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18x04 Gimmie Shelter Interesting that Brackenreid's NIMBYism almost ended up with him getting swindled. It was nice that Margaret ended up having a change of heart about having the apartment building in their neighborhood. Mrs. Robinson is the worst kind of zealot: self-righteous and thinks she knows what's best for everyone. Claiming she has God's touch because she committed MURDER is wild. Continuing to love Inspector Choi and how he works with Murdoch and Watts (more Watts, please!) While I miss George, I do like seeing Effie involved more in cases, and I continue to enjoy her team-ups with Brackenreid.

I liked it! Enjoy all 3 leads as individual characters. Looking forward to seeing them team up. Judith's character reminds me a bit of Jane Seymour's Harry Wild, though perhaps a bit less...er, Wild. 😅 Only one episode in and I'm already wishing for Becks to be free of her husband. I thought Suzie's client, Iqbal had an odd look on his face, but did not expect him to be the second victim (assuming they're related)

I am crying from laughing 😅 I was totally onboard with the captain's anti-Halloween stance. I've disliked it since I was a kid. It was always such an underwhelming holiday to me. This show is silly, but I enjoy it.

I started getting into this show over the summer while I was on medical leave. One of the things I delight in on this show is trying to figure out what inventive way the writers are going to integrate Frodo and Mrs. Marlowe into the mystery of each episode. Mrs. Marlowe in particular seems to have a finger in every pie! 😆

18x02 - What the Dickens?! I LOVE to see George and Effie solving a mystery together ("Honeymoon in Hampshire" is still one of my favorite episodes) The characters at the Bleak House danced on the line between endearingly eccentric and grating. I did enjoy the incorporation of Dickens into the solving of the mystery. We got Watts, though not nearly enough. I hope we get to see him leading a case soon. Odd that Thomas Craig was listed in the credits but didn't appear in this episode.

Loved seeing Rebecca Liddiard! Her character's fangirling over getting to be involved in a real murder mystery made me chuckle. Enjoyed seeing Choi directly involved in the case. Looks like he and Murdoch will make a good team. Felt bad for Effie, but I did like her team-up with Brackenreid. I'm curious to see how they involve him in cases now that he's chief constable. Are we getting Julia and Sussanah back for any episodes this season?

I haven't watched GA in literal decades, but I find myself fascinated by the Finch story. I want to call what she did industrial-scale lying, but I'm not sure if that's the right word for it.

Between this show and Elsbeth, Gina Gershon has carved out a good niche playing overbearing rich bitches. I dig it.

So that one guy was basically a superspreader. Enjoying this show so far as a bit of fluff during my week.

This is one of my favorite things about this series - along with how he says "James Pendrick."* Loved the first episode. Cool new credits, and lots of shifting roles (Brackenreid moves to Chief Constable, Watts - briefly - becomes inspector). I like Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, and I like Inspector Choi. It's going to be fun to watch him settle in at Station House 1. Tucker is awful. And it's probably going to get worse. *We didn't see Pendrick last season. Wonder if we'll see him in season 18.

Will do! Good luck with your move! Hope you can join us here again soon!

Did the finale indicate where Elendil was headed - other than away from Pharazon's goons hunting him?

100%. I keep waiting to feel fully invested in all the characters and stories, but the show never quite takes me there. Often, it feels like we're just expected to be invested because we're familiar with the source material. I've never read the books, but I'm a big fan of the Peter Jackson movies, so I have some familiarity with the world and (some of) the characters. But this story should be compelling in its own right - not just because it takes place in a world I already know.

For real! I was happy to see him alive, but I kept wondering what happened to his wounds. He was walking around like he hadn't been stabbed. 😄

In my head cannon, Galadriel threw up a middle finger to Sauron as she was falling off that cliff. Glad to see Arondir made it. I need them to give him more to do. I'd like that to be the last we see of Nori and Poppy. I like the actresses, but the characters were just meh to me. RIP, Celebrimbor. Good for you for refusing to cave and tell Sauron where the nine rings were. RIP, Adar. I think you really were a better option than Sauron. The orcs are going to find out the hard way that they threw in with the wrong guy. The writers need to do a better job balancing the storylines. Isildur basically dropped out of the show from the middle of the season until this episode, so when he showed up, I was like, "Now, what was he doing, again?" Kemen and Eairen are so annoying. Can someone throw them to the Balrog?