Maximoose

This is pretty par for the course when it comes to 911's and it's season opener episodes, it helps to get watchers re-invested in the show after its long breaks

It really is, he just seems to bumble through it without much clue. It boils down to Charles being Charles, his brother in law/others doing most of the work, and them bringing in his dad when they're completely lost on something.

For the people thinking penta; Their youtube has 5.9 billion views

Ah, but gimmicks are this entire show!

I'll chip in my 2c as well; It felt very clunky to me. The pacing was all over the place. The first scene may as well have been a credit roll since all it did was introduce characters and the relationship between the two mains, all the while feeling awkward. One bad cgi scene later and they're all running around in their CSI-esque setpieces doing the usual things you see the lab team or investigators do on other shows, standard fluff of running around and saying things to advance the plot. The original did have SOME amnesia but his feels like it's only there to fuel relationship drama and the tired tv trope of a breadcrumb mystery(the latter also done by the cryptic phone message at the end) And the "story of the week"? Forgettable. It was so awkwardly paced (not to mention the cheap backlot scenes) that we forgot who was getting helped the second he walked off-camera. In the old series, the "story of the week" was more than that. "History was changed for the better" in every episode, just as the impact of each and every story changed Sam a little bit as well (and by effect, us the audience) The reason the first show was successful and we all kept watching was that you were immersed in each story, and felt for the characters involved. No details were spared in both scenery and story to fully immerse you in whatever time and place each week was set in. I didn't really feel much for this episode to be honest, but I will give it an honest few episode try as many shows take a few tries till they find their footing.

That card was a tribute to the actor who played Al, Dean Stockwell who passed away last year. (2021)

I looked up Kathleen/Nate's food truck biz after the first episode aired and there nate was, waving inside the food truck at an event near me, the photo taken just days before. I'm pretty sure a lot of the stories are either entirely tv fluff/acting, or in the case of these two, probably based on things that did happen early in their relationship, but repeated and amped up for tv. Back on Food Network talk though, someone mentioned guy's game night which I'll pass on as well. (Too many years of watching him be obnoxious on GGG, I guess) I've also caught this year's Halloween shows (in september?!) Sadly Halloween wars has even MORE screens for Zak to phone it in and be annoying. Halloween Baking Championship this year seems good though, watching episode 2 now as I type this. I'm seeing yet another Bobby flay show being advertised nearly every break; "Bobby Flay's triple threat" is what they're calling it. Strangely, he's not competing in it. Who knows? Maybe FN finally got the memo people were tired of his rigged wins on "Beat Bobby Flay."

You know I actually dont recall any real holiday shows, just one-off special episodes of the usual filler series that are always on.

Sadly it's still here, just got shoved to Thursday. Cowboy hat and party girl are still around, as is the natenatenate show and your other favorite scripted couples 😉

I don't know if the discovery networks on my TV are just cursed or what, but EVERY break the past few days has been for overpriced saje roll on essential oils. I'm going to hear "tech neck" in my nightmares for years 😵

This is also the season they promo'd it by showing one of GR's usual rant clips followed by the narrator of the commercial saying "Okay Boomer" 😐

Welp, I called it with that Hulu promo they had running a couple weeks back--the one that only had the fox character representing the show...which also mysteriously stopped airing after people caught on. Maybe they ran it too early? 🤷

Just when I think they can't possibly sneak any more moustache-twirling into this show...

Popularity picked back up a few years back, that's where most of the stuff came from. Can't really say I've been in any holiday spirit lately, or in the past couple years come to think of it-- not seeing many holiday commercials here either, we've mainly just been getting bonked over the head with DIAMONDS DIAMONDS DIAMONDS! Mucinex should really pull that Zombie ad they've been running since two days before Halloween too 🤷

Don't worry, they'll magically figure it out on the finale (when he most likely wins, since the fox character is the only one in the new fox/Hulu promo they've been running)