Edie Wharton

Oh my god! Chip being shot through the roof then coming in wearing the tent poncho--loved it. Also loved Christine's airport sign for the Carpet King, and her response about the Russian poodles: "How'd they get in the country?" I'm glad she cancelled the Arby's deal. Not sure about her buying the rodeo facility. I want her to be with Ken, but not in Colorado! Show, please figure something out. ?

I can't believe next week is the season finale. I love this show more every time I watch! Each cast member continues to hit it out of the park. Christine Baskets is a classy blonde. :-)

The new president reminds me of Burl Ives. That's all I've got.

A highlight for me: the sales clerk at the boutique visited by Ramona and Sonia. When she interacted directly with them she had a lovely smile. When R and S were chatting alone together, the editors threw in a scene of the clerk walking past looking absolutely disgusted. It was fast and funny.

Random thoughts: 1) Unless the psychologist's last name is Debbie, there is not one way in hell that I would say a single word to her as a therapist. To "Dr. Debbie." 2). I am confused by Courtney's hair color(s).

I enjoyed hearing Nancy Grace mispronounce "finagle" as "finangle." Hee!

I saw the Lobster Boy story on City Confidential. At some point in the narrative the phrase "an iron fist in a velvet glove" was apropos, but it was personalized to "an iron claw in a velvet mitten." That is one of my favorite turns of phrase ever.

Taylorh2, it's a bargain at only $19.50! ;-)

I have two thoughts about the standee. 1) If you put it in a window, it might deter crime. Hee! 2) It must be folded down for delivery, but I'm having fun picturing the mailman carrying a full size standee wrapped in brown paper right up to the lucky recipient's doorstep! Okay--three thoughts! 3) One could fold Joe at the waist and sit him the passenger seat, thus qualifying for the car pool lane. Though using Lt. Kenda to commit a crime doesn't seem quite right. :-0

Suz, are you going to get yourself a standee from the Kenda gift shop? It's only (!) $39.95.

@Jipijapa, I LOVE that you are doing this! Rockford Files is in my top five favorite shows. I used to watch it in primetime, during its first run. Re Jim and Beth, there are a few episodes where a brief past relationship is hinted at, so you have those to look forward to. And that just makes me love them even more--it didn't work out, but they still care about each other (and like each other) so much. The co-stars of RF are each quite lovable, I think. I don't even let Angel drive me crazy; he has a few episodes where he seems almost human. And when he's not being human, he's so deliciously base! In February of this year, I was saddened when Juanita Bartlett died. I always found her episodes to be particularly well-crafted. (Though she may have been responsible for the Grand Jury one you referenced above. I agree that it was a little heavy-handed, and yet, putting the "issue of the day" aside, there was some lovely interaction among the cast of regulars--both humorous and touching.) And to think that James Garner is gone now, too, is just so sad. He seemed like a great guy and I hope he had a great life. I kind of envy that you've got so many episodes that you get to see for the first time! Carry on.

@MDKNIGHT, I believe that is one of the fall-back conversational gambits of the royal family, when they are meeting the public and have absolutely no idea what to say to them. Another common question is, "Have you been waiting long?"

@roamyn, any idea what Michelle's life has been like since her release?

Kromm, you're posting some great links. Thanks! "Georgie, just get it!!" Gotta love her.

Beckie, I saw them both. I was giving the show a second chance after last week's crappy debut. Compared to the first two episodes, at least they tried to give these new shows a little bit of a twist. But in the bigamy episode, how could you NOT know the twist immediately when in the first few minutes you see a picture of the hubby at a Vegas chapel with another woman and you learn he's away 2-6 days per week?? There was one thing that made me laugh (not with derision!): when "Mr. Wolfe" was on a long surveillance and he critiqued the flowers the subject bought. "Oh, he went with the mixed bouquet." Why in the world does he insist his clients call him Mr. Wolfe?

Cry Wolfe SUCKS! It's painful to watch. Worst re-creations ever, and not clearly marked as such, that I have noticed.

My, my, my... PI Amber Cammack is explaining herself and having a convo with another poster who is a PI, on the ID website. (link at end of post) The new PI, Kelly Townsend, says she'll be appearing in the next two episodes of Last Seen Alive. Kelly commiserates with Amber about having to wait two weeks between the first visit to the crack house and the subsequent raid. Kelly says, "You gave a positive ID why in the world does LE do this really pisses me off. If you find Ali again, and LE pulls this crap, contact me and my rescue team will come to you and we will extract her from where ever she is." Amber replies, "Even though I have spent countless hours studying facial features, posture and any other identifying marks of Ali's I cannot be a 100% it was Ali Lowitzer. What I will say is "Columbus Ali" looks very similar to Ali Lowitzer and I have to find her again. I like to think I would know Ali if I saw her but I'm not her mother. I am human so I'm open to the fact I could be wrong! Several Columbus cop's believe they have also seen Ali." And earlier Amber said, "I know the house was tipped off by an informant the police used. The pimps hid the girls out in homeless shelters throughout the city and due to privacy laws the shelters wouldn't let me in or give any information. I have to say that knowing 2 weeks prior to the raid I had set in the same room with 12 underage females and 2 young adults being forced into prostitution and the fact I couldn't save them made it one of the most disappointing moments of my life/career. Even after everything I'm still holding on to hope that I will one day help bring Ali and the other girls home." I hope that these two private eyes are successful at what they do and that they are able to help many people. But they sound like two little girls playing Man From UNCLE (or whatever it is the kids watch these days. Cagney and Lacey? Kidding! I'm so old.). http://www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-shows/last-seen-alive/about-this-show/amber-cammack.htm

I didn't see every minute of Last Seen Alive, and I was therefore a little unsure of everyone's names. The first time the PI (now I know her name is Amber) went into the house, she was accompanied by the druggie. The father said to the camera that (probably) Amber made him promise that if she had to take drugs in the house to prove her cred, that he was to immediately transport her to the hospital when she reappeared. How many PI's would get into a situation where they would actually have to take crack or heroin?? She seemed phony to me, too, and I feel bad for the parents.

I tuned in to "Deadly Affairs" mid-episode. It was about Norman and Virginia Larzelere. He was a dentist and she was his office manager, and at some point they got involved in the swinger lifestyle. One day a guy with a shotgun busted in and killed the dentist at his office. So they had this talking head, a middle-aged woman who was spouting off on various aspects of the case, including what can happen to people when they get involved in swinging. Finally I saw her chyron and she was identified as a "dental patient." Ha!

I was just checking in to see how you guys felt about Cry Wolfe. It looked 100% reenacted to me. The only character I thought was semi-interesting was Wolfe's assistant.

The minimal presence of Kenda was disappointing. I believe someone said upthread (or perhaps at TWOP) that this show is vaguely designed to make you root for the felon as he recounts his escape(s). And when they're profiling a con man or some stupid kid who can't bear to be in jail, it's a little bit interesting to see how far they can go before they're captured. But when these felons are murderers, for example, it's sickening. There was a guy on last night who killed his stepfather, with help from a friend. This loser made fun of the cops, blamed his friend and blamed his own mother (who supposedly promised him a car for doing the deed). But he started it, and he finished it by not getting help for his stepfather. Having also watched the Kenda episode, I think I've now seen three or four of "Almost...". On a technical note, it's shocking how easy it appears to be to escape (given the right conditions), even when being shot at. Cops leave their keys in the car with the felon, they leave their guns vulnerable... One guy was running away from several officers shooting at him and not one bullet hit its mark. To escape, it appears you have to be observant, lucky and ballsy. And once you're out, don't go visit your mom or your girlfriend. And if you've written a bad check to steal two cars from a dealership, do not return so that the car salesman can "check the VIN number." Idiot!

applecrisp: Count Floyd! Weren't there a lot of bad 3-D movies, with objects lunging toward and away from the screen? I loved SCTV. Walnut Queen: one more title for your list, and this one really is extremely especially for you: Walnut Queens with Ball Peens! I saw most of the Scorecard Killer--he was horrific. A day or two earlier I watched the Freeway Killer (in the same series, with the Brit expert on serial killers). I actually had to quickly change the channel when the expert prefaced a description of child torture as the most gruesome scene he had ever heard about. And this came after they had already described in graphic detail some hideously depraved stuff. So I figured it was going to be worse than that, and I just couldn't take it. I don't mean to be wimpy and I certainly don't mean to not give proper respect to the victims for the horrors they experienced, but sometimes I just want to focus on how the criminal was caught, without hearing every last detail of the living nightmares that unfolded. I guess I'm too wimpy to watch the serial killers series!

Here are some more for you, Walnut Queen! Jocks with Glocks Dolts with Colts Floozies with Uzis Maids with Blades Stammerers who are Hammerers (yeah, I'll quit now)

Geppettos with Stilettos?

Perfect description. Apparently Phelps does no real research himself, he just surfs online to find other people who have done no real research, then quotes their theories. That woman Mary Sue'd her way into the Israel Keyes story. Bizarre!