Darian

Me, too. I don't usually ship couples too hard, but when she asked "What are you doing here?" and his face fell, I felt a twinge. I was so glad she immediately smiled and they had that nice moment. I needed that.

Tom Savini cameo! He was the store clerk who gave Bode the jar of keys.

I read Tuesday Mooney and I liked it at first, but it did not hold up for me. I didn't hate it, but I was starting to rush through it to be done. And it's set in my city (well, I live in a Boston suburb), so that was fun. hope you keep enjoying it. I loved Bellweather Rhapsody by the same author. Starting Jami Attenberg's All This Could be Yours. I have liked her other books. And Weather by Jenny Offill dropped today, so I must snap that up. Offill's Dept. of Speculation was polarizing, but I loved it.

This show is so well cast. I came for Lou Diamond Phillips and stayed for the rest. Bellamy Young is so good. Her pronunciation of Saigon didn't take her all the way to Moira Rose territory, but close.

So glad to have it confirmed that some of Chidi's students were philosophers who worked on the show. I was almost certain, and loved that touch. I started watching live, determined not to spoil myself and feel the emotional punch. Lasted until Jason and Janet went to the tree. I suspected Chidi would want to go before Eleanor (I guess it could have been reversed, since it was about the idea of letting someone go/staying for someone, but I thought she would be last), and couldn't bear to watch. Figured if I spoiled myself, I could. I don't know if I can ever finish it. I'm in hospice, which at this point is a good thing. I've stopped most life-extending measures, but there is one I am going to have to stop myself (my medical team is on board) when I choose. I'll be leaving my husband of 26 years. and even though most people could not stay in a body like mine either and he understands and is supportive, I feel guilty as can be (and I am having a Red Hot Chili Peppers song played at my memorial, so I would have gone straight to the Bad Place under the old system). Maybe it would help to watch, and I love the Chidi's ocean theory, but I know it will hurt. Leaving it on the DVR for now.

Thanks, all. I never watch grilling competitions, so I hadn't seen her before.

Does she have long dark hair? I watched last night and didn't catch the judges' introductions (I half-watch, too), but when I first aw her, I was glad for some new blood. Then I did not like her judging style at all. I had taken a nice long break, and now am enjoying the show again. Weird.

I am an atheist, and I didn't like their solution. I personally believe that when we die, we just end, and I'm fine with that (am in hospice, so people ask me about it a lot). But for this show, where there is an afterlife, I didn't like them not finding a better solution. They don't even know what going through the door would be or do. Give residents a task, a purpose, a challenge. The door idea just seemed to lack imagination. The Good Place when they arrived is always how I thought an endless existence of peace and joy without having challenges and ways to contribute would become. It would get tedious. I'm fine with the idea that we just end, but as a solution within this world,this story, it just feels lazy.

I don't read a ton of YA, but I am reading Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson and next up for me will be anything else she's ever written.

Yes! Thank you! I was shouting at the screen. That was so bad, I don't know if I will ever watch another episode.

Patrick and David continue to be adorable. Amazing to see Moira proudly showing off the town she loathed (and the Jazzagals). She would never have done that a season or two ago. I got teary thinking of Stevie going out and finding a different life. Wonder if they're setting up Johnny taking over Rosebud Motel and expanding by buying the other one, and all or some of the Rose family remaining in Schitt's Creek. I love this show so much. So glad enough people recommended it to me that I watched despite my aversion to Chris Elliot (which remains, but doesn't ruin the show for me).

So bad. The only reason I watched this to the end is because Ray was on it. I liked him on the Halloween Baking Championship. I have a terrible memory). He and his husband are adorable and I sure know adoption is expensive, so I was pulling hard for them. But I basically let it play in the background and glanced up every so often, then watched the judging. So happy they won! Such a shame because the original show was wonderful and I like the judges. I know Claudia bugs some, but I don't mind her, and the other judges are great.

I know we've seen Canadian license plates before (one was when David and Patrick are getting out of the car to go hiking).

Oh, my gosh, yes. I was in the mood for something like this and I went along for the ride. I can ignore (the many) inconsistencies at this point, and not overthink anything (except, weirdly, why Jane Levy had bangs in one scene and one scene only--that I saw anyway). I recorded this on a whim, knowing nothing about it except that Jane Levy was in it, and I always like her in things. Then this morning, before I watched, for some reason, I watched a couple of old Glee performances on You Tube. I wondered what some of the cast, including Alex Newell, was doing now, but didn't look any of them up. It was a nice surprise to see Alex here. I'm sure a lot of us knew early on that Zoey's dad would sing and dance so I was waiting for it and it still got me but good. I want cheesecake. I may have to have some on hand for the next episode. Even if they don't mention whatever that dessert was, worst case scenario: I have cheesecake.

They did a great job with the Challenger disaster. I was at work, in South Florida, and I remember people driving home in daylight with their lights on to honor the crew. That small gesture of communal mourning. In 1999, I worked for NASA on Canaveral and when they had a launch, we'd all go out to watch. We got stand much closer than the press, so close your clothes would ruffle and you could feel the power. There were always big crowds. At the point when Challenger exploded, you feel every single person around you tense up and hold their breath. It's automatic. I've never felt anything like it.

This made me sad.

I may be bailing. I just can't get into the doppelganger storyline. I thought French managed to sell it in the book, despite some gaping plot holes. Her writing is that strong. But I can't motivate myself to start the recording I made last night, so this might be it for me. It's a shame, too, because I like the cast and like her books, usually.

Since reality television began, I have felt bad for anyone who isn't a huggy person on these shows. I am very huggy, but I don't hug anyone I am not sure wants me to. Poor Justine. But she won, so good for her. I would have been happy with any of the finalists, but Jessie impressed the hell out of me from the first challenge. I love the way her mind works. I binged this show over three sniffly, achy days and it was positively medicinal. Nice people doing something they love, and nice judges and hosts. I needed this.

I would love to see grandma's reaction if someone had suggested she shouldn't have raised her kids only to celebrate Christmas or to keep an open mind to other beliefs. She can't even manage that now.

I was thrilled that they found a box, and that Josh could be there, and almost in his hometown. It's mine, too. I grew up here, live here again after years away (so glad to be back) and my parents were the first generation born here to Irish and Italian parents who immigrated in the early 1920s. I got even more emotional thinking of their lives, seeing this unfold on streets they walked. I was glad, too, Josh didn't just celebrate Columbus, but said "for better or for worse." It was a beautiful episode. I was quite soggy at the end.

Completely agree. I love this show whole-heartedly now. My husband got some clippings from his mother about their family history. She is convinced Walton Goggins is a relative and she might be right. So I started the first episode for my husband to show him Walton (could be a family resemblance. He has a really distinct mouth and there is a lot of that smile in my wedding album), and he kept laughing and we watched the whole episode. I'd watched the first alone, thinking maybe a show about a widower might not be his cup of tea right now, as his wife is dying but we both watched the first and second together, and it actually makes the whole thing funnier (could be us, my sense of humor is pretty dark, and I love laughing through this). They just strike a tone I like, not cloying but not playing the dead wife for laughs. There's real heart. Nicole Byer (looked it up) as Meg delights me. I love the cast, love the jokes, love how they all act like friends, laughing in reaction shots, and such chemistry.

Well, I was all embarrassed that I thought the bald guy was Rob Corddry, only to see that it is. I will never name an actor again. It will be "the actor playing Wade..."

Yes, it does, thank you. Not even going to tell you who I thought the bald man was (I have a little facial blindness. If two people have similar coloring and body type, I have no chance. Have bailed on shows because too many characters had similar coloring. There was some family drama shows years ago where I think five characters with pale, slender white men with short dark hair. I gave up during the pilot. Reality competition shows are fine, because they put up the names a lot. I should just have IMBD up every time I post here).

I love her. For a beat, like I forgot it was a sitcom for a sec, I did an "oh, come on." But I went with it. Then, though, it occurred to me that, funny or not, it reflects an exaggerated reality. It's not just that people and often undocumented people, are working several jobs, but also that a lot of it these days is gig-based. So, yeah, she should be picking up a shift here, and there, and being on call for this or that. I didn't need to think it through; it was just funny. But when I did, it's also clever.

Well, that's embarrassing. Never, ever post when you have taken a hard blow to the head and have a concussion. It does things. Haddish is in something I have scheduled to record, I swear. And I love Maya Lynne Robinson. I could swear....gah. Thank for being nice in the correction. I knew that character and whomever was playing her was why I tuned in to this. Ohhhh, I had bookmarked Haddish's book, which has unicorn in the title. Never hit your head on a hard metal stairlift track. It's not pretty. (Though, based on my TV watching since it happened, it's made me a very easy audience as I am liking every show I watch).