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I don't think Henry is jealous of Ruth's acting, in fact I think he is quite proud to be married to her. He just didn't like that some actor was going to be kissing her and being married to her. He thought that if anyone needed to be kissing her and married to her in the movie, why not him? This episode was refreshing because of a lack of Effie. Effie has gone from bit player to being overexposed. I know the show benefits from having a lead actress, but it's particularly jarring to have it be Effie because her main connection to the station house was through George. And as I said above, it's irritating that they don't even have her mention him, and he is her husband. She acts like he doesn't exist anymore. I'd rather have Margaret or Violet featured more. Whatever happened to Violet's engagement and her fiance? After her husband from America came to claim her back, I thought the fiance stood by her. But nothing has been said and we haven't seen him since. The show made it seem like the acting troupe was moving to Stratford to start the theater company there and perform Shakespeare. But the famous Stratford Shakespeare Festival wasn't started until the 1950s.

I thought both Bat and Space Ranger were terrible and the song choices were terrible. The Espresso song was boring and repetitive, seemingly just the same verse repeated over and over. Bad Blood is a terrible song too, and his rendition was even worse, he was basically just speaking/singing. I'm confused as to why the panel loved Space Ranger so much. I too had no idea who Bat is, but I don't watch shows like that.

I enjoyed the Shakespeare episode, apart from the bit about the magical beard. Murdoch Mysteries is supposed to be a show rooted in scientific fact and invention. So the existence of this paranormal item seems out of place. I don't think we know exactly where he is currently. Last season his absence was explained by saying he was tracking down his father in Saskatchewan or Alberta or Manitoba, I forget which. This season, after the Mystery of Edwin Drood episode, he said he wanted to go on a retreat so he could concentrate on his writing. Which, really? Effie just tolerates him being gone indefinitely? I think each season of Murdoch Mysteries is supposed to represent one year of time, so I would surmise he's been gone for months. And they never even mention him. Effie has become the show's lead actress and is on frequently and never even mentions talking to him. Annoying for sure. As for Choi and Roberts, I tend to agree. Random citizens on the show have commented about how unusual it is to have Choi being in charge, so they are at least acknowledging it. I believe not only is he of Asian heritage, but he is American. How is it that an American can rise to be Inspector in Canada's largest city?

Way too much Em's mom. I get that she is in town for the triathlon and wants to see Em, but why do we the viewers have to see it? She is super clingy. It's natural that a mom wants to see her child, but these two have had issues, so maybe let Em do the inviting instead of forcing herself on her? Em took the whole day off to be with her, but that wasn't enough for mom. She wanted dinner, then breakfast, then invited her boyfriend and his teen son to dinner without even asking first. Ugh. I hope the triathlon is next week so this woman can leave town. The actress and the character are super irritating. The rescues were well done this week. The cave rescue was exciting and once again I loved the underwater photography. The recovery of the body of the spear fisherman was sad, but realistic, and showed a lot of strength of character from Laka. Good to understand a little about why Will is the way he is. The stars of the episode once again to me were Hina and Kainalu. I like these two, now we are going to see Hina get jealous of her good friend Rosie even though she practically shoved Kainalu into Rosie's arms. Zero of the episode once again is Sonny. Of course it wasn't going to end well when he showed up to Ocean's school to demand that she go to college. Why couldn't this conversation have been done at home? And how many times do we need to see Sonny as the stern strict parent? It's beyond old. Yes, those two friends are the ones we have seen before. The woman is his ex-girlfriend. She invited Kainalu to some kind of engagement party (I think) and he brought along Hina, who said she refused to dress up. The ex's fiance also went to school with them, and Kainalu seems to have thought he was a loser back then and now. Hina told them off and stole a bottle of booze when she walked out. I really don't like the fiance, he seems like every rich guy who thinks he is cool and popular because he is rich, but in actuality is a complete tool. I'm glad Kainalu and Rosie won the game and now this guy at least is following through on his word and will invest in Kainalu's idea. Kainalu has super rich friends and his family is super rich themselves. That school that Hina always mentions, Punahou, I believe is an elite private school in Hawaii. I think it was mentioned on Hawaii Five-0 as well. Kainalu probably does have a trust fund or access to his family's money, but asking for money from his dad comes with a price since his dad essentially cut him off until he stops being a lifeguard. I thought his dad came around a little in the episode when Kainalu almost died and when he realised how his son was saving lives, but apparently not yet. Kainalu is too proud to beg for money and won't give up his job. This episode we met Laka's tutu, who is very much alive. I'm wondering when we are going to see Kainalu's mom or Hina's dad, if ever.

I enjoyed this episode, which generated more open questions. Are we supposed to believe that Alice's husband killed her dog? In the flashforward scenes, the cop who is investigating the murder hooks up with Birdie and he promises not to let anyone discover the evidence. He and his wife adopted Birdie's son. But is he the biological father as well? She seems to have had a pre-existing relationship with him.

I know that Oscar obviously isn't awarded on sentiment, but it seems clear that sentiment sometimes comes into play. Based on performance with some sentiment thrown in, I wish the Oscars had gone to Ralph Fiennes, Demi Moore, Edward Norton, and Isabella Rossellini. I must be getting old, because I would have loved to have seen these longtime veterans get recognised. Especially Fiennes and Norton, they are so overdue for an Oscar.

What happened to Meg Ryan? If they hadn’t identified her, I wouldn’t have known who she was? Is she still acting? I feel like I haven’t seen her in anything in years. I’ve seen the recent commercial and she still didn’t look the same tonight as the person in that commercial. It seems these days she is better known as Jack Quaid’s mom. Also, I missed the introduction of Daryl Hannah. Haven’t seen her in years either. When I walked in the room, I thought it was Patricia Arquette.

I’m so sad for Demi.

I was rooting for Ralph Fiennes, I can’t stand Adrian Brody. “I will be brief, I’ve been here before, I won’t be egregious”. And then proceeds to stammer and pause and be egregious. Exactly. He’s not that old, and for male actors, being 50+ doesn’t have the same issues as a woman.

I wish they had spent more time on two time Oscar winner and legend, Dame Maggie Smith. I know they can’t include everyone, but they left out some notable actors in favor of people that most have never heard of. Olivia Hussey (Romeo and Juliet) and Martin Mull (Clue) deserved to be included.

Green tribe is doomed. They don’t have a single person that is physically strong. Red tribe has David the stuntman. Purple tribe has the firefighter and Shahin. Green has nobody. They have Kevin who admitted he is small and weak, the surgeon who almost looks ill, like Randy Jackson post-bariatric surgery, and a guy that doesn’t look strong. Then they also have a small Asian woman and Sai who doesn’t look strong. The producers should have swapped Shahin and Kevin. Sai is super irritating. I wish they had blindsided her and gotten her and her idol out.

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Out of the three groups of contestants, it is ironic that the professional chefs seemed to have the most misses. In the middle floor, four of them had dishes that were seriously bad. Beatrice presented pasta, since she dropped her pan on the floor. She only got saved because two others were even worse. Beatrice and her red eyeshadow and her "I've been cooking since I was 13" is seriously annoying. But I agree with the above comment that Iman is even more annoying. I was calling Iman "Very very poor man's Salma Hayek" the entire night. Wish she had been eliminated. Ryan and Austin look like they could be brothers, or maybe it's just the same wavy hairstyle. Good thing Austin has a beard otherwise I wouldn't be able to tell them apart. Of this group, I like Austin and Brandon the best. It's interesting that in the first episode, when all 24 contestants stood in the room, I think the only professional chef who got a talking head or got named (I can't remember which) was Beatrice. I hope this doesn't mean she goes far in the competition. I find her more irritating than Teeny, and I loathed Teeny.

There was never a full explanation, I think. I think Watts started with bringing one plant or a few plants and might have said something about liking plants. In the episode there were strange scenes of Choi stealing the plants for his own office. There was no explanation of why he was doing so and there was no scene of Watts asking what was happening to his plants. Since then, the number of plants have increased, but we haven't seen Choi stealing any more of them. And nobody talks about them.

She wants to help the kid with a scholarship because that boy is actually her son. She got pregnant at 16 and gave the baby up for adoption. The adoptive mom is aware of her and told her to back off.