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Talk about an ironic appropriation of a title. Robert A. Heinlein’s most famous novel, published in 1960, was Also titled Stranger In A Strange Land, about the first human child born on Mars of two members of the first human mission to land on Mars.

Taron earned his chops with this series, and these last two episodes. This was a fitting coda to the late Ray Liotta’s acting career.

Notice the show runners didn’t hestitateto get Matt Barr’s shirt off with the pool scene! 😁

The reaction of the federal prosecutor to the detective work on the bicycle was surprising, while it might not have directly supported a murder or kidnapping charge, it could have supported a charge that would prevent Larry from being released immediately if his appeal was successful. And Jimmy’s reaction in private to what Larry had told him was masterful acting by Taron.

I don’t know where you are, but Apple only posted the third episode in the US overnight (late Thursday evening), so I just watched it overnight myself. Episode 4 is next weekend.

I’m just going toes the article from TVLine speak for itself: https://tvline.com/2022/07/11/lea-michele-funny-girl-broadway-replace-beanie-feldstein/

CBS has moved away from summer drama shows would be my first guess. And Seal Team has apparently done well enough on Paramount +. It didn’t help things for the show that the global pandemic came along when it did as the approach CBS took was quite similar to what they did with The Amazing Race’s first season in 2001 post 9/11. The mindset was that viewers wouldn’t want to watch an globe trotting show when something was affecting the entire globe. and as a reminder season 33 of TAR was disrupted in production as well.

Well only three got cast from TAR, so the number per show for The Challenge USA wasn’t anywhere close to being equal (7/28). So no surprise about TAN.

Sorry, typo. Tapping posts on an iPad that chooses to change what you tap is very frustrating. Fixed.

I went back and checked. As in the RL timeline, Nixon is elected president in 1968, but the failure of the US to land on the Moon catapults Ted Kennedy (avoiding Chappaquiddick from happening) into position to defeat Nixon in 1972 (Thus, no Watergate scandal, either.) in 1976, Ronald Reagan defeats Ted Kennedy in his bid for re-election. The FAM timeline doesn’t mention Robert Kennedy at all.

In the FAM timeline, Hart serves two terms ending in 1992, which is when Clinton is running in the RL timeline and the FAM timeline. Reagan serves beginning in 1976 to 1984 (Carter was a Senator from Georgia, per season two). So George HW Bush never reaches the presidency and isn’t there to react to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait. Meanwhile, the earlier promotion of electric cars and the use of fusion power, cuts US dependence on petroleum. It does seem that Polaris, as a private enterprise totally went for the cost savings to avoid redundant or backup systems. Not clear if their astronauts were trained as well as the NASA and the ESA astronauts, but it’s clear Danny followed his parents (and Ed) into the NASA program. Which should explain why Ed gave him the green light to go fix the valve before everything failed. Whether “Don’t Be Cruel” has a deeper meaning than being a call back to Karen and Danny in season 2, we’ll have to wait and see. I suspect we haven’t heard the last about North Korea and the harm their failed launches have had in earth orbit, including the Polaris. Have no idea whether Margo has a CIA contact inher dealings with Sergi, as he has with the KGB. Wouldn’t surprise me if Putin is in there somewhere.

Fixed.

There’s also extra features on the FAM website about major developments in the FAM timeline against the real timeline we were in. What was fusion power, is cold fusion using an isotope that in the FAM world is more plentiful on the Moon. Vehicles were in transition from gas to electric power. And production did give Danny a real set up in this episode to be Ed’s successor as the go to. He apparently graduated from Annapolisand entered the astronaut program. So in coming to the rescue, he knew what he was doing.

There was only the one line, but it was appropriate to hear a reference to the war in Ukraine. The fact that the defector was doing so because of the war was at least timely. Even if Tank isn’t otherwise involved with the episode, he should always be in the last scene. You know, like the Reagan Sunday dinner.

I just noticed this, but the show was renewed for both seasons 2 and 3, per the Futon Critic.

What helped make this show work was the lengthy development time it had with Clark/Superman on the last two Arrowverse crossovers and on Supergirl, both for Tyler and Bistie. Once the show runners got that right the other pieces, and the mining of the numerous variations of the Superman story in the comics over the years, often in unexpected and creative ways (as was the case with Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, and still is the case with The Flash/Barry Allen, plus the decision to film in a motion picture aspect ratio. Another example of the benefits of a long development process is having Captain Christopher Pike, Una, and Spock on a full season of Star Trek: Discovery before fan support green lit Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, It does say something that fan reaction made a difference because the chemistry between the actors, and the show and it’s viewers make a difference.

Couple of comments that I guess are continuity related. In TOS, the timeline of history has all three wars mentioned in this episode. The Eugenics War was all Khan in the 1990s. It’s hard to square that with the timeline of Picard season 2, which postulates no second civil war, Eugenics War or World War III prior to the Q altered timeline of that just concluded sea.son. IIRC, there was some publicity introducing La’an as a descendant of Khan, whether direct or collateral isn’t clear. Khan had a son in TOS, but that was from his people held in statis, and not one who remained on post Eugenics War Earth. But the hyphenated last name was a clear indication of La’an being related in some way. The use of images from the events of 1/6 was merely symbolic; I don’t take it as being canon in the SNW/TOS/TNG timeline. If you didn’t watch season 2 of Discovery, I’d suggest you do so. It gives a much better feel of how Pike, Una, and younger Spockwere portrayed to begin which. It also gives a better insight about the internal conflict younger Spock had between his Vulcan and human halves while reconciling the more emotional side of Spock we saw in The Cage, being the original TOS pilot.

A few things you might have missed. Joe telling Danny and Jamie that there’s three Reagans there to help defuse the bomb on the teenaged girl, not two. Thus, Joe fully acknowledges that he is a full throated Reagan, and when Jamie earlier wanted to find that teenager for the mom, Joe pointed out that Jamie needed a detective. And earlier in that scene, Joe and Jamie noting they’ve got to quit meeting “like this”. Joe at the final family dinner of the season, just being a Reagan, and it’s not about him. It’s pretty clear Joe and Jamie have a good working relationship and not just as nephew and uncle. The writers are making some sort of point about Erin being the only non-cop at the dinner table. To be fair, Jamie did have a law degree IIRC when he decided at the beginning of the series to go to the police academy after Joe, Sr. died. Which made the discussion between Joe and Jamie wondering about how things might have been different if Joe Hill’s mom had told Joe Reagan about the younger Joe; but then realizing that older Joe might have done things differently, and Joe Hill would have been acknowledged as a Reagan much earlier. The writers finally wrote themselves out of a box about Joe Hill accepting that he’s a Reagan, no matter what, and would have been. Maybe now they can move on to Joe Hill’s skill set as a detective like his Uncle Danny.

Any personality/behavior differences can be chalked up to the TOS characters being younger. Did anyone notice Samuel Kirk being mentioned at the end of the episode? And yes, Hemmer is the chief engineer.

There are laws that make the server liable for serving an intoxicating substance. “Most U.S. states have enacted a dram shop law on one kind or another, and New York is no exception. If you were injured through the wrongful behavior of another person, you are entitled to assert a personal injury claim against that person.” I suspect the girlfriend of Jamie’s law school classmate could be sued due to the consequences of her conduct, even if not a criminal consequence. That’s the part that was missing from the episode that would have made some sense, rather than give the impression she got away with it.

IIRC, this is the third season in a row that Joe Hill (Will Hochman) has been in the season finale.

CBS only renewed Blue Bloods yesterday, but the press release said more renewal announcements are forthcoming. Drip, drip, drip.

The premise was explained in the episode, quite clearly, in fact. The partnership agreement provided that if either couple quit the winery, the other couple would take sole control, with all the accumulated value staying with the couple that remained, the other couple would be entitled to get back only their original investment. The motive was crated when the value of the winery had already increased ten-fold, IIRC. At least this episode they moved away from a workplace romance, But Tank should have been there to greet them on their return from France.

It’s definitely a writers’ room issue. I haven’t particularly noticed if the production staff includes any former FBI agents as consultants because some of the storylines are short on credibility. But then, FBI International is the second most watched new series, whose ratings are just a crumb behind NCIS:Hawai’i and that has already been renewed by CBS/Paramount. It’s an issue that could be fixed for next season.

Alexander Dreymon posted a one minute video on his social media this weekend that filming has been completed on the final movie in the Last Kingdom series. He was about to go into his trailer to remove his armor for the very last time. The role of Uthred had lasted for eight years. And no word yet on when “Seven Kings Must Die” will be aired/streamed.