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She absolutely had her moments but I do think in this conflict she was mostly right. She was annoyed with Beau when he was a sneezing mess and he shouldn't stay in a crime scene like that and risk contamination. She was annoyed that he was stumped and refused to bring in help. Max figured it out. And even if she hadn't, how does running the results by more people hurt? Catherine is far from a perfect person but one of her best strengths was knowing what she didn't know and relying on a solid team. There were always "bigger brains" around her and she knew when to go to them for some quick help. Her delivery could have been better but I thought she was right in these instances.

For this very type of drama. The producers care about making compelling television. Having a secret duo is fun. That was the priority and I guess they figure out the rest to make it work.

Hiring actors for a political ad to insult theatre majors is peak ridiculousness. Besides, we need actors. For entertainment, for instructional videos, to make the entire world of advertising work. Economically, its a very important career. And I know so many people believe that anyone can act, but that's not true. It's a skill that has to be honed with training.

I know not every 18 year old makes good financial decisions but there has to be forgiveness at some point. A crap decision shouldn't be a life sentence. And that's assuming there was a bad decision made at some point which may not always be the case. If someone is paying over $700 a month and only $65 is going to the principal something is wrong with that loan. That loan shouldn't be legal. The government has to provide some forgiveness, some relief. People cannot have lives with debt like this hanging over them. The one person had $80,000 in debt, paid $120,000 over 10 years and still has $76,000 in debt. That should not be allowed. That loan has to be forgiven because she will never pay that loan off. Its hard to get a job without some sort of post-secondary education. The cost of post-secondary education has skyrocketed and is being passed on to students and parents. If we don't forgive the debt that currently exists and make dramatic changes to education, the generations coming up will never be able to afford homes, kids, cars (because they've gotten so much more expensive too) and a chance to build up any savings for medical expenses (another thing we should fix) and ultimately retirement. I would love to ask the "people need to have kids" Senator from the IVF story how he feels about student loan forgiveness. I would guess he's anti- but of course the debt is one of the big things cited in this story that is preventing people from having kids.

It's probably the cleanest shower in the whole dorm. I'd use it even if I didn't live there. Also, Sheldon is living in the dorms? Does Mary know? Or care? I know George doesn't care. Has he been home since the last episode? I have so many logistical questions.

Savannah Chrissly was terrible and I have no idea who she is but if she's supporting her minor siblings because her parents did tax crimes, good for her. The Beets give me so much joy. The clues had me leaning one way but once I heard them singing and especially together, I knew this one. Also, I knew Cleocatra from the first line. Gumball is harder. Vocally he reminds me of a couple of people but then I can't make the clues fit. Superhero people who can sing is a thing (the CW had a decade of shows) but then I can't make the Southern clue fit. When I have someone from the south who may line up vocally, I don't have a superhero match. The spider throws me off completely. I need another week of clues.

As someone who doesn't like the retcon, I've always said that Sheldon can be biased and wrong about subjective things but making him wrong about objective things is a poor move. Sheldon thinking that his father is a drunk because he has a beer every night is fine with me because Sheldon thinks any alcohol consumption is too much consumption. Sheldon interpreting adult fights as worse than they are because he is uncomfortable with his parents fighting at all makes sense. Suggesting his siblings are drooling idiots when they are in fact totally normal people just because they aren't as smart as him is in character for Sheldon. Sheldon being wrong about subjective things is in character for Sheldon. Sheldon knowing that his father had a girlfriend who he can describe physically and can provide details of interactions with isn't something that can be passed off as Sheldon has a bias. George shooting the TV because he was upset with a football score isn't something that can be passed off as a bias. George getting into a fight with Mary and skeet shooting her plates isn't something that can be passed off as a bias. Those aren't opinions Sheldon has; they are events he experienced. And he may not describe every single detail right but I don't believe he invented events and people whole cloth. I think Sheldon, who doesn't like to lie, did interact with a girlfriend who tried to buy his love. I don't believe he invented two separate instances of George shooting property. That is not accurate to the character that has been around for over 15 years. So the retcon of the affair here, I can buy Sheldon being wrong based on how they set it up but I don't like it because I think it portends other changes to things that Sheldon witnessed in an effort to soften the George character. The show is saving George at the expense of Sheldon and I personally care way more about Sheldon and the integrity of his character than I do George.

It's also very possible that when they wrote the finale last year they did intend to have a major character leave. But with Flower needing time off for parental leave, they didn't want to be two ghosts down and they didn't want to fire a woman for being pregnant so they changed plans. I would rather they change plans and their statements in the past be a "lie" than fire a pregnant woman. Actors should be able to take parental leave without losing their jobs.

There's also the fact that someone does the math on lawsuits vs the cost to implement a fix and if the lawsuits are theoretically cheaper, they will let people die to save money.

The one that was secretly gay? I googled. Colton Underwood. That would explain why there was no bride on the top of his cake.

The way they hyped up Rita Ora is ridiculous. She's fine and all but they acted like she's some A-lister when she's barely had a hit here. I know she's much bigger in the UK. I liked everyone tonight. The weakest was Kevin Hart doing a bit. Starfish is the one who would have gone home in a regular episode. I have very solid guesses for Goldfish and Starfish but am less confident with Ugly Sweater and Lovebird. Has there ever been a Bachelor who was a football player? Because Lovebird is giving Bachelor clues with football player thighs. I think it was a decent start with even the weakest performance being okay until the Kevin Hart schtick. What a waste of a great looking costume for one. And the whole thing was too long and not funny enough. I did laugh when Kevin stomped off in the book shoes. As a visual gag, that worked. But ten minutes for one laugh is not worth it to me.

My biggest issue with JoJo was the way she played favourites last year. Maybe not being around for the auditions will slow that this time around. I hated Roman's outfit for his audition. I found it so distracting. I do think he has some real potential. I always want the ballroom contestants to succeed on this show. It has always been so skewed towards contemporary cross-trained dancers that I root for the ones with a different background. The way multiple contemporary auditions started with back bends was so annoying. I guess it's the new tilt.

The only thing I could think is because Frank was still alive and he saw her that she didn't want him to be found before he died and go to the police saying she was there. But even then, she played it totally wrong. She should have called 911 and said that the two men got into a fight and because of her condition she couldn't intervene in time. Frank Sinatra may contradict her but with Joey Bishop dead it would be hard to prove that she set the whole thing up. A pregnant, injured, white lady would probably get away with it.

I hate Josh so much. He goes on about how Max worked hard to rebuild the crime lab's reputation and how damaging his actions "could have been." He broke into the morgue and stole evidence, did a kidnapping, used his credentials to access a location he had no business being in and committed assault. Could have been? How can he work any case going forward? How can any evidence he collects be trusted? How can he go into court and testify? He has completely damaged the credibility of the lab. If the show wanted to keep Josh around, they should not have written the plot they wrote. They prioritized a cliff hanger over logic and now I hate Josh, and Aly and Penny because they were all so out of line in how they reacted. Even Max didn't come out totally clean. Putting her neck out for someone with so little self-control is such a bad decision.

She's a child. She's literally one of two children in that home. When she started to run the household her parent should have stepped in and stopped that right away. She is the one who can "pitch in" with some stuff when she has the time. Because it's age appropriate to help but it's not right for her to be the one in charge. George should be the parent and take care of more. But George is a lazy man who is so used to Mary carrying the largest burden of running the household that he did not step up when it was his turn.

It's wild that Josh will somehow keep his job. He kidnapped and assaulted someone. There is video evidence that shows part of it. How can the crime lab have any credibility if he's investigating any crime? The bar should be higher than not doing a murder. I liked that they actually filmed so many exteriors in Vegas. The show looked better during the Trey and Serena car chase than it maybe ever has.

It would explain how Seven lived in a cargo bay for years instead of quarters with a bathroom.

It's not great but the first time these kids heard that didn't come from Christine; Kody said it in front of the cameras. Christine probably felt like she owed them an explanation of why she stayed and then why she left. She absolutely parentified those kids and is sharing more that she should but once you agree to put your life on TV those boundaries become way harder to maintain. They already know; they've already seen it. Some of those kids watch the show for money at this point.

I think its a bit of both. I think Robyn wanted to be the legal wife. She knows, having gone through a legal divorce, the protections that gives her and I do think she figured out that Meri and Kody had a very weak relationship during the courtship and figured that she could maneuver her way into the legal marriage. I don't think she had a plan to push all the other wives out completely and be the only wife. I do think that anyone who grew up in polygamy probably has some damage and her childhood damage came from not being the number one family for her father. It's why she wants the legal marriage and why she wants Kody around her family all the time. She doesn't want to have Christmas on hold for weeks until the man finally shows up. She wants to know that he has other places he can go, but he puts her and her kids first. And I don't know how much of that is conscious on her part and how much of that just comes from the damage from her childhood.

I wanted to see them explore the lodge more. I wish that had been the kid plot instead of making a Belcher sign. The funicular and the creepy décor was a good start but I wanted more. I was so frustrated with Linda when she kept trying to get the tree on her own over and over. Go back to the lodge, get Bob and try with a second person. Besides, how was Linda ever going to secure that tree to the top of her car on her own.

I hate Ed but those new bonuses are shit and it's nice that after years, he's finally remembered he's the boss of all the underground people who get treated like shit. So Ed the labour organizer can live a little longer in my eyes. Can't wait until the Helios executive team shows up. Should be fun. Margot and Aleida's reunion was emotional. I was wondering if Aleida was even a bit suspicious when Svetlana said "work the problem." I still think Margot played the whole thing wrong but Svetlana was right that Margot cared about holding on to power. I don't think Margot would have ended up in jail. But she would have been forced out of NASA and that was the real fear. Now, she has power from the other side.

He's lived a hard 72 years and who even knows what aging would look like if you spent as much time in space, on the moon and then on Mars like Ed has.

MacKenzie Scott? She donated $2.1b in 2023 and $16.5b total since her divorce from Bezos. She wants to stop being a billionaire. That's her actual goal and I think maybe that's the only way to do it.

One thing I'll say is that John Oates is 75! He looks great! He was my favourite all season but I knew from the way the show was shaping the storylines that he was going home and not even getting a chance in the showdown. I don't think Donut is good. He's fine. He's clearly an actor who can carry a tune, not a singer. But his story is compelling. Hard to kick off the man singing for his recently deceased wife. Plus, when Tiki went home and Sea Queen went through, I figured to keep a nice gender balance, Candelabra would go home this week and Donut would make it.

She was absolutely trying to pick a fight. Janelle and Christine were splitting the rental and some of their kids were going to have a second Christmas once Christine came to town. Because of Robyn, they were not invited to Meri's for Christmas Eve and were not welcome at Robyn's house unless they were willing to "have a conversation." Everything from here on out is my best guess based on the comments we've gotten: I think the original plan was to mail or deliver gifts to anyone not attending Rental House Christmas (because of covid rules, work, being with in-laws etc) and those kids would open their gifts whenever and the Rental House kids would do their gifts on their second Christmas. Robyn didn't like that there was going to be Rental House second Christmas and that she couldn't use the holiday as a way of forcing the apology that she claims she doesn't want. If there was no Christmas except for the one she hosted, those kids would have to come groveling to her or be left out. So instead of letting the kids do their best to connect at Christmas, she stuck her nose into the whole situation. She knew that a zoom call with 20+ people would be near impossible to organize but she wanted to cause a fight and ruin the kids gift exchange to punish the kids who refused to apologize to her. If Gwen's comment really was the one that kicked off the fight, she was looking to be offended because it wasn't that bad. She thought she could use Gabe and Garrison's (and probably some of the other kids) desire to get together with their family and enjoy the holiday as a way to force their hands and when Janelle and Christine rented a house to circumvent her, she lashed out.