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I'm pretty much hanging all of my hopes for this series on emphasizing the re-enactment slant. I said in an earlier episode thread that I think the re-en actors are purposely chewing some scenery because they are basically C list actors doing re-enactments scenes for an ID show. I'm hoping that we see the actors as their real selves now and all of a sudden Paulson, Gooding et. al are much more natural. I'm also using that theory for why Matt and Shelby seem to be the stupidest people outside of the poor decisions Geico commercial. That story is just that, it's some nonsense that was made up by the people involved with considerable tweaking by the production staff to give a little more "zip" to their documentary.

Not sure if this counts as a spoiler, since it's something I gleaned from the credits, but just in case....

I get the idea that Paulson, Gooding and Bassett are overacting on purpose, because they are playing actors. Laying on the cheese because documentary re-enactments are always ham and cheese fests. Maybe I'm giving them too much credit, but Rabe, Brown and Porter seem to be doing such a better acting job that it has to be intentional. Doesn't it? The killer nurses reminds me of a case I've seen on a few true crime shows. I think Deadly Women was one of them and another was that folie a deux series ID has a few years ago. I can't remember the title and it's driving me crazy! Anyway, these two real life nurses were lovers rather than sisters and I think it was in Michigan. I specifically remember them playing the murder game with the patients' initials but can't remember much else other than that I think one of them was named Sandy. Other than the nurse thing and the spelling game, I don't think there are any other similarities so I don't know if that was just an inspiration for the wall decoration or more will tie in with the real nurses. Anybody else remember this case?

I saw something about this in People magazine. Not sure which issue it was, because it was my sister's and I just happend to pick it up while visiting, but it was a group interview with Cheryl, Maks and Derek. He didn't name the partner he was "shielding".

When will they ever learn? This is Season 8 and nobody has yet figured out that with Peck and Nunez there the two things you'd better know inside and out are American Traditional and Japanese! It's like going on Drag Race and not knowing how to run a sewing machine. I think Oliver saw some real potential in Ryan's art and he knew that if he didn't take her when he did, horndog Nunez would grab her and then immediately start working on grinding her down and destroying her confidence.

Wet n' Wild Seewald?

Is this a luckier woman in this world than Vanessa Nadal? Also: Meg Ryan, meet Angela Lansbury...

The $10 bill is Alexander Hamilton. Jefferson is on the $2, which I suppose is possible that someone who is relatively young has never seen one before. Although I'm pretty sure that Jime has seen a lot of nickels in his life so there goes that excuse. I'm kind of surprised that nobody went Hamilton, what with the Broadway show and everybody going bonkers over it.

I don't think I'm going to enjoy the workroom and THs as much as I usually do. Way too many hipster glasses and goofy hair. I can't wait for Acid Betty and Thorgy Thor to leave (although I'll probably have a long wait) just because they remind me of Schlitzie from Freaks and Michael Musto as played by Gilda Radnor, respectively. Robbie Turner can also take her specs and her sailor hat and leave anytime. Note: Unless your name is April Carrion don't even try to pull off the jaunty sailor look, because you can't. Now that I've got all that negativity out of my system... Although there's no first episode queen that immediately wowed me like Violet did last year, I do like Derrick, Bob and Chi Chi quite a lot. I have a feeling that I could really warm up to Naomi as well. I just happened to think, while running through the cast in my mind. Is this the first year that we don't have at least one token big girl?

Yes, he was on a couple of seasons ago when they did black and grey demons. I think that was when Kyle got kicked off for having a spat with Nunez.

Angela Bassett is and always has been a perfect goddess. And that's why I knew when she started that it was going to be a bit. I was just thinking the other day after watching Black-ish that if Laurence Fishburne shaved and put the Prince Valiant back on, he and Angela could still play Ike and Tina and look as good as they did back then. They both seem to defy the laws of physics!

I'd just as soon that Sarah Silverman just introduce the damn song and they give that extra time to someone like this that actually has something to say. PS to Michael Sheen: Really, dude?

In The Tudors, he was scorching hot. Sans facial hair, merely devastatingly handsome.

Trying to figure out how Sheldon would have gotten to New Jersey and back without the people he lives with knowing it kind of took me out of the rest of the episode. Even if Leonard and Penny had been out of town, Sheldon doesn't keep secrets (other than when his birthday was and look what happened when he finally let that one out!). I like Bowie with more gray, it somehow makes Kripke seem less dickish. I took Leonard and Leslie's "long time" comment mean since they'd seen each other socially, and maybe a reference to how long it had been since they'd hooked up, since Leonard would think it meant something and Leslie was all "thanks, I'm good til New Year's". Mary Cooper not being there didn't surprise me, she's in Texas and has another child there (along with at least one grandchild) whose birthday is the exact same day. ETA I was writing the same thought, UsernameFatigue! Sheldon is a walking TMI. Sara Gilbert had a child not long ago, could be she's just sleep and energy deprived.

For me it was the midi of Rondo alla Turca on Phil Phaves. That was my ringtone on my Motorola flip phone! Add me to the list of not liking the kid that plays Phil. It's something about his mouth or his enunciation or something that just drives me crazy. I haven't seen him on Dr. Ken because I'm boycotting all new ABC shows this season in protest of them cancelling Forever.

Sorry, Eddie, but Grandma is the real upper case G in your family. I lost it when they started walking the hall and Regulate fired up. RIP Nate Dogg.

They're probably googling "Who killed Alexander Hamilton"? And, just because I can't not do it... "Aawon Buhh!"

A lot of the time, they don't. There have been a lot of gap-toothed grills on this show. I was wondering why the husband didn't drive, but it looks like they might have put a bench type seat in for the driver seat and he feels he can't drive safely without a back to the seat. I could do without the requisite shower and grocery store trip, but I do think that the mindless shoveling of food is valid because that is their ormal. I know that makes me think a lot more about my eating and exercise habits while watching as opposed seeing the washing with long handled brushes and tossing an entire dessert case in their motorized cart while bystanders gape. i will admit to giving props to the foley artist for the "glug, glug, glug" as Dottie pounded that can of Coke. Assuming it was editing...

That was the first thing I noticed. I was sure we were going to get some type of reference from Young Andre to go with the Mutombo finger.

I had to read through my post a couple of times to find out what you meant, that's supposed to read "case". I'd plead kitten on the keyboard, but those letters aren't even together and I'm not sure why spell check would find the word case to be in need of correction. So I'm at a loss as to the cause. Sorry for the wild goose chase.

Eye of the beholder and all that. I think she's stunningly gorgeous. So much to reply to here. For those questioning them dancing the tango, Valentino was a dancer in New York when he first came to America. The film that made him a star was The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, where he played an Argentinian gaucho. He performed a famous tango scene in the movie, which caused a huge tango crazy across the country. I wouldn't be surprised if a star struck young girl from Bensonhurst was swept up in that craze. When they were teasing this season, I thought the hotel in question might be the Garden of Allah and I hoped that would be the chavase since I love period stuff and it's long gone. It was owned by Alla Nazimova, a Valentino contemporary. If I remember this right, it was originally her house but then her fortunes fell and she turned it into a hotel in order to make the mortgage. Nazimova and Pola Negri were among those who were thought to have been the original Lady in Black. Obviously, I'm kind of obsessed with the 20s in general. I was fascinated with Valentino when I was a kid, so I just assumed he was a cultural icon that everybody would still know. But, I was a strange child and that was over 20 years ago, so I did an informal poll amongst younger members of the family and their significant others. Three male, three female all early to mid 20s. Question: Who are Rudolph Valentino and Natacha Rambova? Results: Three votes for pairs figure skaters, one vote for ballroom dancers and two quizzical looks.

The last three or so episodes just haven't held my interest. I've watched them, but didn't retain much, if anything, about the plot(s). But I'm a completionist so I decided to stick it out to the mid-season finale. I was just a few minutes away from releasing it and freeing up my program manager when a funny thing happened.... Francois Arnaud appeared on my screen. Sigh....I guess I'm in for February. Now excuse me while I go check out On Demand so I can find out what the heck has been going on these last few weeks.

Harold Schecter wrote a book about him (Depraved), but for anyone that's not a hardcore true crime fan and doesn't want all of the agonizingly gory details, I'd recommend Devil in the White City by Erik Larsen. It juxtaposes Holmes' story against the story of the Chicago World's Fair. In fact, it takes quite a while to even mention Holmes at all! Although I bought the book because of Holmes (because I'm one of those hardcore true crime fans), I think I ended up liking the story of the fair even more. Really interesting and educational at the same time.

According to the flashback, he only fed off of her. Unless I missed something in the first episode, which is highly possible. It can't really mean anything, but the character played by EVan petERS being in cahoots with a character named Miss Evers is an odd coincidence.

Lindsay: "I chose American Girl by Elle King." What the what? I know she's young, but really? I believe that was during Alek and Lindsay's interview. Annoyed me as well but, to be fair to Hayes, I believe Witney started it and pulled him into it. Then he stopped and got out of the shot, while Witney kept it up, mugging and sticking out her tongue. I know she's besties with Lindsay, but it was still bad form.