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Jamie's rich ass ain't flying Southwest LA->DC. I can't remember exactly, but the plane looked pretty empty. The cabin attendants don't go around checking tickets to make sure you're in the same seat. It only becomes a problem if someone complains. So if the flight was empty-ish odds are it wouldn't end up being a problem for them to sit together.

I realize Max is just a scared kid, but was she trying to be as loud as possible, alerting the weirdo creepster of their escape? Even her useless mom was wincing at all the noise.

Callie often bugged the shit out of me, but I'm going to miss her and Jamie. I'm kind of glad that it seems like her and Jamie might get back together, but only because I like Jamie. What she did to him was super shitty, but I guess if he's gotten over it 🤷‍♀️ I think she might have learned from it and she does seem like she's grown a lot since it happened. Even if I guess it's only been 11 months (wtf?). I cried a little bit, but I find it's easier to make me cry these days than it used to be in the before times. I knew the reporter was up to something. I kind of don't give a shit about his missing sister. It seems like their mom is super religious and probably drove the sister away. However, if done right, I could get into a mystery. I just don't think it will be done right. Looks like Gael is jealous of his baby mama getting close to Dennis. So I guess that's the new triangle. Is this show doing a thing where they show people just staring but put dialog over it? I thought they did it last season to imply some inner monologue, but it seems like it happened this episode when the words were very obviously actually said out loud (and maybe last episode too, I can't remember). If it is happening and not just my internet being shitty, it is stupid.

I don't know what I'm more disappointed by: Wheatley's body not being found or Mama Stabler surviving.

I have signed plenty of legal documents without a notary including a recent settlement that included medical malpractice. I think the only things I have ever signed with a notary are the papers when I bought my house and possibly something to do with my car insurance.

Seriously, why do people entertain Chuck's bullshit?

How about something actually written by Anna? It's biased AF, but I actually had a hard time making it through the entire essay because I wanted to punch her so badly. https://www.insider.com/anna-delvey-writes-about-inventing-anna-and-life-in-jail-2022-2

Yeah, that's some lame BS. Thank you for checking into it. I would have been mad to have gone back and watched for it to be that.

I think they were the best part of the episode for me. 100% you can find vegetarian and vegan dumplings in NY as well as Chinese restaurants at varying price points and seating configurations. Totally on Jonathan. Every time he's on I'm like "What's the nerd trio up to now?" Re Ben Kim, some people are just two name people. I'm a two name person. It was mentioned in the fallout of the sportwear thing, but I didn't fully catch it and what I did catch did not make sense and I was going to go back and watch to figure it out, but didn't care enough to follow through because I'm sure whatever it was would not be worth it. All I could see during Chuck's big protest was how he was fucking up the cars and I was mad on behalf of the fictional people. That kind of thing makes me super irate. One time I was stuck in a mob and someone got stabbed on my car, but it didn't leave a dent. I've seen people jump on cars during various riots and uprisings locally and it always makes me irrationally mad.

It's probably not worse than anything any other personal assistant in LA deals with.

Them going all over the city has bugged me since season 1, they regularly bounce from Hollywood to Downtown to the Westside to the Valley depending on what the storyline dictates (and what filming locations they can get, I assume). But like every cop show set in LA does that, so I've given up. I live in Wilshire division, which based on name you'd think they were trying to emulate, but it seems like the area they actually spend the least time in. They also don't seem to have their detectives specialized and patrol does a lot of things patrol doesn't do in real life and they do not stick to the basic car unit policing model at all. So IDK why the air support division situation bugged me more than all of that.

I remember that, it was amazing! My whole office was following along from a safe 1200 miles away. I'm not sure if Nolan is supposed to be the number one best cop ever (always saving the day in some implausible way) or a bumbling Barney Fife (letting randos into restricted areas without a second thought). Also, not that it matters, but I'm pretty sure the airships are not kept at random police stations, they are all at the air support division, which would be harder to get into than stealing Smitty's badge and duping Nolan with a sad-dad story and hug.

She was there for diversity. She was East Asian and a lesbian, that's two checkboxes. The writers didn't get the memo that representation only matters if it isn't tokenism.

Aside from woowoo doc not being a recognized doctor in NYS, I'm pretty sure Medicare and most insurance plans wouldn't cover the treatments she's administering even if performed by a licensed doctor. I used to have a premium plan that covered everything under the sun -- I had surgery and 4 years of PT for $0 out of pocket. It would only cover acupuncture if used in place of anesthesia.

I agree, the fight was great for showing she's believably badass. There's no way she could have won without shooting the guy, but she's tough af and held her own. Her size disadvantage was huge (and they did a really good job of showing that too). She was also cunning setting all the traps and showed a lot of grit throughout the episode. I haven't always been a Chris fan, but I thought she was awesome. They've also done a lot to show how much harder she has to work and how determined she is so it feels believable that she is so hardcore and her not winning the fight doesn't feel like a failure. Really, it's a lot more complicated and layered than I expect from a show like this.

Polanski was arrested in Switzerland and held for a few months before they decided not to extradite. Poland also had legal proceedings where they decided not to extradite. I'm not sure that France has ever taken it as far as the courts. His Interpol red alert limited his movements to France, Switzerland, and Poland. He has dual citizenship in Poland and France, so you can understand their reluctance to extradite a citizen. He has also been accused of multiple rapes in Gstaad, Switzerland, where he has a house. I think the last info on that was the Swiss were "investigating," but since the accusations are from the 1970s it seems unlikely anything will come of it. There was also an accusation of a rape in France, but it was discounted as the woman did not act like an "appropriate victim" at the time of her rape when she was a teen. Laws apply differently when you have money and fame and while he has less than at the start of the series, Axe still has enough. Plus there's that Swiss passport he was handed. And it was just financial crimes. You or I might not be as safe in Western Europe and might have to look to elsewhere for a life in exile, depending on the crimes and the size of our wallets.

And the broiler is broken, so that's saying a lot.

This was very enjoyable. I'm glad there were not eliminations. It was great to see everyone work together, collaborate, and be nice and it be more of a master class with instruction. I thought Melissa was kind of an asshole, but not over the top.

Honestly, given the letter that Yolanda wrote to Bella some years back, I'm not optimistic about her being supportive of any mental health issues Bella might have. Hopefully the others in her life give her the support she needs.

Not to be a Debbie Downer, but I'm not sure that's going to be worth the parking. It's not a glamourous part of the city and that's saying a lot, because LA is kind of a shithole in general. Just don't go downtown with stars in your eyes because it smells like pee, you're likely going to see a lot of homelessness and general filth, and will probably be yelled at by a mentally ill person. You might see someone shitting in the street. Also, City Hall is kind of boring on the outside -- all the pretty details are inside. If you haven't already called to see if the observation deck is open, maybe do that so you can at least go inside. I would also say if you are not used to being in a big city be very careful with your belongings and do not bring expensive jewelry and handbags with you on your trip. We've had a marked increase in violent crime including robberies at gun and knife point. If you're planning on taking the lightrail and subway give yourself plenty of time as it seems like the connections are timed so that you just miss them and keep alert. I've never been a victim of violent crime on public transit (knock on wood), but I've witnessed plenty of it. There is an almost 100% chance someone will be ranting and yelling on your train car, but usually just ignoring it is enough. I'd say there's definitely more crazy going on on our trains than Paris, London, and Munich -- I've never been on the subway in NY. The last time I took the light rail we had to get off and wait for a new train because there was a violent assault and there was too much blood for the train to continue to be in use -- it was targeted, not random violence. Our trains are fairly clean and I think easy to figure out, but I think they would be more convenient if they ran more frequently and they don't go a ton of places. I don't take our buses besides the Dash, so IDK about those. In college I was a professor's PA and had he always had grad students coming in from all over the world and I had to take them around and get them situated. I hated watching their expectations of LA meet reality and be smashed.

I'm not sure you can get in to City Hall and the Police HQ due to COVID. Most of the employees that work in City Hall are still working from home and last I heard City Hall is still closed to the public. I think you can get appointments for certain official business. I was actually there the day it shutdown sitting the Mayor's conference room being stood up because he was busy at a press conference announcing that City Hall was shutting down. I haven't been back since because they don't want people there and everything is under electronic governance due to the continued state of emergency. I don't know if the LAPD HQ is open to the public due to COVID either, but even if it is open, I'm pretty sure the lobby is as far as you can get and it's not worth finding parking to see the lobby. Beyond the lobby any part I've been in just looks like any other office building and I've needed police escort due to official business to get beyond the lobby. I guess some things are semi-open as I have a jury duty summons this week, so the court house is at least doing something, but again not sure they are letting the general public in. If you go to Du Pars get the pancakes.

Well, she is blind. (I'll show myself out) She shouldn't need a lawyer to get out of this murder charge. The DA not wanting to get laughed out of office should be enough to stop it. Like maybe they'd give her an accessory charge or impeding an investigation, or some other bullshit like that, or even drug charges, but not murder in a shooting death when the gun wasn't touching the victim. A political rival of the DA would leak this bs and a hot white disabled woman victim would give the story legs. How would she even get arraigned without the judge going "you've got to be shitting me?" Also, the police department just had all that scandal with the last captain and what's him name (the cop Murphy was banging). Let's set aside the fact that the union wouldn't let Gene be promoted to captain. Top brass would have shut this shit show investigation down because they don't need the embarrassment of this arrest based on some rando's personal vendetta given their current situation -- it is just another form of corruption and the optics are not good. I can fanwank a lot of stuff, but this is just too ridiculous.

I enjoyed Jess telling Murphy to fuck off, tbh. It was ridiculous the way Murphy was ordering Jess to leave the pet store and go to Canada. When someone feels like they have to fake their death to get away from you, you might be an asshole. All the shenanigans are not Murphy's fault, Felix and Jess did escalate everything by being stupid and taking the money. But Murphy does make everything worse and is a wrecking ball busting through everyone's lives. All that being said, the biggest asshole on this show is Josh. His hate boner for Murphy is ridiculous and that Gene is indulging it is reason number one that he's not fit to be in charge. Also Gene's just so incompetent in general. Of course the keystone cops didn't cover all exits of the pet store. And just because Josh wants to put Murphy away forever and ever doesn't mean the DA is going to file charges. Seriously, what competent DA would file charges against a blind woman for the shooting death of someone given evidence that consists of a button and Josh's hurts feelings? How did this go far enough that it looks like Murphy has made it past booking and holding and is now in county? Why wouldn't the DA have laughed at them and slammed the door in their faces?

NGL, there was a shot of him that made me wish my thighs were as small as his.

I didn't get that part. I thought they were implying she swerved to not hit a baby deer. But I don't think I thought about it that hard. One thing that did make me LOL this episode is that Conrad, mad with grief, took the time to put on all his stupid bracelets and his belt with the big buckle etc. It just tickles me that he took time out of his grief to pick out all his douchey "cool guy" accessories.