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@JasonCC When I saw Pumpkin licking/kissing Marian after the near miss, I was imagining the dog (who I imagine as ahead of her time and genre savvy) thinking "I made a meet cute happen. Aren't you happy?"

Even though it's TV, I think cinematography is is the best word for what you are describing. Photography is for still images and filmography usually refers to a list of movies a person made, worked on, or acted in. He was a friend, but I'm not sure if we saw him in the Newport scenes. I think his name was John Adams (and there was a number after it, but I'm not sure what it was). I think this may be the answer. Agnes did not want to be alone with her husband any more or any longer than she had to, so having her spinster sister live with them was a perfect excuse. I agree with you. I got the sense that the younger generation isn't invested in or doesn't care about the old money/new money distinctions the way thier parental figures do. I didn't get the sense that anyone in the younger generation was snubbing Larry Russell at the Newport party or questioning whether he belonged there. Hopefully can someone can answer a question I have. Why would Gladys not being out in society yet impact her ability to do charity work? Were attending balls a major part of charity work?

I wonder if this is my problem with the show, and why The Mandalorian worked and was a show I enjoyed, while I'm finding this show significantly less enjoyable. I keep hoping The Book of Boba Fett is just a slow start and will get better. I can't belieive the same creative team that did The Mandalorian is doing this show. The Mandalorian had a clear goal/through-line. Each episode there is a mission/monster of the week. The Book of Boba Fett doesn't have that. We're almost at the end of the season, and I still feel like I'm in the set-up phase. I've watched all of the Star Wars movies, but none of the TV series except The Mandalorian. I have never read any of the novels, comic books, or watched any of the animated series. This is a serious, honest, no snark question: For people who are way more into the franchise/ Star Wars universe than I am, are you enjoying The Book of Boba Fett? Is this a series that assumes/relies on a broader/wider knowledge of the Star Wars universe? (It's totally okay if it does. I'm just trying to figure why I vastly prefer one show over the other when it is the same creative team).

Sean is in college. We don't know the name of the school, but it's local. There was a scene in another episode of Danny visiting his son's dorm room. Unlike his older brother who went multiple states away for college, Sean is more like his cousin Nicki. Sean is in college, but close enough that he can make it to Sunday dinner.

This makes it sound like it was deliberate self harm, which is a very serious and real problem but not at all what was happening in this episode. Yes, Missy hurt herself, but her goal/intention was not to cause herself pain and injury. From Missy's perspective, what happened to her was quite far from her goal and not at all the desired result. If anything, young girls watching this episode are going to learn that dry shaving is a horrible idea and not something they should try to do.

Even if it is a soundstage in California, the production company would have to built a furnish a set for Al and Riley's shared bedroom whether it was going to be in the basement or the garage. I don't think making it a garage as opposed to a basement would have saved money. The shared living space for Al and Riley was going to be another space for the production company to build and furnish.

I hope that Sheldon learns from his experience and is allowed to play D&D with them again. Although George did it out of anger, him letting Sheldon stay was also in keeping with who he is and his attitude towards Sheldon. He wants Sheldon to meet people, make friends, and have more human interaction, while Mary wants to protect him and have him stay her precious little boy forever. I loved Georgie and Missy in the car. Georgie is an enjoyable blend of responsible and irresponsible. He is driving her to school, but also encouraging her to rebel against thier mother. I liked that Mary's objection to the clothes wasn't based on her own religious beliefs but on the school's dress code. Mee-Maw to the rescue multiple times. It's actually great that Missy has an adult she can go to when she doesn't want to talk to her mother. I like that Mee-Maw is very practical and that anything other than death can probably be fixed.

In real life, I know that parents sometimes use empty parking lots to teach kids (15/16 year-olds) how to drive, so maybe it varies state to state, or if it's clear that the kid is close to being able to actually take the driver's test, the police let it slide, especially if it's a totally empty parking lot with no one around/no one in danger. Hazel's freak out was well done. You felt for the character but it was also enjoyable to watch. I'm surprised Riley didn't try to comfort her by telling her there were other ways she could serve her country aside from being in the Marines or another branch of the military. Riley teaching her how to drive was also very in character. It was fun to see Art in a subplot away from his kids. I like that he was supportive of his wife's career. Al being competitive was good silly fun. I love the idea of Lizzie and Ariana going out for a smoothie and talking about what idiots men can be, but also loving them.

Maybe he didn't want to take it off. Even though the Fundies say he is no longer Mandalorian, he still wants to be part of that culture and that is still how he identifies. It's similar to Catholics who use birth control or Jews who eat pork. Yes they are doing something that thier religion forbids, but they still practice and keep other elements of thier religion.

Same here (except for the crying part). I was grinning and loving it almost the entire episode, which is not my typical reaction to an episode of this series. We got an homage to the A-Team build scenes, and it tapped into George Lucas's hot-rod phase which gave us American Graffiti. I was okay with it, because if they had been discussing a real car, I would have been just as lost when they were discussing the parts and how they fit together, so the techno-babble didn't bother me. I also felt like I didn't need to understand it for the scene to make sense. I totally and completely 100% agree with this statement. I am going to post this image, and will admit it is super nerdy and cheesy. Apparently the government after the Empire isn't any better in terms of design safety. I want to see what's inside the little package. I'm guessing its small and adorable. I was thinking that Grogu sized beskar armor would be the cutest thing ever. I did love that the package looked like Grogu's head.

Slightly off-topic. I'm a younger person who first saw David McCallum as the elderly Dr. Ducky Mallard on NCIS. I was reading a book on television in the 1960s and it mentioned the large teen following David McCallum had. Having only seen him older, I was having trouble picturing him as a teen idol. A family member instructed me to do a google image for "David McCallum" AND "Man From UNCLE," which I did. Imagine my surprise in discovering that Dr. Ducky was really cute decades earlier. I am interested to see which teen idols Missy is going to have a crush on and become a super fan of.

That is beyond brilliant in so many ways. I absolutely love it. It would have been a great way to bookend the season. Start in August with Thurgood's Marshall confirmation, end in April with King's assasination, including the aftermath/fallout. So much of the 1960s, especially the late 1960s is about triumph and tragedy. Make that juxtaposition the theme of the season. I think part of the problem is that the writers were not sure if they were going to get a second season, so they felt like every idea that they had needed to be done this season. It would explain why they are rushing through the year and why they are overstuffing the episodes with multiple ideas/issues/plotlines, because they feel as though if they don't get to do it this season, they may not get another chance.

@paigow You are correct. I totally forgot that Inspector Gadget was based on Get Smart. It's still the same basic idea.

I think you may really be onto something here. Based on how old writers tend to be, I have no problem believing that they are the generation who grew up watching the original trilogy, reading all the expanded universe/legends novels and comics books, spent time asking and thinking about every single little detial and now have the opportunity to write the show. One of the the aspects of The Mandalorian I really enjoyed was that (for the first season and a half) all you needed to have to seen to understand and enjoy the series was the original trilogy. It was its own seperate thing, and I enjoyed it. I loved the classic old school case/adventure of the week feel to it. I agree with you. The visuals are stunning, but the story is meh. I keep waiting for it improve. I love this idea. It reminds me of Inspector Gadget. There is all this hype built up around the hero, but he is actually a bumbling fool whose survival/success is based on luck and the talented, intelligent people around him.

I understand that TV operates some different rules from the real world. Normally, I may more than willing to let things slide with the explanation of " it's TVLand rules/logic." Having watched LA Law, I refuse to believe that the top partners would be the ones going through all of the documents. I can understand the senior partner wanting to leave the junior staff or associates (I think that's the right term for it) to sort through the documents and Marissa wanting to stay and help. Out of all the stuff that's happened on this show, it's crazy that this is one moment I go "nope, I am not willing to go along with this," but that's just me.

New seasons of Mad Men premired during the summer, so for the people watching the calendar says August, but in the world of the show/for the characters its March. They made that clear in the episode and followed the calendar, and if they skipped a month or two they made that clear. I don't have a problem with the series starting in April. The big problem was skipping an entire semester of school so the series could do a Christmas episode. I accept your theory that it is an adult remembering random snippits and that it is not going week by week/month by month. The more I think about it, the more I wish that the series had started with the start of the school year and for everyone who remembers the original waiting for the big moment of tragedy in the first episode, it doesn't happen. It would have clearly set up this series as something different and seperate from the original. Showing the first semester of an integrated school and how Brad and Dean became friends or how they were already friends would be a great story worth telling. Have the King assasination towards the end of the season.

I am confused about the timelime and I am hoping someone can help or correct me if I'm wrong. The series starts in April of 1968 and Dean is in 7th grade. There is a time jump to December/winter of 1968, which means we skipped Dean's first semester of 8th grade. Brad's Bar Mitzvah takes place sometime in the first few months of 1969. This works for me. Some kids turn 13 in 8th grade. When does this type of fair take place? I usually think of them as being summer/fall but it may be different in Alabama. If it is summer/fall, that means the show pretty much skipped all of 8th grade and Dean and his friends should be starting 9th grade soon, which doesn't make sense at all. I have mixed feelings on the episode. I like that Dean got to have some father/son time and improved thier relationship by the end of the episode. I don't like that Dean made a commitment to the school band and was allowed to skip it because he wasn't the best any more.

I want to know when he got caught and at what point his parents realized they hadn't seen him for awhile. That makes sense to me. It also solves the problem of Sheldon needing to buy a bus ticket. I'm sure there were a limited number of seats on the bus and they had to make reservations and possibly pay for them, but they may have allowed children under the age of 18 to make reservations. Overall, I enjoyed this episode. Sheldon on the bus was fantastic. He was in his element and totally happy.

Al doesn't do it for me. Riley in a tank top makes me very happy. Now leaving the shallow end of the pool for other topics. I think poker is a one time lapse. Getting hooked on poker is absolutely about control and finding an escape. I'm not sure where they are going with this, but I can't wait to see what happens. Lizze and Professor Williams were great. He isn't treating her like an overgrown lab rat/case study, but he understands what she's going through. He gets that grief is difficult but he wants to be with her and is willing to go at whatever pace she is comfortable with. He wants to be in a relationship with her and understands that has challenges. He's a sweet guy and I think they're great together. Also, I want to see Rage Against the Dean playing a show, or Lizzie watching them practice in a garage.

I totally missed that. Making that clearer to the audience/viewer would have been a huge help and would have made the episode make more sense.

When Young Sheldon is set, Dirty Dancing is less than a decade old, so I would not call it an old movie. Saturday Night Fever was shown on television, so Georgie could have seen it when George and Mary were on a date and out of the house. George has friends, so he could have seen it when he was at a friend's house.

Anne Hathaway and Billy Crystal co-hosting would be fantastic. I think the Oscars is totally fine without a host and doesn't need one to work well.

At first glance, it may have looked like a date, but they explained quickly and early in the scene it was not a romantic date. If the goal of the Jimmy Buffett plot was to promote the new Margaritaville hotel in the area, they should have mentioned the hotel in the episode. Have the real Jimmy Buffett say something like "I'm in town to check in on the new Margaritaville hotel."

Part of me wondered if that was where this was going. If this was some sort of really bad back-door pilot for the teens to have thier own show about thier lives before the events of this episode. Abercrombie and Fitch is way too preppy and upscale for the bikers. The bikers are more Hot Topic/Spencer's Gifts. I had the same thought. I was so excited to see what sort of cool moves and tech they had built into thier bodies from droids, but we didn't really see much of it. I had serious Back to the Future Part 2 vibes during the chase scene.

I think that is part of my problem with the episode. Dean's love life/social life storyline could have happened at a school dance or a field trip. Brad's storyline, which should have been amazing and had much more of an emotional impact didn't get the time and space it needed. The 1980s Wonder Years often had episodes that focused on one of the other characters and Kevin was mostly observing. This should have been one of those episodes where Dean doesn't have a major storyline and another character takes the spotlight.