Passing Strange

Em isn't wrong to be angry; she's wrong to let her anger and frustration allow her to act in an unprofessional way. When your boss is wrong, you tell him so respectfully, you don't dress him down in the office. She and Sonny are both terrible managers and a bad team. They need to watch a few episodes of Star Trek:NG to let Picard and Riker show them how it's done. It makes sense that Jenn is suspicious of Laka. He needs to earn her trust. But she pretended to bring a friend on their first date. He's been decent to her: there was no need for her to make a dick move like that.

I agree. Hina is rude, Em is angry, Jenn is dismissive, and Julia is entitled and selfish. It's like the writers don't think it's possible for a woman to be capable and agreeable at the same time.

I agree. If they really were one big, happy family, they wouldn't have to keep saying so. I think the older siblings provided temporary housing and some transportation, but it was out of obligation rather than being close-knit. We never saw all this togetherness or references to siblings until the second season, i.e., after the TLC checks proved legit. Until the show, I doubt there were all those family barbeques, restaurant dinners, vacations, and back-and-forth visits.

I agree that it's not a stereotype. To me, it felt more like a lack of faith that either of these characters could carry off a show on her own, so they had to add a punch.

I would have watched this without the twist; now I'm going to watch in spite of it. I thought it was going to be an "Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance" thing and I was here for it. But, no, here's a second woman-led lawyer show that someone thought needed a twist, so they reworked the one from Elsbeth. At least they didn't make Matty quirky. The grandson isn't a hacker. He's a teen. Creating a LinkedIn profile and routing a call require no more skill than navigating a forum like this one. I hope they don't go the route of having him there to help out the technologically incompetent old people. Also, I love it when people here call out errors. I don't mind handwaving things, but I want to know when a show is trying to spoon-feed me pablum.

To which I always respond, "In a park, where nothing good ever happens."

If most of us were asked to name a long running television drama about lifeguards there wouldn't be a lot of candidates. I think that's the primary reason for the references to Baywatch; there's just nothing else available for comparison. For myself, I was hoping for Baywatch with the intelligence and humor of The West Wing. What I got was Baywatch with angst. I'm going to keep watching and hope it gets toned down now that we've had the initial information dump. I love ocean porn. Here's an explanation from a Hawaii native about the "Uncle" title.

I hope for not only a better schedule, but better cooks. This season especially felt like stunt casting. I have a friend who is an excellent cook. In the early seasons we both were Master Chef fans. In every season there was at least one dish that she replicated for us from recipes on the website. The last few seasons we've been half hearted watchers and no dishes have appealed to us, so much so that I don't know if they even still post recipes. I didn't watch the finale because I was that uninvested. I came here to find out the winner and am very happy it was Michael. It's sad that I was rooting for him to win not because he was a great cook, but because he wasn't an asshole.

Me, too, but I didn't actively dislike her until the incident with the young guy on American Idol. He was 19 and never been kissed because he was saving his first kiss for when he met someone special. Perry proposed to give him a kiss on the cheek, then turned it into a lip kiss. Although he guy said he didn't think he was harassed, that sure looked like an unwelcome physical advance to me.

I wasn't sorry to see Arthur go. He lost me last week when he shushed Anna. Yes, the crying and carrying on was OTT, but when someone standing next to you is breaking down, it warrants a shoulder pat or kind word, not a shush. I especially hate when men try to hush women.

As you said, the medical websites (and others) say bidets do an excellent job of cleaning. Unless someone is a very free spirit, the only thing a bideted naked butt is going to touch is a towel and the first layer of clothing. I only occasionally watch My 600 Pound Life, but I'm sure I've seen people bigger than Whitney washing and drying themselves without help.

Nope. The water spray does the removal. Then you towel dry like after a shower. Sorry about the digression. Kitchen tongs were mentioned. People needed accurate information.

Angie, with her over-bleached hair and tacky outfits, saying that Jamie's friends have great taste (in cheap-looking lingerie). I can't even. The Alabama family seems nice enough, but they're even more boring than Whitney's old boyfriends and their wives. I don't believe for one minute that all the We Are Family stuff will continue beyond this show.

People of all sizes sometimes need help in that area, for various reasons. There are long-handled, body-contoured assistive devices made just for this purpose. Bidets work really well, too. If a bidet isn't practical, there are portable bidet bottles, i.e., contoured squirt bottles.

So there's no misunderstanding, you said: And I responded with your own answer: So, you should know what authority prompted you to say this. I don't think we need to keep going around and around on this. I haven't seen one person, including me, disagree with you that production has authority, so let's just agree to agree.