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Geez so many issues would be solved if these idiots would sit down for a mature conversation. But I don’t know...it sort of feels like Katherine is focusing all of her anger on Delilah in an effort to make things work with Eddie (when clearly she was betrayed by both). Everyone keeps telling her she’s “a saint” or she’s “amazing” but I feel like that is a facade that will end up exploding. I mean, they aren’t even in counseling! Instead they have major life decision discussions at Theo’s birthday party and after Rome’s mom’s funeral. And her pulling the “I saved your house and don’t mess with me” sounded like an unnecessary threat that will probably backfire. What’s the end goal here? I’m all for honesty with your kids, but this really doesn’t need to be done right this instant.
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That is what is so frustrating @HighlandWarriorGrl, what can be done that has not already been done? Newspaper exposes, documentaries, books, this show...and still no change (well, nothing that I’m aware of). Co$ is a criminal enterprise IMO.
I know this is probably going to be wildly unpopular, but I feel like Kim Kardashian had the right idea going directly to Trump on her issue of bringing wrongful conviction to the forefront. Do you think that would actually do something here with CO$?? He seems to love a Cause Celeb. Probably far fetched and Leah would vomit in the same room as him...but I feel like something major would have to be done at this point to get the IRS to revoke their tax exempt status.
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On 10/24/2018 at 10:12 AM, enoughcats said:
I expected for one of them to have trailed the Cong and shot the prisoner, one perfect shot. In the dark. Mercy shot.
That's exactly where I thought they were going to go too! Especially after Ray said that he was walking death or similar.
On 10/24/2018 at 9:44 AM, Magnumfangirl said:He killed himself because he couldn't make a command decision! That's not heroic. It's lazy writing.
Was that the actual reason?? I didn't actually catch it TBH
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58 minutes ago, illdoc said:
Question: Why exactly was this a BAU case? When they first decided to investigate, there was one murder and they didn't even know there were ritualistic aspects to it!
This confused me too. I mean, it looked like a sicko murder, but not serial killer BAU worthy murder. And, who didn't guess it was the son like immediately?? Although props to them for using the newest and most controversial type of law enforcement tool: ancestry DNA websites.
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1 hour ago, Dani said:
When Theo was born Eddie was an out of control alcoholic who got kicked out of his own band. She really didn’t have a choice about being the only working parent.
I don’t think she has ever criticized Eddie for being a stay at home dad. I think what she objected to is her being a workaholic was used as justification for him to bitch about her to his friends and cheat on her.
Oh, I don't disagree that he was out of control at the time (the fact that Gary had to get him out of the bar when she was in labor is proof enough of that). I guess my point is: what is her alternative? I mean, if she wasn't the only working parent, does that mean she wants a different career, etc.? She's not the only woman to be a sole breadwinner (again, not an excuse for him to cheat). It's not clear to me.
I didn't mean to imply that she criticized him for being a SAHD - my point was more focused on her - what would she have him do otherwise? I assume when they met and married that he was in a band. What does she want? Maybe that is what she is figuring out.
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8 minutes ago, topanga said:
True. Katherine did imply that she used to work less till Eddie’s band ‘imploded,’ and she had to step up to become the primary breadwinner. All so Eddie could stay home and diddle with his friend’s wife. BTW, do local bands really make that much money?
Maybe if he toured all the time? I don't know much about the music industry, but I feel like bands would have to tour to make money, since all of the record sale profits would probably go to the label that signed them.
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I get the Working Mother Guilt Complex, but I don't really understand the Katherine love. She is like every other working parent that has a stay-at-home partner - the one parent that feels as though she is missing out on everything, while the other one gets to go to all of the school plays, brings kids to doctors appointments and play dates, does all the household stuff, helps with homework, and is often the parent that the kids run to even though you, the working parent, haven't seen them all day. Yeah, he gives guitar lessons, but that isn't the same as two full-time working parents. Would she rather a nanny step in for Eddie and help with Theo? At least there is one parent to take part in all of Theo's activities instead of no one showing up to his school plays. She's an attorney - when you sign up for that and work for a law firm, you know you are required to have a certain amount of billable hours. She's acting like he forced into that career and she has always wanted to do something else. I don't blame her for kicking him out over the affair, but I just don't have any sympathy for her regarding her throwing her career at Eddie as if she had no control over it. Would she rather the opposite? Where she gets to stay at home and he works and never sees Theo?
10 hours ago, tennisgurl said:I hope we can follow up more about Rome and Gina deciding on not having children. So often on television, a couple deciding not to have kids is basically a complete oddity,or a sign that they have issues, and secretly really do want kids or something. Even people without a partner who reach a certain age seem to all get baby fever a few seasons in. I think it would be cool to explore that choice.
I totally agree with this. I was a bit disappointed (although he was so adorable about it) with Rome's reaction, because it does appear that they were doing the whole "secret desire for kids" thing with him when they found the positive test.
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Agree with everyone above regarding the dark/dire tone of the show. For some reason this show reminds me of that Patricia Arquette CSI Cyber show (not a good memory) in which they are all standing around a bullpen and solving the case together with super computer stuff and whatever (Thank God for algorithms!). Also, for once I would love if one of these shows took more than just an hour to solve the problem-of-the-week. What about taking a few episodes and really dive into the issues surrounding the case? ISIS recruiting young teen girls - that subject matter could have been really interesting to explore - especially since you know this could have been an operation with more than just the NYC field office and across states. What about a storyline that involves a few FBI offices across states (and not in the tropey "we are going to fight over jurisdiction" way). Make this standout in some capacity because my love for Elton/Lupo will only carry me so far....
Not looking forward to next week when it appears that they are already going to trot out the "cast member in peril" storyline. I already get my fill of that on Criminal Minds.
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2 hours ago, HazelEyes4325 said:
It certainly seemed that way...as soon as she knew the code for his phone, I felt that IT WAS OH SO SUBTLY HINTED THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING THERE!!!
I sort of took this differently. When a coworker of mine committed suicide earlier this year, her family and friends quizzed us coworkers on whether we noticed anything different about her in the months leading up to her suicide because we spend close to 10 hours a day at work with each other (we didn't. we thought she was the same person she had been for the 8 years we had known her). Similar to how Jon looked, at least superficially, happy, my coworker was also smart, pretty, had three great kids, and was good at her job. We had no idea she was in that much pain. I took Gary's question to the assistant as expressing frustration as in: "you spend every day working with him and even know his phone code and you didn't notice anything?!?! How is that possible?!?" Or perhaps I'm projecting what me and my coworkers felt when asked by my colleague's family and friends at her funeral on how we could spend that much time with her M-F and not notice anything was wrong....
That said, I felt that this pilot was INTENSE. I felt like I didn't breathe for much of it.
I am SO SORRY @Texasmom1970.
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On 7/16/2014 at 6:07 PM, queequeg said:
So after much pondering and soul searching, I'm not really sure I have much to say about IWTB. It wasn't awful, but I didn't really love it either. If I'm grabbing an X-Files movie to watch, I'm fairly certain I'll reach for Fight the Future 99.9% of the time. I kinda get why they did a MOTW, but I think I would have preferred something involving the mytharc, as messy as that was at the end. Maybe a little wrap-up with the whole William thing? Something to help tie up loose ends. And I don't dislike MOTWs, some of my favorite eps are MOTWs, but it's just a very "meh" MOTW. I think the thing that concerns me the most, is if they never get XF3, is this really how X-Files deserves to go out?
On to a few points that I remember (because it's been a couple weeks):
- This movie may be the first instance that Scully just really annoyed me. And I'm usually a HUGE Scully homer. She gets Mulder involved, with the promise of the FBI dropping the previous BS charges against him, so yay! But then spends the rest of the movie running around all pissy and whiny about the darkness, and what being involved like this does to Mulder... blah blah blah. Scully, we know you have got to know him better that. What did you think would happen? Geez. I was thrilled when Mulder finally said, "Scully, this is who I am. It's who I've always been. This is who I was before I met you. It's what I do, it's everything I know." Because, pretty much.
- Who are these two pointless agents they bring in? Where's Doggett? Reyes? I would have rather seen a return of them than these two. Meh. They left such an impact on me I can't remember their names 2 weeks later.
- Skinner!!! Glad to see somebody from the good 'ole days, although way to drag him in at the very end.
- Why is "I'm a medical doctor!" Scully Googling stem cell therapy? Aren't there like medical journal databases? Also, don't they have neurosurgeons for this kind of thing? Or any kind of surgeon? Why is Scully performing brain surgery on this kid? Is Scully a surgeon? It's just a very strange situation.
- Also, Skinner and his, "Maybe I could Google it." heh. How much money did Google throw at this movie? ;)
- Maybe Google can pay for XF3?!?! (are you reading this Google? I know you are!)
Overall, I think had I seen this movie in '08 after a long X-Files hiatus I would have enjoyed it more. Coming off of all 9 seasons and directly into this movie, outside of Mulder and Scully and seeing them together, the story just didn't hold my interest all that well. But I think in '08 I would have been cheesed just to see them together again in something new.
I agree with all of your post. She gets Mulder out of retirement, but then spends a nauseating amount of time telling him why she can't be involved in the case or help him out. And the only reason they had her get all angsty with the boy was so that she could Google "stem cell research" and then inadvertently print an article out about Russian dog surgeries? What?! And, how in the hell did Dacyshyn get a bunch of people to go along with his macabre kidnapping/surgery/murder scheme?
Since this year marks the 25 anniversary of the series, BBCA has been airing the previous seasons, including the movies. I just caught this one again (I think I've now seen it three times, including when it first came out) this past weekend. Unlike some of my rewatching of older episodes that I previously didn't like but now can appreciate, IWTB did not get better with time. I do get that they wanted to do something other than the Myth Arc, and that the strike situation left the script a bit rough around the edges, but this wasn't even a real MOTW or compelling, it was a sick kidnapper/serial killer mutilating people to heal/fix his husband. I would have settled for a Killer Tree or something. But, he was more like Pfaster (in Irresistible) than any of the typical MsOTW.
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12 hours ago, kathyk24 said:
The over acting on a Perfect Murder has to stop. It's a distraction from interesting cases. I really liked the person you thought you knew I felt so sorry for the couple's daughter. She not only loses her parents she has to be cleared of their murder.
I agree 1000%. It was so jarring between the terrible reenactments and the interviews with the daughter. I couldn't make it through the whole thing.
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2 hours ago, eleanorofaquitaine said:
Is he downplaying fatherhood or is he demonstrating that Scully is the person he respects the most? I watched season 8 with no prior feelings about it because I didn't watch that season first time around. And I was surprised at how clear I found it that Mulder knew he was the baby's father (after coming back from the dead and getting his bearings around him) and that he was excited about it. But, you know, Mulder's "excitement" registers as "mild happiness" to the rest of us because he's generally so chill.
But in terms of saying that if people want to know who the father is, they'll have to ask Scully, IMO, that wasn't him deflecting - that was him saying, "Scully is a fully grown adult woman who makes her own decisions and doesn't need your sexist speculation, thank you very much." I love that scene because it shows how equal their partnership is.
Very good points. I do agree that it is more of the latter than the former - because he clearly does respect her the most. And, I like the thought that so much of their relationship evolved off-screen.
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After rewatching Existence last night, you all's points on Mulder's feelings about fatherhood (father to William but didn't raise him, he himself raised as Bill's son, and reveal that he is bio son to CSM) are really interesting now that I'm looking at My Struggle IV though that lens. These are of particular note for me:
On 6/17/2018 at 3:25 PM, eleanorofaquitaine said:And there's of course so very much to hate about MSIV but the one line that did stand out for me is Mulder saying, "who am I if I am not a father?" It's such an interesting line in giving us insight into Mulder's mindset for basically the last 15 years.
The writers made so much of William's story about Scully, so I appreciate Chris Carter's acknowledgement that William's story was also about Mulder and all that he has lost. But that is what makes me so mad about the whole "Mulder is not William's father" shenanigans (which was also CC's idea). Because not only did he turn William into just an experiment, he took him entirely away from Mulder. Why do that to the character, a character who has literally had every other person he has ever loved (with the exception of Scully) taken away from him?
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On 6/24/2018 at 1:26 PM, Sharna Pax said:Mulder has had such an odd relationship with parenthood over the course of the show. There's that moment in the Season 9 finale when he says he's thinking about his son, and it's clear that the thought of William, the thought of fatherhood, is what's sustaining him. But he has to give that up so quickly. For most of the show, from the pilot on, Mulder is sort of fatherhood-adjacent - not exactly a father, not exactly not one either.
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On 6/23/2018 at 12:59 PM, eleanorofaquitaine said:I guess I ultimately see CC's writing around William is him reminding us that he's the creators of these characters, and Mulder and Scully are only going to get a happy ending on his terms, not the fans, or any other writers or what have you. There is obviously a connection to the fact that CC "clarified" William's parentage at the same time that he has Scully becoming pregnant by Mulder in an encounter in an episode that he wrote ("Plus One"). At the time, I thought that the call back to "all things" was pretty deliberate and that it would lead to the same end. It's odd to do it at this point in the show, when it's clearly very near the end but I suspect that CC sensed that anyway, and thought that he was rewriting that ending. In a way, that line is indicative of CC's interest in both Scully and Mulder all along - parentage, family, relationships, fatherhood (what is CSM's story line if not an examination of monstrous fathers?), etc. - it's just that we've gotten so used to seeing the impact almost solely on Scully and forgot that Mulder has been also deeply hurt by all of it.
In Existence, I read Mulder's expressions upon meeting his newborn son as pure joy. In that last scene, as you all may recall, he and Scully go through all processes of elimination on what people (Frances Fisher, Rohrer, Krycek) have told them about the baby (alien? hybrid? super human? miracle? pregnancy via chip??) and why the super soldiers didn't take him away after he was born. They determine for themselves that William is THEIR son. With that determination, Mulder leans in for the kiss. It's a lovely moment. And, although he does go to Lamaze classes with her (for which she thanks him!), I thought he did downplay his role as the father during Scully's entire pregnancy, including describing the baby as "hers" and leaving it up to her to decide whether she was going to tell others who the father is - even with Skinner's direct question to him, and downplaying it throughout.
In the seasons/movies afterward, and not surprisingly, William is an undercurrent for them in their relationship, and therefore it is just so disappointing that MSIV ended the way it did for both Mulder and Scully with regard to William - I share your feelings @eleanorofaquitaine with my dislike of the ultimate reveal, when yet another thing is taken away from him, for not plot purpose I can figure out months later.
On a lighter note:
On 6/27/2018 at 2:52 AM, Sharna Pax said:would also like to have a tiny portion of Mulder's chill on airplanes. Me, I go through barely perceptible turbulence and my life flashes before my eyes. Mulder can be on a plane that's simultaneously crashing and being hijacked by aliens, and he'll just curl up and take a nap.
ME TOO!!! My fear and behavior on planes is unfortunately legend in my family. I would also settle for a smidge of Mulder's chill!!!!
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5 minutes ago, doodlebug said:
Nope, HGTV puts a lot of it's 'personalities' out there on other shows including the Property Brothers and Chip and Joanna. They often do shows centering around their personal lives, too. One of the Property Brothers got married recently and there were a whole series of shows surrounding the renovation of their home, planning for their wedding and the wedding itself. The Property Brother who got married also did a stint on Dancing with the Stars on ABC.
totally forgot about those!! Ugh.
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17 minutes ago, doodlebug said:
And, wonder of wonders; the new show will include details of Christina's personal life including her search for a new home now that she is selling her marital home. Her new boyfriend, the aforementioned, Ant, is also going to play a role in the new show. She will also be seen 'balancing parenthood, career, and a new relationship'; so she's back to exploiting her kids for a buck, too.
Gross. Why does HGTV think we care about her personal life? Is she the only HGTV personality that engages in this over-the-top style of self-promotion on other TV programs? She's on GMA, she was on Hollywood Medium. She also had paps following her and Ant on her UK vacation.
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This just in on her spinoff show:
She's got a new man in her life following her divorce from her Flip Or Flop co-star ex Tarek El Moussa.
And Christina El Moussa flaunted her romance with Ant Anstead on Wednesday as the pair kissed passionately in New York City on their way to a taping of Good Morning America.
The 34-year-old was appearing on the show to talk about her new house-flipping TV series, Christina On The Coast.
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20 minutes ago, SunnyBeBe said:
I do think that Darlie's injuries are telling and that her small incision that didn't really harm her is shockingly insignificant when compared to the injuries of the children
i didn't watch this particular show, but i do remember it featured on like a Dateline or 20/20 back in the day (who can forget the silly string on the graves video!?!?). Was there any testimony about injuries to her hands? If the stabbing was that brutal to those poor boys, doesn't the murderer usually have deep cuts on his/her hands? Also, wasn't there some speculation that it was the husband at one point?
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So I watched the latest episode of the Wonderland Murders last night - and, although I totally get that they suspected that the husband was the murderer (aren't they always??), I was REALLY uncomfortable with the detectives proudly talking about how they went around to his neighbors (no arrest warrant, no body at the time) telling them about how Brian was a murderer and how did they feel living next to a murderer, etc. I had to change the channel. I mean, his kid was living with him - what if the neighbors starting harassing the kid?!? As I have seen many times on ID and other crime shows, sometimes the cops are wrong and it just felt so disgusting for them to do that to someone with no actual evidence that he killed his wife. It was gross.
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On 6/23/2018 at 10:25 AM, SunnyBeBe said:
Of all the crime shows that I watch, the most disturbing and often the ones that I must turn off, are those with cult leader/family involvement, where the children are abused, tortured, and subjected to brainwashing. Sometimes they are brought into the abuse and instructed to harm others.....it's difficult for me to watch and lately, I've been skipping it.
What amazing me is that often they record themselves for posterity, and it often provides the evidence of wrongdoings (and the disgusting maniacal, egotistical, narcissism of the leader).
On 6/24/2018 at 2:53 AM, nokat said:Is watching the latest Fear Thy Neighbor. Apparently having a shared driveway is deadly. Have seen past season episodes with escalating problems over shared driveways
Two new houses were just built in my neighborhood (old neighborhood where one small house on a big plot is torn down for two McMansions hugging each other) with a shared driveway. First words out of my mouth to Mr. GW when I saw them pouring the new shared driveway was, "oh, that's a Fear Thy Neighbor episode waiting to happen."
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1 hour ago, Sandy W said:
This explains why her dress didn't harmonize with the other "mother's" dresses. Meri should consult with her Lula friends and team mates every day before she leaves the house, this dress is by far the most figure flattering and best fitting outfit I have ever seen her wear. But those shoes!!!
Although odd that her custom made hat matches the dark navy of the last-minute dress perfectly....Maybe I'm just too cynical thinking Meri takes every opportunity to be a walking advertisement (but agree that it looks like the dress actually fits her!)
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39 minutes ago, SunnyBeBe said:
Alright. I like that show. Glad it's back. I'll have to catch up online. It's on Wednesday night, right?
Yes, Wednesdays. Me too. I thought that the first season was great. And, the new defense attorney is good as well.
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Apologies - it was the season premiere of Reasonable Doubt on ID - it is the same detective, different defense attorney this season. As was indicated by the title of the episode, he was convicted by a hair police found on his sweat pants, but it was pretty clear he was not the murderer (IMO).
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23 hours ago, kathyk24 said:
I was horrified that the jury believed KC's confession. If he killed her he would have had more physical evidence on his clothes. I hope he had a better defense attorney this time around.
And the parents stated that some of them were crying while watching it?? How on Earth did they convict him?? I felt that "Confessions Expert's" pain when he grimaced at the police questioning. As is with a lot of these shows, it is really painful to listen to these cops sometimes. And, agreed, I hope he has better legal representation. I can't believe they didn't focus on the fact that all of their text messages were lovey-dovey and the last one she sends is all, "Gotta cancel tonight" or whatnot. Didn't even sound like her - Mr. GreenWave thought it was probs the killer dictating something to write to KC because you know she was probably like, "my BF is coming over soon! Go away!" Plus she was housesitting for her aunt and they didn't touch on whether people knew about that or not (besides KC) or if the aunt was the original target.
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On 6/1/2018 at 2:15 PM, tvfanatic13 said:
This bothers me too. I thought that he WANTED the sister (forget her name) to know what was in the bag. Why did he care if Tom also knew? I forget- did Garvey know that Liz is Red's daughter too?
Was it ever explained how Garvey knew about the suitcase? I mean, it was buried and then retrieved by Mr. Kaplan, left to Tom, who gave it to Nick, and then it was stolen by Garvey et al from Nick's apartment after Nick ran a search through the DNA (although didn't he kidnap Tom at some point? I remember a gross wood chipper scene....). Did we ever find out how Garvey knew about the DNA search and Nick? Was he as a Federal Marshall somehow privy to computer searches of DNA or whatever? But, yeah, at the end of the day, I assumed that Garvey wanted it for Half-Sis to maybe prove she wasn't actually in any danger from Red? The real Red? I don't think Garvey knew until the scene at the bar when he is shot by Liz.
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I don’t disagree that the truth needs to come out, but not in that way. In the very least, it makes sense that the “adults” need to sit down and figure out a plan. I get why D thinks she’s blindsided - first she plans an abortion, backs out and tells everyone she’s pregnant (Eddie freaks because he didn’t think she was sleeping with Jon), she then tells Eddie the truth. At this point, E and K are separated and K is seeing a coworker. E and D decide to tell everyone that it’s Jon’s baby. Fast forward and E and K start reconciling, E tells K about the true parentage of the baby. That and the birth of Charlie changes everything. Now instead of having the mature discussion, they start talking to the friend group taking “sides” and yelling at each other. If I were D and was concerned about appropriate timing to tell my other two kids, I would want to figure out how to do that with the most gentleness possible. The kids lost their dad to suicide and they are happy that there is this new piece of him living in Charlie. That and Danny coming to terms with his sexuality and then Sophie possibly attracted to her “half-bro”? I mean dang!! These adults are horrible people.