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As someone who wore a patch as a young child to try to correct lazy eye, I'm thinking the longer the kid wears it the better. If the optic nerve isn't completely developed I don't see how they brain will learn to use both eyes together so they move together (I mean, I had the patch and three surgeries and they still aren't perfect--and only move together because I can still see through both of them and can switch which one I focus through), but I'm not an ophthalmologist eye doctor.

That makes more sense--thank you!

I've never heard that; I always thought that it was the active ingredient in chili peppers, which is what I found when I looked it up.

I'm hoping one day to have an outdoor balcony or patio so I can have plants again. With my current cat, if he wasn't eating it he'd be attempting to climb it or knocking it over (he likes to knock things off the kitchen counter and then look at me for my reaction, the little bugger).

Nah, Jill had to wean her so she could get pregnant with the next blessing. Which never happened, thank Lord Daniel.

To me the heart of the series was always the relationship between Harry and Dan. Everyone else was great (particularly once the show settled into its long-term cast) and the wackiness was wonderful, but John and Harry made their relationship just the absolute center. And I'm 100% certain that John still misses Harry tremendously, particularly given the close replication of the set. This scene ripped my heart out 36 years ago; it still does. Dan could say things to Harry he couldn't say to anyone else:

I've been reading here for twenty years, through the various permutations, when I heard about this bizarre Duggar family (I've still never seen an episode). I came for the snark (and, in the case of the TWoP version, the Doctor Who recaps from Jacob), and if this goes snark-free, I don't see a reason to stay. I'm not interested in sincerity and such when it comes to the Duggars, and I rarely use this Small Talk forum (but I don't begrudge those who do; anywhere one can find community is well worth keeping), so I'll likely just go where the snark is. As it is, this is pretty much the only set of forums I read; the others tend to be sincere rather than snarky and I'm looking for escape and laughter so this new version likely won't be a place for me. I wish you all the best.

I'm assuming this will all be going away in April 1, so I'm finding alternate places for snark.

I don't think Elias is in the same place that Hetty is going, hopefully.

It's possible that they had written the season finale when they learned that the actress was pregnant and figured this could given her some time off the show before bringing her back later, but then the strike happened and everything got delayed for months and screwed that up. I would not be surprised if she came back or had never left.

There was a LOT in the book/movie that didn't make it to the TV show. Other than the character's names and that they were in a MASH in Korea, most of the rest was changed. The author of the book was NOT happy that it became so (pardon the expression) "woke", particularly in the later seasons, and if you've seen the movie or read the book it's VERY different.

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. It's the only time he was Maltz, but it was memorable! I'm enjoying this season more; not sure why, but I'm liking that they're using actors that are absolutely comfortable chewing the scenery like they're starving to death. That was part of what I really liked in the old version: it wasn't afraid to be both silly and outrageous. And I think they're toning down the "learning life lessons in 22 minutes" that the first season really leaned into; it's still there, but muted a bit.

In the book Hawkeye attended Androscoggin College in Maine, although I'm not sure if that's where he got his MD. He knew Trapper because they had played football against each other (Trap went to Dartmouth).

Is there a show where a couple having a baby hasn't been the kiss of death? I think it would just destroy things here.

True. Maybe they take over the house while they're there? It can't be more crowded than the RV.

Not if they drive straight through; they should have enough drivers that it's not a problem, assuming all the unmarrieds come.

Probably because Trapper and Charles were about as different as one could hope. And yes, I don't think Trapper ever said where he was from in the series.

This was well-worth watching if only to see John Larroquette play Maltz again. All we needed was his big line: "I do not deserve to live!" But we did get "Con!"

Adam Arkin didn't die; his dad, Alan Arkin, did. I did a playreading with Adam Arkin way back when; he is a great guy.

Jackie Hoffman immediately raises the quality of any show she's in; I've seen her in several shows in New York and she's absolutely wonderful and completely hysterical. Quite frankly, if this show didn't have John Larroquette playing Dan Fielding, I wouldn't be watching it. I watched some clips from the NBC website of the old show and was reminded just how great that show was; I may spend my time rewatching that instead. I didn't even try with the Frasier reboot; there's no way they could catch that lightning in a bottle twice. And without David Hyde Pierce as Niles for Kelsey Grammar to play off of (and vice versa), it's not worth my time.

I had a student once who told me that she thought that commas were just decorative and they should be sprinkled in at random. Since she was a college student I really hope she was trying to fool me, but given her writing level I'm not entirely sure.

My guess is that if there hadn't been a strike, Episode 8 would have aired at Christmas. But since there was, they taped this first so it could be showed at Christmas.

I saw an episode being taped around 1987, and it was indeed a live studio audience (you can actually hear me laughing--I must've been right under a microphone) and it wasn't enhanced with a laugh track--it didn't need to be. There were some bum seasons at the beginning and Iespecially) at the end, but those seasons in the middle were golden.

We really need some sort of "die in a fire" emoji for things like this.

Which of Jimmy's songs was she using here? If it's Margaritaville, I wonder if she actually listened to the lyrics--all about that demon alcohol. Somehow I think that Jimmy Buffett would not be someone she'd want to associate with.