently. It's probably the most impactful practical thing George ever did for Sheldon and it got him through what seemed to have been a very empty and lonely period in Sheldon's life. It's very sweet. I do wish the show would explain what's changed in Mary for her to become so lackadaisical with Sheldon's safety after seasons of her being the Mil V-12 of helicopters. Was it going to Germany and living a life for a few months free of housework? Was it seeing Sheldon move around in the world more independently? Was it a matter of necessity when there was no room for him? But even then, the Mary of a few years ago would have slept on the floor to make sure Sheldon wasn't in a dorm with teens and 20 somethings an hour a way. Is it that she's more into kids when they're younger and the baby has replaced Sheldon? I always assumed the big change in Mary would happen when she was widowed but there has been a huge shift this year and I don't know why. Scared is unfair. Snow and winter require a whole set of skills Sheldon has never developed and a new wardrobe that he would have to acquire. Just being good at walking in snow is work. Balancing on an icy sidewalk is hard. I've lived in a snowy winter climate my whole life and if I had an easy way to go to Southern California instead, I would take it. The schools were otherwise equal and whatever gut feeling Sheldon had about MIT, he's allowed to change his mind when faced with new information.

The idea of this format isn't terrible but the execution is. I don't know these kids at all. In a group dance, someone pops up on-screen and I'm so busy trying to remember their name that I don't really notice the dancing. I don't care about who gets cut. I knew it would be guys this time to even things back out. I have no emotional attachment to any of them. The show thinks a package during the auditions makes up for spending time with each contestant in rehearsals and in partnerships. It doesn't. What made it easy to get to know the contestants in the past was seeing them in a variety of situations and seeing not only how they do but hearing partners and choreographers talk about them, who they are and how they are coping. So much of that has been stripped back that its soulless now. I don't care about the showmance. It's not the first one so I'm not mad about it but when they showed the women talking about it, I had no idea what guy they meant. Also, I get why the music video was shot and edited before we saw it because that's how it works in real life. But for Broadway, why didn't they perform it live in front of the audience? That's how that works in real life. Because watching it, I wondered how many times they filmed each dance to get all the angles without other cameras in view and then how they chose to manipulate the takes to justify the cuts. Did the two (I don't know their names!) crash into each other one time out of eight? Did someone mess up in one take and it wasn't shown? I just need Cat at the start of the episode to say each person's name and have them do a little dance. I need that visual reminder at the top of the show so I know who we are talking about the rest of the episode. I am a dumb TV person. I know its too late to change it now but it hurts. I would have thought the producers of the show understood the reason they did that for every other season but now I'm thinking they just thought it was to kill time?

I thought this was one of the best episodes of the series. I thought by having a few strong suspects in the neighbor and the wife, the misdirection worked very well. Plus, Anne Ramsay is a great actor and she nailed every scene she was in. I love Serena now. She had a few very funny line deliveries. Without all the Folsom baggage, she is delightful. I also really liked Josh this episode. It helped that he behaved like a professional throughout. He still has no business being there but at the very least the angst was dialed way down and he took the work seriously. I was pretty confident we'd be going back to not-Elon eventually. I still think it's deeply stupid to have that robot in Max's office when there are still questions about if it can spy on them.

Outside of the cold open and Melissa's impressions I thought this episode was terrible. It was so predictable. We knew Questlove was going to show up. We knew Janine would end up back at Abbott. I did not find the writing funny or even enjoyable. Janine looks like an idiot for her behaviour these past few episodes. She decides to go work for the district, doesn't understand that means doing projects with any and all of the schools, not just Abbott, behaves so erratically when she's being onboarded and then changes her mind during her welcome party. It makes me feel like all her progress this season at being more professional and confident was for nothing because she didn't behave that way at all dealing with this decision.

I kind of think its unlikely that for six hours they kept popping into the ready room over and over and not once did they bump into any of our past captains. I really assumed we'd get Saru at the very least since they already put Doug Jones in the makeup for such a short amount of screen time. Pike would have been helpful. Lorca would have been a major problem. Any version of past Captain Michael would have been fine but weirded out. It's not that I disagree with it entirely, but I do hate how heavy this show leans on the "feelings are good and the most important" thesis. Sometimes they are. But also sometimes its good to be disciplined and run on systems. A balance is what is ideal. But it always feels like the feelings side is 100% right on this show and the other side is always wrong. The Rayner who helped Tilly solve a problem wouldn't have dismissed Reese offering up a pretty logical theory. But we needed Rayner to be the bad guy and learn a lesson so that's what we got. In the little time we've had with him, he's clearly mission focused and someone offering up a theory about the mission is something I think he'd value. Once again, Jet Reno is the best and I always wish we'd get more of her. I know Tig is very busy but knowing the show is working its way to the end, it bums me out when we don't see Jet more.

Yes. He was there along with Mark McKinney as the peach, Fred Armisen as the Sweet Potato and Tomatillo, Nick Kroll as the Cantaloupe and Coconut and Cecily Strong as the Ginger and Orange. I loved picking out the voices.

Susan's hoped for promotion is for junior partner, right? Making someone a partner isn't the same thing as a promotion at all. Yes, it's a bump up in roles at the firm but it's also buying into the firm. Susan would have to buy in which wouldn't be an issue based on what we know about her financial situation. And let me caveat that I've never become a partner at a law firm for this next part, but I would imagine that you can't just make someone a partner whenever with no input from all the other partners. I don't think it would be on Margaret alone to decide. There would have to be a partners meeting where new partners would be discussed and decided on. Plus, (and again, I don't know for sure) but I imagine a law firm wouldn't just make someone a partner mid-Q2. I would think, because of the financials involved there would be set times in a fiscal year when partners would be added. I know this is not a realistic show, but it would be nice if there was some sense that this isn't just a promotion. Susan is already a senior associate. She should know what the partner track looks like and when and how she may become a partner.

My best guess is that they were provided with additional breastplates for the makeover challenge in case any of the queens wanted the option for themselves and their sister and Sapphira kept the one intended for her. I didn't see anyone use one this year but in past makeover challenges, we've seen the baby queens trying them on. The queens don't know the skin tone of their potential makeover partner and wouldn't be expected to bring one to match in that case so I'm guessing production has many.

They have a baby. I think the cat is out of the bag. The bigger issue is poor Missy having to hear other people having sex, which will still be an issue if they're married. It not going to be any less awkward or disruptive for Missy just because the couple in question got married. Mandy and Georgie should be more respectful of the fact that they are in a house jam packed with people and be quiet. Really, they need to get out of the Cooper house! Missy and Sheldon, who are both children, are both being put upon with no one defending them or looking out for them while two grown adults who have incomes are mooching off the family. Making sure Cece is someone safe is important but that is Georgie and Mandy's responsibility not the rest of the Coopers and it would be nice to see George and Mary remember they have two minor children who have had their lives totally disrupted and maybe do some actual parenting instead of being lazy (George) or a busybody (Mary.)

I ordered food more frequently during the pandemic because it was my only source of fun or novelty. I couldn't go out anywhere. I couldn't see new movies or theatre or go to parties or explore new businesses or neighbourhoods in my city. I wasn't going to the library. I wasn't going out to the stores. I wasn't visiting family or friends. Early on, my days were monotonous, inside my condo, by myself. Getting food delivery was an easy and safe way to break up the absolute boredom and dread. And I did believe that keeping a restaurant open by spending my money was a good thing.

I thought Q took the laziest and easiest route and did not appreciate it at all. Easy to create a family resemblance when you paint someone like a clown. I can paint two similar clown faces! The costume, the big ugly monster, also made it so that padding and proportionizing wasn't really a concern. It's smart because you don't know the makeover subjects ahead of time but it isn't a winner in my eyes at all. Honestly, Q started out with some amazing runway looks but I feel we are scraping the bottom of the barrel at this point. I'm sure she's saving something truly lovely for the end but this weird monster thing, the chain look, the weird hat thing with the horrible bikini top have all been misses. In the last four weeks she's had one good look in the 80s corporate drag that was a tribute to AIDS. Good stuff is coming, I am sure, but as a design and looks queen she is coasting on her reputation right now.

Galen has long been one of my favourite choreographers. I'm so glad she was here and I got to spend so much time watching her work. I just like how her moves can be sexy and powerful but not male gaze-y. This is my favourite piece but they're all good. The results part of the show is necessary but so boring. There just isn't enough time with these dancers for me at least to care deeply about the results. I think once they were down to the 16, any of them could do the show. It was just a question of types and styles to make an interesting mix.

I have to assume that we're going to see not-Elon and his company again because that ending was so open-ended. Also, if there's even a remote chance that the robot is listening in, get it out of Max's office. Penny was being such a brat this episode. The crime lab was seriously compromised. Some oversight was needed. Serena was just making sure that the processes were being followed. I will say, watching everyone be a horrible drama llama to Serena has really made me a fan of her. She has handled all of it so professionally.

This. Being a great chef and being a great Top Chef contestant are two very different things. As much as the Hat annoyed me, I'm sure he's a great chef. I tend to think both of them just were not confident in their ability to roll out the pasta dough to the right thickness for something like a raviolo. Stuffed gnocchi is going to be a bit more forgiving. Padma didn't have that at the start. I did a whole Top Chef rewatch this year and while Padma was an improvement in season 2, she was still a little awkward. She took a few seasons to really have a bond with Tom that was visible on camera. Kristin will get there. And probably a bit faster because she already knows the other judges and the show itself is a well-oiled machine at this point. When Padma joined, the show was still figuring itself out.