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Nah, I think in one or two episodes next season (if the writers strike ever ends) they'll put together all the reasons posters have mentioned here why Bode threw himself on the grenade (once again), this time to save Freddy, and he'll be released from prison. I don't see why he can't wind up in Cal Fire before the end of Season 2, maybe as liaison to Three Rock.

I had enjoyed the quirky Gina this season, but now that Mike and Beth are over, Gina is back to her obsession with Mike. Gina had been working with the other officers at work and friendly outside work and had a professional relationship with Mike. Now she's obsessing again, reluctant to work with Sims and Chalmers and intruding into Mike's life. Some people think her obsession is charming, but I don't.

In the "Meat Puzzle" episode many years ago, Agent Todd asks, "What did Ducky look like when he was younger and Gibbs answers..."

I wouldn't have expected Ducky to be called in. Jimmy didn't a second opinion, so there was no need for NCIS to call in Ducky. Jimmy's old rival was contacted because the senator's aide felt he could control the media star medical examiner.

Sorry they ended the Beth and Mike arc, but I didn't expect he'd wind up married. I wish Mike and Beth had discussed his work addiction, as Tabatha had with Beth. Beth had seemed okay with Brokenwood and with Mike's job. I'm sure that if the show had wanted them to remain a couple, they could have worked it out and they wouldn't have written the "they're moving back to Beth's hometown and so Mike will retire" scenario. What was Mike going to do while Beth was at work?

Didn't Vance say he stood by Jimmy when he came up with the victim being heated rather than going with Jimmy's rival, even though Jimmy's theory was kind of far fetched?

But she said she didn't want to break up because he lied, but because -- like her father -- he wouldn't be able to spend enough time with his daughter because he had a relationship with someone other than the mother of the child. (I do agree with shapeshifter that this was the lame excuse they had her give because the arc had ended its planned run.) At any rate, none of it matters, because I just read the show has been cancelled. I like it and hope one of the cable channels will pick it up.

Season 16, Episode 13 - Vengeance Makes the Man I really enjoy the recurring characters on Murdock Mysteries - e.g., George's aunts, Terrence Meyers, James Pendrick - but I find the return of supposedly "dead" characters very annoying: Allen Clegg, Violet's father, James Gillies, etc. In Vengeance Makes the Man, they basically said that we haven't seen the last of Violet's evil father.

So Mark finishes first in his class and his family is poor, but he can't get a scholarship. What else does he need to qualify? And his mother has to quit a well-paying management job with a future to work serving lunch at the college so he can get a free ride as an employee's child.

This was an homage to Midler and to the Continental Baths, just as Midge is styled somewhat on Joan Rivers without exactly duplicating her life. That scene took place in '61, when Bette was still a teenager in Hawaii and the Baths hadn't opened, but the connection to her in that scene made us realize that Susie had come to a gay bath house to confront the producer.

People have been mentioning that Sims looks different and guessing why. This is why: https://www.nowtolove.co.nz/health/body/fern-sutherland-brokenwood-mysteries-canada-health-scare-39775

Re: the quickie on the spot wedding ceremony? How is that even legal? You can't hold a wedding ceremony in NY State without first obtaining a marriage license. I hope none of the wedding party thinks this was more than a symbolic gesture.

I just saw a news story on TV yesterday about 10-15 former inmates who were sworn in to CalFire.

A couple of posts about Season 16 Episode 11: DOA suggested this is based on an Alfred Hitchcock Presents show. As much as I liked that dark and quirkey show, I have to assume this episode was based on the 1950 Edmund O'Brien film D.O.A. where O'Brien plays a man who has been poisoned and tries to find who poisoned him before he dies.

There is a wonderful documentary - "Bathtubs Over Broadway" - about industrial musicals. They were really big in the day and many stars - e.g., Chita Rivera, Martin Short, Florence Henderson - got their starts appearing in them. https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Streaming-Review-BATHTUBS-OVER-BROADWAY-A-Fantastic-Award-Winning-Documentary-About-Industrial-Musicals-20200728

Arguments aside about whether Mark should go to community college for two years, did he apply to only one school? He had good grades. There must have been a state four year college he could have gotten into that wouldn't cost an arm and a leg. He was told months ago that he wasn't going to get the orchestra scholarship. Did he look into other sources of financial aid? Darlene wasn't working when he applied, so he could easily have gotten some financial help.

They probably do. They think Abe and Joel's parents are amusing, while I find them to be nasty people, so the Paladinos sense of what pleases the viewing audience is not what this member of the audience finds funny or amusing.

Yes, you might say he made things worse by not handling the situation calmly. Yes indeed. Jiro could have helped his brother by taking him directly to the hospital and/or calling the police. Instead he shoved Leon so hard he cracked his skull. He wanted custody of his brother, but by resorting to violence instead of getting a lawyer or calling the police, his testosterone-filled response almost sent him to prison, which would have not only meant losing custory, but would have been a hardship for his wife and children. (His wife seemed surprised when he explained why he didn't take the plea deal. Didn't they discuss that?) Why didn't he let his wife bring the bento box as she had offered? Also, I know he was upset when he found his injured brother, but he could have taken a minute, at least when he got home, to call and let his employers know why he didn't make it to the plane. Is the English version of this show written any better?

Jake thinks that nobody supports him, but he's hiding why he was in Drake County. The Chief investigating the arson knows he set his house on fire as a kid -- which, BTW, came from the probie, not Sharon or her husband. There is other evidence that it was Jake. Give them a reason to have your back, kid. Once again, the gang has personal conversations in the middle of fire calls. Jake is called to a medical emergency, but first has to have a conversation about the arson. Jake is trapped in a burning building, but Bode stops those in command positions from fighting the fire to explain how he figured out who the arsonist is. Jake could have died, but at least Bode would have proved he wasn't the arsonist. Great background check on the nugget. His supposed father was this famous hero in Cal Fire, but no one knew him personally and they didn't know that he didn't have children? They just took the probie's word and didn't look up his resume.

The point is that Laura and her family didn't have to be alone. After every mass shooting, survivors of previous shootings rush to the aid of the latest victims. There are dozens of survivors groups that have come to comfort the families and survivors because they have been through the same tragedy. There are any number of organizations lobbying for gun control legislation. Laura could have turned to them instead of trying to reinvent the wheel. and to get emotional support her family needed.

Maybe because, unlike other shows - NCIS: New Orleans for example - the location isn't really an organic part of the show. The writers don't incorporate D.C. into their storylines, other than involving a Senator or government official from time to time. They rarely film in Washington. The writers don't seem to know much about the capital city, especially distances on the East coast.

Yes, and that's why Laura should have been in touch with other families who have been through that horrible situation. No, not all litigated against their harrassers, but they could have provided Laura with support and some strategy, so she wasn't fighting her grief and the deniers alone.

As a number of people have posted, generalists will take on any case that presents itself. And, of course, a TV script will do whatever is necessary for the storyline. In the OG Perry Mason, Perry's case of the week was criminal defense, but he also represented many companies, doing corporate law. (Which usually resulted in getting him clients to defend for murder.) I agree with others that it is likely that all of Matthew Rhys' cases are going to wind up being related.

Once again, this show takes a serious issue and handles it in a ridiculous fashion. Why didn't Laura and her husband sue the denier? Or at least speak to any attorney to strategize how to handle the damage caused by the conspiracy theorists without trying to take it on all by themselves. It worked for the parents in Newtown who sued Alex Jones? The denier obviously caused harm to Laura's family over and over. Why didn't Laura and her husband send Jonah to a therapist to deal with his trauma? He obviously wasn't handling it well. For that matter, why didn't they go to family therapy? Laura's conviction is showing love for Jonah how? He was troubled before, but now he has to live with being a murderer, with his mother going to prison for him and his father letting his mother cover for him. People will remember her for being a hypocrite, a murderer, rather than someone fighting for gun control legislation.

Actually, the original Perry took on pro bono cases and low paying clients all the time. He could afford it because of all the wealthy clients he had, but he would take on kids and old ladies and other poor clients for the coins they had in their wallets or a painting by the client. It was an odd mash of corporate and criminal defense law. New Perry had to turn to civil cases because he didn't have the wealthy corporate clients to keep his practice going.