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Or walk off with them and leave them by the bus stop or wherever. Oh, I understand that. Don't care. It made me feel like I was shopping in a ghetto store, except I don't think they would even use this tactic. To me, it just says 'Hey Customer-we don't trust you!'

Re: Aldi's- do they still charge a quarter to use one of their shopping carts? I went there once, and having to pay for the cart guaranteed it was the only time. I can't understand what the Safe Auto Insurance ads are supposed to be selling- some are about 'terrible quotes' (which are so nonsensical I can't even remember one), and one about some 'funny' device or app called 'Farnhaan' , which does impossible/stupid things like 'send calories to your enemies'. It appears that these have been on for more than a year, so they must be successful? I personally would no more buy insurance from them than I would buy Snuggle dryer sheets (God, how I hate that simpering bear).

No you aren't alone- I thought it was adorable. I hate yellow, but if the floors in the rest of the place could have been painted, I would have taken that one- so open and light. Curtains would have solved some of the problems in the first place as well. And really, the place they chose, even though it was first floor, was high off the street level; only someone on stilts could have peered in those windows. Am I the only one who thought her teeth were the color of cheese? Maybe it was that dayglo pink lipstick. The couple was cute and nice, and had fantastic voices.

I don't want to beat this topic to death, but why didn't Huell just ask for a trial? I can't believe 12 reasonable people wouldn't have acquitted him- he's acting as security for Jimmy following a robbery, sees what he thinks is another assault on his boss, and hits the guy with a soft bag of sandwiches? Even though he has a minor record, what jury will throw the book at him? Kim is actually sexually aroused by Jimmy's con (the passionate embrace in the court stairway). If I were Jimmy, it would seem obvious that respectability is not the way to keep her interest.

This is being compared to The 4400, The Crossing, etc.- I'm going to say it reminded me of Wayward Pines, which had a very intriguing premise, but which totally fell apart once you started thinking about the logistics of moving a chunk of 21st century Oregon (I think it was) via time travel. (Add in some weird Handmaiden-style sexual politics, and pfft). A lot of these shows seem to be written by 22 year olds who know very little history and don't have any practical experience in life. Here they fail to think through how a government and society would react to a stunning occurence like this one. I also have to take issue with the comparison to Timeless, which (IMO) has strong characters with a sense of humour about themselves.

Rolling my eyes at boring JLoveHewitt's excessively unbuttoned uniform shirt. The other female dispatcher's had only the top button open.

Really? I thought he needed to get back on his meds. His boyfriend however needed to lighten up, so I guess it averages out!

Of course; but the script made a point of specifying that Huell was the only one of these cases who had a felony(?) conviction, which is not a minor point. If I were Kim, I admit I would have brought up the race issue during my initial convo with the ADA as a way to make her back down. Yes, but Mike's genius is as a problem-anticipator and I'm surprised he didn't plan for this. The original consult with the German engineer (can't think of his name) certainly implied that this job could run into more time than expected. In fact we see in this episode that they apparently ran into more rock (that needed to be blasted) than anticipated. What if there had been injuries in that accident we saw with the support crashing down? There could be all kind of situations that could extend the time line, and it just seems uncharacteristic of Mike not to have a plan. But I agree, the fact that it's showing up as a plot point means it will no doubt lead to mayhem of some kind.

But we don't even know the races of all those other 'assault on a P.O.' cases Kim was reeling off to the ADA; for all we know, they might have all been minorities. I don't have any strong suspicions about what Kim's school supply strategy is, but it seems like pulling a race card to defend Huell might be misguided. I also have questions about the whole scene with the cute little converted house/office which Jimmy apparently has in mind for his/Kim's future business. Why would he be acting on this? Does he really imagine that Kim will throw away her partnership at S & C? And how could he be so chagrined at his pace-off in her fancy office solidifying his realization that duh, her office is of course much bigger and fancier than anything he could offer her? It's not like he's never seen a bigtime law office before. And why has Mike been dragging his feet on bringing in hookers for the lab workers? Even if they had been done with the job in 8 months, that would still be an unreasonably long time for young guys to go without. He should have made plans for bugged cribs, non-German-speaker girls, hooded/secret transport, etc. from the beginning.

Since I loved 'The Martian' (the movie with Matt Damon) and liked 'Mars' (Nat Geo channel), I thought I'd give this a try. Sean Penn is a moron in real life, IMO, but I respect his acting. The rest of the cast is also good, especially the fat drunk senator and the 'troubled' daughter. I'm ready to look at part 3 and still a bit on the fence. It's very slow moving and pretty cliché-ridden (really, could Tom's 'humble' pad be any more shiplap infested?) (and said pad appears to be on the East Coast and yet! it's actually Deplorable Junction, MO?) (and the astronaut's dead wife was a tattoo artist?) (and the icy CEO or whatever she is calls him back to save the project even though he looks to be close to 70?) (and the Hispanic dead astronaut's father is super emo and illogical?) (etc) What I liked about the afore-mentioned Mars films was that they concentrated on the team efforts rather than one 'saviour'; so far this is looking kind of 'savior-y'.

I may have seen part of that. Did she have 2 female friends who came by to look at the house? Friends with names like Dragonfly or some such nonsense? I'm an old hippy dippy person myself (law school cured me of that) and have some tolerance for this this foolishness, but good lord, I couldn't turn the channel fast enough. How do people live like this? This was a while ago now, but yes, I think she did have 2 'admirers' there in addition to the construction guys. I'm old enough to relate to the hippy thing but it seemed like this woman would have been lost the minute the visitors left- she struck me as quite the attention hog.

Yes, she had a cute face, but I kept thinking 'Honey, look into sleeves'. Also long pants, actually. I wonder what the skin cancer rates are among expats in these tropical paradise places ? The husband's bald head already seemed to have some skin lesion-looking things on it, and bikini wife won't keep that nice (for her age) body skin long the way she's exposing it (too late for her face). The place they choose was pretty, but I don't understand how it could be so 'private' when it was squashed between 2 much taller buildings-at least one of which had windows overlooking the HH house.

NY to Amsterdam- He seemed way too young for her. I was also amazed that she hadn't already put him on a teeth-whitening regimen. That open bathroom was stunning but would be a big NOPE from me.

AU to Rome: this reminded me of a Paris episode a few years ago, where some American woman decided to set up a business there cooking for tourists (it never made any sense to me). If I'm a foodie visiting Rome, I'm going to sign up with an actual Roman 'food tour' guide, not some random Aussie who hasn't even lived there for more than a few months. I suppose her boyfriend might have an inside track on eating places, but it didn't sound like he was joining her in this venture.

My sister is a recently retired speech therapist. Her work was hospital-based, though, and mostly involved working on swallowing and other non-verbal processes; she saw a lot of stroke and accident victims. However, she says that knowing if a person was pronouncing words correctly and using them appropriately was also important, so yeah, the Phnom Penh lady would need a native speaker to augment her diagnosis and therapy. Ugh, that first place with the crumbling ceiling, jury-rigged fluorescent lights and pigeon-infested balcony!

Smirnoff ad- Ted Danson and Laverne Cox; something about 'who wore it best' (they're wearing the same blue suit). I must be dumb, but the point of this escapes me. Also, Ted wears it best, Laverne. Your wig is a mess and you're wearing way too many accessories. AND- Snickers ad with Elton John: this is just sad. He doesn't need the money, and why would anyone think this is good PR? He looks like a silly old relic.

Are we meant to recognize that the MV contract (or whatever it was) error that caused all the uproar at Kim's office, was something she herself missed when she was supposedly 'checking her assistant's work' the night Jimmy got beat up? And was there some meaning to the fact that the movie Jimmy chose (which Kim didn't want to watch) was 'Dr. Zhivago'? As a more recent viewer, I have to say what is not a news flash to most of you: that it seems clear to me that Jimmy just doesn't have it in him to follow the straight and narrow. He approached his scamming (conning the shady contractor into buying a whole bunch of burner phones; his own street selling, including specially 'dressing the part') as if it were a legitimate JOB to which he was fully committed. Based on his conversation with the probation officer, he's only been at the phone store less than a week; he has already given up on it and moved straight to 'slippin' '-risking not just his probation, but his career and future with Kim-because he's bored. BTW, for all his pains, I doubt that he could have made more than a few hundred $ in profit.

Resolve pet stain remover- 2 cute dogs (initially wearing human clothing) explain how they were playing the tickle game and oops! It was an accident! I love the voice overs/actors' voices.

Madrid- yeesh, lady, the kid is 12, you've got maybe a year, tops, for Mommy to be Scarlett's 'best friend' before she turns into a normal teen who will hate your guts and do anything not to spend time with. Also, good job declaring on national TV that Scarlett is 'the most important thing in your life'; hope the 2 sons aren't watching. I assumed an ex is supporting this dumb lifestyle choice. Also, I would have to wear sunglasses in the apartment they chose.

NC to La Paz, Bolivia-Well, I don't do well in high altitude places, so this wouldn't ever work for me, but damn, what a gorgeous setting- although I would have taken the last place (surrounded by mountains with colorful rooftops below). Of course, I still don't understand anyone bringing kids to a place that has really poor medical services.

San Diego to Dordogne, France- I was a bit disappointed when, after the 2 house hunters talked about how LONG and HARD they had been working and saving up for this, their budget was a piddly $250K. The house they picked was the only good one, though, and the outside area was divine. (It was also $20K over budget, which didn't seem to bother them at all).

They were Canadian, aren't they part of the Commonwealth? Not sure how that affects work permits. Do they even need passports? I have to add grumpily that it also annoyed me that these 2 seemed to think they were being so damn daring by moving to the UK for a few months/years. They're in a place that is part of their own cultural/historic heritage and they speak the same language. Not exactly transgressional.

It could go either way. Anita could realize that Mike was acting to protect the group from a scam artist and respond appropriately. Mike's relationship with Stacey is also up for grabs. Also, I will have to re-watch the scene again, but I didn't get the impression that Mike was bothered by Stacey's sharing about forgetting her husband. I definitely was left with the impression that Anita looked shocked or affronted by Mike's accusation. OTOH, Mike didn't seem shocked or affronted by Stacy's admission, but he could realize that she doesn't have the guilt that colors his grief.

Ontario to UK- I'm so sick of the 'we need a 2nd bedroom for guests'. Don't they have Airbnb, etc, in Britain? I'm positive they could find their guests a nice flat close by for less than a hotel. If they can't afford $100 a night (guessing less) for lodging, their guests need to stay in Canada. They were both dim and boring, but for some reason she really grated. She didn't seem to have any plans to find a 'graphic design' job there, and apparently he does the cooking, so what on earth is she going to do all day? At least we didn't have to suffer through a 'where's my Olde Englishe CHARM?' meme, I guess.

Retail stores always take deep markdowns on aged merchandise prior to inventory so that their 'owned' assets will be lowered for tax purposes. Savvy shoppers know when their favorite store does inventory (usually in January, but it depends on the corporation's' fiscal calendar). I'm pretty sure the manager was factoring in a new hire or transfer to cover the store before sending Jimmy away to a different location. However, I agree that there is something odd about the manager not caring if the store was busy. All retailers keep extensive sales projections based on square footage and managers are directly responsible for explaining decreases and demonstrating some strategy to increase sales. A relatively short period of 'no sales' or very low sales would lead to termination. I have to say, when the camera pulled back and panned the 'PRIVACY SOLD HERE' sign, it was probably the most engrossing part of this episode for me! Weird, I know, but as you may be able to guess from my first comment, I'm a long-time retailer, and Jimmy's brilliant grasp of marketing just tickled me. Being Jimmy, he of course bypassed a standard appeal to customer wants/needs, and zoomed right in to something potentially criminal. I bet when the company's manager finally visits, Jimmy's store will be doing crazy great business. (And then he'll be fired, heh). Re. Mike's behavior in the therapy group: how likely is it that his relationship with Anita goes anywhere after his outburst?!