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Maybe the 'beautiful' thing Tom saw was an un-mutated Skitter. We know they were also harnessed by the Espheni. Since Tom said he 'had no idea', he must have recognized something about her. Someone in another forum said that Lexi clapped her hands just before she crashed the ship. I didn't see it. Any guesses what that might have been? Creating cocoon goo probably wouldn't have done much good.

Actually she went from pious virgin to marriage, kissing, sex and a baby on the way in less than three months. Having been saddled with raising her own siblings and running her mother's household from an early age, she matured faster than most girls do these days, but she still missed out so much emotionally and will never get the chance now. Part of what is so upsetting about the way these parents (Duggar/Bates etc.) are raising their children is that by "protecting their hearts" they are denying them the opportunity to grow and learn...about themselves and about the world. Yes, that first lost love hurts. It's also a vital part of growing up. We learn that we can survive the pain, that life does go on. We learn what works for us and what doesn't. By shielding their children from the world, they are stunting them. Leaving them vulnerable, less protected, not more. http://instructor.mstc.edu/instructor/swallerm/Struggle%20-%20Butterfly.htm We're supposed to struggle.

Good grief! You may as well be watching it on a radio. As dimly lit as this show is, I don't see how you see anything at all! O_o

His own. He'd hidden another sheet with his name on it up in some void. Pope told Weaver after their fight that he hadn't taken his own name out of the 'hat' (skull, whatever), he had removed Weaver's and Tom's. That was why Pope asked to see it after the drawing. He didn't say anything and neither did Weaver, but both of them know about Tom's shenanigans. Like Anne predicted, I think it will come back to bite him. Pope expected him to cheat; it's what he would have done himself. Weaver will make it all 'noble, protecting his son, St. Tom' like he always does, but I think if some of the others find out they might not be so forgiving. (Well for an episode anyway. He is a Mason.)

I don't think she's "showing". I thinks she's relaxing her stomach muscles and wearing clothes that accentuate her abdomen, if it's not actual maternity wear (and it may very well be.) I've known some women who were so excited to get that positive result that they went right into the maternity tops that same day, even though they didn't need the elastic stretchy pants for several months. For some baby-centric women pregnant means maternity wear...period. http://pregnancy.about.com/od/pregnancycalendar/tp/How-Big-Is-My-Baby-In-Pregnancy.htm I don't know how to do the linking without showing all the blah blah :( sorry. That site gives an idea of the size of the fetus each week. Just FYI for any who might be curious.

I'd never heard of that fostersmom so I went looking (I love google!). It doesn't look like that test is used often; mainly because insurance won't cover it. Apparently it can tell starting at about 5 weeks, but it's iffy that early, and then gets up to 99% accuracy at 20 weeks. If it was me, I would just wait for the ultrasound, but then I didn't find out until delivery for my first two. The doctor announced over the sound of a crying baby which name I'd be needing. I don't know if Jill had that blood test or not. I do know that when I was pregnant with my first child, my sister wanted me to have a girl and referred to her 'niece' all the time, while my brother wanted me to have a boy and talked about his 'nephew'. Neither knew, of course, but both was 'just sure' they were right. (My unborn baby had an identity crisis.) My sister "won" though. I had a girl.

I think that's just a "power of positive thinking", he wants a nephew thing. It's waaay to early to know the sex yet. (Their refusal to use the word "sex" isn't just silly, it's "wrong".)

I'll try to un-confuse you. :) He wasn't burnt. His upper body was decomposing in the heat. It just looks a little like burns. His core temp was so low because he had been packed in ice. Enough time had passed for the ice to melt, but not enough for his core temp to come all the way back up. They found the other perp by going through the dead kidnapper's phone records from the year of (or leading up to, I don't remember) the kidnapping, and finding the name of someone he spoke to frequently who had a record and was a fisherman. The kidnap victim had said he heard a foghorn and smelled "sewage", which Korsak decided was low tide and voila! They have the bad guy. Frankie is getting pretty good at coming out of nowhere for the take down. I was very proud of him. I love the way Korsak names all his animals after TV detectives.

I'm watching Starsky and Hutch and loving it for the most part, but it's nearly 40 years old and there are some misogynistic clunker lines and scenes that have me cringing. It's hard to adore the heroes of the show when they call the female officers "honey" or pat them on the rear! after they've given them an assignment. The blatant sexual harassment isn't even funny, but it's played for laughs, so I guess it used to be. Or maybe women were supposed to be flattered by the attention. <shrug> The women were very nearly treated as second class citizens, and when they weren't, it was in a self-congratulatory, aren't we progressive, tone. Because I work in law enforcement (and I'm female) it plucks a nerve, and I find myself muttering, "It was a different era. 40 years ago. They don't mean to be misogynistic asses."

I said "feels trite to me" because it's what most programs (or movies) do. It's predictable. At this point, I think I'd be shocked to see one where the hero stays happily married to a faithful spouse and has a functional, professional relationship with coworkers of the opposite sex. Talk about subverting viewer expectations.

Hurray! I'm so glad this is coming back. It'll probably be Syfy because every time a show I love ends I say I'm done with them "forever" and something lures me back. It's about time for them to lure me back.

I always liked A Noun is A Person, Place or Thing...The Preamble...Interjections. America Rock, (No More Kings, Elbow Room, The Shot Heard Round the World} and Grammar Rock were my favorites. I bought the DVD and my children learned to sing the preamble like I did.

I know why he did it, and I don't blame him, but I still found it kind of...I don't know...rude...for Chandler to pull out three syringes (and he had four so there's an extra in his bag), and inoculate his family right there in the middle of a giant room full of infected/dying people. Is the virus insanely fast acting, or was there a time jump from one episode to the next? It didn't seem like much time had passed, but the vaccine/cure had restored everyone to complete health and Chandler's family was knocking at death's door so... I'm not loving the Rachel/Chandler ship. Granted, it hasn't actually launched, but killing off his wife was definitely phase one. I like Tex and Tex likes Rachel. Having the 'heroic' doctor and the 'heroic' captain fall for each other feels a little trite to me. Count me is as one disappointed in the Nathan James crew on the bridge for just standing around while the trooper took over the ship. They literally had him surrounded. Why did the one facing the gun charge him? What was wrong with one of the ones standing behind him?

I love Egyptian mythology much more than Greek or Roman, but prefer both of those series over the Kane books. I enjoyed the Kane Chronicles, just not as much as I'd expected. The cross-overs are fun though. Carter and Percy fighting the giant alligator in...was it Son of Sobek? And then Sadie and Annabeth teamed up in The Staff of Serapis. He's writing Norse mythology now. I love his writing style, but I never got into the Norse legends. I'm vaguely familiar with a few names... Thor, Odin, Loki. I'm still trying to finish his "Greek Gods" book (which is pretty good) and then I need to go back and read Mark of Athena again. Actually, I want to start at The Lightning Thief again, but don't know if I have time to get all the way through them all before October.

I thought it was the other one who had the febrile seizure. The one that ultimately died. I admit I got them mixed up though. Would it have killed them to have the two actress look less alike? Or give them name tags or something?

Are you me? I could have written that post, nearly word for word. :) I thought it was a symptom of severe depression on the part of mom. Well, aside from the writers device of getting her out of the way. When I went through a bout of clinical depression many years ago, all I wanted to do was sleep. I think Pet Semetary, 'Salem's Lot, and The Stand are my favorites. 11/22/63 was a good one and I enjoyed Dr. Sleep. I suffered through one season of Under the Dome and gave up on it. I went and found the book to see if it was any better. 800 pages on my Nook and I was underwhelmed. Better than the series, but that's not saying much.

Percy Jackson's Guide to the Greek Gods (I think that's the title) comes out this Tuesday. I'm excited about that. It'll hold me over until BoO, which comes out in October. I need to read the series again next month. Refresh my memory.

I was actually quoting the poster you were responding to there, kromm. I never watched either of their sitcoms so I can't begin to weigh in on that topic. I was only hoping to point out for those who might not know, because for a large number of people it seems, Michael J. Fox is the only person they think of when they hear Parkinson's, that there are many subtle symptoms easily missed, or rationalized. I know I watched my father's gait change slowly over the course of several years and it never dawned on me that there was anything wrong. I just thought he was getting old. Turns out shuffling his feet and not swinging his arms weren't just benign effects of aging after all (to name just a couple)

He had to have been symptomatic, or he couldn't have been diagnosed. The only definitive proof of Parkinson's is found at autopsy. It's a diagnosis based on symptoms. It's misdiagnosed (or just plain missed) a lot. Not everyone with PD has tremors like MJF, either. The tremors are the most common symptom but not universal. My father has Parkinson's Disease Dementia. He seems to have all the symptoms except tremors. I'd rather he had tremors. His paranoia and hallucinations, the aphasia and confusion, those are heartbreaking. My grandmother had Parkinson's as well, and like Robin Williams, she committed suicide. When I read that he had died I was shocked. When I learned it was suicide, I was stunned. When his wife said he had Parkinson's, I understood how he could feel like that was his best option.

Maybe she was, a little, but would never dare to show it. Jane refused to take care of herself, blew off doctor's appointments, and constantly put herself directly into the path of danger, and Angela was worried about it. She was overbearing in her worry and got smacked down for it, but the feelings weren't unreasonable, just the behavior. Now maybe Angela wants to be supportive, because she loves her daughter and knows she's hurting, but still can't help feeling a little angry? <shrug> [/armchair psychology]

Oh, I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to imply that they were. I never meant that it wasn't there, simply that I don't see it. I have whatever would be the equivalent of a "tin ear" when it comes to seeing (or recognizing) things like that. I guess I really pay no attention, because I was apparently the only person surprised to learn that Jim Parsons was gay.

I think it was a silencer. She could shoot and not alert anyone outside the room. They were trying for stealth and she didn't have the brute strength (or killer instinct) for neck snapping or knives like Chandler and Tex. As to why it was in two pieces...<shrug> I got nothing. eta: cross posted with Agent Dark

At least now we know why Maura's reaction to the ruined ball last week was so subdued. She knew it was no big deal. I guess Tasha isn't joining the show after all. Sneaky.

As much as I love any excuse to say, "So say we all," I have to point out that if not for rescuing the only survivor of the fishing boat, they wouldn't have the vaccine. I don't recall at what point the lady doc pointed that out. Was it before they decided to attempt the rescue? I think the original poster is referring to the captain going on the rescue mission, rather than the mission itself. He shouldn't have gone or that mission, or the one to the island to get the monkeys either. His place is on his boat, leading.

Having posted in there...we were discussing the 'next week on' and some tweets by Angie and Jan Nash (show runner). I don't know how spoiler free you like to stay, so I won't say anything else. :) I'm not one to see the 'ho-yay' anywhere, ever, but I don't begrudge those who do. Having said that...I love the friendship between R & I. They have a natural, supportive, healthy, real friendship. It's not often you see two women get to be friends on television. They are usually in a subordinate/supervisor role, or their stories run kind of parallel and they rarely interact, or they are outright antagonistic.