jmonique

I must admit, I am amused at how hard S2 worked to position Picard and Laris, only for Matalas and Co. to be like: "Ehhhh. Nah. We have other things to spend money on." I forgot to mention, I do appreciate how there was no big death/sacrifice amongst the aged Next Gen cast. We've been there so often with Data that I liked that we didn't have any sad, lingering glances at an empty seat in the final scene. Just laughter and cards.

It's like Matalas was told he wasn't beholden to the first two seasons of Picard, and given what big bag fulls of Meh both seasons were, I ain't mad at it. This season had its faults and then some, but I'd rather sit through more of even Amanda Plummer eating all the scenery whole than force everyone to make space for Elnor and Data's Traveler daughter. That being said, I do find it interesting that they were able to shove that blonde Admiral in for the exposition dump last episode, but we couldn't get Wesley Crusher, brother to Jack Crusher, biological son of Jack Crusher the First and Admiral Beverly Crusher in for at least a Zoom chat at some point, but whatever. Anyway, I loved the snark and the side-eye, especially when Beverly went HAM on the Borg cube and was like, "Look, a lot has changed in the past 20 years." I'm easily satisfied, I guess, but I enjoyed this.

I have never seen a show SO hellbent on constantly f*cking over its leads. The poverty porn, to borrow a phrase from another poster earlier, has grown very tiresome to watch.

I see what you did there, picking "40 years ago" since that's when Jack was born... I get it, though. It's gotta be really hard to find 20-year-old white guys for roles in Hollywood. 🙄 I did kinda like the line "I knew I could raise my son. I didn't know if I could raise Jean-Luc Picard's." But a Beverly who'd not only get pregnant and give birth without telling Jean-Luc but also name the kid after her dead husband is not the Beverly I remember from Next Gen. Yeeeeeesh.

The Peacock documentary about this is "Sex, Lies and the College Cult." This one goes more into how Larry berated and destroyed Claudia, and how she eventually escaped: https://www.peacocktv.com/watch/asset/movies/sex-lies-and-the-college-cult/f45c2853-4230-3910-aa53-51ac37f5a788

Holy cow, every character on this show is horrible or lame except for Sid. Jesse is the worst. It's like these writers are trying to make Ted seem cool in retrospect.

"... Probably end of 'Bait to Plate.'" "This is Isaac! Other homosexual ghost I tell you about." I just love how supportive the ghosts are of each other and Jay and Sam.

LFO's "Summer Girls"

What is up with all the parents and adults acting like kids fleeing from a fire and batshit crazy animal attacks is no big deal? Also, for two people all concerned about threatening calls, Everett and Blake sure do wander around outside a lot. If the bites could fix and sex up Everett and Blake, why was Connor still needing crutches? Asian cop is for sure going to die soon, given he jumps straight into dick mode whenever he says anything.

Is Lasher supposed to give off a 70s lounge singer vibe? Because I suspect he's supposed to be seductive and beautiful, and middle-aged Jack Huston is a greasy miss on that count. As for the rest, zzzzzzzzzzz.

So neither Eric nor Donna bother to show for their daughter’s birthday? Really, show?

This show was PAINFUL. I had it on in the background while working on a project, but WOW was it bad. "Bro." "Bro..." "BRO." "BROOOO." Is not comedy.

How in the hell does Dania Ramirez keep getting work?

I sincerely don't understand this thing where Penelope acts like a brat to Luke, and now the imprisoned dude.

Act out? 100%. Absolutely. Act out because they believe they've been given a mission by two representatives of the alien race she just happens to be partially from supposedly? Not so much. 14-year-old Jan's willingness to not just believe that but repeatedly run away to be with her 40-year-old rapist so she can save an alien society is mind-boggling.

I believe women and no child should ever be held responsible in the slightest bit for their abuse. THAT BEING SAID, Holy Mother of All That's Holy, Jan Broberg has done herself no real favors by dramatizing her kidnapping. I usually love McKenna Grace in anything, but she can't make alternating between "I AM PRACTICALLY AN ADULT!!!11!!!" and "We must please Zethra and Zeta and give them a baby with my 40-year-old rapist" and watching her flee her own home is crazy-making. I'm really more of an 80s kid, but I have vague memories of the late 70s, and plenty of memories of being a 14-year-old girl, and nobody I knew would have bought that they were a half-alien who must bear a child to save their offworld race. The only Broberg who isn't stupid AF seems to be the middle girl; Jan, Bob and especially MaryAnn were all horribly easy marks for "B," it seems. Also, I haven't seen Anna Paquin in a lot, but since she has an Oscar, I'm assuming she has modes other than "constipated face"?

Has Ryan Murphy ever spent time around actual people? ALL of the neighbors went from 0 to batshit crazy within 15 seconds of being introduced. This would have been way creepier in any other showrunners' hands.

This episode should have been named "A Helping Hand."

I asked this on Twitter, but is there really nobody in Jan Broberg's life who'll tell her that NO, this couldn't happen to anybody, and her parents were criminally negligent?

It took me far too long to realize that nearly every story was actually a Christopher Pike book, of which I read many as a teen in the 90s. As someone with cancer, much of this hit home, especially the nausea meds with nausea as a side effect. True story. Spence was my favorite; Illonka was annoying; I'm OK with Anya missing from any future possible seasons. ETA: Janitor (as he's credited), about Anya: "Your friend? She lived deep. And she was kind." LOL, OK, Janitor man. I'm assuming that was in the 5 months before we saw.

I've never read the comic book, but binged the series and loved it. However, I was entertained by Paul living in the same house with a CAPTIVE for eight decades or so, then FINALLY smudging the seal that kept Morpheus trapped and looking back like he did him a solid. Come on, man! Took you long enough.

Is the actress who plays Charly the daughter of some Hulu executive or something? Can someone help me understand the constant focus on her this season?

I don't get why we need 6 episodes or whatever it's been of showing Garfield in depression, but we've only seen M'gann once since Connor died, though. Was Greg Cipes cheaper than Danica? Was she too busy filming Hallmark movies? I get that they're trying something new this season, but my goodness, this season is a big ball of MEH.

Goodness, this season is terminally boring. This Garfield storyline is torture.