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I wasn't referring to the times when she was getting to know him, and she thought he was trying to interview her, and she would cut him off or run away. I was referring to once everything was out in the open, she said something implying dishonesty on his part, but other than giving her a false name, he never actually said anything false about himself. She's the one who concluded he was a reporter, but her wording made it sound like he had misled her about it and he didn't correct her about it. Maybe he was just being a gentleman.

Once Hallmark Christmas movie season started around October, I guess I thought all new mysteries had stopped. So I only recently realized I had missed some things. In case anyone else has as well, this is what is coming up: Wed. Feb. 14 9:00 - After All These Years. This is actually a movie from 2013, starring Wendie Malick. I saw that the young man playing the son is Adam DiMarco, who played the sweet, naive son/grandson in White Lotus season 2. Sat. Feb. 17 9:00 - Mystery on Mistletoe Lane Fri. Feb. 23 5:00 - True Justice: Family Ties (repeat 3/2 7:00, 3/15 5:00) 9:00 - CrimeTime: Freefall (repeat 2/25 7:00, 2/28 7:00) Sat. Feb. 24 9:00 - Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made Fri. Mar. 15 9:00 - Crimes of Fashion: Killer Clutch Also, I finally got to see what I believe is the last in the Garage Sale Mysteries series: Searched & Seized. If you missed it, it will air again Sun. Mar. 3 at 7:00. It was nice when they actually used to show married couples!

I'm glad to know I wasn't imagining this. Every time I looked at her wardrobe, she looked like a shopkeeper who had gotten some second-rate "fancy clothes". I know that they made a point of pointing out that money was an issue, but no way would someone like her have been in clothes like that. You're not alone, and 1000 times yes to the part in bold. Interestingly, she was the only character who I felt that way about; even the young girl playing Gertrude didn't have that same modern sound to her. The other thing I had a problem with were the historical inaccuracies. Cornelius Vanderbilt died in 1877 at age 82. In this movie, he was portrayed as being middle aged, so that would be around 1840s-50s. Yet they also made a point of talking about how the person who stole the plans was shopping them about by phone, even though Bell didn't even get his patent until 1876. Also, a very early incandescent electric lamp was first made by Edison in 1876, but this movie clearly had table lamps that were not gas. And finally, the phraseology sounded completely contemporary...almost nothing they said would have sounded out-of-place now. In fact, the lead character said something about how someone loved drama. That is a turn of phrase that we weren't even saying as recently as 20 years ago. And finally, the police guy absolutely would have been watching her like a hawk at the end when she was talking with that heir guy at the door, seen what looked like an intimate conversation, and definitely had some words with her. I also found it odd that the heir never bothered correcting her when she said he hadn't been honest about who he was. IIRC, he never said he was a reporter...she is the one who (falsely) concluded that he was a reporter. I will watch future installments, if there are any, because I'm a sucker for Hallmark Mysteries, but I was still disappointed.

Not related to a current Dateline ep, but certainly to prior ones...just found out that the LA Innocence Project is representing Scott Peterson, as in, the 'murdering-his-wife-Laci-and-fetus' Scott Peterson. As I posted in the General True Crime forum, with all the evidence against him, I'm not sure how he could be innocent. I generally have a lot of faith and respect for the Innocence Project, but this has me shaken.

It happened to me, with emergency responders. It was late on a Christmas Eve and they were knocking at the door, so I opened it. They immediately barged in fast and hard without saying anything, and I asked what was going on. That's when it became clear that they had the wrong house; it was really the next-door neighbors'. [coughChaceyPoyntercough]

Just learned that the Los Angeles Innocence Project is taking up the case of Scott Peterson's conviction for murdering his pregnant wife Laci and their unborn fetus. With all the evidence against him, I'm not sure how he could be innocent. I generally have a lot of faith and respect for the Innocence Project, but this has me shaken.

I did not know specifically about the IFB world. Just awful, absolutely terrible. It got me curious about what the IFB churches are up to now. Apparently, there is a NIFB, which stands for New Independent Fundamental Baptist church. Their website says the N, for New, is "because the 'Old IFB' got stuck in their backslidden, wicked ways". And yet, right beside that explanation is a picture that I guess shows 11 church leaders...and you don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out what gender the 11 people are. Yeah, "New" my a**.

I was fascinated by the concept of them moving the location of the cue cards, especially for the 'up' ones...it really did look like Washington was pensively gazing.

In the latest Dateline, "Down the Basement Stairs", I really didn't feel like there was enough evidence to convict her, and I wasn't actually sure if she did it. But at the sentencing hearing, when the daughter was pleading for Cara to get no more jail time, and basically in a huff said that she didn't know her mom Ann (the deceased) at all, I was disgusted. First of all, if Cara is guilty, then the reason the daughter didn't know her mom Ann, is cause Cara killed her! But more importantly, that statement was such an indictment of Cara. It seems like in all the other murders where a young child remains, the family does everything they can to tell the young child all about the deceased, even when it wasn't the child's mother!!! But in this case, apparently Cara just excised Ann's existence out of their lives entirely, which does make me lean towards thinking she was guilty. Plus, pretty much any time that two or more people together happen upon a dead body in a home, you can bet that one of them did it (and disgustingly, it's often the child who is the unwitting second person).

I've been watching Prosecuting Evil with Kelly Siegler, and I had assumed that the existence of this new show meant that Cold Justice would not be returning. But according to Kelly, there will be a season 7 of Cold Justice in 2024. The most recent Prosecuting Evil episode, "The Cop Who Wouldn't Stop", was interesting because it featured a very young Johnny Bonds, who is one of our Cold Justice peeps. It's a pretty amazing story in terms of his unshakeable persistence to bring justice in the case.

Once again, Accused: Guilty or Innocent shines a light on cases that NEVER should have made it to court. This one, "Party Killer or Innocent Bystander" was insane. In fact, the original prosecutor got so mad about the lies that the police department told, and the obfuscations, that he resigned. And what's 'funny', is that the stuff the police department was covering up by lying about the existence of body camera footage, was far less damning to the case, than the fact that the original prosecutor actually ending up testifying for the defense because of his outrage at the body camera footage lies! There was literally no evidence...not just no physical evidence, but no circumstantial evidence, no eyewitnesses, nothing. There was only a perceived motive and a physical proximity at the time of the shooting. I think the defense lawyer kept getting more and more stunned as the case progressed, about the developments that just fell into their laps. The second prosecutor even suggested that the charges should be dropped, but the police department insisted on going forward. Thankfully the (wrongly) accused was found not guilty. Unfortunately, nothing has happened to any of the police department staff about anything that they did.

Also, given how many times they reiterate that the breakup was due to their work schedules, you know that it definitely was NOT due to their work schedules!

When I was talking to my husband about the proposal pressure part, he said something about how the guy could get down on one knee, and right when he starts asking her to marry him, just give a quick wink to let her know that this proposal is for the publicity/clout/whatever. Well, I swear to God, when John Henry got down on one knee and started to propose to Kat, his right eye winked. I rewound it 4 times, to see if maybe it was because sweat was getting in his eye or something, but nope, it was a wink!

The Chicago brick episode was re-broadcast this evening. I had seen it the first time, but I guess it didn't make as big of an impression on me as it did this evening. I have to say that it was one of the ugliest renovations I have seen on any show. (I almost feel like this episode should be a PSA about the pitfalls of having too many overly-specific requirements that hamstring the designer.) I cannot say enough bad things about the fireplace. It was supposed to look modern, but it looked half-finished, bland, and bare, with absolutely no style. I suspected it would turn out badly when they talked about taking down the built-ins, but not replacing it with anything of visual interest. For the fireplace, it looked like there were a few lonesome wood slats slapped up against just bare expanse, and then maybe a variation of those wood slats were somehow incorporated into the windows...you could barely see the very light-colored wood in the windows in the reveal, but the lightness of the wood stuck out like a sore thumb to me. Almost as bad was that the front door entered right into the dining room! There was barely any room to maneuver before bumping into that ginormous (albeit beautiful) table Ben made. The problem was compounded by the also-ginormous island, that basically exactly mirrored the table. And the alignment/placement of the two tables kind of made it look like you were walking into a dining hall when you walked in the front door. Having the refrigerator all the effing way across the kitchen also seemed odd and very impractical, as did the "mud room" that was not connected to an outside entry and seemed to require a lot of traipsing through the house to reach (sort of defeating the purpose of a mud room, yes?). Anyway, I don't usually post about home improvement shows, and I usually love Ben and Erin's work, but this was just so spectacularly awful that I couldn't not post!

Yes! His acting is usually so awful that it takes me completely out of scenes. Maybe he's just much better when it's not live?

Interestingly, I think the show had been going for that same angle, in reverse, with matching Woody and Amani back in the day. He was a player, but it 'backfired' if the show had wanted drama, and instead they fell in love and made it as a couple (just had baby #2!) Help! I watch the show on either Amazon replay or Lifetime replay, and they have never included anything about a poll. Hope someone can tell me what it is and when it occurs. Actually, that's exactly who this week's guest was. She was Nicole Haynes, and she is a staple of those Kevin Frazier panel shows. She's pretty full of herself on those shows, and she was like that on this one, even (IIRC) interrupting one of the 'real' guests to give her two cents.

I got the impression that Lauren puts on this ultra-calm, rational persona, and it lasts only up until a certain point, and then she becomes quite emotional, which I could believe. However, given that Orion is the one mentioning this, and he seems to pride himself on staying in that robotic unemotional zone, it could be that Lauren being 'overly emotional' is behavior that most of us would consider as normal and human-like! I loved the beat-down from Dr. Pia. We rarely see the experts 'take sides' or get harsh, even when it's clearly needed. Back in the day, Dr. Jessica spoke that way to Molly about how she had been treating Jon (before we knew the real reason that Dr. Jessica came down so hard on her!). And I recall Pastor Cal doing that to someone...I think it was Chris (of Chris and Paige). When he was telling her they should take some time apart at their own apartments, I wanted to yell at the TV "Ask him why! Tell him your thoughts about this! Stop letting him be a mealy-mouthed non-explanatory dictator!" I've seriously questioned when the Afterparty episodes were filmed, ever since Olajuwon was on with a new neck tattoo that wasn't there during the filming of his season. And yes, Orion looked so much better with his hair cut. I don't think Emily's two injuries were the same, since she injured her right wrist during the honeymoon and the cast she was wearing on the Afterparty was on the left. And that's actually another area where I think she wasn't being true to herself...I think she wanted to be the cool wife on the honeymoon, not making demands or causing negative repercussions, and that's why she didn't get medical help for her injury. The most ridiculous part of that shorts and shirt outfit, besides how bad the outfit itself looked on her, was that she wore it for stand-up paddleboarding, and if she had fallen in, those clothes would have been very heavy! And I'll join in on the catty-ness...her hair in this episode, in that weird, sort of Swiss MIss and reverse-Princess-Leia thing with two buns down, made her look sooo matronly, and it wasn't helped that it looks like she gained some weight on the honeymoon.

I'm thinking the latter (minus the pay)! But even if the former, I wouldn't have been complaining that someone who seemed to be in medical distress went first...and the Swiss probably aren't as much impatient a**holes as we Americans can be! Again, going with the latter! She probably sees how much 'good' (in her mind) was documented...her stellar weightlifting performance, all those stairs she climbed that time with Will (trainer and Jessica's dad), her heroic overcoming in the 10K 8K 5K, her desirability to all these boyfriends paid escorts, etc. Add to it that what we see as negative, she probably doesn't, because she was doing the behavior in the first place! For example...she showed up for that 'date' with the restaurant owner's much younger son, looking every bit the matronly, practically 40-year old that she is, and then expressed surprise that he didn't call her afterward. We think that's delusional...she sees nothing wrong with it. 100%. The weirdness of Whitney suggesting that Angie move to her house and occupy one bedroom, away from her large family in Alabama and her own spacious home, to do Internet work in Greensboro, made no sense. I think it was producer-driven, to provide a more dramatic contrast to the reveal of Glenn going to Alabama.

I really wonder if the whole train-breakdown-need-to-evacuate thing was orchestrated by the show. Clearly it's happened before, and no one was panicking, so maybe the show figured they could get it to happen for them? At any rate, calling it a "rescue mission" was beyond absurd. My thought for one thing she could cover in therapy, is her revisionist version of her childhood, and even adulthood, regarding her parents never praising her or Hunter for trying, and it had to be for getting great results (or whatever she said). Uh, does Whitless not remember that she's been filmed, and we've seen countless examples of Glenn and Babs praising her half-assed efforts? I am mortified that I didn't recognize the George Glass reference, and I will now turn in my Brady Bunch card!

I posted this upthread, but it looks like there could be some benefit from posting it again: I've seen this mouth-moving thing a few times in my life, and it is very disconcerting to talk to someone and see their lips mouthing what you're saying. However, it is a condition called echolalia, and "refers to non-voluntary repetition of another individual's speech". It apparently can be associated with autism, Tourette's, some forms of dementia, and stroke-related aphasia. I think you're talking about "Dateline", which is the true crime broadcast. Nightline is still basically the same news-oriented show that it was years ago. Theresa didn't wear the same exact dress that Michelle wore, as in, Theresa wearing an already-worn dress. She wore the exact same dress design by the same designer, but not in the same color.

I actually don't see much of an age difference between them...to me, he looks older than he is.

The part I'm annoyed about was that after Leslie was eliminated, he somberly said something about "You think you know how it ends. But you don't." Except, WE DID! It ended exactly like it seemed after Leslie was eliminated. The surprise was that they are getting married, but that was more like the ATFR part, not the finale part. I've seen this mouth-moving thing a few times in my life, and it is very disconcerting to talk to someone and see their lips mouthing what you're saying. However, it is a condition called echolalia, and "refers to non-voluntary repetition of another individual's speech". It apparently can be associated with autism, Tourette's, some forms of dementia, and stroke-related aphasia.

Yes, and if I were Treesa, I'd be pissed! It's saying basically, that I'd give up having met Treesa to not have hurt you. Joan looked like she had even more work done, and it's not a good look. Well worded! And OMG yes it was. Very interesting. First takeaway...Treesa knows her lipsticks were terrible. Second takeaway...regarding what seemed to us to be Gerry showing more interest in her after the date where she talked about her career, they explained that prior to that, Treesa had been pretty shy on camera and resistant to opening up, but on that date she was just being her actual self. Final takeaway...masterful prepping on Gerry's part about what to say regarding the Hollywood Reporter article!

The source isn't anonymous, as in, unknown to the magazine...the source is presented as anonymous in the article, to protect her identity. But she is a known person, and the magazine indicated having done a background investigation, which was able to verify certain logistical details the woman provided (like addresses).

This is priceless!!! She was very very good.