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I hate to complain because that episode was so awesome, but the good stuff was obvious, so I will just say it: I don't like the way they're writing Daenerys to be a bad queen now. Yes, she's always been haughty and entitled, but she freed the slaves, and tried to be just and fair, and protect the weak. Her story (IMO) has been what's really kept this show going all along - people wanted to see the dragons, and what they could do. Now at the last moment, we're supposed to root against her? I don't like it. But that's just a quibble, because like I sad, it was an awesome episode. Jaime has some serious issues with some of the people there, maybe he shouldn't have come lol.

I'd never heard of BTS, but with their different colored hair, they looked like a bunch of Easter eggs. Good timing for the season. Emma did a good job, but I didn't think the sketches were memorable. I didn't think the "Hobbies" rap was funny, but I related to it because I also have several goofy hobbies.

Ha! I even yelled at the TV: "C'mon, Mockingbird!".

Seth, Er, Ed was calling the Moclans' bluff essentially. He was saying the Moclans couldn't survive the Kaylons without the Union anymore than the Union could survive without the Moclans. I thought it was odd that they listened to this argument, but it's tantamount to them blinking. The Moclans seem more stubborn than that, so maybe it's just lazy writing.

It's hard to imagine the Enterprise in a combat scene to the tune of 9 to 5. Although their last movie had one to the tune of the Beastie Boys' Sabotage, so never say never.

D'oh! You're right. And maybe the element of surprise.

Really good episode. The announcer on my station said before the episode that "The crew of the Orville faces its biggest challenge yet", or something like that. I'm pretty sure the two parter with the Kaylons has that distinction. This clearly clinches that Bortus has completely changed his attitudes about Moclan laws and traditions, from being around his shipmates, if there was any question about it. His marriage is not looking too good at the moment. I thought they should have taken Isaac down to the planet to fight off the Moclans, and maybe Talla as well. It's surprising that the members of the Sanctuary didn't appear to have any weapons of their own.

This is obviously a popular show, so I'm not sure why there isn't more traffic here. Maybe it's because there are so many reruns always on that people can't figure out which are the new shows to comment on. I don't care for punishments like they had last week, with Murr going around closing everybody's laptops. I'm sure it was uncomfortable for him, but it seems like bits like this are more of a punishment for the people involved than for the Jokers themselves. At least the Jokers know it's a joke, a TV show, and that they're getting paid. And even if they're uncomfortable they usually get a laugh or two out of it. The people in this case were just annoyed, since they're not in on the joke.

Watched the episode on the Nazi code supposedly planted in the piece of sheet music. It certainly seems to contain symbols that aren't musical in nature. This was much more fun than the Egypt Live show, IMO. What happened to Josh? He used to seem so adventurous, and nothing daunted him. Now he seems to balk at every obstacle, he seemed afraid to take the zip line, and was afraid on the four wheeler. Maybe he was playing it for laughs, but it just seems like a different attitude from him. I can't believe they dug up a gas mask and a machine gun. I was wondering if they were going to find a body in there too. Why would someone leave a machine gun behind?

It was nice to see Talus finally giving Landry some respect. I was about ready to give up on the whole lot of them, but they pulled me back in. It helps if at least someone on the show is a little bit likable.

I completely agree with that. But have they said that they haven't seen each other since high. school specifically? Because if so, that is kind of sad. But maybe the moment just made her nostalgic, as opposed to being stuck on him.

Speaking of bored, I watched the Egypt Live special this morning. I thought it was mind numbingly boring. I'm sure some people who were more interested in mummies enjoyed it though. Seems like most of the show was a contest between Josh and Dr. Hawass to see which one of them could talk the most. While the Egyptian workers tried to move things along. Considering the show ran long, I guess the workers were the ones who had it right. You could see Josh kind of laugh as Dr. Hawass took the mic and closed the show himself. He seems to be quite a ham, but I was impressed how the old guy was scampering through those tunnels.

Sounds like America Unearthed, was that the show? Those are all reruns, so they're not that new. I saw an episode last night that I had seen before, he kept going on about the Holy Grail and hooked X's. Someone had stolen a huge boulder off a beach that allegedly had some Templar writing on it. That show comes off as very scripted but tries to appear to be spontaneous. Yeah, Expedition Unknown is back Wednesday with an episode about secret codes to reveal hidden Nazi treasures. Treasure hunts are usually fun. I have the Egypt special recorded, but I haven't watched it yet. Sounds like Josh has gone all Geraldo Rivera on us (if anyone remembers Secrets of Al Capone's Vault).

I thought they were going to do Bring it On, but they did Fight Club instead. Meh.

For those who haven't seen Game of Thrones, I can't recommend it highly enough. I liked the MaCaulay Kulkin appearance in the Sinatra show. In the Prostate Exam sketch (it wasn't about a colonoscopy), at first I thought that Kit was just pretending to be on Undercover Boss to get out of the prostate exam (but I was wrong). One of the better shows of the season.

Well, the '60s were full of sitcoms with wacky premises: The Munsters, I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched, Mr. Ed, Gilligan's Island, The Beverly Hillbillies, My Favorite Martian, The Flying Nun, etc. It was probably the writing that made My Mother the Car so bad. The basic idea of a sentient car was done better in Disney's The Love Bug. It wouldn't surprise me if My Mother the Car had some influence over that movie.

Nice pull with My Mother the Car. I spent decades remembering that TV show, I never thought I would see it again until it popped up one day on one of those retro channels. I have to say it seemed better when I was five. Regarding the acreage/square mile problem, the land could be two miles long if it's a rectangle. Although you're probably right, they likely only moved the trailer about 50 yards.

I can't even remember how many times it's been now that Matt has left to take care of his problems. I want to say it's the third. At least he's working on it. It took me three tries to quit smoking. Sometimes if you keep working at it, eventually it will work. I have a friend who suffered his whole life with addiction problems, and I gave up on him ever straightening himself out. But now he's actually been clean for years. So I do hope Matt gets straightened out, I miss his goofy laugh. Can you imagine archeologists from a thousand years from now excavating No-uh's experimental tent and the stuff they'd find? And the conclusions they would draw from it?

I don't know who came up with the idea to make the 12th season animated. I thought it was a stupid idea to be honest, but I watched the first episode and it was pretty entertaining. Still seems to be pretty much the same show. The art seems to capture them pretty well. Apparently they found a (strange) way to write Mr. Leahey out. I was trying to figure out if they had taken all his lines from old episodes?

To me he sounds a lot like his Joker voice that he uses in the Batman cartoons. I'm totally with you on trying to tell everybody apart. Everyone is filthy and has long hair. It's like the Monty Python and the Holy Grail joke: How can you tell he's the king? Because he doesn't have shit all over him.

Hamill's very good in his role, but the problem with this is he is an unlikable villainous prick. I can see the appeal in being a Templar Knight, but with all the crap they put them through I'd walk. Why is Landry so intent on being a Templar anyway? He wasn't keeping the vows - he was banging the queen of France behind his best friend the King's back. If I was him, I'd travel far, far away and build me a new life as a farmer or something.

1) The blonde guy's name is Rhone, he climbed the ladder and had the scroll from his mother, but he's not the one who died. That guy's name was Quentin. 2) It was too dark for me to tell who the cult leader was. I guess they branded him to drive the devil out of him. Since Landry won't rat on them, I guess Talus won't find out. 3) I think they were just supposed to scout out the location of the devil worshippers, so it was a light party. 4) The prince is killing the babies, presumably under the order of the king. Because the king's wife was pregnant with Landry's child. Landry had it cut out of her, and now the king found out and is killing all the babies to kill Landry's baby. 5) De Nogaret wanted revenge for his parents obviously, and the fact that the Pope was a threat to Phillip was a bonus. I'm can't remember why Gawain isn't with the Templars anymore. Maybe someone else does.

Yeah, exactly. I doubt that Bear's castle will look anything like your example. Actually, shipping containers are a common off the grid building material. Bear was talking about welding one on its end to make a tower. I just want to see how this is all going to turn out, and how he's going to insulate it. Bear's treehouse wasn't that bad really, although I seem to recall it being full of bugs lol. Good thing Matt isn't there building a house. Spares us the site of him frozen inside his see through plastic wrap house.

Oh, I didn't catch that. Looks like Reality Observer is doing the recaps on RailingKill's site now. Or maybe they're co-writing it, or one does the text while the other supplies the captioned pictures? Either way, funny stuff.

I didn't know RailingKill was still doing those recaps, that was good for some laughs. He even made the same "Bird cuckoo clock" joke I made in an earlier post. Apparently last night's episode was only the mid season finale, not the season finale. That sounds more like it for six episodes. From the previews, it looks like the rest of the season is going to be showing the Browns on the mountain in the winter, so I guess I put my foot in my mouth on that one. But they've never shown them in winter before, maybe because winters are harsher in Alaska. It looks like they are actually going to go ahead with Bear's storage container castle. Yikes. I was a little disappointed in No-uh's castle design-uh. Looks just like a plain small house with crenellations.