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The two English guys shoveling coal and arguing about monsters were some welcome comic relief because this episode was intense. I can't believe it took the first mate to point out that randomly handing out guns to passengers was a bad idea. Ugh, and I felt bad for Lucian in the last episode. He kind of sucks. Olek and Jérome better make it through all this.

I didn't find this as grabby as the first episode of Dark but that's a high bar. I'm still very intrigued. I concur with everyone on the appeal of Andreas Pietschmann, who looks made to brood in a pea coat. I also really like Emily Beecham's Maura.

I share some of Janine's issues so get where she's coming from, but I agree that the show keeps hitting the same beats with her character and it's getting a bit tired. She was annoyingly childish when Gregory was trying to help her with the egg drop and it bugged me that she kept taking Mr. Morton's classroom equipment. But I did laugh when Melissa got impatient with how slowly she was going up the ladder and Janine said it was because she didn't want to get the bends. Some of my other favorite bits of the episode were during the science discussion when Jacob said that gluten intolerance is just internalized white guilt, Barbara managing to calm herself down after getting a close look at Tameka's mom's lip ring and just smiling serenely, and Gregory getting upset about people doing inaccurate impressions.

Apologies again! I thought maybe I was losing my mind and seeing something that wasn't there since no one else seemed to be commenting on it. I was able to watch the whole season back in July on Prime Video's PBS channel and am still surprised it was available to stream that soon if PBS wasn't planning to start airing it until the fall.

I seem to be in the minority because I thought The Murmuring was just ok. Some of my horror favorites are slow burn movies about grief (The Night House, The Orphanage, The Changeling) and it looked beautiful, but I thought it was boring, predictable and the ending kind of cheesy. I also didn't like Andrew Lincoln's performance, so wasn't very invested in his relationship with Essie Davis's character. It's definitely watchable and may well be the best of the series from what everyone is saying. The only other episode I've finished is Lot 36, which I also thought was fine but like The Murmuring didn't live up to my expectations based on my love of Guillermo del Toro's previous work, especially Cronos and The Devil's Backbone.

I just watched the new crime drama Karen Pirie on BritBox and was surprised to see that it was written by Emer Kenny. She's also one of the writers for the new show on Netflix The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself, so I wonder if we'll see much--if any--of Bunty on the next season of Father Brown. She has a small role in Karen Pirie (which I quite liked), but I didn't even recognize her without the period styling.

Clown is shockingly brutal. It's funny to think it was directed by the same guy who made the Tom Holland Spider-Man movies.

Justin Long was a good choice for that role. It works in the same way as the casting for the guys Cassie goes after in Promising Young Woman. I love The Orphange, but it's kind of a tough watch.

I don't think this will stick with me, but it was a compelling watch. The ending felt a bit rushed and I didn't find it as emotionally affecting as intended. They did do a good job of leaving an opening for another season while still providing enough closure that this would still be reasonably satisfying if this is all we get.

I haven't stuck with most of the recent crime dramas I've tried over the past month, but this one has me hooked so far. It helps that it has some horror elements like the enigmatic kid and the suggestion that something supernatural is going on. And Jessica Raine and the actor playing her son are great. I'm less interested in Nikesh Patel's detective character but I like his sergeant.

Yeah, Andy was a bit of a void in the personality department. I agree that Andy was sort of dull, but Louis Herthum has had a surprisingly successful career. He keeps popping up in interesting projects like The Last Exorcism, True Blood, and Westworld. I just watched the new Amazon Prime series The Peripheral where he shows up as a crime boss. I still have trouble seeing him as anything other than Deputy Andy, though.

Gregory only eats candy that's 96% cacao. Of course, but also yuck.

Oh no, sorry! I watched through my PBS subscription on Amazon and didn't realize the finale hadn't aired on tv yet. I'll go back and hide my posts under spoiler tags. Sorry, everyone!

Oops, sorry Silvie is the actor's name. She plays Annika's daughter Morgan. That was my take on it anyway.

I wish Brooklyn Bridge was available to stream somewhere. That was a wonderful show and she was great in it.

I was disappointed by Synchronic, but loved Spring, Resolution, and The Endless so I'm excited for this one:

I didn't like the reveal at the end of the last episode and am not looking forward to seeing how that whole situation plays out. I enjoyed the series as a whole, though, and am always happy to see Paul McGann.

I read the novelization for Halloween Kills, which had some interesting parts from Michael's POV and an ending different to the movie's, and I'm hoping the one for Halloween Ends will explain what was happening in the Michael-Corey scene and maybe something about what Michael was doing in the years between killing Karen and becoming Corey's mentor. Would anyone in Haddonfield really be celebrating Halloween just a year after Michael's massacre, especially when he was still on the loose? And how did that kid get flung over the staircase railing because surely he wasn't tall enough to clear it? How did Sondra survive that gushing neck wound? Corey was off-putting from the start and what was with his mother who was so cartoonishly over the top that I first thought she was doing a bit? I have so many questions.

‘Glee’ Controversies Explored In Discovery+ Docuseries From Ample Entertainment I'm interested in what it must've been like behind the scenes in the first season when the show catapulted the cast into fame.

Well, that had a lot of WTF moments. Halloween Ends wasn't at all what I was expecting after seeing the trailer, and not in a good way. I did think it was kind of interesting, but it wasn't a satisfying finale. At least it was consistent in having Allyson continue to make bad choices throughout the trilogy, though she did come through at the end.

Bill Murray's Latest Defense Rings Hollow In Light of his Extensive History of Abuse I remember reading about production on a movie being suspended because of something Bill Murray had done, but I guess the specifics only came out recently:

This somehow seemed both too long and undercooked. They introduced some elements and then didn't do much with them, like Craig's friends or the girl he was dating. It also seemed like they were wavering between trying to make Mr. Harrigan sinister/actively villainous vs. just ruthless/unforgiving. When Craig was investigating what happened to Mr. Harrigan's former employee, I thought we were going to find out that he'd had the guy killed or burned out of his home or something. I also thought the scene with Ms. Hart patching Craig up post-beating was weird. It looked like he was going to try to kiss her. Anyway, all that said, it was ok. Donald Sutherland was good, and I like Jaeden Martell and Kirby Howell-Baptiste.

I've been disappointed by the last few Mike Flanagan series, but this one is off to a good start. It helps that I have a lot of affection for Christopher Pike's books even though some of them got pretty ridiculous. I really like Ilonka, Amesh, and Anya. Kevin seems kind of bland so far and it's too soon to say about the others. But it's nice to see Heather Langenkamp onscreen again, and in something similar to her Dream Warriors role.

I watched Smile and liked it but not as much as I expected to, though I think my expectations were too high. There were some effective jump scares, but similar to The Black Phone where IMO the most upsetting scene was a character being abused by her father, the most harrowing one in this movie was the birthday party when the main character was desperately trying to convince someone to believe her. Sosie Bacon is great in the lead role and her screaming at the end of that scene was so raw and heartbreaking. Also, if you worry about animals in horror movies, there's a cat in this one and