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From The Hollywood Reporter: 'The Magicians' Creators Explain That Game-Changing Season 4 Finale Death https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/magicians-season-4-finale-death-explained-jason-ralph-exits-1202736?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral

I was holding it together OK until Eliot threw the peach into the fire. Then I just lost it.

New statement from Alex Trebek on his condition. "Alex Trebek says his cancer treatment is going well and that he plans to return to Jeopardy" https://twitter.com/i/events/1118652322974846977

Oh to have enough money to have a "year of wow." James' wife has a fabulous idea there!

I'm very surprised at this also, especially when you consider that those of us in the television audience have had the benefit of watching James for seven games now and have gotten familiar with his M.O. Are contestants who are scheduled to be challengers in shortly upcoming games allowed to watch games occurring prior to theirs? If not, big kudos to those who've been adapting that quickly to the game strategy James has been using.

Some still shots from Season 4.

Absolutely.

Relating to the S. Epatha Merkerson episode and the Georgetown University sale of slaves. https://www.politico.com/magazine/amp/story/2019/04/09/georgetown-unviesrity-reparations-slave-trade-226581?__twitter_impression=true Excerpt: "On April 11, undergraduates will vote on a referendum to create a $27.20 per semester student fee to create a fund that would benefit the descendants through education and health care initiatives in the Louisiana and Maryland locales where many of them still live. If the measure passes, and the university’s board of directors approves, it will mark the first time a major American institution has gone beyond the platitudes of “dialogue” and actually compensated the victims of slavery. And it comes at a moment, not entirely coincidentally, when the conversation about America’s racial reckoning has suddenly emerged as a subject many progressives are using to winnow the sprawling field of Democrats in the 2020 presidential campaign."

I agree about the nature of today's game where starters frequently pitch 5 innings or less, handing over the game to specialty set-up men and flame throwing closers. Additionally, the current dependency on defensive shifts is prohibitive to extended hitting streaks. But, there's also one more important point about DiMaggio's 56: His feat--along with Ted Williams' .406 batting title--was accomplished in 1941, when many of the game's most talented players were not permitted to play in the NL or AL but were instead relegated to the Negro League.

Interesting idea about the 4 gods who died recently, especially as we now know they were all librarians originally. This seems like a very sensible impression. I just wish we knew how/where the scene at the elevator with Penny 40 fits into the Season 4 time line. That seems to be the big question. I'm still tending toward Marina 23. We still have no idea what happened to her since Kady did her magic with all the negativity from the Bad News Bear.

Sneak peek (clip) from tonight's episode.

The Hollywood Reporter has a video up with additional information about the casting of Diana for Season 4 and also mentions that Gillian Anderson has been cast to play Margaret Thatcher in S4 and Emerald Fennell, who played Lady Lovelace in Victoria, will play Camilla Parker-Bowles. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/video/crown-netflix-drama-finds-princess-diana-video-1200673?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral

It seems like tonight's season finale will be the episode where Dr. Gates discovers that DNA match. Here's the synopsis for tonight's episode:

Promo video.

I love trivia and have a pretty wide range of trivial knowledge. That said, I am a dunce when it comes to chemistry. Seriously, I know maybe 2 or 3 chemical abbreviations off the top of my head. However, today I was taking a Sporcle quiz which included this question: "SCIENCE: The chemical formula NaCl represents which edible compound?" I had no trouble providing the correct answer! 😄 Thank you C.J. (and Aaron.) Being a TWW nerd sometimes has its benefits. For the very few who won't recognize the reference: https://youtu.be/KOdrbf5sX_M?t=99

I live in South Carolina, birthplace of Stephen Colbert, who, as we know, uses a French pronunciation of his last name (Kohl-behr.) In 2013, his sister Elizabeth was the Democratic nominee in a special election for the SC First Congressional District. She, and I'm guessing the rest of the Colbert family, uses the British pronunciation (Kohl-burt.) Elizabeth, is that you? 😉 The former Declan MacManus would definitely ask for a BMS.

Alpine, NJ is one of, if not THE community with the highest property values in the US. For most of the homes in Alpine, you'd have to add another zero to the $400,000 you listed and then keep escalating. I'm not saying that Randall and Beth's house will sell for $4 million, but $1.5-$2 million is probably a good estimate. They'll definitely have $$$ from the sale to play with by downsizing. Not to mention that there's no stability in Randall's new job. His constituents have the ability to vote him out every 2-4 years, depending on the length of term for Philadelphia Council members. A Frosty was exactly what I envisioned when Deja was talking about dipping her fries. You still need something to drink in addition to a Frosty! This will be an unpopular opinion but I think that the camera's focus on Beth's rings may very well be the ultimate TIU misdirect. From the way Randall and Beth greeted each other I got the distinct impression that they were no longer together as a couple. We may have seen rings on her left hand but their body language and verbal intonations indicated just the opposite to me. I think Beth is married to someone else. Kate mentioned to Rebecca afterwards that she specifically did NOT tap Jack's foot because she wanted to make sure that a nurse would respond quickly to Jack's alarms sounding if she was not there to tap him. She was running a test of her own and from the camera shots, it didn't look as if a nurse was coming. Kate probably should have alerted Rebecca to the idea that she was going to do that the next time Jack "forgot" to breathe though. I LOVED Deja's speech to Randall. OTOH, St. Jack's to the nurse was just another in the long line of special snowflake persuasion speeches that annoy the hell out of me. 🙄 I SO wish the nurse would have told Jack that he was welcome to sit in the waiting room until 6 a.m.!

What a waste of Preet Bharara! If I were sitting next to Preet, I'd be asking one legal question after another. Maher's got this brilliant, highly experienced former US Attorney and he barely lets him speak? Why bother to have guests at all if you're just going to push your own agenda, Bill? Jeez, Preet didn't even get to discuss his new book, which I'd think was the reason he agreed to appear in the first place. The Pete Buttigieg interview wasn't much better. I thought Bill was downright condescending. I'm sick of the negative attitudes toward Millennials (and I'm a Baby Boomer), not just from Maher, but from many other sources too. From what I've seen so far, I like what Mayor Pete has to say, but we didn't really get much that was new from him because, as it often is, it's all about Bill. 🙄 I'd had high hopes for this episode. Instead it was a shitshow mainly featuring Sullivan and Cupp. And to top it off, I think I laughed only once and that was during New Rules. If the panel's not going to be interesting, I'm hoping at least for funny.

I laughed out loud at the portrait of Laura Bush hanging in Emmit's office while Zelda was snooping. Nice touch! 😲

This show just amazes me EVERY SINGLE WEEK! I loved that there was music throughout the episode not just one big musical number. And would someone please explain to me how Hale Appleman hasn't yet earned himself a nice, juicy film role? The cast does have a hiatus each year! He's just riveting each time he's on screen. Don't get me wrong; the whole cast is wonderful but if Eliot or the Monster appears in a scene, he commands your attention. Only three more episodes for this season. 😢

As it was their first child, that beautiful infant is supposed to be Tess but she looked JUST like Annie!

Spoiler! A little over a minute of tomorrow night's musical number!

Pamplona was my guess too! Now I don't feel quite as stupid. 😊 For some reason, I fixated on Europe and never turned my thoughts to Asia.

Sneak Peek (Huge spoiler!)