Maverick

They really need new writers on this show. I did feel bad for Noah because he was royally screwed (which doesn't excuse kidnapping and murder) but this woman marries not one but two child molesters? And one of them just happened to be the attorney who helped her divorce the first one? Sure Jan.

Someone posted upthread that the actor has been on paternity leave, so the character has been absent or in limited scenes that could be filmed later and inserted into these episodes. Something's just not gelling. I think it's the cast. For a group that's supposed to be a tight knit team, they just don't have a lot of chemistry together. Forrester and Kellet kind of work in a low key way, but all the other relationships feel--lifeless? forced? Katrine had a good rapport with everyone but of course they ditched her.

MeTV doesn't air MSW that I know of. DO you mean COZI? I think they use to have it on in the mornings before Quincy but it appears to be gone now. COZI seems to has dropped almost all of their retro shows. On a different note, MSW returns to Hallmark tomorrow night. I figured their Christmas sap would run at least another week. Also, GAC Family has picked up MSW, along with Columbo and Little House on the Prairie, all of which have been run to death on various other networks.

I'm sure they've drank the Peachy-flavored Kool-Aid. I'm sure his pontificating about what the show is and how it should be played is not limited to what we see on TV I can imagine being on the island with Probst is kind of like being in Room 101 in 1984.

If Boone works for Lego in Denmark, I assume Amy and Jamie are his coworkers so I side-eyed that one. I know it's a celeb/charity thing, but still. Robin was clearly not into the holiday clothes theme. In the first episode he had on some plaid adjacent shirt that he took off for the interview segment. By the third episode he was just wearing denim which had nothing to do with the plaid theme he and Boone had been assigned. I wouldn't be surprised if he threw a bit of a diva fit about it. I thought the snow globe was a cool idea for a challenge. Mel and Dom's both required being up close to see all the detail and but I thought Mel's had more going on (or less negative space, as the judges like to say) and would have put it in the top two. But in that challenge Boone's was the clear winner. I wonder if the next celeb version will be holiday-themed as well.

Seriously?

Some are made for the carpets and some are made for the drapes.

I didn't care for this episode. Too much time on non case stuff and as mentioned the writers have less knowledge of how rental law works than your average bad landlord on The People's Court.

I agree the challah bread looked like a lump of poop. How no one mentioned it is beyond me. Duff was in a snit this episode. Especially during the sweater challenge. Did anyone else notice he wore a jacket and didn't show off his ugly sweater? Was he offended by the challenge? If so it seems like he would have said something to the producers but I guess it was already planned and setup by the time he found out. Jesse: "the snowman croquembouche threw our bakers for a loop ". Well there's the understatement of the season. I'm surprised at least one of them didn't have a total meltdown and stage a cookie salad walkout. My favorite was "do me a favor and turn him around so I can't see his face. Yeah, that's better.". Seriously, those things were two baggers. Minimum.

Allison from season 4 was on with her ex boyfriend who broke up with her while she was on BB.

He's also in competition with Nick Canon for numbers of children sired.

The Sainted Ex-Con's girlfriend was a pip too. "I gave her 4 cigarettes last week because I'm not trying to be like that." Such a giver. How is there room in that house for such sainted egos (and previously a large dog)? There's a place in heaven for those who give out addictive, cancer causing substances. Enjoy the reek of stale smoke that will drift to your house, since you're "pocket neighbors"...whatever that means.

I haven't been able to watch much lately. So we're back to all remote cases? Ok then. At least we don't have to have those odd Doug (sorta) halterviews. Now even remodeling cases someone end up being about dead pets. And cockroach infestations. Someone call the ASPCA on these people. D was very...open about his sordid past and how he has single-handedly rehabilitated himself and that's why P's Facebook lies have angered him so. Case 2 - Rosie Perez found a planner on the internet for an impromptu wedding, fiance tells her she shouldn't have booked planner without a contract, Rosie cancels and D says "No" to a refund. If you'd like to get blackout drunk for because of the show, or any reason really, take a swig every time you hear "my man."

They do take a perverse pleasure in scaring the ever loving shit out of her, though.

Oscar Meyer has hired an ad agency that is seriously fucked up on some seriously fucked up drugs. There's the woman being buried alive by giant ham slices, the weirdos in some kind of pseduo-military uniforms singing "bum bum bum" and that demon child frying hot dogs with lightning bolts shooting out of her eyes. Whoever put these things together has serious issues and we shouldn't be forced to be involved in them.

I only saw a few minutes, but I thought I heard Katie say "someday I'm going to get invited to a party at GZ's house..." Uh, Katie, if it hasn't happened by now I wouldn't wait by the the mailbox.

No, this is people!

I don't remember Alan (or Charlie 1 for that matter) but I was annoyed at yet another quirky character.

I agree Stephanie looks bad in this. The stylist for this sucks at their job. Or hates the hosts. Or both.

I guess I'm in the minority. I didn't mind Erin dressing down Joe. It's not about whether he was right or about what he said. It's how he said it. He wouldn't talk to the DA or another Bureau Chief like that (at least he shouldn't) but he does with Erin. She doesn't like it when Jaime and (especially) Danny treats her like that in her own office. She has given them grief over it but they keep on. Their relationships are influenced by a lifetime of family dynamics that right or wrong she's never going to be able to change. With Joe and Eddie she's trying to put a stop to it up front and make it clear that what Jaime and Danny do isn't right and just because they're.able to get it away with, that doesn't extend to them. I completely agree with her nipping that shit in the bud. With Joe, the "your father would be ashamed" comment, it was a little harsh but I don't think it's off the mark. As she pointed out, Joe is her nephew and she deserves to be treated with basic respect.

I didn't care for this episode either. I figured the mom was innocent when they made the bounty hunter--who was professional, legal and had his i's dotted and t's crossed--as some sort of villain. Oh, and also because of all the tinkly music playing as Tent couldn't believe a mother could do such a thing. In addition to her not have the resources and skills to be on the run for over a decade (and being pregnant in her first year on the run when pursuit would be most intense) it also made no sense the had to grill the son on how he was communicating with the mother. Tent and Boone are both parents and Tent was a spy, presumably versed in all manner of covert communication. And neither of them thought it was an issue giving him an internet-connected device? Or worse realized immediately it was how he was talking to the mom once that fact came to light? Lucy and Whistler. Can they not do anything without teenage angsty drama? How do these two figure out what to do about dinner without consulting others for relationship advice?

Glad I missed today. I'm tired of the pet cases too. I'm actually ok with pets being treated as property under the law if it means you can restrict their sale and ownership. You should have to prove you can care for and provide a decent home for these animals before you're allowed to have one. That would eliminate 99% of these cases since most of these litigants are barely able to wipe their own asses. I had a rerun of the season premiere yesterday with the "Jesus Christ" dog sitter who didn't think leaving a dog unattended in a second floor apartment with the window open meant she killed him. JFC indeed.

There are plenty of reality shows where kids much younger compete (Food Network was overrun with them at one point). Maybe they had to wait for a school break before they could travel to the taping. If so, that's still a BS reason to bring them in late.

He wasn't an entrepreneur or owner. He was just a manager of a chain store (my take is it was a riff on Whole Foods).

I thought you all were exaggerating about Stephanie but wow, she looks like she had been made up as a character from Escape from LA for the Halloween show and someone forgot to remove her makeup. WTF? I didn't notice her looking like this on that show. Did she have work done between the two or does whoever is styling her on this show hate her? Between this show, Halloween Baking and Holiday Baking, too much Carla. It seems to be FN's M.O. lately to run someone into the ground. Aaarti on the Wars shows, Alex G. a few months ago, Anne Burrell earlier this year. They have enough people, mix it up some.