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I'm afraid I agree with you. Rick was my favourite character, in both original and remake, but it just feels like he's been sidelined, especially in S4. IIRC, the only big (non-fatherhood) plot was when his buddy showed up and got killed. But even then, the 'Rick out for revenge' plot felt like the b-plot of the episode.

I thought that Claire was lying about not sleeping well and it was just to cover for her reaction upon hearing that her ex-husband was about to show up.

"Satire is meant to ridicule power. If you are laughing at people who are hurting, it's not satire, it's bullying.” Supposedly a Terry Pratchett quote, which sounds accurate.

I'm glad I knew beforehand that it was Mr. Rogers talking to Julia at the end. Otherwise I would have been side-eyeing any random stranger who goes up to a woman he doesn't know and tells her "I like you just the way you are". Yes, I know, it's not that type of show! (In my defense, I've never actually seen his show, and wouldn't recognize the catchphrase)

Oh the snark on Andrew was totally shown in the UK version.

Because the narrative they're usually going for is along the lines of "oh he didn't abuse this previous female co-star, therefore the accusations against him have to be false." It's like the media can't understand that predators don't pick on every single person they encounter.

Nora was having mental issues even before Nadia hijacked her body. When Nadia was in the hospital after giving birth, Vera was telling Ruthie that they'd had a plan in place - re taking the baby away from her - as soon as Nora had said she was pregnant.

Seven's situation on Voyager was somewhat different in that she was kidnapped as a child and assimilated into the Borg collective. She was a foot soldier forced to fight rather than a sleeper agent. Yes! I wish that they'd had somebody argue whether they had the right to overturn Isaac's wishes and bodily autonomy. The closest thing we got to it was John's girlfriend but that was before they knew bringing Isaac back was a possibility.

Season 2 starts airing on Alibi in the UK/Ireland on the 14th June.

Some books should not be put down, they should be hurled with great force. (misquote, I know)

In Colin Jost's memoir 'A very punchable face' he was talking about SNL and how it wasn't great for people with families. I got the impression that if it hadn't been for Covid, he might have left by now. Now that he has a young kid, I'd say he might be leaving sooner rather than later.

She could have a signed confession from Depp and his fans would still be out for her blood. Nothing's going to change their minds. I just hope the jury can render an impartial verdict.

There was a period in Ireland (from 1983 when the 8th Amendment came in) to about 1992 where it was technically illegal to travel to England for an abortion. (on account of how the amendment granted the unborn equal status to the mother) But it was sort of a 'don't ask don't tell' situation. Then once it came to public notice there was a big kerfuffle because it was the specific case of a teenage rape victim whose family had to get a court order allowing her to travel. Eventually there was a referendum which gave a constitutional right to leave the country for an abortion and to get information about abortion. An Irish solution to an Irish problem. It took until 2018 to repeal the 8th amendment, but while it is now legal to get an abortion in the country, it's not always easy to find a doctor or hospital that will actually provide the service. Still, it's better than nothing.

Yay!

He's one of the head writers for the show. Not all that easy.

Shelagh is working in her husband's medical practice. It's not like she's going out to work in a factory. She's assisting her husband in his business.

I think Aristotle was the pizza chef in the Chuck E Cheese sketch?

I don't get the big deal about McGee's daughter wanting to wear a princess dress every day. It's only a pre-school and surely they wouldn't have a set uniform at that age. Now if it had been his son wanting to wear a princess dress, that might have been more interesting, but I suppose they wanted to show McGee stressing out about his daughter growing up to be a rebel like Teagan. And I guess that all of Teagan's hacking crimes and letting unauthorised people onto the base will be all forgiven once she helped them catch the killer?

But he got better.

If somebody is questioned by the police and say nothing and then some time later they show up with a convenient alibi witness, there is the possibility that they could have concocted the alibi with the witness at some point after they were questioned. If on the other hand, they gave the alibi when they were questioned, and the police check it out before the suspect has a chance to speak to their alibi witness, then it'll be a lot more believable.

That I don't know. (to be fair, most of my UK legal knowledge comes from Line of Duty!).

IIRC, there were tents set up in the sandbox, so presumably 'scary homeless people' were just waiting to attack them or something like that.

Beware of the 'right to silence' in the UK. Their miranda equivalent warning states that while you do have the right to silence, "it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned, something which you later rely on at trial". So basically, if you keep your mouth shut when questioned, but then say provide an alibi when the case goes to trial the prosecution could likely imply that you didn't mention it then because you hadn't thought up the lie. Again, a good reason to have a lawyer present.

IIRC, it wasn't the memories of Edith Keeler that Spock took away, it was that of Miramanee in 'The Paradise Syndrome'. Kirk was lost on a planet, had amnesia and fell in love with her over the course of a few months only for her to die just as he was rescued.

It's one thing to eat a dead body to survive. But to actually hunt down and kill somebody to eat, that's crossing a whole different line. And since they can't say that 'oh yes, we ate the dead but they all died of natural causes first', perhaps they just figure it will be less hassle to not mention the cannibalism at all.