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Once again, Cattie Kay, on the show this morning, went with her go to argument on any odd thing about America -- that there is no such problem in Britain or W Europe. However, I feel like Britain is not immune from much of the insanity we have. And beyond that any country that still has a monarchy has no business acting superior to us in the sanity department. If Joe had been there maybe he would have pushed back but I doubt it. He usually seems to be accepting and hyper-polite to her.
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Mika's facial expressions and interjections seemed from the beginning like her head was swirling with grievances, moreso than usual. And this thinking led her to being annoying as H throughout. She was a real downer on any interesting conversation.
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Danny Cevallos (sp?) on again touting that the prosecution erred in calling Stormy Daniels. Mika disagrees but is too cowed to argue it. When Joe was there last week he confronted Danny on this (they needed her in order to show he did the embarrassing conduct he was trying to hide, and other reasons). Joe very politely, and too easily, gave up real quick and now he never seems to be on when Danny is there. I wish they'd have another attorney guest on at the same time and confront Danny on his erroneous thinking.
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33 minutes ago, Lowcountry snark said:
There was a taped interview of Larry David by Willie.
Thanks. I saw the promo for - it's his Today show interview. I've already seen that anyway. But they skipped discussion of the show, which seemed unnatural but I guess they'll do it tomorrow, when Willie's there, even though late.
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So Joe, Mika, Willie, Chris Hayes were on the series finale of Curb Your Enthusiasm last night and if there was a discussion of it, I guess I blinked and missed it. I guess Willie isn't there on Mon's under any circumstances, so they wait till tomorrow when the story's old to talk about it.
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Way too much Leon. Last week they minimized Leon and I thought ... oh they get it, he's wrecking the show. But no. They doubled or quadrupled down on him this week. The finale will probably be Leon-centric!! LOL Thank god its ending -- they're going in the wrong direction. Everything way nuttier than it used to be. I liked it when it bore a better relation to reality, not a perfect relation, I realize, but most scenes were much more relatable, and therefore funnier -- in the earlier years.
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On 2/20/2024 at 8:23 PM, Blakeston said:
The lawn jockey plotline was contrived even by the standards of this show. (Larry could have easily explained the situation to the store clerk in a couple of sentences. And he could have just reimbursed Susie for her deposit, or any other fees she had to pay.)
Larry's inability to explain the simplest things in a way to justify himself seems new, or at least more extreme, in the later seasons.
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Leon has always been too over the top for me (I know this unpopular - everyone loves Leon), but his story in this episode was even more ridiculous, on several levels.
I could be misremembering the early days, but I think the show in general has gone too far over the top in recent years. Lots of great moments, but too many where Larry is written as just too extremely stupid or where the people who are his foils are way too crazy. (The hotel maid a couple ep's ago, e.g.) Seems like his foils used to be, yeah, somewhat nutty, but had some element of sanity. The doctor played by Philip Baker Hall., or Bryan Cranston, e.g. Now too many are just totally insane.
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That drip on Jeff doesn't happen from Just For Men. It happened to Giulliani because of some sort of weird goop he'd just put on.
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I was hoping Whit would redeem himself from all of his previous mistakes, by shooting Roy.
But I would have been surprised. Seems like a trend the past few years in a lot of shows is to not have good guys kill people with guns. They kill them often with other things. But not guns. One that pops to mind is Florida Man, and I know there are a lot of others. If you doubt this watch for it. Yes there are exceptions - Reacher for one.
Did Dot actually kill anyone with a gun? I don't remember from the earlier episodes. It seems she tried, but failed. But I may be mistaken.
I believe the eating of the biscuit was to symbolize Communion, a purpose of which, according to religious followers, is to celebrate the fresh start Christ can give.
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On 11/22/2023 at 12:43 AM, Lonesome Rhodes said:
Why didn't Madame Lyon finish the job on the remaining kidnapper? This was worse than the Bond villains talking about killing 007 and not getting it done as a result of the delay. Why didn't the kidnappers beat the stew out of Dot and then tie her up so tightly that she would be in pain for the trip back to hell? After what she did to them?!
I know. I was like shoot him, bash his head in ... something. Disappointing.
That trooper though was the most incompetent cop imaginable. He was a terrible shot at the beginning at the car. He gets to the store and chooses to stand outside in the extremely bright lights, looking out into the pitch black, giving himself a huge disadvantage, and of course gets shot. Ideally he would have gone into the store, turned off the store lights and left the outside lights on. And hunkered down till help arrived.
And then after he limps into the store he wastes nearly all his ammo shooting at nothing.
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5 hours ago, circumvent said:
I don't think simply working in a law firm for years will give one access to the bar exams. If that's the case, why would Rachel have to go to law school? She was a paralegal for what, 7 years, before she was even rejected by Harvard, accepted by Columbia? She brags about knowing more than many associates, still had to apply and be accepted by a school
It's called "reading the law". That's how Mike became an actual lawyer in Season 6. I don't remember how, or if they ever explained why, Rachel couldn't have done the same thing.
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2 hours ago, circumvent said:
SO, apparently someone can take the bar if they are far enough in law school? Is that what you mean? But the thing is, I guess it was during hie trial, someone said that he had't even finished college, so he never really went to law school. If there is another moment in the show where they said he was in law school, then it is a major fuck up in the writing continuity. Which one is the real version of the story?
Reading back on what I wrote I was confused myself and had to remember what I was thinking.
No the show never has Mike going to law school at all. I just meant he'd have to have spent a few years working with lawyers. I'm not sure how long at that point Mike had been working at that firm, or even if it was as much as 2 or 3 years, so I threw in a caveat that he'd have to have worked with lawyers for a few years in the states that allow it.
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I'm a few minutes into ep. 8 and I'm disappointed as to how Bosch seems to be outsmarted too much this season. He and/or Mo should be hyper aware of people tailing them and especially when a car behind them suddenly douses its lights and then approaches fast from behind they should notice. I'd been hoping Bosch would have the upper hand by this point, but no, the writers insisted on giving the bad guys at least one more big win.
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Bill went too easy as to Trump's mental competence. He should have emphasized that Trump's mind has deteriorated to an incredible/shocking extent in the last 2 years (not that it was that great back then anyway) and within the last couple weeks he's made some especially weird cognitive errors, repeatedly. (e.g., Confusing Jeb and George Bush and his 2016 opponent, thinking next WW is WWII.) Even Fox News is starting to get on the Trump-is-losing-it story. Yet Bill is doubling down on Biden. Yes he spoke a little smack about Trump, but it's not necessary to so heavily focus on mainly Biden. Also make the case as to not only is Trump cognitively declining but also, he's a dangerous psychopath, severely mentally ill. Trump should drop out. Trump's dangerous insanity is a bigger deal than Biden's age. That's where Bill should focus.
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I'm near the end of Season 5 and I'm liking Harvey and Mike less and less. They're both major A-Hs. Too much rude, stupid, unnecessary shouting at people. Coupla jerks. I'm losing interest but there's still enough to interest me to keep me going. I'm feeling committed now to see it through to the end.
And I must say the moral outrage these people show when learning of Mike's fraud seems way overblown and hypocritical. Has Mike done any real harm considering his gifted mind and his track record? By this point in a number of states he could skip law school, take the bar, and practice. (Not in his first few years though.) (Called reading the law.) Yes, he was wrong, but is this, or anything Harvey has done, really something for Gibbs to be out of her mind with rage and vengeance over? Yeah it's a violation, but look at the unique circumstances and take everything into consideration.
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I was aching to hear "Free Man in Paris" at the end when Emily exits the building and looks joyful.
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47 minutes ago, tv-talk said:
The point above was that he wouldnt go to Mexico because he's too racist to be there. I dont think that is how Boyd's character came off in the original series and certainly not just now where he is preaching to a wide variety of inmates. If he was so racist he'd have struck up with the prison white nationalists no? They could use a preacher too I'm sure.
I've addressed all these points. Guess we agree to disagree.
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I doubt he's a white nationalist or neo-nazi. That's not the point. Raylan who knew him for years doubted he'd like being around a lot of Mexicans. Someone can not like being around Mexicans or others without being a neo nazi. It's wrong-thinking, but not necessarily neo nazi.
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1 hour ago, tv-talk said:
His cellmate just now was black and he gave him his Bible as if he wanted him to carry the torch. Why would he do that if he was a white nationalist? And after the initial Church bombing in Justified, where he cold blooded murdered a white accomplice BEFORE he knew the guy was an informant (and he wasnt)....where did Boyd show that he was truly a neo-nazi as opposed to an opportunist?
Why did Raylan, who knew him well, think he wouldn't like being around a lot of Mexicans?? Are Raylan's powers of observation just way off? And you don't have to be neo-nazi to not like being around other groups. It's not good, and I abhor it, but it's not necessarily neo-nazi.
Why wasn't treating his cell mate well for all that time not opportunistic, adaptive behavior. And his becoming religious again, for that matter. I doubt he's truly religious again. It was all opportunistic, adaptive behavior.
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12 minutes ago, tv-talk said:
Oh I dont know...after the initial episodes where Boyd was a neo-nazi racist, I think they went away from that and for me he just knows how to preach to people and white nationalist types were just useful. He'd be happy as a lark to somehow be making money in Mexico, drinking margaritas, and being around Mexicans.
Doubtful. His racial views were genuine and I see no evidence he's changed them. Raylan knows the guy better than you and me and he made the observation. Could still go to a resort town in Mexico, where he'd have less contact.
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S03.E09: Bulletproof
in Hacks
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