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17 hours ago, Steph J said:
I mean, she still might. The question is whether he'll be the second husband or the third.
Ah, but will she have aged out of the conventionally attractive husband market, with or without continuing to inject herself with laboratory substances?
4 hours ago, Dance4Life said:Am I the only one that thinks Raquel is beautiful?
You're not; I do, too, and agree with the other poster who said as much about all the VPR women. Raquel unfortunately just is...well, I don't know if she's legitimately less intelligent; sometimes she'll say sensible things. Or if there's a massive difference between common sense and intellect. Could be her delivery, could be her approach that's masking a savvy person. Or I'm just going way overboard on benefit of the doubt because that was a hell of a show to sit through. Whatever it is that's going on beneath the hair, I find her a fascinating being to watch, a la a different species.
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21 hours ago, shura said:
It's a paradox then, isn't it? Exposing the truth about Pemberton would make Sheldon and Amy look selfish, so they decline to do it for the selfish reason that they don't want to look that way.
And really, why should it make them look bad? I know it would, some/many people would say "oh, they are only exposing him because it benefits them," but I think it should not be taken that way. The truth is the truth, it has to be judged on its own merits. If a person did something that really disqualifies them, then it shouldn't matter one bit whether it happened 20 years ago or how the truth came to be known. I wonder why society doesn't work like this.
Gotta love the episode that makes you think about these things. Chuck Lorre, who knew?
I agree. I don't care if the world doesn't currently seem to work this way, cultural mores evolve all the time. One of my favorite career advice blogs likes to say that we need to stop calling it being a "tattletale" if we expose something unethical /similar that happens in the business world. We're adults. This isn't the playground with its playground "rules" that enable the kids doing something wrong or harmful. Who then grow up to depend on the same caveats (and often get them).
I generalize majorly, I know. But I've been ticked that Amy's outburst is still considered a Terrible Thing by all the characters in the show. Arrgh.
This Nobel plot dominates so much. I was proud of Leonard, though. His character growth seems most promising, especially as they continue to keep Penny in the "Durr, science is boring and hard!" mindset. I'd like to be surprised at the end, too.
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12 hours ago, SpiritSong said:
She is amused by him, but I think that's all right. He's quirky, to put it mildly. But she does seem to be genuinely fond of him, and is willing to be in a monogamous relationship. Poor Ira had his feelings hurt when she chose John over him. There's just not enough Connie to go around.
John didn't exactly cover himself in glory in this episode when he ran away on his bike, then refused to take her calls. Life is full of disappointments, and acting childish isn't usually the best way to handle them. I do think they make a cute couple, but I don't blame her at all for not wanting to be a wife again. My mom was the same way after my dad died. A lot of women of that generation catered to their men, and though they still love and miss them after they're gone, the freedom to only worry about yourself can be a wonderful thing.
Yes. She cares and I'd say loves him dearly, and also loves their relationship exactly as it is. She doesn't need the grand public signaling of it that he's equating with romance and security (per his restaurant speech).
It was wonderful of her to take out that expensive ad, but I didn't like first his running (bicycling) away, then refusing to take her calls, and then finally his, "I'm back in!"
You were never OUT, you doofus. She told you that the entire time, and you still put her through that crap. Ugh.
I am trying to remember the time period and characterization and give some leeway. Failing a bit. 😁
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Well, I have to say: I dig Matthew. I feel he could do MORE, but his moments of repressed intensity do it for me. I love the actress playing his "mother" (sire?). I wish Alex Kingston's character wasn't always instantly agitated. I also want most of Diana's outfits in the varying shades of blue.
The romance and True Love seemed to sweep up super fast, but I'm enjoying the eye candy of it. I yelled at Matthew that if he's going to decide for Diana and himself that the Covenant must not be broken, then he doesn't also get to tell her where she should stay and what she should do.
And yet. I've never watched nor read Twilight, but if this is Twilight for adults, well, they've got me and Mr. HouseofBeck.
I wish everyone would turn on Peter Knox sooner rather than later. Maybe the book will eat him.
Speaking of books, I intend to read them soon, though I suspect I'll find gaping holes in the TV series if not made-up characters, so I'm waiting until this first season is over.
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16 hours ago, aussieinsydney said:
So Adam wants his cake and to eat it too? He doesn't want to date Scheana exclusively, but also doesn't want her dating other guys? Fuck right off, Adam. Ethan is way hotter anyway.
So much this. Scheana even spelled it out for him out loud. Yet in the previews, looks like Adam is doing the Offended Guy thing at her so she'll cave in to accepting the shitty terms he wants. Scheana, this dude is NOT your best friend. James would be a better best friend to you than this guy, and that's something I never thought I'd type.
I am sick of James thinking a few weeks of alleged working on himself, while still rewarding himself with the (occasional? More?) drink, can anywhere come near a true redemption arc. It's been pointed out to him again and again that the moment anyone offers up anything other than "You can have your Sur job back," he instantly goes on blast. There's not even a visible switch flipped, it's that close to the surface. Does he not see this?! Has he been told behind the scenes that he'll get it back if he shows X and Y, only to keep having the script turn on him?
ETA: I'm no teetotaler, but the way these people cling to their right to drink excessively makes me think they've got nothing else in their lives. Just booze and Botox.
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20 hours ago, rmontro said:
Did they somehow do some type of Marvel de-aging CGI special effects on young Kelly? I swore she actually looked slimmer.
It took me a bit to see "our" Kelly in Young Kelly. I was also wondering if there was a filter/CGI/makeup/etc manipulation going on. Then about halfway through, they had Young Kelly appear at a slightly different angle and she (briefly) looked more like Current Kelly. After that, I tried to ignore all of that and succeeded in squashing it down to low level resentment. 🙂
20 hours ago, Arynm said:My husband thinks that this is a Kaylon plot and that young Kelly is a plant not sent from the past but is actually Kaylon and has been put in the past now to mess things up. I have no idea what is going on but I promised I would post. He is going with the long con. I guess we will see.
I was actually also waiting for young Kelly to be revealed as a Kaylon once those two ships mysteriously appeared and also managed to find them again.
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Really love this show. I find myself missing it until the next ep is on.
And it says something about our times that I was inordinately happy it wasn't called a "vagina garden." Thank you, writers.
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On 2/25/2019 at 12:24 AM, Miles said:
Is everybody in the Union a dumbass? Of course these robots were created by somebody. What, did the union think they fell out of the sky or something? And that they rose up and killed their creators instead of the creators dying of natural causes: About 99% probable...
So how are these dumbasses so surprised? Also going back and confronting them instead of hauling ass out of there? Real smart.
I mean the inevitable twist next week will be that Isaac actually does love the crew and the kids and secretly turned on his homeworld and will save the day somehow, but really, the union would have deserved to be wiped out at this point.
I always wondered at the way it was said the Kaylons/Isaac described their own world: As 100% inhabited by artificial life forms. If they were the only life forms there, and seemingly very real, why would they still be calling themselves artificial? How'd they get there?
Now I know: THE MOUNTAINS OF BONES.
22 hours ago, clyo22 said:I hope the Kaylons do destroy Earth. It is grim but Earth in Star Trek and this sister universe is so paradisiac that it always makes me cringe. I don't want humanity to be wiped out, just for the planet to be severely damaged. It will diminish the huge ego human have on those shows and give humanity some challenge. But this is a comedy so it won't happen.
Not that I want humanity to be wiped out either, but it's not the planet's fault when humanity goes off the rails. Leave Earth and the ecosystem to itself; decoy the humans out.
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I don't think Penge did rat them out. I think (I hope) his contemplation with the coins was over his conscience, not the amount, and that when he told the Duke (offscreen) that he couldn't find any evidence / didn't want to be part of it, the Duke jumped to Husband Plan B: Commit to Asylum.
Since we have Joseph, I hope he gets the Duchess out. Otherwise, what an unappealing guy and plot.
I'm so sick of Albert. I was yelling at him to hurry up and die if he couldn't bring himself to treat his wife with any respect. But then I felt so bad for the queen, especially with her sad face and posture. Jenna did those scenes so well.
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4 hours ago, marieYOTZ said:
My thought while watching the scene where Isaac looked at Ty’s drawing and then dropped it was that he had scanned the image into his memory bank and then didn’t need the physical one anymore because he has a perfect replica of it in his mind. I was thinking that we’d get a scene in the second part where he recreates the image somehow, and Ty realizes that he DID value the picture - he just didn’t see a need to keep the “hard copy”.
But everyone’s theory about Isaac being imitated in that scene also makes sense. I guess we’ll see! Either way, i hope the drawing gets mentioned again. My heart just broke for Ty when he was in that tree 😞
It looked like he had scanned it into his memory to me, too. It didn't occur to me that the dropping of it could represent a breadcrumb clue, as another poster said, but now I wonder. Our Issac would by now have enough evolved AI sense to know that a perceived discard would be needlessly hurtful.
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On 2/22/2019 at 12:57 AM, SmithW6079 said:
Ed and company were pretty stupid to announce that they had discovered the Kaylons' secret. Better to have gotten the kid, gone back to the ship, said, "Oops, we just remembered we have a space delivery to make; give us your answer later" and gotten the hell out of there.
Yes, this! Or get your ship undocked from the planet, get out of range (if you can), then send your instantly damning questions.
On 2/22/2019 at 3:29 AM, Ubiquitous said:Wow, I was not expecting that plot tweest! Actually, I was expecting the Kaylons to tell Ed and crew that the skeletons were the remains of their ancestors, who gave up their biological bodies and transferred their minds into cyborg bodies eons ago and then declined joining the union because Ed and the crew jumped to conclusions about them. I do wonder if Isaac had been reprogrammed b/c he did seem to act differently after being reactivated.
I was starting to hope for this too, but their moment of ominous silence brought the anticipatory cringe. Unless it'll come out as a giant twist at the end.
On 2/22/2019 at 7:26 AM, benteen said:The Orville really needs better safety protocols if a kid knows how to get off of a ship on a planet that doesn't want people snooping around.
Indeed. I was waiting for something or somebody to detect that a child was both activating exits and leaving the ship. Nope!
11 hours ago, Starchild said:The more I think about it, the more I believe the real Isaac is still deactivated back on the Kaylon planet.
I can't wait to find out which theories pan out, they're all so interesting.
"Just give Clyde blue eyes, they'll never know the difference!"
I hope the biologicals defeat the Kaylons through logic and emotion. It's not logical to deliberately attack a planet so far away if your main purpose is first to find more room for themselves; they can AI-form any planet sitting around their quadrant.
A dark side of me wondered if Seth is drawing a parallel between this supposed-until-proven-otherwise genocide (and plans for more) and how we're all horrified by it, and how humans have run other species into extinction...and still are.
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I wish Albert with his great big rational brain would happen to overhear those private moments when Feo is sniping at Victoria. And that he wouldn't believe the word of a stranger with giant calipers about his own son's intelligence. What the hell, Albert. Your wife's fine enough to keep impregnating, you old goat, but suddenly worthless for anything else?
I too was hoping for an Imposter storyline when Leopold didn't recognize Feo at all; now I just want her to go away or die, and take Mustache Duke with her. I keep cringing in advance that he'll commit violence against the Duchess, who really needs to buy herself some guile already.
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I now think Raquel's blank stare during the song playback was because she didn't understand their intense enthusiasm for a shitty, auto-tuned project.
Or maybe she just felt left out, again.
James still doesn't get a pass for misogynistic/toxic comments. To me, his mom leeching him of $$, and being a part of what seems to be a lot of emotional turmoil over the years, still does not equate to why he calls women fat, etc. Mayhe he blames his mom for things as a _woman_ specifically instead of as a shitty _person_.
I don't know, I haven't looked into triggers, and it seems a lesson early learned to verbally strike at women on appearance no matter what the true provocation is.
But yeah, his mom and the few expressions that broke through her frozen laboratory face--hearing that her son wanted her to itemize her spending of his money sent her into a cold panic. She seems awful. His dad seems disconnected. I do give James props for trying to keep the conversation on track and not storming off crying, at least per what was shown.
I'm figuring it's for screen time that SUR job interviews are conducted with friends/family in them. Jax didn't need to be at Brittany's. James didn't need to be at Harry's. Guillermo was a dick, yet maybe this will be a catalyst to James continuing with therapy and not drinking? Not sure if he gives more weight to a man's opinion of him versus a woman's, even a Lisa. He does seem to want to keep trying, which may finally separate him from being a Jax clone. Guess we'll see.
And Jax. Christ. What a marriage that will be.
What does Carter do? Is Kristen still paying for most of everything?
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I totally got hung up on that couple having a baby in captivity. It didn't make sense even on that twisted planet. If I were in captivity, and also was thoroughly brainwashed to believe that I am evil evil evil, I would not be having a damn baby! Especially one intended to be born under a bad sign. Arrgh!
At first, Jessica Szohr sounded like she had a permanent case of vocal fry, but perhaps anyone following Alara would have been found wanting. As it was, I found myself quickly turning around on Jessica before the ep was halfway through. Damn fine actress.
I love Bortus. And I was so hoping none of Kelly's ribs were broken, yeesh (they didn't seem to be).
This episode was lacking in the usual balance of humor and serious topics, but I think I get the parallels they were drawing with our society even as it was a very uneven show. Or perhaps that's the point.
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Oh, that was wonderful. Missy's little sister network, the hilarious scientist 'fight,' and poor Georgy. I agree that his lady love seemed sympathetic. High school can be so wretched.
Sheldon (and Missy, for that matter) looked so much older to me in this ep that at first I couldn't stop focusing on how his little kid voice didn't match his face anymore.
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Eh, never mind.
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11 hours ago, PaperTree said:
Laura is still in her bubble of delusion. She didn't "set Kate straight". Kate got off her ass when she finally started doing her job. "Girl talk", Kate lets it go.
Yes! I was yelling at her smug talking head when she dared to say that.
Still, the working situation between her and Kate now seems so lovely, that I don't want that to change. Let her keep her delusions (for now).
8 hours ago, HunterHunted said:If you need to have 5 orgasms a night basically every night so that you aren't an angry asshole during the day, you probably have low serotonin and need to see a doctor. I'm not saying she needs to treat the issue with medication, but she needs to have some awareness that when her mood is shitty, she needs to get some sunlight, get a little exercise, maybe take a supplement or 2.
These guests were assholes and the speedo request was not ok. I'm wondering if these were the same assholes that the only way Kate could distract them from constantly complaining about paying so much for a yacht and not even being on the water was to serve sushi on Bruno's body.
I don't like Laura or Rhylee, but I'm glad they realized what a creepster Adrian is. Here's a tip to Adrian if you have to spend all your time putting down your romantic rival instead of wooing the girl, then you have negative game.
Adrian's voice now bugs me even when he isn't saying creepy things, because of all the creepy things & vibe he has otherwise. I no longer want to hear him describe food.
I didn't catch if Rhylee said she had orgasms all five times or just that they had sex five times. These two things can be very different. :P I also don't think she _needs_ to have them; I read that scene as that she was both surprised and impressed that Tyler stayed hard throughout, and she was still up for it (so to speak) and things still felt good, so why not keep going. That's as far as my armchair assessment goes.
That was so cool of Josiah to volunteer the Speedo + Sweet Drinks idea to save the evening--that shouldn't even have needed saving, my god, those guests. I hope it really did work some wonders for his self-esteem. I also hope the guests have watched this ep and realize how ridiculous they were in the face of their stated preference sheet requests and their concept of time. If they secretly wanted to be tempted away from their strict regime, then just SAY it.
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On 12/30/2018 at 9:44 PM, ganesh said:
I actually thought he was going to say "I can't go with all you looking at me."
I did, too!
On 1/1/2019 at 5:21 PM, Halting Hex said:Kelly was more insufferable the second time through, when I realized that her refusal to listen to Cassius's request for rational discussion dovetails neatly with her stupid hypothetical she gives to Ed, about how he should always choose Bortus to die instead of her because she's "the woman you love". So she never wants any man to think rationally, just be blindly loyal and/or a yes-man to silently "support" her as she vents.
FFS, just get a dog, then. The Duncans will suggest you name it "Bortus".
Kelly was pointing out how Ed _would_ always choose her because he's emotionally compromised. I've been wondering if there aren't regulations against Captain/First Officer, or indeed Captain/any shipmate, precisely because of this. In fact, Kelly bringing up how emotionally compromised Ed is with the question of choice seemed like an attempt to get him to rationally see that their relationship isn't going to work. Instead, Ed kept asking if she loved him, which I agree (with Kelly) isn't even the point. If she said yes, it would just cause him to hound her even more. I don't blame her for refusing to answer.
But yeah, she's the one not controlling her emotions this ep. /sarcasm /eyeroll
I do think Ed took a shuttle out to think by himself and realized just that second too late that he had drifted past her windows. He did a piss-poor job of explaining that when confronted, though. So I also think Kelly was entitled to have her own boyfriend let her be upset for a hot second and validate her feelings of being spied on, both because Ed couldn't seem to defend himself at all and because being spied on sucks.
But as we've seen even here in this thread, that's reality (so far) with differing approaches and allowances. I like how the show drives into things like this even if they're uncomfortable.
For me, the holo dating scene bugged because if someone is telling you to leave them alone, just leave them alone. Don't keep persisting. Quite a theme this ep for some of the male characters, and that includes Mr. I Miss You.
All said, I really did enjoy this ep and am glad the show is back! The mix of hilarity and more serious things along with fleshing out the characters is very refreshing.
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13 hours ago, WatchrTina said:
That reminds me -- how did the Dalek reassemble itself (its organic self)? How did the other two pieces get to Sheffield? Or are they still on earth, buried in six inches of loose sand or snow, waiting to wreck havoc in another episode?
13 hours ago, DanaK said:I think the other 2 pieces rejoined with the Sheffield one after it was bathed in the ultraviolet light. Look carefully and you will see the other two transported away
At the very least, it was a Brexit joke and a pretty funny one to this American
We had the same question about the other two parts. Will have to rewatch (maybe). I wasn't too thrilled with this ep but there were some great bits. And Graham as always was awesome.
The so-called comedic break was exactly what we humans would do when faced with a break in routine. No internet / etc. = Now what do we doooo? #NotAllHumans. No way of knowing the world's about to end! Bit close for comfort, that.
Good for Ryan's Dad and his microwave oven. I wasn't sure if the show would go the sacrificial redemption vs long path redemption route but was betting on the latter. Now Ryan gets to see if his dad can stop running and hiding for real.
I kept waiting for the Doctor to snarl that there was no Invasion Fleet and the Dalek was centuries behind the times.
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On 12/14/2018 at 3:24 PM, Kohola3 said:
So they watch the show and learn. That's the point.
This. As another poster said, it's on us to make the move to look up things we don't know, no matter what age we are. And hopefully access isn't restricted to those who do want to learn.
I guess I hope this show gets renewed. I didn't expect to keep watching it, but there's enough in it that kept it on our DVR. I do want to get the old show again, though, as I don't remember enough of it, only that we loved to watch it.
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Every time I think of this show, I always think first of the episodes Bill Irwin was in, as the Flying Man. I've admired him for a long time (first saw him in Robin Williams's Popeye). I'd love to see that mini-arc again.
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I wonder! He's learned that saying certain words at certain times will buy him forgiveness/redemption/second chances...is he still confused, or just taking the easy way out? Is Brittany enough of a reason for him to put in the work to become a real person?
Whereas James...I don't know. Clearly he's consistently been enabled, and has Jax as an example for the ongoing redemption arc. I echo an earlier poster who wished these people would go to real therapists, not Pump-paid ones.
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13 minutes ago, yourmomiseasy said:
I think the difference is that people actually like Jax and he's able to sell his manipulations and lies as people pleasing, whereas James is just an asshat.
This is so true. Jax has that dangerous charisma. I wonder if that ever wears off? *tries to think of similar folks in real world*
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23 hours ago, Juliegirlj said:
James is a dick, but all the guys on this show have taken their turns being morons. Raquel stays with James for the same reason Brittany stays with Jax. Katie is attractive but needs a thicker skin- she isn’t fat, but isn’t petite either, and she is still fairly young. Wait until she has a kid or two, or hits her forties. I don’t agree with fat shaming, but I do think it’s important to keep our weight in check.
Sandoval’s Dad looks like a cross between Al Pacino and Tom Sandoval!!
For the bolded part: Why? What happens if "our" weight isn't "in check"? Who's checking?
I ask because so much of what we think we _need_ to do is based off of somebody trying to sell us something. Marketing disguised as "Oh, but your HEALTH!" Whether an outdated BMI checker, a rando's preference, or a rating scale: It just gets old, and tiring, and adds to all the crap people have to put up with to be considered worthy of existing.
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I hated that LVP dumped it on Raquel to go "manage" her drunk, abuse-slinging boyfriend at Pride. Between that and the preview of James's crocodile tears next ep (will he throw in his family problems again? Or another poor me story?), we'll be stuck with James for a long time. But then, everybody kept/keeps giving Jax a pass, too. Great training for all the little empathy-free manipulating asshats growing up in the world...
Ariana's outfit looked like it couldn't decide what it wanted to be, but I thought her ass looked great in it, and I don't even care about her much as a person/character. It's a weird edit she's getting; warm & accepting. I could have sworn her expression was sour when Brittany said Raquel was joining their party, but then she came out with the complete opposite. Confusing.
I'm glad Stassi's still on the show. I wish she hadn't been with that soul-dead guy; I like how we've seen her evolve over the years.
But yeah, I'm tired of the James storyline, and that being all Kristen's story is. I do want to see Lala rip into James again, though. :D
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A Discovery Of Witches - General Discussion
in A Discovery Of Witches
Yeah...I had been enjoying what there was of tension and build-up, but the actual "I love you" scene and the WTFery of a sex scene just felt meh. Darn it.
But we now have the books, and already I'm liking the first few chapters (there's a bit of exposition, but even that seems to fit with the academic Diana).