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I didn't want to trust Gio at first, but I'll admit that that's mostly because Domenick Lombardozzi plays a certain type, and he was recently a real dirtbag on Tulsa King. Plus we got a warning about him, and that was after we'd already seen that he seems pretty sketchy. Then he mentioned "The RAMs" and how he knew, and had Morgan drop him off at... a church? I guess that was supposed to make us realize that we were wrong about him and he's obviously okay, right? Right? Maybe.

It was the feds. I'm just not sure which ones. There was a scene earlier in the episode with some federal agency getting a call from Washington, asking for everything they have on Manfredi, which they supplied. Then at the end, Dwight was taken to some place that looked underground and very secure, some kind of place the feds take you to where there's no chance you can escape. But whether it was CIA, FBI, NSA, or what, remains to be seen.

That's the best explanation for Morgan's attire that I've seen yet. She may well know that it's not work-appropriate, especially if she's working with the police and/or the public, but if they haven't said anything to her about it (which still seems unlikely, but hey, it's a TV show) then she's not going to worry about it because she has bills to pay and mouths to feed. A whole new wardrobe is not in the budget right now. As for all the shows with "consultants" solving the crimes, I just figure that the vast majority of the cases solved really are solved without them, but those are regular boring stories. We're watching because we want to see something unusual and entertaining. But you're right; TV would make it seem like the police are helpless without their consultants.

I'm in the U.S. and I only know Robbie Williams from the Graham Norton show. I think I may have heard of him before that, but I've been watching Graham for a long time now, so it's possible that I just recognized the name from a previous appearance, since he does seem to show up a lot. Anyway, his music is not my usual cup of tea (Earl Grey, hot) but whenever he's on, I watch and listen because he's a terrific performer. I loved how Graham asked if he was going to do the song now, he said "Yes" someone came out and put a big fur coat on him, and he went into "performance mode" and strode over to the stage and just nailed it. I really don't like rap and would've changed the radio station if it came on, but watching it was something else. Truly captivating.

I remember that! That was a good looking lawn.

Daniel seemed like such a normal guy, even a bit shy and reserved, and that struck me more than I'd have thought. I'm used to seeing him as Bond, or any number of characters who are always in control; and in interviews and such, he's always the focus. But seeing him sitting there on the couch, a bit older than the rest but still a cool guy, just listening to the others chat, reminded me why Graham's show is so great. You get to see celebrities being normal people, just talking about stuff. Everyone has met Kieran Culkin, but nobody ever remembers it. I even think I might have met him once, but I wouldn't remember. I've always kinda liked Jesse, but also think he's kinda weird. Nothing has changed, but I'm glad he's doing well. Eff societal norms and Size 0 supermodels; I'm in love with Nicola. She is absolutely gorgeous.

To Flower, sex is something enjoyable to be shared with people. Hearing that someone has never had sex would be like "What, you've never had chocolate?" or "What, you've never tried alcohol?" or even "What, you've never played Frisbee?" First thing she thinks is that they must try it, and she feels it's really important since it's something that she personally likes a lot. Everyone should get to experience it, or at least try it. So she kinda went on a mission to make it happen. But there was no judgement, and while we might think she was out of line for pushing so hard to get Sass laid, she just wanted him to get to do something that she and everyone else seems to like.

I saw Rosemary's Baby many, many years ago. I remember what one could consider a "twist" towards the end, so that will be interesting to check out. I've never seen The Usual Suspects, though I've meant to for a while. Now I'm considering finding it and watching it, just so I can appreciate the alternate ending based on it. I too watched The Finale on Hulu, so I got the Newhart twist. It was probably a good decision to make that one the "default" since it had the greatest chance of having been seen by most people. I didn't watch Newhart regularly, but was a big fan of The Bob Newhart Show back in the 70's, and I've seen the Newhart clip a few times online. It was pretty much impossible to miss the hubbub surrounding it when it happened, and even though I didn't see it play out in real time, I can appreciate how mind-blowing and hilarious it must have been for fans of both shows. I'm not sure why, but I didn't put together the parallels between Nandor's proposed superhero and Batman until Guillermo spelled it out. I mean, I got that Nandor wanted to basically be Batman, with the secret underground lair and supercomputer, but when Guillermo said "half man, half bat crime fighter" I finally went "Ohhh!" Overall, I think the episode was a bit too meta for me. Lots of bustling around concerning the ending of the documentary, and it seemed for a while that that would be it: the final episode would be full of references to the fact that it's the final episode, and that's all. But starting with Nadja hypnotizing us, things picked up and they did stick the landing with the reveal that Nandor really did put together a bat cave. He'd been working on it "for a while".

Oh, Miguel is still an ass for acting that way. When someone asks you, then tells you, to stop, you should stop, not continue and insist that it's okay because it's all in fun. I was just concerned when Guillermo was wondering why Miguel wanted to get together if he really didn't like Guillermo. Guillermo wasn't having any fun, and Miguel was being an ass, but I guess my point is that it still wasn't meant with ill intent. I'm glad that he came through for Guillermo when things got rough. Maybe that was the whole point of bringing him back, just so Guillermo had some backup. And it did provide an interesting contrast to the "vamily" that basically only called on him because they needed something.

I think they've been fine. I'm always impressed by how sometimes I've never even heard of two or even three of the four guests, yet I'm entertained by their conversation. Graham is a great host in that regard. And as others have said, I've found the musical guests better recently, or at least more in line with my tastes. Are we not doing individual threads for episodes anymore? Was it no longer worth the effort because of so little traffic?

It does seem like the pirate angle is going to be a big part of the story, at least this season. The reunion of Brutus and (we think) his former captain should be fun.

That's what it was, or at least how I saw it as well.

I caught the "life monitor" mention, but it seemed deliberately obscure, tossed out there among all the other remarks by the concerned parents. They're presenting things they know we'll have questions about, but filling in the answers a little at a time to keeps things interesting. Similarly, Jod never said he was a Jedi, he just never denied it. We've seen that he has some (apparent) Force power, and for now, that's all we have. Keep up the mystery, keep people watching.

So her name is pronounced "Kim" but if you gave me a million dollars and a week, I never would have guessed that it's spelled "Kh'ymm". Thank The Force for closed captions! I've seen some grumbling elsewhere about how short the episodes are. In the old days, dramas were usually an hour, and sitcoms and most family-friendly shows were half an hour. Since this show seems to be aimed more for kids, or at least more family-friendly, half an hour seems right. Also, no commercials. I'm not sure how many younglings have the attention span to sit for an hour with no breaks (although I suppose you can always pause). Another pretty good episode. It looks like At Attin is going to turn out as many had guessed; a planet that was purposefully hidden, left off the star maps, for reasons not yet known to us. In the meantime, legends have already cropped up about it being a treasure planet, etc. I like how they're letting it unfold a little at a time. So who/what is KB? Is she some kind of enhanced human, maybe part droid or something?

Yeah, Laszlo was all "my monster, my creation, my achievement" and the monster was just a thing to him. Colin Robinson treated the monster as a person. And that's perhaps unexpected, considering that Colin Robinson is an energy vampire. But this show does give us unexpected twists now and again.