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Had to look her up. Nope, we're not near corrupt-as-hell-authoritarian-superhero-parallel-Earth time yet.

"Boys, handle the military. Mommy will be right back." OK, give Elizabeth Olsen all the awards now. Ditto for Kathryn Hahn and Paul Bettany. I really loved that little bit with Emma Caulfield begging Wanda to let her see her daughter again. Hell, great acting from all the supporting cast. They did fear and desperation so well, along with being so hateful toward Wanda at the end and all without saying anything.

I just caught this on the second viewing - when see the flashback of Wanda's first talk with Vision, there are some DVDs in the foreground. I didn't catch that on the first viewing but they're the DVDs that Wanda's father was trying to sell. However, there was one DVD set missing - The Dick Van Dyke Show boxed set. They were probably destroyed when Maximoffs' apartment was bombed. I also just realized that she didn't replace them when she could after becoming an Avenger. It's because The Dick Van Dyke Show reminded her of her family, isn't it?

OK, give Elizabeth Olsen all the awards. All the awards now. She kicked ass. She took names. She needs something. So many things make sense now, including why Westview became what it did. I mean, my God, what a shit hole it was until Wanda came along. And we finally got to see how she and Vision got close and the meaning behind the sitcoms. I have a feeling searches on Hulu and viewership on MeTV and Antenna TV are going to go up because of this episode. We still don't know how Wanda got rid of her accent so fast. So, does Agatha view Wanda as a kindred? A threat?

OK, I am so dense that I didn't notice, during Agatha's song, that the aspect ratio changes at the beginning and widens when we get to the 80s era. Agatha's so genre savvy that she can manipulate the screen to suit her style.

Ooo, I didn't even consider that.

OK, that song at the end was ridiculously catchy. I'm guessing Robert and Kristen-Anderson Lopez wrote it? Even more props to them. Loved the bits with Wanda subconsciously trying to keep Vision from getting to their house. The road workers. All the kids crossing the street. Two episodes left and I am all in

A Malcolm in the Middle style opening. God love this show. OK, how awesome was Billy in his not exactly Wiccan costume and Tommy in his Speed colors. Tres bien, show. And Elizabeth Olsen truly could pull off a real life version of the comic Scarlet Witch costume. Just flawless. And can we give it up for them recreating Pietro's weird comic book hairstyle. Loved the bit with Wanda and Pietro trick or treating as kids. The war torn background, getting pickled herring. "Why didn't anyone tell me the plan?" Oh, Darcy, you're adorable. I did notice we're skipping the 90s and jumped straight into the 2000s style of sitcoms pre-"The Office". It dawned on me why - the 90s were not a good time for Wanda. It was a time for war in Eastern Europe and it's when she and Pietro got trapped in that bombed out building with the Stark missile ready to go off anytime. And that commercial was actually frightening. "The snack for survivors", huh? Only two episodes left. Correction: Three episodes left.

Oh, my God! Wanda Mary Jo from Designing Women hair! And things go goofy right off the bat with the awkward "Do you want to hold the babies" line. And the babies are suddenly five years old. And then 10. And it happened in front of Agnes. And we get a Family Ties style opening. Did anyone else notice that the boys looked rather sinister in the painting or am I reading too much into that? And we're calling it "hex power" now. And then there's the Lagos commercial.

Oh, my God, Monica was one of the people taken during The Snap. Holy crap! Loved the hospital scene with people just returning. We only got to see a bit of that in Spider-Man: Far From Home, but this did The Return much better, in my opinion. And I loved Teyonah Parris' acting when she finds out about her mother and that she was gone for five years. Glad we got more Monica this episode. She's been a favorite of mine in the comics and I'm really liking her in this show. Randall Park. Always nice. And I'm surprisingly liking Kat Dennings' character. Not going to lie, I rather like this "Under the Dome" situation. It's intriguing.

"You are to me." Oh, that got me in the feels. And Rachel Maddow's back! And we had a fun chase with the Batmobile. Hopefully we get more of the Batmobile.

More freakiness with that glitch when Vision said something was wrong with Wanda, the odd Kubrickesque look into the nursery, Wanda bringing up Pietro and singing that lullaby. Nice touch with the naming of the babies Tommy and Billy. And I admit, the house going haywire during Wanda's contractions was kind of funny. Another nice touch was "Daydream Believer" at the end. And yet another commercial involving Hydra.

Word. I hate "secrets for secrets' sake," It's bad writing. The reason I can't stand Lost and ended up hating Heroes. If it were up to me, I'd pull a meta and have the characters breaking the fourth wall and saying "Batman's gone because WB higher ups won't let us use him or his rogues gallery."

OK, I am liking this new Batwoman. I like her character. I like her backstory. I like how her backstory ties to Alice. I'm all in for good old fashioned revenge. I also liked that we only had to suffer Hush/Tommy Elliot for one episode. I would have found it intolerable if we had to put up with him the whole season. Did he die? I would like to see the actor who played him come back as the real Bruce Wayne, maybe in a flashback or something. Beth telling her father that Kate was Batwoman and that she (more than likely) died thinking her father hated her was delicious. Just the look on Dougray Scott's face as he's hearing this and then Alice taking the gun from him with no effort. So good. I also loved Ryan telling Luke and Mary the statistics of not just her life, but of African American women in this country. I hope this show can go on to a third season with Javicia Leslie. I hope she'll be able to keep up with the physical demands because Batwoman means a lot to people.

OK, I loved the opening bit in the bedroom. Vision in a sleep mask is everything. I liked how things shifted from a 60s sitcom vibe to a Twilight Zone feel when Wanda found that red helicopter. The people who made this series have done their homework on how scenes were presented in that show. More of weird Agnes, who I keep thinking is being played by Ana Gasteyer but isn't. Jolene Purdy!!! One of the good things about Under the Dome! AND EMMA FREAKING CAULFIELD!!! "For the children." I have a feeling that'll be popping up throughout the series. And they present it as funny, but the Stepford Wives pool party was quite unsettling, as was the encounter with Dottie, if, indeed, that's her real name. "I was just playing with his shoes!" 😄 Elizabeth Olsen was was rocking that magician assistant costume.

First episode in and already I'm intrigued. The play on 50s sitcom tropes. the boss choking while his wife laughs it off along with the tension, and the neighbor popping up at inopportune times. Seriously, though, that choking scene was something else.

Saw the end of Auntie Mame earlier. God, I wish I was as dynamic as her. Hell, I wish I were as dynamic as her friends. And Mame going out of her way to disrupt that WASP family and have their daughter break up with Patrick is delightful. The fact that the last straw is Mame saying her friends are opening an orphanage for Jewish refugee children has a lot of resonance. And Beauregard's death is one of the funniest thing ever filmed.

This is the first time in a while since I saw a new Simpsons episode. I was pleased! Loved how they played with the Hallmark Movie tropes. Loved the movie lady's excuse for hating Christmas movies (her poor father, and it was Jingle All the Way of all movies), the lettuce and tomato festival, the hot doctor fiance, and the deconstruction of the tried and true "leaving the fiance for the hometown boy" Hallmark trope. Also, the look on Bart's face after looking at Lisa ceiling was legitimately funny. I'm guessing it's a weird rare thing to see Apu and his family nowadays? Also, the change in Carl's voice actor wasn't that noticeable. They did a good job with that casting. Lastly, there was something very satisfying seeing Marge laying on the couch, wine in hand, binge watching the Christmas movies. Not often we see a contented Marge.

I'm done. I'm freaking done! The last team I liked is gone and the remaining three suck. I'm sick of bad triumphing over good! I'm sick of unlikable people winning! I'm with DeAngelo - this race sucks! And what's with that last challenge!? They would have been there all day if they hadn't cheated. Who ever came up with such a challenge needs their asses kicked, along with the three remaining teams. Once this Covid crap settles down and the series can start up again, there needs to be a ban on alliances. Sick of this shit!

Don't know if this goes here, but today is the 35th anniversary of Irwin Allen's Alice in Wonderland. Since it came out around Christmas, I'm counting it (even though I think Alice in Wonderland is better suited for Easter time, with it's bright colors and themes of exploring). Someone posted both parts on Youtube (get 'em before they're taken down) but someone else posted the first part as it was first broadcast all the way back in 1985. Enjoy!

God, I love those, too!

Really, the Munchkin outfits need more recognition.

OK, this makes me laugh and I'm probably alone in this, but Aunt Em's sing-songie voice calling for Dorothy during the tornado scene in The Wizard of Oz. That and the thing she says as she's being hustled into the storm cellar - "*unintelligible* my Dorothy standing around in the storm!"

From Tangled: When Rapunzel learns who she truly is and confronts Mother Gothel about it, going so far as to say she would never let the old witch use her magic hair again.

Watching The Wizard of Oz now. Hard to see Dorothy, Glinda, or the Witch of the West looking like anything other than Judy Garland's, Bille Burke's, or Margaret Hamilton's iconic outfits. And God know how much I wanted those ruby slippers.