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  1. Bobbie not being there with Laura is definitely an omission, but for me the biggest and most glaring absence from the tale of Lulu's peril is Olivia.  There's no way in hell that Olivia wouldn't be there for her son's wife, her daughter-in-law.  We could have had some decent female bonding with Laura and Olivia, even some pretty cool awkwardness as Olivia notes that she knows just how Laura feels as she directs a piercing glance at Sonny. ("You just shot your own son!")

    But nope. Just Laura with Sonny, which is crazy stupid wrong.

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  2. On ‎1‎/‎19‎/‎2019 at 3:46 PM, Dani said:

    Titan Games was supposed to air on Wednesdays but NBC decided they would rather delay one of the comedies than break up the Chicago shows. With Titan Games airing on Thursday there is only room for 2 sitcoms and they went with Brooklyn 99 and Will & Grace. 

    B99 and Superstore would have been the better pair.  But then I wasn't feeling the W&G reboot and bowed out.  And shows like Titan Games are just not my thing. 

    I was looking forward to the return of Superstore after The Good Place season finale; I miss it!

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  3. 17 hours ago, TVbitch said:

    Ryan's bitch face and slow clap after Laura's speech was a Goddamn delight. 

    I've been enjoying JL quite a bit; he's been great.  Now that the election stuff is out of the way, here's hoping that Laura get some agency since this is her story too.

     

    2 hours ago, Asp Burger said:

    And like Jackson, William Lipton is musical. He sings and plays bass and guitar.  YouTube has a lot of clips of the trio he fronts ("WJM").  The Cameron-starring Nurses' Ball 2019 number seems inevitable

    So I had to look at WL - he's pretty good.  This one just sitting on a pier, seems to be all natural with no retouches and perhaps recorded on a phone, is kind of nice.  He's got that teen pop singer thing going on with his voice. 

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  4. Maybe I'm just not feeling it this year.  I hated episode 3.  All I could think for more than half of the show was for Zoe to bring her own %$@# charger. 

    Luca is no longer just a laid back guy; he seems sedated.

    Zoe is starting to feel like a parody.  I keep expecting her to squeal and say OMG! a lot.

    Nope.  Not feeling it.

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  5. 19 minutes ago, nkotb said:

    I beat you all, I share my birthday with David Hasselhoff. #DontHateTheHoff

    August 4.  I share with Barack Obama, Louis Armstrong, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Raoul Wallenberg, the late Queen Mother, and - as I found out this year - new royal person Meghan Markle. 

    Alas, I most definitely have not lived up to any expectations that may or may not accompany this date.

    Topic: Happy Birthday, Kin!

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  6. On ‎11‎/‎28‎/‎2018 at 2:21 PM, Dandesun said:

    Come this weekend, we will be watching Christmas Chronicles at my house. Because it's Kurt Russell. As Santa.

    This movie had everything in it but the kitchen sink... and I loved it.  First, yes, Kurt Russell. Then great cameos, kickass elves that seemed equal parts Ewoks AND Gremlins, a cheesy but oh so fun musical performance, gorgeous reindeer, and even a shout out to the full moon flight ET sequence.  And they saved the best cameo for last. 

     

    On ‎11‎/‎28‎/‎2018 at 2:21 PM, Dandesun said:

    She commented about still having issues with losing father stories..

    I was able to handle it and I was wary for similar reasons.  Last year I lost both my Mom and Step-Dad, and no, I am still not okay.  But for some reason this movie made me feel a bit better for a little while.  It's just lots of silly fun and the missing Dad parts were not too heavy-handed.

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  7. On ‎11‎/‎30‎/‎2018 at 11:57 PM, jsbt said:

    Have they explained a) how Ryan survived, b) how long Kevin's had him, and c) how he's either dropped Felicia or fixated on Ava?

    There's been nothing that I've seen regarding a or b.  As for c, I think for once GH actually went too subtle. 

    Ryan, all enamored with Felicia, approached her at The Floating Rib in completely smitten mode.  But by the end of the conversation (and Lindstrom did a great job with the transition using only facial expressions) Ryan had fallen out of love / obsession.  Felicia spoke of herself as a grandmother, talked about how much she loved her life of family and domestic bliss.  The more she talked about how happy she was and that her adventure seeking days were behind her, the more Ryan's face began to harden.  Felicia was now nothing but a disappointment, a fallen idol.

    Story wise, I think if he hadn't already met Ava and been drawn to her, we might have had a Felicia as a murder victim.  BTS, perhaps HE's exit changed the direction.  At the time, I did think they were using that scene to set that in motion and then the story changed course.  And I'm hoping the course stays changed.  Even though we hardly see her, I would be sad if they killed off Felicia.  Sentimental reasons, I guess.

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  8. 1 hour ago, chitowngirl said:

    And then Janet saying, “There’s my birthday!!”.

    That was my favorite line of the night!  After the twisting timeline explanation and Chidi's declaration of a broken brain, it was such a wonderful punctuation of the scene when Janet planted her finger on the board and happily proclaimed the "location" of her birthday.  And her delivery was perfection. 

    I love this show.

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  9. 21 hours ago, BlancheDevoreaux said:

    I feel like the only thing they can do at this point is have it so Anna and Alex were patients for the memory mapping before Jason and Drew and Alex really had Peter.  It would be stupid, of course, but it would be a stupid that would fix the stupid they already did rather than doubling down on the stupid already done.

    I like this. Anna finding out that all of her memories aren't really her own could make for some interesting story.  It even has an old school WSB feel to it, when back in the day the more outlandish, the better.  But unlikely to happen, I guess.

    I do wish they'd get back to the fact that Margeaux has the flash drive with Drew's memories and have it be part of an actual story.  The pacing is worse than usual on this particular arc. 

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  10. On ‎8‎/‎30‎/‎2018 at 6:53 AM, In2You said:

    I don't think the Davis girls have this great rapport on screen.

    I used to like them together, but I haven't been feeling them for at least the past 2 - 3 years.  Those scenes happen so seldom now, maybe that's why.  Also, I think LA is just kind of meh, so there's that.  And Molly has joined the Who? club.

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  11. On ‎8‎/‎22‎/‎2018 at 10:29 AM, truthaboutluv said:

    Peter is the kind of love interest you need for a teen romantic comedy - charming, sweet, affable. For these movies to work, the audience needs to have a crush on the love interest themselves. I did not have a crush on the love interest in The Kissing Booth. I frankly didn't care about him at all or the main character for that matter. 

    I see your point and To All The Boys I've Loved Before even had a small meta moment from that perspective - "Hello! Jake Ryan!"  

    I've watched four Netflix Rom Coms this summer (don't judge) and there's one I've yet to see mentioned: Candy Jar.  I think after Boys, I liked this one the most. Then Set It Up and last, The Kissing Booth.

    I'm liking this Netflix trend, releasing original romantic comedies, and I hope they keep it up. I'm a total sucker for the genre.

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  12. Robert: So, did you get a good night's sleep?

    LWB/FS:  You know I didn't.  The WSB kept me up all night putting highlights in my hair.

    Robert: . . . 

    Today's episode was just weird.  The only reason I can think of that Margo DA is keeping the flash drive a secret is that at some point she's going to try and bargain Drew's memories for a laundry list of Jason's.  How that would work, I'm not sure since Drew doesn't care.  He's never seemed to care.  Think of all the info he could get about his past from a high school reunion.  Or it could make a good launching point to start digging.  But nope.

    Lauren's dress was downright demure.  That whole be yourself and change clothes was just a few wasted scenes.

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