Mojeaux

+1 I don’t give a rip about their “controversy,” but Joanna’s being a one-trick pony is getting to me, which makes me wonder how much of their ratings drop has to do with Joanna’s monotonous style. (Where are you, Candice?) I saw the B&B reno last night. There were things I liked (the stairwell reconfiguration), but they turned a Victorian into a generic trendy retail display. That. And I like the 90s.

Also late as I watch my DVRd shows whenever I’m not stressing over client deadlines. 1. I didn’t see what he won in 1996, either. 2. 1996 was only like 3 years ago, so WTF, 20 years? 3. I never thought clowns were scary, even when I was a kid. I was mid-20s before I found out people were scared of them. I just thought they were stupid and pointless and un-funny and they bored me. I like rodeo clowns because they’re badass. 4. LOVED Cassandra’s outfit(s). (Also, I like her outrageous look, a la nerdy Cyndi Lauper. What? 1986 was only 4 years ago.) 5. RR’s acting is getting better. 6. I now officially do not like Flynn. 7. I wanted Charlotte to cry, “But you abandoned me at the carnival! I’ve been mad at YOU, but I didn’t want to kill you for abandoning me!” That was the first thing I thought when he walked away in 1996. If I were her mother, I’d’ve called his mother and read her the riot act (if Mr Mojeaux hadn’t gotten to his father first). And if I were his mother, I’d’ve … I don’t know what, but it would’ve been bad.

Yes, and you know, that just seemed so forced. YMMV.

Generally, I believe that the person who does NOT want children should get their way, every time, without fail. In this case, Evelyn can control the situation. Still do NOT like Bawson. Unpopular opinion alert: I really think Mike and Amelia had chemistry and could’ve worked, and I thought their “breakup” was a little shallow. I was ambivalent about Mike getting back together with the ex, but until this thread I didn’t remember that she cheated on him with no remorse and blaming it on him. HAAAAAATE. Mike, don’t stick it in the crazy. The pants they put on Al’s daughter (name?) were a crime. (I didn’t notice what Mike’s ex was wearing.) I didn’t know floods and ankle boots went together on anybody but 80-year-old men in the 1970s. The costume designer needs to be jailed. And I really felt for Oscar that she decided to leave. That look on his face! I really really love Oscar and I think his sleazy come-on to Amelia in the pilot was him getting it out of the way, doing what he probably knew he’d be expected to do. I hope they get another season, but I thought the way they ended it was perfect. A great cliffhanger if they do. A great big fuck-you to the network if they don’t (generating fan response to the network).

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Amen to that. A mid-mod ranch in my neighborhood that had been on a realtor-revolving-door (pretty sure it had major structural problems) in a so-so neighborhood in my small bedroom community got rehabbed stem to stern...into a faux half-Craftsman with all the current fashions, then put on the market for $500k. I want to schedule a showing so I can tell them I would never buy a house that's so trendy. All the hard stuff (tile, doors, etc) is new and I'd just rip it out. This house, you're buying the designer's taste, not the house. They did fix all its (I assume) structural problems, but if they sell that house (much less for half million) I'll be shocked. It'll have to be someone who's totally into that and changes their house with the trends. I'm mad because the mid-mod was a perfect representation of a modest house in a modest neighborhood would have looked. Stacked brick and doorknob-in-the-middle-of-the-front-door and everything.

I’ve given this longer than normal for a new series, but I’m breaking up with it. Show, it’s not me. It’s you. First it was “Parents who let their kids play in the street are BAD.” Now it’s that they never fail. On a 24-hour turnaround time. ETA: Also, scenery chewing.

Me: I am not enjoying the mom storyline. Mr. Mojeaux: You’ve said that for the last 3 episodes.

If they can implant a device inside the woman, why can't they remove the tumor? Does implanting the device via laparoscopy have fewer risks than taking the tumor out via laparoscopy? I think I'm about to break up with this show. The science is cool (like I would know any better) and I kind of like the relationship angle, but the logic and lack of followup in each episode has been annoying.

This episode really bothered me for a couple of reasons: 1) Brockett's she's-a-bad-mother-for-letting-her-kid-play-in-the-street. No, she's not. Full stop. Forget the parks. Forget the no-green. How about people stop being busybodies about other people's kids and getting their boogymen from L&O SVU like they're real? Kids need room to play and freedom to grow. In some suburban neighborhoods (like mine) there are no sidewalks. And so...keep them in the house and drive them two doors up for their playdates? Get real. In today's era of getting in other people's business, it really made me mad. Somebody could have easily said, "The driver wasn't paying attention and it's all his fault." Nobody said that. Nobody said anything about the driver's liability. "But he just appeared out of nowhere." Right. That's what kids do. That's why you go slow and pay attention. Noooo, it's all on the mother. 2) The semi-happy-make-up ending of the girl and dad. Please. No. Like there was no followup last episode for the woman whose husband was abusing her, I cannot believe anybody that selfish (dad) would keep any promises he made to her like leaving her alone after it was all said and done. Get the liver, cut him off. He owed her. I like seeing James as both an arrogant asshole and as a shy, confused, and uncertain man-child with a crush on a girl. Love it.

So the Royals are in the AL, which has designated hitters. In one game this past season, we were getting creamed. We ran out of pitchers in the 9th inning, IIRC. Once you run out of pitchers, then what do you do? Grab somebody who is not a pitcher, like...our backup catcher Drew Butera. THEN he hit a double. Yeah, we got creamed. But it was worth it to see Butera pitch. Re the coach-dad: Someone upthread said they expected it to go the molester route and I did, too, so I was surprised. Then it was clear mom's scamming the coach, but I thought she was a grifter, too, and that was just a thing she did. I'm all *sad sigh* over the coach because he looks so helpless to help Mike. THEN she says that's his father and I immediately assumed the mother was an ex. Mr. Mojeaux said, "No, he had a fling with the mom and he doesn't want his family to know he has a kid on the side." Then all my sympathy for the dad-coach went up in smoke and I'm like, "I'D SCAM YOU TOO, YOU DICK!" Crap, I'd have told the wife just because he wasn't paying her any support unless she scammed him for it. Unpopular opinion: I like flashbacks.

You know, in the pilot, I vaguely felt he was being smarmy for the sake of a joke and just getting it over with, almost like he expected her to think he'd hit on her, so he did, smarmily, then went about his business. During the trade negotiations and especially during his ranty rants, he's fair, level-headed, and makes complete sense. His rant at Ginny was like, YOU AREN'T SPECIAL, which is exactly what she wanted and needed to hear. Is Ginny in the general locker room yet or does she still have her own little janitorial cubby? Because she really needs to move into the locker room now (especially after the photo spread). I think Livan is supposed to be Ginny's foil. He comes in like a jackass and suddenly everybody's all about the OTHER rookie (gender irrelevant) because that one's always been a team player.

With all the talk of God's plan for Lucifer, it just occurred to me: God is generally seen to be a nudger, suggester, and hinter rather than a commander, so as to protect free will. Lucifer has no capacity for nuance whatsoever and he commanded hell. Amenadiel doesn't get hints, either. Nor does Mom (Mom needs to go away, that is not a hint). NONE of them have an ounce of subtlety to their names. So if God has a plan for Lucifer, he can throw all the hints at Lucifer he wants, but Lucifer has to grow enough, mature enough as a human, to catch them. Then he sees the light he's supposed to bring. But before he can do that, he has to be socialized (e.g., his Dansformation). Meanwhile, God keeps his hand out, hinting and nudging, and will continue to do so until Luci gets a clue. Dear Showrunners: Get rid of Mom. Please.

I really don't want it to. I don't feel any sizzle there, whereas there is some (dwindling) with Dan. But I don't want that, either. (Also, I never liked Kevin Alejandro, but his impersonation was a pleasant surprise as to his acting chops. I liked it.) I ALMOST would like this to do two things: primarily focus on Lucifer's divinity and his divine family issues and (very) secondarily, the female friendships, like a buddy-cop relationship. Maze and Linda. Chloe and Ella. And sometimes they can get together for a girl's night out. They're on the way there. Aside: Linda Martin, Therapist to Divinity, specializing in citizens of hell.

Humans have been doing this since the birth of religion. This is spot on and bears quotation in its entirety. I hope that's okay.

I thought, "Surely, they wouldn't trot out THAT cliche, would they?" Shorenuff. Otherwise, I liked it. As Gregg247 said, I did like that the billionaire was a dick, but he wasn't so much of a dick that he didn't listen to his people and change or at least TRY to change, even if he fails.

I think the concept is the sister's more important because their actions directly caused her to vanish, while the wife died in their original timeline. If they fixed the sister problem, they fix their own mistake.

I am not generally a fan of time-travel shows, but I was in the hospital with nothing to do and basic cable so I watched Timeless. The ONLY time-travel show I liked was the MOVIE 12 Monkeys and I loved it because no matter what they did, the timeline would work itself around until the same thing would happen. IIRC, nothing they did CAUSED the thing to happen anyway. It was going to be that way no matter what and while they could change details, they couldn't alter the outcome. To me, it was logical.

I don't read the recaps, don't follow the media, don't know what the showrunners/tptb say/imply because I want to enjoy the show and chew the fat afterward. That in mind, I say the following as a total fan/sucker for a May-December romance AND crush/celebrity crush fantasies coming true (bonus for both): No, I don't feel the slow burn between Mike and Ginny and no, I don't want that to be anything but a mentor-protegee relationship. If they go there, I'm out because it feels forced and I was VERY disappointed Mike called Ginny and not Amelia. Amelia is a much better match for him emotionally and I find myself thinking of this as Mike's story, not Ginny's. Notice: He didn't have a problem showing his physical weakness to Amelia, which is not something you do with someone who is not firmly in your professional camp and is telling of a more emotional bond. He also laid out his life plans to her. You don't do that with a fling/one night stand. I just can't.

I think it’s that the promise of the terror of “Mum has escaped from hell” hasn’t in any way materialized. She’s not scary at all, much less to either Lucifer or Amenadiel. What is she doing there that made L&A tremble in fear? What is DAD doing that warranted that terror? None. The usual human transition of children being adults and the parents realizing it and possibly freaking out. Meh. Ho hum. Zzzzzzz. Bring me a terrifying goddess, not a whiny cheesy-noodle-making faux-waif in a “hot” skin sack (not seeing that hotness, either) trying to buy her son’s love and/or manipulating him. It’s every toxic-mother plotline evar. I like the new ME. She says interesting things, theologically speaking.

I’m not feeling the mom.

I must be watching a completely different show than everyone else is. Even if I were tempted to hope the show was setting up Lawson and Ginny as a ‘ship [please, heaven, no, barfgrossvomit], I wouldn’t be able to sniff a hint of a whiff. He’s her mentor. As Blip(?) told Lawson in the beginning, she is his LEGACY, and men serious about their work are serious about leaving a legacy. He’s feeling his age, he’s feeling his loneliness, and he’s ready to pass the baton. Lawson and Amelia, though? *fans self* That’s a ’ship I fully endorse. /OT Re this episode in specific: I had decided to break up with this show before this episode and now I’m back on board. That was a brilliant bit of politics on the manager’s part. Ginny’s got some balls. I felt so sorry for the Mountain, not that he was being chivalrous, but because it would have been a political nightmare for him to hit her. She got the asshat pitcher’s nod, which meant his animosity wasn’t artificially drawn out. And as I said, Lawson and Amelia have a comfortable/natural level of sizzle, of which I approve.

I’ve been down for the count for the last week and caught many episodes. I hate her style but I don’t turn it off. I like them personally. BUT she did do a mid-mod and she ruined it. She ALMOST took out a terrazzo floor when there wasn’t any under the kitchen they took out. If she thought about filling it with, you know, terrazzo, it didn’t air. There was ONE thing that could marginally be called atomic. AND she put in an 80s bright brass-and-glass shelf. I was yelling at the TV. She did a marginally true-to-period exterior. The bedrooms were French country shabby chic. You REALLY have to love MCM to buy a MCM house. If I were the clients, I’d have been pissed. Then there was one she actually RUINED the exterior, making it look like cheap construction. That was when I turned it off. As for their grammar. English has no plural for “you.” “Y’all” and “you guys” has been a grammar kludge forever and a day in various regions of the country. I’m a KCMO native, still live here, and find we occasionally use it when the situation calls for clarity and to avoid misunderstanding. It’s useful. Also, as noted earlier in the thread, nobody calls each other by the name once they’re established. I had one friend who did it and it was annoying. It came off as lecturing and condescending.

If it's wrong, I don't wanna be right. I actually got the impression Gareth was disturbed because it was Michael Moore's physicality, not because she'd slept with "yet another" one. The slut-shaming thing has to be handled delicately, naturally, but I think most humans would feel insecure about themselves in relation to the others. Firstly, Gareth has already said he felt used (curative sex) and he was. She can't tell him he saved her life, but I didn't feel she put his doubts to rest, either, or cared. Secondly, when he was asking her about her dossier, he gave off the "I feel used" vibe again. Like, "Damn, I'm in love with her, but for her, I'm just the latest." I understand why it could be perceived as slut-shaming, but I read it as Gareth's insecurity and I think he had reason to feel insecure.

*sigh* Once again I’m behind (long story why, but it’s frustrating). Okay, first, I STILL don’t see that Tulip was feeding Cassidy. I thought she put the dog outside and it got mauled by something else. I’ll have to rewatch, but I simultaneously feel stupid, and frustrated with the table-setting, as in, there was none for this. That said, no, I don’t feel bad. (Also, I hate dogs, so there’s that.) As for breaking into a blood bank—um, HUMANS need that blood for transfusions. I HATE it when vampires steal from blood banks and call it a moral choice because they aren’t killing anyone. Bullshit, you’re not. Any human who doesn’t get that blood may die. The slaughterhouse is right there (as someone else pointed out). Second (unpopular opinion alert) I love this show. I really do. I can’t stand the endless stream of procedural and legal soap operas Mr. Mojeaux watches. SSDD. And I especially loathe SVU. The endless stream of ever-being-cancelled sitcoms may be even worse, not sure. So any show with an amoral demon-angel baby and a vampire simply cannot be taken for anything other than a fun rollercoaster ride. There’s no point to rollercoasters either, except the thrill.