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Yeah, I'm gonna sit this season out because of the amount of filler and backstories. I trust you guys to let me know if anything particularly gnarly happens!

Vulture is publishing some old school snarky recaps that are pretty fun. It's amusing me that this show was languishing in the pop culture doldrums on Lifetime but now has taken on a new zeitgeisty life simply because of more eyeballs with Netflix. And many of those belong to people who disdain cable shows. 😉

Joe is a psychopathic serial killer who's terrorized and stalked multiple women, yet I still hate Love's parents more.

I watched a couple of Netflix docs this week: The Confession Killer and Don't Fuck With Cats. The first show is about Henry Lee Lucas, who I'm sure a lot of us remember as the guy who confessed to 300+ murders from the 60s to 80s. The series dispatches the basics of the case pretty quickly and focuses more on the far-reaching impact his confessions had on law enforcement agencies throughout the States, the Texas Rangers, victims' families, and the extent some prosecutors and police departments will go to close cases. Don't Fuck With Cats covers a story I hadn't heard of, about a guy who posted videos of himself harming animals and later went on to murder. A group of people online who saw the videos began trying to track him down. The videos aren't shown, but the people being interviewed describe them. I "watched" by listening, only glancing at the screen now and then.

Miss Universe was a fun interview. I admit my first thought when I heard she had won was, "Ooooh, Trevor's going to love that!"

Did Amy and Nick ever specify how much time the makers had for their sheds? It seemed like they'd take more than a day, even with teams of carpenters. And again, specific materials and furniture were all on hand. Jessie's shed was really cool and original with the periscopes and flower floor, but the one I'd want to hang out in was Lilly's. Justine's work history in creative fields such as fabric art and window displays served her well throughout the show. I'm curious about the project she and her friends are collaborating on that prompted her move to California! Jessie is so talented. I could see her becoming a fairly well known local artist in Brooklyn.

I really wanted Lilly to win the invitation challenge. It was a personal and original party idea and had design elements and layers that were very well executed. And yes, the little attendees could definitely use it as a bed for their dolls and action figures. I thought Lilly's party was too over the top pink to win but was gladdened to see her progress and ever-expanding creativity throughout the show. Dayna can bite me with her focal point obsession in the sheds, but I did agree that Rebecca's was the least innovative. Whoever had potted plants laid on their sides in the ceiling latticework ... how you gonna water those suckers? The plain plastic pots weren't the best, either. I'm happy Justine won but would have felt the same for any of the finalists. Fingers crossed for another season next summer where it's supposed to be!

I continue to be delighted by them, but Amy seemed so befuddled when Nick got choked up about Floyd. She looked completely thrown and couldn't decide if he was doing a bit or was genuinely moved. That finally dawned on me, too. Duh. It's not a negative and I'd much rather see work that's well planned and thought through, so trying to obscure it seems odd. It is nice that the helper guy is being shown on air. This year's makers seem so much more skilled and creative overall.

Honestly! So many nominations for folks I thought turned in cheesy, OTT performances. Streep, Anniston, HBC, and Douglas in particular. Many of the nods seem to be based primarily on star power and name recognition. I expect that from the Hollywood Foreign Press but would like to think other actors are more discerning. Once of the most glaring to me is Toni Collette over Merritt Wever in Unbelievable. Toni was great but her character just didn't have as much nuance or range, IMO. Maybe I'm just drawn to more understated performances in general. I really need to stop paying attention because awards and top 10 lists are getting sillier as the content avalanche increases. Even critics who watch TV for a living only manage to see maybe 25% of what's out there, and it's likely some (many?) voters don't have time or plain don't bother to watch the screeners.

The Repair Shop is always good for a nice sentimental cry! I enjoy all the crafts people (and Steve's mechanical wizardry never fails to amaze) but I'm truly in love with Will. Alas, we are destined to be apart.

Yeah no, Trevor. I don't care one bit if Trump's feelings were hurt. After all the denigrating, mocking, name-calling and lies he's told about others? And that's just in public.

I swear, I do not understand the judges' choices! Forced perspective or not, the winning dog house was the most boring of the bunch to me, and that includes the one the judges thought was too modern/simple. I think Simon just lets the horrible Etsy lady and her bad taste make all the decisions. Eagan may want to work in set design but he's too enmeshed with his family to leave home. Hopefully when he's a few years older he develops some perspective and maybe even realizes he and his mother aren't the same person. He could also stand to mention his father once in a while; there was one in his family photos.

I'm tired of female comics like Annie Ledeman who rely almost entirely on "I'm such a slut" humor. Get another joke! After screwing up some of their names, I've noticed that David now introduces the panelists by first name only and lets the chryons do the heavy lifting. I thought he looked the nicest he ever has last night with the shirt and sweater outfit. Casual but not sloppy.

I agree. My only complaint is that I wish some shows, like last night's, were an hour. I could listen to those guys reminisce and snark on each other for a lot longer than 10 minutes total. I also appreciate that Spade laughs at the gibes at his expense (or pretends to, which is the same to me). Because of trending topics and rotating panelists, I don't get the sense that several episodes are recorded at once and wonder how long comics will be willing to drag themselves out to the studio for such little airtime. I'm also enjoying the segments with Spade's mother, as long as they stay infrequent treats. I felt the same about Letterman's mom. The pieces with Spade directing newbies during a comedy set is not a premise that holds up for me and I'm already kind of bored with it.

I'm so happy this show is back! The makers this year seem really talented and creative so far, and it's heartening to see them being kind to each other. Love Amy and Nick, as usual. He looks fabulous with the buzzcut and shorter beard. I don't think it's a good sign that NBC has programmed a family show like this in the 10pm spot, or that they're burning off all the eps so fast. But I appreciate that it even got a second season.

The thing with the toaster is that Ray was so proud of himself for coming up with the idea. Everyone uses a toaster. Everyone already HAS a toaster, Ray! The fact that it's personalized is, well, kind of dumb but also beside the point. Maybe if it toasted in Cylon Centurion heads like Sheldon's on Big Bang Theory ...

These peeves are along the same lines of a restaurant having bad food -- and such small portions! But it would be nice if there were a happy medium. 1. Audiobook narrators. Or as they're often styled in the credits, "performed by." This isn't Shakespeare in the park, folks! Enough with the overacting, shrieking, and women making male voices sound like billy goat gruff. There's another group that for some annoying reason take loud breaths at the end of paragraphs. 2. Availability. My library almost exclusively carries the sort of popular titles found in airport gift shops that lean heavily on action and suspense. Hoopla has a slightly greater variety but only allows four checkouts per month and I've gone through most of them. An Audible subscription is $15 a month for one freaking book of your choice plus two "originals". Pfft. 3. I subscribe to Kindle Unlimited for $10/month and have Alexa read the books to me, but the majority of titles included in Unlimited are self published genre series. Those can be enjoyable and all, but popular authors and well known books are mostly excluded. At least change the danged name for truth in advertising! For me, subscribing to streaming services is a bargain and provides a lot more value for the money than audiobooks, at around $15 each for 8-10 hours of playing time.

This is more bemusement than peeve, but I shake my head a bit at the people who complained on social media because they weren't able to get through to Disney+ customer support. The service was broken for everyone on day one and continues to be buggy. I hope those subscribers were satisfied after being on hold for two hours to hear that Disney is "aware of the problem and working as hard as possible to fix it." That's the line we always used at my former software company.

Right back into the thick of things in episode one. The change in cast is seamless so far. I'm not overly familiar with this period of British history or Prime Minister Wilson, so there's an element of intrigue that wasn't there with Churchill. I'm determined not to look it up!

So, yeah. I need a walker to get around and spend much of the day in an adjustable hospital bed. I also never answer the door unless it's someone I know. Schwan's food delivery has an option to leave out an insulated bag for the driver, which I do. For some reason when the guy comes, he bangs and bangs on my door to speak to me instead of, you know, just leaving the fucking food in the bag. Today the guy is buzzing my doorbell again. I get the walker and finally make my shaky way to open the door. I'm naked. I'm going on 70 and weigh 200 pounds. It was worth it.

It was nice to see Chris Hardwick on the show tonight, especially since I think of Lights Out as the spiritual successor to @midnight.

I thought it was a lot of fun. I have spoken,

Trevor pronounced in one way at the beginning of the show and went back to his native way at the end. He's always adaptable with accents!

I just noticed last night that Trevor has bowed to the American pronunciation of controversy. Maybe Comedy Central figured we didn't understand conTRAversy. Pretty sure he's sticking firm on zehbra, though.

I've been wondering that, too. Someone has to go and clue us in! I think I'd almost like to sit in on a rehearsal instead of the show. Jeff Jeffries, ugh.