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Paloma

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  1. Despite my negative feelings after the second episode, I decided to watch the rest of the series with my husband but basically snarked my way through it. Aside from the cool visual effects, it was mostly a big waste of time. And I don't see where they can go from here, if they intend to make this a multiseason series...or even 2 seasons. If they stay pretty much in current time, we'll be stuck with the same boring characters (aside from the detective, who grew on me) and a lot of talk but not much action. If they jump 400 years, it would be interesting to see what happens when the aliens arrive. But it doesn't make sense that the aliens need to wait until they arrive to defeat humans, because they obviously have the power now to screw up our technology and drive people to commit suicide and homicide. Also, the selection of Saul to be one of the three experts to come up with a plan to defeat the aliens seems silly. What special skills or knowledge does he bring to this, and wouldn't Jin be a better choice if they need an expert in physics who can think out of the box? And why only three experts? Why not have 100 or more? And if any of them come up with a plan, how are they going to communicate it to the people who need to implement it since the aliens can see and hear anything that is said or written? I know that they are not supposed to speak about the plan or write anything down, but even if that's possible, they still need to communicate it at some point. Maybe they can communicate by whispering without the aliens hearing?
  2. Well, I might be out now that a big part of the action seems to be video games or VR with silly characters and dialogue (though I do like the little girl). Maybe I'm just not the right demographic for this show, even though I enjoy stories about alien contact. I can believe that people who were close in college could stay close over the next decade, but their characters are not developed or interesting enough to make me care. I still can't remember all their names, including the one who looks like Angelina Jolie and seems to have only one expression (pouty). She is the most interesting character to me, despite not having much to say (so far) in the present. My husband is interested enough to keep watching, so I will probably watch another episode with him. But if they don't tie together the VR with real life pretty quickly, I will find something else to do.
  3. I agree, it didn't make sense. Not saying this project didn't happen (I don't know if the Chinese actually made any attempts at interstellar communication in that era), but if that's an important goal you need physicists and other scientists. We wanted to skip the preview spoilers but didn't FF fast enough to miss the first shocking scene. It's annoying when shows do that.
  4. I haven't read the books and wasn't sure I'd be interested in this show because the descriptions emphasized physics, which I know next to nothing about. Also, I like sci-fi but not particularly hard, or technical, sci-fi. But the first episode was intriguing, not so much for the scientific questions as for the human drama. I'm especially interested in the story of the daughter of the professor who was killed in that horrific opening scene. (As an aside, I was especially upset by this scene because I don't see the "Cultural Revolution" as just a historical event in China; hatred of and threats against scientists, medical professionals, and educators in the US have escalated in recent years, though for different reasons.) The scenes at the logging camp seemed unrealistic--would they really have let the prisoners/workers have unsupervised free time to sit and eat lunch and chat with others? Also, who was the guy who gave her the book Silent Spring? He said something indicating he was a reporter, but it wasn't clear if he was also a prisoner. And did he turn her in for having the book? He was standing behind the guards who arrested her. So the purpose of the Chinese dish seemed to be communication with aliens. Are the countdowns also a message from aliens? And is each person who sees a countdown seeing the same numbers, or does each person have a different countdown? I'd be interested in an aliens story, but there also are suggestions that this has something to do with religious faith and belief in God--and if that becomes a prominent part, it will lose me.
  5. I'm not sure if this is the right episode to ask this question, but can anyone explain the names that were written under Galvan & Powell on the page that was hidden under the painting in Sam Hodges office, and how those names are related to the medical records that the police found? At one point (before this episode, I think) I thought that the medical records were for the people whose names were written under Galvan & Powell. But in this episode, Liv and Asta interviewed relatives of the people those medical records were for, and it became clear that the medical records were for local people who died. I'm pretty sure the names on the page hidden under the painting were not local people. Were they G & P employees who were covering up the poisoning of the creek? If so, how were they connected to Harry and Sam?
  6. I felt that it would have been realistic for an abortion to have at least been mentioned as an option since we knew that neither Ben nor Kate wanted another child, but the writers may have worried about losing some audience (or advertisers) over this topic. In any case, I don't know when it could have been mentioned because Ben and Kate were not being honest about their feelings after the initial positive test. I assume that the general pushed him off the cliff while he was holding the ball to prove that he could survive the fall, but he looked like he was badly injured so I'm not sure that was a useful test. Also, I'm surprised she didn't just finish him off and leave his body where it was. And I was confused by the scene of someone leaving him in ABQ and telling him to take his medicine--until I read the post above, I thought they really did give him medicine, though I didn't know what for. Now that I know it was heroin, I guess they wanted him to overdose himself, but what made the MIB so sure that he would inject himself? Just seems a lot easier for them to give him an overdose and stage it so it looks like he did it himself. Oh well, I need to stop worrying about the details of a crazy plot.
  7. I've liked Sahar up til now, but was really turned off when seeing how she was treating the baby alien. Whether it's a baby alien or a pet, it's wrong to treat them meanly.
  8. Not only is it getting tired and annoying, it's not believable that those who don't know he's an alien are not being more suspicious of him because of the way he talks and laughs. They might not suspect him of being an alien, but they should suspect him of having done something wrong based on his attempts to act "normal."
  9. I assumed it was the alien baby because it looked like the wires were chewed through rather than cut. Maybe John (Deputy Liv's Husband) is complaining about Jay because he hasn't been told that she is Asta's child. John thinks that Jay just works at the Diner and was only there to deliver the cake, then invited herself to stay and eat all the food. It was definitely Ben (the mayor) who was rude to Jay for no apparent reason. I did not see anyone else being rude to her, and I don't remember Deputy Liv's husband (I didn't know his name before) even talking to her.
  10. Although I liked the conversation between Dan and the Sheriff, and I generally like the Sheriff better as they are making him more "normal" and less cartoonish, I agree with you on the rest of this. And I especially dislike the focus on the mayor, his wife, and D'Arcy (the one with red hair--currently). None of them are likable to me, and during the prolonged scenes at the gym and bar between the mayor's wife and D'Arcy I was waiting for the wife to find out that D'Arcy spent the night with her husband in their home (not sleeping together, but I'm sure spending the night smoking weed together would be almost as bad to the wife). Since that didn't happen (and I wouldn't have cared if it did), what was the point of these scenes? The gym scene was unrealistic, even in the context of this show about an alien--we are supposed to believe that D'Arcy has not been working out for years since her injury and on her first day back in the gym did a prolonged killer workout? BTW, did this remind anyone else of the gym scene in Flashdance? (Yes, I'm old, but I still love Flashdance.)
  11. I couldn't condemn Jay for his outburst because he has put up with so much and been mostly patient and understanding of sharing a home with a bunch of ghosts whom he can't see or hear. It's true that the advance was for Isaac's story, but Sam is the one writing the story, and it would not be told if Sam wasn't able to interact with Isaac and the other ghosts. So I get why Jay would be so frustrated that the money can't be used for a project that is important to both Jay and Sam, especially since Isaac can't use it in any way that Jay can appreciate (such as a wedding that presumably will only be attended by ghosts, and that Jay will probably be expected to do all the cooking for--cooking of food that will just get thrown out since the ghosts can't eat).
  12. I'm sure you're right, but I had a hard time believing they were actually friends since Sam and Jay are such nice, down-to-earth people and Nico and Sasha are obnoxious and arrogant. Why would Sam and Jay want to hang out with them? Don't they have nicer, more compatible friends from the city?
  13. This was definitely my favorite episode this season, and a return to the quality of the first season. I didn't mind the combination of serious (such as what happened to the sheriff) and funny/weird because it makes the characters feel more fully developed and human...or in the case of Harry, becoming human. I'm not sure if the introduction of Harry's daughter was necessary, especially if there is no further appearance or reference to her, but I did like them both cracking up at the ridiculous play while most of the audience was aghast. I didn't understand where she went at the end, though--was she taking a bus from Colorado to New York City? Her mother was off with some guy in Europe or wherever, so was the daughter going to live alone? I'm surprised that Asta didn't insist that Harry have her stay with him until the mother got home.
  14. OMG, I didn't even get the point of the donut! I just thought he was being inconsiderate about her gluten intolerance!
  15. I'm curious about why you see this as an exemplary woke and serious PC show and what are the "all kind of minorities" you object to. I assume you don't like the references to human lack of respect for Earth and destruction of the environment, but I see that as making an important point in the context of a funny show. But that is not the main theme of the show, and I don't think it makes the show "exemplary woke and serious PC." As for minorities, I hope you are not denigrating the inclusion of Native Americans, since there are in fact reservations in Colorado (and many other states), and it is logical to include characters from that population. And I really hope you are not objecting to Max's friend being Muslim.
  16. Just catching up with this show 2 years later on Netflix, and the question of who told the agents that the doctor was an alien may no longer matter. But last season when the government agents were questioning / threatening Max, at some point (can't remember if it was before or after the parents attacked them) one of them was holding a drawing Max had made of the alien in a doctor's white coat. And I think one of the agents said Max told them where the alien was. I seriously doubt that Max gave them Harry's name, so I think the agents drew the wrong conclusion (that the alien was the new/current town doctor) based on the drawing.
  17. I'm 2 years late in reading this forum, having recently started bingeing the series on Netflix, but I'm surprised no one has commented on what Claire will do with the mixed-race baby, or even why Claire didn't mention this issue. They are living in a slave-holding state, and I can't imagine that any of the white settlers on Frasier's Ridge (or elsewhere in that area) would be willing to raise a baby that looks even part-Black. I guess Brianna and Roger could raise the baby, but what happens if they go back to their own time and the baby is not a time traveler? It's not that I expect or even really need to know the answer to this question, but I do question why the writers (or DG) thought to make the race of the baby a plot element here, if no follow-up is intended.
  18. It's weird because, even though I agree with most of your points (especially about Sasha and Nico and about Carol being annoying), I laughed quite a bit...though mostly at the way the ghosts reacted to the situation. I don't like Flower being in the well and agree with @Snow Apple that the fake-out cheapens this story arc.
  19. Is this episode on tonight, Thursday March 7? The State of the Union address is at 9 pm, so I'm wondering if they will replace Ghosts with pre-address commentary.
  20. Paloma

    Season02.E06

    Guess I'm alone here, but I was disappointed in this season and didn't like the ending. I might have been able to buy that Helen didn't need to read the file and was willing to trust Elliott except for one big unanswered question: Did he force women to transport drugs in their bodies, as Lena accused him of? Helen was all about accountability with Ruairi--she made him promise to turn himself in--but she's fine with letting Elliott live a guilt-free life with her despite being responsible for the deaths of those women? And what makes her think they are safe now, especially since she didn't die like Lena wanted? And if Elliott didn't force the women to transport drugs, who did (assuming Lena was telling the truth)--his look-alike brother? But I don't think that's possible because the brother was apparently killed many years ago, when Donal found out his wife was pregnant with Elliott's son. I may also be alone in saying how much I hate Ethan's character taking up space in the story. I guess they wanted to keep him for comic relief, but I didn't find him funny. He was just obnoxious and, in following Helen to Ireland, a stalker.
  21. Dennis Haysburt played the President in 24 aka the allstate guy. this secret service guy is played by DB Woodside. As @Raja said, DB Woodside also played the President in 24, but not until late in the series. He played the Chief of Staff in earlier seasons.
  22. Paloma

    S02.E01

    I was eager to see what they would do in a second season, but so far (first episode) I'm not impressed. I do love the Ireland scenery, but the plot and new characters seem mostly like a rehash of the first season: unknown brutal villains after Elliot for as-yet unknown reasons, cop with weird issues, and worst of all Ethan is back in the story. I'm also not crazy about Elliot and Helen being a romantic couple--I liked it better when she was his friend and ally. At the end of season 1 she just got out of an emotionally abusive long-term relationship, and she also was angry and/or feeling betrayed after finding out that Elliot had apparently done some pretty bad things. Even if she still cared enough about him to send him a burrito emoji, it's a big jump from that to having a committed loving relationship. It would be nice to have a flashback or even some exposition to show how they got to this relationship, but I suspect we are just supposed to accept it.
  23. I hope there will be episode threads for Season 2 here.
  24. It's still ambiguous to me because Jay presumably lives in or near town, and Asta would presumably know where they dropped off the baby. Even if Asta left town right after that, she's been back for at least a few years--long enough to be the nurse at the town clinic. So it would be easy for her to find out who lived at the house where they dropped off the baby. And if Jay has been working at the clinic for a while, there may have been other opportunities to see where she lived.
  25. I can believe that she was 16 when she got pregnant, but she looks like she is just in her 20s--maybe late 20s--now. However, her bartender friend looks older, at least early 30s, despite acting immaturely. So if Asta and the bartender went to school together, Asta is the same age.
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