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I agree that it was ridiculous that Sister Julienne was flabbergasted to realize that racial prejudice exists when it's been the story line of many previous episodes involving people coming to Poplar/the East End from the Caribbean, Africa, India, Pakistan, etc. As well, there have been multiple stories that have involved religious intolerance.

If he is acting as the agent gone rogue, why not tell McGee when it was clear he was suspicious? They don't have to give him the details, just tell him to back off, the powers that be are aware, national security, blah blah blah. There are ways to say this. I don't believe that is how locality pay works for feds, that it is increased if two employees are married to each other. Isn't locality pay based on the individual and their posting, so regardless of whether Torres and Knight are married to each other or anybody else, they get the same locality pay? There are financial benefits to being married (as well as disadvantages) but this is not one of them. Accidentally going through with an actual marriage while undercover must be the NCIS equivalent of getting drunk in Vegas and realizing you got married while in that condition.

I think it could start in the lead up to the Munich Agreement, "peace in our time," when they all thought war had been averted, only to be at war less than 12 months later. Through the blitz, the relief when the worst of it seemed over, only to then have V1 and V2 bombs, and then the post-war with the establishment of the National Health Service. I agree, it would be nice to see how Dr. Turner arrived, but I also want to see Sisters Julienne, Monica Joan, and Evangelina during that time. So many potential story lines - Mosley & British fascists, Jewish refugees, the evacuation of children, Churchill, invasion fears, rationing, delivering babies in bomb shelters, midwives going out in the middle of night to a delivery during the blackout, the introduction of the miracle drug penicillin, the arrival of American troops, etc. Where's my consultant fee? 🤣

We think alike! A few years ago, I said in one of these threads that once they decide to end CTM, they should do a prequel series of the Nonnatans in 1930s/1940s East End. I was wondering whether Jenny Agutter was dealing with some health issues or perhaps she wished to do less, and they said ok, we'll write one scene per episode with you sitting at your desk.

I think a lot of the men who do not unbutton are those who are self-conscious about weight around their middle and they think keeping their jacket buttoned is hiding it. But not so much when instead of paying attending to their conversation with Stephen, we're all hoping they don't injure Stephen when the button pops off. Just wear clothes that fit (both men and women) - that is better looking than being in really tight clothes or oversized clothes.

I saw one report that said his salary is $1.6 million. So a $100K fine is just over 6% of his salary. I wouldn't be very happy about losing 6% of my salary. It's not as if he'll be in line at the food bank, but it's enough to notice, especially if it's take all at once. For the Falcons organization, I agree their fine is chump change.

LOL - if I or any other fan had behaved as Halliburton's dad, we would have been arrested and the NBA would have banned us from all arenas.

I'm an unfeeling bitch, but I believe Angie's mother received a fitting funeral service. The only thing more appropriate would have been tossing the box into the dumpster behind the crematorium. It's too bad it took a bunch of alcohol for Angie to be able to dispose of her, but at least she finally seemed resolved to be better than her mother. Of course, Angie being Angie, she immediately walked into a volatile situation and got assaulted. I wondered where Franklin was as she walked around carrying this box of human remains. He knew the situation with Angie's mother, and as her sponsor, wouldn't he realize what a stressor that would be, how it could cause Angie to relapse?

$100K fine for the coach? I guess that's his son's birthday and Christmas gifts for the rest of his life 🤣 And this just might come up in future job interviews as potential employers do a cursory background check. In other words, Google him. I suppose the league provides contact information on all prospects to every team. It's probably something the entire coaching and scouting staffs have. If the GM or head coach calls a draftee to tell them they are being picked, the OC or DC might want to follow up with a call. As well, they need contact info as they try to do UDFA deals at the close of the draft. And administrative staff need the info to connect the draftee with the PR staff and the team travel people to arrange those details when they come for rookie camp. With just how much information the teams have, it's not surprising the NFL brought the hammer down on the Falcons and the coach, given the potential for bad things to happen.

I was wondering whether the fact that the judge is dead might help Elsbeth et al. with the investigation into the 2 murders they believe he committed. Perhaps the person(s) at the lab who must have colluded with him to destroy/disappear the fanny pack would now testify about the pressure he put on them to do so. Why weren't the captain and Elsbeth wearing wires? Had their phones on record? Why did Elsbeth meet the captain and his wife at the event to take the glass? Didn't they think that she might be seen? I was expecting them to do a double fake by sending a different fanny pack to the crime lab and the real one to a private lab. I think I've seen too many similar episodes on shows of desperate people feeling there's no other option than to take the law into their own hands, since I was not at all surprised that Delia killed the judge. I was expecting it.

This episode made me wonder how long someone could live in an iron lung. I discovered there was a Texas man who died in 2024 at age 78 after more than 70 years in an iron lung. The wife's devotion to her husband was beautiful. Of course, this being Call the Midwife, we had to have the contrast with the awful man who assaulted his pregnant wife. Sometimes I think the writers assume we won't realize how wonderful Betty and Owen's relationship is unless they show us the opposite. I felt badly for Sister Catherine. My grandmother was one of a large Catholic family and she had a nephew who became a priest and two nieces who became nuns. The families were very proud of them, but it was as if they had lost them. If Catherine's family is not particularly religious, they may view it as her rejecting them rather than answering God's call.

Barryn Sorrell was a cool story. He was in Green Bay for the entire draft (he and his family thought it would be a fun experience), but he wasn't in the green room on Thursday night. He didn't think he would get picked in the first round. He watched at a hotel. He was hoping to be a day 2 pick, so was in the green room that day. He said he debated whether to leave Green Bay but decided to be there for day 3. Since he and his family were the only people in the green room, Goodell came in and spoke with him. And then he was drafted by the Packers, so the NFL did a nice thing for him, had the commissioner announce the pick, and had him come out so he could hear the crowd reaction. When the Packers called him to tell him they were picking him, they had no idea he was in Green Bay. They didn't know until they saw him with Goodell on the stage. When I heard about the son of the Falcons' assistant coach, I assumed he was 14 or 15, the age when a lot of kids would think this was a hilarious thing to do. But he is 21, old enough to think he'd know better. I wonder if the coach stepped away just for a moment or two. A lot of people set their devices with a delay of a few minutes before the screen goes black when the device is idle.

My mother, born in the mid 1920s, had a cousin who had permanent damage to her eyes due to measles, another cousin who died of diphtheria, and of course everyone was terrified of polio. Needless to say, Mom was a huge proponent of vaccination and would be horrified by the return of measles that we are seeing in the U.S. I too thought it was odd that there wasn't any questioning of the decision to have a tubal ligation, even given the fact that she had seven children. A friend of mine wanted one at the age of 28, around 1990, about 18 months after having her first child. Her husband had two children from a prior marriage and they decided three was plenty. She really had to argue for it, because her doctor thought she would regret the decision. She never did. There was no question of her husband having to give consent, although I believe she was asked what her husband thought of her decision. There were some odd cuts/jumps from scene to scene in this episode. I'm sure PBS chopped their usual 3 to 5 minutes. I'll never understand why they do this. I appreciated Sister Monica Joan's talk with Sister Catherine, acknowledging with her all that one has to give up when entering a religious life. I think with any postulant, Sisters Monica Joan and Julienne feel it is their duty to make sure there aren't any doubts before the final vows are taken. I looked up the actress who plays Sister Catherine since she looked very familiar to me. I didn't recognize any of her credits, so now I'm thinking it's because she resembles someone. Perhaps Anne Hathaway?

It was because he was in the news this week after being DFAed by the Phillies. It was the first name that came to mind!

I like seeing how excited these young men are as they are drafted. The Packers posted a couple of "My Draft Story" videos on their website. They had a fun one with TE Tucker Kraft. He had most of the town at his party for the second night of the 2023 draft since he was expected to be late 2nd or 3rd round pick and he said as the picks went on, he began to think he had the party for nothing. There was video of him sitting quietly and then glancing at his phone, totally surprised to see an incoming call from the Packers. He said he had crossed them off his list since they took TE Luke Musgrave in the second round. The look on his face when he saw the call on his phone was so cute. Then it was "yes sir, yes sir, I'd be happy to wear #85."