TheGourmez

I like my strategy of watching episodes after reading everyone's critiques - my expectations are set so low, I have no complaints at all! 😄 I don't think the judges are particularly harsh this season at all, and Matt and Noel seem to be working well to me. What can I say? My needs are simple. But I would like fewer vertical feats of gravity for showstoppers.

It's bizarre to me how I'm now comfortable with the same Ed Baldwin that I always thought was a raging asshole also being the Ed Baldwin who I think is a hero. What a legend, seriously. Kelly piloting her way to the Phoenix was just beautifully done. Super did not expect Karen to go out, but it so fits the show that she died before her family that she always worried about in the stars. Are we to take away from this that there was more of a collapse after what we saw and that's how Molly died? I'm assuming this is kind of our replacement for the Oklahoma City bombing. Love the North Korean story, though if I were writing it, I'd have had his suicide attempt fizzle out well before he met up with the other astronauts - a bit too melodramatic for me there. Really like that he got to talk to his loved one at the end. Thought death by bombing was going to be a clean way for Margo to get out of all of this, but now I'm super intrigued by what we have in store for Margo in Russia.

I got the Discovery + free preview for a week, so I'm binging this whole season - I'm almost there! But it's strange how many of the properties seem SUPER active this season. Some good evidence, but I'm suspicious of how much they're finding - it doesn't seem typical of past seasons to me. But it's fun to watch. Dear lord, though, I only watch this one paranormal show and wow, when they have on guests from other shows, the difference is SOO stark. The guests just spook at the slightest anything and scream/yell a lot and are generally just way more hyped up. I'm all about the TAPs chill. I'm also glad that the production company realized that Jason needs to do the voiceovers, not Steve. 😄 Always love watching Steve, but that was not his forte.

For me, this was an example of a lack of episodes creating a lackluster finale. I enjoyed it! But I didn't really care about the battle because I hadn't got to know anyone protecting the city. I only knew from the excitement book readers convey about the peddler that he was important at all, and even knowing that, he's no more to me than a well-acted peddler who's also a Dark friend, and that is ALL I know about him currently. But I'm clearly supposed to think he's of more importance than I've seen the show portray. I wasn't really expecting a climactic magic battle between Rand and the Dark One, so that didn't disappoint me. It seemed more to me that going to the Eye would confirm who the Dragon was rather than be a final battle sort of deal, and that's what happened. I guess Moraine thought the confrontation would be enough to stop the Dark One, but I assumed that wasn't the case because it's merely the end of the first season. Did the psychic barkeep escape from the city because she believed it would be destroyed? Or did I miss something else?

This totally cracks me up how close it all is to Tolkien. But look, I'm a fantasy writer too. So I get it. It was odd seeing everyone's reactions to this pairing the last couple eps, because I did not see the chemistry. But I did this one! Rand and Egwene had chemistry in the first episode for me, but not since.

I am still quite happy to have this show back! And I'm glad they don't have to gamble on the final round anymore, but I wish they'd stick with rhyming clues. They seem way more possible to figure out than ones that just expect you to know some obscure fact. And lord, I was amazed how slow Team Bubbly Water was in the Sweep 1!

Yeah, it was clearly a deal he has JUST made, or he wouldn't be referring to getting "her" back on the phone - they had literally just settled their new divorce agreement. And the only reason that JUST happened, is because Tom alerted Logan. Sure, Logan would have done it in time, once he realized his children were all three united against him, but he still thought he at least had Roman cowed on his side, no matter what. Logan likely did not know they'd united until Tom called and that moment had to be now to undercut them.

I think they quietly understood that Kendall going on about being a bad man, when the "murder" clearly wasn't a murder, was the result of Logan browbeating him. I think seeing the depth of that abuse opened the gates for both Shiv and Roman more to going against their father.

I was so certain it would be revealed to be a simulation in the end - and then it wasn't! And no one really cared that they lost a young cadet! Just all, "geez, thanks, Tilly! We made friends after all!" Why is Starfleet running exercises like that with inexperienced cadets in actual space?!

I think that's my biggest complaint - I don't really know what the point of his storyline was at all except to give Vinder some angst - UNIT did not have much of a presence, really. But that said, I enjoyed watching the series, and I'm exciting for the next set of episode.

This is a very fair point. I just really enjoyed Saru in charge.

Yeah, I'm over it. If it weren't an every episode storyline, it'd be fine. But it's an EVERY episode storyline. That said, the actor playing Grey is great, IMHO. I'd like to learn more about other crew members, though...and I'm frankly still a little perturbed Saru isn't captain again.

Co-sign. I really liked Naomi this episode and have paid her little attention otherwise. This is when I realized my love affair with Greg was over. I thought he had high potential to be the Roy who makes it out of all this with his soul attached. But nah, he prefers the financial protection of being a Roy. Such high hopes I had when he held that manila folder at the end of last season... I have never been attracted to tall men. I always find it funny that tallness seems to be a given for attraction. Not for me! I can't even imagine thinking Greg's actor is hot - he's so gangly! You can tell my true feelings about this show when I admit that I have no idea who Pierce is. I don't remember a Pierce episode at all - vague dinner party flashes, maybe? He's not the vegetable, right?

Oh, okay, so a Wisdom isn't using magic to heal, they're more like a doctor? I just assumed magic was involved in healing, this being a fantasy world. 😆 Ah, I missed it during him throwing up - must have looked away. My pet theory is that the Fade was using the dagger's hold on Mat to control him and may have murdered the family through Mat.

You guys!!! I may try to watch TFGH again with Burton gone again!!! It's been like 5 years!!!!

I'm enjoying the season, though I do wish it were a bit lighter in tone than PLANET DESTROYING SENTIENT BLACK HOLES. My only real complaint, though, is that Discovery is constantly almost destroyed and taking a ton of damage. Like, can we keep that level of destruction for season-ending cliffhangers, please? Definitely has an "oh, the ship's going to blow again, is it?" numbing effect.

I'm unsure what I'm supposed to think happened - there was black magic on Mat's face that drained away, right, once Rand and Thom came into farmhouse? I don't know if I was supposed to think that was the dagger's magic or the Fade's. The Fade is drawn to the Dragon, so I don't think the dagger drew it, just the Dragon potential of those two fellas. But if the dagger has been having an effect on Mat, that could explain his general moroseness, increasingly dark mood, and I guess it's making him sick? I'm sad he didn't take the doll with him on his adventures and eventually home to his sisters. Nynaeve's power reveal was awesome, but I think folks already knew she could channel the magic - that's what makes her a Wisdom, right, that she can channel magic to heal and probably do some other stuff to protect a village? Maybe I don't understand what a Wisdom is yet. I think the Aes Sedai and Nynaeve herself just didn't know how powerful she is. It's interesting that she could channel massive healing through rage. I'm kind of sad Logain is isolated as a threat already. I liked the actor a lot and that he was genuinely strugging to be a good Dragon, even if unwilling to admit the madness.

The Doctor felt so very like the Doctor this episode, with all of her pretending to know what to do and theories and brain running off in different directions. That was my favorite part.

What're we thinking so far for this set of episodes? For the tattoo parlor/house, I wasn't convinced, and honestly, in large part because they told the home owners not to worry about it after the home owner had been badly scratched? What?! How seriously am I supposed to take their claims if the investigators don't think being injured is serious? Makes me pretty doubtful... For the episode with the factory, I'm glad there was a little debunking. I miss the debunking! But it seems way too hard to buy any particular sounds as ghostly when a building like that is noisy by nature - the whistle could be any number of machines. I'm sorry Jason had medical issues, though! I like the memorial suggestion, though.

Aw, Ghost Hunters does still do a fair bit of debunking? Because that's what I miss on Ghost Nation - I love the Steve, Dave, and Jason dynamics, but there is just not enough debunking. I like their research scenes, though. I had to choose one over the other in terms of subscriptions, so Ghost Nation won.

Agree that this is a good start to the next chapter of Discovery - and that Book is EXTREMELY HANDSOME. The slow burn of romance is already going too fast for me to truly dig that pairing, but they have chances to redeem that. Speaking of burns....my husband has already predicted that Burnham is responsible for the Burn, and that someone misheard her name, thinking "Michael, burn 'em." 😉 If he's right, we win a prize!

That was a Sun Ra voiceover toward the end, right?

So...I didn't see the set shown in the promo photos at the top of each of those articles? Is there a HIDDEN COURSE?!?!? *leaps for excitement* They show the triplets on one, so the contestants must have done more than one run?

That was a lot of fun! Gets that old cheesy game show itch scratched - loved Legends of the Temple and Shop 'til You Drop and Supermarket Sweep and Double Dare, and this works for me in that vein. Not sure they needed a Level 2 setup - Level 1 is hard enough already! And lowering the canoes seem to make them more difficult than being monkey bars. I like the episodes with three teammates more than the ones with two. I too want to know how far down that lava goes. Is acting a slow death part of the unspoken rules? I was also intrigued by a couple of folks who seemed to almost be safe and then gasped and fell - are they pulled in if most their body goes in? So many production questions!! Have no opinion on the host.

And then we got Dustin in the most recent episode I watched!