MisterGlass

I felt bad for Justine being catfished by Garrett and Dina because she is an easy target. There was a lot that was funny here, but it did feel like they were skipping forward on some threads, like Dina and Garrett, because they are pressed for time. Agree that it is not possible to get past the birds. I don't remember hearing that Dina's last name was Fox, and it made me realize that I know the last names of none of the other characters. Marcus was on the season earlier - he got Covid at the Ozark lake spring break party - but he' been mostly masked since then. The actor did look thinner.

It's kind of in limbo. When corporate called the immigration service, it was to undermine unionization at the store, and that was illegal. Mateo's case is on appeal, and meanwhile he out wearing an ankle monitor.

I actually found Garrett trying to process the return of the dialysis machine really amusing. That impatient and obnoxious customer feeding string cheese through the top of his mask was funny. I enjoyed the grape based solution. I think my top moment was Dinah's interrogation scene sliding the plastic panel back and forth in front of the 'suspects.' Quite the three piece suit for Dinah at the end. This is the first time I realized they are ADR'ing the masked dialogue. The actor playing Bo was a little out of sync.

People who have an Amazon home assistant say "Hey Alexa,..." when they want to get an answer from it or have it play the radio. At the start of that bit I thought 'Arpi wouldn't have an Alexa,' and sure enough. This was still a bit of a mixed bag but there were some great one off bits. The male assistant looking super focused when he just sat down, took that woman's plate of food, arranged it, and photographed it. The aforementioned "AF" definition. And dinner with Batman and Batman's parents is the best response I've every heard to that question.

The first time I remember him is when Jonah and Sandra faked Garrett into thinking that corporate was spying on him. The security guard was in on it and was suddenly trying to be really friendly with Garrett. I remember that the surveillance nickname for Garrett was "Uncle Phil."

Ted Danson and Holly Hunter continue to hold my attention but the office staff are so shallow that it's hard to be interested.

At the beginning after they took off the padlock Janet was 'clapping' by tapping one finger against her coffee cup. It was just for a second but it cracked me up. Oh, wow, that could be great

Agree this episode was not as funny as the pilot. I'll give it a few more though. The characters are thin at this early stage. This is a bit like 30 Rock and Spin City went into a blender.

I'm okay with the idea of Mando eventually removing his helmet in defense of the child, but I thought this was a clunky way to force the issue, starting with the overt dialogue from Mayfield early on. A facial scan is required but counts for nothing? Mayfield is afraid of being recognized by the officer, but then immediately goes up and starts a conversation with him after attention has already been drawn? And imperials use computers all the time with helmets on. Those combined exceed my handwave capacity. A better intermediate step would have been to have the terminal facing away from the others, so that Mando could nervously remove his helmet without technically showing his face, then quickly get it back on before turning around. That would have been more tense to me. I would still want an in-show explanation of why a facial scan is needed. This could have made

I just finished the season, and I'm deeply divided on it and this episode. This all felt too abrupt for me, like we skipped another season of central character development to jump ahead to more universe tie-ins. I needed more time with just Mando and the kid in this episode and in the season as a whole. I'm okay with bringing in more about the Mandalorians, or the Empire remnants, or the New Republic, but all combined in one episode they crowd out the two characters that made me have hope for Star Wars again. The fights with the spear were great, and glad to see Ming Na Wen as always. When Ahsoka Tano said another jedi might reach out, realistically there was only one who would. I hoped that it would be Sebastian Stan and not a digital clone. No disrespect to Mark Hamill, but it was distracting. This is again an area where I feel like they jumped a season ahead. I wanted more time between him and Mando drifting around the outer edges of the galaxy together and bonding before a separation. Nope, my mind went there. Which is probably not a good sign.

It's a good point about the dated kissing without permission. A lot of the Bulldog material is off putting, intentionally since he's an antagonist, but it stands out. The jokes at Frasier's girlfriend of the week can be bad. Niles's obsession with Daphne should be thoroughly creepy, but outside of a couple bad moments in the first season it's surprisingly okay. Also, Frasier treats waitstaff horribly. The Maris jokes were ridiculous and over the top, but I did like the pay off that when Niles showed up with the little whippet everyone knew instantly that he got it because it reminded him of Maris.

I went into this expecting a regular-ish episode and this felt so odd...does bake off do other celebrity themed episodes? Was this for charity? Clearly a couple people knew how to cook but this was like a weird mash up between Nailed It and GBBO. Not that this wasn't entertaining. I enjoy Derry Girls, and the cast is great. Siobhan really made me laugh multiple times. I just don't know how to feel about it as an episode of GBBO, even as a special.

It was delightful seeing Yan and Briony again. They are two of my recent favorites. I'm happy for Briony. I have no memory of Tom, but his building turned out nice. It's a bit of a shock watching this for the first time after the covid season. The before times look so cheery. And I have never appreciated Sandi's cheerful, grounded warmth more. Agree that cake pops are too sweet. I can see the practicality for using up cake scraps, but I feel like they should be much smaller and coated in something bitter, almost like a truffle.

I thought Dave had the edge but wasn't surprised or sad it was Peter. I liked Dave's willingness to try again on some items, and thank goodness someone managed to make a decent brownie this season. Peter's showstopper turned out better than I thought it would, and he made nice things. Laura proved to be a sweet and cheerful person once again, and I do hope people calm down. I think she was leaning into the freezer because it was hot as much as anything, and there was no need to make such a thing of it. And thinking back after someone mentioned it upthread, she has always had nice dresses. I 100% thought Noel said Prue was having a tea party until I got to this thread. It was a little moment but I really laughed when Dave accidentally slammed his microwave door then looked around and winced apologetically. I'm glad the bubble staff got an acknowledgement, because that is a lot of people spending a lot of time away from their lives. I also liked that they had a few glimpses of life in the hotel during isolation, like playing games with Hermine's son and Marc's daughters. I hadn't heard that Luis passed away; it was nice for them to do a tribute. His was the first season I watched.

I really enjoyed that their Halloween costumes in Episode 10 are the Marx Brothers.

Watched the first episode tonight and grinned like a crazy person through the opening credits song. The catch-up song was equal parts laugh and cringe. The factory farmed chickens and Russian bot can-can line! The Hulu original music sounds like it's one note off the Dell commercial music.

I really laughed at this one. Last week I was shopping at a garden center and they had a prize wheel, so this seemed really on point. I felt like all the characters had a moment to shine. Dina's struggle made sense, and you know it's bad when Mateo feels obligated to be the voice of reason. "I've adopted a North Korean model" is a disturbing management description. She got all those anti-talk propaganda posters up quick. Cheyenne took a couple small steps in her new role, I hope it keeps going. Agree the "half ass it" line from Garrett struck a chord. As well as the more gallows humor "corporate doesn't care if we die" about the wheel. The airing of grievances in the break room was great, especially the crack about Jerry and Carol and Sandra losing it! I did a double take in the grocery store the other week because I thought I saw Jerry and Sandra holding hands in the produce aisle. The couple looked uncannily like them, at least while wearing masks. I thought they were a little more clear about mask wearing while customers were around this week. And they banished Glenn pretty quickly at the start.

The cub cakes seemed like a variation on entremets, but stacked in tiers. Dave's looked tasty, and Peter's were very pretty. I also liked his rectangular savarins. That was distinctive. I'm sorry it was Hermine, but I wasn't surprised. I saw the jiggle of her cube as she set it down. It was as gelatinous as the gelatin showstoppers the other week. What a sweet story about her son angling for and getting a ride in Paul's car. I also like Laura, and hope everyone settles down. I would pick flavor first, and her showstopper sounded good. I'm a messy cook as well, so I sympathize. The show has always had double entendres. It was entertaining when they were accidental. It's not charming when it's overt.

I think you could get tallow in the U.S. I don't know how it would cook compared to suet (I haven't used either).

Finally saw this. It was cute. I'm not familiar with this book series, but based on the trailer this was very much what I thought it would be. If there are more made I will probably watch them. The plot was definitely dodging some holes, but it moved briskly enough and was sufficiently charming to keep me engaged. I agree it could have been shorter. Millie Bobby Brown did very well as lead, and I liked seeing the character stumble as much as she succeeded. I was hoping to see her set up at Baker Street by the end, but it worked out okay. I rolled my eyes a little at the teen romance, but there was respect on both sides and they both had their good points. This is probably more in keeping with having two sons like Mycroft and Sherlock. I thought they were setting up Mycroft as the villain, but the grandmother was interesting. Mycroft is instead the proper bureaucrat. I thought it was odd that they referred to him as less gifted than Sherlock since in the Doyle canon that isn't the case. Another notable change is the absence of a Watson in Sherlock's life. Traditionally Watson is the window into Sherlock that lets the reader/viewer see his human side. It seems Enola will play that role here, to the extent that Sherlock will appear. I thought Henry Cavill was fine as Sherlock. He's a supporting character/mentor here, so I didn't expect great emotions or revelations from him. He was expressive when the moment called for it. He was positively warm compared to some versions of the character. This universe puts him in the position of not just younger brother but middle child, and that's an interesting dynamic. I agree the scene with Susan Wokoma was good, and I liked the laugh of surprise and delight after his conversation with Lestrade.

I agree on the mask inconsistency. I'm okay with it if they are unmasked in the warehouse break room with the doors open. On the floor while the store is open it I think they should be on. I knew that Mateo would run mad, but I did laugh at the resolution was that he gets to sit in the storage closet and message all day. Good for Cheyenne for having some real ideas. They haven't advanced her character much in a while so this is a good opportunity. Not sure what they have planned for Nia other than as a new employee. They haven't rotated anyone in for a while and with Amy leaving it makes sense to add someone. Not crazy about going back to Dina and Garrett. They did work as a couple but plot wise that bridge was burned, and I like the vet.

I usually like the weird, historical technicals, but what a cheat not to give them enough time to actually cook it. The whole lemon is showy but picking seeds out of a dessert sounds terrible. The peel I can kind of see because there is candied lemon peel. The showstopper was interesting but like everyone else I can't imagine eating all that gelatin. Marc was the only person who mentioned an actual flavor for his gelatin as far as I remember. Laura's koi pond and Hermine's poppy were lovely. I like Marc, and it was sweet to see him walking off with his kids. He does seem like a good guy. Yeah, Matt and Noel don't necessarily bring out the best in each other, or at least not comedy that I really laugh at.

I think Mateo's status is still in legal limbo. He's technically being paid by the optometry clinic at the store because the store can't hire him due to his status. Amy traded the clinic a store employee to do Mateo's job while Mateo acts as assistant manager. I guess the closet is the office he came up with for himself. That's what the conversation with Glenn was about - thanks for keeping this arrangement going.

I think the heat from the machine's compressor would start to warm up the inside of the fridge. I've never used that kind of ice cream maker, so I wonder, why would it have a setting that spins without freezing?

I'm surprised how touched I was by a lot of this. The goodbye between Glenn and Amy where they couldn't hug was hard to watch. I also liked Dina's final moments with Amy. I thought the break up was handled pretty well. It did feel strange over the past couple of years that Amy and Jonah never really had an understanding about where they were headed. Amy's marriage coasted for years, so it doesn't seem strange to me that she would let a relationship keep going past the point at which she thought there should be more. And I can see Jonah interpreting her acceptance of the status quo as a commitment to a future, especially with the prospect of moving together. I didn't see either of them as a villain. The final toast in the parking lot was a decent moment. Garrett was really good this episode. And at one point he gave a magnificent, literal side eye to Jonah over his mask that I need as a .gif. The bit with Sandra and the customer touching all the carts was funny and probably too true. And Mateo dueting with himself was fantastic. His video highlighted everything that is both deep and shallow about the character at the same time.