ItCouldBeWorse

He uses him as an excuse for some of his political positions. And don't miss The Blind Side reference (which hasn't aged well): On Race, Mike Johnson Says His Views Were Shaped by Raising a Black Child https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/27/us/politics/mike-johnson-house-speaker-son.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6Uw.IyqS.-WuvYGcYV7Fk&smid=nytcore-android-share

He was in the Washington sketch.

He didn't even care about how it tasted as he immediately gave it away; he just wanted to see how the machine operated.

Maybe we'll find that out with Mobius. Speaking of which, I think that Brad said that Mobius was taken from the Sacred Timeline (ST). But that's not how this works, correct? He would have been a variant taken from a to-be-pruned branch, and his doppelganger (or original, or whatever) would have lived out his life, however long that was, on the Sacred Timeline. To remove people from the ST in order to obtain TVA agents might have had a butterfly effect, or even created a new branch. This must mean that TVA Brad did something to the ST Brad in order to take his place, right? Or am I just confused?

The finale of season 47, in May 22, was Pete's last episode Season 48 (last year's) opening credits: https://www.google.com/searchq=snl+season+48+episode+opening&sca_esv=573896841&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS820US820&sxsrf=AM9HkKk9k9rwb1ewXqjFSjhVjeZhOlWYFQ%3A1697495352702&ei=OLktZcPKKcSp5NoP_8a9wAk&ved=0ahUKEwjDxoT8zvuBAxXEFFkFHX9jD5gQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=snl+season+48+episode+opening&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAaAhgCIh1zbmwgc2Vhc29uIDQ4IGVwaXNvZGUgb3BlbmluZzIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKABMgUQIRigATIFECEYoAEyCBAhGBYYHhgdMggQIRgWGB4YHUitLlAAWNUscAB4AZABAJgBigGgAeUVqgEFMTkuMTC4AQPIAQD4AQHCAgQQIxgnwgIHECMYigUYJ8ICBxAuGIoFGEPCAgcQABiKBRhDwgIIEC4YigUYkQLCAg4QLhiKBRixAxiDARiRAsICDRAAGIoFGLEDGIMBGEPCAg4QLhiDARixAxiKBRiRAsICDhAAGIoFGLEDGIMBGJECwgIOEC4YigUYsQMYgwEY1ALCAgsQABiABBixAxiDAcICCxAAGIoFGLEDGIMBwgIEEAAYA8ICCBAAGIoFGJECwgIFEAAYgATCAgYQABgWGB7CAggQIRigARiLA-IDBBgAIEGIBgE&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:08258a35,vid:_k8sMBTSExc,st:0

Yes! When Ego went to get the camera, I wondered if this skit was taking place in the past, before cellphones, and then he pulled his out. I also thought that there might be a point at which Pete confessed relief that he was no longer bound to his grandmother's bean farm. That's because they were rubber. They were definitely fake. Probably a slight homage to the hotdog fingers in Everything Everywhere All at Once. I thought that Heidi's costume in the spaceship skit was great.

I think it's the fact that Loki saw her at the TVA in the future, before he was purged and stopped time-slipping. But it's not at all clear to me. Also, now that Dox and Co. purged most of the branches, shouldn't the Time Loom be stable for now, until the Sacred Timeline starts branching again? And how did Brad know he was Brad? Since all the agents/hunters are variants, did he kill the "real" Sacred Timeline Brad and take his place?

I feel like I'm missing some information. How did Mobius and Loki zero in on "Brad" and no one else? Was Brad loyal to Dox, but also planning to stay on the timeline as an actor? (would Dox have allowed that?) How was Sylvie's timeline still there after all the pruning? Just luck? And what would happen if she tried to return to a pruned timeline? Also, when Loki was giving the big windup about how he was going to torture Brad with the device, why didn't Brad at least try to unlock the "locked" door to get outside to Mobius, who he thought would rescue him? He thought the door was locked from the inside, correct? How were the doors to the Time Loom opened last time? Wasn't "He Who Remains" dead then, too? To me, this was a very choppy episode.

When Gerry said he would be interacting with the 15 remaining contestants, I was confused, because there were 16 left after last week: https://people.com/the-golden-bachelor-marina-explains-why-she-left-show-after-week-1-8348751

Are you sure that you aren't developing cataracts? They can really affect night vision.

"Both time periods." You are correct.

The only way I could explain it is that 1) he didn't mean "right in front of me" literally, but meant colloquially, as in "we were just together, and then in a second, he was gone" and 2) "He looked like he was in pain" was either a reference to how Loki looked when he time slipped/appeared in front of Casey, which Casey did see, because he said "Loki?" in a somewhat shocked manner, and/or to the mental pain that Loki seemed to be in directly after when he peppered Casey with questions. I'm fine with my explanation for #2, but #1 could be an error.

Did anyone else notice that OB is wearing what appears to be a watch on his left wrist in both timelines periods? He has a multi-handed clock on the wall in his department, which he never leaves, so I wonder if the watch has another purpose.

OB hasn't even slept for 400 years! Perhaps since OB has been alone for so long, no one remembered to reset his memory .

Hopefully Johnathan will be able to handle the pressure (unless Oliver intends to keep the role.)

Exactly. Is the play still continuing? With both producers under arrest (and Jonathan given another chance as the lead?) I figured that opening night, despite its success, would also be closing night.

Both Holly and Grace were at Ava's house when they found out from an extremely agitated Luke that Maya had gone into premature labor. Holly got "out of their way" and left. Grace calmly texted Ava's grandmother to come provide transportation to the hospital, helped Ava pack Luke's baby bag, and went with them to the hospital.

And Ava told Grace that she loves her! One of the best things that Ally and Paul can do for Luke and Maya is to offer to keep Jay at their house overnight once a week on a regular basis, let's say Friday nights. Then after an entire week, they will know that a break is coming up, and they can recharge. (This is in addition to any babysitting at Luke and Maya's place if the younger couple want to go out for an evening.)

Yeah, and where is Cinda (Tina Fey)?

Not trying to destroy the illusion, but Steve Martin's performance of the song (for a heavily-edited TV show), unlike Charles's (in rehearsal for a live play), was almost definitely not done in a single sitting. Is Joy no longer working on the show after her break-up with Charles? I haven't looked at IMDb to see if it indicates how many episodes she is in this season, but although in real life it might make sense for Joy to quit, I hope that we haven't seen the last of (a rational) Andrea Martin.

Yes. Or have Paul and Ally take turns driving him back-and-forth one night in the middle of the week, and give him train fare for a weekend visit, or vice-versa. That could be 4/7 nights he could spend per week with Jay and Maya. (I don't think he's a confident enough (or awake enough) driver to have his own car for such long drives, even if his parents would pay for it.) This could at least get him through the first term. Then he could focus on his 2nd term. He'd be off in the summer, I presume. (He could also use a back up battery or two for his phone.) Ava is 16 and Holly is at least 18, most likely. She seems too old for Ava's first relationship. It's pretty likely she'll start forgetting that, too. She hasn't known about it for long, just like they haven't lived in the new housing that long. If she had known about the affair 10 or 20 years ago, it would be more firmly established in her long-term memory.

And Steve Martin is 16 years older than Jackie Hoffman (Uma), despite his unwillingness to consider himself "her age." Last time we saw him, he was out on bail wearing an ankle monitor, correct? I wonder if anything has changed. And yes to the last part. Here's an idea: ask the Deaf actor to raise his hand whenever he can't see what his costars who are in a conversation with him are saying. Or if that's too much pressure on him while also reciting his lines, have a Deaf coordinator on the set to do it. I didn't get that either. It didn't bother me so much when she did it with Theo, because she was just teasing him (I think he was fine with it, and "nerd" generally applies to fans of the superhero genre more than it does to the teenage cop genre), but it would have been a perfect way to interact knowledgably with Dickie. But then we would have been deprived of Mabel trying to interpret what Theo was signing, although I'm not sure that Theo would have been able to clearly see Dickie asking all those questions, anyway. I believe so. I'm not sure that Uma notices (non-famous) people who don't directly affect her. She's pretty self-centered.

Twinkie.

Who seemed relatively unperturbed that 2 sandbags fell with no obvious explanation. Agreed. Also agree.

Joy eventually explained that while she was in Ben's dressing room covering his slap mark "I'm guessing that my lipstick fell out of my clutch when I was back there." That makes no sense, because it wasn't her personal lipstick; it was one of many in her work container of lipsticks. Normally, I might think she was lying, but I really don't think she wrote the lipstick message on the mirror, so I think it's just a mistake in the script.