TomServo

Did I miss the conversation about the fact that if you say Josiah's nickname or Twitter handle out loud, it sounds like you're saying, "side hugger"?

Maybe it didn't originally, but here is a picture of the Mars bar I remember. The wrapper says "caramel" on it. The one they showed Rebecca buying in the vending machine looks like the almond-free version. The prop department probably picked it up in the international section of a grocery store or something.

I don't have a hard time believing that a widowmaker heart attack can take someone that quickly, but I do have a hard time believing that Rebecca would not have noticed the commotion. I know someone who died in her 20's from a blood clot that traveled to her [heart? lungs?] after surgery for a disease that is not usually fatal. She made a remark to a nurse that she was feeling kind of weird, and at that point her husband left the room to go somewhere. He heard her alarms going off, and he rushed back to the room. They ushered him back out while they worked on her, but he said that when he got to the room, he took one look at her and knew she was already gone. Nope. It's a little confusing because there is a Mars bar sold in English markets that is not the same as the U.S.-branded Mars bar, but IS similar to the U.S.-branded Milky Way bar. The English-brand Milky Way is similar to the U.S.-brand Three Musketeers bar. English Mars = darker chocolate, nougat, caramel U.S. Milky Way = milk chocolate, nougat, caramel U.S. Mars = milk chocolate, nougat, caramel, almonds The U.S. version of Mars bars hasn't been sold in the U.S. in nearly 20 years. They tweaked the recipe and rebranded it as Snickers Almond.

It was the 1990's. I don't know when hard-wired smoke detectors became a thing, but our house didn't have them back then. Ours were only powered by the batteries, and when they were out, they were out; there was nothing to power a beep. I just want to know who are these people who buy batteries at the mall? And why does retirement-age Miguel bathe in self-tanner? My kids loooooove going to Costco.

The short answer is because it would have been really boring to watch all those minutes of Philip sitting around waiting for Elizabeth to walk down to the main house, retrieve the photo, and walk back, so all that was edited out for time. :) It's been several years and a child and a half since Elizabeth took that photo out of the briefcase. There's no reason to think it would still be in the briefcase. or that he even uses the same briefcase. Philip or Elizabeth could have put it in that drawer at the guest house at some point.

I thought the show wants us to believe that she did. There was the scene where she fainted, and after Dwight examined her and left, she said something to the effect of, "Ross has left me no choice" which I took to mean that she was going to have to marry George for the cover-up.

Coming in late 'cause I have to wait to watch on Amazon. Well, there's the power aspect of it. Plus, since all the original research is so hush-hush and likely illegal, they can't exactly go out and compete for research grants on the open market. Whoever is financing all this (Topside or whatever) only has so much money. If she can eliminate LEDA, then she can hog all the resources that are now being tied up in paying monitors, finding a cure for the glitch, etc. No wonder she was so excited when she met Beth at the book signing.

I was under the impression that Bells Palsy was a syndrome; I guess I'll have to go look that up. I've read the People interview where Milo says he was born with a nerve problem in his lip. Maybe it's a different nerve than the one that gets you a B.P. diagnosis.

I found most of the big ticket baby items I had lasted through one-and-a-half kids on average before having problems. Car seats made it through two kids before they reached the expiration date on the sticker. The motor on the swing burned out before baby #2 was finished using it; the fabric on the bouncy seat wore through and the vibration thingie got a short in it, etc. The stroller lasted through three kids, but only because we were fine using it without the mama tray that holds your coffee and we knew not to trust the plastic Graco brakes, etc. Even the crib mattress needed to be replaced after baby #3 and one of the slats on the drop side (ours didn't get recalled) started splitting from being moved up and down so much. If she's on child #6, I would expect there to be a few needs for the new baby. And if someone had given me a restaurant gift card instead of the 10th noodle casserole in a row, I would have been beyond thrilled.

The Bells Palsy is less noticeable now than it was when he was on Gilmore Girls and Heroes, but you can still tell. He talks out of the side of his mouth and his lower lip looks fatter than the other side when he makes certain facial expressions.

Retirement Rebecca looks so much like someone just wearing a Sally Field costume that it's distracting. They might have been better off just casting Sally Field for the part.

(Commenting on the entire thread at once) It was silly. But only half as silly as the cartoon-level-CGI tornado episode! I don't pay enough attention to the credits to know for sure, but I have long suspected that they made changes to the writing crew in addition to the cast between seasons 1 and 2 and probably also more since. When that happens, you often get shows that don't mesh with what's already been shown. See also: Gilmore Girls. Unless, of course, the original showrunner can't remember her own plot lines and then you get them anyway. See also: Gilmore Girls. But I digress... They also completely forgot that Mike was the one who intended to set Kyle up with Mandy in the first place and gave him lines where he complained about the kinds of guys his daughters pick. If they'd remembered that detail, they could have turned it into something funnier. Carol is walking him. This sitcom is set in Colorado. In Colorado, homeschooling parents send in a letter of intent once a year that says something to the effect of, "I'm homeschooling my kid." According to CDE, "You must be the child's parent, legal guardian or an adult relative designated by the parent. (22-33-104.5(3)(a), C.R.S.) No other qualifications or licenses are required." What Ryan did on the show is not inconsistent with that. Colorado Homeschool Law Colorado Dept. of Education Homeschool FAQ Where would Ryan's money be coming from? He's homeschooling his own kid, not running a tutoring business for other people's homeschooled kids. Did I miss an episode where Mike and Vanessa offered to pay Ryan the tuition they were planning to use to send Boyd to private school? Homeschooling costs additional money; it doesn't bring in money. For the most part, I am the same way. For minor-to-moderate inconsistencies, I eyeroll and then move on.

Sure. Just like the Duggars are doing it in order to minister to people and Kate Gosselin does it, "...to help others and...for women's empowerment.". I'm sure the money and attention-seeking has NOTHING to do with it, and that's why Jazz chose a responsible, non-exploitative network like TLC. The Duggars had a platform pre-TLC, as well; it just wasn't as big as the one TLC brought them. Their blog used to be shared around in (even non-fundie) homeschool circles as kind of a "Look! This guy is a legislator and still has time to homeschool his bajillion kids; you can do it, too!" A "direct reference" isn't the same as "naming" as in doing something like doxxing a private person who is also a minor. Jazz is not a private person. Jazz is a person who has actively pursued a public platform in print and on television. The only thing I saw on the feed (and admittedly I don't follow him on Twitter so I only looked at it briefly) was a reply to someone who accused him of "throwing shade at a teen" and Derick's reply was "I want to be clear. I have nothing against him. I only have issue with the words and definitions being propagated here" which is still topical rather than personal.

I guess that depends on what you mean by "biblically illiterate." I'd consider someone who isn't familiar enough with the Bible that they can't recognize a reference to a well-known and oft-quoted Bible verse because of a single-word difference to be on the lower end of the biblical literacy scale. You don't have to know exactly which translations include the word "cosmic" in order to understand the reference if you are generally familiar with the text and what someone is getting at when they talk about "fighting against spiritual powers rather than human ones [insert additional keywords like 'darkness' and 'heavenly places' here]." So, yes, most non-ESV readers who are "literate" would probably read what he said and think, "Interesting; I didn't remember the word 'cosmic' being in that verse." Then they either shrugged and went about their day as usual, or if they were curious enough, they looked it up and then went about their day. It's unlikely that Star Trek, Carl Sagan, NASA, or a mental hospital came to mind first. I don't know very many people (including evangelicals) who still use the NIV on a regular basis, and I have Bible Gateway set to default to a different translation. Some of the Bible Bowl/Bible Quiz organizations are starting to switch to ESV, so it isn't as though it's some obscure text. Probably more than half the posts on this forum involve naming children (younger than 16, who didn't choose to chase fame on television) in what could be considered to be "hateful" posts. Political correctness has never been a goal (attainable or otherwise) here, in this public forum, so I'm not particularly interested in using this forum to police whether people on other platforms are guilty of unpopular wrongthink. Also, did Derick actually "name" the "child"? The tweet I saw was just a link to TLC's promo (in which the child self-names in the hashtag). Didn't come anywhere close to a direct attack as something like, I dunno, "Josie Duggar is feral!"

It's not any kind of special edition; it's a very well-known passage of scripture among people who read the Bible: "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places." I'm actually mildly impressed that he went with something other than King James, as "cosmic powers" wording is ESV.

None of the above. He's referencing a passage in Ephesians.

Me, too. My *smallest* baby was 8.5 lbs. And none of them were "squishy" with fat rolls; they were all built like bricks. I had a better diet than most; no gestational diabetes; no C-sections, no oxygen and baby warmers; didn't even experience significant tearing with the biggest one. They're all tall and skinny now. Some people just have big babies, period. Do we know whether Derick was on the large size when he was born?

Yes, but I haven't worn gloves since February. Maybe her phone was set to B-roll time and her clothing was on A-roll time.

Well, in the 80's the big thing in t.v. shows was to have a bomb connected to the car starter, so if you're being shadowed by baddies and don't want to get blown up, you should start your car before you walk to it. That being said, Hannah was wearing gloves, so I guess we're supposed to assume it is winter. However, her phone also said the time was 7:39 p.m. and it was still broad daylight.

The giveaway was in the very first episode where we learned that Kirkman has a background in "urban planning." Have you ever met a libertarian urban planner? If they want to pretend that Kirkman is believably "independent," then they're going to have to show him engaging in more independent-style thought processes, even if his conclusions come out left-of-center. Unfortunately, inside the Hollywood bubble, writers and showrunners tend to equate "independent" with either "moderate" or "of course an unbiased person would ultimately agree with my left-wing opinions because I have the rightthink" and that mindset shows through in the characters they write. I did laugh at the "he's from Montana" being answer enough to understand the Congressman's gun control stance. At least they picked somewhere other than Texas for once. And of course these people involved in a major conspiracy that involved members of the military, the deep state, and people who were able to erase their existence from most of the usual databases would have been deterred if only we had more gun control laws! As if the Vice President or his wife might have failed a background check for their handgun even though they didn't fail the one that let them reside at the Naval Observatory. Since you are not American, I'll give you a pass on being unaware that it's illegal in the United States to pay different wages based on gender according to the Equal Pay Act of 1963. A "gender wage gap" has been well-publicized, but it has not been documented well. There is an earnings gap between the average of all men and and all women working full time. But when the calculations take into account chosen occupation, education level, years of experience, hours worked per week, etc., then the difference in earnings between men and women is much, much smaller. You can even find industries where using the same metrics used to politicize the "wage-gap," women out-earn men because they are in careers that tend to attract more women, notably social work, and therefore women average more experience and seniority in the field than the men. Global Warming shouldn't be a partisan issue, but it is. You don't get good science from garbage inputs no matter how talented you are, and among other things, too many of the weather stations that are used to analyze surface temperature trends are poorly sited. Here's just one example in Arizona. Instead of siting it in an uncompromised location where it ought to be, the government agency responsible for it has moved it within feet of a brick building, a parking lot, a road, air conditioning heat exchangers, and a 480V/208V transformer. All of those things are heat sources that bias the data, and without keeping track of a lot of other little details (which they don't), there is no reliable way to correctly adjust the data coming from that particular station. And, yes, there have been scientists who have testified before Congress about this and other problems with the officially sanctioned record of "climate science," but, you know, bureaucracy. I know TPTB don't care for political opinions in the forums (only in their recaps!), and I'm expecting to see a mod warning any minute now, but it's difficult to avoid when you are talking about a politically-written show. Basically I agree with everyone who has already posted about the afterschool special-style town hall scene and the way this episode looked like somebody took a half-hour cop show and an unrelated half-hour D.C.-based soap opera and randomly spliced the scenes together. Plus now I know if you want to topple the Statue of Liberty, you put the explosives up in the torch. And now for my unpopular(?) opinions: Something about Aaron Shore reminds me way too much of Apprentice-era Bill Rancic, and not in a good way. If he starts chewing his cheek, too, I'm out. Kiefer's acting is way too mechanical. Some seasons of 24 were better than others in this regard, but it takes me out of the show because I'm too aware that I'm watching Kiefer Sutherland and his standard database of acting moves rather than a character named Kirkman. "I just got some unexpected information. Time to micro-shake my head and eyes to the left!" "I feel disappointed and/or stressed. That's my cue to glance meaningfully at the floor..." Plus, I understand why people find him attractive, but he and his father both have mouths that do that distracting dip in the middle like a turtle's and I just...can't.

Yeah, based on: - Kids didn't drive selves to party (although it appears they may still have only had one car and that could explain it) - Jack taught kids how to drive - Jack "loved to tell the story" about the first time Randall got behind the wheel I concluded that Jack died sometime after the Big Three had obtained driver's licenses, which would have made them at least sixteen plus whatever amount of time would need to have passed for Jack's love of that story to have made an impression on people. However, because there has been a lot of foreshadowing involving cars and drinking, my random speculation is that they may be headed for something like Jack died in an accident on the way to rescue Kate from some sort of scrape she'd gotten herself into OR Jack died in a car accident where Kate was the one driving.

I cried exactly two tears during this episode, one out of each eye, the right one falling first. Both were while William was visiting Jack's tree. The rest of it felt like if you watched the first two scenes, hit the pause button, and then thought to yourself, "What would the rest of this episode look like if it were going for feel-good yet overplayed drama?" Then after writing down your guesses, you simply checked everything off the list as you watched the rest of the episode. Where do I go to pick up my made of stone club membership card? Also, the story felt rushed. I understand skipping details in flashbacks, but the A plots on this show never get a chance to breathe, either. They're trying too hard to wrap up the episode theme in a neat package every week.

Alex was dressed up as Cruella DeVil, so maybe she's the real big bad. :)

This is the second episode in a row where the writers gave Jack a line that referenced being dead (last week it was, "I'm dead. Three parties killed me," and this week I noticed one but forgot to write it down). It almost makes me want to go back and find out if he has a line like that in every episode. I don't quite have that much time on my hands, so I probably won't bother.

Oh, I agree; I just thought it was a weird coincidence. Or was it...? :)