Night Cheese

Outlander returns this Friday, November 22! I've been rewatching Season 7 to get caught up ahead of Part 2, and I can sincerely say I'm very excited for new episodes. Hopefully the season actually lives up to that awesome trailer that @BetterButter posted last month.

She's 100% too good for this crap--I mean show.

I rewatched and was able to pay more attention to the deli storyline. It reminded me of a similar situation that happened at my favorite sandwich shop in Boston. Gentrification really sucks sometimes. But I laughed really hard when the deli owner came out and asked why they were protesting in front of his place. Of course Jacob got wrapped up in everything but forgot to iron out all the details. If they have a good relationship with the deli owner, maybe they can kindly help him improve his smoothie endeavors. "Is that menthol?" is not an ideal reaction to a sip of smoothie.

Great to learn that the parachute thing in gym class is still happening. I loved them demonstrating how it's done. That really brought me back in a very visceral way. This show is always good for that. I need to rewatch because I was watching while getting ready for work and basically missed the smoothie plot. I did catch most of the Ava stuff and loved it. She's really become one of my favorite characters. It's crazy that I thought back in the first season that she'd be ousted from her position and Gregory, the more qualified professional, would take over as principle.

When Tim Kaine walked out, I thought, "wow, they got Tim Walz for the show too?" So I felt better about myself when they showed their side-by-side photos and they really do look a lot alike, in addition to both being named Tim. That was a great sketch.

Kaitlin also stars in It's Always Sunny, so she may have a stipulation that HP films when IASIP is on hiatis, as opposed to filming from Aug-April (guessing) that normal 22 episode seasons requires. For what it's worth, my company has janitorial services in the day and evening because we operate 24h/day. So I didn't think anything of the daytime cleaner since police stations are also 24h. If he's there for nefarious reasons instead potential love interest reasons, my guess is that he is tied to her daughter's father's disappearance.

He didn't do Dawson's Creek but he did create Popular, which was a teen quasi-satirical comedy that ran for a couple seasons during the Dawson's Creek years.

Is this a riddle?! 🤣

I definitely did the Wild Wild West line dance at middle school dances back when the movie came out. The Will Smith effect in (and around) Philly is real. I didn't realize ringworm was that pervasive. I remember there being outbreaks on the wrestling team in middle school and high school, but nothing like this episode. I feel bad for educators everywhere if that's really a thing. Barbara was great as always. I loved that she had unflinching faith that God has made her immune, and then was completely unphased and undeterrred when she got it too. The hot tub resolution was wild and hilarious.

She was a more talented musician, too. 100% agree.

I'm with you, although I think it's an unpopular opinion. I could take or leave April Ludgate, but AP playing the same ish character all the time gets old. She looks like she's having a blast playing Rio (and I'm happy for her), but I lose interest in the storyline whenever she's featured.

I always got The Office Jim/Pam vibes from this storyline, so hopefully the writers continue that and just keep them happy and don't focus too much on their out-of-school lives. I stopped watching The Office after season 5, but I think they mostly stayed happy and drama-free.

I thought Lilia's costuming was supposed to evoke Liza Minelli in her Cabaret/Studio 54 years. I thought they did ok dressing her since Patti Lupone is probably in her 70s and may not have been able to pull off the Stevie Nicks vibe.

Yeah I assumed that, but hand-waved that detail because, yknow, TV/plot logic (or lack thereof).

I may be misremembering, but I think she referred to him as her familiar in episode 2. Maybe when she dropped the ruse at Lilia's? I thought she was being glib, but maybe she was sincerely acknowledging that he's her familiar.