alexvillage

I am not a regular viewer because I think this show is one of the worst-but-popular shows on TV, and almost all of the characters are very unlikable. I did watch this episode and I disagree that DeLuca is immature for Meredith. Meredith is not very mature either. The characters of this show are particularly immature, imo, about romantic relationships. I don't remember many instances of the characters having an adult conversation about their relationship, or about sex. I mean, for years we had to endure the sex-with-unlock-doors-as-everyone-else-walks-in. And a lot of the characters also slept with each other. It is as if the only people in the world for them to "hook up" are in that hospital. What would be nice to see, would be grown up and older Meredith having a serious relationship with (much?) younger DeLuca. I have no idea about the ages of the characters, but the actors do look a generation apart. I am still trying to understand (not really, I don't really care that much) the appeal of Teddy - character and actress, mostly the actress. I can't stand her (frozen) facial expression, I don't think she is a great actor, and I don't think she is what passes for standard TV beauty. I could NEVER like any character the actress plays. Maybe she is a great person and great actress and I would like her in real life but as far as TV goes, meh.

Same creator on both shows. The usual spin off of a spin off that sinks everything. I hate myself for watching, even if hate watching. Al this plus man -child attitude, going back to weekly temper tantrums. Now, let me put my disability supporter activist hat. The Down Syndrome story could have been better dealt with (ha ha who am I kidding with these writers?). The terrible, very bad, no no no don't go there: SHE IS NOT A KID. A 25 year-old woman is an adult, Down Syndrome or not. SHE IS NOT A FOREVER KID. SHE IS AN ADULT. This is the usual ableist bullshit. And no, mom. WE are not having a baby. SHE is having a baby and yes, you can offer support or even do most of the safety work in the beginning but SHE is having a baby. Connor fighting for the woman's body autonomy was great but the way he does it, by literally putting her life at risk during surgery is absurd. Besides, during a life threatening situation is not when you change the system - as if it is just a matter of stomping your feet to change the system, just ask the real disabled activists - especially if you claim to be advocating for someone by MAKING THE DECISION FOR THEM, NOT WITH THEM. The mother had power of attorney, unfortunately disabled people are usually deemed incompetent from the get-go with very little options for self-determination and autonomy. But that's the reality. Connor decided that a few minutes with Barbara was enough for him to make decision for her. FOR her. During a heart surgery that could kill her, and the fetus. If the mother had any sense, she would have sued his ass off, and the hospital. At least he talked to her, not addressing the mother instead. And what a waste of a good disabled actress. If we we have gotten more of Lauren Potter (and some decent writing)! Instead we got Will being the jerk, Natalie being a saint, Choi and April being whatever the extreme boring word fits, Connor and Ava walking the corridors being outraged at each other like teenagers.

I liked the episode. I have been annoyed with all the Jack flashback - because he has becoming unlikeable to me, going from a thoughtful person to a selfish one - and by the Vietnam storyline but I do like Nicky now. I can see how tormented he became, even though I don't think he would have survived that long - apparently he has been drinking a lot for all those years. Despite the absurdity of Kate simply ignoring her high risk pregnancy, after all the drama to get pregnant, and flying cross country, than driving for hours, I still liked the episode. I particularly liked the directing and editing of it, the past and the present complementing each other. Very well done.

I am probably the only one here who hate watches the show. I cannot stand Matt Czuchry (not sure how to spell his name), the constant smirk, the very bad acting. I could never understand his appeal. It is like watching a well programed robot acting. I can even guess what expression will come next. Well paired up with Emily Van Kamp (sp?) though. Bad acting united! I have a thing for Bruce Greenwood but his character is terrible so I am hate watching him too. Mena is gorgeous, so I guess that's some positive thing? The medical plots, I gave up at the moment I tried to watch that. Medical dramas rarely get it right. And they all try to get to the level of ER, and failed by a lot. It seems that this one is gong for a House approach, also failing. Faking an autopsy report is probably a serious crime. I can't believe it was so easy for a doctor to simply accept that. Even for this show, it was extreme. Besides, the whole story with how the device was handled was bullshit. The person responsible to design and sell the device (assumedly) running the investigation is all kinds of whoa! He would be investigated too, even if a doctor actually broke the device before implanting it, there is no way a party with the most financial interest would lead that investigation. I would also think that it is relatively easy for someone to just get another device and test it. But of course, that would require things to make sense in this show. Since they writers didn't bother to do minimal research on VNS, they don't really care about anything else. As long as we have smirks and sexual tension, they are happy.

Yes, some banks do. The pace all was done is still weird. Maybe it was the editing. It seemed a bit confusing, as if they didn't work it all out in the writers room and the timing of things happening was an afterthought that had to be made sense of at the editing table. Not only that bit, all of the episode really.

I just started watching this show on Hulu. I don't have a formed opinion yet. I like parts of it, dislike others. Will keep watching. One good thing is that I finally like Sandra Oh. I haven't seen her much, other than one movie and in Grey's Anatomy. In fact, one reason I couldn't stand that show is because of Sandra's character. I can count in one hand how many character coming from Shondaland I like (I sometimes think she wants to make sure every single one is hated) but Christina was probably the worst of all. Glad I could see the actor being an actor, and not just that character.

This part of the story actually makes sense to me, compared to real life. People who enjoy privileges do believe that whatever wrong they do, they are supposed to be forgiven, if they need help they will get the help from friends, that their suffering or hard times are always much bigger, serious and important than whatever ill they've caused. Maybe it is not conscious but it is just part of their privilege. Like Delilah, they regret the pain they might have caused but their pain is always the bigger pain, so everyone will promptly forgive them, or forget for a while, until their problems are solved. Delilah is basically a good person, a good mom (I think) if not too comfortable being taken care of Jon without any real involvement on some as=ects of life. Maybe she thinks that she and Eddie were going to tell everyone about the affair, then Jon's death and the baby complicated things and they are now trapped. In her mind, she is already paying for what she did, so everyone will acknowledge that, her "sins" are not that big anymore. I don't know about you but I can name so many of people around me who act just like that, and they have fewer social privileges than the character. It is human nature plus social privilege. As for Katherine, even though she also enjoys some privileges, she is basically a good person, maybe she feels that saying no to Delilah would be too awkward, maybe she does feel some loyalty, maybe she is thinking about Theo and the whole dynamics. I see (real) people like her, people who I think would do just what she did. If the writers thought about all this is another story.

I don't really know how you can get birth certificates to prove that you a related to someone else but in some places they have birth announcements (remember the debacle over Obama's birth certificate?). I just think that there would ways that someone really wanting to know about a person's genealogy could explore. Go to a library and search the papers. But TV, the drama about to unfold is more appealing, I guess.

I might have been too confused int he beginning f the episode on what looked like flash forward scenes, but was the timeline messed up? Katherine's colleague said something about his "Saturday", I thought the 5K thing was happening on a Sunday, but then they showed Katherine and Delilah in the bank on what was supposed to be the same Saturday? The young kids won this one. Theo is too adorable and the natural chemistry between the actors - mom and kid - is one good thing. I still like the show's premise but not as much as I used to. Eddie is a man-child who needs to just go away. Editing: Did Maggie ask Gary to name 5 states that start with the letter A to keep him running as he tried to think of the 5th state?

I meant records of birth, that shows members of a family. Of course, not sure that the VA would accept that.

I can tell you from witnessing that disabled people who also have chronic pain/disease and need the ER very often are left waiting and even told they are lying. Not one hospital in one place. This is across the board int his country. But I get your point on generalizing. I haven't personally witnessed all the cases because it would require me to travel everywhere, and while at least in two cases the hospitals were public, I cannot say all of them were.

The show finds its way to HIPAA but only because it is convenient for the selfish character. While April was right in not relating private information in front of someone who is not authorized, she did it because she was jealous, not because she cares about the patient - see every other episode. And the show had already messed up with the HIPAA plot when Vicky (is that her name? I don't even care) weighted in ordering tests that Choi hasn't. And she was in the room talking to the guy so I assume that he gave permission. The actress was able to change her expression from bored and arrogant to arrogant and mad so I think this is an improvement? When they opened his box I was sure they would start reading what looked like letters because they can forget HIPAA this fast. What Will did was absurd. Even if he agreed with the pregnant woman, he had no business arranging for an EXPERIMENTAL procedure - as if it is this easy. And why hasn't the patient relations director - whatever her name is - told him to just leave instead of allowing him to observe the procedure? If I were the biological parent I would sue his ass off, plus the hospital. It doesn't matter if the procedure worked They violated a legal document and as far as I can tell, the parents were not informed until she was in the OR. Will was like a child throwing temper tantrums because he is hurt. Grow up Will. People are offering you help, just do the adult thing. How irrelevant Connor and Ava are. Seriously, does anyone cares about them?

I guess nobody here is familiar with how popular STAR TREK - the series, not the movies - is within the so-called nerd community, and with Autistics in particular. They can speak Klingon, FFS! And the ones I know are not older than their early 30's.

As a spin off from The Fosters, of course Callie can do that! I would not be surprised if the judge she is clerking for gets to be picked as a potential SCOTUS, than they find something on him, Callie saves the day and he is not only nominated, but confirmed. Then Callie has the option to go on to DC with him but choses to stay in L.A. because she needs to help all those other poor judges REALLY make it. I am not being half sarcastic. I would bet the writers have thought something very close to this. I am not watching this, after the boring first episode but will keep coming here to see if if anything sparks my interest.

I believe Kevin could have gotten the proof via public records too.

I wish they had given more information too. Maybe it got lost in editing. I didn't think he was intellectually disabled. People who have delusions and night terrors can become "fragile" - for lack of a better word. It can be exhausting and drains you of all will. Him asking his father if he could draw there was simply his fear of everything. For what I could gather from he incomplete information, is that he came to rely on his father - or his father came to be overprotective - so he needed reassurance that things would improve. I know people with similar things going on, and their confidence in themselves gets depleted really fast. It is a lot. Really! Even in a public hospital it is more likely that a frequent flier would be left in the waiting area and forgotten there. This happens with people who have legitimate reasons to be in the ER, and that go there often. The guy apparently only liked the attention (most of the time at least) Agree that she should be at least suspended but the way Sharpe dealt with it was not professional at all. Nobody has the right to go through people's stuff. Even if a place might have policies that allow random searches, no complaints were filed so that search was a violation.

Not sure if this is the place to post this but here we go: Catherine Reitman's upper lip has an odd shape. Is that how it is or is that a surgery (gone wrong in my opinion)? I am curious because I find it distracting. I feel somewhat awkward to ask because it seems petty but will take my chances by asking anyway. Usually I don't care much about appearances. In this case, against my best awareness and intentions, it does distract me.

I don't want to go off topic here. As I said, Autistic people themselves, including those said to be HF, know how damaging assigning value to people is. I refer you to them. I know many of the activists trying to change the conversation. You are a parent and know you kid but Autistics know the neurology of autism better than you can ever understand (not attacking you it is just impossible for neurotypical people to even try to see through the eyes of a neurodivergent person). You can message me if you want to discuss it further.

Functioning labels are not a real thing, really. It is used to silence Autistic people. Refer to Actually Autistics. I got curious - after saying I would not watch this show - and decided to check it out. I didn't like it. I found the editing very confusing at times. The idea of jumping back and forth on the time of some events was good, but it wasn't done well. I still think that Maia overact, that acting doesn't come naturally to her. Good American accent though. I like Cierra and the only thing I kind of liked was her storyline. I am also confused as to how could Callie graduate at the same time as Marianna. I don't think she had college credits by the end of high school, she had to go to law school for another 3 years (or is it 2?) after undergrad. That's 7 or 8 years. I know people who have taken college classes during the summer, and were able to shave off about 1 1/2 years from college but they didn't have to work - I assume Callie would have to have some sort of job - and they had done several advanced placements that were consistent with the major they chose. Is it really possible for someone to become a lawyer (she also had to take the CA Bar, which I think would take a little while after graduation to happen) in 5 years? And get a clerkship with a judge shortly after?

I think it was jut bad acting. She cannot act. And, as for beauty, I guess it's in the eyes of the beholder. I don't find her attractive. She looks like a barbie doll. And I just hate those ridiculously enormous lashes. But that's me. Agree that the least she speaks, the better. Agreed. Her demand that the shooter leaves is so pathetic. What is a doctor to do? Refuse care? Ignore symptoms? "People are uncomfortable with him here" is not a reason to refuse care, even to an asshole like the shooter. Natalie, the actress who lays her, simply cannot act. She overacts. The writing does't help. I understand that she hates guns, and I agree with her. I wouldn't allow it in my house either. But the DRAMA! was a bit much. "No gun or leave now!" Life is not like this. She could have demanded that Will get rid of the gun, tomorrow. Maybe he would, maybe not. But the writers decided that banging doors and ultimatums are better drama. For soap opera, maybe. The FBI agent is a terrible person. This whole story is an abuse of power. Deputizing people to do their job because they are incompetent and causing Will to have this trauma is abuse. Hate the FBI person.

The only thing I felt was nausea watching the flashbacks and the very bad acted, over dramatic fight when Georgia left Max - all with soft-slamming the door. Then a little more nausea when the other doctors all got together to say that they would be Max's minions and do everything he does, breaking all the rules, all with the blessing of the dean. Only good thing is Sharpe's and the cancer specialist/trial doctor hotness - not really together, just general hotness.

Thinking about time travel as a logic linear line is not possible. Trying to explain how things can even happen is not possible. It is all hypothesis at this time. That's why I am just trying to understand the events the writers throw at us without digging - too much - into the absurds and if it is possible or not. I do fall back into the logic seeking sometimes. But mostly I am just trying to be an uncompromising watcher.

I guess you are right. Something to do with Grace rebooting him and the faction taking advantage of the director being "offline"? This show confuses me sometimes. Vincent did try to send the message but because he was't the I.T. guy he couldn't fix the computer and send the message because the screen remained frozen. And yes, walking away was easier then.

Yes, I rewatched the episode and that's what happened. He also took the money and some bonds (?) and presumably that's how he was able to buy security and influence, then pair up with the rich guy. And he was right that the Director would kill him if he was found, which happened when his wife and partner died. That's why he created the faction. How it plays into the transfers and contacts between present and future sill confuses me.

So, I am rewatching the show and was paying close attention to the episode where 001 arrives. I hope the writers don't scrap 9/11 from the show's history. It is not really necessary for the story. They don't want Vincent to arrive, they accomplished that. Mac can leave the building the same way Vincent did. And I find myself agreeing with the faction that we are not supposed to be governed by a machine.