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I’m laughing because I was the one who mentioned 1776, and the reason that I mentioned it, is because on Monday I have to give a presentation on the Triangular trade before a showing of the movie. I’ve been working on this for days, so it immediately came to mind during an episode about the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

The “new” (according to my DVR) portmanteau episode that aired Thursday night was a couple of reruns smushed together, I think. I don’t usually remember episodes well enough to say for sure, but I definitely remember that one with the giant musical robot. I wonder how their band is doing these days. I forgot the band name or I’d google them. But is there much call for a viola, cello, and giant drum machine? At least they found a house with room, even if it did cost more.

It seems odd to me that even in Isaac’s flawed memory, he would have Alexander Hamilton and John Jay at the signing of the Declaration of Independence when they weren’t involved at all, as far as I know. I can only assume that they weren’t invited to the actual signing the following week because of their bad behavior. And where was John Hancock? 1776…even though it was a musical, really captures the situation of the signing, and it was not this. A little research wouldn’t hurt, writers. I also missed the scene with Elias and Jay. Either my DVR failed to record it or I thought the episode was over when it wasn’t, and deleted it.

Okay, as much as I want to see Lyin’ boot get his, his job was ridiculous. He had all this info on pads…what was he supposed to do with it? It was obviously way above his pay grade. And of course he lied about it. Lucy saw right through him. She already doesn’t trust him. Please let that be the end of smirking serial killer! Did he really think that the middle of a fire was the best time to indulge his hobby? Even if he did start it. That house was so full of smoke he might have died right along with his victim. Are those fire blankets really that effective? I bet sales of them will really go through the roof in CA. I’d buy one to keep in the house or car if I lived in a fire area. I have a little one for smothering kitchen fires.

Why was there a bartender in a country western type bar that only speaks Cantonese? I know that they were trying to show this Ariana Madix person as some kind of all around superwoman, but that didn’t make sense. I didn’t realize that she is an actual “celebrity” and not a made up reality star. That’s how much I know. I don’t even remember her from Dancing with the Stars. Angie seems to have found herself a cute doctor. As long as he doesn’t turn out to be a serial killer or something. If this were a Will Trent book, that would be likely. I thought the plot would be something happening to Betty while Will was in the restroom, until they showed the little girl of course. Of course he would obsess over getting her back, given his background. So Faith is famous for putting people to sleep? An unusual talent.

Oh yes, Singapore is not the place Edward wants to remain. Is it me, or are British shows suddenly saying “Merry Christmas,” instead of “Happy Christmas” regardless of the time period? Because of the prevalence of American movies and tv, I can see “Merry Christmas” becoming popular, but it wouldn’t have been in 1941. Or were the terms always interchangeable? Is it a big tradition in England to sit around on Christmas Day watching the Christmas episodes of their favorite tv series? The British series I watch always seem to have x number of episodes followed by A special Christmas episode. Of course they are usually shown here whenever. But there must be several Christmas episodes shown on Christmas Day. Between those and the King’s speech, it must be a full day of telly. Hardly any time to play charades. I didn’t expect a Christmas episode to end tragically, so I expected Edward to be okay. It’s actually good that he was wounded, instead of having not been on the ship for some reason, because now maybe he can come home. (If he gets out of Singapore in time). Poor Mrs Hall, though. What an awful wait. No wonder she got so attached to that poor fox. I was afraid that Tristan was going to up and volunteer for active duty. Thank goodness he appreciates his good fortune.

I think they have pretty much established that Seth is not lying about his cancer. He said that his medical records are on file and invited Lucy to look at them. I don’t know where they are going with this story line, but he does seem to actually have cancer.

Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Thank you! That’s all we needed, a few lines to indicate that Seth’s illness is legit. Was that so hard, show? I had to laugh when he asked Lucy, all hurt,”Do you think I’d lie about cancer?” Well, WE all thought so… Well, at least now we have the reason for Bailey’s Superwoman deal. Makes her a bit less annoying in my book. Yeah, Nyla’s husband coming all the way into her work to tell her he didn’t have time to talk to her was ridiculous. Tim in that support group was, um, funny. He was really into it. What kind of group is it? I forget if they mentioned it earlier.

The father did say he was homeschooling the younger boy, but no mention of school or work for the older boy. my husband and I took our baby daughter across country in a pop up trailer…not as big as an RV and so incredibly cramped. I can’t imagine a family of 5 in an RV for longer than a 2 week vacation.

My DVR recorded them as new, but probably because of the format. I don’t like these portmanteau episodes because I like to watch one while I’m eating lunch and one while I’m eating dinner. Yes, I did half and half, but the commercial breaks in the second half are always weird. And I like foreign housing not romance. I couldn’t care less about mixing matchmaking with real estate. It was funny that in both halves, it was the “realtor” who kept pushing the romance angle, not the client. The Amsterdam woman was looking to find a man and have a baby, but was already 42? Well, good luck with that.

If he has actual cancer, that could be an interesting and possibly moving story line. But they’ve set him up as a liar, and his “cancer” is so unspecific. Is it prostate? Lymphoma? Are we supposed to be feeling sorry for him or suspecting him? Is he off getting chemo, or sitting at home playing video games? A few lines of dialogue would clear this all up. Plus, he hasn’t been a character long enough for any of us to care about him.

They announced that one rookie was “out sick,” and the other was doing something else. We later saw Texas rookie setting up tables for that idiotic “inform on your ex” thing. I assumed that the rookie with “cancer” was the one out sick, presumably for treatment. But we still don’t know what proof of that anybody has seen.

Not to mention that Sunny almost burned Amanda’s house down by throwing a glass of water on that burning fry pan. Luckily Amanda got there first and slammed the lid on it. I also didn’t see even a bandaid on Angie’s hand after being “spear-minted.”(good one!) I’m also not convinced by the Will and ADA romance.

Ugh! I haven’t watched the second episode that was on last night, but apparently they are both in the same place in Thailand, which means that both of them are probably commercials for The White Lotus. Even if I liked that show, which I do not, I would resent the blatant advertising. White Lotus pandering aside, I liked all three houses and would have chosen the beachfront one myself, but I can understand their reasoning. It seems odd to me, that living in Shanghai and Singapore for all those years, they would have even seen TWL. How much US tv would they have access to? They were probably paid to be “super fans.” Ugh! Edited to add that the second episode was mercifully White Lotus free, even though it was the same place. Yoga guy looking for privacy and a sea view had to give up the view because of price. He got the privacy he wanted and seemed happy with his choice. His therapy business seemed to be doing well.

He was born in 1981 according to Google.