Dowel Jones

I remember watching a minor movie several years, actually decades, ago, that took the premise that the culture in the early grade schools of England during that time may have created such a dislike for that class structure among some of the more disadvantaged students that they harbored sympathies for the communist cause simply out of revenge. And thus acted on it by the time they reached university. It wasn't a documentary, but rather a "what if" story.

This just made it onto Ovation TV here in the US, so it will be interesting to follow it.

I have been watching it, but I'm afraid I have to throw in the towel. It just seems like they're trying to hard to be an edgy look at soulless corporations, but it comes off as a 10 minute sketch stretched out to 30 minutes. Hope you all enjoy it.

Channeling Robert Service and Sam McGee...

Well, shucks. After reading the episode title, I was wondering how the free market could be a blacklister, and how they would ever bring it to justice (Adam Smith reference). I had to laugh when the IH woman claimed that they would never find the van in time because the superfund site was ten square miles and they could never search that large an area. Ever hear of a helicopter?

You should come out to the San Francisco Bay and drive over the Carquinez Straits Bridge (I-680). That thing scares me to this day. It's incredibly high for the ship traffic and everything around is visible. Yeah, I can see the Board of Directors at Crockpot grousing at their meeting: "WTF? We're hated by the entire country, but this show gives Jeep a full hour for their POS Wagoneer?" The reverse is also true. I have almost always been the driver, and it's somewhat unnerving to get into a passenger seat and ride around without control. Just me. Paging Quentin Tarantino...

I have to confess that as soon as I saw the line of code that said "Janet", I thought Good Janet or Bad Janet? Team Cockroach to the rescue! The government's nearly blind desire to contract with TAC for this trial, although a necessary plot device, seemed really superfluous to me. The edge is always to the prosecution in felony cases, simply because the prosecution doesn't bring a case to court unless it has enough evidence to convict. They don't risk it, albeit certain celebrity cases to the contrary, but using the excuse that the jury won't understand the evidence is just not real. I'd like to see Cable go to work for one of TAC's competitors, maybe even Bull's former flame.

1/31/18. Man who committed suicide by immolation while the FBI watched, but we covered it. We know a thing or two...

"Temporarily out of stock" on the website. Did TIU start a rush? Good for them if so.

I had forgotten about the leg. That's certainly the objective reality, but I was thinking of Kevin looking at it from his own perspective and its effect on him. Just as with Kate, if he starts to opine on this as an excuse for his life, someone needs to sit him down and explain that objective reality.

Regarding the sirens and the arrival of the fire department, keep in mind that sirens are not always audible for a long distance, especially considering topography. Engine operators are told repeatedly that, when approaching intersections, always assume that no one around you can hear the siren or see the red lights. So, a mile away and the Pearson's might not even hear the sirens yet (in real life). Also, as a former dispatcher, it takes a little time to get the information from the caller, dispatch the call, and a minute or two for the resources to get on the road. The closest ones might be involved in another call somewhere else, also, so that call goes to the next closest. Obviously, this is all speculation. It's enough that the show was written such that there would be both short and long term cause and effect from the fire. Along those lines, I wondered later whether part of Kevin's dismal post tragedy behaviors are a result of his absence from the fire, and his feeling that, if he had been there, he could have been the hero he was meant to be on the football field, and everyone's life would have been changed forever.

I guess I'm going have to look up some recipes that involve melting chocolate bars over lasagna in a crockpot.

Somewhere in the hospital scenes I remember a wall clock reading 12 midnight, so I think this is pretty accurate.

The previous episode showed the flames rushing up the stairwell quite fast. I worked in the fire department for many years before retirement, and that's not unusual. 5 minutes and some houses will be fully involved. And I'm guessing that the reason no one saw it so soon was that the neighborhood was inside their own homes watching the Super Bowl too. I remember being at my sister's house, which is on a hillside and has a large picture window overlooking the neighborhood. We were all chatting around until someone chanced to look out the window and noticed the house down the hill was on fire. As for the tv show, what I can't see is waiting around in the bedroom to be told to get out.

But, by the same token, those of us on the west coast have 3-5 pages of comments to go through even before the show ends on any given night. :)

Spanish does, with some frequency. The term for describing something that's really good is "bien padre", and the level above that is "bien padrisimo".

(Making plans to smuggle large quantities of Mars bars across the border for resale) Curses! Foiled again!

And Rebecca got change from her dollar. Phooey. I did catch that the first time, and wondered what it was. I'll have to rewatch.

Now, if they got Ted Danson as a spokesperson....

I get why Kate obsesses about her "role" in Jack's death. She has said before that she likes the voice in her head that beats her up for her appearance and whatnot, so it's a short stretch to add "killed your dad" to the mix. Personally, I liked Memphis much better as a reflection on losing someone. But then again it wasn't hyped the way this episode was. 2nd degree burns are blisters on the skin. Darn right it is serious, especially if it covers any significant area. And painful, too. I would have had Miguel meet us at the hospital to take the kids. I really reacted when Kevin started in with "I've had a really bad year" at the tree. My first thought was, yeah, it's always about you. But he redeemed himself further into the monologue. And when he told Rebecca, "I'm not even sure I'm at the right tree", he saved it.

Absolutely. I think that was his end game all along. The season finale will probably come down to a choice for Jane to save Kurt or Avery. Cliffhanger time.

Can someone explain how you put a "secret" bunker in the middle of the woods without excavating the surrounding area, and staff it with a rotating group of 10 or so people every 8 hours, not to mention the inevitable commutes and the power needs, and all the while keep it secret? Wouldn't it be better (although obviously incompatible with plot development) to hide it in plain sight, say, on the upper floor of a building? I loved those action photos of our heroes in the dossier that Crawford gave to Roman. Ex-Director Hirst really put Zapata back on her heels for a few moments with her comment about the movable line.

I would like to know how a a string of grocery carts could get up that kind of momentum in a flat and level parking lot. Maybe she was celestially destined to be run over, and Michael/notMichael saved her, altering the course of the world somewhere down the line (presumably before the next season). Random thought: The commuter airline that carries government employees from Las Vegas to Groom Lake, aka Area 51, is called Janet Airlines.

Especially since they didn't even check what's below the roofline before they jumped. What exactly was the ignition source on the rooftop to cause the explosion? There was no flame there. I'll bet that patient with the severe leg injury really appreciated being carried out in the modified chair lift. No stress there. So, I guess Bria didn't draw the audience as expected and was dropped without so much as a reference in this episode. Hope they had plenty of food in the reefer for her as she fades into lost storyline purgatory. I have to agree with Grissom. That call was mishandled in so many ways. Casey must have mad track skills if he can outrun a con in tennis shoes while wearing turnout boots. On replay, CC said "Kelly", but it sounded like "Taylor". Could go either way. What was with that shirt that Otis had on? Was he headed out to Cook County Jail?

They were setting up a perimeter, as they always do. ;)