BookThief

What the hell was that? I thought the title was already stupid and though even Alan Cumming couldn't make it sound cool I figured "Well, it's on PBS, it's probably alright." We meet like, 20 characters in the first episode. Who do you think you are, Game of Thrones? And yes, joyless describes it well. Otto's fixation on main nurse lady was just weird. Obviously there's some "mystery" to the show but after watching this first episode I really don't care what it's going to be or what happens to any of these miserable people.

That was tedious. Oh look, Donnie has been arrested for murder. But there's all this evidence he's being framed. So let's cautiously go with that. Ooh, a shady character being interrogated whom we have no reason to trust said he was the dead woman's boyfriend! So let's now go with that. Even though there's all this other evidence he's being framed like a prison name swap and he was beaten up in prison within 5 minutes of being there (which I imagine might happen--but maybe not quite that quickly?). Ugh, just...annoying. And all just to set up obstacles for their relationship (which I don't care about one way or another). And yes, then the ending. Didn't make it better.

Z is for the Zbornie! Though it's not of our world, I imagine the Zbornie took the Golden Girls world by storm and was sold on late night TV showcasing the amazing difficulties of opening hot potatoes and millions of people made fun of it and then bought one anyway. (If anyone else has a Z, please have at it!)

It is ridiculous and I won't be surprised if the show really is trying to do something with this, however it's so ridiculous that I'm wondering if the grandmother's arthritis was a red herring and in fact Divya should have been worried about dementia or senility or something related. Did the grandma have any small forgetful moments the show barely focused on? I can't remember--and this is not a show I would go back and rewatch anymore.

M is for the Madonna concert the girls returned from before they were robbed. "The name Madonna doesn't really suit her."

I is for the "I Love Lucy" marathon that Blanche and Rose watched because Rose had never heard of it because she and Charlie had sex every night it was on originally.

When this show was good, it was awesome. So many good quotes. Going back to the one with Molly and the concert it's so simple, but I love when Roseanne kicks Darlene out of the room and she uses Molly's earlier excuse of "I seem to have misplaced my purse here someplace..." Also from another episode, "We're all fingers over here."

C is for when Dorothy dressed up as Cher and Sophia went as Sonny (although Blanche mistook them for Cheech and Chong). "I've got you babe..."

Whenever Jon misuses the word "bemused" a part of me dies. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Just keep in mind that the interesting stories can happen anywhere, with any celebrity. In fact, I wish they'd have some non-celeb people because you never know what is in anyone's past (but I realize people probably wouldn't watch then). But they've shown stories from celebrities I barely know or am otherwise uninterested in, but the stories of their ancestors kept me riveted.

B is for Blanche Elizabeth Devereaux...or was it Blanche Marie...?

It's tenuous guys but... X is for AleX Trebek who appeared as himself when Dorothy dreamed she was on Jeopardy. "He said no one would root for me!"

I don't know how hard this would be, but my idea for a round was popculture and then-current references from the show. For instance: A is for Anita Bryant for when the caterer exclaims to Blanche, "Well excuse me for living, Anita Bryant!"

Does Boris have his own medical equipment? I feel like he does. Then I feel like I might have made that up.

F is for Fred Willard, the ex-priest who was a virgin and helped bring the artist out of Blanche. G has to be for George Clooney, the young cop that reminded Blanche of her own children.

W is for the wedding dress of hideousness that Dorothy wears in the final episode.

P is for the petite pantyhose that anybody could see that Blanche couldn't get past her knees.

Meshach Taylor, better known for his role on Designing Women, has died. However, I saw he had a credit for Golden Girls. Without looking it up, can you describe the episode in which he appears and his role? (I definitely had to look it up! In all my years of rewatching episodes, I don't think I ever realized it was him. It's like when I discovered Quentin Tarantino was one of the Elvises at Sophia's wedding, though slightly less surprising.)

What the fuck was that? If I'm remembering correctly, they knew they'd have these last few episodes to tie everything up. They had time to do SOMETHING that wasn't this. I guess I'm irritated that everyone will continue to think Jane is a little crazy for moving on from Grayson so quickly. I feel like their secrets should have come out at some point to more than just Stacy. Just saying "But it's not your business why I moved on. Accept it." was annoying. Maybe it's true, technically, but if this were real life, I'd continue to watch my friend who appeared to have move on in 1 week to make sure he/she was really OK. At least it's all over. I really enjoyed the show in the first season but it changed too much over time. I was hoping this last batch of episodes would bring some of that spark back. But no.

We're having some wicked storms here tonight so I missed everything after Emily forced Hanna to follow Jason. Could anyone please fill me in on the main stuff after that?

I thought this was one of the best ones in a while (and no Helping Hands...hmm...coincidence?)!

Yeah. I really don't know what the writers wanted us to feel there. Dislike Kim and Owen for caring? If it means so much to Jane to live her life in the open then maybe she should try to tell them what's going on. When people don't know the facts they often jump to conclusions. In this case it doesn't make them asses! They aren't aware that people come back from the afterlife (although...I have a feeling that when Jane tells them the truth (it has to be coming, right?) that they'll both be weirded out at first and then both admit they have somehow had signs in their lives to suggest it's true). Maybe they'll believe her when Ian knows stuff about them that only Grayson could. I'm not gonna be mad at her coworker and friend for looking out for her. In fact, it's actually nice to see Kim give a crap. But instead, Grayson was kind of a dick when Kim showed she cared about Jane and Jane is all "why won't they let me live free!" Ugh.

I don't mean to speak for peeayebee, but I think they meant that he was gross about the breasts thing (at least, I thought he was). He brought it up once, which, OK, it was awkward and Ryan moved it along, but then he brought it up again. He himself was gross. But I do wish they would stop with the Helping Hands for a bit. There are TONS of other things to do, but I feel like I see the same ones over and over again. And I'm sure that these "celebs" they bring on aren't bringing new eyeballs to the show--go with audience participation instead. It always served them well before and those people are exciting and nervous about being on stage and that usually only makes Ryan and Colin funnier.