Mermaid Under

The 2024 guest list includes Valerie Bertinelli, Danielle Brooks, LeVar Burton, Ciara, Michael Douglas, Lena Dunham, Brendan Fraser, Sammy Hagar, Sunny Hostin, Tracy Morgan, Alanis Morissette, Ed O’Neill, Bob Odenkirk, Anthony Ramos, Iliza Shlesinger, Wes Studi, Dionne Warwick, and Jesse Williams I'm not saying I won't watch, but none of them excite me, many of them I don't know and can't be bothered to Google. Gates isn't all that enthralling as a host without someone open and engaging on the other side of the table. I think Bertinelli has done the other genealogy show. Dionne Warwick seems to have had an interesting life, but she is never particularly well-spoken or likable in any interview I've ever seen her in. I don't know if Gates can overcome that, regardless of what her story is. On the opposite end of the spectrum, LeVar Burton is always well-spoken and interesting when he is interviewed; I'm afraid Gates will ruin his segment by being too much of a fangirl.

I liked this episode better than the others in this season, and I'm glad there is another series. I thought it was tiny bit self-serving for Christine to tell Donckers she showed "leadership qualities" because she gave her information about slimeball boyfriend (against orders) giving Christine the chance to make the "leadership decision" to shoot him. It showed blind allegiance, or something, but not leadership. And how is Jasper in such big trouble? I guess he didn't tell on Christine, and she didn't bother to say anything to defend him. Something in me always wondered why Jasper got along so well with the Dean (does he have a name?), and why the Dean tolerates Jasper's oddities without much complaint. In a previous episode when Jasper bluntly tells off the father with all the money (no matter how eloquent or true his statements), and didn't get fired, that said something about their relationship. Something apparently even Jasper doesn't realize.

100% unprofessional. I don't even know what a slow hand clap is supposed to signify, but it is old, overused, and needs to go away.

I was disappointed by the ending for a couple of reasons. Count me among the cynical (as well as confused), but they basically spent what appeared to be an enormous amount of money and man hours on what turned out to be a murder suicide. And they locked up a man that was legally innocent of the murder, regardless of what he might be morally or historically guilty. Although they said they also got him charged with the rape. I think in the US the statute of limitations would have precluded that charge, but I'm not a lawyer and certainly not familiar with British law.. I didn't believe that Lord Hume would plead guilty to murder, although he doesn't have long to live. And I didn't believe Lady Hume would sit quietly and let Ebele go through the long speech and soliloquy that she did. I would like to take this opportunity to nominate the actors who played perpetually empty-eyed Jay Royce, and his girlfriend Scabby Face Unfortunate Bangs for BAFTAs.

I'm a little late to the party, but I've been binging Antiques Roadshow. My favorite drinking game is when someone (slightly older) says "it isn't for sale" or "it will stay in the family". Nope, it will be sold as soon as you die, if not sooner.

Parts of this story remind me of the child of US Senator Strom Thurmond - minus the murders and drugs.

No, in one of her first statements to police, Ebele said that Precious initially ran away (or later said she was kidnapped) to David Bell's cult at 14 or 15. Ebele wasn't a part of the cult, but because she had her own problems, didn't try and get Precious out of it. It was assumed that Joseph was Bell's son (the police man visiting the compound in the most recent episode mentioned that Bell was 42 and Precious was 14) I think the fact that Ebele's mother, Ebele, and Precious all had children in their early teens is confusing to the timeline.

This is what I believe they have established. Ebele was Hume’s daughter, and her daughter Precious was Hume’s granddaughter. Ebele’s mothers name, and what has happened to her is not mentioned. Ebele said (when she was confessing to the long-suffering partner) that she had gotten pregnant with Precious in her teens, like her mother did with her. Precious's father is not mentioned. Precious apparently had two children, Joseph (with Bell, the religious leader) and Jay (with some man named Royce). Both boys are Hume’s great grandsons, and both of their fathers are dead. No one seemed to know about Jay, and he has been passing himself off as Joseph. The police established that Mehdi (who was probably thrilled to tell the police what he knew) saw Lord Hume arguing with Precious, his granddaughter, who they assumed was looking for her share of granddad’s pie. What is unclear to me is where the two ongoing payments identified by the bank as coming from Hume were going to, and why. One was to Ebele – was the other to her Ebele’s mother or to Precious? Or was the other payment to Jay (although when they "met" Hume seemed to believe Jay was Joseph). And Hayley Mills has been completely underused. Other than shutting her husband down when he was trying to confess to her what she probably already suspected.

It is looking like Karol is a sleeze, but less likely he had anything to do with the death(s). And Joe/Jay drug addict has been telling the truth all along, except for who he is. His name is Jay, not Joseph, and he likely never was violent with his mother or grandmother.

It reminded me of the House episode, Three Stories. A half interested class in the beginning of the episode is a full class paying rapt attention by the end.

They telegraphed that the captain's boyfriend was a schmuck, and she is an idiot not to see it. They telegraphed that Winters is an idiot for getting involved in the "work" for his pal. But I was surprised that Winters would go to the captain to try and undermine Donckers when he discovered that she was getting in line for a promotion. Not a nice move. And are we supposed to believe Jasper's memories are real, or just another part of his damaged psyche? And if his memory isn't what actually happened, could his mother be trusted to tell the truth, or know the truth if it bit her on the ass?

They made this villain particularly psychologically nasty, so it plays into Jasper's strengths. I loved Jasper's verbal take down of the murderer, both in the scene in the home when he said "you aren't the type of person who would let the budgie out without knowing where he was going" to his description of how both the murders went down in the interrogation room.

As unlikable as they've made her I have to agree with her on this. Because of expensive genetic testing (and TV shows about cold cases) there seems to be an expectation that all cases should be solved, including 50 year old cases were the perpetrator and all close relatives to the victim are long dead. With so much other crime going unsolved, it does seem like an unwise waste of money and manpower. And despite the lovely scene between her and Sunny (I give him the credit for that) I still think the character is supposed be inflexible, hard, and cold. I forget the words her mother used in a previous episode, but it was something like that. Telling her mother that she should no longer speak to the other daughter was over the line. I don't doubt Jess would cut her own sons out of her life if they displeased her.

Never discount the bizarrely unexplainable appeal of a woman who needs to be "rescued". Ebele is definitely still a suspect in my mind. No reason to disbelieve the social worker who said that Precious suffered from fetal alcohol syndrome, and that the mother refused to accept it. Whenever the police get too close to something she doesn't want to talk about, she starts to boil. She can't blow up and smack them like she does her boyfriend (what's up with him?) but it must take everything she has to hold herself back. And when she told New Guv that "they" was men - no, misleading the police is standard operating procedure for the perp. I wonder if Precious's father was the Tory?

I don't recognize her either; I read a review that said she is the pathologist, but if she has been in previous episodes she went unnoticed, at least by me.

no, I thought the same thing. It just seemed so preposterous though, I couldn't imagine the writers introducing a storyline about a previously unknown twin. I would agree with you, but the writers are definitely telegraphing a latent anger management problem.

He already has an ex-wife and two children, correct? I kind of think a convenient miscarriage and Sal realizing he's just not into her would make Sunny's story more interesting. I was not surprised to find out that the codependent crack addict was the son of the murder victim and grandson of the abusive alcoholic. His age and circumstances seemed to telegraph his eventual role in this story.

I just watched episode 2 of Season 2. The story was fine, but I'm missing something about the back story. Something happened on Professor T's birthday when he was a child, and his father ended up dead. Last week, his apparently false memory was that he shot him after finding him abusing his nutball of a mother. This week, the memory was that found his father hanging. Again, did I get lost in the jumping between reality and fantasy?

Even though it is frustrating, I do like how this show inches along rather than revealing things too quickly. I can't figure out how the sick man and Hayley, or the multi-lingual not French guy fit into this. The violent alcoholic mother of the deceased, and the codependent crack addicts seem more likely as suspects. He did seem perfectly comfortable leading the team, for someone who turned the job down. He may be doing it as an underhanded F* you to My Gorgeous Hubby, or he may not mind the responsibility, but not want the official title. I've met a few people in my career who work like that. He is good at the work, but doesn't want all the detritus that comes along with being in a higher up position.

After owning it for quite a while, I finally "smartened" my smart TV, and discovered I got a bunch of free (and the quality reflects the price) channels. One of them is the ATK channel where they repeatedly rerun ATK and Cooks Country, sometimes the really old ones with Chris Kimball, when Julia was just Julia Collin. I was surprised to see Becky on those old shows, cooking with Chris. I didn't realize she had been with the show as long as Jack, Bridget, Julia and Adam. Strangely, she seemed less nervous and more comfortable on those early shows then she does now. When she spoke, every single sentence didn't fly up in tone at the end and sound like a question rather than a statement. The nervous laugh appears less often.

Random car accident because the actress wanted to move on to other things. The plot was that she was the distracted driver (personal life and extreme work pressures) and at fault for the accident,

Was there ever a Series 1 on PBS or did they start with Series 2? I enjoyed this. At first I kept thinking House, or Monk or Death in Paradise, but by the end I just enjoyed it for what it was.

Sunny is a likable character, and seeing how Cassie's death plays out through him is really effective. And among the myriad characters and plot lines that they've introduced so far, I've decided that (complete guess, I have no idea what is going on yet): a - whatever it is, Hayley Mills did it. b - the husband is having an affair with the sister who didn't call her back.

I apologize for quoting myself, but I sent this question to the library of congress. Perhaps my faith in librarians is misplaced, but I pay taxes, why not? My faith in librarians remains unshaken. The poem/prayer you mention was one of fourteen such poems written by Robert Louis Stevenson during the period when he lived in Samoa with his family. The poems were published as a separate collection titled Prayers Written at Vailima (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904). This collection is freely available online through the Library of Congress website at https://www.loc.gov/item/04008690/. The book, published after Stevenson's death, includes an introduction by his wife, which I encourage you to read as it gives insight into the inspiration behind these poems. The poem often described as a "Wedding Prayer" begins on page 1 and is not titled "Wedding Prayer," but instead is a prayer "For Success."

Count this as the one time they have followed through on a much earlier story, whether the writer's remember it or not. In a previous season, I remember Collette's teacher telling Nancy (or someone, whoever was taking care of her) that Collette was always tired in class Nothing came of it, until now. And if they've started Collette down the road of childhood cancers, I'm thinking that Nancy and Collette (and the storyline) aren't leaving Poplar. I'm sitting at the head of the table with the folks who are tired of Sr. Monica Joan, through and through. But I silently thanked her for pulling out her"poor me I'm old and senile" card and reading something other than Corinthians. Question - Does anyone know the story behind the Wedding Prayer? It seems utterly unlike Treasure Island or Kidnapped, to say the least. My Google powers have failed me, and I cannot find the circumstances for which it was written ( a wedding obviously, but whose?) or in which volume of Stevenson's work it lives.