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I so want that dumb A president removed. Hopefully something happens to him soon so that he is no longer in office. I can't believe they'd throw in a character like that unless they intend something to befall him.

Schweikart can't prove his concerns about Kim yet. The most he could say is he's "just not buying it". So, when she angrily confronted him in front of everyone he couldn't exactly accuse her of something he has no direct proof of. He could only ask her to come into his office and talk quietly. When she refused, and continues making a scene, he tells her "If that's the way you want it." Meaning he's not giving up on this. I suspect he'll meet with Mesa Verde and carefully discuss the Kim situation. Maybe plant seeds in Kevin's head and have Kevin ask Schweikart for a different attorney. Then Schweikart fires Kim, for at the very least unprofessional conduct, creating a scene in the office, and humiliating him in front of everybody. At least I hope it plays out with Schweikart winning and Kim losing.

Kim has really become a low-life sort of person. Because that old coot is on the wrong side of the law, has erroneous expectations, is rude and a total A-H and causing problems for everybody, the only things that can explain her necessity to help him out are issues from a childhood history of evictions or she just plain is super stubborn and she hates to lose . Neither gives me any sympathy for her ethics violations. And then she signs on to efforts to see about destroying her employer's reputation. Then when she is confronted in her office, she lies to the guy and makes a big scene, totally disrupting the office and embarrassing the guy. She could have and should have been fired right there for that: Making a big scene when politely being requested to talk calmly in the office. But I think things are really about to come to a head in that office. Schweikart is sharper than I had thought and he won't give up. By the way, it wasn't rocket science that Kim's indiscretions could be easily figured out. Her actions are just wrong on several levels.

Come on. People love to see close ups of other people brushing and spitting. And also they love to hear the magnified eating and chewing sounds the BCS sound people throw in (never heard that on BB). Never mind that people have hated that for centuries. Now it is all the fashion! And in the meantime, we are due for some vomiting this season! People love seeing that stuff. NOT.

What especially bugged me was at the end he needed to say a prayer for the A-H Nazi they just killed. That's a sort of "goodness" that really annoys me, and it is the reason he's nearly gotten himself killed and effed things up for the team. Suppose someone needed to say a prayer for Hitler when he died ... their thinking is really askew. Despite all the time the Pacino character took to explain things to him, it still hasn't sunk in. He should be on the team from now on only in the capacity of breaking codes.

Yeah Jonah annoys the hell out of me too. What a pathetic lead character. Someone no one likes or respects. And then they throw in gratuitous vomiting scenes right and left. If there is any annoying practice Hollywood weirdly loves these days they throw it in. And the scenes where Pacino has his face right up to Jonah's, like two inches away talking intently at him, and his hands on his face. .. That is odd to me.

Saul came across as knowing what he's doing in the courtroom, but like a total A-H to others in other situations. A minor thing is walking into that nick nack store and immediately handling things and acting like a nut case. A decent person would realize the clerk would be concerned and say something to ease concerns. But that's a minor thing compared to the way he treated Howard, especially the incident at Howard's house. No issues there!! LOL As to the buying of the bowling balls at the beginning, the show sometimes shows flash forwards into the future to make us try to figure out how it gets to that point.

Yeah, after they showed them walking through all the broken glass, and Kim uttered a tone of disgust about it, I knew she'd do it -- Even though Saul said something like "The apartment's maintenance will take care of it. That's what rent is for." Shows a difference in their personalities. Kyle looked pretty PO'd by the end of it.

Ha! Maybe she added an unnoticed clause in her resignation that if a replacement shows incompetence within a year, the resignation is revoked and she assumes office again.

As far as Carrie delaying things by insisting Max go after the black box - True. But I put more blame on the new prez, who stupidly delayed around 5 minutes, being unavailable and dithering in a situation where every second counted. What a pathetic loser that prez is. I hope something happens so they get a new prez - like their 4th one in about a year? LOL

I said it's a misinterpreted thing and so I must defend myself and say I don't believe and would not support Jews being compared to Nazis in any sort of bad faith way. Chris explained why it was not bad faith. Many many many people would disagree with your interpretation of those comments and of the reaction that most people, including Jewish people, would have to those comments. Let's agree to disagree and move on.

Ratings tanking would be the most likely reason. IMO because of his personality - e.g., constantly interrupting people is annoying, and the comments to or about women, over time. So many disagreed with the furor over the Sanders/Nazi thing that I don't think they'd fire him for that. Pretty minor and misinterpreted thing.

I keep hoping MSNBC and Chris reach an agreement for him to return. I get the feeling that the decision was hasty and maybe if both sides had used a little diplomacy, things could have been worked out. NO ONE outside of the immediate parties knows how it really went down - we can only speculate right now, but I can envision the producers calling him to talk to him about adjusting some things and he got all offended and decided he didn't need to take it. I didn't watch his show much, but I liked him as a special commentator during elections and special news events. You never knew what sort of far out thing he'd say next - but often on the money, and usually entertaining. And who else corrects republicans who refer to the "Democrat Party".

Bill made a big deal about not touching, and not shaking hands with the panel. So I'm thinking, good ... this time he won't be creepily touching the special guest, unless he truly can't control himself on that. So, he touches his special guest - Brian Cox. At least two times. It's creepy as Hell and he can't control himself on this.

It's done to some extent, loosely. But if a good customer demands to sit on the that side, the most common thing would be just let them. Making a big thing of it like that guy would not be good for business. He way overdid it. And certainly, yelling "we need a doctor on the ugly side" is not any sort of common practice! LOL Also, on to a different business practice: though some restaurants may have assistants in the restrooms, it would be very very weird, and probably a sign of psychosis, if the attendant was fired for stepping out briefly *at a customer's request*. LOL Even if the manager was thinking "after all he did leave his post", that would be a psychotic basis to fire him.

I know, but I don't think it can even be defended on basis of practice within the restaurant business, and I don't see any need to try to do so. Such a firing is a stupid move under any circumstance, I couldn''t see it happening in any viable restaurant, and one really has to push it to assert a defense for it.

You're seriously defending the firing for leaving an unnecessary post when a customer requested it?

As Max was walking to the helicopter it was clear he was having second thoughts and might decide to stay. I kept thinking "Don't do it Max. Don't stay. Go." But he did it - he stayed. I understand it's supposed to be a heroic thing - stand with your fellow troops, but that makes a lot more sense in the heat of real wars than in Max's situation. The sensible thing was to leave. Next ep., they're going to have to get a bunch of men down there fast - there's got to be a way. Get them down there. Spread bomb traps all over the place, napalm (or whatever) the area where the Taliban is approaching, and get the prez out of there fast. I don't know - there's got to be a way, and we'll see early next ep. I think that prez survives this.

Very funny episode. I thought it was great. Are there really still bathroom attendants anywhere? I thought that went out decades ago, with elevator attendants. (Hey, there's an idea for a future show - Larry gets into an elevator, and there is an attendant to push the button for him - then as Larry's leaving the attendant acts offended Larry didn't give him a tip). The restaurant manager was a total kook: dividing the restaurant like that, firing the bathroom attendant for leaving his post - upon a customer's request, and then the crazy ending showing he must have been aware of the privacy issue all along, since he's rather neurotic about it himself. Crazier than most of the Curb "villains".

Yeah I was pleasantly surprised at the way Bill and the others pretty much kept Sexton under control. He's one of those folks with stupid ideas, but 100% sure they are right, who think they are the king (or queen) of the panel and try to monopolize the whole thing, (And his idiotic, out of touch with reality smirks were annoying.) Only reason to have someone like that on is to immediately destroy his arguments and also keep on shutting him down, which they pretty much did. Bill started talking about people eating bats and then started saying that people ingesting horrible food is the reason for so many problems today. I was wondering do that many people eat bats? Then I realized he was talking about hamburgers and such and he was going off on one of his goofball "things". Then he asked if sugar is the most dangerous food today? The woman equivocated but she should have said sugar is fine, as are most foods, if eaten in moderation.

Larry said Jeff hated the Caribbean though. Maybe Susie didn't know that.

So, was Susie really was trying to kill Jeff with the surprise party? If she wasn't Larry wasn't exactly overly paranoid about it, because it did seem like a possibility. Her looking into a trip, soon, to the Bahamas fed into it. Kill her husband, get the money and head to the Caribbean to celebrate!

And it's all for a cut, split several ways, of 50K a year (minus taxes, is what? a measly 36K??) Some real low level stuff.

I knew they'd have to stretch this thing out, but, MAN, the filler in this episode is killing me. Who gives a rat's a.. that this horrible Jerry person died. Yet the whole family is reduced to tears, and the segment goes on and on. They should have all been relieved that this guy was out of their lives. Yeah, he was that dude's brother, but, dude, your brother was a total A-H.

Maybe to show passage of time,