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Not since Annalise Keating have I loved a fictional defense lawyer so much. Neera is amazing! It helps that she's played by the awesome Yetide Badaki. I like the friendship between Neera and Una. I want to see more of it. This episode brought to mind the DS9 episode "Doctor Bashir, I Presume," where we learn that Bashir is genetically modified, though this episode is about someone from a society that genetically modifies their people. It makes sense that Starfleet and the Federation would finally have to grapple with its banning of elective genetic modification. To quote one recapper, discrimination flies in the face of everything the Federation is supposed to stand for. Una's testimony about facing discrimination and her family going to another city because they could pass poignantly underscored the result of the the Federation's discriminatory policy. I'm curious to see if this or any other new ST show addresses this issue again. Spock saying "I'm sorry you had to witness that outburst" to Ortegas and M'Benga was hilarious. I laughed right along with them. I'm so glad this show is back!

Caught up on the third and fourth episodes, and I'm continuing to love this latest season of the show. Mrs. Devine and Brenda have both fit in very well with Father Brown. And I've found myself surprisingly moved by the stories at the heart of the mysteries, particularly in "The Gardeners of Eden" episode. Also loving having Inspector Sullivan back. I'm assuming we'll eventually find out what's up with him and Mrs. Devine.

What a fantastic premiere! The crew stealing the Enterprise to go rescue La'An was very on brand! I really liked the partnership of Chappell and M'benga. I kinda want to know about their time in the war. I've been meh on this version of Spock, but I enjoyed him a lot in this episode. Ethan Peck did a great job of portraying Spock's turmoil. So, the Federation is secretly on a war footing. That should be an interesting thread this season.

The first 2 episodes of season 10 are finally up on BritBox. I loved both. The mysteries were good, and I enjoyed Mrs. Devine - especially when paired with Lady Felicia. I cackled when Inspector Sullivan said Insp. Mallory requested to be transferred FAR away from Fr. Brown.

I'm rewatching now via YouTube, and I'm loving the series even more.

Seeing the scene once was enough for me to get the truth of it. The fact that Agatha said she was raised since age 3 to marry this man also got across the point of the awfulness of that marriage.

I was pleasantly surprised by this series. Didn't expect it to have as much depth as it did. It was more character study than anything else, and I rather enjoyed that. Loved to see the beginning of Charlotte and Agatha's friendship. Also loved all of Agatha and Violet's scenes in the present day. The ending with George and Charlotte in their spot under the bed was lovely. What a beautiful full-circle moment for them. Wonderfully played by both actors. I wonder what happened to Reynolds. I so enjoyed his and Brimsley's relationship. I hope it got to last at least a little while.

Good interview with Michelle Yeoh on the Star Trek: Pod Directive podcast. She talk about her time on Discovery as well as her overall career. ETA: This interview is from April 2021, so before her Oscar win.

I would watch this! Loved this episode. Violet and Agatha's friendship is a delight to watch. And I'm glad young Agatha got a chance to come into her own through her friendship and romance with Lord Ledger.

Real Madrid's Vinicius Jr. has been subjected to racial abuse. Again. La Liga and the Spanish authorities have been dragging their feet on doing anything to address this. I'm glad Carlo Ancelotti criticized the racism forcefully. But the governing body needs to do something. Yet with victim blamer Javier Tebas as the head of La Liga, I doubt that will happen.

Season 10 comes to BritBox June 13.

Forgot to say "Virgins to the left of me, whores to right" will never not be funny.

I'm loving the young Lady Danbury. Arsema Thomas is great in this role. Her scenes with the Queen are wonderful. Likewise, the scenes with present-day Lady Danbury and Lady Bridgerton are fantastic. I'm really enjoying the work of those two actresses. I really hated those scenes, and I don't understand why the writers thought we needed to see more than one.

Just started watching this, and I like it so far. Charlotte and George's meet cute was very sweet. I felt bad for her when he left her at Buckingham House by herself.

Just read The Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra for my monthly book club. I loved it! The main character Kaveri is wonderful - plucky, compassionate, and clever. Looking forward to reading the second book in the series, Murder Under a Red Moon. Definitely recommended for cozy mystery fans.

Very excited for this Pedro Almodovar short starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal as gunslingers in love.

This show still has me yelling out in the middle of the episode 😃 When the Mandalorians got trapped, I yelled "OMG, it's a kill box!" And now we see the threads of the season coming together. Moff Gideon has been pulling the strings all along: sending those pirates to Nevarro, preventing the New Republic from sending help, and having his troopers extract him from his transport to trial. So great to see Giancarlo Esposito back as Moff Gideon - and relishing it too! Poor Grogu has already experienced so much trauma, and now he has to watch his father get captured by Moff Gideon. I feel like we're going to see Din's face in the finale. I can just see Gideon taking his mask off just to be extra disrespectful. Besides, seeing Din's face in the season finale is a tradition now! RIP, Paz Viszla. You were kinda of an ass, but you went out like a hero.

I immediately thought of the new secretary. I'm surprised neither Perry nor Della thought of that.

That assistant DA Milligan's face is very punchable. Good episode. I missed it: did we see Pete get into the safe in Perry's office and find the gun?

People are complaining about that? lol. I loved that Grogu got knighted. And I loved his friendly rapport with the Dutchess.

Bo & Din on the hunt for rogue droids gave me Law and Order vibes - right down to standing behind the desk of a computer tech to review evidence. I forgot how hot Axe Woves is! Oh hey, Lizzo & Jack Black! The Dutchess cuddling Grogu was adorable. So, Din has not quite gotten over his bias against droids. Loved seeing Ugnaughts again! And I loved that we got a little of Kuiil's music theme when we saw them.

I was wondering about this. It definitely looked like they weren't actually on Saint Marie (Guadeloupe)

I liked season 2 more than season 1. Jean remains a good lead character: smart, relatable, and kind. So glad Barbara got caught. I didn't like her character at all - and not in the love-to-hate-the-villain way. I'm also glad that Gloria's new boyfriend turned out not to be a bad guy grifter who was conning her. They seemed to be hinting strongly that was the case, so I'm relieved that was a misdirect.

Decent finale. Solid mystery and a cameo from the Saint Marie contingent (Humphrey has now met two of his successors - Neville and before that, Jack). Humphrey and Archie fighting was just so silly. The only thing I liked about it was Kelby telling them to break it up. I laughed when he said, "Don't make me take out my baton!" I guess it's fine that Martha and Humphrey reunited(?) I'm still not into their story, but I do hope that if this gets a second season, this is the last we see of Archie. He's just an annoying character, and I say that as someone who generally likes Jamie Bamber.

Just came back from seeing this, and I enjoyed it much more than I'd expected. I've never played Dungeons & Dragons, so I have very little context for it, but the movie was a lot of fun. The whole gathering-a-team-for-a-mission thing is well trod by now, but I still liked watching it here. It helped that the team played off each other well. Chris Pine was delightfully silly and earnest. Michelle Rodriguez was sarcastic fun. And Justice Smith and Sophia Lillis rounded out the group nicely. Plus, Hugh Grant hamming it up is always a good time. I also loved the visual effects, especially for Doric's shapeshifting.