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It's episode 3 of the first season, it's called Breaking Brig.

Kyle saying goodbye reminded me of an early NCIS: New Orleans episode, when an escaped convict was offered a deal--if he gave them information on the other escapees, he would be allowed to say goodby to his dying mother (the reason he'd escaped in the first place). What makes it memorable is how the convict has this subtle reaction to the offer--he just kind of stills and then says, not without tears, "You would do that for me?" I love seeing fantastic, subtle performances like that in non-showy side roles. Yes, the blonde shoving the brunette was awesome! The brunette really committed to the physical comedy, she just went flying off the barstool. I enjoy this show but it moves so fast, I can't catch everything. How did the conman meet the mother with dementia?

I don't know about iodine poisoning but I used to perform in an outdoor dram in North Carolina and we has an annual event called Crab Carnage--100 lbs. of crab, 100 lbs. of shrimp, 100 lbs. of fill-in-the-blank of whatever shellfish you like. I sat on the sand of our spit and ate a LOT of shrimp. And I developed pretty terrible hives. I remember being so miserable, I was using a fork to scrap the bottom of my feet. Shellfish are delicious but they come with a price. There'a a reason Judaism prohibits them, they are bottom feeders.

I rather enjoyed this. It's nice to see Pacey and Sonny again. I worked on a cruise ship for nine months as an entertainer and it's always interesting to explore the life again. I found the male nurse irritating af. His reflexive bristling was annoying. That said, it wasn't exactly cool of the doctor to make a move on the female nurse right after male nurse confessed his crush. They must have other medical staff that didn't come ashore (and that we haven't yet met), for exactly the reason you point out. I'm not sure if every line does it this way, but we had something called portmanning. When we pulled into a port, at least one third of the staff had to remain on board in case there was an emergency. He's not wrong about that. But it's more like 10 men to every woman. It's because so many departments are heavily or wholly male (laundry, engineering, most of the officers). The amount of attention you get--welcome and unwelcome--as a woman is unreal. I honestly kind of hated it.

You know what, I have heard of that. Interesting.

Believe me, Inventing Anna gave her an extremely favorable edit while pretty much trashing Rachel DeLoache Williams, who was on the hook for some $60,000 for a few years, until finally the credit card (Amex?) decided to forgive the debt. I was appalled. Oh my God. What a desecration of the memory of those two little boys she drowned if she shows up dead-eyed wearing a vacant grin, to perform chachas and mambos. Please don't go there, show.

Oh! One more note--if she wears such big curlers, how come her hair has barely any wave in it?

I was a little concerned about how quickly they pulled out from that alley into the street--shouldn't you be going more slowly in case there's traffic? Nice to see the detective warming up to her a bit. I was surprised when the boss swung by with news, that she didn't shut the door to talk privately but of course they had to have the daughter overhear. The joy the two kids displayed at the reappearance of the car was adorable. And honestly, a rare instance on TV of how not having a car seriously impacts the lives of the working class.

YES. Stop trying to rehabilitate her. She ruined people's lives, at least for a few years. She's not cute, she's not harmless and she's not an "entrepreneur." Typical classless response from the criminal. Yes, I was surprised Tori left before Eric. Surely she has more goodwill built up than he does, and her dance tonight was much better. Happy Stephen is safe.

I was always taught that it was cathedrals that face east, i.e., the altar end is to the east, because that's where Jerusalem is. But even this varies--St. Patrick's and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine both face south-east.

I really enjoyed this. I enjoy watching intelligent people figure things out (I liked A Beautiful Mind for the same reason)--it's difficult to dramatize sometimes but this show did it well.

Sigh. Russians be doping again.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2024/08/13/jordan-chiles-medal-cas/ Great opinion piece about the slimy, cronyistic nature of this case. If someone tells me how, I can gift it to you.

This. Full court press. Embarrass the h*** out of them. I'm hearing rumors that FIG was complaining that the US was winning too many medals--has anyone else heard that?

Yep. Just say you lost it. What are they gonna do, ransack your home? I wonder how much of this comes from an insanely overdeveloped sense of Romanian entitlement. Last week, after the team final, I remember reading this weird comment from a Romanian, saying the three teams that medaled "were nothing in our heyday" and "we should be able to defeat them easily in a few years." Like, settle down Kohei, you came in 7th place in the team final. Team USA has been doing very well for at least a generation now. Brazil has also been coming on strong, ditto Team GB. They seem unable to let go of the glory days of the '70s-'90s. And of course the lingering resentment of how Raducan was treated in Sydney--which of course they're right to resent, she was treated terribly but I maintain that every one of those AA finalists (at least the ones who vaulted in the first 2.5 rotations) were treated just as badly and they should've just scrapped the whole thing and started over the next day when the gymnasts' nerves had had a chance to recover. Raducan actually benefited from the vault debacle because she was one of the few to vault cleanly due to her size.

THIS. So much this. Something occurred to me today--these are the same *ssh*les who set the vault two inches too short in Sydney. And when their error was pointed out to them after 2.5 rotations where everyone nearly broke their necks, they yawned and asked if people wanted to vault again. When they should've been bowing and scraping to said people. And they absolutely should've scrapped everything and started the AA final all over again the next day. I can't stand Khorkina but she absolutely would've been on that podium had it been a normal meet. To say nothing of that stupid, stupid ruling on Andreea Raducan. FIG and the IOC don't care about the gymnasts and they never have. They care about their cushy sinecures. Funny how the IOC can strip a medal five days later but it took them how long to finally award the team gold in figure skating to the US? Years. That's how long. Don't give them your bronze, Jordan.

I really hope both FIG and the IOC regret this. I think they've underestimated the lengths to which Jordan's best friend will go to defend her teammates. Simone has piles of time on her hands right now and a huge platform. And yes (and I never thought I'd say this) fuck Nadia.

Eff that. Jordan, don't give it back. They can't make you. FIG can try to bully you but it didn't work in 2004 with the men's AA. Don't give it back. Jesus, what a shit show.

WTH does this mean? They're taking away Jordan's bronze because it wasn't filed quickly enough? And giving it to Ana? Am I interpreting this correctly? What a cock up. Now, no one is happy--except maybe Ana. Way to ruin the Games, Nadia.

Hell, I watch old meets. That is a perfectly acceptable way for me to spend a Friday evening, digging up, say, 2003 Worlds or anything 2013-2015 (*sigh,* I miss peak Kyla Ross and her whip whip music).

And knowing that the Karolyis were more than likely icing her out because of her fall--when it was their fault for overtraining her. She had a thigh fracture (I think).

Yep. Nobody's going to miss you. We've done just fine in the last twelve years without you.

So apparently the Romanian federation is filing an appeal because the NBC footage shows that Sabrina's foot did not go out of bounds--her heel hovered over the out of bounds area but never actually touched it. And Romanians on social media are absolutely out for blood--Jordan's. I have mixed feelings about the appeal--frankly I think it sets a bad precedent. Wasn't it established at the 2004 Games with the men's gold medal debacle that you're supposed to file these things in real time, not a couple of days later? OTOH the Romanian coach did file an inquiry for Sabrina, which was rejected. OTOOH I thought you could only file appeals re: the D-score. Sigh. I was so excited that the Romanians were back. We ended things on such a positive note with that bow to Rebeca--and now I'm reading comment after comment absolutely vilifying not just Jordan (as though she were to blame :/ ) but also Simone, for some reason. It just sucks.

Yeah, that's some straight up "your bra strap is showing" Stick It bullshit.

I love Helaena. I wish they used her more. Great character and great actress. I loved her coolly standing up to Aemond. He is beyond annoying. And a moron to boot. If you're not with your dragon, nothing is stopping anyone from slitting your throat in the middle of the night.