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Going to see Paige would make sense. It's someone who will listen and offer a sympathetic ear. Paige would be willing to set aside her own issues or commiserate (competitive misery might be the theme for the night). The problem is that Paige does not have the best judegement and is not a great place mentally/emotionally right now, so it could go very, very, wrong. Missy is normally the voice of reason, but if she's upset, Paige might be able to talk her into doing something that's a horrible idea. Once Sheldon realizes that Missy isn't answering, he's going to go into her room or get George. I would assume it would be too expensive, unless that's more of a modern thing and ambulances used to be less expensive.

This episode was fantastic. I hope the rest of the series/season is like this. Ava was wonderful and I wouldn't mind seeing her again. The Harry Potter lamps were impressive.

Bo and Din reminds me a bit of The Defiant Ones. It's very much the classic, "we might not like each other, but we're going to have to work together to get what we want." I'm enjoying the dynamic and can't wait to see how it plays out over the season/series.

I can't decide if Peli Motto is like a grandmother or an aunt to Grogu, but she is definitely some kind of relative. Also, she needs her own sitcom. Give me the Star Wars version of Taxi/Cheers. It's about her customers, her love-life, and a new character we've never seen before who handles some other aspect of the business that she doesn't want to, like paying taxes and dealing with various forms of officialdom. Give me an old school workplace comedy. If not a full series, than at least a series of shorts. I had a different take on R5. I thought maybe the little guy has some form of shell shock or PTSD from his time in the rebellion. I thought the whole season was going to be about getting and bathing in the waters of Madalore, and clearly I was very wrong, which makes me wonder what the rest of the season will be about.

I fast forwarded through the interview with the Mayor, and I almost never fast forward through a segment. It felt like an absolute waste for everyone involved.

This is me totally overthinking the Eva storyline (and possibly bordering on fan-fiction), but here it goes. I think of Eva as a German name. While her family may have lived in London for generations, culturally, German Jews tended to be more assimilated than Jews from other countries (like Russia or Poland). I've read about German Jews having Christmas trees in thier house as far back as the 1800s. Also If she's going to a regular school in London, then she probably sang or heard Christmas Carols at school assemblies/concerts.

I think the original version of To Be or Not to Be is better because the story works better when the characters are playing it closer to straight and don't realize they're in a comedy. What do other people think?

I'm going with yes, but I have absolutely zero proof. Once I saw him in the clerical color, I thought, "nice call back to Angels with Dirty Faces."

It's a bit like Godfather. Steps have been taken to keep someone out of the family business, even though they are aware of it. The character is a force to reckon with and has the potential to shock everyone with thier talent. I am loving this series. I like that the Nicolettis have a code in terms of targets and who they will rip off. I know it's not realistic, but these kinds of shows rarely are and I am totally okay with that.

I hate when a show knows what it wants/is supposed to be, and the network tries to fight it for some reason. This show is not dark, gritty, streaming or premium cable drama that's going to be emmy nominated for drama, and that's okay. They need to accept that it's pure light drama high quality fluff, embrace that, and write the series accordingly.

I love this idea a thousand times more than some of what actually aired in the previous episode. Does Lyle stay with the old firm or does Margaret bring him along?

Rick was great. He had the underworld connection with Icepick and some connections to law enforcement. Based on some of the stuff Thomas got him mixed up in, I think the occasional whining is allowed. I would never call Rick lazy, or a day late and a dollar short. It's been decades since I've seen him. Getting old beats the alternative, but it's going to be shock.

I love Todd and Margret working together. They don't always understand each other, but they do love each other and will do anything for each other. The swap at the end made no sense. I can't see that working in the modern era. Won't they fingerprint the fake Veronica in prison and see the prints don't match? Vernoica as a season/series-long big bad does not fit with this show. She was fine as a backstory event to get the story set-up, but this series is pure USA Network blue-sky era, and she is from a super serious CBS procedural. It doesn't work. I'm okay with Todd having an outside antagonist, but it needs to be a totally different type of character.

There are shows that start off focused on a central character and then become ensemble shows, which is what I think happened with Young Sheldon. Having Mary be so religious that she won't let her children dance is stupid. There are so many fun plotlines they could have done with dance lessons/the cotillion.

It was pure High Noon and I loved it. I had the exact same thought. It was the first episode of a new season, so table setting was the bulk of the episode. I enjoyed the episode. We had Grogu being adorable, some fun action scenes, and a pretty clear indication of what the major story arcs will be this season.

If they needed a last minute replacement, I would have gone to someone in-house. Interview someone who works behind the scenes about what they do, like one of the segment producers or some of the writers.

While I realize this is a super serious network drama, I would totally be on board if they wanted to do more silly cases like the magician. I liked the contrast between the two cases.

As a correspondant he didn't make that big of an impression on me, but after seeing him for two nights, I would be thrilled if he became the new host. I loved his take on the lab leak vs. wet market covid origin. For me so far, he and Wanda Sykes are the ones to beat, so really just him because I think she has enough else going on that she doesn't want the full time host job.

I looked at the TCM 31 days of Oscar Schedule. Which version of Mutiny on the Bounty should I watch? I have never seen either version before.

Yes, but I've gotten seriously emotionally invested in TV characters too. I can remember two couples in different shows that I was seriously rooting for. From soon after the new character was introduced, I wanted him to end up with one of the male female characters, so I get it. I'm not sure if it's healthy, normal, or okay, but I figure it is as long as I know they are fictional.

I like that in one scene, they completely set up and defined the relationship between Emma and David. From the few lines of dialogue, I now have a great sense of what their relationship was like when they were younger, especially as teenagers.

That seems totally fair and reasonable. All it would have taken is a few lines of dialogue, and I think the movie could have found time for them.

The episode is set in 1939 and I think Eva is from London, so she's probably been getting Christmas propaganda her whole life. It's not like this is all brand new stuff to her. It's what Eva wanted. No one was forcing her to learn Noel (unless I missed something). She wanted to experience traditions she had heard about and never celebrated before. There's no way the residents would have skipped Christmas because she was there. It's too important to them for religious and cultural reasons. She seemed pretty excited about celebrating, and if they're just finding out she's Jewish, she isn't from a terribly religiously observant family to begin with.

This may be a case of TVLand and you roll with it, which I am totally okay with. How did the GBI know where to find Will and save the day? I feel like I missed something.

I'm 100% with you and others on that.