Bunnyhop

So true. I think that Sandra gets away with a lot simply because she wears people out. Talking over others, veering off on tangents, switching from manipulative controller to victim, plus that weird, fast, almost murmuring speech pattern. It's exhausting!! I can see anyone who must deal with her throwing up their hands and giving up. I think that looking her in the eye and demanding coherent answers and just generally calling her on her BS is the only way to deal with her. Just close all the exits she's used to taking. If that's bullying, bring it on!

When I saw Mohawk Dude I thought of that other Mohawk Dude who went crazy on the security guard at a concert. He worked construction too and had a serious problem with the most basic rules of conduct, as well. MM suggested that he might be getting a bit long in the tooth for shenanigans. Is it a Mohawk Dude "Thing"?

Exactly! Except I feel like maybe a couple of episodes were missing. Everything seemed so rushed. I'm not as good at recalling older seasons of TWD as most of you, but I'm thinking of Shane's descent into madness and how it was portrayed in a, I don't know, methodical? fashion. You could watch it happening. With this show, it's like everybody went crazy, in a different way, in a couple of episodes. I find the drugged posole theory interesting. Celia did go to lengths to deny that she had poisoned it at least a couple of times. So in August are we going to hear everyone say "Gee, I feel so much better now that I'm not eating that soup every day!"

I agree. Madison flip flops between sympathetic mother figure to accuser pretty easily when it comes to Chris. She certainly doesn't see Chris as her and Travis' shared responsibility the way she expects Travis to see her kids. I don't think that the only interpretation of Chris' remark to Alicia about not wanting to hurt anyone is that it is a threat. Chris has been one of my least favorite characters, but this sudden "homicidal threat" suspicion is kind of out of the blue. I know he has been sort of "eager?" to kill outsiders he sees as a threat, but I don't recall any of that behavior directed at his group. Yes, I know it appeared that he was allowing Madison to die, but I'm not sure that he didn't freeze. Whatever the truth may turn out to be, I'm getting a real "misunderstood" vibe about Chris the Killer and it will probably have dire consequences for the wrong person/people.

Laura seemed like she was sort of spiraling. It may have been an abundance of caution to take her out for what she said, but the totality of her behavior made it a good call.

I have something I call the "Shower curtain liner theory". I needed a new shower curtain liner. I saw one at Kroger for $4.99. My outraged geezer gene kicked in and I thought, "$4.99! Why, I can get the same thing at the Dollar Store for a dollar. So I go to the Dollar Store and $25.00 worth of junk later, I had my $1.00 shower curtain liner. Doh!!

Well, you know that central heating has been the ruination of this country. People didn't have time for nonsense when they had to shovel coal!

I was just posting pictures of our family parties, dinners and so forth with group and individual photos of all of us on my own page, never dreaming that anything bad could come of it. I enjoy playing with my FB page and was even reunited with my middle school best friend of nearly 50 years ago because of FB. Maybe when we geezers complete the total takeover of FB that I keep hearing about, this nonsense will stop. But no more kids!

Well, not what I thought Part 2 would be. I too expected some sob story to explain Ashley's actions. I'm glad we didn't. I have to wonder whether she will submit to the therapy. She seemed more interested in getting off that stage (and back to FB) than going to therapy. This woman is dangerous. About posting kids' photos on FB: We don't have kids, so I wasn't too well-versed on the pitfalls of posting my nieces and nephews pictures on FB, as I thought only my "friends" would see them. One of my brothers works for a premier rehabilitation/homeless outreach organization in my town. He had to ask me to not post pictures of his kids at our family get-togethers. He maintains a FB page devoted to his organizations good works. When I posted the pictures and tagged him, they showed up on his page. Apparently, he would then hear from people who had not completed rehab, saying things like "Your daughter is really pretty." or Your family looks really happy." I was horrified to think that I might have put those kids in harm's way!

You had it right about the dead eyes. Unfortunately, I think we will be hearing a sob story, followed by a sympathetic offer of treatment (not that she doesn't need it). I hate it when these horrible, destructive people get that look that says "Finally, the world sees that I am the real victim here" when Phil sends them to therapy.

And how dare he live in his own home. The 50 year old "children" kept referring to it as "my mother's house" as though their father was a squatter. I lost both of my parents within a few months of each other and, happily, one of my brothers bought the family home. While we were always welcome at Mom and Dad's house, it's my brother's house now and we would never dream of coming and going as we did when our parents were alive.

Could someone please tell the scrawny, pasty DJ to please put on a shirt and if you put one on, please button it?

If only someone would invent a disposable mucus removal system. It should come in a package that only holds a very few of them, so it should be lightweight enough to carry 10 or 20 of them at a time. It should have a cute name, maybe "Snotty Notty" that appeals to my inner child. I know! I'll make a video and send it to Dr. Phil! His wife is like a Thomas Edison. She'll solve this problem in no time!

Yes, I hate to sound heartless, but Paige has always been on eye roll away from my last nerve. Reminding her that she got herself into this situation by blabbing after being explicitly told not to was satisfying. In fact, since Elizabeth is going on a little spy hiatus, I'd like to see her put her talents to good use on Fear the Walking Dead. There are teenagers over there who are pretty precious about their "feelings" too.

I have to say this before the series finale. I think that Diane Lockhart is the best dressed female character on television. At least in my TV universe. Her wardrobe perfectly reflects her age and her position in life. So many other women on TV look as though every single seam is going to pop at any moment. You know their clothes are expensive, but they still manage to look cheap. She doesn't come to the office showing her cleavage or sporting a thigh high slit in her skirt. Diane always actually looked comfortable in her clothes, and still always looked like a million bucks. Diane is what I think of when Project Runway does those awful "office wear/working woman" challenges and the judges complain that when a designer sends something that isn't a party dress down the runway. Having Christine Baranski wearing the clothes is a plus, of course. But whomever did her wardrobe nailed it every week. Just had to get that said!

I just watched that movie too! That human ladder was awesome. I wouldn't want a ZA with fast zombies. That changes everything.

I've enjoyed "The New Ken". He was such an angry mess on his season. Sure, he's still intense and somewhat volatile, but compared to his previous dramatics, he's a pussycat. He actually smiles and laughs and seems to be enjoying himself. When we had the Sam/Ken détente, I was sure it was contrived to soften us up for Sam's redemption. Thrilled to be wrong about that. I was also thrilled that we got so little of Mondo and so much (relatively speaking) of Dmitri. Nina's presence reminded me of when your real teacher has returned after an absence and is unhappy with the foolishness that has taken place while she was gone. Isaac actually seemed a bit abashed. I loved Kini's jacket/top. You know the saying "The bigger the hair, the closer to Heaven?" I still feel that way about shoulder pads.

An old acquaintance of mine had a son invented a mold to form fruits and vegetables as they grow. Basically, you put the blossom end of, say, a small melon into a plastic form in the shape of a skull and voila! It would grow into that shape. He developed his idea and had it made, marketed it and so forth, but I don't think he ever quit his day job. I was surprised to see that these molds are still available on the internet. Way cooler than a sticker.

Years ago, before he retired, Mr. Bunnyhop worked for the police department in an office. He worked with a woman who, after a lifetime of bad decisions, decided to get serious and add drug addiction to her resume-heroin and meth...at age 52. When she and hubby inevitably nearly lost their house, she found a co-worker who loaned her $7,000! This lady was just a very nice woman, naïve to be sure, who thought she was doing a good deed for a woman whom she considered a friend.. Naturally, meth head started avoiding her the minute she got the dough. Meth head eventually lost her job because she told the lieutenant in charge of that office that she was missing a lot of work because she and her husband were drug addicts. He had to explain to her that she worked for the police department and he really couldn't accept or ignore that explanation. Well meth lady did have a retirement acct. to which she was entitled at the time of termination. Mr. Bunnyhop immediately called Nice Lady to tell her that Bad Lady was headed to City Hall to pick up a large check right now. Nice Lady popped up at the retirement office and drove her former "friend" directly to a bank. Nice Lady treated everyone in the Traffic Unit to 100 pcs. of Popeyes's chicken with all the sides. Sometimes the good guys win!

Carrying that rat may be the thing that keeps Martha alive, at least until the plane lands. I recall a discussion, years ago, about defectors, both ours and theirs. They were never trusted in their new countries, having proven that they would betray their old countries. And Martha wouldn't be going out of any ideological fervor. The best she might hope for is a quick "Nina".

Sam's s simpering flirtations with some of the judges reminds me of a Law & Order episode in which a guy murdered his girlfriend and her entire family and got away with it because he flirted shamelessly with the lovesick jury foreman.

You know, as happy as I, too will be to see Dmitri, I didn't think of Mondo's fawning over Sam. I am expecting to be thoroughly nauseated. And what's worse is the possibility that after a tearful mentoring session, Sam's redemption arc will begin.

Jimmy isn't bailing on Chuck because I don't think that Jimmy has any idea of how deep the loathing Chuck feels runs. Chuck has spent a lifetime collecting complaints and crimes, real and imaginary. I'm not sure that Jimmy knows that Chuck blames him for their father's death or that he holds that sandwich at their mother's deathbed against him. In fact, we're only getting Chuck's memories. We may well find out that the truth is something maybe not shaped by a lifetime of resentment. These two have been playing parts that they wrote years ago. Jimmy may have thought he was making a joke when he said that Chuck couldn't retire until he ruined Jimmy. What Jimmy doesn't fully realize is that this is probably true. Jimmy's script reads that if he keeps trying, Chuck will come around. Chuck's script reads that anything other than the total destruction of his brother is unacceptable.

I gathered that they did not want to attract attention to themselves by using lights at night. The Strand crew knew there were survivors at the station because Mrs. George "accidentally" turned on a light...twice. I found myself wondering whether they had a warehouse filled with candles.

I'm with you. We enjoyed the heck out of this show. Hoping to see another season. I think I'll check out the books.