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5 hours ago, Katy M said:
I know they never met, but he didn't die before he was born did he? Joe's got to be at least 20, and this show has only been on 14 years, and I thought Joe died right before the show started.
Joe died about a year before the show started. Jamie decided to join the police force and enter the academy after Joe's death.
Joe Hill is a bit frightening but in a way that's fun to watch. It's Danny's temper/disregard for the rules and Jamie's brains/intellect.
Last week I thought Jamie's beard looked awful, but I think it looks better this week.
Jamie showing up family dinner while undercover is totally ridiculous, but I simultaneously love it.
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1 hour ago, anna0852 said:
It literally had just jumped into my head that they were supposed to be looking after themselves no matter what, tornado or no tornado.
We can’t really say things were going smoothly before the storm, though given that it hit while George and Missy were on their way back from the airport. A Mary-less routine never got started.
Thank for reminding me of the very important and critical fact. We don't actually know what kind of instructions Mary left or what the real plan was for the summer while Mary and Sheldon were in Germany.
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2 minutes ago, possibilities said:
The I Love Lucy clip is funny, and I'm perfectly willing to enjoy some slapstick or exaggerated scenarios for effect. But, in all seriousness, I learned to cook by reading cookbooks. It's not hard to find and follow a simple recipe for rice or instructions for a how to use a pressure cooker, and anyone could see the cake didn't rise and that frosting goes on the outside.
Pretty much same here. I learned to cook by helping my mother and then when I was older by reading cookbooks or recipes from magazines. Going by real-world logic of the 1950s/setting aside what you need to make a sitcom work, it was pre-internet so it's possible they no longer had the instructions for the pressure cooker. I was born after the 1950s. Did boxes of rice have cooking instructions/amount per person or serving on the boxes yet?
Getting back to Young Sheldon
2 minutes ago, possibilities said:Back to Young Sheldon, Missy or George or anybody else in the house could do the same (learn to do tasks) and I'm sure Mary would have left them instructions even if they weren't smart enough to figure it out themselves. I'm not trying to minimize the skill level, or importance of the work, of people who run a household, but even before the tornado, with Mary expected to be gone for weeks, they had to have had another plan for how things were going to work in her absence. As I recall, George told her he could handle it.
It's more crowded with the extra people sharing the house, and Meemaw distracted by trying to pick up the pieces of her life, but in substance, the story of the tornado causing no one to be doing household tasks doesn't really make sense.
This is a totally valid point that I can't believe so many of us missed. Mary leaving was not a sudden unplanned thing. The family knew she was going to be spending the summer in Germany with Sheldon. They seemed to be functioning pretty well before the tornado (in terms of the household running smoothly and things that needed to get done being done). The additional number of people in the house due to the tornado should not have caused the chaos it did in terms of meal prep and chores.
2 minutes ago, possibilities said:And George not washing his hands after using the bathroom? That's just gross, and I don't think Mary would have been needing to remind him of it when she was there, either. Lord, I hope not, anyway.
I think the joke was supposed to be that George is just a big kid and now Missy is the responsible adult, which is super wrong and icky in so many ways on so many levels.
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5 minutes ago, Yeah No said:
Oh, I didn't realize this was the Summer. It's hard to tell with Texas!
Although if George has off so does Missy, but I get your point.
Thanks for the "I Love Lucy" memory, though, I remember that episode! 😂
To clarify my point. It's summer, which means Missy doesn't have school and George isn't working. Missy and George both have the most free time. However, because George is the parent/adult, he is the one who should be in charge and running the household, not his young teenage daughter.
It would make sense for Missy to have more chores around the house because she isn't working like Georgie is or taking care of a baby like Mandy is, but Missy should not be doing everything nor should she be responsible for making sure everything get done.
I realize this is off topic, but I feel like Fred and Ricky with the rice gets overshadowed/forgotten because it's in the same episode as the chocolate factory. If it was in a different episode, it would be just as famous/iconic.
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2 hours ago, KittenPokerCheater said:
Yay! Although I hope Tristan comes back and is NOT a screw-up anymore.
I think Tristan's screw up days ended before the war. Volunteering (especially when he didn't have to at all) was the final step in his transformation. We're not seeing him during the war, but in my mind he's a scrounger like Hendley (the James Garner character in The Great Escape) and he's using his charm to make deals and get impossible things, so maybe he's more like Charles Madison (the James Garner character in The Americanization of Emily, with a bit of Radar or Klinger from M*A*S*H. I'm not sure which.)
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3 hours ago, shapeshifter said:
Why wasn't Margaret defending Allison in traffic court?
My guess is that Allison does not want her mother to know what a complete and total mess her life is.
This may be my favorite episode of the series so far. I loved Allison thinking/overthinking the puppets after she testified as an expert witness.
This is what the series should be. It is the spiritual successor to Psych not some gritty CBS procedural drama.
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1 hour ago, ItCouldBeWorse said:
Funny, I took it to mean that she added vegetables to the sauce in addition to the meat, like sautéed onion, mushrooms, etc. So she enhanced a recipe that Mary customarily prepared, making it healthier.
Same here. If there was no meat, someone would have commented on that. To me, the thing they were commenting on was the presence of vegetables, not the absence of meat, which I thought meant the meat was still there.
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6 hours ago, EtheltoTillie said:
Of all the things to nitpick, but why were they teaching Sheldon’s class in English? Of course he doesn’t know German, so we’ll just have a German university teaching in English. Sitcom logic.
4 hours ago, Tom Holmberg said:Possibly because it's (I believe) a special international program and English is a universal language. I assume the class is made up of students from many countries.
I agree. It was an international class, so they had to pick a single language. Since English is taught in many European and Asian schools, as well schools in other places as well, it made sense to go with English as the universal language.
3 hours ago, vibeology said:She's a child. She's literally one of two children in that home. When she started to run the household her parent should have stepped in and stopped that right away. She is the one who can "pitch in" with some stuff when she has the time. Because it's age appropriate to help but it's not right for her to be the one in charge. George should be the parent and take care of more. But George is a lazy man who is so used to Mary carrying the largest burden of running the household that he did not step up when it was his turn.
I agree with all of this. Missy is at an age when it is perfectly appropriate/acceptable for her parent to expect her do chores/help around the house. For example, Missy cooking dinner was not a giant red flag, but Missy doing the meal planning and making the grocery list was.
2 hours ago, Yeah No said:I was also thinking along these lines. Not to mention the implied sexism in George senior's attitude toward expecting Missy to just take on the role of "house mom" to everyone. Granted, Missy has the most time available, but she's also still a kid and George needs to take on the adult level of responsibility there, not her. I'm glad that she gave him most of the chores on her chores list and that Mandy's name was also on it.
Again, I agree with almost all of this. The one thing I disagree with is that Missy has the most time available. George doesn't work summers. It seems he had plenty of free time. Missy being Missy, I'm sure she took into account the fact that Mandy has a baby to take care of. I could see Missy assigning Mandy something like cleaning the dishes.
2 hours ago, meep.meep said:In the previous episode George did ask Missy "Who put you in charge?" and everyone else raised their hands. If things were running OK, I give him a pass on not insisting on taking over.
No, no, no. I get that was played for laughs, but it was not okay. He is an adult. He should act like one and not expect his teenage daughter to become one overnight and take on grown-up responsibilities. This is where he should have stepped in/stepped up and said no. Because this is a sitcom and it's supposed to be funny, show him taking over the household responsibilities. It's a trope that goes back as far as I Love Lucy, but it still works with a character like George.
For those who forgot what was happening at home while Lucy and Ethel were at the chocolate factory:
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3 hours ago, Spartan Girl said:
I’m glad that Missy decided to stop doing all the work and make the guys pitch in. She really was turning into Mary and it wasn’t healthy.
2 hours ago, Jodithgrace said:I'm glad Missy got wise and started spreading the chores around.
I like that Georgie pointed out without realizing it that she didn't actually have to be the one doing everything at home. Georgie is well aware that he has adult responsibilities due to a kid and a fiancé. From Georgie's perspective, Missy is basically still a kid (he's not totally wrong) and she should not have to deal with all of the responsibilities that go along with running a household.
2 hours ago, shura said:Where exactly did that girl get her degree in education? Not with another prominent, award-winning scientist, I’m guessing?
I'm guessing she's a double major. Many schools offer majors in science and education.
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On 2/18/2024 at 2:13 PM, ams1001 said:
How long is Sheldon supposed to be in Germany? Was Mary planning to stay the whole time?
I think for the summer, and yes Mary was planning to spend the whole summer there.
On 2/18/2024 at 3:04 PM, ams1001 said:I've lost track; 13, I think. According to BBT he was 15 and a visiting professor when he went (and I feel like there was a line that implied he did not have a parent with him), so either they've changed it or he goes back again later.
I think it's two separate trips to Germany. This is the first one he took that Sheldon did not mention on TBBT. The second trip to Germany occurs two years later when he a visiting professor and is the trip mentioned on TBBT.
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I really enjoyed seeing all of the different storylines play out within the courthouse over a single day in this episode. It reminded me of The Wonder Years episode "Lunch Stories."
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I get that Max is the more pop culture savvy one of the two, but it would have been really funny for super serious cop Ellis to have a vampire mystery show as a guilty pleasure.
The show within the show seemed like a mix of Twilight and the first season of Angel.
I thought it was interesting the other cops seem to be becoming more accepting of Max's presence. No one complained about her being in the room for interrogation.
Overall, I enjoyed the episode.
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6 hours ago, EtheltoTillie said:
OH, I see it differently. They are linked for life! So devoted. They need a lot of healing. We'll see . . .
I think they have a strong bond that no one else will ever be able to understand and they are absolutely devoted to each other. I do not see that translating into a long term romantic relationship.
2 hours ago, Chaser said:I see Angie is still riding the Hot Mess Express. That said, I do like the character and I like her and Trent, though I don’t need them together romantically. I would be good with platonic vibes.
This is exactly the way I feel about them, or possibly friends with benefits if they are both single and not seeing anyone else romantically.
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1 hour ago, EtheltoTillie said:
Maybe Will and Angie are endgame, but they're not ready for that, so why kill a great character.
I see Will and Angie as each other's third or fourth chocolate covered marshmallow. You know it's a bad idea, but you do it anyway. I think the two of them can be friends with benefits and source of support or comfort, but there is no way the two of them are headed for a long term stable relationship with each other.
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12 hours ago, AnimeMania said:
It continues next week, but it seemed like people in prison are threatening to beat up other prisoners unless their family members are willing to pay them not to do it. I am not exactly sure why they are blowing up the people who are paying them, because I don't think they had stopped paying.
They are blowing up family members who they think went to the authorities or are likely to try to stop the extortion scheme.
12 hours ago, Irlandesa said:I think that's where the serial killer/Trent's father comes into it. He wanted to talk to Trent but Trent wouldn't reach out. I guess he started killing people knowing he'd eventually come to jail to prevent more deaths? Or at least I think that's where they were going with this.
I think Will's potential biological father is a possible source of information, not the mastermind of the entire extortion scheme.
4 hours ago, Badsamaritan said:Either way, Will's little family of misfit toys is my favorite thing.
I'm kind of surprised Will didn't mention Nicco as part of his family.
26 minutes ago, possibilities said:I thought they were killing people who they thought spoke to someone about the extortion.
That's what I thought too.
I think I may stick with the show even though it's a little darker in tone than I usually like.
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14 hours ago, BetterButter said:
It sounds like a meh straight to streaming movie.
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On 2/20/2024 at 11:38 AM, iMonrey said:
I got a kick out of his makeshift office with the business card holder that popped up out of his desk and the handmade sign that popped up over the doorway. It was like Inspector Gadget designed the place. This show really borders on farce sometimes, and I have no problem with that.
I think Todd is about the right generation for Inspector Gadget so you may be onto something. I love that the show is usually just pure silly fun and sometimes goes into farce, with a dash of drama. Not everything needs to be a super serious dark gritty drama.
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19 hours ago, Lantern7 said:
As for ol’ Tucker Carlson . . . he’s never been to a supermarket where you put in a coin to get a cart?
Maybe it's a regional thing. I've lived in different places along the East Coast and I've never seen a supermarket where you put a coin in to get the cart.
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22 minutes ago, iMonrey said:
I enjoyed the winter variation on the opening title sequence. I didn't even notice it before. Have they always used that version for the Christmas episodes?
I think so. I like the winter version. I'm surprised PBS hasn't done a version of it on a mug. If you left out the Christmas part at the end and kept the generic winter outdoor scenes the mug could easily be used all winter.
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14 hours ago, HoodlumSheep said:
I liked james' training officer. Tough but fair.
Agreed. He's trying to do his job. I like that he was able to talk to James and help him understand his position.
12 hours ago, magdalene said:Luckily for him he has a very decent commanding officer, who was also dishy straight out of a romance.
I don't find the commanding officer attractive, but I could absolutely picture him in an old black and white WWII movie from the 1940s.
12 hours ago, possibilities said:If James had been jailed for going AWOL, would that have kept him safe (i.e. in prison and not going on bombing runs)? I'm not saying that's what we should wish for (And WW@ was a just war if there ever was one), but I'm just curious how that works.
Potentially yes. If his crew is a man down because James is in prison (not sure if the proper term is stockade, brig, or something else), then another crew would be sent up for the mission.
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On 4/15/2020 at 4:44 PM, IndyMischa said:
I just mini-binged the first three. Phenomenal. I'm realizing quickly how much I don't know about post WW2 history.
I hope this doesn't come off as snobby or something else negative because that is not how I mean it at all. I can recommend some books on the post WWII era, especially the women's movement/feminism if you are interested. If not, that's okay too.
The first episode is very clearly set-up. I like some of the subtle things they did. The idea of spotlighting a different woman in each episode seems like a smart idea.
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@Okita I agree with @SoMuchTV. Change the title of the thread if you can and start us off with the list. I watched Bull and I did not recognize anyone. Also, it's possible the two shows have the same casting director or there is some other connection between the two shows we are not aware of that would account for such a large overlap between the casts. Of course, you could also make the argument that there are only so many working actors at a particular level and you are going to see people play multiple parts over a career.
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I am not a fan of serial killer storylines, but Joe vs. Jamie undercover sounds fantastic. I can't wait to see that part of the episode.
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I love episodes that are confined in time and space, so this sounds absolutely fantastic.
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S07.E02: A Roulette Wheel and a Piano Playing Dog
in Young Sheldon
I grew up doing chores. I had probably had fewer chores than others in my generation and more than others. Among the first chores I remember doing were helping my mom with the laundry and setting the table for dinner.
There's a big difference between an adult/parental figure giving age appropriate chores to a child/teenager, and a young teenager being completely responsible for running the household.
I'm okay with Missy doing chores. I am not okay with Missy being the one to run the household for as long as she did. Even if George didn't see a problem with it and thought it was okay, Connie is living there. She should have seen what was happening and said/did something.
Based on how worried he is about the police and going to jail, I'm sure that is where this is headed. Georgie has always been responsible when it comes to family. In an early season, the minute he found Missy and Sheldon at a high school party his immediate response was to take them home.