Dowel Jones

I know it was supposed to be frightening, but my first thought was the 'monster' that was always hiding under Calvin and Hobbes' bed and talking to him. I marvel at the power that M+A seems to hold over everyone. "I'll have this house condemned", says Gabi. "Go ahead and try", says a resident in real life. "Alright, everyone inside", says Maggie. "Says who? You're not in charge of nothing around here", says a frat brat in real life. "I'm going to tear your college down unless you give us the security tapes", says Gabi." "You are trespassing. If you don't leave immediately, you will be arrested", says an actual college President in real life. What kind of arrest warrant/search warrant specifies a 24hr. grace period? And Trent is standing right there by Gabi but doesn't do anything at all. Very curious police department. If I were Special Agent Will Trent, I would vociferously object to this character sullying my name.😏

That might be a red herring. Maybe there was something else in the conversation he wanted recorded. It sure looks like Richard is trying to sabotage her somehow.

I thought Stella's program Girls on Fire was for high school students looking to prepare for an Academy. The teacher is well past 21 and, while I applaud her decision to try and get in the program, shouldn't it then become Women on Fire?

In the comedy series "St. Denis Medical", they just had an episode that discreetly dealt with where the borrowed lipstick came from. Ick!

I'll give Hermann a pass, because most people probably don't know that Steely Dan is not just a band, but a dildo in a William Burroughs novel. Thus, the comment "I want to introduce you to Steely Dan on the way home" might just be misconstrued a bit. Yeah, Cruz follows in the long line of Station 51 personnel who flout the rules, break the law, and generally behave badly only to receive a slap on the wrist. He did get a two-week suspension at least.

It does sound like a Scandal.

Serena's facial expression was epic.

It could be some residual "To hell with her, that's her problem" attitude from the staff that she had bullied. Even with an absence of eight years, I would think that anyone who has ever worked in an organization knows about IT.

Just think of that other PBS series - "Doctor Blake Mysteries". Maybe it's his cousin. :)

There is a fairly detailed article on WWII rationing in the US on Wikipedia. I was surprised at the amount of things rationed (typewriters!) and who got priority for gasoline stamps (the clergy, among others). My mother told me there was a thriving black market for stamps if you knew who and when.

I have to admit that my first thought when the farmer was painting his cow was "invasion stripes"? You've got a few years there yet, sir.

Where's the draaaama in that?

I have to agree with the comments about the laugh track. Is there a disconnect between the writers and the producers where the jokes just aren't landing? To me they aren't, but that's another story. I didn't even smile during this episode. I'll give it one more.

When that first mob got the news about the false advertising, I really thought at first that the woman who told them that there were no headphones was just someone who glommed a store vest and was trying to scatter everyone with the bad news so that she could be first in line.

I'll see you that 'wondering where it was' and raise you one 'I went back to the beginning and rewatched the first ten minutes trying to find it.' 🙂 Maybe the producers are in on it and decided to make us wait until the very end, just because they could.