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I've really enjoyed The Ringer's coverage of the show. Mallory Rubin's distress over the fates of the direwolves and dragons is endearing, and her co-host Jason Concepcion is equally delightful. Most importantly, they really know their stuff. I don't know what The Ringer's going once the show ends since like 30% of their content seems to be GoT-related.

Thanks so much for introducing me to this YouTuber! It looks like she's started doing more of these MSW videos since the first ones were so popular and I was so excited to see a new one posted yesterday. That's how I get my MSW fix since it's not streaming on any of the services I'm subscribed to. I'm hoping the Escape channel or H&I starts showing it one of these days.

Arthur's Mr. Ratburn Comes Out as Gay, Gets Married in Season 22 Premiere I can't believe the show's been on that long!

I was going to complain about Escape cutting scenes from episodes, but now it looks like they've stopped showing L&O entirely 😢

One of the things I enjoyed about Civil War was seeing how Natasha had become the connective tissue of the group. Even in that movie, she seemed to be the one who was keeping tabs on and checking in with everyone. I was a bit surprised that they avoided the potential Natasha-Bruce romance so thoroughly in Endgame, but I know that was a polarizing pairing to begin with. Anyway, I agree that she was shortchanged.

Emilia Clarke was great in her final scene, crying over Jorah. Drogon whimpering and giving them a dragon version of a hug had me tearing up too. I feel bad for Dany. Now that she knows Jon has a claim to the throne and is her nephew to boot, and with Tyrion falling short as an advisor and Missandei and Grey Worm planning an exit strategy, I think Jorah was really the only one who was fully committed to her and whose loyalty she could be sure of (ironic given how their relationship started).

I wonder if this is another case where scenes have been cut from the PBS broadcast that would explain her role better.

I didn't realize until I saw the trailer on Acorn that they're doing a spin-off series: Ms. Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries featuring Phryne's niece. You could also try Hamish Macbeth, Jonathan Creek, Vexed, or Death in Paradise (I think the last is only available on Netflix in the US).

I'll join you at this table. I think it might be both. She recently popped up on the podcast Keep It! and I almost turned it off because I found her voice so grating. It's too bad because she's charming and seems to have a lot of dirt and insight into the entertainment industry.

I just finished watching the first 2 episodes of Queens of Mystery on Acorn and would recommend it for those who like quirky, more lighthearted mysteries. It's about a young woman whose mother disappeared when she was little and who went on to be raised by her 3 mystery writer aunts. She becomes a police officer and reluctantly accepts her aunts' help with solving crimes. The show features narration reminiscent of Pushing Daisies or Amelie, which I found delightful but YMMV. It does include the frustrating old chestnut of the hero confronting the suspected killer without telling anyone where she's going or calling for backup once she realizes her hunch was correct. Still, it was fun and I'm looking forward to watching the remaining episodes when they come out.

I thought I misheard when someone on an episode mentioned Michigan, but according to the show's Wikipedia article, it's set in the fictional college town of Hilltowne, MI.

He's very distinctive looking and it was driving me nuts trying to figure out where I'd seen him before, so looked him up and realized he was in the recent Halloween movie. There were a few good moments, but too much Glenn for my liking. It also bothered me that there was no mention of Dina's birds. I'm sure that'll come back up at some point if only to reveal Garrett's role (and Amy's and Jonah's by extension), but I was expecting it to be an ongoing--if minor--element for the rest of the season.

I tried watching Malkovich's The ABC Murders and didn't even make it through the first episode. It was grim and unpleasant to the point of parody, as if someone took every interaction and twisted it to make it as awful as possible. Yuck. I've been rewatching some of the Suchet series on Acorn. I love the episodes with Hastings, but had forgotten how good Season 9 is. Five Little Pigs is one of my favorites. I seem to remember some people objected to the changes made to Toby Stephens's character, but I found the scene where he confessed his feelings for Amyas very moving.

I haven't seen anyone mention No Offence, a British crime drama with touches of black humor available in the US on Acorn. There are currently 3 seasons, but I believe a 4th and 5th are in the works. I really enjoyed it, but I wonder if the episodes have been edited because some seemed a bit choppy.

There's a decent-sized subreddit for the show at https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOA/. As nutty as this show can get, it's so compelling that I'm surprised it doesn't get more buzz. The quality of the cast is also a big part of its appeal. I'm happy Riz Ahmed came back (even if it was all too briefly), and Kingsley Ben-Adir has been a great addition. My dislike for Hap is approaching Cersei Lannister levels, especially because like her, he seems to keep lucking into success. Still, that's an accomplishment considering how much I love Jason Isaacs, and that I keep watching even though it's so infuriating to see Hap rack up wins.

I think the customers really cleaned the place out in anticipation of the snow-paca-blizz. There was a brief scene showing a lot of the shelves and freezer cases empty. Another funny moment: Garrett admitting that he didn't want to do a seance in case they were able to contact Sal.

This episode had a lot of good moments. I especially liked how the chirpy corporate rep weaseled out of an outright 'no' when Glen asked if the employees could leave early. And it was nice to see Jonah and Amy sticking up for one another, and enjoying one another's company.

It's still weird to me to see Alex in a position of authority over Deluca. I know a lot of inappropriate stuff goes on at that hospital, but giving someone power over the person they seriously assaulted is uncomfortable. I'm looking forward to seeing Michelle Forbes next week even though I don't really care about Jo or her storyline at all.

From Deadline: Netflix reaches tipping point as originals now outpace acquired titles On another subject, I've only seen a few examples of this, but it's so frustrating when seasons of a tv show are split among different streaming services. BritBox and Acorn TV have divided the seasons of Vera and Poirot between themselves, for example. I guess they're gambling that fans will just give in and subscribe to both services.

I'm looking forward to more episodes, but I hope we don't get any more storylines where some eligible bachelor moves into town and every woman in the area tries to beat the others to his door.

I wish I had paced myself instead of watching them more or less in one go. I rewatched some of the new season and the movie-length episodes have grown on me.

I finished watching the latest season and it was as enjoyable as ever. I'm glad they brought back PC George, the basement-dwelling missing persons officer. I just found out that Sonya Cassidy, who played Joe's wife Celine in the early seasons, is now on Lodge 49 as Wyatt Russell's sister. I watched the pilot a few months ago and never recognized her. She does an impressive American accent.

It seemed like they went on missions for at least a few years and Luther's and especially Ben's powers would be hard to hide. I don't know, but if a few people with powers of any sort are born into a world without them, I'd think it would be hard for everyone else to ever let that go. Even if they didn't have powers, I'd expect them to be followed if only for the way they came into the world. There'd be people who'd see them as a sign of the end times, or messiahs, or whatever. To be fair, we aren't shown that much about the rest of the world. IIRC, we don't know the circumstances of the flashback to Reginald's origins, so maybe weird things happen sometimes and this is just one among many.

Unless I missed something, it seemed like the Umbrella Academy kids are the only ones in the world to have superpowers so I would've thought that people would be all over them for the rest of their lives. But it looks like no one recognizes them when they're out and about. Even when Allison wins over the cop for the ride-along, he's impressed by her celebrity as an actor and not because of her power. I would expect people to be afraid of her and seek out Klaus in hopes of contacting dead loved ones. Diego is still wearing a domino mask like they had when they were kids and apparently works as a vigilante regularly, but the home invaders still don't seem to know who he is. And Luther lived on the moon! Does no one else in the world know about that? I thought it would turn out that he had been lied to again and was just living in a simulation created by his father. As awful as I felt for the kids, I felt even worse for Pogo. I'm not sure if they explicitly said so, but it seemed like Reginald enhanced him so we was more human-like. Being the only one of his kind, presumably not being able to go out much (if at all), and being stuck with just Reginald and a robot for years must have been rough to put it mildly. I really wanted to like this, but thought it had a lot of issues and found it disappointing overall. Aidan Gallagher as Number Five was great casting, though, and one of the best things about the show.