Johnny Dollar

Love this show. Mrs Dollar and I just finished binge watching both seasons. We both hated every second that Rabbi Dan was on the screen, however. As for the rushed ending and the possibility of changing the story line to bump up ratings, I would assume that all eps are finished well before they would have any opportunity to react to ratings. This is the second time I've seen Kenny Loggins appear as himself to support a story based on one of his songs. He did the same thing in Raising Hope, although I can't remember which song was involved.

For a town that had to use cattle feed to feed its citizens, I was very impressed with their ability to rustle up 2,000-odd match blue tee shirts. Loved the use of the actress who played Eva to play the daughter, albeit with an incredibly cheesy wig. Great money saver in the casting department. Money that was well spent on the blue tee shirts. I can't believe that next week is the series finale! I am so bummed. This show is like crack to me. Or pizza with extra cheese.

Every time I hear the kinship whistle while you work song, it reminds me of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Except all of the dwarves are Dopey. Boy, Barbie was really getting in there deep when he was birthin' that baby! For a minute, I thought he was giving Eva an oil change. A very frightening thought occurred to me when I saw the preview for next week. This show could continue on for several more seasons if Queenie and the Kinship escape the dome with plans to wreak havoc on unsuspecting Maine-iacs, while being hunted down by our intrepid seven-some (Let's count the good guys - Big Jim, Raggedy Ann, Barbie, FiveHead, Jenius Joe, Crippled Guy and Big Eyed Girl. Did I miss anyone?). At least former ER actors can be kept working. When does Clooney show up?

I just caught up with this show and watched four episodes in a row. I feel like my brain's about to calcify.

Otto's post reminds me of the story from a couple of months ago about ISIS's jihadist/employee application procedures. Apparently their HR department are the REAL bad-ass mofo's in that organization. Non-compliance results in punishment just a bit more serious than losing your free parking privileges for a week.

Why did Julia know to open the files in the folder named "Alaska"? I must have missed this key plot point when I was putting my head in the oven. Watching this show makes me want to jump off of a roof too, so it might not necessarily be the egg's fault.

Boy, could they make that elimination look even more phony? "Alex. Even though we NEVER eliminate the first contestant we talk to without telling at least one other contestant that they are safe, we're going to have to fake eliminate you now so Michelle can pull off the MOST SHOCKING ENDING EVER in the history of our show so we can pretend that she didn't already tell the producers that was her plan. Otherwise, I practiced my OMG! face for nothing and Bobby and I won't be able to literally whisper sweet nothings in each other's ears as we pretend to craft new rules for the competition when the producers have already told us that we have to keep all of you losers around for next week otherwise we'll run out of contestants before this stupid season comes to a merciful end."

Call me a cynic (OK. You're a cynic), but I can see this turning into a "Breaking Duggar" spin-off. The two sisters who are in the doc will come clean about their creepy brother and admit that their parents put them up to this. Jim-Bob will exec produce, of course. The fame whoredom is strong with this one.

So they're still sticking with the whole conceit of everything happening over the last three weeks. How do we explain Joe's growth spurt that was brought up last week? There really wasn't a reason to mention that in any case. Like that would be the most whacked out crazy thing to happen in is show. So now we're supposed to believe that the two anthropologists are responsible for all of this? Would it be a sign of insanity for me to question why they or their "mission" we're never mentioned before, even by Papa Barbie? I love the way Barbie said they're trying to save "their" little town. Dude, you've only been around for three weeks, and showed up right after killing Julia's husband. I guess that qualifies him for Citizen of the Year. When Junior was pointing the gun at his head, I was hoping he would point it at me instead. Big Jim's dog is the breakout star if this season, and Marg H wins the Dean Norris Award for Most Depressing Career Turn.

Have they ever explained why Kate is tweve years older than when Ethan last saw her, despite the fact that they each had their accidents just a few weeks apart? She questions Ethan's claim that it's 2,000 years into the future, but doesn't bat an eye over this little anomaly. How did the horny duo end up outside the truck after the explosion? And if that puny bomb was supposed to take down the wall, these dopes deserve to be hanged.

I can't recall a season where I found literally every one of the contestants so utterly boring. How ridiculous is it that FN is constantly coming up with new shows being hosted by existing personalities, yet can't find one prime time show for the winners of this debacle. Suggestion to Suzie and Kermit - with all of the B list celebs with shows on The Cooking Channel (one of the Saved by the Bell girls, the less talented Duff), surely you can find a slot for Stephen Curry's wife and their cute daughter. I'd watch those two playing Candyland.

I read that Marg Helgenberger is joining the show as an "anthropologist" who "devises a plan" to convince the Domites to share resources and get along better. First, very questionable career move on Marg's part. More importantly, I didn't realize they had a town anthropologist. And where the hell has she been the last couple of years. Did she sleep in? I'm pretty sure I haven't seen her lurking in the background during the regular public executions. Although to be fair, in this show's timeline, it's only been a week and a half since the dome came down. BTW, our town anthropologist is a real prick and never even buys Girl Scout cookies, let alone shows us the tools to help survive an apocalypse. Asshole.

I'm shocked that they got rid of the obnoxious little prick so early, because obnoxious little pricks are the bread and butter of these shows. He also reminded me of Andy Samberg, and I'm missing Brooklyn Nine Nine right now. Not that I'm complaining, but everyone else is just kind of blah. Was Eddie the football guy on Masterchef last year? Whatever happened to the Cowdope that won last year? Did his mouth finally catch up with him? I'm also missing Alton Brown and his one sided banter with Bighead. I guess he's got too much on his plate now.

Boy did this show veer into "What The Ever Living Fuck" territory pretty quickly. It's like that YA movie about the maze (I can't remember what it was called) mixed with a generous dollop of Under the Dome (I can't wait for that crapfest to begin) and a sprinkling of Lost.

Snookums - thank you for your incredibly detailed and snark-filled recaps, but I worry for your sanity. I'd hate for you to have to be subjected to a "Look at the pretty flowers, Snookums" kind of intervention. Save yourself for Under the Dome. It'll be back before you know it.

I would love for this to turn into the Red/Tom/Donald/Dembe Show with a sprinkling of Aram and the Israeli agent. In other words, Lizzie should die.

I'm out. Doing a very lame imitation of a great show like Hannibal did it for me. I'll just have to wait for Under the Dome for my hate watching fix.

I haven't watched the first two episodes yet, but I have two questions. First, should I even bother? Second, if Ryan Hardy was dead, how many innocent people would not be?

I apologize if this was already discussed earlier, but why did it seem like the Lattimers had the ability to select the prosecutor for the case?

Sometimes when I watch this show, I get the feeling that I missed an episode. So, Tom was working for Berlin? When did that come out? Did he fake marry Lizzie a couple of years ago in the hopes that Red would come calling for her a couple of years later and he could get close to Red? So the Scimitar has the foresight to set up a fake agent, and a fake hospital, with beds and equipment and everything, in the hopes that the good guys would see a planted picture of the fake agent, and rescue said fake agent, and hope that Ressler would not be able to fight off the team of assassins, but would, instead, turn over his car, and not kill anybody, so that Ressler and Keen can be taken to fake hospital, with the hope that Keen would just so happen to mention the name of the doctor that they were trying to protect, and all in a timeframe of maybe 24 hours? Scimitar should have been an event planner. BTW - nice ass, Lizzie.

I think the English prof made a major boo boo by allowing Jenica to tie with him. She seems pretty formidable. Hope it doesn't come back to bite him.

Tippi - that's the best. I hear that both Chesters Mill and Zenith are in the market for Crazy Art Teachers, so you should have your pick of jobs. Seriously this is the greatest news ever. Has there ever been a more entertaining summer time comedy? Not to mention tat we'll be able to find out if Julia's jeans were able to pull through. I absolutely hate it when these kinds of shows are cancelled right in the middle of such a gripping cliff hanger. I just saw the Tomorrowland trailer, so congrats to Britt Robertson for escaping this nightmare. Her career is definitely going in the right direction. Dean Norris? Not so much. I wonder if his contract contains an option where he can demand to be killed off ASAP in order to prevent further damage to his career? This crap is so bad, that it might just offset whatever good buzz he got from BB.

Well that sucked. Getting rid of two favorite characters while Mickey Doyle still draws a breath. I guess my hope for a "Nelson and Eli Tour the US" spin-off is a no go. History tells us not to expect much from Nucky's final show-down. Just as the flashbacks are getting interesting the show is going to run out of episodes. The scenes in present day AC seem like filler, waiting for the finale, compared to the flashbacks and the scenes in Chicago. I'm embarrassed to say that when the cigar shop owner referred to the thief as a little "monkey", I thought we were going to get a look at a young Chalky White. As others have already opined, it's quite obvious that Nucky's young employee is Gillian's grandson. I wonder if he's gunning for Grandma or Uncke Nucky?

This show would be a lot more enjoyable if they dropped the faux emotional Goodweather family bullshit drama and went full on camp. I want Nora to return next season wearing black thigh high stiletto boots and black cape, carrying a kitana sword. Her first kill would be Kelly. After which, she turns to Eph, says "That's how it's done asshole", then walks off, arm-in-arm with Fet.

I'm thinking the new sheriff is more than she seems and that she's somehow involved in all of the shenanigans. Mrs Moloch perhaps?<br /><br />When I asked my bank for a disembodied-head-sized safe deposit box, they thought I was crazy. I've got to switch to Sleepy Hollow Savings & Loan, where all new accounts get one free incantation. FDIC limitations apply.