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Good Omens is in my top three books of all-time and Michael Sheen is my favorite actor. So, match made in heaven, right? Oddly enough, no. I never even watched the last episode. I really disliked Frances McDormand's narration, as she just didn't seem to hit the required dryness (someone like Emma Thompson would have hit a home run, I think). But I think it might have been more that nothing could live up to what has been in my head while reading it dozens of time over the years. I can't fault the leads, though. Michael Sheen was remotely what I'd pictured as Aziraphale, but he was the angel I never knew I wanted until I got it. I also loved Tennant, even though I've never seen Doctor Who. In a show full of great lines, this was one of my favorites. And, really, could anybody else pull that off like Michael Sheen did? (Yes, I'm an unabashed Sheen fangirl, I've loved him since I first saw him in a bit part in Mary Reilly). But I think the best line was his mom breezily and casually informing him that "I had Luisa change your sheets and wipe down your restraints".

Is this referring to the pros by first name only something new this season? Generally the only time it was first name only was when the celebrity was also FNO (like on the leader board). But tonight the chyron was showing the celeb's full name but just the pros' first name. Same with the Disembodied English Guy.

I loved it! Unfortunately, that means that it's doomed... As for Michael Sheen being restrained, that's somewhat hilarious when taken in context!

Where life was slower paced, everybody knew everybody and nobody locked their doors.

The two things I think I enjoyed the most: 1. The headstone being a "break in case of emergency" model. 2. Joan remodeling and redecorating like crazy, but keeping the $800 paper lamp (yes, I looked for it specifically).

If you want visits, letters and gifts in prison, it's probably not wise to kill off your entire immediate family.... Reminds me of the joke about the guy who killed his parents asking the judge at his sentencing to have pity on a poor orphan.

I could have kissed Oliver tonight, toothpick and all. And maybe, just maybe, given Chris a firm handshake...

It's that time of year again.... when there's nothing else Nunez can do to save his Cam, he pulls out the ol' report card trick!

For those interested in Once Upon a TIme in Hollywood, I think if you read too many reviews it will give away too much and kind of spoil the experience. If you've seen Inglourious Basterds (my personal Tarantino favorite) it's a lot like that, taking actual historical events and people and interweaving fictional people and events with them. A lot of movies do that type of thing, but Tarantino always somehow put a different spin on things. It (Basterds) is also a good example of the "how can it be a both a comedy and drama at the same time" question. Some parts are laugh out loud funny, while others are absolutely horrific.

I just happened to catch the last 25 minutes or so of Hollywood Game Night last night and one team was from Superstore (Dunn, Ash, Feldman). I've never seen this show before, but just happened to be flipping channels and the Superstore gang plus Donald Faison made me stop. Wow! If I wasn't already in love with Lauren Ash, this would have sealed the deal. She's like the new Tony Randall of game show celebrities, amazing play and can really think on her feet. Also, Ben Feldman is a pretty good tap dancer...

No, you’ve got them flipped around — Fon is the one that went home last night, Pon is the one who did the wizard. Easy mistake to make because their names are similar. Was it a wizard? I thought it was supposed to be Krampus because of the lights strung around the horns. I really wish they would cut a few minutes out of the cloak and dagger stuff in the Loft of Chicanery and let us hear what all of the canvases want. I really wasn't sure of Laura's, I think Janelle's might have been some Audrey type creature and I would have liked to hear the original idea for Alexis' sasquatch, especially since it won TotD. I really thought Jake was going, after he should have gone week before last and with the foreshadowing of his general assholery during the Lite Brite flash challenge. And how did they work out leaving out the fighting sushi? This is the kind of stuff we want to see, PTB!

I was just going to post that I would actually expect them to have several of them, I know they do in Los Angeles. The poor people that bought the house that was once the vacant lot where Elizabeth Short was found must have people traipsing over their lawn constantly. Damn you, DirecTv! My signal cut out on the DVR and it jumped from Sherlock getting the attorney card out of his pocket while talking to Conrad straight to Marcus and Sherlock talking about who knew about the elevator. What? And CBS shows aren't On Demand, so I had to come here to get some hint of what the hell was going on. Sounds like I missed the best part of the episode!

A couple of the winners seems off to me (Janelle and, to a lesser extent, Ash), but then when I noticed that the six standing on the runners for the elimination tattoo were three men and three women, it all made sense. Cam's win wasn't a WTF like Fon's was, but he called the shot and then didn't follow through. Yes, his rose was better, but not by that much and certainly not enough to allow to not do a mandala so much as a frame for the rose. He said a mandala with a rose, which made it sound like the mandala was the main part of the subject, like how Janelle's main subject was a dog with roses. I don't particularly like Ash and I do like Cam, but nothing bugs me more than cheating the subject (especially when it was his choice!). It bring back bad memories of Krusemann, who might be my least favorite inktestant ever.

Now that right there is just crazy talk!

Even better: Whistle as he enters a room and doesn't even mention The Wire...

I was disappointed that he must've left his librarian glasses with the beaded chain at home, because that would have really capped off his ensemble beautifully.

I think it bites them in the ass sometimes as well. Rule 1: Don't try to show up the judges Rule 2: Especially if it's Dave Ladies: Thanks for the win, you dumbass! (Even though I thought the women's was better, Mr. Big Mouth sealed the deal for them. I am still stunned every time I see Katie since she's lost weight. I'm never quite sure it's her until she's starts talking. Although I think not having the big glasses with the bangs has something to do with it as well. I was also figured she'd be in for the win, since it was the girl's turn to lose somebody, but then I realized they weren't going to let DJ go any more than they would Ryan. He is one of my most hated inktestants, I almost didn't get through the coaches' season. But he surprised me last night in that I didn't hate him, maybe he's gained a bit of self-awareness in the last couple years?

I think he probably took (traced?) it directly off of a reference of Our Lady. It seems the hands are always positioned like that in religious art, particularly in the Renaissance.

I felt bad for Joey, because he lost on a voluntary self-elimination. Sure, she might have gone home, anyway, but I think she had a shot of staying because Big Jaz' piece looked like a prison tat. Hers could be reworked to look a lot better, but I don't think anything short of a Tommy Helms cover up could save his.

You know, now that I think about it, I kinda wish Adam hadn't quit...

Ouch! That's like asking a woman if she's pregnant; don't do it unless she's crowning. And, even then, think twice before actually doing it. Sheen, Tennant and Hamm were on some show the week before where Sheen said that he and Gaiman had been friends for years and Gaiman had always had him in mind for Crowley. How is it that one of my favorite actors and one of my favorite authors have been friends for so long and I didn't know about it?? I think maybe Sheen aged out of it. Back in the Underworld days I can see him being a really good Crowley!

I'm not sure if Alana was even on the pageant circuit before her T&T episode. I seem to remember reading somewhere (maybe on TWoP) that June had tried to pitch herself for some extreme couponing show and TLC thought the family would be better suited for T&T. Her stockpile of condiments and dry goods were probably window dressing when she was trying to present herself as a couponer, because outside of maybe one shopping trip and the comments about "Mama's (whatever they called the stockpile)", that was pretty much dropped from the storylines.

I'm sure that Adam quit (and apparently didn't care that he left them hanging on short notice) once he got slapped in the face by the fans refusing to vote for his contestants this season. He knows that all of the auditioners next season will not only be aware of his treatment of Deandre, they've also seen the public's rejection of him. I don't think he could stand the humiliation of not getting a single contestant that wasn't a one chair turn.

Agree with everyone on JBJ being their favorite version. Everybody is always surprised to hear that, but they've all (in my experience) never actually heard it. I can't remember where it was, but I read some years ago that it was Leonard Cohen's favorite version as well.

A few that I've been waiting for are Hall-Mills, Winnie Ruth Judd and the ax murders in some town I can't remember in Ohio or Iowa that I'm pretty sure starts with a V (I always think it's Vidalia or Vilnius even though I know that's wrong). There was a similar case locally around the turn of the century but I doubt that it's well known enough for a tv program. Just popped into my head (and what a strange place that must be) that the ax murders were in Villisca, Iowa. One of my favorite parts of ACTR is the music at the end and showing the photos of the real life people involved. It's all the more poignant because they don't show any during the program so you get a picture in your head and then see how it matches up. There used to be something similar on a program where the actors would hold up framed pictures of the person they portrayed on the episode. Some ID show and had relatively current cases.