Aquarius

Jeez, I truly hope the people on today's show were actors. I hate to think there are people that horrible and/or stupid out there. And that they're breeding. And WTF did Rosie Mercado's modeling career and weight loss have to do with anything? Phool dismisses the merry band of idiots with an "OK, good", then turns to the camera and cheerily announces next we'll be meeting a woman whose gaining weight and says it's all her grandma's fault. Not that the idiots didn't deserve to be dismissed but that was one ungraceful transition. This episode felt as weird and disjointed as a fever dream.

You could stop right there AFAIC.

I felt bad for the mom of the blonde heroin addict. She's the one who seemed heartbroken and unable to let go of the urge to help while seeming to have some level of understanding of the hopelessness of the situation. Dad and especially Sister All-About-Me could pound pavement as far as I'm concerned. Did they not hear this woman say she cared more about heroin than her own life? She's willing to DIE for it, and they're whining about how she doesn't even care about her family and how much they love her? She's a fucking ADDICT, try that on for size before you whine about how she doesn't care about you or how you feel or what you're going through. At least Phool did try to get real with them about what addiction actually means, so good for him. And no skin cream at the end, so he gets to keep those points.

Great. Now the poor Drummond kids are indentured to the Merc as well as the Ranch. Good thing they're homeschooled; wouldn't want all that school learnin' gettin' in the way of all their workin'.

When the plane lands, the pilot announces "Welcome to Chicago." Frasier says to the fellow passenger he's been telling all about Charlotte and his decision to leave Seattle, "Wish me luck." So I think he decided to relocate to Chicago. And yes, Lilith was Frasier's equal and his only suitable partner. Their breakup came out of nowhere but that's actually a subject for the board of another series. ;-)

I saw scarletine's post in Favorite Commercials and came here to post about it. I've never seen it on TV but oh yes, it qualifies as making me misty. And choked up. And okay, yes, I cried.

Darn you for bringing the onion chopping ninjas into my living room . . .

I have no children and I started with the grays in my 20s. (The horror!! LOL) Agree 100%. I think that's one of the reasons I really can't stand $hill plugging wifey's goop at the end of the show. Here, on the one hand, he's allegedly trying to get people to have that changing day in their lives, then he puts Robin on to tell you how she can make you look like an airbrushed 16-year-old and make all your problems go away. It's so discordant.

I'd actually prefer that she call a jalapeno a kumquat because her pronunciation of jalapeno is nails-on-a-chalkboard to me.

I really, really hate the shilling of Robin's skincare line. Lately, he's been shilling other things that seem nonsensical given the subject matter of the shows. I can't remember the exact show, but once he cut to shilling AARP in the last few minutes and I remember being "WTF does that have to do with ANYTHING?" I don't understand why he does these cutaways at the end. With the girl whose stepfather was calling her lazy, he promised to show some off-stage conversation with her after the break. When the show returned, he did the cutaway (was it for Robin's line? I seem to remember something else but I could be wrong). Then AFTER that, he showed the promised conversation with the girl. It was the last minute of the show. I only got to see it because I was too lazy to get up for the remote after he pulled the bait-and-switch. So disjointed and stupid.

He may not end up a social worker, but there is not a doubt in my mind that Simon will make a difference to someone who needs it. He is amazing, you can see it in his face. Someone that determined, and motivated by a sense of justice rather than hate or vengeance - nothing can stop him. I'm glad he was given a leg up, though. He certainly has earned it.

I totally get what you mean. But I was surprised. This wasn't Shill grabbing at headlines and sensationalizing. It was actually . . . sweet. Yes, he covered some rough territory, but it was more in the context of what those kids endured, and celebrating their resilience. I was touched. Still think Phool is a narcissistic famewhore and blowhard, but I was glad I watched this through. He did right this time.

Yes, he's a blowhard. Lately it doesn't even seem like he believes himself.

I was noticing how Phil looked a little off. I don't know how to describe it, but the area around his eyes looks different to me, and it looks like his eyes are uneven somehow. I don't think he looked good. Those parents yesterday were both nasty pieces of work. Was anything accomplished, other than the father deciding that terminating his parental rights probably wasn't worth the trouble?

And what about Dad? We always tell my father if he needs a place, he's S.O.L., because no one cares about a finding a place for dad.

Some of us like to snark on both. Vive la différence! And some are good productive ones with unpopular girls who actually achieve something.

I've mentioned before, I have a friend who found out she was 20% Persian, which came from her mother, who was 10% Persian. Her father had no Persian ethnicity. Her full sister showed a different ethnic makeup, as did their two full brothers. I tried to explain how genetics works (you know, you inherit half your DNA from your mother and half from your father). And that your full siblings would necessarily be the same ethnic makeup as you, because, again, half your DNA from the same parents. She said, no, they explained it, that's not the way it works. I'm pretty sure that IS the way it works, and we've known it since the days of Mendel. But she wouldn't hear it. She just loved the idea of being 20% Persian.

Is there such a thing as an unstructured cat? I've never met one. That look on his face is pretty priceless.

A business that I frequent went from a cash register to a point of sale system a couple years back. For a time, before they got used to it, the staff referred to it as "Piece of Shit." As for the tobacco ads, in my market they are brought to you by the folks at NY Quits - https://www.nysmokefree.com/. Here's one of their compilation numbers. I suppose they are syndicated or something, like PBS programming. (Probably not the technical term.)

Not the Tanyas I have known. Nor the Tanjas and Tanias.

How does one pronounce "Tanya" if not "Tonya"? My college roommate was named Tanya (no Dawn, just Tanya), and that's how she pronounced it. I've never heard it pronounced like "Tan-ya."

First of all, who the heck spray paints his house? And second, HALLELUJAH! I hate, hate, hate watching the NY networks because apparently the state is pouring endless amounts of money into these ad campaigns. All they do is make people who don't smoke want to barf, and people who do reach for another cigarette in defiance of the other-the-top preaching. Good job, NY Council for Self-Righteousness or whatever your real name is.

I didn't think the aunt and mother kept harping on her good looks. They kept harping on just about everything else, though. "Harpies" is a metaphor that would be insulting to the monsters of myth. What wholly unpleasant people. Discussion? No, let's just YELL to MAKE OUR POINT! I think I might disappear for days if that's what I had waiting at home. There was another aunt, worse than the one on stage. Can you imagine what she must be like? Holy moly. Yes, from birth and her unfortunate name, Tanyadawn never had a chance. Peach trees don't grow pears. She was awful, but she was only 17. What excuse did the two fully grown adults with her have? It's sad that Tanyadawn had to go and procreate. She'd do well to find an adoptive family for that child. There are open adoptions these days, and that would probably be her best option if she wanted to give her child any chance at a real life while maintaining contact. I loved how the aunt's plan was "calling Dr. Phil." OK, whatever. At least even Phool had the sense to feign falling off his chair at that one. Although you could tell, he loved it. I was pretty surprised, though, that at the end Phool didn't call on Robin's skin care line to help them all with their low self esteem. I guess that's a plus in his column.

Yes, I thought that was Phool at his blow-hard worst. What was the point? So that the daughter had a safe place to get up in front of the world and let everyone know her mother is a blathering alcoholic mess? The woman douses herself with a fifth of whisky a day (for starters, she then needs five shots to get to sleep at night). Not only is there a dependency there, it's likely she's trying to obliterate herself because she can't deal with what a mess she's made of her life and what an awful person she has become. Why would we parade her out in front of everyone and carry on about what an awful person she is? She does bad things when she's drinking - she admitted it - she lies and steals and doesn't put her daughter first. Some of these things aren't necessarily directly related to the drinking, but it seemed to me she was trying to take ownership of those things as well. So why the need to attack her? Just to prove you can "get real"? Yeah, tough guy, you made an alcoholic woman break down and cry. That's getting real.

That Southwest Airlines one was good. This is my favorite one.