Quilt Fairy

I'm trying to figure out how the Coast Guard not only found but identified a naked body as Navarro's sister within an hour or two on Christmas Eve. Or do they have 6th sense, too?

Should I point out the obvious? James (actually Alf) served in the RAF. No need for vets in the air force.

It was from a law firm saying that her husband would not contest the divorce.

But that wasn't for this past season, right? The Emmys were delayed by the writers strike.

Agreed, but perhaps the frequent reruns of S1 lately (and S1 only, as far as I can tell) were meant to get everyone on board. I've also read articles that the producers specifically wanted more of the supernatural vibe that was present in S1, but not S2 or S3. I mean, when S1 first aired, people did analyze the hell out of the "Yellow King" and other references like that. But in the end, it was just a detective story. True Detective was always meant to be an examination of how horrific crimes affect the lives of the policemen and policewomen trying to solve them. I think Jodie Foster is terrific in this, but they're trying to force a lot of sub-plots into a short, 6 episode season.

I only caught this because I had the closed captioning on and because they've been rerunning Season 1 a lot lately. For those who don't know what we're talking about, Rose says that Travis's name is "Travis Cohle" and Matthew McConaughey's character in Season 1 (who hails from Alaska) is "Rustin (Rust) Cohle". I think Rust's mother was dead, so it's unlikely to be Rose. I was, however, waiting for her to make a proclamation that "time is a flat circle". Though "Ennis is where time and space are coming apart at the seams" is pretty good, too.

The show won 2 awards at the 2024 Emmys Monday night. From the New York Times: John Oliver Changes Categories But Keeps Winning

Scrabble is now officially banned in Florida.

I was afraid she wouldn't restart!

Which will be next Christmas for us in the States. ***sigh***

I thought it was kind of, well, "scattered" is the best word I can think of. Too many plot threads and they weren't really coherent. The ending was lovely, though. Sorry. It was the PBS station in Chicago. In the future I will add the caveat that PBS stations program individually.

I should have said Christmas Eve Day. We've got Creatures on in the evening as well.

I'm thrilled that we're getting the current Christmas special on Christmas Day! Makes me feel very British! Also, PBS is airing several of the previous specials (3 or 4 of them) on Christmas Eve.

Interesting they have them self driving in the finale. I don't think we've seen that in a long time.

If you saw that in a movie you'd think it was unrealistic.

Ooh, a judge with attitude. "Again, no!"

Am I the only one who thinks Joel and Garrett's piece looks a bit, umm, phallic?

That glass garden looks fantastic. I would hate to have to run through that and not stop to enjoy it.

At least he's wearing his slacks now so I don't have to look at his scabby legs. Guy's a poor healer.

I didn't realize until now that Julie is a lawyer. That makes 3 out of the remaining 6 are lawyers.

Ah, the sledding commercial with the senior ladies. Full disclosure, I'm sitting on that exact cushion right now.

Yeah, Probst is talking up this amazing place and then they don't even show it.

I'm still trying to figure out if one of the Gardiner brothers was in that Riverdance line, the tall fellow just right of center. Anyone know?

There's still 10 minutes left. Something happens...........

To the poster who asked upthread, yes, the race has been to Ireland. There was a season where the first leg flew to Ireland. One of the tasks was leading a donkey. It was hilarious.