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I was just assuming that the second serial killer was that smug asylum director, just because she was so annoying. But probably not. So, the modern psychiatric facility just happens to have a decaying, unsafe, Arkham asylum right next door. It practically had a “serial killers welcome” sign on the door. Yeah, Lucy, I remember that movie too, but if you did, you would have known better than to split up, not to mention not waiting for backup. So, the Seth plot thickens. He is certainly a glib liar. I still can’t figure out his angle. If he’s a con man, then who is he conning and why? If he’s a pathological liar how did he get on the police force? And he really ought to keep his lies straight. Even if Lucy hadn’t overheard him, people gossip in police stations, and his multiple hard luck stories will certainly be making the rounds, if they haven’t already.

I just started watching this show. I’ve read some of the books by Karen Slaughter so I was curious. I couldn’t get the first two seasons without signing up for steaming services I don’t want, but I know at least some of the backstory. The show seems like kind of a lighter procedural, kind of like The Rookie with some serious stuff interspersed with comedy. I mean, the lava scene was amusing and awkward, and I got a kick out of all those erstwhile CIA agents popping up everywhere. I am enjoying it though.

Telegrams were definitely the way casualties were announced. One of the more memorable scenes in A League of Their Own was when a delivery boy fumbled the delivery of a telegram while all of the women stood there in total dread. Tom Hanks’ character threw the kid out and handled the delivery himself. Yes, Tristan looks completely different. And not just the mustache. When he first showed up at the train station I thought they had recast him, even though I hadn’t read that they had. The new sulfa drugs were performing miracles for animals and people, but some of the old Dale farmers were suspicious of anything new, though why that goat farmer pretended to use the stuff I don’t know. Siegfried should have had the farmer demonstrate how he used the powder instead of just taking his word for it.

Yeah, I didn’t get Nolan just walking away from his little rogue adventure without so much as a dirty look from Gray. And the new rookies were pretty much rewarded for their stunt, except for the Bart Simpson level punishment. Not gonna make Texas rookie any less arrogant. I don’t remember Lucy’s friend either.

Re possible Jenny/Doris romance-I was wondering if they would really go there. Guess not. It’s hard after 50+ years of car seats to see a baby basket just loose in the backseat. But babies did manage to survive those wild unfettered years. I’m definitely getting Siegfried and Audrey vibes. Of course that didn’t happen in the books or in real life, but then again in the books, the housekeeper was a nonentity. These show characters have taken on lives of their own. Who know what will happen? I notice that the folks at Skeldale house weren’t eating large roasts, but a pie, which would have been shepard’s or cottage pie, made with probably more vegetables than meat.

I was wondering if they would really go there. Guess not. It’s hard after 50+ years of car seats to see a baby basket just loose in the backseat. But babies did manage to survive those wild unfettered years. I’m definitely getting Siegfried and Audrey vibes. Of course that didn’t happen in the books or in real life, but then again in the books, the housekeeper was a nonentity. These show characters have taken on lives of their own. Who know what will happen?

He had the same gift of healing that Claire has, though they are ignoring Claire’s gift in the show. He healed her after Faith was born, and she comes into her full healing powers by the end of Bees. There may be a relationship between healing and time traveling. Geilis was a healer of sorts, but it’s unknown if she had any magical power or just used herbs plus the power of knowing about 20th century hygiene, etc.

Arggh! I was really enjoying this episode right up until the Faith thing! Why did they have to go there? I just reread Bees a few weeks ago and there was nothing in there to justify wasting time during the final 10 episodes dealing with more mystical mumbo jumbo. Also, since when are there Northern lights in Monmouth, NJ? True, there were some a few months back in northern NJ which I missed, but I’ve lived in this area my entire life and the Northern lights were never a thing. I don’t remember how Roger and Bree get enough jewels together to get the whole family to Fraser’s Ridge.

I kinda love the idea of wimpy rookie turning out to be some kind of major scammer. It’s a much more original arc than timid guy learning self confidence. I guess we’ll see. I’m glad they didn’t drag out homeless rookie’s deception very long. Tim caught him on day 2. I’ve forgotten the story behind Smitty’s situation but it looks like a fun place to live. I guess at some point I will have to learn the new rookies’ names.

Helen did mention Tris in her conversation with Audrey in the victory garden. Apparently the real “James Herriot” washed out of flying early due to an anal fistula(!) I guess the show thought brucellosis was a classier diagnosis. The way they described it, it sounds kind of like malaria…once you have it, it can recur at any time, though, unlike malaria, eventually you get over it. i honestly don’t recall how they handled the war stuff in the books. I remember that the author said he preferred not to talk about the war, and wanted to keep to vet stuff.

So what’s the deal with the new double episode? At first I thought they were going to shoehorn in both couples in one half hour, and then I saw that it was an hour long episode. I don’t like it. A half hour is perfect. I record it and watch during lunch the next day. Today I watched half of it and watched the second half during dinner. Didn’t feel right. Couple that moved to Coventry England: Well, there go all my stereotypes about nice Canadians! Poor Richard. I do agree with the flat they finally chose, though. Having bedrooms upstairs and the one bathroom downstairs is a major pain. And now spoiled Canadian won’t have to share a bathroom!

I assume that homeless rookie used mouthwash before he went to bed because he had no place to brush his teeth, so rinsing out his mouth was the best he could do.

Yeah, that whole situation is dodgy. I know that Wesley is the only lawyer in LA, well except for the crooked one running around South America, but it can’t possibly be ethical to have him listen to London’s therapy sessions when his own wife works at that precinct. Of course he’s going to hear things he shouldn’t. So we’re supposed to see obnoxious rookie bedding down in his car and think, “ah, that explains everything!” Btw, The Cowboy and the Virgin is the title of my next album. Bailey’s away? Yay! She always reminds me of the old tv show, called oddly enough, The Rookies, where one of the rookies is married to the only nurse in LA. And it was a real problem for her patients because she was also always being taken hostage. Of course Bailey’s not merely an EMT, she’s also a firefighter and a soldier. Plus I’m sure she’s been taken hostage a time or two, herself. Not to mention having been married to the world’s most dangerous criminal!

I was thinking of plants, since it’s under a skylight.

Claire is to the far left, kneeling over a wounded soldier. I only saw that because an outlander group on Facebook posted a photo of the painting which pointed it out.