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Wow, I have nothing to add to the above comments except... Re the episode's title, and that toast toward the end: Any coincidence that St. Patrick's Day is coming up? 😉

Just started watching Season 5. (This is where the opening credit montage changed, which I was never a big fan of.) I've found that there are some episodes I need to skip -- not because they aren't good, but they're just too painful to watch again. "Work Related" is one of those; "The Hat" is another.

Hey, did anyone catch the Oz shout-out from Harley's mom? Not bad for a show that ended 22 years ago! 😉

Watched the S4 episode "For God and Country" last night. The cast included J.K. Simmons as a right-wing racist murder suspect. Watching Simmons' performance, I could see the beginning of his character from OZ a couple years later. Also, a nice crossover with Law & Order. Good comedy relief with Munch and a NYC detective talking about Munch's ex.

I'm in the middle of streaming Season 4 now, but I chose to skip "A Doll's Eyes." Many people rank this episode among their favorites, but I always found it overrated. If I wanted to see distraught people in a hospital, I'd watch House. 😒

Last night I saw the "Northern Hospitality" episode. I gotta say, while I enjoy watching the Adam character, he's the last person I would invite to my dinner party! (My ego is fragile enough as is.)

Seen the first two shows so far. Jeremiah seems okay, I think he'll grow into this. Liked the rock/mineral shop, and that Jeremiah seems to be into crystals. (Whatever you may think of them, they do look nice.) Did not like Antoni's new haircut. And I always heard you should never change your hair right after breaking up with someone.

Stephen Colbert had the perfect rejoinder for that last week. He said that's like telling the janitor who cleans toilets, You must love people with explosive diarrhea, look at all the material it gives you!

I would tell a newcomer to the show that they could skip most of Season 7, except for "Homicide.com" and the finale, "Forgive Us Our Trespasses." The rest of the season, not all that memorable. But YMMV. The other day I watched "A Many Splendored Thing" from Season 2. I heard Pembleton's monologue to Bayliss ("Virtue is not virtue until it slams up against vice") and the scenes with Bayliss and the leather jacket, and it jolted my memory: I thought, Aha! That's where it all started!

I'm guessing it's just creeping age. His walk changed as well.

I pretty much withdrew from watching WWF/WWE between 1997 and 2013. (Found WCW more interesting, and later I had other things to do.) After watching this docuseries, I'm glad I held back. Steve Austin and John Cena notwithstanding, some plot lines were just -- ewww!

Still working my way thru the first season (I don't binge as a rule) and I'd forgotten what a fun character Crosetti was, particularly in his interactions with Lewis. TPTB committed a serious crime when they sacked Jon Polito.

This week I watched the Season 4 episode "Sleeping With the Enemy" about how Maurice's Korean son needed his permission to get married. Maurice granted it at first, but then rescinded it when he learned that the woman in question was the daughter of a vicious North Korean general who had tortured Maurice during the war. However, after seeing how unhappy his son was, Maurice turned around and granted permission again. It took me back to when the show first aired in the 90s. I was watching with my late spouse, who had himself been a prisoner during the Korean War (and treated very badly.) I asked him later, you think Maurice did the right thing? He said, "Yeah, you gotta let that shit go." Somehow I've never forgotten that.

I imagine he had to quit after he had the stroke.

Watched the first episode, "Gone for Goode" last night. I don't binge as a rule, but it will be fun to experience this all over again (though I may skip most of Season 7.) I was talking back to the TV a lot. When the phone rang at the end of the show, I shouted to Bayliss, "No, don't pick that up! You'll be sorry!"