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Has anyone noticed that apart from first boot Jon, every single player voted out has been Black or Indian? 4 out of 5 Black players are now gone. Both Indians are gone. The only minorities left are Gabe, Andy, Sol , and Rachel.
I forget what season exactly it was that Survivor announced they were going to be committed to getting more diversity in the cast. It used to always be token Black male, token Black female, and perhaps in every other season, one token Asian female. It was rare to get an Asian male or anyone Hispanic.
This season had 10 minorities out of 18 players. But constituted 6 out of the first 7 boots. I forget which season it was when someone sobbed about seeing two Black players go out in a row and it changed their mindset and strategy.
I don't think there is a targeted effort to vote out all the minorities, but it was just interesting to me. Especially since so many of the votes this season seem to be done out of some kind of vindictiveness (he went after me, so I'm going to get him out).
Sue said to Gabe that she was going to spend time with Rachel so Rachel can't look for the idol. I've never understood the stigma against looking for the idol. It's a game, everyone is looking for one. Also, it was 5 Tuka against one Rachel. Why shouldn't she look for an idol? Sue can't physically restrain her from looking, so if I were Rachel I would have just looked anyways.
On 10/30/2024 at 8:43 PM, Rodney said:Sad for Tiyana, because that was quite the twist that had to take her out.
Good challenge, and congrats to Genevieve and Teeny for pulling it out for their team.
Poor Rachel. Stuck with all of the Tukus. And the Tribal Council scrambling pretty much laid it bare that, yes, she was the target regardless of the initial scrambling before Tribal Council. But I think that Tiyana legitimately did want to save and work with her before Caroline essentially shot it down.
Glad to that Sol got the advantage, and he used it well by giving it to Rachel.
Stop trying to make Andy happen, Show. You can't have him be all talk about wanting to change his destiny in the game one minute and then give him buffoon/clown music the next (like his search for the advantage during the reward).
Intense episode, but an emotional one.
I dislike Gabe and Sue the most on the blue tribe, so I am disappointed that Teyana is out. I was hoping that she and Kyle would make it happen with Caroline to take Gabe out, but I guess Caroline wouldn't budge.
If Sol hadn't found that advantage, then Rachel would really have been gone. I thought his acting during Tribal Council was particularly poor. Of course he is going to want to tell Rachel it was him, so she is loyal to him. But are the others going to keep asking each other who found it? Someone muttered "it was one of us" very ominously, in a way that people locked in a house in an Agatha Christie novel start in on each other when one of them is murdered. It's very difficult to keep secrets on this show because you never know who you can trust, since you never know what other alliances they have going on.
I can't stand Andy. I still think he is a buffoon. He's horrible at challenges (first out, no surprise) and he seems to think he is a lot smarter than he is. He's only being used as a number at this point.
On 10/31/2024 at 7:33 AM, JudyObscure said:Yes, it always bothers me that all the older women on Survivor are seen as harmless mother figures. Sue doesn't seem the least bit maternal to me or even likeable, I don't think I've ever seen her smile, unless it was one of her bragging moments. She just keeps pursing her lips and radiating hatred toward Kyle.
On 10/31/2024 at 5:27 PM, Scatterbrained said:I feel like Sue is out there replicating dysfunctional family dynamics. She’s the “Loyal Wife” who stands by her man (Gabe) no matter what. Gabe is like the misogynistic, philandering, narcissistic, politician husband, Caroline is like the daughter who has lived in a bubble her whole life, but thinks she knows more than she does.
Sue is intent upon believing in her own fairytale and will blame the other women for going after her man (Tiyanna) and any well-meaning person who tries to inform her of a truth she does not wish to know or acknowledge (Kyle).
That vicious, steely-eyed, pursed lipped, clinched jaw face says it all.
Cirie was technically an older woman, and I don't think she was seen as harmless. I think she was always viewed as a threat.
Sue and her unfortunate plastic surgery just seems so unlikeable to me. Apart from finding that paint pot idol, she's done absolutely nothing in this game except ally with Gabe who seems to be calling the shots. Does Kyle know how much of a grudge she has against him? He should have done more to convince Caroline to vote out Gabe.
On 10/31/2024 at 1:30 PM, Jeanclaudvanbuns said:Tiyana should have said, Sue has an immunity idol, so watch out for her, when she brought up her torch. That would have been so awesome.
I wonder why more people don't do this. Instead of "you got me, well played" how about "good luck everyone, watch out for Sue's idol, she's been lying to you all". Are they specifically prohibited from saying this? And what would happen if they did? For once I'd love to see some fireworks caused by an evictee.
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On 10/25/2024 at 10:13 PM, txhorns79 said:
I just rolled my eyes. Just from the perspective that he was supposed to be Captain Stubing from The Love Boat, Captain Stubing had white hair and spent many episodes dressed in a white captain's shirt, white shorts and white knee socks.
I don't think he was supposed to actually look like Captain Stubing. I think the joke was that earlier in the episode, some women walked by Don Johnson and gushed something like "OMG that guy is dressed as Captain Stubing" not knowing that he was the actual captain.
So I think the joke is that Tristan borrowed Don Johnson's uniform and that the contest announcer also said he was "an adorable Captain Stubing", or something like that.
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1 hour ago, AZChristian said:
Never heard of Ravi before (don't watch their show). Felt like he was just hanging around backstage to wait for Joel so they could go to Hooters or somewhere for dinner, and Joel said, "Hey, you can make some money. I'll get them to let you be our guest judge!"
I like Joel, but I wish he would stop yelling his lines.
I like Joel a lot but for some reason haven’t gotten around to watching his show. So I have no idea who this Ravi is. I know Joel is really tall, but Ravi looks like he is about 5’ 2” next to him. I didn’t find Ravi funny at all.
As far as Joel yelling his lines, I think that’s part of the schtick. I think he is hilarious.
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55 minutes ago, seacliffsal said:
Oh, and no way would the cruise ship allow their own staff/crew member to win the costume contest and not a passenger!
I thought that was strange too. Initially I thought it was a crew-only contest (since they said that Tristan always wins) but one of the prizes was two excursion tickets, and crew members have no need for excursion tickets. So the contest must have been open to everyone.
Then again, on this show, the medical staff regularly goes off on excursions or crew-only parties while the ship is docked. And all three of them at the same time, leaving absolutely nobody onboard to tend to any guests who are staying onboard. So I guess none of the traditional rules are applicable to the Odyssey staff.
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I enjoyed this episode, as silly as it was. I enjoyed all the costumes but don't understand why they couldn't have made an agreement that Max go as Jack Sparrow and Tristan go as Poseidon. I would have given the award to Tristan as Poseidon, that costume was way better than simply donning Don Johnson's uniform.
I liked the fake zombies and the explanation that they were bitten by African tsetse flies. And that Werewolf guy ended up with Bunny after all.
The cave storyline was a bit weak. As pointed out above, why not bring an oxygen tank? Crowbar? Why not bring a chisel and a sledgehammer or something else to break apart some of the rock? Why did the solution have to be as simple as "open your fist"?
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I thought this was an interesting episode. Asked a lot of good questions for which I'm not sure there is a correct answer.
I would still like Show to give us an explanation for the disappearance of Detective Violet Yee. There are still supporting characters in every episode (bomb tech lady was featured in this one with the type of lines that Yee would have had) so what happened to her? What happened to the actress? Was she fired for budget reasons? Did she get another gig? Where is Yee?
18 hours ago, Spartan Girl said:Wow, a whole episode where I didn’t hate Maroun. It’s a miracle.
14 hours ago, Andyourlittledog2 said:Yeah, she was practically twisting his arm, psychologically. I don't like when either side of an issue like this intrudes on the actual family going through the thing.
I wish they'd get rid of Maroun or pair her up with assertive ADAs that really push back at her activist/melodramatic tendencies. She annoys me no end.
7 hours ago, Madding crowd said:It wasn’t Maroun’s place to go to the hospital and try to force the husband into ending life support; that’s for the doctors and family members. In fact I think the defense would have something to say about an assistant DA putting pressure on the victim’s husband. Maroun should work for the defense or be a victim advocate-she is too emotional to be a prosecutor.
2 hours ago, buttersister said:Baxter should pull an Arthur Branch and suggest she take her advocacy somewhere else.
I loathe Maroun and as soon as she started in with that whiny flinty assertive voice in the opening moments of her appearance, I knew we were going to be in for yet another week of Activist Sam. The past two episodes where she was backburnered were so uplifting. Then she was back. Ugh.
She was correct of course. The patient had a DNR in her living will. But the way she went about it was wrong. She didn't care at all about the patient or her living will. She only used it as a way to win the case.
Shouldn't the doctors have asked about a living will as soon as the patient was in that condition? The husband would have looked for it or called their estate planning lawyer. The doctors and the family should have made this decision. The husband shouldn't have been browbeaten into it by Maroun.
14 hours ago, Xeliou66 said:Interesting concept and premise but it was kind of bogged down by personal crap - I wish they would ditch the personal stuff, original L&O is best when it’s very minimal, and Price’s judgment being compromised because of his dad’s condition as revealed at the end was just too melodramatic. And once again we have Maroun behaving like more of an activist than an ADA - shades of St Olivia Benson there, and I don’t like it even if she made valid points. I was glad the husband decided to have his wife taken off of life support, it’s what she wanted and what I imagine most people would want - I for one certainly wouldn’t want to linger in that condition. And then the whole idea that Price/Maroun were shocked that the defense brought in an expert to testify to their theory was weird, what the hell did they expect? Baxter’s scenes were once again the highlight of the legal side, the rest was too filled with Price/Maroun melodrama.
I thought the reveal of Price's dad was well done. Throughout the episode, he's advocating for giving patients a chance to wake up even in the face of insurmountable odds. Even if it was detrimental to his case. I had thought he was just following the law. Then we learn at the end that his dad is in a coma and it makes sense. However, despite his personal situation, I never felt like he was arguing the way he did solely because of his personal feelings. Unlike how Maroun usually does it, when her personal feelings and relation to her personal situation are obvious.
19 minutes ago, The Wild Sow said:Yeah. Sorry, I've never been a fan of Maura Tierney, dating back to her ER days. She's just so one-note, in my opinion.
I've never liked her either. There's something about her that really just rubs me the wrong way. I think it's that wrinkled brow, pinched face, quiet "my shit don't stank" mannerisms.
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I liked Danielle and Courtney, but it was obvious they were outclassed by the others. They were the only ones that failed badly in the safety round, I don't know how they could see pumpkin and claim it was just cinnamon. Then they were the only ones to fail badly in the elimination round.
The elimination was anticlimactic, I knew when the show took lengths to avoid showing us what they baked until it was on the judging table that they had stuck with their tarts.
I did not realise that the brother/sister team is Mexican (or perhaps half-Mexican). Good for them for recognising the conchas instantly.
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I don't understand how none of the judges knew it was Laverne Cox. The singing voice last week was not particularly feminine at all, I had thought last week that it was RuPaul. But this week... come on. Talking about not being able to have Barbies as a child because it wasn't acceptable. Singing the song "I'm Every Woman"? She was one of the easiest contestants to figure out.
I still think Paula Cole is better than any of the three remaining Group B contestants.
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I thought this was a fantastic episode. It was much more of a procedural than the previous episodes. Still some interpersonal drama with the daughter but overall it kept me in suspense. I also liked that this episode really showcased the natural beauty of British Columbia with the forest and the coast.
One thing that stuck out is that they kept referring to "states" so that made me wonder if even though the show is filmed in BC that it is actually set somewhere vaguely in the Pacific Northwest. But no, the kidnapper definitely referred to the "Sunshine Coast" so this show is definitely set in BC. I guess when he said "some states don't have front licence plates" he was referring to U.S. states and not other Canadian provinces.
I did not recognise Devon Sawa at all. It's been decades since I've seen him in anything. I remember when he was supposed to be one of the next big things, maybe around the time of Final Destination, and then he kind of just disappeared and his big movie career never happened.
15 hours ago, emma675 said:I was happy to see Cassandra contributing to her own rescue efforts instead of the usual helpless damsel in distress we often see in these types of situations. But if seeing her boyfriend lose his shit on the guy who kidnapped her, taunted him with her death, and also targeted his daughter makes Cassandra break up with him, give me a break. We better get some kind of backstory on why she acted so terrified of Alberg at the end.
I also know why the daughter and Cassandra don't get along. They're both pieces of wet cardboard around each other.
I didn't think she was necessarily afraid of Karl, I think she was finally processing what happened and how close to death she had come, and just broke down.
I wanted to see a scene of the daughter and Cassandra hugging and the daughter apologising for being a beeyotch. Maybe when the show returns.
5 hours ago, Daff said:Re: the unusual feel of these episodes, keep in mind that the 9 books were written between 1985 and 1997. They have really gone a long way in story to update with elements of modern times. (Consider the smart TV vs. the ‘80s VCR.)
I haven't read the books. It sounds like you have. Are the episodes following the books closely? I tend to automatically assume that any TV show or movie based on a book will almost certainly deviate greatly from the source material.
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18.03 - What the Dickens?!
I greatly enjoyed this episode. Loved seeing George and Effie working together. Loved the mystery parlor game that was set up by the dead guy. Then it turned into actual murders. Very Agatha Christie. I liked the denouement at the end in the library where the doctor gave his version of the solution, then Effie, then George with his "both of you are wrong" solution.
I also liked the B plot because it harkened back to times earlier in the series when Murdoch was always inventing things ahead of their time that we use commonly today and take for granted. Loved him inventing the tracking device, Choi calling it something and then Murdoch correcting him with something that had the initials GPS. It was great seeing both Watts and Higgins.
I really liked the room of Murdoch's inventions. I hope somewhere online there will be a list of everything in that room and what episodes they were featured in.
What I didn't like... Effie saying that George needs to go away somewhere and write his book. What?! Really? Why can't Jonny Harris commit to being on the show. Surely his "Still Standing" program can be filmed when MM isn't filming?
With Julia, George and Brackenreid not appearing in multiple episodes this season... I hope this isn't foretelling that this is the final season.
On 10/21/2024 at 9:48 PM, wanderingstar said:I LOVE to see George and Effie solving a mystery together ("Honeymoon in Hampshire" is still one of my favorite episodes) The characters at the Bleak House danced on the line between endearingly eccentric and grating. I did enjoy the incorporation of Dickens into the solving of the mystery.
13 hours ago, Unathletic Club said:The supporting actors were terrible. I've seen better acting in high school plays.
I agree that the supporting characters were terrible. I'm not sure what kind of direction these people are being given, but the portrayals of the doctor (guy with long white hair who presented the first wrong solution at the denouement) and the playwright (Indian(?) actor) were especially bad and way over the top.
This show tends to be generous in casting actors who probably have a hard time booking roles in bit/supporting parts, but I thought these two were especially terrible. The actor playing the doctor chewed more scenery in an hour than Lachlan Murdoch does in an entire season. He reminded me of some aging community theater actor who finally got noticed and is going for his Gemini / CSA award.
But I reserve most of my puzzlement for the actor who played the playwright. I cannot figure out if the lisp or speech impediment or whatever it was was part of the character or if that's really how the actor talks. Edwin Dwooood, vewy, all the Rs turned into Ws. It was like Elmer Fudd getting thrown into an Edwardian period piece.
14 hours ago, Unathletic Club said:And suddenly, Murdoch no longer cares about being Inspector. He is living with out his wife and child because that was SOOO important to him but after a week or so he no longer cares. What, pray tell, is keeping him from getting on a boat to London to see his baby?
George has to go away to write his book. Effie sends him cheerfully off without telling us why she can't go with him.
Yes, what happened to that? IIRC, he had just been promoted to Inspector at the end of last season. Julia got an opportunity in London but she didn't want him to have to give up the position that he had worked so long and hard for. So he stayed in Toronto.
Only to decide that he didn't want to be Inspector and wanted to be Detective. He could have gotten a job as a detective in the London police force. At least they could have said something about why he prefers to remain in Toronto even though he is no longer Inspector.
There was a time some seasons back when George was promoted to Detective or Acting Detective... but now back to constable. Is George ever going to get a permanent Detective position? I guess not, if he is always disappearing.
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12 hours ago, historylover820 said:
But, to the poster who said Chrissy's pregnancy happened off screen (I think you meant between seasons), Chrissy said she was pregnant on the last season finale, I think. Either that, or it was the episode before it. At least, I knew she was pregnant before this episode.
But count me in on those who just don't care.
I don't recall anything about her being pregnant last season? Maybe I just tuned it out because I don't like her. The first I became aware of the pregnancy was in the Lana episode this season (?) when someone said that Kyle bought Chrissy a new minivan and someone else said something like does that mean what I think it means, implying she was going to need one because she was pregnant.
In any event, I am also one of those who don't care. I hope we don't have to see her again.
One of the things that struck me from this episode was that Kyle told Chrissy's mom that he and Lana have been divorced for a year. Has it really been that long? And what was the purpose of breaking them up in the first place? Surely it wasn't just to pair him with Chrissy.
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So apart from Sam, who was in three episodes, for the final season, it seems like each of the dropped players get a storyline in one episode each? I enjoyed seeing Kyle but I despise Chrissy. Pairing them together last season was purely done because the writers needed something for both of them to do.
I'm not sure how old Chrissy is supposed to be, she could be anywhere from 25 to 40. Are the huge bags and dark circles under her eyes supposed to be a makeup / wardrobe department choice? She's either pushing 40 or she's a very old looking 25 year old.
I really couldn't care less about Chrissy's issues with her mom or her runaway bride dilemma. It seems the show had enough budget to allow Sarah to appear and have a few lines. And a rare appearance from Sophie, who wasn't seen or mentioned at all during the episode when Lana said that Luther might come after her and her family.
Why couldn't Lana have made an appearance? Even if it was a non-speaking one like Sophie? Kyle said they were still good friends, wouldn't Lana have been invited to the wedding? They at least should have given us a throwaway line ("Lana's so sad she couldn't make it, she's visiting her mom in Egypt"). I find it hard to believe she wouldn't be there.
Loved seeing Jon grow so easily into his powers. What's up with Frodo? He still has powers, I guess he's all angsty/depressed/whatever and doesn't want to use them even when he could have been useful at the fire?
At least Frodo and Lois hugged it out. I'm so sick of angsty Jordan, I loathe everything about him.
At the fire, it looked like that henchman was simply wearing a pair of fire gauntlets. How come Jon was so easily taken out by them? I thought they were kryptonite gauntlets but it was just regular fire. Jon walked through the fire with no issues when he approached Gretchen (who will now confirm to Luther that Jon too has powers).
Seems like more and more people in town know that Clark is Superman. Lana, Sarah, Kyle, Chrissy, random stranger who saw them during the battle, Gretchen, Lex. Why doesn't Lex just publish it? "Clark Kent is Superman". I wouldn't be surprised if for the series finale, the world learns Superman's identity.
17 hours ago, bluvelvet said:This felt somewhat like a filler episode. After the first three was so great this was a bit of a let down. I have to say that I loved all things Kent but I could’ve done without so much Kyle and Chrissy. Honestly I don’t really care about these two so keep them at a minimum and more John Henry.
I too would have preferred to see more John Henry and Natalie instead of having JH be relegated to a throwaway line. Completely agree that this was a filler episode. I didn't see the need for Kyle and Chrissy and they could have remained in the background.
Last season it seemed like Lana and John Henry might become a couple... why not an episode about the two of them instead of the irritating and whiny Chrissy.
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Was Rocky's death even necessarily Hina's fault? He might have already drowned by the time they found him. After they found him, they're asking a young woman who weighs maybe a buck twenty to hold on to this wet 200 pound man with one hand while hanging off of a fast jet ski and dealing with powerful waves. Seems kind of unreasonable to me. Shouldn't there be some kind of harness on the jet ski? The ski is designed for rescuing people, it seems like having a harness would be prudent.
Maybe Sonny should have driven a little slower. Maybe he should have let Hina drive and he hang onto Rocky since he is presumably stronger.
I just don't understand why everyone is acting like Hina and Hina alone was responsible for the death. It could have happened to any of them.
I'm glad that Will told Em that she should be the one to talk to Hina. I'm glad that Em found her and I'm glad that Hina got some closure and the two of them had their own ceremony to honour Rocky. Em is a good boss.
On the other hand, Sonny sucks donkey balls as a boss. He should have taken a leave of absence after Zion died. He ditches work to go ride motorbikes with his friend, acts irresponsible to the point where the friend leaves him. Then runs off the road, crashes his bike, and walks home. Still not liking him or his issues and honestly don't care about him.
Em and the fire captain were obviously going to be at the same restaurant that Will and his rich fiance were going to. Seems like Em and fire captain have gone on quite a number of dates, I was actually expecting him to propose to her. Of course the show is going to play up this triangle, but I like both Will and Em so I don't mind seeing more of them.
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I'm glad the show is back, and I liked the CotW that showed that Robyn needs her team around her.
The scenes with Dante in L.A. doing whatever he is doing just fell flat with me. The ex is moving in on his woman while he's stuck in L.A. on an assignment he didn't want. Cue worried face and boring "trying to call you" scenes. Ohs noes! Zzzzzzzz. Dante of course is going to quit his job with the police and join up full time with Robyn's team, which seems to be funded by independently wealthy Robyn and/or Mel.
I can't blame the ex for wanting to be around his daughter, but why now? And his whole issue was with Robyn's job and what she does... nothing has changed there so why is he ok with it now? Needless drama.
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On 10/16/2024 at 11:41 PM, Skooma said:
Yep Anika could go out looking like a spoiled brat. She thought SHE had engineered a blindside and that would have been just fine with her. But when the shoe is on the other foot she showed no grace at all.
I prefer some good sportsmanship in any game that is played but she showed none. But then she thought she was the big cheese since episode 1. She was more deluded than Andy who, of all people, actually "played" her.
Agree completely. I couldn't stand Annika. Once it was clear that either her or Andy were going home, I was happy since I don't like either. She thought she was running the show and when things didn't go her way she was STUNNED.
Also, whatever happened to "the person voted out must leave the tribal area immediately". You don't get to stand there speechless and make stunned faces and question others. "Leave immediately" should mean you don't even get to talk to them other than "goodbye good luck" after your torch is snuffed. Then she sobbed during her walk of shame and was still crying during her confessional.
As you say, she has no issues ruining someone else's dream and trying to blindside them, but when it happens to her, these people are the most evil people ever.
Andy sucks in every way possible. Why does his tribe allow him to take such a critical role? I'm sure it was "how badly can someone screw up at using a saw" so they let him "step up". Well, he failed. Again. I wish there was a way that both Andy and Annika could have been voted out.
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22 hours ago, wanderingstar said:
Enjoyed seeing Choi directly involved in the case. Looks like he and Murdoch will make a good team.
Felt bad for Effie, but I did like her team-up with Brackenreid. I'm curious to see how they involve him in cases now that he's chief constable.
I really would like to know what is up with the budget for this show. While I like the Choi character, I feel like the addition of a more active Inspector to the Station House means that we will see even less of Crabtree and Watts. Neither of them appeared in this episode. Nor did Henry or Tucker. The only other named person working seemed to be Constable McNabb.
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On 9/6/2024 at 7:13 PM, AnimeMania said:
Can't say that I am surprised. This show was such a slog and such a disappointment. It was such a chore to watch.
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I love the cruise ship setting (even if some of it is unrealistic) and the medical jargon sounds believable enough, so I enjoy this show as light hearted entertainment.
The wellness people were hilarious... the chief wellness queen and her raw organ meat, Margaret Cho the smoothie powder lady and the mystical healing lady. Mystical lady almost killed Margaret Cho and then said it was Margaret's fault and accepted her apology... hah! Margaret should be suing that lady for everything.
I liked the new chef and I hope that Tristan pairs up with her instead of continuing to chase after Avery. I like that she adds even more diversity to an already diverse cast (with an Asian female and Hispanic male as two of the leads).
2 hours ago, seacliffsal said:I guess I don't get the whole strip poker scene. First of all-the captain playing strip poker? Doubtful. Secondly, I have only played strip poker when with possible 'romantic' interests/potentials-probably just me...
I also don't understand all the 'randoms' allowed in different areas such as the kitchen and the medical center which both have sanitation/hygiene policies.
And, the crew must be huge-in this episode there was a female lifeguard, so we know they have at least two lifeguards (when cruise ships generally have 0).
This episode was less cringeworthy IMO, so I will give the show a couple more episodes to see if I'm in or out.
Agree about the strip poker. I don't find it all believable that a group of straight men would sit around playing strip poker with each other (throw in a lesbian woman and a bisexual man). Let alone the captain (who is the boss or big boss of all of them) and the doctor (who is the boss of one of them). This entire scene was just because of Ryan Murphy.
I think there are at least three lifeguards? We saw a man and a woman before in the first episode and then there was a man who had speaking lines in a different episode who I think was a different man. And yeah, no lifeguards on cruise ships. There should be some fully-clothed activities staff who are supervising the waterslides and being generally available in the pool area to assist passengers. But no actual cruise staff member is going to get paid to sit all day in their swimsuit by a pool.
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I enjoyed this episode. I thought the plot was well done. It was nice seeing the guest stars Ryan Eggold, Katie Sackhoff and Chris Bauer, even if I didn't like any of their characters. And it was nice that we had minimal Maroun once again.
Did the show fire Connie Shi and her character Detective Violet Yee? Budget cuts? Who has been finding all of the CCTV evidence for them if she is gone? She was the show's only semi-regular Asian character, it's a shame that they cut her.
16 hours ago, txhorns79 said:More seriously, there is no reality where Riley would have continued as the detective in this matter once his brother became an informant. (As a side note, while I appreciate both actors, I don't buy them as brothers. They look nothing alike, there is nothing about how they acted with one another that I saw that would convince me there were years of shared history and Eggold was trying to do some kind of accent that just did not work.)
I agree. Even if his brother wasn't an informant, the minute he was involved at all, Riley should have recused himself. In the beginning, it was portrayed that the brother might be the killer.
I agree that the two of them look nothing alike and I didn't buy them as brothers. With the name Riley I would assume they are supposed to be Irish. But Reid Scott looks Italian or Jewish to me, while Ryan Eggold looks to be of a completely different ethnic background. If they are supposed to be brothers, why did Matt have a very thick/bad New Yawk accent that doesn't sound at all like Vincent's?
14 hours ago, Xeliou66 said:I was kind of surprised the jury convicted but I guess the evidence of the watch plus Costa being where the weapon was dumped plus the motive evidence of bad blood was enough to nail him, and I guess the jury saw through Matt covering for Costa.
I was surprised they found Costa guilty as well. I was prepared for the jury to say they didn't have enough evidence without Matt's testimony. Instead, I guess they went with all of the other circumstantial evidence that Price talked about before they tried to have Matt testify.
I'm wondering why the defence attorney wasn't all up in arms when Price basically testified as to what Matt was going to say. I was expecting her to ask that some questions be stricken from the record and disregarded.
As it is, I think she would have an argument on appeal that the jury considered these statements when deliberating.
2 hours ago, preeya said:The "watch excuse" also bothered me. I believed that all Rolex's are registered and traceable until I searched and found this:
I don't think Walsh would have bought it second hand though. He would have been the original owner and the store would have had a record of he (or his wife) buying it. Really irritating that the cops didn't follow up with the store to ask about the purchase.
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This was a good episode. The clues were less cryptic and the teams at least mostly had a good idea about the mystery item.
In the safety bake, what was the ring mold used for? Curtis had said the pattern on the parchment paper indicated that there was no hole. So it was just a red herring? It's a lot more difficult to determine if an item like that was or wasn't used, as opposed to an unopened container of mascarpone or an item that was used in something else like the granola. They should have had something made with the mold in the fridge.
I liked Brando and Nikki but their mousse was a disaster.
I still think that there needs to be some carryover from round to round. For the safety bake, the two Canadian guys were dead wrong about the type of bread and the shape, they made foccacia hockey pucks. But no consequences at all in the elimination round. I think there should be some sort of penalty for the most wrong team in the safety bake, like less time in the CSK or less baking time.
And I've said before that I think there should be some bonus for winning the elimination bake for the next round. But I guess the show decides that avoiding elimination is reward enough.
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1 hour ago, Cementhead said:
Strange episode name for this one. I can't make out the significance of it.
The episode titles are titles of the books written by LR Wright upon which this series is based (although the book "A Chill Rain in January" was truncated to "A Chill Rain" for the title of the third episode). I haven't read any of the books so I don't know if the plot points are generally the same in the books as they are in the TV episodes.
There are only 9 books. I'm not sure how many episodes are in this season, so depending on how long the series lasts, at some point they will run out of book titles.
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14 hours ago, Bookworm13 said:
Ugh, not a fan of Nikki Glaser or Robin singing. Not off to a good start tonight.
Fingers crossed there are some good singers in this group unlike past seasons where Group A was stacked and the other groups were just so-so.
I must be one of the only people who don't know who Nikki Glaser is. I vaguely remember her name when she was unmasked on her season but that's it. When she was introducing one of the contestants and called herself "international pop superstar Nikki Glaser", was that supposed to be facetious?
I take it she is a comedian but I didn't find anything about her funny.
Robin's singing sucks, as usual. I loathe his singing and I loathe his mannerisms and attempted dance moves.
13 hours ago, NeenerNeener said:I changed my mind, Dust Bunny is going home tonight. And if this is all Group B has, then they should have used the dumb Bell for Paula Cole.
Group B overall just sucks. I'm annoyed that Paula Cole is out but one of these will advance to the final round.
They didn't have any wild cards in Group A, don't they usually introduce a wild card midway through each round? I wonder if wild cards are gone or if they will bring one in at the very end.
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11 hours ago, emma675 said:
Is the daughter supposed to be in high school or college? This is the younger one, right?
I do have a question about the fundraiser dinner at the beginning. When the wife is talking to Cassandra's friends at the table, was there supposed to be a weird undercurrent between her and the other women? Like the other women felt like she was rude or something? I'll be honest, the actress playing the wife had so much botox that I often couldn't tell what expression she was trying to make.
I couldn't figure out which daughter this was either. I couldn't figure out which one was which, they should have made them look vastly different because from one episode to the next I found myself not really remembering the details of what the previous one looked like. There was a daughter that visited briefly in the previous episode, right? And this was the other daughter?
One of the daughters isn't talking to him because she is mad about the divorce. Which one is that? I assumed the daughter visiting in this episode is the younger one, because she got suspended or kicked out of school for smoking pot, which seems to apply to high school and not college.
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2 hours ago, GeorgiaRai said:
He had to fake his death so he could disappear with the money he embezzled, right? That wouldn't have been awarded to him in a divorce. lol
Ah, I forgot about that. So they would have the money in Alaska. It seems clear that the girlfriend encouraged him to do the embezzling. He was married into the family money and he wanted for nothing. He could have gotten a divorce and still gotten a settlement. But the girlfriend was greedy and wanted more so must have encouraged him to embezzle.
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in Crime Scene Kitchen
I never figured out which is which, but the one with the short blond hair is the one the bothered me more, she was always so nasty to her partner.
Not sure why they made a plain bread, it should have seemed obvious that it was going to be filled with something